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Maurice Biraud
Maurice Biraud (3 March 1922 – 24 December 1982) was a French film actor. He appeared in 90 films between 1951 and 1982. Biraud was born on 3 March 1922 in Paris. He married actress Françoise Soulié in 1956. He suffered a heart attack at a red light while driving his car on Avenue Marceau in Paris and was taken to the Ambroise-Paré-Hospital in Boulogne-Billancourt, Hauts-de-Seine, where he was certified dead on 24 December 1982. Selected filmography * ''Le roi des camelots'' (1951) * ''Mr. Peek-a-Boo'' (1951) - Un collégue de Léon (uncredited) * ''Une fille à croquer'' (1951) * ''Jamais deux sans trois'' (1952) * ''La marche'' (1952) * '' The Red Head'' (1952) * ''Le Plus Heureux des hommes'' (1952) - Le jeune avocat * '' Wonderful Mentality'' (1953) * '' The Slave'' (1953) - Le photographe * '' His Father's Portrait'' (1953) - Didier * '' Quay of Blondes'' (1954) - Laurent * '' Mam'zelle Nitouche'' (1954) - Un réserviste (uncredited) * '' Le Secret d'Hélène Mari ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olivier Meyer
Olivier Meyer is a French photographer born in 1957. He lives and works in Paris, France. Biography His photo-journalism was first published in France-Soir Magazine and subsequently in the daily France Soir in 1981. Starting from 1989, a selection of his black and white photographs of Paris were produced as postcards by Éditions Marion Valentine. He often met the photographer Édouard Boubat on the île Saint-Louis in Paris and at the Publimod laboratory in the rue du Roi de Sicile. Having seen his photographs, Boubat told him: "at the end of the day, we are all doing the same thing...". When featured in the magazine Le Monde 2 in 2007 his work was noticed by gallery owner Charles Zalber who exhibited his photographs at the gallery Photo4 managed by Victor Mendès. Work His work is in the tradition of humanist photography and Street photography using the same material as many of the forerunners of this style: Kodak Tri-X black and white film, silver bromide prints on ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taxi For Tobruk
''Taxi for Tobruk'' (French: ''Un taxi pour Tobrouk'') is a 1961 war film directed by Denys de La Patellière and starring Charles Aznavour, Lino Ventura and Hardy Krüger. It was made as a co-production between France, Spain and West Germany.Hammer p.149 The story takes place during World War II in the North African desert at the Battle of El Alamein. Location shooting took place in Almería in Spain. The film's sets were designed by the art director Paul-Louis Boutié. Cast * Hardy Krüger as Le capitaine Ludwig von Stegel * Lino Ventura as le brigadier Theo Dumas * Maurice Biraud as François Gensac * Charles Aznavour as Samuel Goldmann * Germán Cobos as Jean Ramirez * Ellen Bahl as Frau von Stegel * Roland Malet as Convict with Ramirez * Carlos Mendy as German Soldier in Desert with von Stegel * Jacques Préboist as Convict with Ramirez * Lorenzo Robledo as German Soldier in Desert with von Stegel * Dominique Rozan as Parisian on the Champs-Elysées * Fernando ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Gypsy (film)
''The Gypsy'' (french: Le Gitan, it, Lo zingaro) is a 1975 French-Italian crime-drama film written and directed by José Giovanni. It is based on Giovanni's novel ''Histoire de fou''. It recorded admissions of 1,788,111 in France. at Box Office Story Plot Cast * Alain Delon as Hugo Sennart, aka Le Gitan * as Ninie *[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flic Story
''Flic Story'' is a French crime thriller released on October 1, 1975, based on the autobiography of the same name written by French police detective Roger Borniche. Both film and book portray Borniche's nine-year pursuit of French gangster and murderer Emile Buisson, who was executed on February 28, 1956.Hayward p. 279 Directed by Jacques Deray, the film stars Alain Delon and Jean-Louis Trintignant as Borniche and Buisson respectively, supported by Claudine Auger and André Pousse. Plot ''Flic Story'' follows a nine-year pursuit of Emile Buisson through France during the 1940s and 1950s, and illustrates the pursuit as a battle of intellect, focusing on a growing rapport between Buisson and the protagonist Borniche. Deray's humanizing of the characters was a trait used in his other films, and was a popular counter-cliché concept in France during the 1970s. The film story depicts Emile Buisson, following the death of his wife and child, escaping from a psychiatric institution i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Train (1973 Film)
