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1963 Cannes Film Festival
The 16th Cannes Film Festival was held from 9 to 23 May 1963. The Palme d'Or went to the '' Il Gattopardo'' by Luchino Visconti. The festival opened with '' The Birds'', directed by Alfred Hitchcock. Jury The following people were appointed as the Jury of the 1963 film competition: Feature films * Armand Salacrou (France) Jury President *Rouben Mamoulian (USA) Vice President * Jacqueline Audry (France) *Wilfrid Baumgartner (France) (BDF official) * François Chavane (France) *Jean de Baroncelli (France) (critic) * Robert Hossein (France) * Rostislav Yurenev (Soviet Union) *Kashiko Kawakita (Japan) * Steven Pallos (UK) * Gian Luigi Rondi (Italy) Short films * Henri Alekan (France) President *Robert Alla (France) *Karl Schedereit (West Germany) * Ahmed Sefrioui (Morocco) *Semih Tugrul (Turkey) (journalist) Official selection In competition - Feature film The following feature films competed for the Palme d'Or: *'' Les Abysses'' by Nikos Papatakis *'' Alvorada'' by Hugo Niebeling ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Palme D'Or Du Court Métrage
The Short Film Palme d'Or (french: Palme d'Or du court métrage) is the highest prize given to a short film at the Cannes Film Festival The Cannes Festival (; french: link=no, Festival de Cannes), until 2003 called the International Film Festival (') and known in English as the Cannes Film Festival, is an annual film festival held in Cannes, France, which previews new films .... Since the creation of the Cinéfondation section in 1998, a common Official Jury awards the Short Film Palme d'Or as well as the prizes for the three best films of the Cinéfondation. From 1952 to 1954 and from 1964 to 1974, the highest prize of the year for a short film was awarded as the Grand Prix du Festival International du Film, commonly referred to as Grand Prix. Other short film awards Before 1952, various prizes were awarded to short films, including a Grand Prix for Documentaries in 1947, five specific prizes in 1949, and a Grand Prix for Best Scientific Film in 1951. During some yea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rostislav Yurenev
Rostislav Nikolaevich Yurenev (russian: Ростислав Николаевич Юренев; — 28 May 2002 ) was a and n , , |
Marcel Bluwal
Marcel Bluwal (25 May 1925 – 23 October 2021) was a French film director and screenwriter who directed more than 40 films in his career. Selected filmography Director * '' Carom Shots'' (1963) * '' The New Adventures of Vidocq'' (1971, TV series) * ''Clérambard'' (1990) * '' À droite toute'' (2008) Actor * ''Sortie de secours'' (1970) * ''Frantic Frantic may refer to: * ''Frantic'' (film), a 1988 film directed by Roman Polanski and starring Harrison Ford * ''Frantic'' (video game), a VIC-20 video game * Frantic Films, a Canadian Visual Effects company * "Frantic" (song), a song by Met ...'' (1988) - Man in Tweed * ''L'argent fait le bonheur'' (1993) - M. Viali * ''Le voyage en Arménie'' (2006) - Barsam (final film role) References External links * 1925 births 2021 deaths French film directors French male screenwriters French screenwriters Writers from Paris {{France-film-director-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carom Shots
''Carom Shots'' (french: Carambolages) is a 1963 French comedy film directed by Marcel Bluwal. It was entered into the 1963 Cannes Film Festival. The French crime writer felt his novel had been betrayed by the filmmakers. Cast * Jean-Claude Brialy as Paul Martin * Louis de Funès as Norbert Charolais * Michel Serrault as Le commissaire Baudu / Policeman Baudu * Sophie Daumier as Solange * Anne Tonietti as Danielle Brossard * Henri Virlojeux as Brossard * Alfred Adam as Hubert Beaumanoir * Marcelle Arnold as Mademoiselle Andréa * René Clermont as Frépillon * Jacques Dynam as Macheron * Paul Gay Paul Gay (born 8 November 1968 Accessed August 10, 2009.) is a notable [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Darène
Robert Darène (10 January 1914 – 15 January 2016) was a French actor, film director and screenwriter. He appeared in twelve films between 1934 and 1959, and directed nine films between 1951 and 1963. Selected filmography * ''Le Chevalier de la nuit'' (1953) * '' Goubbiah, mon amour'' (1956) * ''The Amorous Corporal'' (1958) * '' The Cage'' (1963) See also * List of centenarians (actors, filmmakers and entertainers) The following is a list of centenarians – specifically, people who became famous as actors, filmmakers and entertainers – known for reasons other than their longevity The word " longevity" is sometimes used as a synonym for "life expectan ... References External links * 1914 births 2016 deaths French male film actors French film directors French male screenwriters French screenwriters French centenarians Men centenarians 20th-century French male actors {{France-film-director-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Cage (1963 Film)
''The Cage'' (french: La Cage) is a 1963 French film directed by Robert Darène. It was entered into the 1963 Cannes Film Festival. Cast * Marina Vlady * Jean Servais - Rispal * Philippe Mory * Muriel David * Colette Duval * Alain Bouvette Alain may refer to: People * Alain (given name), common given name, including list of persons and fictional characters with the name * Alain (surname) * "Alain", a pseudonym for cartoonist Daniel Brustlein * Alain, a standard author abbreviation u ... References External links * 1963 films 1960s French-language films French black-and-white films Films directed by Robert Darène 1960s French films {{1960s-France-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hugo Niebeling
