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Eight Men In A Castle
''Eight Men in a Castle'' (French: ''Huit hommes dans un château'') is a 1942 French mystery film, mystery crime film, crime directed by Richard Pottier and starring René Dary, Jacqueline Gauthier and Aline Carola. Siclier p.110 It was shot at the Photosonor Studios in Courbevoie in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art director Marcel Mary. It was based on the 1934 novel of the same title by Jean Kéry. Synopsis Following the sinking of a ship, the various survivors meet up again in a castle in the provinces. A series of murders take place around a mystery solving an inheritance that draws in amongst others a husband and wife team of detective novel, detective novelists and a young actor. Cast * René Dary as Monsieur Paladine * Jacqueline Gauthier as Madame Paladine * Aline Carola as Hélène de Chanceau * Louis Salou as Delaunay * Colette Régis as La comtesse de Chanceau * André Carnège as Le juge d'instruction * Pierre Palau as Le notaire * Jean Meyer (a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Pottier
Richard Pottier (6 June 1906, in Graz – 2 November 1994, in Le Plessis-Bouchard) was a film director in France. He was born in the Austro-Hungarian Empire as Ernst Deutsch. Selected filmography * ''If I Were Boss (1934 film), If I Were Boss'' (1934) * ''A Rare Bird'' (1935) * ''Fanfare of Love'' (1935) * ''Guilty Melody'' (1936) * ''27 Rue de la Paix'' (1936) * ''The Secrets of the Red Sea'' (1937) * ''Lights of Paris'' (1938) * ''The World Will Tremble'' (1939) * ''Mademoiselle Swing'' (1942) * ''Eight Men in a Castle'' (1942) * ''No Love Allowed (film), No Love Allowed'' (1942) * ''Picpus (film), Picpus'' (1943) * ''Majestic Hotel Cellars'' (1945) * ''Song of the Clouds'' (1946) * ''Destiny (1946 film), Destiny'' (1946) * ''The Uncatchable Mr. Frederic'' (1946) * ''Vertigo (1947 film), Vertigo'' (1947) * ''The White Night'' (1948) * ''Barry (1949 film), Barry'' (1949) * ''Two Loves (1949 film), Two Loves'' (1949) * ''Murders (film), Murders'' (1950) * ''Casimir (film), Casimir' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Art Director
Art director is a title for a variety of similar job functions in theater, advertising, marketing, publishing, fashion, live-action and animated film and television, the Internet, and video games. It is the charge of a sole art director to supervise and unify the vision of an artistic production. In particular, they are in charge of its overall visual appearance and how it communicates visually, stimulates moods, contrasts features, and psychologically appeals to a target audience. The art director makes decisions about visual elements, what artistic style(s) to use, and when to use motion. One of the biggest challenges art directors face is translating desired moods, messages, concepts, and underdeveloped ideas into imagery. In the brainstorming process, art directors, colleagues and clients explore ways the finished piece or scene could look. At times, the art director is responsible for solidifying the vision of the collective imagination while resolving conflicting agendas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georges Vasty
Georges may refer to: Places *Georges River, New South Wales, Australia * Georges Quay (Dublin) *Georges Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania Other uses * Georges (name) * ''Georges'' (novel), a novel by Alexandre Dumas * "Georges" (song), a 1977 song originally recorded by Pat Simon and covered by Sylvie Vartan *Georges (store), a department store in Melbourne, Australia from 1880 to 1995 * Georges (''Green Card'' character) People with the surname * Eugenia Georges, American anthropologist *Karl Ernst Georges (1806–1895), German classical philologist and lexicographer, known for his edition of Latin-German dictionaries. * Mary Ngwanda Georges, Congo-born American politician See also * École secondaire Georges-P.-Vanier, a high school in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada *École secondaire Georges-Vanier in Laval, Quebec, Canada * French cruiser ''Georges Leygues'', commissioned in 1937 * French frigate ''Georges Leygues'' (D640), commissioned in 1979 * Georges Krayem, Brazilian la ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eugène Frouhins
