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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] |
British Film Institute
The British Film Institute (BFI) is a film and television charitable organisation which promotes and preserves filmmaking and television in the United Kingdom. The BFI uses funds provided by the National Lottery to encourage film production, distribution, and education. It is sponsored by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, and partially funded under the British Film Institute Act 1949. Activities Purpose The BFI was established in 1933 to encourage the development of the arts of film, television and the moving image throughout the United Kingdom, to promote their use as a record of contemporary life and manners, to promote education about film, television and the moving image generally, and their impact on society, to promote access to and appreciation of the widest possible range of British and world cinema and to establish, care for and develop collections reflecting the moving image history, heritage and culture of the United Kingdom. Archive The BFI maintain ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Strange Inheritance (film)
''Strange Inheritance'' or ''The Traveller on All Saints' Day'' (French: ''Le voyageur de la Toussaint'', Italian: ''Il viaggiatore d'Ognissanti'') is a 1943 French-Italian mystery film directed by Louis Daquin and starring Assia Noris, Jules Berry, Gabrielle Dorziat and Guillaume de Sax. It is an adaptation of the 1941 Strange Inheritance (novel), novel of the same title by Georges Simenon. The film's sets were designed by the art director René Moulaert. It was made as a co-production (film), co-production between Occupied France and Fascist Italy (1922–1943), Fascist Italy.Chiti & Poppi p.406 Synopsis On a misty November day a young man makes a returns to his hometown of La Rochelle following the death of his Uncle, who has left him his entire fortune. He finds his upper-class family resent him because his parents were both music hall entertainers. He begins to investigate the circumstances of his uncle's suspicious death. Cast * Assia Noris as Colette Mauvoisin * Jules Berr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beauties Of The Night (1952 Film)
''Beauties of the Night'' (French: ''Les Belles de nuit'') is a 1952 French-Italian fantasy comedy film directed and written by René Clair who co-produced with Angelo Rizzoli. The film stars Gérard Philipe, Martine Carol, Gina Lollobrigida and Magali Vendeuil. It was nominated the Venice Film Festival for Golden Lion (René Clair). It was shot at Boulogne Studios in Paris. Plot Impoverished piano teacher and composer Claude ( Gérard Philipe) fantasizes about seducing beautiful rich women. One night a promising dream turns into a nightmare in which he's chased by the violent husbands and brothers of his lovers. He gets up and tries to stay awake for fear of feeling haunted again. Then he meets his neighbour Suzanne ( Magali Vendeuil) who resembles a woman from his dream. Cast * Gérard Philipe as Claude * Martine Carol as Edmee *Gina Lollobrigida as Leila / Cashier * Magali Vendeuil as Suzanne * Marilyn Buferd as Madame Bonacieux / Postal clerk * Raymond Bussière ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
We Are All Murderers
''We Are All Murderers'' (French: ''Nous sommes tous des assassins'', Italian: ''Siamo tutti assassini'') is a 1952 French-Italian crime drama film written and directed by André Cayatte and starring Marcel Mouloudji, Raymond Pellegrin and Claude Laydu.Hutton p.92 It was shot at the Boulogne Studios in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art director Jacques Colombier. It tells the story of René, a young man from the slums, trained by the French Resistance in World War II to kill Germans. He continues to kill long after the war has ended, as it is all he knows. It was entered into the 1952 Cannes Film Festival and won the Special Jury Prize. Plot René Le Guen ( Marcel Mouloudji) is a former resistance fighter trained as a young man as a professional killer. After World War II, he has no qualms in applying these skills and is arrested for murder. Convicted and condemned to death, he is held in a prison cell with other murderers sentenced to death. Men to be guillot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
My Wife, My Cow And Me
''My Wife, My Cow and Me'' (French: ''Ma femme, ma vache et moi'') is a 1952 French comedy film directed by Jean Devaivre and starring Erminio Macario, Irène Corday and Annette Poivre.Rège p.320 The film's sets were designed by the art director Claude Bouxin. Synopsis Bored of the country life, Marinette returns to Paris where she had been a dancer before her marriage. Her husband follows with his cow and small daughter in tow. Cast * Erminio Macario as Mario * Irène Corday as Marinette * Annette Poivre * Robert Balpo * Jean Daurand * Arthur Devère * Albert Dinan * Jacques Dufilho * Geno Ferny * Michel Galabru * Françoise Lauby * Charles Lemontier * Marguerite Letombe * Maurice Marceau * Raoul Marco * Marcel Meral * Albert Michel * Arlette Poirier * Émile Riandreys * Carlo Rizzo * Marcel Rouzé * Fernand Sardou Fernand Sardou (18 September 1910 – 31 January 1976 [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dakota 308
''Dakota 308'' is a 1951 French crime film directed by Jacques Daniel-Norman and starring Suzy Carrier, Jean Pâqui and Louis Seigner.Rège p.910 The film's sets were designed by the art director Lucien Carré. Synopsis The plot concerns a Dakota carrying a shipment of gold to Brazzaville. Cast * Suzy Carrier as Clara Sanders * Jean Pâqui as André Villeneuve * Louis Seigner as Le commissaire Jaillot * Roland Toutain as Le pilote * Marcel Alba * Paul Amiot as L'inspecteur Joly * Michel Ardan as Le chauffeur * Antonin Berval as Le commissaire Baron * André Burgère as Le directeur du camp * Robert Burnier as Charpentier * Al Cabrol as Le timonnier * Jacques Charon as Lord Vernon * Jean Daurand as Le radio * Charles Dechamps as Le directeur de la banque * Charlotte Ecard as L'infirmière * Jim Gérald as Van der Edern * Ketty Kerviel as Lady Vernon * Julien Maffre as Inspecteur Servais * Marcel Meral as L'huissier * Jean Nos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Cupboard Was Bare
