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Alex Joffé
Alex Joffé (18 November 1918 – 18 August 1995) was a French film director and screenwriter, known for ''Les cracks'' (1968), ''Fortunat'' (1960) and ''La grosse caisse'' (1965). He was the father of the director Arthur Joffé, as well as Marion (born 1952) and Nina (born 1956). Alex Joffé was born on 18 November 1918 in Alexandria, Egypt, as Alexandre Joffé. He was married to Renée Asseo. on his mother's side, he is related to author and journalist Salomon Malka, the biographer of Emmanuel Lévinas and Franz Rosenzweig, and theatre professor, director and playwright Avraham Oz. He died on 18 August 1995 in Paris. at IMDb Filmography Director * 1946 : '' |
Alexandria
Alexandria ( or ; ar, ٱلْإِسْكَنْدَرِيَّةُ ; grc-gre, Αλεξάνδρεια, Alexándria) is the second largest city in Egypt, and the largest city on the Mediterranean coast. Founded in by Alexander the Great, Alexandria grew rapidly and became a major centre of Hellenic civilisation, eventually replacing Memphis, in present-day Greater Cairo, as Egypt's capital. During the Hellenistic period, it was home to the Lighthouse of Alexandria, which ranked among the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, as well as the storied Library of Alexandria. Today, the library is reincarnated in the disc-shaped, ultramodern Bibliotheca Alexandrina. Its 15th-century seafront Qaitbay Citadel is now a museum. Called the "Bride of the Mediterranean" by locals, Alexandria is a popular tourist destination and an important industrial centre due to its natural gas and oil pipelines from Suez. The city extends about along the northern coast of Egypt, and is the large ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Les Hussards
''Les Hussards'' ( en, Cavalrymen), is a French comedy film from 1955, directed by Alex Joffé, written by Gabriel Arout, starring Bernard Blier, Giovanna Ralli, Bourvil, and with Georges Wilson, Virna Lisi, Louis de Funès playing supporting roles. The film is known under the titles "Cavalrymen" (international English title), "Les hussards" (Belgium French title), "De husaren" (Belgium Flemish title), "La piccola guerra" (Italy), "Huszárok" (Hungary). Plot During the Italian campaigns of the French Revolutionary Wars Brigadier Le Gouce and private Jean-Louis forfeit their horses. Afraid of a severe punishment both lie to Captain Georges. They just make up a story about them having been the target of a selective ambush. Little later their regiment is annihilated by an Austrian attack. Only the two humbuggers are lucky enough to survive. Napoleon has them celebrated as heroes and thus they get into the books of history. Cast * Bernard Blier: Brigadier Le Gouce * Giovanna R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Hossein
Robert Hossein (30 December 1927 – 31 December 2020) was a French film actor, director, and writer. He directed the 1982 adaptation of ''Les Misérables'' and appeared in '' Vice and Virtue'', '' Le Casse'', ''Les Uns et les Autres'' and ''Venus Beauty Institute''. His other roles include Michèle Mercier's husband in the '' Angélique'' series, a gunfighter in the Spaghetti Western ''Cemetery Without Crosses'' (which he also directed and co-wrote), and a Catholic priest who falls in love with Claude Jade and becomes a communist in '' Forbidden Priests''. Cinematic career Hossein started directing films in 1955 with ''Les Salauds vont en enfer'', from a story by Frédéric Dard whose novels and plays went on to furnish Hossein with much of his later film material. Right from the start Hossein established his characteristic trademarks: using a seemingly straightforward suspense plot and subverting its conventions (sometimes to the extent of a complete disregard of the traditi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Du Rififi Chez Les Femmes
