La Dame aux Camélias is a novel by Alexandre Dumas fils. First published in 1848 and subsequently adapted by Dumas for the stage, the play premiered at the Théâtre du Vaudeville in Paris, France, on February 2, 1852. It was an instant success. Shortly thereafter, Italian composer Giuseppe Verdi set about putting the story to music in the 1853 opera La traviata, with female protagonist Marguerite Gautier renamed Violetta Valéry.
Luigi Cervi, better known as Gino Cervi, was an Italian actor. He was best known for portraying Peppone in a series of comedies based on the character Don Camillo (1952-1965), and police detective Jules Maigret on the television series Le inchieste del commissario Maigret (1964-1972).
Micheline Presle is a French actress. She was sometimes billed as Micheline Prelle. Starting in 1939, she starred in over 50 French and English language films that were made in Hollywood and in France.
Royal Affairs in Versailles is a 1954 French-Italian historical drama directed by Sacha Guitry. Described as "a historical film showing Versailles from its beginnings to the present day", it tells some episodes through portrayal of the personalities who lived in the Palace of Versailles. Its sister films are Napoléon (1955) and If Paris Were Told to Us (1956).
Véronique Silver was a French actress.
Girls in Distress is a 1939 French drama film directed by G. W. Pabst and starring Marcelle Chantal, Micheline Presle and André Lugue.
A Certain Mister is a 1950 French crime film directed by Yves Ciampi and starring René Dary, Hélène Perdrière and Pierre Destailles. It was shot at the Billancourt Studios in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art director Lucien Carré. The script is based on Jean Le Hallier's 1947 novel of the same title.
Twilight is a 1944 French drama film directed by Marc Allégret and starring Claude Dauphin, Micheline Presle and Louis Jourdan.
Ciboulette[si.bu.lɛt] is a 1933 French musical film directed by Claude Autant-Lara and starring Simone Berriau, Robert Burnier and Armand Dranem. It is an adaptation of the 1923 operetta of the same name. The film's art direction was by Lazare Meerson and Alexandre Trauner. It was part of a popular cycle of operetta films during the decade.
Beatrice Cenci is a 1956 French-Italian historical drama film directed by Riccardo Freda and starring Micheline Presle, Gino Cervi and Fausto Tozzi. It is a biopic of Beatrice Cenci, a young Roman noblewoman who murdered her abusive father, Count Francesco Cenci.
Mistress of the World is a 1960 science-fiction spy film remake of the 1919 eight-part silent film The Mistress of the World directed by William Dieterle and starring Martha Hyer and Carlos Thompson. It marked the comeback in his native country of the director William Dieterle after several decades spent in Hollywood. In West Germany, it was released in a longer version split in two parts.
The Lady of the Camellias is a 1915 Italian historical drama film directed by Gustavo Serena and starring Francesca Bertini. It is an adaptation of Alexandre Dumas, fils' novel The Lady of the Camellias.
The Lady of the Camellias is a 1915 Italian historical drama film directed by Baldassarre Negroni and starring Hesperia, Alberto Collo, and Ida Carloni Talli. It is an adaptation of Alexandre Dumas, fils' novel The Lady of the Camellias. Another Italian version The Lady of the Camellias was released the same year.
The Mysteries of Paris is a 1943 French drama film directed by Jacques de Baroncelli and starring Marcel Herrand, Yolande Laffon and Alexandre Rignault. It is based on the novel The Mysteries of Paris by Eugène Sue.
Rasputin is a 1954 French-Italian historical drama film directed by Georges Combret and starring Pierre Brasseur, Isa Miranda and Renée Faure. It portrays the rise and fall of the Russian priest and courtier Grigori Rasputin.
The Love of a Woman is a 1953 French-Italian drama film directed by Jean Grémillon and starring Micheline Presle, Massimo Girotti and Gaby Morlay. It was Grémillon's final feature film as director, although he made a handful of documentaries and short films.
The Lady of the Camellias is a 1947 Italian musical drama film directed by Nelly Corradi, Gino Mattera and Manfredi Polverosi. It is an adaptation of the 1853 opera La traviata by Giuseppe Verdi. In 1948 it was released in America by Columbia Pictures under the title The Lost One.
The Bamboo Stroke is a 1963 French comedy film directed by Jean Boyer and starring François Périer, Micheline Presle and Jean Richard. The title is a French expression for something that is painfully expensive.
The Phantom Carriage or The Phantom Wagon is a 1939 French drama film directed by Julien Duvivier and starring Pierre Fresnay, Marie Bell and Micheline Francey. It is based on the novel Thy Soul Shall Bear Witness! by Selma Lagerlöf, which had previously been adapted into the 1921 Swedish silent film The Phantom Carriage by Victor Sjöström.
Deburau is a 1951 French historical comedy drama film directed by and starring Sacha Guitry alongside Lana Marconi, Robert Seller and Jeanne Fusier-Gir. It is based on Guitry's own 1918 play Deburau, inspired by the life of the eighteenth century mime Jean-Gaspard Deburau. It was shot at the Francoeur Studios in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art director René Renoux.
