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Colonel Pontcarral
''Colonel Pontcarral'' or ''Pontcarral, Colonel of the Empire'' (French: ''Pontcarral, colonel d'empire'') is a 1942 French historical drama film directed by Jean Delannoy and starring Pierre Blanchar, Annie Ducaux and Suzy Carrier. Williams p.267-68 The film's sets were designed by the art director Serge Piménoff while the costumes were by Georges Annenkov. Synopsis Pontcarral, a colonel of the First French Empire, remains loyal to the memory of the deposed Napoleon. He struggles to accept the new France of the Bourbon Restoration and lives on his estate in the Dordogne. He enters into a complex relationship with his new wife. Following the July Revolution he is restored to his former rank and volunteers to serve in the Conquest of Algeria. Cast * Pierre Blanchar as Pontcarral * Annie Ducaux as Garlone * Suzy Carrier as Sybille * Charles Granval as Le marquis de Ransac * Jean Marchat as Hubert de Rozans * Charlotte Lysès as Madame de Mareilhac * Guillaume de Sax ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean Delannoy
Jean Delannoy (; 12 January 1908 – 18 June 2008) was a French actor, film editor, screenwriter and film director. Biography Although Delannoy was born in a Paris suburb, his family was from Haute-Normandie in the north of France. He was a Protestant, a descendant of Huguenots, some of whom fled the country during the French Wars of Religion, and settled first in Wallonia. Afterwards, their name became De la Noye and then Delano family, Delano, who were on the second ship to immigrate to Plymouth, Massachusetts. He was a student in Paris when he began acting in silent films. He eventually landed a job with Paramount Studios Parisian facilities, working his way up to head film editor. In 1934 he directed his first film and went on to a long career, both writing and directing. In 1946, his film about a Protestant minister titled ''La symphonie pastorale'' was awarded the at the Cannes Film Festival. In 1960, his film, ''Maigret tend un piège'' was nominated for a BAFTA award fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
First French Empire
The First French Empire or French Empire (; ), also known as Napoleonic France, was the empire ruled by Napoleon Bonaparte, who established French hegemony over much of continental Europe at the beginning of the 19th century. It lasted from 18 May 1804 to 6 April 1814 and again briefly from 20 March 1815 to 7 July 1815, when Napoleon was exiled to Saint Helena. Although France had already established a French colonial empire, colonial empire overseas since the early 17th century, the French state had remained a France in the early modern period, kingdom under the Bourbons and a French First Republic, republic after the French Revolution. Historians refer to Napoleon's regime as the ''First Empire'' to distinguish it from the restorationist ''Second French Empire, Second Empire'' (1852–1870) ruled by his nephew Napoleon III. On 18 May 1804 (28 Floréal year XII on the French Republican calendar), Napoleon was granted the title Emperor of the French (, ) by the French and w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucien Nat
Lucien Nat (born Lucien Maurice Natte; 11 January 1895 – 25 July 1972) was a French film actor, film, stage actor, stage and television actor.McCann p.95 He was married to the actress Marie Déa. Selected filmography * ''Fun in the Barracks'' (1932) - Maréchal des Logis chef Barnot * ''Les Misérables (1934 film), Les Misérables'' (1934) - Montparnasse * ''The Tender Enemy'' (1936) - Le Promis * ''Boissière (film), Boissière'' (1937) - Jean Le Barois * ''The Cheat (1937 film), The Cheat'' (1937) - Maître Ribeyre * ''Rasputin (1938 film), Rasputin'' (1938) - Ostrowski * ''Le corsaire'' (1939) * ''Camp Thirteen'' (1940) - Carlos * ''The Last of the Six'' (1941) - Marcel Gernicot * ''Business Is Business (1942 film), Business Is Business'' (1942) - Lucien Garraud * ''Colonel Pontcarral'' (1942) - Garron * ''The Heart of a Nation'' (1943) - Bernard Froment adulte * ''Des jeunes filles dans la nuit'' (1943) - Le père d'Andrée * ''Captain Fracasse (1943 film), Captain Fracass ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacques Louvigny