Eugène Frouhins (1888–1966) was a French stage actor, stage and film actor.Histoire du cinéma français p.112 Selected filmography * ''Fanfare of Love'' (1935) * ''Sing Anyway'' (1940) * ''Annette and the Blonde Woman'' (1942) * ''Eight Men in a Castle'' (1942) * ''Fever (1942 film), Fever'' (1942) * ''Private Life (1942 film), Private Life'' (1942) * ''Devil and the Angel'' (1946) * ''My Friend Sainfoin'' (1950) * ''The Voyage to America'' (1951) References Bibliography * Maurice Bessy, André Bernard & Raymond Chirat. ''Histoire du cinéma français: 1951-1955''. Pygmalion, 1989. External links * 1888 births 1966 deaths French male film actors French male stage actors {{france-film-actor-1880s-stub fr:Paul Cambo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gabrielle Fontan
Gabrielle Fontan (16 April 1873 – 8 September 1959) was a French film actress. She appeared in more than 120 films between 1927 and 1959. Selected filmography * '' Misdeal'' (1928) * '' The Crime of Sylvestre Bonnard'' (1929) * '' The Ladies in the Green Hats'' (1929) * '' The Lighthouse Keepers'' (1929) * '' My Friend Victor'' (1931) * '' Make a Living'' (1931) * '' Coquecigrole'' (1931) * '' Dainah the Mulatto'' (1932) * '' Toto'' (1933) * '' Gold in the Street'' (1934) * ''Partie de campagne'' (1936) * '' Life Dances On'' (1937) * '' The Ladies in the Green Hats'' (1937) * '' The Little Thing'' (1938) * ''Ramuntcho'' (1938) * '' The Time of the Cherries'' (1938) * '' The Fatted Calf'' (1939) * ''First Ball'' (1941) * '' Sins of Youth'' (1941) * '' Twisted Mistress'' (1942) * ''Eight Men in a Castle'' (1942) * '' The Stairs Without End'' (1943) * '' Mademoiselle Béatrice'' (1943) * '' Strange Inheritance'' (1943) * '' Love Story'' (1943) * '' Picpus'' (1943) * '' The M� ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean Morel (actor)
Jean Morel may refer to: * Jean Baptiste Morel (1662–1732), Flemish still life painter * Jean-Marie Morel (1728–1810), French author, architect and surveyor * Jean-Valentin Morel (1794–1860), French gold- and silversmith *Jean Morel (politician) (1854–1927), French politician *Jean Paul Morel Jean Paul Morel (January 10, 1903 in Abbeville – April 14, 1975 in New York City) was a French-born naturalized-American conductor. He served on the conducting staff of the New York City Opera from 1946-1951. He had a long association with the ... (1903–1975), French-American conductor {{human name disambiguation, Morel, Jean ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Lemontier
Charles Lemontier (1894–1965) was a French film actor.Aping p.76 Selected filmography * ''Street Without a Name'' (1934) * ''Judex'' (1934) * ''Crime and Punishment'' (1935) * '' Rigolboche'' (1936) * '' School for Journalists'' (1936) * '' When Midnight Strikes'' (1936) * '' You Can't Fool Antoinette'' (1936) * '' The Assault'' (1936) * '' Seven Men, One Woman'' (1936) * '' Francis the First'' (1937) * '' Gigolette'' (1937) * '' Three Waltzes'' (1938) * '' The Little Thing'' (1938) * '' In the Sun of Marseille'' (1938) * '' Alexis, Gentleman Chauffeur'' (1938) * ''Monsieur Breloque Has Disappeared'' (1938) * '' The Fatted Calf'' (1939) * ''Prince Bouboule'' (1939) * '' My Aunt the Dictator'' (1939) * ''Case of Conscience'' (1939) * ''Eight Men in a Castle'' (1942) * ''Malaria'' (1943) * '' The White Truck'' (1943) * ''Shot in the Night'' (1943) * '' Lucrèce'' (1943) * '' White Wings'' (1943) * ''The Ménard Collection'' (1944) * ''Mademoiselle X'' (1945) * '' The Eternal Husba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean Daurand
