Jacques Becker
Biography: Jacques Becker (French: [bɛkɛʁ]; 15 September 1906 – 21 February 1960) was a French screenwriter and film director. Becker first worked in the 1930s as an assistant to director Jean Renoir during what is considered the latter's peak period, including such works as Partie de campagne (1936) and La Grande Illusion (1937). In the early part of World War II, Becker was held in a German prisoner-of-war camp for a year. During the Nazi occupation of France, he became a film director in his own right and he also joined the Comité de libération du cinéma français. He would go on to direct the period romance Casque d'or (1952), the influential gangster film Touchez pas au grisbi (1954), and the prison escape drama Le Trou (1959). While he remains lesser-known internationally than peers such as Marcel Carné and Renoir, Becker is nonetheless regarded as a major French filmmaker, with Casque d'or held in high esteem among film critics. Becker died at the age of 53 in 1960 and was interred in the Cimetière du Montparnasse in Paris. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jacques Becker, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: September 15, 1906
Deathday: February 21, 1960
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A Day in the Country
1946-05-21
A Day in the Country
Overview: The family of a Parisian shop-owner spends a day in the country. The daughter falls in love with a man at the inn, where they spend the day.
Genres: Drama Romance Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1946-05-21
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Le Commissaire est bon enfant, le gendarme est sans pitié
1935-01-01
Le Commissaire est bon enfant, le gendarme est sans pitié
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1935-01-01
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Boudu Saved from Drowning
1932-11-11
Boudu Saved from Drowning
Overview: Michel Simon gives one of the most memorable performances in screen history as Boudu, a Parisian tramp who takes a suicidal plunge into the Seine and is rescued by a well-to-do bookseller, Edouard Lestingois. The Lestingois family decides to take in the irrepressible bum, and he shows his gratitude by shaking the household to its foundations. With Boudu Saved from Drowning, legendary director Jean Renoir takes advantage of a host of Parisian locations and the anarchic charms of his lead actor to create an effervescent satire of the bourgeoisie.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1932-11-11
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Le Bled
1929-05-17
Le Bled
Overview: A young French woman who inherits her uncle's property in Algeria finds herself schemed against by her envious cousins, and romanced by a handsome but previously irresponsible young man who works for his uncle on a neighbouring farm.
Genres: Adventure
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1929-05-17
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The Adventures of Arsène Lupin
1957-03-22
The Adventures of Arsène Lupin
Overview: Arsène Lupin is extremely popular among the population, because he allows the needy to share in his acquired wealth. Before entering the service of the German Emperor Wilhelm II, he removes his vault in Alsace, steals two paintings of old masters, steals valuable gems and calls out to the police prefect to avoid his arrest. But this time he risks being seriously recognized. Lupin must once again use his fine intellect to deftly escape the situation.
Genres: Crime Comedy Mystery
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1957-03-22
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Chotard and Co.
1933-06-22
Chotard and Co.
Overview: François Chotard, wholesale grocer, gives his daughter in marriage to Julien Collinet, a writer who prefers dreaming to working, a situation conducive to quarrels between the son and the father- in-law. Until the day when Julien receives the Prix Goncourt, prestigious literary award. Chotard has a sudden change of heart.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1933-06-22
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Grand Illusion
1937-06-04
Grand Illusion
Overview: A group of French soldiers, including the patrician Captain de Boeldieu and the working-class Lieutenant Maréchal, grapple with their own class differences after being captured and held in a World War I German prison camp. When the men are transferred to a high-security fortress, they must concoct a plan to escape beneath the watchful eye of aristocratic German officer von Rauffenstein, who has formed an unexpected bond with de Boeldieu.
Genres: Drama History War
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1937-06-04
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Life Is Ours
1936-04-07
Life Is Ours
Overview: A propaganda film of the communist party of France, showing how the comrades help the proletariat against the capitalists.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1936-04-07
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Cinéastes de notre temps : Jacques Becker
1967-11-18
Cinéastes de notre temps : Jacques Becker
Overview: Episode of the French television series about the work of film director Jacques Becker. (A 27-minute excerpt from this show appears on the Criterion Collection's release of "Casque d'Or." )
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1967-11-18
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On the Set of 'Casque D'Or'
1951-01-01
On the Set of 'Casque D'Or'
Overview: Silent footage shot on the set of CASQUE D’OR provides a glimpse of film director Jacques Becker at work.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1951-01-01
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