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Jean-Pierre Conty
Jean Pierre Conty, real name Jean Pierre Walrafen, (9 December 1917 – 12 September 1984) was a 20th-century French writer, famous for his spying novels. The hero of most of his novel is Mr. Suzuki, a Japanese spy. He has also published under the pen name Jean Crau . Works Novels Theatre In 1954, his play ''Affaire vous concernant'' is directed by Pierre Valde at the Théâtre de Paris. In 1965, he coauthored with Jean Bernard-Luc, a comédie-vaudeville which has now become a classic of the genre : ''Quand épousez-vous ma femme ?'', staged on theatre with Michel Serrault, Jean-Pierre Darras and Maria Pacôme. Comic strips Several adaptations in comic strips of the series Mr. Suzuki have been made by Jacomo: *1974 : ''La nuit rouge de Mr. Suzuki'', Artima *1975 : ''Mr. Suzuki a la dent dure'', Artima *1975 : ''Mr. Suzuki et la ville fantôme'', Artima *1977 : ''Mr. Suzuki lance un sos'', Artima *1977 : ''Mr. Suzuki lance un sos (2)'', Artima Cinema Robert Vernay ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Merlebach
Freyming-Merlebach (; ) is a commune in the Moselle department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. It is part of the agglomeration of Saarbrücken and Forbach. INSEE Population See also *Communes of the Moselle department
The following is a list of the 725 communes of the Moselle department of France
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1960 In Film
The year 1960 in film involved some significant events. __TOC__ Top-grossing films (U.S.) The top ten 1960 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows: Top-grossing films by country The highest-grossing 1960 films in countries outside of North America. Events * March 5 – For the first time since coming home from military service in Germany, Elvis Presley returns to Hollywood to film '' G.I. Blues'' * June 16 – Premiere of Alfred Hitchcock's landmark film, '' Psycho'' in the United States. Controversial since release, it sets new standards in violence and sexuality on screen, and is a critical influence on the emerging slasher genre. * August 5 - Mughal-e-Azam, produced and directed by K. Asif and starring Prithviraj Kapoor, Dilip Kumar, Madhubala, and Durga Khote, premieres at the Maratha Mandir in Mumbai. Production was plagued by delays and financial uncertainty. Before its principal photography began in the early 1950s, the project ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
People From Moselle (department)
The term "the people" refers to the public or common mass of people of a polity. As such it is a concept of human rights law, international law as well as constitutional law, particularly used for claims of popular sovereignty. In contrast, a people is any plurality of persons considered as a whole. Used in politics and law, the term "a people" refers to the collective or community of an ethnic group or nation. Concepts Legal Chapter One, Article One of the Charter of the United Nations states that "peoples" have the right to self-determination. Though the mere status as peoples and the right to self-determination, as for example in the case of Indigenous peoples (''peoples'', as in all groups of indigenous people, not merely all indigenous persons as in ''indigenous people''), does not automatically provide for independent sovereignty and therefore secession. Indeed, judge Ivor Jennings identified the inherent problems in the right of "peoples" to self-determination, as i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Crime Fiction Writers
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Grand Prix De Littérature Policière
The (or the Police Literature Grand Prize) is a French literary award, literary prize founded in 1948 by author and literary critic Maurice-Bernard Endrèbe. It is the most prestigious award for crime fiction, crime and detective fiction in France. Two prizes are awarded annually to the best French novel and to the best international crime novel published in that year.Guide des Prix littéraires online ed. ''Le Rayon du Polar''. Synopsis of French prizes rewarding French and international crime literature, with lists of laureates for each Prize. Grand Prix de littérature policière: pp. 18–36. French Prize 1940s * 1948 – ''Le Cinquième procédé'' by Léo Malet * 1949 – ''La Parole est au mort'' by Odette Sorensen (:fr:Odette Sorensen, fr) 19 ...
