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Orpheus (film)
''Orpheus'' ( ; also the title used in the UK) is a 1950 French romantic fantasy drama film directed by Jean Cocteau and starring Jean Marais. It is the central part of Cocteau's '' Orphic Trilogy'', alongside '' The Blood of a Poet'' (1930) and '' Testament of Orpheus'' (1960). Set in contemporary Paris, the film is a variation on the Greek myth of Orpheus and Eurydice, and is partially based on Cocteau's 1926 play of the same title. Plot Orpheus, a famous poet, visits the Café des Poètes. A Princess and Cégeste, a handsome young poet whom she supports, arrive. The drunken Cégeste starts a brawl. When the police arrive and attempt to take Cégeste into custody, he breaks free and flees, only to be run down by two motorcycle riders. The Princess has the police place Cégeste into her car and orders Orpheus to come with her as a witness. Once in the car, Orpheus discovers Cégeste is dead. They drive to a chateau accompanied by the two motorcycle riders as abstract poetry p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean Cocteau
Jean Maurice Eugène Clément Cocteau ( , ; ; 5 July 1889 11 October 1963) was a French poet, playwright, novelist, designer, film director, visual artist and critic. He was one of the foremost avant-garde artists of the 20th-century and hugely influential on the surrealist and Dadaist movements, among others. The National Observer (United States), ''National Observer'' suggested that "of the artistic generation whose daring gave birth to Twentieth Century Art, Cocteau came closest to being a Renaissance man". He is best known for his novels (1923), (1928), and (1929); the stage plays (1930), (1934), (1938), (1941), and (1946); and the films ''The Blood of a Poet'' (1930), (1948), ''Beauty and the Beast (1946 film), Beauty and the Beast'' (1946), ''Orpheus (film), Orpheus'' (1950), and ''Testament of Orpheus'' (1960), which alongside ''Blood of a Poet'' and ''Orpheus'' constitute the so-called Orphic Trilogy. He was described as "one of [the] avant-gard ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eurydice
Eurydice (; Ancient Greek: Εὐρυδίκη 'wide justice', classical pronunciation: ) was a character in Greek mythology and the wife of Orpheus, whom Orpheus tried to bring back from the dead with his enchanting music. Etymology Several meanings for the name ''Eurydice'' have been proposed such as "true judgment" or "profound judgment" from the Greek language, Greek: ''eur dike''. Fabius Planciades Fulgentius, Fulgentius, a mythographer of the late 5th to early 6th century AD, gave the latter etymological meaning. Adriana Cavarero, in the book ''Relating Narratives: Storytelling and Selfhood'', wrote that "the etymology of Eurydice seems rather to indicate, in the term ''eurus'', a vastness of space or power, which, joining to ''dike'' [and thus ''deiknumi'', to show], designates her as 'the one who judges with breadth' or, perhaps, 'she who shows herself amply.'" Mythology Marriage to Orpheus, death and afterlife Eurydice was the wife of musician Orpheus, who loved ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
City Gates Of Paris
350px, Principal Parisian city gates While Paris is encircled by the Boulevard Périphérique (Paris ring road), the city gates of Paris () are the access points to the city for pedestrians and other road users. As Paris has had successive ring roads through the centuries, city gates are found inside the modern-day Paris. The city gates of today ''(List of city gates created during the extension of Paris in 1860 and which have left their mark on the city map. The gates are listed in clockwise sequence starting in the north at la Route Nationale 1.)'' North-east 18e est * Porte de la Chapelle : route nationale 1 (Route départementale 931), autoroute A1 19e * Porte d'Aubervilliers : route nationale 301 (Route départementale 901) * Porte de la Villette : route nationale 2 (Route départementale 932) * Porte de Pantin : route nationale 3 (Route départementale 933) * Porte Chaumont * Porte Brunet * Porte du Pré-Saint-Gervais * Porte des Lilas East 20e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maria Montez
María África Gracia Vidal (6 June 1912 – 7 September 1951), known professionally as Maria Móntez, was a Dominican actress who gained fame and popularity in the 1940s starring in a series of filmed-in-Technicolor costume adventure films. Her screen image was that of a seductress, dressed in fanciful costumes and sparkling jewels. She became so identified with these adventure epics that she became known as The Queen of Technicolor. Over her career, Montez appeared in 26 films, 21 of which were made in North America, with the last five being made in Europe. Early life Montez was born María África Antonia de Santo Silas Gracia y Vidal''Movie Stars of the '40s'', by David Ragan; published 1985 by Prentice-Hall; p. 141; ISBN 0-13-604992-3 in Barahona, Dominican Republic. Educated at the Sacred Heart Convent in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain, she was the second of ten children (Isidoro Gracia Vidal, Aquilino Gracia Vidal) born to Isidoro Gracia y García, a Spaniard, from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean-Pierre Aumont
Jean-Pierre Aumont (born Jean-Pierre Philippe Salomons; 5 January 1911 – 30 January 2001) was a French film and theatre actor. He was a matinée idol and a leading man during the 1930s, but his burgeoning career was interrupted by the Second World War. He served in the Free French Forces, and receiving both the Légion d'Honneur and the Croix de Guerre for his actions. After the war, Aumont resumed his career, in Hollywood as well as his native France, typically playing suave romantic leads. In 1991, he received an Honorary César for his contributions to the French film industry. Early life Aumont was born Jean-Pierre Philippe Salomons in Paris, the son of Suzanne (née Cahen; 1885–1940), an actress, and Alexandre Salomons, owner of La Maison du Blanc (a linen department store). His mother's uncle was well-known stage actor Georges Berr (died 1942). His father was from a Dutch-Jewish family; his mother's family were French Jews. Aumont's younger brother was the noted ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean-Pierre Mocky
