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Jean Brochard
Jean Brochard (12 March 1893 – 17 June 1972) was a French film actor. He appeared in more than 100 films between 1933 and 1966. Selected filmography * '' A Man's Neck'' (1933) - Petit rôle (uncredited) * ''Boubouroche'' (1933) * ''La femme invisible'' (1933) * ''Son autre amour'' (1934) * ''Une femme chipée'' (1934) * ''Minuit... place Pigalle'' (1934) * ''Le diable en bouteille'' (1935) * ''Les époux scandaleux'' (1935) - Un ouvrier * ''Un soir de bombe'' (1935) * ''Le secret de l'émeraude'' (1935) - Le sergent Irving * ''Jonny, haute-couture'' (1935) * ''Inspecteur Grey'' (1936) - L'inspecteur Poussin * '' Bach the Detective'' (1936) - Le voyageur indisposé * ''Tout va très bien madame la marquise'' (1936) * '' The Mysterious Lady'' (1936) * ''À minuit, le 7'' (1937) - L'inspecteur Belenfant * ''Vous n'avez rien à déclarer ?'' (1937) - Le balayeur * ''À nous deux, madame la vie'' (1937) * ''Champs-Elysees'' (1937) - Un agent * '' The Cheat'' (1937) - Félicie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nantes
Nantes (, , ; Gallo: or ; ) is a city in Loire-Atlantique on the Loire, from the Atlantic coast. The city is the sixth largest in France, with a population of 314,138 in Nantes proper and a metropolitan area of nearly 1 million inhabitants (2018). With Saint-Nazaire, a seaport on the Loire estuary, Nantes forms one of the main north-western French metropolitan agglomerations. It is the administrative seat of the Loire-Atlantique department and the Pays de la Loire region, one of 18 regions of France. Nantes belongs historically and culturally to Brittany, a former duchy and province, and its omission from the modern administrative region of Brittany is controversial. Nantes was identified during classical antiquity as a port on the Loire. It was the seat of a bishopric at the end of the Roman era before it was conquered by the Bretons in 851. Although Nantes was the primary residence of the 15th-century dukes of Brittany, Rennes became the provincial capital aft ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Who Killed Santa Claus?
''Who Killed Santa Claus?'' (french: L'Assassinat du père Noël) is a 1941 French comedy-drama film by Christian-Jaque. This adaptation of Pierre Véry's novel of the same name was the first film produced by Continental Films. Cast * Harry Baur as Gaspard Cornusse * Raymond Rouleau as Roland de La Faille * Renée Faure as Catherine Cornusse * Robert Le Vigan as Léon Villard, the schoolmaster * Fernand Ledoux as Noirgoutte, the mayor * Jean Brochard as Ricomet, the pharmacist * Héléna Manson as Marie Coquillot * Arthur Devère as Tairraz, the watchmaker * Marcel Pérès as Rambert * Georges Chamarat as Constable Gercourt * Bernard Blier as police sergeant * Jean Sinoël Jean Sinoël (13 August 1868 – 30 August 1949), often known simply as Sinoël, was a French actor and singer. Born Jean Léonis Blès in Sainte-Terre, Gironde, France, he died in Paris in 1949. Selected filmography * ''Captain Craddock'' (1931) ... as Noblet * Marie-Hélène Dasté as Mother Michel * Jean Pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Royalists
''The Royalists'' (French: ''Les Chouans'') is a 1947 French historical drama film directed by Henri Calef and starring Paul Amiot, Roland Armontel and Roger Bontemps. It is an adaptation of Honoré de Balzac's 1829 novel ''Les Chouans''. A later film version, titled ''Chouans!'' (1988), was directed by Philippe de Broca. Plot Cast * Jean Marais: the Marquis of Montauran * Madeleine Robinson: Madam du Gua * Madeleine Lebeau: Marie-Nathalie de Verneuil * Marcel Herrand: Corentin * Pierre Dux: Hulot * Paul Amiot: the Count of Beauvent * Roland Armontel: Beau Pied * Jean Brochard: Marche à Terre * Guy Favières: Galope Chopine * Georges Paulais: the Marquis of Guénic * Jacques Charon: Lieutenant Merle * Louis Seigner: the priest Gudin * Léo Lapara: Pille-Miche * Howard Vernon Howard Vernon (15 July 1908 – 25 July 1996) was a Swiss actor. In 1961, he became a favorite actor of Spanish film director Jesús Franco and began starring in many low-budget horror and ero ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Lover's Return