''Du rififi chez les femmes'' ("The Riff Raff Girls") is a French-Italian film directed by Alex Joffé and released in 1959. Plot In Brussels, rival criminal gangs confront each other. One is led by Vicky, proprietor of a nightclub on a barge; the other by Bug, who wants to reign over the lucrative nightlife business. Vicky and her gang, who are planning a bank raid, are going to see their plans confounded by Bug. In effect, he is being manipulated by a police officer who forces him to help break up a drug trafficking deal in return for keeping his residence in Belgium. Bug and Yoko will strongly compromise the bank raid, believing that it is linked to the drugs. Book The film is based on the Auguste Le Breton novel, ''Du rififi chez les femmes'', published in 1957 and reprinted in 2010.Éditions Plon web siteDu rififi chez les femmes(accessed 11 February 2012) Production * Director: Alex Joffé * Screenplay: Alex Joffé, José Giovanni, Gabriel Arout, James-Jacques Mage ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michel Auclair
Michel Auclair (born Vladimir Vujović, sr-cyr, Владимир Вујовић; 14 September 1922 – 7 January 1988) was an actor of Serbian and French ancestry, known best for his roles in French cinema. Auclair was born to a Serbian father (born in Požarevac, Serbia) and a French mother in Koblenz. His father was Vojislav Vujović, prominent Yugoslav Communist and secretary of the Communist Youth International. Auclair moved to Paris when he was three years old. He entered medical school but then studied acting at the CNSAD in Paris. While a major French star, he only had two English-language roles: as Professor Flostre in the 1957 musical ''Funny Face'' with Audrey Hepburn and Fred Astaire, and as a French police investigator in ''Day of the Jackal ''The Day of the Jackal'' (1971) is a political thriller novel by English author Frederick Forsyth about a professional assassin who is contracted by the OAS, a French dissident paramilitary organisation, to kill Charles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pierre Fresnay
Pierre Fresnay (4 April 1897 – 9 January 1975) was a French stage and film actor. Biography Born Pierre Jules Louis Laudenbach, he was encouraged by his uncle, actor Claude Garry, to pursue a career in theater and film. He joined the company at what later was the Théatre de Paris, only to shortly after at the Conservatoire, becoming a pensionnaire of the Comédie-Française in early 1915, returning to it after three years military service in 1919.Obituary: Pierre Fresnay. The Times, 11 January 1975. Before his departure from the Comédie-Française in 1926 Fresnay had played 80 parts in Paris, excelling especially in the works of Alfred de Musset. After playing small roles, in 1915 he was engaged as a pensionnaire without taking an audition at the Comédie-Française, moving up to Mario in '' Le Jeu de l'amour et du hasard'' and the title role in '' Britannicus''. After the armistice he appeared as Clitandre in '' Les Femmes savantes'', as well as other juvenile leads. These in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Bomb For A Dictator
''A Bomb for a Dictator'' or ''The Fanatics'' (French: ''Les fanatiques'') is a 1957 French thriller film directed by Alex Joffé and starring Pierre Fresnay, Michel Auclair and Tilda Thamar. Oscherwitz & Higgins p.158 It was shot at the Boulogne Studios in Paris and on location at Nice Airport. The film's sets were designed by the art director Jacques Paris. Synopsis While a tyrannical South American dictator is visiting Europe a group of revolutionaries plan to assassinate his private plane. However, when it turns out he has changed his plans and will be flying back on a commercial flight they have to do decide whether to carry on with their plans even though it will lead to the deaths of the other passengers, or let him return to seek revenge on the plotters. Cast * Pierre Fresnay as Luis Vargas * Michel Auclair as Franco Géron * Françoise Fabian as Mme. Lambert * Grégoire Aslan as Général Ribera * Tilda Thamar as Juana Ribera * Betty Schneider as Lili ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean-Marc Thibault
Jean-Marc Thibault (1923–2017) was a French film and television actor.Halliwell p.56 He also directed three films. Selected filmography * '' First on the Rope'' (1944) * ''Cage of Girls'' (1949) * '' I Like Only You'' (1949) * '' Women of Paris'' (1953) * '' Wonderful Mentality'' (1953) * ''Open Letter'' (1953) * '' Service Entrance'' (1954) * ''Death on the Run'' (1954) * '' Les Assassins du dimanche'' (1956) * '' Napoleon II, the Eagle'' (1961) * '' We Will Go to Deauville'' (1962) * '' Virginie'' (1962) * ''The Woman Cop ''The Woman Cop'' (french: La Femme flic) is a 1980 French film directed by Yves Boisset. Plot A young and headstrong policewoman clashes with her superiors in Paris and is transferred to a small town. There she is assigned to secretarial work an ...'' (1980) * '' Mon Curé Chez les Nudistes'' (1982) * '' Vidocq'' (2001) * '' Mademoiselle Chambon'' (2009) References External links * Bibliography * Halliwell, Leslie. ''Halliwell's Film Guide''. Harper & ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dominique Wilms