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1953 In Literature
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1953. Events *January 5 – ''Waiting For Godot'', a play by the Irish writer Samuel Beckett, has its first public stage performance, in French as ''En attendant Godot'', at the in Paris. Beckett's novel '' The Unnamable'' is also published in French this year. *January 22 – ''The Crucible'', a historical drama by Arthur Miller written as an allegory of McCarthyism, opens on Broadway at the Martin Beck Theatre. *February 19 – The State of Georgia approves the first literature censorship board in the United States. *April 13 – The face of popular literature changes with the publication of Ian Fleming's novel '' Casino Royale'', introducing the British spy character James Bond. *May – The semi-autobiographical '' Go Tell It on the Mountain'' by James Baldwin is published. In 2001, it will be named as one of the 100 best English-language novels of the 20th century by the editors of the Americ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pierre Dudan
Pierre Dudan (1916–1984) was a Russian-born Swiss actor and singer. He was born in Moscow to a Russian mother and a Swiss father. He married four times. Selected filmography * '' Night Warning'' (1946) * '' Naughty Martine'' (1947) * '' The Fugitive'' (1947) * '' The Patron'' (1950) * '' Casabianca'' (1951) * ''The Lyons in Paris'' (1955) * '' If Paris Were Told to Us'' (1956) * '' A Touch of the Sun'' (1956) * ''Anyone Can Kill Me'' (1957) * '' The Roots of Heaven'' (1958) * '' Certains l'aiment froide'' (1960) * ''Dans l'eau qui fait des bulles'' (1961) * ''Sentimental Education ''Sentimental Education'' (French: ''L'éducation sentimentale'') is an 1869 novel by Gustave Flaubert. The story focuses on the romantic life of a young man named Frédéric Moreau at the time of the French Revolution of 1848 and the founding o ...'' (1962) * '' Thank You, Natercia'' (1963) References Bibliography * Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gru ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ivan Desny
Ivan Desny (born Ivan Nikolaevich Desnitsky; , 28 December 1922 – 13 April 2002) was a French actor of Russian Chinese origin. He had a lengthy career in French and German cinema, appearing in over 200 film and television roles over 50 years, and was a two-time German Film Award winner. Early life Desny was born Ivan Nikolaevich Desnitsky () in Beijing, China. His Russian father, Nikolai Desnitsky, gained French citizenship and worked as a secretary at the French embassy. His mother was Swedish. Career Desny was a film actor. Bilingual in French and German, he acted in more than 150 films, both in Germany and France. In 1980, Desny received an honorary German Film Award for "his continued outstanding individual contributions to the german film over the years." Death Desny died in Ascona, Switzerland. Selected filmography * ''La fleur de l'âge'' (1947) * ''Bonheur en location'' (1949) - Gordon junior * '' Madeleine'' (1950) - Emile L'Anglier * ''Les mousquetaires ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Vernay
Robert Vernay (May 30, 1907 in Paris – October 17, 1979 in Paris) was a French director and screenwriter. Career In 1937, Vernay worked as assistant director to Julien Duvivier on ''Pépé le Moko''. In 1944, Vernay directed an adaptation of Balzac's ''Père Goriot'', starring Pierre Renoir. It was released in 1945. In the late 1950s, he directed a "tacky comedy" called ''Madame et son auto''. It was a favourite film of René Magritte. Selected filmography * ''Prince of the Six Days'' (1936) * ''Pépé le Moko'' (1937) as assistant director * ''The Woman I Loved Most'' (1942) * ''Arlette and Love'' (1943) * ''The Count of Monte Cristo (1943 film), The Count of Monte Cristo'' (1943) * ''Father Goriot (film), Father Goriot'' (1945) * ''The Captain (1946 film), The Captain'' (1946) * ''Emile the African'' (1949) * ''Fantomas Against Fantomas'' (1949) * ''Véronique (film), Véronique'' (1950) * ''Andalusia (film), Andalusia'' (1951) * ''The Dream of Andalusia'' (1951) * ''Love i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moselle (département)
Moselle () is the most populous department in Lorraine, in the northeast of France, and is named after the river Moselle, a tributary of the Rhine, which flows through the western part of the department. It had a population of 1,046,543 in 2019.Populations légales 2019: 57 Moselle INSEE Inhabitants of the department are known as ''Mosellans''. History 
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Maria Pacôme
Maria Pacôme (; 18 July 1923 – 1 December 2018) was a French actress and playwright. Biography Born on 18 July 1923 in Paris, Maria Pacôme was the daughter of Maurice Pacôme and Germaine Hivonait. Her father was deported to Buchenwald concentration camp and her brother was shot for being a Communist. When her father came back, Pacôme often found herself defending her mother against her father's violence. Maria began her higher education at Cours Simon in 1941, when she was 18. She was classmates with Michèle Morgan, Danièle Delorme, and her future spouse, Maurice Ronet. Pacôme married Ronet in 1950. She would set aside her career until their divorce in 1956. Theatre She began her stage acting career in 1956 with ''La Reine et les Insurgés'', written by Ugo Betti and directed by Michel Vitold. In 1958, she acted in ''Oscar'', written by . She acted alongside Pierre Mondy and Jean-Paul Belmondo in the play. Pacôme also appeared in '' N'écoutez pas, mesdames !'' b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