Hugo Niebeling (2 February 1931 – 9 July 2016) was a German film director and producer. He had been particularly noted for his work on industrial and music films, and is considered one of the most important renewers of these genres in Germany. His style is credited to have influenced and helped create the modern music video. His feature-film documentary ''Alvorada'' was nominated for an Academy Award in 1963. Biography Early life Hugo Niebeling was born and raised in Düsseldorf. As a child, he was evacuated to the countryside during World War II. Once the war ended and he returned home, he found his parents' music store destroyed by bombs. Niebeling developed an interest in modern art, classical music and theatre, but was unable to study acting for financial reasons, and therefore enrolled in a business degree at the Mannesmann-AG in Düsseldorf. Parallel to that, he studied acting privately with Otto Ströhlin, an actor at the Düsseldorf Schauspielhaus who had many pupils. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alvorada (film)
''Alvorada - Brazil's Changing Face'' () is a 1962 West German documentary film directed by Hugo Niebeling. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature and was entered into the 1963 Cannes Film Festival. Overview The film offers an overview of Brazil, from the history of the country to the most recent developments at the time of its making - including developments of the industry and the new capital Brasília. It starts with an overview of the country itself and its history, and then proceeds to the social structure and social changes brought by industrialization and other development in recent years. Style The film does neither follow the camera- and editing-conventions of documentary films in the early 1960s, nor their narrative style. Instead, it uses experimental camera and editing techniques, often set to different kinds of music and electronic sounds by Oskar Sala. The voice-over-narration of the film (provided by Hugo Niebeling himself) only occasio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nikos Papatakis
Nico Papatakis ( el, Νίκος Παπατάκης; 5 July 1918 – 17 December 2010)Death certificate registered by the Paris's City Hall (France) was an Ethiopian-born Greek filmmaker, who lived in France. Biography Papatakis was born in Addis Ababa, Ethiopian Empire, Ethiopia and spent his early years between Ethiopia and Kingdom of Greece, Greece. In 1939, he established himself in Paris and worked as an extra in films. Eventually, he owned the famous Parisian club 'La Rose Rouge' where performers included singer Juliette Gréco. He was married to actress Anouk Aimée from 1951 to 1954 and with her he had a daughter, Manuela Papatakis, born in 1951. He was then married to actress Olga Karlatos from 1967 to 1982, with whom he had a son, Serge Papatakis, born in 1967. In 1957, Papatakis moved to New York City, met John Cassavetes, and became co-producer of Cassavetes' ''Shadows (1959 film), Shadows'' (1959). In 1963, his first film, ''Les Abysses'', enjoyed a "Succès de scan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Les Abysses
''Les Abysses'' is a 1963 French film directed by Nikos Papatakis. It was entered into the 1963 Cannes Film Festival. A violent and surrealistic mixture of farce and social commentary, its story was inspired by the real-life case of the Papin sisters. Plot Michèle and Marie-Louise (played by sisters Francine and Colette Bergé) are alone in the country house owned by their employers, the Lapeyres. They have not been paid any wages for three years, but the Lapeyres have promised them ownership of the chicken-house attached to their property; now, however, they intend to sell it entirely, leaving the girls with nothing. Michèle and Marie-Louise argue, fight and make up, meanwhile allowing the house to fall into ruin. Suddenly the Lapeyres return, earlier than expected. The girls rebel, disobeying the Lapeyres and tormenting them, especially their adult daughter Elisabeth, who appears to have a lesbian attachment to Marie-Louise, though she is married. Her husband Philippe arrives ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ahmed Sefrioui
Ahmed Sefrioui ( ar, أحمد صفروي) (January 1, 1915 - February 25, 2004) was a Moroccan novelist and pioneer of Moroccan literature in the French language. Biography He was born in Fes in 1915 of Berber parents. Sefrioui was founder of the Dar Batḥa Museum in Fes, a town that is present in almost all of his writings. After the Qur'an school and the schools of Fes Sefrioui has made French his own. As a young journalist for " ''Action du Peuple''" and as writer of historical articles as a curator for the "Addoha" museum he mastered the language. After 1938 he worked at the government departments of culture, education and tourism in Rabat. He died in 2004.Simon Gikandi, ''Encyclopedia of African Literature'', ed. Taylor & Francis, 2003, , p. 677 References Books * ''Le chapelet d'ambre'' (Le Seuil, 1949) : His first novel centered on Fez (for this novel he receives "le grand prix littéraire du Maroc") * ''La Boîte à merveilles ''La Boîte à merveilles'' is a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henri Alekan
Henri Alekan (10 February 1909, Paris – 15 June 2001, Auxerre, Bourgogne) was a French cinematographer. Life Alekan was born in Montmartre in 1909. At the age of sixteen he and his brother became travelling puppeteers. A little later he started work as third assistant cameraman at the Billancourt Studios. He then spent a short time in the army, returning to Billancourt in 1931. In the late 1930s he was the camera operator to Eugene Shufftan on Marcel Carné's ''Quai des Brumes'' and '' Drôle de drame''. He was greatly influenced by Schufftan's non-naturalistic style. His first success as a director of photography was René Clément's realistic war drama ''La Bataille du Rail'' of 1946. In the same year he worked on Jean Cocteau's fable ''La Belle et la Bête''. He found himself out of sympathy with the French New Wave cinema which emerged in the late 1950s and Alekan shot some rather conventional films in Hollywood. A new generation of directors appreciated his vision ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