Dominique Wilms (born 8 June 1930) is a Belgian film actress. Life and career Married to actor Jean Gaven, she was widowed by him in 2014.Lentz IIII, Harris. Obituaries in the Performing Arts, 2014', p. 126. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, Publishers, 2015. Selected filmography * '' La môme vert-de-gris'' (1953) * '' The Women Couldn't Care Less'' (1954) * ''The Babes Make the Law'' (1955) * ''The River of Three Junks'' (1957) * '' Bombs on Monte Carlo'' (1960) * ''Caesar the Conqueror'' (1962) * '' Panic in Bangkok'' (1964) * ''A Ace and Four Queens ''Four Queens for an Ace'' (french: Carré de dames pour un as, es, Demasiadas mujeres para Layton, it, Layton... bambole e karatè, also known as ''An Ace and Four Queens'') is a 1966 French-Spanish-Italian spy film, directed by Jacques Poitre ...'' (1966) * '' The Trap Snaps Shut at Midnight'' (1966) References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Wilms, Dominique 1930 births Belgian film actresses Ac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barbara Laage
Barbara Laage (30 July 1920 – 21 May 1988) was a French film actress who flourished in the 1950s. After fleeing Paris with her family during the German occupation in World War II, Laage returned to the city after the war and commenced her acting career in the Paris theatre district of Montparnasse. Her first move to Hollywood was arranged by theatrical agent William Morris, founder of the William Morris Agency. She is one of several Hollywood stars of the era that would frequent the Chateau Marmont. She was the first choice for the lead role in the Orson Welles film ''The Lady from Shanghai'', though the part was eventually awarded to Rita Hayworth. Partial filmography * ''Signé illisible'' (1942) * '' B.F.'s Daughter'' (1948) - Eugenia Taris * '' The Red Rose'' (1951) - Claire Claris - la photographe * '' La Putain respectueuse'' (1952) - Lizzie Mac-Kay - chanteuse entraîneuse * '' The Slave'' (1953) - Anne-Marie 'Fétiche' * ''Traviata '53'' (1953) - Rita * '' Act of L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Les Assassins Du Dimanche
''Les Assassins du dimanche'' () is a French drama film made in 1956. It is directed by Alex Joffé, written by Alex Joffé and stars Barbara Laage. Cast * Barbara Laage : Simone Simonet * Dominique Wilms : Ginette Garcet * Jean-Marc Thibault : Robert Simonet * Paul Frankeur : Lucien Simonet * Georges Poujouly : Julot * Paul Préboist Paul Préboist (21 February 1927 – 4 March 1997) was a French actor. He appeared in more than hundred films, mostly in supporting roles, and is best known as a comic a medium used to express ideas with images, often combined with t ... References External links * 1950s French-language films French black-and-white films 1950s French films French drama films 1956 drama films {{1950s-France-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georges Wilson
Georges Wilson (16 October 1921 – 3 February 2010) was a French film and television actor. He was the father of French actor Lambert Wilson. Biography Wilson was born in Champigny-sur-Marne, Seine (now Val-de-Marne) as the illegitimate son of a French father and an Irish mother. His professional surname, Wilson, derives from his Irish grandmother; his birthname has not been made public. He was nominated for a BAFTA Film Award, and also nominated for a César Award. Georges Wilson's last film was '' Mesrine: Public Enemy Number One''. From 1963 to 1972 Georges Wilson was the director of the Théâtre national de Chaillot (formerly known as the Théâtre National Populaire). Georges Wilson died in Rambouillet in 2010, aged 88, from undisclosed causes. Selected filmography * '' Martin Roumagnac'' (1946) – Un jeune homme dans le convoi funèbre (uncredited) * '' Maître après Dieu'' (1951) – Un passager juif (uncredited) * ''Open Letter'' (1953) – Un locataire ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
