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The Postmaster's Daughter
''The Postmaster's Daughter'' (French: ''Nostalgie'') is a 1938 French historical drama film directed by Viktor Tourjansky and starring Harry Baur, Janine Crispin and George Rigaud. It is an adaptation of Alexander Pushkin's 1831 short story '' The Stationmaster''.Goble p.378 The film's sets were designed by the art directors Serge Piménoff and Georges Wakhévitch. Cast * Harry Baur as Virine, le maitre de poste * Janine Crispin as Dounia, sa fille * George Rigaud as Lieutenant André Minsky * Charles Dechamps as Colonel Raditch * René Dary as Captain * Gina Manès as Olga * Christiane Ribes as Lisa * Paul Amiot as Le commissaire * Jean Clarieux as Batman * Jean Claudio as Boy * Hugues de Bagratide as Consumer * Pierre Labry as Stable Boy * Palmyre Levasseur as Nanny * Georges Paulais as Merchant * Marcel Pérès Marcel Pérès (born 15 July 1956, Oran, Algeria) is a French musicologist, composer, choral director and singer, and the founder of the early musi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Viktor Tourjansky
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Georges Wakhévitch
Georges Wakhévitch (russian: Георгий Леонидович Вахевич; Georgy Leonidovich Vakhevich; August 18, 1907 in Odessa, Russian Empire – February 11, 1984 in Paris) was a Russian-born French art director. The son of a naval engineer, he immigrated to France in 1921. He grew up in Paris, where he studied painting. He was an assistant to film director Lazare Meerson in the 1920s. Wakhévitch also designed sets and costumes for the theatre, the ballet, and the opera. His designs usually used vivid colours and successful sets for Covent Garden included ''Boris Godunov'', ''Otello'', '' Die Meistersinger'' and London's first ever staging of Verdi's ''Macbeth'' in 1960. He also provided Paris in 1956 with new sets for Gounod's ''Faust'', replacing some in use for over half a century. He was the father of avant-garde composer Igor Wakhévitch. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1938 Films
Events January * January 1 ** The new constitution of Estonia enters into force, which many consider to be the ending of the Era of Silence and the authoritarian regime. ** State-owned railway networks are created by merger, in France (SNCF) and the Netherlands ( Nederlandse Spoorwegen – NS). * January 20 – King Farouk of Egypt marries Safinaz Zulficar, who becomes Queen Farida, in Cairo. * January 27 – The Honeymoon Bridge at Niagara Falls, New York, collapses as a result of an ice jam. February * February 4 ** Adolf Hitler abolishes the War Ministry and creates the Oberkommando der Wehrmacht (High Command of the Armed Forces), giving him direct control of the German military. In addition, he dismisses political and military leaders considered unsympathetic to his philosophy or policies. General Werner von Fritsch is forced to resign as Commander of Chief of the German Army following accusations of homosexuality, and replaced by General Wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marcel Pérès (actor)
Marcel Pérès (1898–1974) was a French film actor who acted prolifically during his long career.Crisp p.232 He was a character actor often playing smaller, supporting roles. Selected filmography * '' Port of Shadows'' (1938) * ''Return at Dawn'' (1938) * ''Women's Prison'' (1938) * ''Ultimatum'' (1938) * '' Crossroads'' (1938) * ''The Phantom Carriage'' (1939) * '' The Emigrant'' (1940) * '' Night in December'' (1940) * ''Radio Surprises'' (1940) * '' The Pavilion Burns'' (1941) * '' Who Killed Santa Claus?'' (1941) * ''The Stairs Without End'' (1943) * '' It Happened at the Inn'' (1943) * ''Goodbye Leonard'' (1943) * '' Children of Paradise'' (1945) * '' The Bellman'' (1945) * '' St. Val's Mystery'' (1945) * ''François Villon'' (1945) * ''Panic (Panique)'' (1946) * '' Lunegarde'' (1946) * '' Raboliot'' (1946) * '' Roger la Honte'' (1946) * ''Monsieur Vincent'' (1947) * '' The Beautiful Trip'' (1947) * '' The Lovers Of Verona'' (1949) * '' Fantomas Against Fantomas'' (1949) * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georges Paulais
Georges Paulais (16 September 1884 – 12 December 1967) was a French film actor. He appeared in more than 140 films between 1910 and 1956. He was born in Guimps, Charente, France and died in Chabanais, Charente, France. Selected filmography * ''Le droit à la vie'' (1917) * ''The Zone of Death'' (1917) * ''El Dorado (1921 film), El Dorado'' (1921) * ''The Lady of Lebanon (1926 film), The Lady of Lebanon'' (1926) * ''Change of Heart (1928 film), Change of Heart'' (1928) * ''The Divine Voyage'' (1929) * ''Saint Joan the Maid'' (1929) * ''Accused, Stand Up!'' (1930) * ''Departure (1931 film), Departure'' (1931) * ''Prince Jean (1934 film), Prince Jean'' (1934) * ''Gold in the Street'' (1934) * ''Rothchild (film), Rothchild'' (1934) * ''The Bread Peddler (1934 film), The Bread Peddler'' (1934) * ''Les yeux noirs (film), Les yeux noirs'' (1935) * ''The Brighton Twins'' (1936) * ''27 Rue de la Paix'' (1936) * ''Moutonnet'' (1936) * ''Beethoven's Great Love'' (1937) * ''The Red Da ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Palmyre Levasseur
Palmyre Levasseur (24 December 1888 – 4 August 1963) was a French stage and film actress.Aping p.234 Selected filmography * ''Culprit'' (1937) * ''Tricoche and Cacolet'' (1938) * ''The Mondesir Heir'' (1940) * '' The Emigrant'' (1940) * ''The Stairs Without End '' (1943) * ''The Captain'' (1946) * ''A Friend Will Come Tonight'' (1946) * ''The Murderer is Not Guilty'' (1946) * ''Goodbye Darling'' (1946) * ''Love Around the House'' (1947) * '' After Love'' (1948) * '' Dark Sunday'' (1948) * ''The Woman I Murdered'' (1948) * ''Cage of Girls'' (1949) * ''Eve and the Serpent'' (1949) * ''Doctor Laennec'' (1949) * ''The Heroic Monsieur Boniface'' (1949) * ''Emile the African'' (1949) * '' Atoll K'' (1951) * ''Yours Truly, Blake ''Yours Truly, Blake'' (French: ''Votre dévoué Blake'') is a 1954 French comedy crime film directed by Jean Laviron and Jerome Epstein and starring Eddie Constantine, Danielle Godet and Simone Paris.Marie p.20 The film's sets were designed by Ro ...'' (1954) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pierre Labry
Pierre Labry (1885–1948) was a French stage and film actor.Capua p.122 He was active in the French film industry between 1920 and 1948, appearing in more than a hundred films. Selected filmography * ''La croisade'' (1920) * ''Gigolette'' (1921) * ''Le crime du Bouif'' (1922) - Hexam * ''L'enfant des halles'' (1924) - Marcadion * ''Le loup-garou'' (1924) * ''L'heureuse mort'' (1925) - Le Capitaine Mouche * ''Mylord l'Arsouille'' (1925) - Pépin * ''Paris en cinq jours'' (1926) - L'Américain * ''Feu!'' (1927) - Un marin du yacht * ''L'occident'' (1928) - Le Goff * ''Trois jeunes filles nues'' (1929) * ''The Road Is Fine'' (1930) - Le client de la guinguette * ''La femme d'une nuit'' (1930) * ''Le joker'' (1930) * ''Mon coeur incognito'' (1930) * ''Les amours de minuit'' (1931) - Le policier * '' The Indictment'' (1931) - Peters * ''L'anglais tel qu'on le parle'' (193) * ''Gagne ta vie'' (1931) * ''Coeur de lilas'' (1932) - Charignoul * ''Wooden Crosses'' (1932) - Soldat Bouffioux ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hugues De Bagratide
Hugues de Bagratide (1890-1960) was a stage and film actor.Klossner p.241 Born in Constantinople of Armenian descent, he spent his working life in France. Because of his ethnic background he was cast in a variety of non-European roles. He appeared as judges and public officials, of both clearly different ethnicities and non-defined ones as well. Selected filmography * '' Mandrin'' (1924) * '' Princess Masha'' (1927) * ''In Old Stamboul'' (1928) * ''Sidonie Panache'' (1934) * '' The New Men'' (1936) * ''The Phantom Gondola'' (1936) * '' The Lover of Madame Vidal'' (1936) * '' Captain Benoit'' (1938) * '' The Two Schemers'' (1938) * '' The Five Cents of Lavarede'' (1939) * ''Deputy Eusèbe'' (1939) * '' Miquette'' (1940) * ''Death on the Run ''Death on the Run'' (Italian: ''Bersaglio mobile''), also known as ''Moving Target'', is a 1967 Italian Eurospy film directed by Sergio Corbucci. Filmed in Athens,''Films and Filming'', Volume 14, Hansom Books, 1968. it was referred as a fil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean Claudio