''The Cupboard Was Bare'' (French: ''L'armoire volante'') is a 1948 French comedy crime film directed by Carlo Rim and starring Fernandel, Pauline Carton and Annette Poivre.Rège p.179 It was shot at the Boulogne Studios in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art director Emile Alex. Synopsis Alfred Puc's elderly and wealth aunt is travelling towards Paris on a furniture van when both she and the truck vanish. It turns out it has been stolen by thieves. Cast * Fernandel as Alfred Puc * Berthe Bovy as Madame Lea Lobligeois * Pauline Carton as Mme Ovide * Annette Poivre as Mimi * Germaine Kerjean as Madame Coufignac * Marcel Pérès as Frejus * Albert Dinan as P'tit Louis * Maximilienne as La commandant e de l'armée du salut * Paul Demange as Le Frise * Louis Florencie as Le notaire * Jean Toulout as L'acteur * André Bervil as Le premier habitué * Nina Myral as La première commère * Jean Témerson as Le deuxième habitué * Christiane Se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quai Des Orfèvres
''Quai des Orfèvres'' (; "Goldsmiths' Quay"; also known as ''Jenny Lamour'') is a 1947 French police procedural drama film based on the book ''Légitime défense'' by Stanislas-Andre Steeman. Directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot the film stars Suzy Delair as Jenny Lamour, Bernard Blier as Maurice Martineau, Louis Jouvet as Inspector Antoine and Simone Renant as Dora. The film was Clouzot's third directorial effort, and the first after the controversy of '' Le corbeau''. Without having the novel on hand, Clouzot and Jean Ferry based the film on memory and deviated significantly from the original story. The film was released in France and was popular with both audiences and critics. On the film's re-release in the United States in 2002, it continued to receive praise from critics as one of the director's best films. Plot Paris, December 1946. Jenny Lamour (Delair) wants to succeed in the theatre. Her husband and accompanist is Maurice Martineau (Blier), a mild-mannered but ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Les Jeux Sont Faits (film)
''Les jeux sont faits'', known in English as ''The Chips are Down'', is a 1947 French fantasy film directed by Jean Delannoy, based on the screenplay of the same name by French philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre. It was entered into the 1947 Cannes Film Festival. Plot In a country very similar to France under German military occupation, two people are murdered at the same moment. Ève is poisoned by her influential husband, who wants her money and her naïve younger sister, Lucette. Pierre, a worker and a leader of the resistance, is shot by an informer. Meeting in the afterlife, the two fall in love. As they were fated to do so, but prevented by others, they are granted 24 hours back on earth. Their first mission is to do a favour to a dead man who was worried about his young daughter. Then, after brief sex, they address unfinished business. Ève confronts her evil husband and tries to convince her sister of his treachery. Pierre goes to a meeting of resisters and tries to convinc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Man About Town (1947 Film)
''Man About Town'' () is a 1947 romantic comedy film written and directed by René Clair. It was released in a shortened version in the United States as ''Man About Town''. The film marked Clair's return to working in France after 12 years abroad in the United Kingdom and the United States. Premise The setting is Paris in the early 1900s ("1906, perhaps") and much of the action takes place in a silent film studio. Émile, a director, advises his shy young employee Jacques to adopt his own carefree attitude towards women ("one lost, ten found"). Émile takes under his wing Madeleine, the daughter of his old friend Célestin, when she arrives from the country; he offers her a place to stay and a job at his studio, and he starts to fall in love with her. When Jacques returns from military service, he and Madeleine are drawn to each other but they feel guilty about betraying the fatherly Émile. Émile finally realises the truth and decides that he must not stand in the young couple ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Son Of France
''Son of France'' (French: ''Fils de France'') is a 1946 French drama film directed by Pierre Blondy and starring Jean Mercanton, Jimmy Gaillard and Jacques Famery. It was made with the assistance of the French Army Film Service.Rousso & Goldhammer p.228 Cast * Jean Mercanton as Hans * Jimmy Gaillard as Yves * Jacques Famery as François * Émile Genevois as Marcel * Jean Daurand as Le maréchal des logis Gobert * Ginette Baudin as Gretel * Jean Gaven as Le lieutenant Brévannes * Lucien Blondeau as Le colonel * Louis Florencie as Le commandant * Raymone * Odette Barencey as Mme Chatin * Lise Bravo * Georges Sauval * Gérard Blain Gérard Blain (23 October 1930 – 17 December 2000) was a French actor and film director A film director or filmmaker is a person who controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while gui ... * Luce Fabiole References Bibliography * Henry Rousso & ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Misfortunes Of Sophie
''The Misfortunes of Sophie'' (French: ''Les Malheurs de Sophie'') is a 1946 French comedy drama film directed by Jacqueline Audry and starring Madeleine Rousset, Marguerite Moreno and Michel Auclair.Palmer & Michael p.69 The film is based on the novel of the same name by the Countess of Ségur. It was shot at the Victorine Studios in Nice. The film's sets were designed by the 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 supe ...s Alexandre Trauner and Marcel Magniez. Cast References Bibliography * Tim Palmer & Charlie Michael. ''Directory of World Cinema: France''. Intellect Books, 2013. External links * 1946 films 1946 comedy-drama films French comedy-drama films 1940s French-language films Films directed by Jacqueline Audry Films based on Fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