The Train may refer to: Films * ''The Train'' (1964 film), an American war film starring Burt Lancaster and Paul Scofield * ''The Train'' (1970 film), an Indian Hindi suspense film * ''The Train'' (1973 film), a Franco–Italian war film * ''The Train'' (2007 film), an Indian Hindi thriller * ''The Train'' (2011 film), an Indian Malayalam thriller Games * '' The Train: Escape to Normandy'', a 1988 action video game based on the 1964 film (see above) * '' The Train Game'', a 1983 train simulation video game Literature * "The Train" (short story), a 1947 story by Flannery O'Connor * ''The Train'' (Russian: ''Sputniki'', Fellow Travellers), novel by Vera Panova Music * "The Train" (song), a song by OutKast * "The Train", a song by Ray Charles, the B-side of " Let's Go Get Stoned" * "The Train", a song by Frankie Miller from '' Double Trouble'' * "The Train", a song by Irving Berlin * "The Train", a 1969 song by 1910 Fruitgum Company The 1910 Fruitgum Company is an Americ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Slightly Pregnant Man
''A Slightly Pregnant Man'' (french: L'Événement le plus important depuis que l'homme a marché sur la Lune, lit=The Most Important Event Since Man Walked on the Moon; it, Niente di grave, suo marito è incinto, lit=No Big Deal, Your Husband Is Pregnant) is a 1973 comedy film written and directed by Jacques Demy. Plot Marco is a driving instructor who is engaged to single mother Irène, a hairdresser. After eating a chicken dinner, he complains to his housekeeper that she cooks chicken too frequently. He begins to feel bloated and tired and sees a doctor. The doctor determines that he is pregnant, and an expert concludes that the hormones in chicken have made him sufficiently feminine to carry a child. With his permission, the doctors publicize this event, and he becomes a model for a maternity clothing company creating a new line of paternity clothes. The majority of the film covers Marco revealing his pregnancy to his friends and family including his ex-wife and their reactio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Five Leaf Clover (film)
''Five Leaf Clover'' (French: ''Le trèfle à cinq feuilles'') is a 1972 French comedy film directed by Edmond Freess and starring Philippe Noiret, Liselotte Pulver and Micha Bayard.Bock & Bergfelder p.379 Cast * Philippe Noiret as Alfred * Liselotte Pulver as Daisy * Micha Bayard as Germaine Constant * Maurice Biraud as Georges-André Constant * Jean Carmet as Lord Picratt * Jean-Roger Caussimon as Vampirus * Barbara Cederlung as Isabelle * Monique Chaumette as Marie-Berthe * Pierre Fabre as Ferdinand * Thalie Frugès as Chloë * Corinne Koeningswarter as Isalaide * Bernard La Jarrige Bernard La Jarrige (25 February 1912 – 29 May 1999) was a French film and television actor.Paietta p.17 His name is sometimes written as Bernard Lajarrige. Selected filmography * '' Orage'' (1938) - Un copain (uncredited) * ''La cité des lumi ... * Ginette Leclerc as L'épicière * Paul Préboist as Léon Constant References Bibliography * Hans-Michae ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Métamorphose Des Cloportes
''La Métamorphose des cloportes'' is a 1965 French and Italian crime film comedy directed by Pierre Granier-Deferre. Cast *Lino Ventura : Alphonse Maréchal * Charles Aznavour : Edmond Clancul *Irina Demick : Catherine Verdier * Maurice Biraud : Arthur * Georges Géret : Rouquemoute * Pierre Brasseur : Tonton *Françoise Rosay : Gertrude *Annie Fratellini : Léone * Daniel Ceccaldi : Lescure * Norman Bart : Un visiteur de la galerie * Georges Blaness : Omar *Dorothée Blank : Une fille à l'hôtel particulier *Jean-Pierre Caussade (as J.P. Caussade) * Marcel Charvey : Un visiteur de la galerie *François Dalou: 2nd Inspector *Michel Dacquin Michel may refer to: * Michel (name), a given name or surname of French origin (and list of people with the name) * Míchel (nickname), a nickname (a list of people with the nickname, mainly Spanish footballers) * Míchel (footballer, born 1963), ... : Un barman de boîte de nuit (as Michel Daquin) Reception According to Fox records, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Une Souris Chez Les Hommes
