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Le Grand Jeu (1934 Film)
Le Grand Jeu may refer to: *''The Great Game The Great Game was a rivalry between the 19th-century British and Russian empires over influence in Central Asia, primarily in Afghanistan, Persia, and Tibet. The two colonial empires used military interventions and diplomatic negotiations t ...'' (in French ''Le Grand Jeu''), the strategic rivalry between the British Empire and the Russian Empire for supremacy in central Asia *''Le Grand Jeu'', the title of a French literary review, founded in 1928 by René Daumal and others *''Le Grand Jeu'', a 1928 poetry collection by Benjamin Péret Films * ''Le Grand Jeu'' (1934 film), a film directed by Jacques Feyder * ''Le Grand Jeu'' (1954 film), a film directed by Robert Siodmak * ''Le Grand Jeu'' (2015 film), a film directed by Nicolas Pariser {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Great Game
The Great Game was a rivalry between the 19th-century British and Russian empires over influence in Central Asia, primarily in Afghanistan, Persia, and Tibet. The two colonial empires used military interventions and diplomatic negotiations to acquire and redefine territories in Central and South Asia. Russia conquered Turkestan, and Britain expanded and set the borders of British India. By the early 20th century, a line of independent states, tribes, and monarchies from the shore of the Caspian Sea to the Eastern Himalayas were made into protectorates and territories of the two empires. Though the Great Game was marked by distrust, diplomatic intrigue, and regional wars, it never erupted into a full-scale war directly between Russian and British colonial forces. However, the two nations battled in the Crimean War from 1853 to 1856, which affected the Great Game. The Russian and British Empires also cooperated numerous times during the Great Game, including many treaties an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
René Daumal
René Daumal (; 16 March 1908 – 21 May 1944) was a French spiritual para-surrealist writer, critic and poet, best known for his posthumously published novel '' Mount Analogue'' (1952) as well as for being an early, outspoken practitioner of pataphysics. Biography Daumal was born in Boulzicourt, Ardennes, France. In his late teens his avant-garde poetry was published in France's leading journals. As an adolescent, Daumal co-founded the art group ''Les Phrères Simplistes'' with the poets Roger Gilbert-Lecomte and Roger Vailland. They would later co-found the literary journal ''Le Grand Jeu'', which published three issues between 1928 and 1930. Although courted by André Breton, the journal was founded as a counter to Surrealism and Dada; the Surrealists reacted to its publication with some hostility. He is best known in the English-speaking world for two novels: '' A Night of Serious Drinking'', and the allegorical novel '' Mount Analogue: A Novel of Symbolically Aut ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Benjamin Péret
Benjamin Péret (4 July 1899 – 18 September 1959) was a French poet, Parisian Dadaist, and founder and central member of the French Surrealist movement with his avid use of Surrealist automatism. Biography Benjamin Péret was born in Rezé, France on 4 July 1899. He, as a child, acquired little education due to his dislike of school and he instead attended the Local Art School in 1912. In 1913, he resigned due to his lack of study and willingness to do so. Afterward he spent a short period of time in a School of Industrial Design. During World War I, Péret enlisted in the French army's Cuirassiers, to avoid being jailed for defacing a local statue with paint. He saw action in the Balkans, before being deployed to Salonica, Greece. During a routine movement of his unit via train, he discovered a copy of Pierre Albert-Birot's avant-garde magazine ''SIC: Sons Idées Couleurs, Formes'', founded in January 1916, sitting upon a bench on the station platform. It contained poe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Le Grand Jeu (1934 Film)
Le Grand Jeu may refer to: *''The Great Game The Great Game was a rivalry between the 19th-century British and Russian empires over influence in Central Asia, primarily in Afghanistan, Persia, and Tibet. The two colonial empires used military interventions and diplomatic negotiations t ...'' (in French ''Le Grand Jeu''), the strategic rivalry between the British Empire and the Russian Empire for supremacy in central Asia *''Le Grand Jeu'', the title of a French literary review, founded in 1928 by René Daumal and others *''Le Grand Jeu'', a 1928 poetry collection by Benjamin Péret Films * ''Le Grand Jeu'' (1934 film), a film directed by Jacques Feyder * ''Le Grand Jeu'' (1954 film), a film directed by Robert Siodmak * ''Le Grand Jeu'' (2015 film), a film directed by Nicolas Pariser {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Le Grand Jeu (1954 Film)
''Flesh and the Woman'' () is a 1954 French-Italian drama film directed by Robert Siodmak. It was entered into the 1954 Cannes Film Festival. It was released in the USA under the title ''Flesh and the Woman'', and in the UK as ''The Card of Fate''. It is a remake of the 1934 film '' Le Grand Jeu''. Plot After an affair with a young woman named Sylvia the Frenchman Pierre Martel leaves Paris and goes to Algeria because he wants to start over. His wife refuses to follow him. Dismayed about all this he decides to join the French Foreign Legion The French Foreign Legion (, also known simply as , "the Legion") is a corps of the French Army created to allow List of militaries that recruit foreigners, foreign nationals into French service. The Legion was founded in 1831 and today consis .... As a soldier he runs into a look-alike of Sylvia. Cast References External links * 1954 films 1954 drama films French drama films 1950s French-language films French black-and-w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
