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Mouloudji
Marcel André Mouloudji (16 September 1922 – 14 June 1994) was a French singer and actor who was born in Paris and died in Neuilly-sur-Seine. He sang songs written by Boris Vian and Jacques Prévert. Personal life Mouloudji was born to Algerian Saïd Mouloudji and Breton Eugénie Roux. Mouloudji had two children: Grégory Mouloudji with Lilia Lejpune and Annabelle Mouloudji with Nicolle Tessier. Partial filmography *1936: ''Jenny'' – Le Chanteur des rues *1936: ''La guerre des gosses'' – La Crique *1936: ''Ménilmontant'' – Toto *1937: ''À Venise, une nuit'' – Le jeune Toto *1937: ''Claudine at School'' – Mouloud *1938: '' Mirages'' – Groom *1938: ''Les Disparus de Saint-Agil'' – Philippe Macroix *1938: ''Les gaietés de l'exposition'' *1939: ''L'Entraîneuse'' – Le cancre (uncredited) *1939: ''Le grand élan'' – Pierrot *1941: ''L'Enfer des anges'' – Le jeune Léon *1941: ''Premier bal'' – Le télégraphiste *1942: ''The Strangers in the House'' � ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Annabelle (singer)
Annabelle (born 26 July 1967) is a French singer, actress, and daughter of actor Marcel Mouloudji. Singer She performed the title "Fuis Lawrence d'Arabia" in 1987, which peaked at No. 12 on the French Singles Chart (Top 50). In 1988, two other 12" were released : "Casanova Solo" and "Impunément", which didn't meet the same success despite a music video for "Impunément" which was a real mini movie about ten minutes. In 2002 Bruno Blum released a reggae version of The Clash's ''Should I Stay or Should I Go'' on a Jamaican 45 RPM vinyl single featuring Annabelle Mouloudji improvising a scat vocal. The song was reissued on CD in 2011 as part of the ''Human Race'' anthology. Other contributions with Bruno Blum include co-writing ''La Bombe glacée'' (featured on Blum's ''Think Différent'' album) and other songs recorded and released by him. A French version of ''Should I Stay or Should I Go'' also featuring Annabelle, entitled ''Si je reste'', was released as a CD single in Fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Le Déserteur (Boris Vian Song)
"Le Déserteur" (The Deserter) is a famous anti-war song written by the French poet and musician Boris Vian. It was first performed on the day of the decisive French defeat in the First Indochina War on May 7, 1954. It was sung by Marcel Mouloudji on that day in concert, and he recorded it a week later. Its sale and broadcast were however forbidden by the French national radio committee until 1962. The first translation was in 1956 into Esperanto. It was later translated into German (1959 by Gerd Semmer), English (september 1964 by John Brunner), Italian (1966 by Santo Catanuto, 1971 by Giorgio Calabrese, sung by Luigi Tenco, Ornella Vanoni and Ivano Fossati), Swedish ("Desertören", 1969 by Roland Von Malmborg, "Jag står här på ett torg" before 2003 by Lars Forssell), Dutch ("De deserteur", 1964 by Ernst van Altena, sung by Peter Blanker), Polish ("Dezerter" by Wojciech Młynarski), Welsh ("Y FFoadur" by Huw Jones), Catalan (1977 sung by Ramon Muntaner and Joan Ollé, 1980 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
We Are All Murderers
''We Are All Murderers'' (french: Nous sommes tous des assassins, also known as ''Are We All Murderers?'') is a 1952 French film written and directed by André Cayatte, a former attorney. 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 guillotined are taken out at night, so they wait in fear and only sleep after dawn. While Le Guen's lawyer (Claude Laydu) tries to achieve a pardon for his client, three of Le Guen's fellow inmates are exec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Three Women (1952 Film)