''Une souris chez les hommes'' en, A Mouse with the Men, is a French comedy film from 1963, directed by Jacques Poitrenaud, written by Michel Audiard and Francis Ryck Francis Ryck, born Yves Delville, March 4, 1920 in Paris and died August 19, 2007 in Paris, was a French author of crime and spy novels. He also used the pen names Yves Dierick and Edo Ryck Works in English translation *''Loaded Gun'' (original ..., starring Dany Saval and Louis de Funès. The film is known under the titles: "A Mouse with the Men" (International English title), "Un drôle de caïd" (alternative French title), "O Tesouro Oculto" (Portugal), "Bei Oscar ist 'ne Schraube locker" (West Germany), "Due uomini in fuga... per un colpo maldestro" (Italy). Cast References External links * Une souris chez les hommesat the ''Films de France'' * analyse du film 1964 films French comedy films 1960s French-language films French black-and-white films Films directed by Jacques Poitrenaud ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Des Pissenlits Par La Racine
''Salad by the Roots'' (french: Des pissenlits par la racine, literally ''(Eating) dandelions by the roots'' which is the French idiom for ''Pushing up the daisies'') is a Franco-Italian comedy directed by Georges Lautner and released in 1964, a year after his success with Les Tontons flingueurs, which was also set in the Parisian underworld. It benefits from music by Georges Delerue and dialogue by Michel Audiard, among whose legendary lines is ''Plus t'as de pognon, moins t'as de principes. L'oseille c'est la gangrène de l'âme.'' (The more loot you've got, the fewer your principles. Lolly is the gangrene of the soul). Plot Celebrating their release from prison in a Paris bar, criminal Jo sends his heavy Pommes-Chips to place a big bet. Just as he has done so, putting the ticket in the pocket of his strawberry check coat, in walks another criminal Jack, who during his absence has been living with his girl Rockie. Jack flees into a nearby theatre, which is showing the last ni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Any Number Can Win (film)
''Any Number Can Win'' (french: Mélodie en sous-sol) is a 1963 French crime drama film directed by Henri Verneuil. The film is based on the novel ''The Big Grab'' by . Plot Charles comes out of prison after serving five years for attempted robbery. His wife wants him to go legit but he immediately starts making plans for robbing the gambling casino at Cannes. Charles hires two assistants: Francis, a young man whom he met in prison, and Francis' brother-in-law, Louis. Francis is a petty thief discontented with his working-class background, while Louis is a humble mechanic, almost completely honest to a fault. Charles orders Francis to go to the casino ahead of him, create a cover story as an affluent high-roller, and find a means to get access to the backstage, which will be crucial in the route to the elevator shaft that is the sole means to the basement vault in which the casino proceeds are kept. Francis does this by beginning a romance with dancer Brigitte. However, enjoying ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Eye Of The Monocle
''The Eye of the Monocle'' (French:''L'oeil du monocle'') is a 1962 French comedy thriller film directed by Georges Lautner and starring Paul Meurisse, Elga Andersen and Gaia Germani.Rège p.601 It is the sequel of ''The Black Monocle'' (1961). Location shooting took place in Corsica. Cast * Paul Meurisse as Le commandant Théobald Dromard, dit "Le Monocle" * Elga Andersen as Erika Murger * Gaia Germani as Diana * Charles Millot as Commissaire Matlov * Raymond Meunier as Bob Dugoinneau * Paul Mercey as Schlumpf * Henri Cogan as Archiloque * Jean Luisi as Un 'sinistre' * Jean-Michel Audin as Un 'sinistre' * Josette Demay * Michel Duplaix * Richard Larke as Major Cyring * Barbara Brand as La danseuse * Robert Dalban as Poussin * Maurice Biraud as Martigue * Guy Henry * Georges Lautner Georges Lautner (; 24 January 1926 – 22 November 2013) was a French film director and screenwriter, known primarily for his comedies created in collaboration w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |