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Sylvie (actress)
Louise Pauline Mainguené, known as Sylvie (3 January 1883 – 5 January 1970), was a French actress. The daughter of a sailor and a teacher, Sylvie entered an acting conservatory where she won a class comedy award unanimously. She started her professional career in 1903 and she earned her first success with ''Old Heidelberg''. She first appeared in French silent films. She was an actress known for ''The Little World of Don Camillo'' (1952), ''The Shameless Old Lady'' (1965), and ''Le Corbeau'' (1943). She was born on 3 January 1883 in Paris and died on 5 January 1970 in Compiègne, France. She won the first National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actress in 1966 for her performance in ''The Shameless Old Lady''. Partial filmography * '' Germinal'' (1913) - Catherine * ''Le coupable'' (1917) - Louise Rameau * '' Roger la Honte'' (1922) - Henriette Laroque * ''Crime and Punishment'' (1935) - Catherine Ivanova * '' Life Dances On'' (1937) - La maîtresse de Thierry ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paris
Paris () is the Capital city, capital and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, largest city of France. With an estimated population of 2,048,472 residents in January 2025 in an area of more than , Paris is the List of cities in the European Union by population within city limits, fourth-most populous city in the European Union and the List of cities proper by population density, 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2022. Since the 17th century, Paris has been one of the world's major centres of finance, diplomacy, commerce, culture, Fashion capital, fashion, and gastronomy. Because of its leading role in the French art, arts and Science and technology in France, sciences and its early adoption of extensive street lighting, Paris became known as the City of Light in the 19th century. The City of Paris is the centre of the Île-de-France region, or Paris Region, with an official estimated population of 12,271,794 inhabitants in January 2023, or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marie-Martine
''Marie-Martine'' is a 1943 French drama film directed by Albert Valentin and starring Renée Saint-Cyr, Jules Berry and Saturnin Fabre.Bertin-Maghit p.176 It was shot at the Photosonor Studios in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art director Jean Perrier. Synopsis Just released from prison after a false accusation of murder, Marie-Martine attempts to rebuild her life. However her hopes to get married are threatened by a blackmailing novelist. Cast * Renée Saint-Cyr as Marie-Martine * Jules Berry as Le romancier Loïc Limousin * Saturnin Fabre as L'oncle Parpain * Bernard Blier as Maurice * Marguerite Deval as Mademoiselle Aimée * Jeanne Fusier-Gir as Mademoiselle Crémier * Sylvie as La mère de Maurice * Héléna Manson as Madame Limousin * Jean Debucourt as Monsieur de Lachaume * Michel Marsay as Philippe Ponthieu * Frédéric Mariotti Frédéric Mariotti (1 April 1883 – 22 February 1971) was a French stage and film actor whose career spanned more th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Little World Of Don Camillo
''The Little World of Don Camillo'' (; ) is a 1952 Italian-French film directed by Julien Duvivier, starring Fernandel and Gino Cervi. It was the first film in the ''" Don Camillo"'' series, which made Fernandel an international star. The film was based on the novel ''Don Camillo'' by Italian author Giovannino Guareschi. It was followed in 1953 by '' The Return of Don Camillo'', also directed by Duvivier. In 2008, the film was included on the Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage’s 100 Italian films to be saved, a list of 100 films that "have changed the collective memory of the country between 1942 and 1978." Synopsis The story starts in a small lbeit unnamedtown, simply known as "a small world", in the Po lowlands of northern Italy, in the early summer of 1946. The town's Communists (which in the Italian ''dopoguerra'' are considered to be the local section of an allegory of the PCI) led by Peppone has just won the majority of seats within the local council, an event ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Under The Sky Of Paris
''Under the Sky of Paris'' (French: ''Sous le ciel de Paris'') is a 1951 French drama film directed by Julien Duvivier. It was shot at the Billancourt Studios in Paris and on location around the city. The film's sets were designed by the art director René Moulaert. The song of the same name, later recorded by Édith Piaf and others, was written for this film by Hubert Giraud (music) and Jean Dréjac (lyrics). In the film it was sung by Jean Bretonnière. Plot Under the sky of Paris, during a day, we see large and small events that occur in the lives of several people whose fates will intertwine. A poor old lady, after searching in vain all day to feed her cats, receives an unexpected reward from a mother whose daughter she had found. A young girl, dreaming of love, refuses the advances of her childhood friend to be stabbed to death by a sadistic sculptor. The latter is shot by a policeman who accidentally injured a worker who was returning home after the successful conclusion o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
God Needs Men
''God Needs Men'' (French: ''Dieu a besoin des hommes'') is a 1950 French historical drama film directed by Jean Delannoy and starring Pierre Fresnay, Madeleine Robinson and Daniel Gélin. The film is based on a 1944 novel ''Un recteur de l'Île de Sein'' by Henri Queffelec. It was shot at the Billancourt Studios in Paris. Location shooting took place on the Île de Sein off Finistère in Brittany. The film's sets were designed by the art director René Renoux. It was originally due to be the French entry at the 1950 Venice Film Festival but it was withdrawn due to fears that its subject might offend the Catholic Church. However, due to its popularity, including amongst Catholics, it was accepted for screening at the Festival anyway.Johnson p.295 At the 1951 Berlin Film Festival it won the Special Prize for an Excellent Film Achievement. Plot On a rugged, poverty stricken island off the coast of Brittany many of the inhabitants spend their time as wreckers preying on shipwreck ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
White Paws
''White Paws'' (French: ''Pattes blanches'') is a 1949 French drama film directed by Jean Grémillon and starring Suzy Delair, Fernand Ledoux and Paul Bernard. The Paws of the title refer to the white spats wore by the protagonist, the aristocratic owner of an estate on the French coast. It was shot at the Neuilly Studios in Paris and on location in Erquy in Brittany. The film's sets were designed by the art director Léon Barsacq. Grémillon had attempted to produce several film projects since the financial failure of '' The Woman Who Dared'' in 1944, but this was the first feature he had managed to make. Similar in plot and atmosphere to his wartime film '' Summer Light'', this resulted in another commercial failure and Grémillon's eclipse as a leading French director by other filmmakers such as Henri Georges-Clouzot.Williams p.286 Synopsis In Brittany, inn owner Jock Le Guen brings his mistress Odette back to town with him, but she soon takes up with the aristocratic ecce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Two Loves (1949 Film)
''Two Loves'' (French: ''Deux amours'') is a 1949 French comedy film directed by Richard Pottier and starring Tino Rossi, Simone Valère and Édouard Delmont.Powrie & Cadalanu p.114 The film's sets were designed by the art director Paul-Louis Boutié. Cast * Tino Rossi as Sylvain Vincent / Désiré Vincent * Simone Valère as Antoinette * Édouard Delmont as M. Vincent * Sylvie as Mme Vincent * André Gabriello as Caldebrousse * Jeanne Fusier-Gir as Poucette Caldebrousse * André Brunot as Nestor, directeur du cirque * Louis Florencie as Le maire * Henri Arius as Un client * Christiane Barry as Carmen * José Casa as Un client * Edith Cora as Anaïs * Camille Guérini as Le régisseur * Mag-Avril as Une commère * Marcel Maupi as Dominique * Geneviève Morel Geneviève Morel (1916–1989) was a French stage and film actress.Bessy & Chirat p.233 Selected filmography * '' Beating Heart'' (1940) − Marinette − une élève (uncredited) * ''Sarajevo'' (1940) − (un ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coincidences (film)
''Coincidences'' (French: ''Coïncidences'') is a 1947 French drama film directed by Serge Debecque and starring Serge Reggiani, Andrée Clément and Pierre Renoir.Rège p.428 It was shot at the Boulogne Studios in Paris and on location in Lyon. The film's sets were designed by the art director Maurice Colasson. Synopsis The librarian of a wealthy textile manufacturer from Lyon is in love with his employer's daughter, but she is engaged to another man an army officer. When he is offered three magic balls that will seemingly change his fortunes, he accepts, but they ultimately lead towards a tragic destiny. Cast * Serge Reggiani as Jean Ménétrier * Andrée Clément as Françoise * Pierre Renoir as Monsieur Bardolas * Sylvie as Amélie * Jean Parédès as Montboron * Pierre Sergeol as Poncet - un assureur * Maurice Schutz as Le vieux paysan * Louis Florencie as Pierre Calmiran - un assureur * Robert Le Béal as Gérard Tibur * Guy Favières as Le père de Françoise * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mirror (1947 Film)
