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A Tale Of Two Cities (1989 TV Series)
''A Tale of Two Cities'' is a British-French television series which first aired on ITV in 1989. It is an adaptation of the novel ''A Tale of Two Cities'' by Charles Dickens.Baskin p.241 Plot summary Selected cast * James Wilby as Sydney Carton * Xavier Deluc as Charles Darnay * Serena Gordon as Lucie Manette * John Mills as Jarvis Lorry * Jean-Pierre Aumont as Dr. Alexandre Manette * Anna Massey as Miss Pross * Kathy Kriegel as Madame Defarge * Alfred Lynch as Jerry Cruncher * Gérard Klein as Monsieur Defarge * Jonathan Adams as Stryver * Karl Johnson as Barsad * Marie Bunel as Peasant Girl * Gilles Gaston-Dreyfus as Road Mender * François Lalande as Gabelle * Claude Le Saché as Aristocrat * André Maranne as Aristocrat * Nicolas Serreau as Jacques * Jean-Pierre Stewart as Public Prosecutor * Michel Subor as Le père de Darnay * Jean-Marc Bory Jean-Marc Bory (17 March 1934 – 31 March 2001) was a Swiss actor. He appeared in 60 films and television sho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Tale Of Two Cities
''A Tale of Two Cities'' is a historical novel published in 1859 by Charles Dickens, set in London and Paris before and during the French Revolution. The novel tells the story of the French Doctor Manette, his 18-year-long imprisonment in the Bastille in Paris, and his release to live in London with his daughter Lucie whom he had never met. The story is set against the conditions that led up to the French Revolution and the Reign of Terror. In the Introduction to the ''Encyclopedia of Adventure Fiction'', critic Don D'Ammassa argues that it is an adventure novel because the protagonists are in constant danger of being imprisoned or killed. As Dickens's best-known work of historical fiction, ''A Tale of Two Cities'' is said to be one of the best-selling novels of all time. In 2003, the novel was ranked 63rd on the BBC's The Big Read poll. The novel has been adapted for film, television, radio, and the stage, and has continued to influence popular culture. Synopsis Boo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miss Pross
Miss Pross is a character in Charles Dickens' 1859 novel ''A Tale of Two Cities''. Miss Pross is the no-nonsense governess and friend of Lucie Manette. She is also the sister of Solomon Pross (later revealed to be the spy known as John Barsad). She accompanies Lucie to Dover when Lucie goes to France to retrieve her father, Dr. Alexandre Manette, after his release from the Bastille, but her stout English patriotism causes her to stay in England. She is Lucie's constant companion accompanying her to the trial of Charles Darnay, to church, to just about everything. She is Lucie's shadow and protector, and overcomes her dislike of everything not English to accompany Lucie to France when her husband Charles Darnay is arrested in Paris as an aristocrat. After Charles has been rescued and the rest of the family has departed for England, Miss Pross confronts Madame Defarge, who had come to their lodgings to capture Lucie and her young daughter. In the struggle that ensues, Madame Defa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean-Marc Bory
Jean-Marc Bory (17 March 1934 – 31 March 2001) was a Swiss actor. He appeared in 60 films and television shows between 1955 and 1996. Partial filmography * '' Black Dossier'' (1955) - Juge Jacques Arnaud * '' The Lovers'' (1958) - Bernard Dubois-Lambert * '' Wolves of the Deep'' (1959) - Tenente * ''Les loups dans la bergerie'' (1960) - Roger * '' Austerlitz'' (1960) - Soult * '' Il carro armato dell'8 settembre'' (1960) - Carlo Bollini * '' Adorable Liar'' (1962) - Martin * ''Where the Truth Lies'' (1962) - François Rauchelle * '' Love on a Pillow'' (1962) - Pierre Leroy * '' Ro.Go.Pa.G.'' (1963) - Husband (segment "Il nuovo mondo") * '' Sweet and Sour'' (1963) - L'homme au micro * '' A Sentimental Attempt'' (1963) - Dino * '' Portuguese Vacation'' (1963) - Jean-Marc * '' Triple Cross'' (1966) - Resistance Leader (uncredited) * '' The Stranger'' (1967) - (uncredited) * ''I visionari'' (1968) * ''Una prostituta al servizio del pubblico e in regola con le leggi dello stato ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michel Subor