Jean Claudio (28 March 1927 – 11 January 1992) was a French actor. Biography He began his acting career in the cinema at the age of ten, playing the role of the Tsarevich, son of Tsar Nicolas II in The Imperial Tragedy. In 1938, at the age of eleven, he played Mathieu Sorgue in Les Disparus de Saint-Agil by Christian-Jaque. He entered the Paris Conservatory, where, at fourteen, he was given the role of Chérubin in Le Mariage de Figaro. He has since had an international career, particularly in the United States. He wrote a collection of poems, Les faux joies (published in 1950), as well as several novels: The Hot Season, Les Torts Reciprocals, Monsieur Damoclès and L'inconnu de Genève Selected filmography * '' Rasputin'' (1938) - Le tsarevitch * ' (1938) - Boy * ''Boys' School'' (1938) - Mathieu Sorgue * '' Crossroads'' (1938) - Paul de Vétheuil * '' The Phantom Carriage'' (1939) - Un enfant * ''L'Enfer des anges'' (1941) - Le jeune Lucien * ''Andorra ou les Hom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean Clarieux
Jean Clarieux (April 3, 1911 – February 11, 1970) was a French film and television actor. Generally a supporting actor appearing in smaller parts, he played a more substantial role in René Clément's 1946 resistance film ''The Battle of the Rails''.Barker p.256 Biography His tone of voice as Parisian titi is very recognizable in many American films of the 1950s and 1960s where he lends his voice to complementary actors (especially in war films and westerns), but also to Anthony Quinn. He lends his voice to Captain Haddock in a cartoon series on the adventures of Tintin directed by Ray Goossens. Beyond the dubbing, his filmography is important: he notably plays a railwayman in '' La Bataille du rail'' by René Clément, and it is his weathered face that appears on the poster of the film. In '' Golden Helmet'' by Jacques Becker, he plays the role of Paul, alongside Raymond Bussières. He also acted for television in the 1960s, notably in the series '' Les Cinq Derni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Amiot
Paul Amiot (29 March 1886 – 26 January 1979) was a French film actor. His career spanned some 63 years and he appeared in nearly 100 films between 1910 and 1973. In 1920 he appeared in Robert Péguy's ''Être aimé pour soi-même''. He was noted for his consistent roles as a figures of authority. He regularly played police inspectors or detectives, lawyers and physicians. He starred in some 100 films between 1908 and 1930. On his death in 1979 he donated his body to scientific research. Selected filmography * ''Volonté'' (1917) - Thauziat * ''Travail'' (1920) - Feuillat * ''Être aimé pour soi-même'' (1920) - Le duc de Castry - un noble milliardaire * '' Le secret de Rosette Lambert'' (1920) - Lambert * ''Une fleur dans les ronces'' (1921) - Le secrétaire * ''Les parias de l'amour'' (1921) - Petit-Costaud * ''La résurrection du Bouif'' (1922) - Le comte de Saint Gaudens * ''Rapax'' (1922) - Georges Castillon * ''L'île sans nom'' (1922) - Le commandant Edouard de Herc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christiane Ribes
Christiane is a given name, a form of the Latin ''Christiana'', feminine form of ''Christianuis'' (see Christian), or a Latinized form of Middle English ''Christin'' 'Christian' (Old English ''christen'', from Latin).. A short form is Chris. Alternate spellings are Christianne, Cristiane and Kristiane. People with the name Christiane * Christiane Amanpour (born 1958), British-Iranian journalist * Christiane Bøcher (1798-1874), Norwegian actress * Christiane Brunner (born 1947), Swiss politician and advocate * Christiane Collange (born 1930), French journalist * Christiane Duchesne (born 1949), Canadian researcher, educator, illustrator, translator and writer * Christiane Eda-Pierre (1932–2020), French soprano *Christiane Felscherinow, German actress, and subject of the 1981 film ''Christiane F'' * Christiane von Goethe (1765–1816), wife of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe * Christiane Herzog (1936–2000), wife of German president Roman Herzog *Christiane Hörbiger (b. 1938), Aus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