Jean-Pierre Mocky (6 July 1929 – 8 August 2019), pseudonym of Jean-Paul Adam Mokiejewski, was a French film director, actor, screenwriter and producer. Early life and education Mocky was born on 6 July 1929 in Nice, France, to Polish immigrant parents, Jeanne Zylinska and Adam Mokiejewski. His father was Jewish and his mother was Catholic. Career Mocky appeared as an actor in the 1955 film '' Gli Sbandati'' and in many other movies, including some of those he also directed (''Solo'', '' L'albatros'', '' L'Ombre d'une chance'', '' Un Linceul n'a pas de poches''). His 1987 film '' Le Miraculé'' was entered into the 37th Berlin International Film Festival. He began as an actor in the cinema and theater. In particular, he played in Jean Dréville's '' Les Casse-pieds'' (1948), Jean Cocteau's '' Orphée'' (1950) and Bernard Borderie's '' The Mask of the Gorilla'' (1957). But it was especially in Italy that he became famous, thanks to his role in '' I vinti'' by Michelangelo A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean-Pierre Melville
Jean-Pierre Grumbach (20 October 1917 – 2 August 1973), known professionally as Jean-Pierre Melville (), was a French filmmaker. Considered a spiritual godfather of the French New Wave, he was one of the first fully-independent French filmmakers to achieve commercial and critical success. His works include the crime dramas ''Bob le flambeur'' (1956), ''Le Doulos'' (1962), ''Le Samouraï'' (1967), and ''Le Cercle Rouge'' (1970), and the war films ''Le Silence de la mer (1949 film), Le Silence de la mer'' (1949) and ''Army of Shadows'' (1969). Melville's subject matter and approach to film making was influenced by his service in the French Resistance during World War II, during which he adopted the ''nom de guerre'' (pseudonym) 'Melville' as a tribute to his favorite American author Herman Melville. He kept it as his stage name once the war was over. His sparse, existentialist but stylish approach to film noir and later neo-noir films, many of them Crime film, crime dramas, have ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roger Blin
Roger Blin (22 March 1907 – 21 January 1984) was a French actor and director. He staged world premieres of Samuel Beckett's ''Waiting for Godot'' in 1953 and ''Endgame'' in 1957. Biography Blin was the son of a doctor; however, despite his father's wishes, Blin forged a career in the theatre. As a teenager he was 'fascinated' by the Surrealists and their conception of revolutionary art.:35 He was initially part of the left-wing theatre collectives ''The Company of Five'' and ''The October Group''. In 1935 Blin served as Antonin Artaud's assistant director for his production of '' Les Cenci'' (''The Cenci'') at the Folies-Wagrams theatre in 1935.:35 Following his work with Artaud, Blin focused on 'political street-theatre.':46 During the war, Blin was a liaison between the Resistance and the French Army. His extensive career as both director and actor in both film and theatre has been largely defined by his work and relationship with Artaud, Samuel Beckett and Jean Genet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aglaonice
Aglaonice (, ''Aglaoníkē'', compound of αγλαὸς (''aglaòs'') "luminous" and νίκη (''nikē'') "victory") was an ancient Thessalian witch, known from a scholion on the ''Argonautica'' and two references in Plutarch's ''Moralia''. She was the daughter of Hegetor or Hegemon. Her date is uncertain, but she may have been active some time between the mid-third century BC and the late-first century AD. However, Richard Stothers suggests that Aglaonice might have been mythical, or a pre-fifth century figure about whom legends had developed by the time of Plutarch. Thessalian witches were famous for their ability to draw down the moon from the sky. Both Plutarch and the scholiast on the ''Argonautica'' claim that Aglaonice was able to predict lunar eclipses, and planned her drawing down of the moon to coincide with them. As during a normal lunar eclipse the moon remains visible, Peter Bicknell proposed that during Aglaonice's lifetime there were particularly dark eclipses, whi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juliette Gréco
Juliette Gréco (; 7 February 1927 – 23 September 2020) was a French singer and actress. Her best known songs are "Paris Canaille" (1962, originally sung by Léo Ferré), "La Javanaise" (1963, written by Serge Gainsbourg for Gréco) and "Déshabillez-moi" (1967). She often sang tracks with lyrics written by French poets such as Jacques Prévert and Boris Vian, as well as singers like Jacques Brel and Charles Aznavour. Her 60-year career concluded with her final worldwide tour titled "Merci", which began in 2015. As an actress, Gréco played roles in films by French directors such as Jean Cocteau and Jean-Pierre Melville. Early life Juliette Gréco was born in Montpellier, France, to an absent Corsican father, Gérard Gréco; her mother Juliette Lafeychine (1899–1978) was from Bordeaux. Her lineage hails in part from Greece. She did not receive love from her mother in her childhood and suffered from her harsh comments due to being an unwanted child, such as "You ain't my da ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henri Crémieux
Henri Crémieux (19 July 1896 – 10 May 1980) was a French actor. He appeared in more than 100 films from 1930 to 1980. Selected filmography External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Cremieux, Henri 1896 births 1980 deaths Male actors from Marseille French male film actors 20th-century French male actors ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
