Jean Aquistapace (1882–1952) was a French actor and

opera singer Opera is a form of Western theatre in which music is a fundamental component and dramatic roles are taken by singers. Such a "work" (the literal translation of the Italian word "opera") is typically a collaboration between a composer and a lib ...

.Blakeway p.197 He appeared in around thirty films during the 1930s and 1940s.

Selected filmography

* '' Maurin of the Moors'' (1932) * '' The Wonderful Day'' (1932) * '' The Illustrious Maurin'' (1933) * ''

Madame Angot's Daughter ''La fille de Madame Angot'' (, ''Madame Angot's Daughter'') is an opéra comique in three acts by Charles Lecocq with words by Clairville (Louis-François Nicolaïe), Clairville, Paul Siraudin and Victor Koning. It was premiered in Brussels in ...

'' (1935) * ''

Count Obligado ''Count Obligado'' (French: ''Le comte Obligado'') is a 1935 French comedy film directed by Léon Mathot and starring Georges Milton, Germaine Aussey and Edith Méra.Crisp p.401 The film's sets were designed by the art director Pierre Schild. It ...

'' (1935) * '' Romarin'' (1937) * '' If You Return'' (1938) * ''

Ramuntcho ''Ramuntcho'' (1897) is a novel by French author Pierre Loti. It is a love and adventure story about contraband runners in the Basque province of France. It is one of Loti's most popular stories—"love, loss and faith remain eternal themes"—wi ...

'' (1938) * '' The Corsican Brothers'' (1939) * '' Girls in Distress'' (1939) * ''

The Marvelous Night ''The Marvelous Night'' or ''The Night of Marvels'' (French: ''La nuit merveilleuse'') is a 1940 French comedy film directed by Jean-Paul Paulin and starring Fernandel, Charles Vanel and Janine Darcey.Connelly p.169 Cast * Fernandel as Le berger ...

'' (1940) * ''

Facing Destiny ''Facing Destiny'' (French: ''Face au destin'') is a 1940 French spy drama film directed by Henri Fescourt and starring Jules Berry, George Rigaud and Josseline Gaël. It is based on the 1938 novel of the same title by Charles Robert-Dumas.Gobl ...

'' (1940) * '' The Beautiful Adventure'' (1942) * ''

Arlette and Love ''Arlette and Love'' (French: ''Arlette et l'amour'') is a 1943 French romantic comedy film directed by Robert Vernay and starring André Luguet, Josette Day and André Alerme. It is based on the play ''Atout Coeur!'' by Félix Gandéra, adapted ...

'' (1943) * '' Passion for Life'' (1949)

References

Bibliography

* Blakeway, Claire. ''Jacques Prévert: Popular French Theatre and Cinema''. Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 1990.

External links

* 1882 births 1952 deaths French male film actors 20th-century French male opera singers Musicians from Nice Male actors from Nice, France {{France-film-bio-stub