''Mirror'' (French: ''Miroir'') is a 1947 French crime drama film directed by Raymond Lamy and starring Jean Gabin, Daniel Gélin and Martine Carol. It was shot at the Saint-Maurice Studios in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art director Georges Wakhévitch. It was Gabin's second film following his return to his homeland after serving in the Free French forces after the poorly-received '' Martin Roumagnac'' (1946) alongside Marlene Dietrich. The film marks a shift from the doomed men of the pre-war poetic realism that established Gabin as a star to the powerful figures he played from the 1950s onwards. Plot A prominent, respected businessman Pierre Lussac leads a double life as a top Paris-based gangster operating out of a flourishing nightclub and casino with a large number of public officials in his pocket. A smooth operator he acts as a fixer for his various associates. In his home life his adopted son is taking his first steps as a lawyer and becomes engaged ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
That's Not The Way To Die
''That's Not the Way to Die'' (French: ''On ne meurt pas comme ça'') is a 1946 French mystery film, mystery crime film directed by Jean Boyer (director), Jean Boyer and starring Erich von Stroheim, Anne-Marie Blanc and Denise Vernac. The film's sets were designed by the art director Aimé Bazin. It borrows its main plot device from the 1932 American film ''The Death Kiss''. von Stroheim was not happy with the film, but felt it received good reviews and was popular with audiences. Synopsis At a film studios while shooting a scene in which a man is killed, director Eric von Berg angrily calls cuts and rebukes the actor and shouts "That's Not the Way to Die". However, the actor soon turns out to be really dead, murdered by somebody present. Cast * Erich von Stroheim, as Eric von Berg * Anne-Marie Blanc, as Marianne * Denise Vernac, as Lynn Laurens * Jean Témerson, as Le commissaire * André Tabet, as Cazenave * Jean-Jacques Delbo, as Pierre Vanier * Jean Berton, as Le régisseur * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Idiot (1946 Film)
''The Idiot'' (French: ''L'idiot'') is a 1946 French drama film directed by Georges Lampin and starring Edwige Feuillère, Lucien Coëdel and Jean Debucourt.Oscherwitz & Higgins p.167 It is an adaptation of Fyodor Dostoevsky's novel ''The Idiot''. The film's sets were designed by Léon Barsacq, credited as the art director. It was shot at the Epinay and Neuilly Studios in Paris. Cast * Edwige Feuillère as Nastasia Filipovna * Lucien Coëdel as Rogogine * Jean Debucourt as Totsky * Sylvie as Madame Ivolguine * Gérard Philipe as Le prince Mychkine * Nathalie Nattier as Aglaé Epantchine * Jane Marken as Naria * Maurice Chambreuil as Le général Epantchine * Michel André as Gania Ivolguine * Elisabeth Hardy as Sophie Ivolguine * Roland Armontel as Louliane Timofeievitch Lebediev l'ivrogne * Mathilde Casadesus as Adélaïde Epantchine * Janine Viénot as Alexandra Epantchine * Tramel as Ivolguine * Marguerite Moreno as La générale Elisabeth Prokof ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Father Goriot (film)
''Father Goriot'' (French: ''Le père Goriot'') is a 1945 French historical drama film directed by Robert Vernay and starring Pierre Renoir, Claude Génia and Lise Delamare. It is an adaptation of the 1835 novel of the same title by Honoré de Balzac. It was shot in 1944 but not released until the following year.Heathcote & Watts p.162 The film was shot at the Cité Elgé in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art director René Renoux. Cast * Pierre Renoir as Vautrin * Claude Génia as Delphine de Nucingen * Lise Delamare as Madame de Beauséant * Pierre Larquey Pierre Larquey (10 July 1884 – 17 April 1962) was a French film actor. He appeared in more than 200 films between 1913 and 1962. Born in Cénac, Gironde, France, he died in Maisons-Laffitte at the age of 77. Selected filmography * ''P ... as Le père Goriot * Georges Rollin as Eugène de Rastignac * Sylvie as Mademoiselle Michonneau * Léonce Corne as Le baron de Nucingen * Maurice E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