Jacques Louvigny (1884–1951) was a French stage and film actor.Hayward p.241 Selected filmography * '' Delphine'' (1931) * ''On purge bébé'' (1931) * '' Fanfare of Love'' (1935) * '' The Squadron's Baby'' (1935) * ''The Lover of Madame Vidal'' (1936) * '' Hôtel du Nord'' (1938) * '' Mollenard'' (1938) * '' Thunder Over Paris'' (1940) * '' At Your Command, Madame'' (1942) * '' Colonel Pontcarral'' (1942) * ''Fever'' (1942) * '' Frederica'' (1942) * '' I Am with You'' (1943) * '' Madly in Love'' (1943) * '' The Island of Love'' (1944) * '' Death No Longer Awaits'' (1944) * '' Florence Is Crazy'' (1944) * '' My First Love'' (1945) * '' Not So Stupid'' (1946) * '' Gringalet'' (1946) * '' Pastoral Symphony'' (1946) * '' Song of the Clouds'' (1946) * '' Four Knaves'' (1947) * '' Loves, Delights and Organs'' (1947) * ''The Heart on the Sleeve'' (1948) * '' White as Snow'' (1948) * '' Colomba'' (1948) * ''The Shadow The Shadow is a fictional character created by American magazi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simone Valère
Simone Valère (2 August 1921 – 11 November 2010) was a French actress. She appeared in more than forty films from 1941 to 1993. Filmography External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Valere, Simone 1923 births 2010 deaths Actresses from Paris French film actresses 20th-century French actresses ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marcel Delaître
Marcel Delaître (1888–1963) was a French film and stage actor.Crisp p.94 Selected filmography * '' Happy Hearts'' (1932) * ''Lilac'' (1932) * '' Poliche'' (1934) * ''Street Without a Name'' (1934) * ''Crime and Punishment'' (1935) * '' Girls of Paris'' (1936) * '' The Gardens of Murcia'' (1936) * '' Return at Dawn'' (1938) * '' Women's Prison'' (1938) * ''The Puritan'' (1938) * '' J'accuse!'' (1938) * '' Immediate Call'' (1939) * ''Paradise Lost'' (1940) * '' Strange Suzy'' (1941) * '' Colonel Pontcarral'' (1942) * '' Le Corbeau'' (1943) * '' First on the Rope'' (1944) * '' Father Goriot'' (1945) * '' The Eleventh Hour Guest'' (1945) * '' Night Warning'' (1946) * '' The Queen's Necklace'' (1946) * '' Special Mission'' (1946) * '' Raboliot'' (1946) * '' The Lost Village'' (1947) * ''Something to Sing About'' (1947) * '' The Secret of Monte Cristo'' (1948) * '' Rocambole'' (1948) * '' The Revenge of Baccarat'' (1948) * '' Du Guesclin'' (1949) * '' The King'' (1949) * '' God Needs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guillaume De Sax
Guillaume de Sax (1889–1945) was a Belgian actor. De Sax was born Guillaume Henri Robert de Segur Lamoignon in Belgium and died in France. He was married to the actress Cécile Sorel. Partial filmography * '' Ernest the Rebel'' (1938) * '' Three Waltzes'' (1938) * ''I Was an Adventuress'' (1938) * ''Coral Reefs'' (1939) * '' Immediate Call'' (1939) * ''Angelica'' (1939) * '' Cristobal's Gold'' (1940) * '' Sins of Youth'' (1941) * ''Miss Bonaparte'' (1942) * '' The Lover of Borneo'' (1942) * '' No Love Allowed'' (1942) * '' Twisted Mistress'' (1942) * '' Colonel Pontcarral'' (1942) * '' Strange Inheritance'' (1943) * ''La Main du diable'' (1943) * '' Picpus'' (1943) * ''Vautrin'' (1943) *'' Farandole'' (1945) * '' The Eleventh Hour Guest'' (1945) Bibliography * Waldman, Harry. ''Maurice Tourneur: The Life and Films''. McFarland & Co, 2008. External links *Photograph of Guillaume de Saxfrom BlogSpot Blogger is an American online content management system founded in 1999 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charlotte Lysès
Charlotte Lysès (17 May 1877 – 7 April 1956) was a French stage and film actress.Capua p.124 Selected filmography * ''The Heir of the Bal Tabarin'' (1933) * ''One Night's Song'' (1933) * '' La dame de chez Maxim's'' (1933) * '' The Rosary'' (1934) * ''The Last Waltz'' (1936) * ''The Brighton Twins'' (1936) * ''Love Marriage'' (1942) * '' Return to Happiness'' (1942) * ''Colonel Pontcarral ''Colonel Pontcarral'' or ''Pontcarral, Colonel of the Empire'' (French: ''Pontcarral, colonel d'empire'') is a 1942 French historical drama film directed by Jean Delannoy and starring Pierre Blanchar, Annie Ducaux and Suzy Carrier. Williams p. ...'' (1942) References Bibliography * Capua, Michelangelo. ''Anatole Litvak: The Life and Films''. McFarland, 2015. External links * 1877 births 1956 deaths French stage actresses French film actresses Actresses from Paris {{France-stage-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean Marchat