Jean Daurand (1913–1989) was a French actor. He starred in ''La Nuit Merveilleuse'' and ''Derrière la Facade''. Selected filmography * ''Rothchild'' (1933) * ''Le secret d'une nuit'' (1934) * ''Pension Mimosas'' (1935) - Un groom (uncredited) * ''Passé à vendre'' (1936) * ''Les grands'' (1936) * ''Nitchevo (1936 film), Nitchevo'' (1936) - Un matelot * ''Les petites alliées'' (1936) - Un marin * ''The Man of the Hour'' (1937) - Un journaliste (uncredited) * ''Double Crime in the Maginot Line'' (1937) - Un soldat * ''Hercule (film), Hercule'' (1938) - Sandwich (uncredited) * ''Alert in the Mediterranean'' (1938) - Le matelot Calas * ''Education of a Prince (1938 film), Education of a Prince'' (1938) - Le camarade de Marianne * ''Captain Benoit'' (1938) - Griffon * ''Behind the Facade'' (1939) - Le télégraphiste * ''Nord-Atlantique'' (1939) - Gus * ''Latin Quarter (1939 film), Latin Quarter'' (1939) - L'Ablette * ''Brazza ou l'épopée du Congo'' (1940) - Le quartier-maîtr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maurice Pierrat
Maurice may refer to: *Maurice (name), a given name and surname, including a list of people with the name Places * or Mauritius, an island country in the Indian Ocean *Maurice, Iowa, a city *Maurice, Louisiana, a village *Maurice River, a tributary of the Delaware River in New Jersey Other uses * ''Maurice'' (2015 film), a Canadian short drama film * Maurice (horse), a Thoroughbred racehorse * ''Maurice'' (novel), a 1913 novel by E. M. Forster, published in 1971 ** ''Maurice'' (1987 film), a British film based on the novel * ''Maurice'' (Shelley), a children's story by Mary Shelley *Maurice, a character from the Madagascar ''franchise'' *Maurices, an American retail clothing chain *Maurice or Maryse, a type of cooking spatula See also *Church of Saint Maurice (other) * *Maurice Debate, a 1918 debate in the British House of Commons *Maurice Lacroix, Swiss manufacturer of mechanical timepieces, clocks, and watches *Mauricie, Quebec, Canada *Moritz (other) *Mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean Meyer (actor)
Jean Meyer Barth (born February 8, 1942) is a French-Mexican historian and author, known for his writings on early 20th-century Mexican history. He has published extensively on the Mexican Revolution and Cristero War, the history of Nayarit, and on the caudillo Manuel Lozada. He is a faculty member at the Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas, and a Guggenheim Fellow. Biography Jean Meyer was born in Nice. He obtained bachelor's and master's degrees at the Sorbonne University. He has taught at Sorbonne, Perpignan, the University of Paris, the Colegio de México, the Colegio de Michoacán, and the Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas. He has done extensive research on the Cristero War and written books on the subject for the University of Cambridge and the Universidad de Guadalajara. He also founded the Institute of Mexican Studies at the University of Perpignan in France. His major publications deal with conservative peasants in nineteenth- and twentieth- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pierre Palau
Pierre Palau (13 August 1883 – 3 December 1966), often known simply as Palau, was a French actor. Palau was born Pierre Palau del Vitri in Paris and died at age 83 in Meudon, Hauts-de-Seine, France. Partial filmography * '' When Do You Commit Suicide?'' (1931) * ''Luck'' (1931) * ''Côte d'Azur'' (1932) * '' Monsieur Albert'' (1932) * '' Knock'' (1933) * '' La dame de chez Maxim's'' (1933) * '' Zouzou'' (1934) * '' The Typist Gets Married'' (1934) * ''The Midnight Prince'' (1934) * '' Hotel Free Exchange'' (1934) * '' If I Were Boss'' (1934) * '' Fanfare of Love'' (1935) * '' Tovaritch'' (1935) * '' Girls of Paris'' (1936) * '' The Heart Disposes'' (1936) * ''The Green Jacket'' (1937) * '' The Beauty of Montparnasse'' (1937) * '' The Man from Nowhere'' (1937) * ''Rasputin'' (1938) * '' Crossroads'' (1938) * '' The Lafarge Case'' (1938) * '' Paid Holidays'' (1938) * '' The Duraton Family'' (1939) * ''The Phantom Carriage'' (1939) * '' Annette and the Blonde Woman'' (1942) * '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
André Carnège
André — sometimes transliterated as Andre — is the French and Portuguese form of the name Andrew and is now also used in the English-speaking world. It used in France, Quebec, Canada and other French-speaking countries, as well in Portugal, Brazil and other Portuguese-speaking countries. It is a variation of the Greek name ''Andreas'', a short form of any of various compound names derived from ''andr-'' 'man, warrior'. The name is popular in Norway and Sweden. Cognate names Cognate names are: * Bulgarian: Andrei, |