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The original French title of the film, Le Voyage à travers l'impossible, comes from a stage spectacular of the same name, written in 1882 by Jules Verne. Méliès was probably inspired by memories of this play, but otherwise the film bears little connection to it; the plot structure appears to be inspired more closely by a previous Méliès ...
Jaurès is the idol and moral compass of the lead character, the union leader Michel, in the French film, The Snows of Kilimanjaro (2011). Michel quotes Jaurès throughout the film to justify and reflect on his actions. His political journey towards democratic socialism is depicted in the 2004 made-for-TV movie "Jaurès, Birth of a Giant" , .
The French gave up their rights (stemming from the Treaty of Utrecht) over the western coast of Newfoundland, although they retained the right to fish the coast. In return, the British gave the French the town of Yarbutenda (near the modern border between Senegal and the Gambia) and the Iles de Los (part of modern Guinea).
The Sitting Duck received an average rating of 3.3 out of 5 stars on the French website AlloCiné, based on 29 reviews. [ 19 ] Fabrice Leclerc of Paris Match wrote, "This gripping thriller, a moral study on the mysterious strings of power and the CAC 40 , delivers a successful indicment of the elites, never clumsy". [ 20 ]
Christopher Columbus (French: Christophe Colomb), also known as The European Idea of Christopher Columbus Discovering America, is a 1904 French silent short film directed by Vincent Lorant-Heilbronn. The film is one of the oldest surviving example of the historical drama genre .
Regardless of whether one supports organized labor, the struggle for fair wages and collective bargaining is fraught with drama. Little wonder, then, that Hollywood often dips into the union font ...
French Chouans! Philippe de Broca: Adventure, History, War. Based on a novel Les Chouans. Chouannerie: 1989 French Italy West Germany Canada United Kingdom The French Revolution: La Révolution française: Robert Enrico Richard T. Heffron: Drama, History, Thriller, War. 1989 France The Austrian: L'Autrichienne: Pierre Granier-Deferre: Biography ...
Jacques Tourneur (/ ˈ t ʊr n ər /; French:; November 12, 1904 – December 19, 1977) was a French-American filmmaker, active during the Golden Age of Hollywood.He was known as an auteur of stylish and atmospheric genre films, many of them for RKO Pictures, including the horror films Cat People, I Walked with a Zombie, and The Leopard Man, and the classic film noir Out of the Past.