Michel Subor (, born Mischa Subotzki; 2 February 1935 – 17 January 2022) was a French actor who gained initial fame with the starring role in Jean-Luc Godard's second feature, '' Le petit soldat'' (1960), but the French government banned it until 1963 because of its political content, touching on terrorism during the undeclared Algerian War. He acted in a couple of American films in the late 1960s like as Claude Jade's husband in Alfred Hitchcock's ''Topaz''. In 1999, he once again played Forestier in '' Beau Travail'', a highly praised variation of ''Billy Budd'', directed by Claire Denis. He continued to work with her. Early life and education He was born as Mischa Subotzki in France in 1935, to anti-Bolshevik parents from the Soviet Union who had immigrated a few years earlier. His father was an engineer in Moscow, and his mother was born in Azerbaijan. Michel Subor has a sister who moved to the United States as an adult. Career His career started with small roles in '' Fro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
André Maranne
André Maranne (14 May 1926 – 12 April 2021) was a French-English actor best known for playing roles in English-language films beginning in the mid-1950s. Life and career Born André Gaston Maillol in Toulouse, France, Maranne's best known role was probably Sergeant François Chevalier in six of '' The Pink Panther'' films alongside Peter Sellers and Herbert Lom. Before the Pink Panther, he appeared as a French officer in '' The War Lover'' (1962) and had a cameo role in the James Bond movie '' Thunderball'' (1965). He appeared in such diverse television programmes as Merton Park Studios' ''Scotland Yard'' (as a gendarme in 1956 episode "Wall of Death" and credited as André Maillol & the 1957 episode "Night Crossing" as Detective Nouvel credited as Andre Maranne), '' Jason King'' ("Wanna buy a television series?", 1971), '' Fawlty Towers'' (as André in the 1975 " Gourmet Night" episode), '' Lord Peter Wimsey'' ("Clouds of Witness", 1972), '' Yes Minister'' (as European A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
François Lalande
François Lalande (29 November 1930 – 1 September 2020) was an Algerian-born French actor. He had performed in the theatre, on television, and films. Filmography Cinema *''Un jour à Paris'' (1962) *''Yo Yo'' (1965) *'' Le Gang'' (1977) *''La Question'' (1977) *'' Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo'' (1977) *''On peut le dire sans se fâcher'' (1978) *'' Rape of Love'' (1978) *''Le beaujolais nouveau est arrivé'' (1978) *'' French Postcards'' (1979) *'' La Gueule de l'autre'' (1979) *''Rien ne va plus'' (1979) *''Que les gros salaires lèvent le doigt !'' (1982) *''Bras de fer'' (1985) *''La Galette du roi'' (1986) *''Dangerous Liaisons'' (1988) *'' La Révolution française'' (1989) *'' Milena'' (1991) *''Aux yeux du monde'' (1991) *''Impromptu'' (1991) *''The Hour of the Pig'' (1993) *''Les Visiteurs'' (1993) *''La Vengeance d'une blonde'' (1994) *'' The Libertine'' (2000) Television *''Sarcelles-sur-Mer'' (1974) *''Les Rebelles'' (1977) *''Mamma Rosa ou la Farce du destin'' (1978) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marie Bunel
Marie Bunel (born 1961) is a French film and stage actress. Biography Bunel was born on 27 May 1961 in Saint-Maur-des-Fossés, Val-de-Marne, France. She attended the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute in West Hollywood, California and took classes from Blanche Salant at the American Center of Paris. She is married to actor Vincent Winterhalter, whose late father was actor Vania Vilers (1938-2009). Work Feature films *'' Holiday Hotel'' (dir. Michel Lang, 1977) *'' Les Filles du régiment'' (dir. Claude Bernard-Aubert, 1978) *''La Boum 2'' (dir. Claude Pinoteau, 1982) *'' The Blood of Others'' (dir. Claude Chabrol, 1984) *''Gros Dégueulasse'' (dir. Bruno Zincone, 1985) *'' Le Gaffeur'' (dir. Serge Pénard, 1985) *''Story of Women'' (dir. Claude Chabrol, 1988) *''La Révolution française'' (dir. Robert Enrico, Richard T. Heffron, 1989) *'' La Reine blanche'' (dir. Jean-Loup Hubert, 1990) *'' Le Secret de Sarah Tombelaine'' (dir. Daniel Lacambre, 1990) *'' La Discr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Barsad
John Barsad is a character in Charles Dickens' 1859 novel, ''A Tale of Two Cities''. Overview Barsad is a turncoat, English con-man, and spy, and partner of Roger Cly. In the pay of the Marquis St. Evremonde, he initially frames the Marquis' nephew, Charles Darnay by planting evidence on him on a voyage across the English Channel to England. Roger Cly, also revealed to be a spy, fakes his death and flees England, but Jerry Cruncher discovers the fraud when he attempts to 'resurrect' Cly's body for the purpose of selling the body to doctors. Cruncher initially blames his wife's praying and thinks Roger Cly has been removed through spiritual means. Carton discovers Barsad in Paris much later and finds him to be Miss Pross' long-lost brother Solomon. He enlists Barsad's aid, by blackmailing him, to get into the prison to rescue Charles Darnay by changing places with him, Carton and Darnay being almost identical in appearance. Barsad then brings Darnay out of the prison and back ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karl Johnson (actor)