''A Lover's Return'' (french: Un revenant, french: Le revenant) is a 1946 French drama film directed by Christian-Jaque. It was entered into the 1946 Cannes Film Festival. Plot Jean-Jacques Sauvage, a theater director believed dead by everyone, is back in Lyon. Cast * Louis Jouvet as Jean-Jacques Sauvage * Gaby Morlay as Geneviève Gonin * François Périer as François Nisard * Jean Brochard as Jérôme Nisard * Ludmilla Tchérina as Karina * Hélène Ronsard as La jeune femme * Arthur Honegger as Himself / En personne * Léo Lapara as Marchal * Armand Lurville as Le commissaire (as Lurville) * Maurice Nasil as Le cousin * Max Bozzoni as Serge * Arthur Hoérée * Louis Seigner as Edmond Gonin * Marguerite Moreno Marguerite Moreno (born Lucie Marie Marguerite Monceau; 15 September 1871, Paris - 14 July 1948, Touzac, Lot) was a French stage and film actress. On 12 September 1900, in England, she married the writer Marcel Schwob, whom she had met in 189 ... as Tante Jean ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jericho (1946 Film)
''Jericho'' is a 1946 French war film directed by Henri Calef based on Operation Jericho.Rège p.186 During the Second World War the Royal Air Force and the French Resistance take part in a joint operation known as "Jericho" to free fifty civilians being held as hostages by the occupying German Army in Amiens. Cast * Nadine Alari as Alice Noblet * Roland Armontel as Muscat * Jean Brochard as Michaud * André Carnège as L'aumônier allemand * Jacques Charon as Le comte Jacques de Saint-Leu * Paul Demange as André Morget * Yves Deniaud as Robert Detaille * Paul Faivre * Guy Favières as Le maire * Gabrielle Fontan as Madame Michaud * René Génin as Camille Duroc * Albert Glado * Jacques Henley * Maxime Joal * Pierre Larquey as Béquille * Albert Michel as Le correspondant qui vient de Hollande * Henri Nassiet as Le commandant Munchhausen * Reggie Nalder * Line Noro as Rosa Duroc * Palau as Dietrich * Fred Pasquali * Raphaël Patorni as Batig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Last Judgment (1945 Film)
''The Last Judgment'' (French: ''Le jugement dernier'') is a 1945 French drama film by René Chanas starring Raymond Bussières, Jean Davy and Jean Desailly. It is set during the Second World War in a German-occupied country in Central Europe. It recorded admissions in France of 1,468,085. at Box Office Story. Retrieved 11 March 2021. Main cast * as Kroum * as Stefan * |
Boule De Suif (1945 Film)
''Boule de Suif'' (released in English-speaking countries as ''Angel and Sinner'') is a 1945 French historical drama film directed by Christian-Jaque and starring Micheline Presle, Berthe Bovy and Louise Conte. It is an adaptation of the short story ''Boule de suif'' by Guy de Maupassant, set during the Franco-Prussian War. Cast * Micheline Presle : Élisabeth Rousset * Louis Salou : Le lieutenant prussien "Fifi" * Berthe Bovy : Mme Bonnet * Alfred Adam : Cornudet * Jean Brochard : Auguste Loiseau * Suzet Maïs : Mme Loiseau * Marcel Simon : Le comte Hubert de Bréville * Louise Conte : La comtesse de Bréville * Pierre Palau : Edmond Carré-Lamadon * Janine Viénot : Mme Carré-Lamadon * Jean Sinoël : Mr Follenvie, l'aubergiste * Gabrielle Fontan : Mme Follenvie * Berthe Tissen : La fille franc-tireur * Mona Dol : La sœur * Roger Karl : Le major-Colonel * Jim Gérald : Le capitaine Von Kerfenstein * Michel Salina : L'officier musicien * Denis d'Inès : Le curé d'Uville * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Grande Meute