Jean Marchat (1902–1966) was a French film actor who appeared in around fifty films during his career. He made his film debut in 1931 and appeared in Maurice Tourneur's '' Departure'' the same year.Waldman p.144 Selected filmography * '' Departure'' (1931) * '' The Malay Dagger'' (1931) * ''Checkmate'' (1931) * '' In the Name of the Law'' (1932) * '' The Case of Doctor Brenner'' (1933) * '' Stormy Waters'' (1941) * '' The Pavilion Burns'' (1941) * '' Sideral Cruises'' (1942) * '' Colonel Pontcarral'' (1942) * '' Mermoz'' (1943) * '' Majestic Hotel Cellars'' (1945) * '' The Mysterious Monsieur Sylvain'' (1947) * '' Last Chance Castle'' (1947) * '' Three Boys, One Girl'' (1948) * '' The Barton Mystery'' (1949) * '' Véronique'' (1950) * '' Shadow and Light'' (1951) * '' The Passerby'' (1951) * '' The Red Needle'' (1951) * '' They Were Five'' (1952) * '' Zoé'' (1954) * '' Nights of Montmartre'' (1955) * '' Mademoiselle from Paris'' (1955) * ''Napoléon'' (1955) * '' The Miracle of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Granval
Charles Granval (born Charles Louis Gribouval; December 21, 1882 – July 28, 1943) was a French stage and film actor.Macdonald p.244 He was Jean-Pierre Granval's father. Selected filmography * ''Boudu Saved from Drowning'' (1932) * ''Golgotha'' (1935) * ''La belle équipe'' (1936) * '' Sarati the Terrible'' (1937) * '' The Terrible Lovers'' (1936) * '' Blanchette'' (1937) * ''A Woman of No Importance'' (1937) * ''Pépé le Moko'' (1937) * '' The Man from Nowhere'' (1937) * ''White Cargo'' (1937) * ''The End of the Day'' (1939) * ''First Ball'' (1941) * '' Monsieur La Souris'' (1942) * ''Colonel Pontcarral'' (1942) * ''The Woman I Loved Most'' (1942) * '' La Nuit fantastique'' (1942) * '' The Benefactor'' (1942) * ''The Count of Monte Cristo ''The Count of Monte Cristo'' () is an adventure novel by the French writer Alexandre Dumas. It was serialised from 1844 to 1846, and published in book form in 1846. It is one of his most popular works, along with ''The Three Musketeers' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Conquest Of Algeria
The French conquest of Algeria (; ) took place between 1830 and 1903. In 1827, an argument between Hussein Dey, the ruler of the Regency of Algiers, and the French consul (representative), consul escalated into a blockade, following which the July Monarchy of France invaded and quickly seized Algiers in 1830, and seized other coastal communities. Amid internal political strife in France, decisions were repeatedly taken to retain control of the territory, and additional military forces were brought in over the following years to quell resistance in the interior of the country. Initially, the Algerian resistance was mainly divided between forces under Ahmed Bey ben Mohamed Chérif at Constantine, Algeria, Constantine, seeking to reinstate the Regency of Algiers, primarily in the east, and nationalist forces in the west and center. Treaties with the nationalists under Emir Abdelkader enabled the French to first focus on the elimination of the remnants of the Deylik, achieved with the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
July Revolution
The French Revolution of 1830, also known as the July Revolution (), Second French Revolution, or ("Three Glorious [Days]"), was a second French Revolution after French Revolution, the first of 1789–99. It led to the overthrow of King Charles X of France, Charles X, the French House of Bourbon, Bourbon monarch, and the ascent of his cousin Louis Philippe I, Louis Philippe, Duke of Orléans. The 1830 Revolution marked a shift from one constitutional monarchy, under the Bourbon Restoration in France, restored House of Bourbon, to another, the July Monarchy; the transition of power from the House of Bourbon to its cadet branch, the House of Orléans; and the replacement of the principle of hereditary right by that of popular sovereignty. Supporters of the Bourbons would be called Legitimists, and supporters of Louis Philippe were known as Orléanists. In addition, there continued to be Bonapartists supporting the return of Napoleon Bonaparte, Napoleon's heirs. After 18 preca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