Karl Johnson (born 1 March 1948) is a Welsh actor, who has worked on stage, film and television. His notable roles to date include the title role in Derek Jarman's 1993 film ''Wittgenstein'', and those of Cato the Younger in the television drama series ''Rome'' and of Twister Turrill in the BBC costume drama ''Lark Rise to Candleford''. Filmography Film * '' Jubilee'' (1978) - Sphinx * '' The Tempest'' (1979) - Ariel, an airy spirit * '' Prick Up Your Ears'' (1987) - Douglas Orton * '' A Prayer for the Dying'' (1987) - Fitzgerald * '' Close My Eyes'' (1991) - Colin * ''Let Him Have It'' (1991) - Parris * ''Wittgenstein'' (1993) - Ludwig Wittgenstein * '' Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon'' (1998) - John Deakin * '' Tomorrow La Scala'' (2002) - Sydney * '' Pure'' (2002) - Grandad * '' Frozen'' (2005) - Coastguard Bill * ''Heidi'' (2005) - Old Man * '' The Illusionist'' (2006) - Doctor / Old Man * ''Copying Beethoven'' (2006) - Stefan Holtz * '' Four Last ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stryver
C.J. Stryver is a character in Charles Dickens's 1859 novel ''A Tale of Two Cities'' and in the television and film adaptations of the story. He is a barrister in London, with the character Sydney Carton working under him. Development Real life inspiration for the character was likely the 19th century British barrister, Edwin James. Depiction in the novel He first appears in the novel as counsel for the defense of Charles Darnay. He then reappears in Sydney Carton's introductory chapter as his friend, drinking companion, and partner in law; however, while he cuts a very impressive figure in court, it is apparent that Carton seems to have all the true legal knowledge and ability. While he and Sydney Carton were students at the same university of law, it appears that Stryver may have graduated due to Carton's doing all his scholastic work for him. Based on repeated descriptions of him as a "shoulderer" and a "thruster" and his own name, it can be implied that Stryver is a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jonathan Adams (British Actor)
Jonathan Adams (14 February 1931 – 13 June 2005) was an English television, film and theatre actor. He was also a visual artist whose works were exhibited throughout his life. Biography Born John Adams in Northampton, he trained as an artist at Northampton Art College and Chelsea College of Art. He became an actor in 1959, changing his name to Jonathan Adams, but continued working as an artist. He was especially known for his surrealist cartoons and collages. His work has been exhibited at a wide range of venues including London University's Dixon Gallery, the Barbican Centre, Northampton Museum and Art Gallery, the South London Gallery and the Chelmsford Arts Festival (where in 1996 he was Resident Artist). His final exhibition, "Jonathan Adams in Wonderland", opened at the Riverside Studios in London, the April before his death. As an actor, Adams is best known for his role as the Narrator in the original 1973 London production of ''The Rocky Horror Show'', and is featured ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ernest Defarge
Ernest Defarge is a fictional character in Charles Dickens' 1859 novel, ''A Tale of Two Cities''. Overview Defarge is the owner of a wine shop in the slum of Saint Antoine in Paris. He and his wife Madame Therese Defarge are passionate advocates for revolution and regularly dispense and gather information from inside the wine shop. When the story starts, Defarge is harboring Dr. Alexandre Manette, his old employer, who has just been released from eighteen years of unjust and secret imprisonment in the Bastille. Defarge is loyal to Dr. Manette and truly cares for him, but he doesn’t shrink from a little exploitation by showing Manette to other patriots as an inspiration for the revolt he hopes to incite. Defarge tells Manette’s story to a group of men in the hopes that they will spread the word of abuses perpetrated by the aristocracy - specifically, two brothers named St. Evrèmonde. Defarge is the leader of his community and will be pivotal in leading the people on the Stor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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