''La Grande Meute'' is a 1945 French film directed by Jean de Limur. The title refers to a pack of dogs inherited by Côme de Lambrefaut through the family mansion on the death of his father. Everything else apart from the 110 hunting dogs has been mortgaged. He marries Agnès de Charençay, who shares his enthusiasm for the hunt, but this leads to the death of their son and hopes of descendants. Agnès divorces and marries a man whose wealth helps her to humiliate Côme, by buying his debts, slowly acquiring everything. In September 1939, the house is destroyed by gunfire and the dogs all escape. The film recorded admissions in France of 1,754,414. at Box Office Story Cast * |
Carmen (1942 Film)
''Carmen'' is a French-Italian musical drama film directed by Christian-Jaque and starring Viviane Romance, Jean Marais and Lucien Coëdel. It is a version of the famous opera.Zanger p.147 Although filmed in 1942 it was not released until 1944 in France and 1945 in Italy. It was one of the most popular movies in France in 1945 with admissions of 4,277,813.French box office of 1945 at Box Office Story The film's sets were designed by the art director Robert Gys. It was shot at the Scaler ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cecile Is Dead
''Cecile Is Dead'' (French: ''Cécile est morte!'') is a 1944 French crime film directed by Maurice Tourneur and starring Albert Préjean, Santa Relli and Germaine Kerjean. It is based on the 1942 novel of the same title by Georges Simenon featuring his detective Jules Maigret. The film's sets were designed by the art director Guy de Gastyne. The film was made by the German-controlled Continental Films. Main cast * Albert Préjean as Le commissaire Maigret * Santa Relli as Cécile * Germaine Kerjean as Madame Boynet * Luce Fabiole as Madame Petitot, la concierge * Liliane Maigné as Nouchi * André Gabriello as Lucas * Jean Brochard as Dandurand * André Reybaz as Gérard Pardon * Yves Deniaud as Machepied * Marcel Carpentier as Dr. Pierre * Marcel André as Le directeur de la P.J. * Henry Bonvallet as Le juge d'instruction * Charles Blavette Charles Blavette (24 June 1902 – 21 November 1967) was a French film actor. He appeared ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Traveling Light (1944 Film)
''Traveling Light'' () is a 1944 French drama film directed by Jean Anouilh, starring Pierre Fresnay and Blanchette Brunoy. The narrative is set in 1931, when a man with amnesia tries to recover his memories from World War I, in order to find out what kind of man he really is. The film is based on Anouilh's 1937 play with the same title. Cast * Pierre Fresnay as Gaston * Blanchette Brunoy as Valentine * Pierre Renoir as Georges Renaud * Marguerite Deval as Countess Dupont-Dufort * Louis Salou as Maître Uspard) * Odette Barencey as une parente * Mercédès Brare * Jean Brochard as Marcel Berthier * Pierre Brûlé as the little boy * Jenny Burnay as Juliette Production Just like with Jean Cocteau, World War II gave Jean Anouilh Jean Marie Lucien Pierre Anouilh (; 23 June 1910 – 3 October 1987) was a French dramatist whose career spanned five decades. Though his work ranged from high drama to absurdist farce, Anouilh is best known for his 1944 play ''Antigone'', an ad ... the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Voyage Without Hope
''Voyage Without Hope'' (French: ''Voyage sans espoir'') is a French 1943 French crime drama film directed by Christian-Jaque and starring Simone Renant, Jean Marais and Paul Bernard. It was shot at the Saint-Maurice Studios in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art director Robert Gys. It has been classified as a film noir with an opening that recalls the pre-war poetic realist film '' The Human Beast''.Walker-Morrison p.35 Synopsis A bank clerk steals money and plans to run off to Argentina on a freighter. On the train to the port he encounters a criminal just released from prison who takes him for a naïve, wealthy young man and persuades his old girlfriend, nightclub singer Marie-Ange, to seduce him. However, she falls in love with the essentially honest boy and as the net closes in against him from both the criminals and the law she ultimately sacrifices herself for him. Cast * Simone Renant as Marie-Ange * Jean Marais as Alain Ginestier * Paul Bernard as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