''Three Women'' (french: Trois femmes) is a 1952 French film directed by André Michel. It was entered into the 1952 Cannes Film Festival. Plot The films consists of three segments which were adapted from three short stories by Guy de Maupassant each centered on a woman. The titles and respective lead actors of the segments are: * '' Boitelle'' with Moune de Rivel as the female lead character Zora, and Jacques Duby as the title character. * '' Mouche'' with Catherine Erard as the title character, and Marcelle Arnold, Jacques Fabbri, Pierre Olaf, Raymond Pellegrin, Marcel Mouloudji * '' L'Héritage'' with Agnès Delahaie as Coralie, and René Lefèvre, Michel Bouquet, Pierre Palau, Bernard Noël, Jean Ozenne, Jean Mercure Cast * Marcelle Arnold * Michel Bouquet as M. Lesable (segment "L'Héritage") * Betty Daussmond * Agnès Delahaie as Coralie Cachelin (segment "L'Héritage") * Blanche Denège * Moune de Rivel (fr) as Zora (segment "Boitelle") * Jacques Duby as Ant ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Strangers In The House (film)
''The Strangers in the House'' (''Les Inconnus dans la maison'') is a 1942 French drama film by Henri Decoin after the The Strangers in the House, novel by the same name by Georges Simenon in 1940. It was shot at the Billancourt Studios in Paris. Plot Hector Loursat, attorney at law, lives with his daughter, Nicole, in a vast and shabby mansion in a provincial town. Their conversation with each other is limited, each somehow holding the other one responsible for the situation: Hector Loursat used to be one of the great attorneys until his wife left him for another man eighteen years ago. He has been drinking ever since, and given up living altogether, intoxicated every night. Hector did not care much about his daughter, who was brought up by Fine, the old woman servant in the house. One night, gunshots are heard upstairs in the house and Hector spots a shadow running away. Hector goes upstairs with Nicole and finds a dead man lying on an old bed in the attic. The police arrive a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mirages (1938 Film)
''Mirages'' (French: ''Mirages'' or ''Si tu m'aimes'') is a 1938 French drama film directed by Alexandre Ryder and starring Arletty, Jeanne Aubert and Michel Simon.The A to Z of French Cinema p.396 Synopsis It portrays the romance between a woman emerging as a star at the Folies Bergère in Paris and Pierre, an engineer who goes to work on a project in French Algeria. Cast * Arletty as Arlette * Jeanne Aubert as Jeanne Dumont * Michel Simon as Michel * Jean-Louis Barrault as Pierre Bonvais * Pierre Nay as Charles * Nicole Vattier as Lucie * Tirmont as Le ténor * Paul Derval as Le directeur * Triel as Le régisseur * Marcel Mouloudji Marcel André Mouloudji (16 September 1922 – 14 June 1994) was a French singer and actor who was born in Paris and died in Neuilly-sur-Seine. He sang songs written by Boris Vian and Jacques Prévert. Personal life Mouloudji was born to Algeri ... as Groom References Bibliography * Dayna Oscherwitz & MaryEllen Higgins. ''The A to Z of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boum Sur Paris
''Boum sur Paris'', is a French comedy film from 1953, directed by Maurice de Canonge. Plot In the early 1950s, the popular radio program "La Kermesse aux Étoiles", hosted by the famous Jean Nohain, mixing lottery games and performances of various artists will be disturbed by the adventures of a man and his bride seeking to retrieve a dangerous perfume bottle (explosive) which was inadvertently mixed with prizes ... Cast * Jacques Pills as Gilbert Sestrières * Danielle Godet as Hélène * Armand Bernard as Calchas * Luce Feyrer as Lola Robert * Gary Cooper as himself * Annie Cordy as herself * Édith Piaf as herself * Juliette Gréco as herself * Line Renaud as herself * Gilbert Bécaud as himself * Charles Trenet as himself * Charles Boyer as himself * Martine Carol as herself * Andréa Parisy as herself * Gisèle Pascal as herself * Gregory Peck as himself * Lucienne Delyle Lucienne Delyle (16 April 1917 – 10 April 1962) was a French singer. After the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Virtuous Scoundrel
''The Virtuous Scoundrel'' (French: ''La Vie d'un honnête homme''), is a 1953 French comedy drama film directed and written by Sacha Guitry and starring Michel Simon, Marguerite Pierry and Laurence Badie.Crisp p.263 It was shot at Photosonor Studios in Paris and on location in the city. The film's sets were designed by the art director Aimé Bazin. Synopsis Two twin brothers have lived apart for many years. Albert has become a financial success and lives a very rigid life with his family while Alain is a free spirit enjoying a series of adventures travelling the world. After meeting Alain dies from a heart attack and on a spur of the moment Albert changes clothes with him and begins to enjoy his newfound freedom. However his wife, believing herself now to be a widow, attempts to marry who she thinks is Alain as he has inherited all of his brother's wealth. Cast * Michel Simon as Albert and Alain Ménard-Lacoste * Marguerite Pierry as Madeleine Lacoste, wife of Albert ... [...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] |
Le Bataillon Du Ciel
''Le Bataillon du ciel'' (''Sky Battalion'') is a 1947 French film in two parts by Alexander Esway about the Second World War. The film, written by Joseph Kessel, became the biggest box office success in France that year with more than 8 million tickets sold. The first part, ''Ce ne sont pas des anges'' (''They are no Angels'') was released on 8 March 1947, the second part ''Terre de France'' (''The land of France'') one month later. The total length is 3 hours and 20 minutes. It tells the story of French parachute troops who train in Free France and then land in Brittany the day before the Normandy landings to fight against the Germans. Despite being one of the few films to deal with the resistance against the German occupation from within Free France (the most important other one being ''Taxi for Tobruk''), it was cited a lot less in studies of French films dealing with the Second World War than films about either the resistance within occupied France, or the efforts by the All ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blonde (1950 Film)
''Blonde'' (French: ''Tête blonde'') is a 1950 French comedy film directed by Maurice Cam and starring Jules Berry, Denise Grey and Marcel André.Rège p.166 The film's art direction was by Guy de Gastyne. Cast * Jules Berry as Frédéric Truche * Denise Grey as Isabelle Truche * Marcel André as L'inspecteur Paulot * Pauline Carton as La concierge de Claire * Jeanne Fusier-Gir as Mélanie * Marcelle Géniat as La grand-mère * Marcel Mouloudji as Bernard * Michèle Philippe as Claire Fontanier * Louis Seigner as Maître Canard * Jean Tissier as Le prisonnier * Jean Berton as L'agent * Campion * Raymond Cordy as Le brigadier * Claudine Céréda as Claudine * Yvonne Dany * Charles Dechamps as Le juge d'instruction * Jacques Denoël as Le journaliste * Fernand Gilbert as Le gardien de prison * Raymond Girard * René Génin as Le fossoyeur * Jim Gérald as Le médecin * Roger Krebs * Frédéric Mariotti as Le gardien * Maximilienne as Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ménilmontant (1936 Film)
''Ménilmontant'' is a 1936 French comedy drama film directed by René Guissart and starring Gabriel Signoret, Pierre Larquey and Josette Day.The A to Z of French Cinema p.309 It takes its name from the Ménilmontant area of Paris. Cast * Gabriel Signoret as Le père Chinelle * Pierre Larquey as Le père Jos * Josette Day as Julie * Thérèse Dorny as Toinon * Valentine Tessier as Madame Collinet * Bernard Lancret as Roland * Georges Bever as Le père Martin * Armand Lurville as Ganduron * Robert Seller as Hardel * André Rehan as Le domestique * Lise Hestia as La concierge * Lona Dilva as La chanteuse des rues * Marcel Mouloudji as Toto * Jean-Pierre Thisse as Le petit chanteur * Jacques Chevalier as Lulu * Roger Doucet Roger is a given name, usually masculine, and a surname. The given name is derived from the Old French personal names ' and '. These names are of Germanic origin, derived from the elements ', ''χrōþi'' ("fame", "renown", "honour") ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
