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Marc Frédérix (1919–2004) was a French art director. He was nominated for an Academy Award in the category Best Art Direction for the film Is Paris Burning?
(1983)
(Assistant Decorator)
(1982)
(Head Decorator)
(1982)
(Set Decoration)
(1966)
(Art Direction)
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Birth 12 february 1919
Death 9 june 2014 (at 95 years)
Death 9 june 2014 (at 95 years)
Marc Frédérix (1919–2004) was a French art director. He was nominated for an Academy Award in the category Best Art Direction for the film Is Paris Burning?
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American Dreamer (1984)
, 1h45Directed by Rick Rosenthal
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Action, Adventure, Crime, Romance
Actors JoBeth Williams, Tom Conti, Coral Browne, Giancarlo Giannini, Christopher Daniel Barnes, Jean Rougerie
Roles Art Direction
Rating64%
A voice over says, "No, that's not right." The scenario is repeated with adjustments until the voice is eventually satisfied. The screen fades to Cathy Palmer (JoBeth Williams) sitting at a typewriter, finishing up the story. She seals it in an envelope and sends it off. Later, her husband, Kevin (James Staley), comes home and she tells him about entering a contest to write a short story following the "Rebecca Ryan" series of novels. Kevin is patronizing, telling her, "The important thing, kid, is that you're doing something you like to do".
Five Days One Summer (1983)
, 1h36Directed by Fred Zinnemann
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Sports films
Actors Sean Connery, Lambert Wilson, Betsy Brantley, Isabel Dean, Gérard Buhr, Anna Massey
Roles Art Direction
Rating60%
It is the story of an illicit romance, set in the Swiss Alps. Connery plays Douglas, a middle-aged Scottish doctor on vacation in the Alps in 1932 with a young woman, Kate (Betsy Brantley), whom he introduces as his wife. Douglas has brought Kate to the Alps for a mountain climbing trip. Douglas and Kate are absorbed with a psychological melancholy. Through flashbacks, it is revealed that Kate has been in love with Douglas since she was a little girl and that she seduced him away from another woman. The flashbacks also reveal that Kate is not his wife, but his niece. But then, in their mountain retreat, climbing guide Johann (Lambert Wilson) appears and he develops an attraction for Kate.
Gramps Is in the Resistance (1983)
, 1h42Directed by Jean-Marie Poiré
Origin France
Genres War, Comedy
Themes Films about animals, Films about cats, Political films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère, Histoire de France, L'Occupation allemande en France
Actors Christian Clavier, Michel Galabru, Roland Giraud, Gérard Jugnot, Martin Lamotte, Dominique Lavanant
Roles Assistant Decorator
Rating67%
Héléna Bourdelle, called "The Bourdelle," is a great singer and wife of maestro André Bourdelle. Joining the Resistance, he is killed by the accidental explosion of a grenade. Following the defeat, the family's mansion is taken over by German forces, leaving the family occupying a few back rooms, complaining to the Kommandantur about his excesses and those of his men. Bourdelle, her daughters and their tenant help by chance an English soldier to escape and are then forced to hide him. The family, whose former caretaker Ramirez has become a Gestapo agent, is favoured by the General Spontz who has a soft spot for Bernadette Bourdelle. He is willing to ignore the fact that Guy-Hubert, son of the family, a seemingly cowardly and effeminate hairdresser, is actually the elusive vigilante known as "Super-Resistant".
Santa Claus Is a Stinker (1982)
, 1h27Directed by Jean-Marie Poiré
Origin France
Genres Comedy
Themes Cooking films, L'action se déroule en une journée, Christmas films, Films about sexuality, Théâtre, Transport films, LGBT-related films, Transgender in film, Films based on plays, Santa Claus in film, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film, Cross-dressing in film
Actors Thierry Lhermitte, Gérard Jugnot, Christian Clavier, Anémone, Josiane Balasko, Marie-Anne Chazel
Roles Head Decorator
Rating74%
Pierre a stuffy, self-righteous volunteer at a telephone helpline for depressed people and his well-meaning but naïve co-worker Thérèse, are stuck with the Christmas Eve shift in the Paris office, much to their displeasure.
Enigma (1982)
, 1h38Directed by Jeannot Szwarc
Origin France
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Adventure, Spy
Themes Spy films, Politique, Political films
Actors Martin Sheen, Sam Neill, Brigitte Fossey, Derek Jacobi, Michael Lonsdale, Michel Auclair
Roles Art Direction
Rating58%
Alex Holbeck (Martin Sheen) is recruited as a CIA agent. He is sent to East Berlin on a mission to steal an Enigma code scrambler. This is part of an attempt to stop the Russian assassination of five Soviet dissidents which is planned for Christmas Day. What Alex doesn't know is that the CIA already has a code scrambler. By stealing the scrambler in Berlin, they are trying to convince the Russians that they don't have it.
Ace of Aces (1982)
, 1h36Directed by Gérard Oury
Origin France
Genres Comedy, Adventure
Themes Sports films, Transport films, Aviation films, Films about the Olympic Games, Hitler
Actors Jean-Paul Belmondo, Marie-France Pisier, Günter Meisner, Rachid Ferrache, Florent Pagny, Yves Pignot
Roles Set Decoration
Rating66%
In 1916, during the thick of World War I, a German and a French fighter ace by the names of Gunther von Beckman (Hoffman) and Jo Cavalier (Belmondo) manage to drag each other out of the sky. An argument and subsequent fistfight about who is to be whose prisoner is rudely interrupted by an artillery barrage, forcing both to stick together in order to survive. In a humorous side scene, corporal Adolf Hitler (Meisner) is berated by his frustrated First Lieutenant Rosenblum for his clumsiness.
Bobby Deerfield (1977)
, 2h4Directed by Sydney Pollack, Alvin Sargent
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Medical-themed films, Sports films, Transport films, Films about automobiles, Auto racing films, Films about cancer, Road movies
Actors Al Pacino, Marthe Keller, Anny Duperey, Klaus Maria Brandauer, Romolo Valli, Gérard Hernandez
Roles Art Direction
Rating58%
Formula One auto racer Bobby Deerfield is a calculating, control-obsessed loner who has become used to winning the checkered flag on the track. But after he witnesses a fiery crash that kills a teammate and seriously wounds a competitor, Deerfield becomes unsettled by the spectre of death.
Love and Death (1975)
, 1h25Directed by Woody Allen
Origin USA
Genres War, Comedy, Historical
Themes Political films, Histoire de France, Napoleonic Wars films, French Revolution films
Actors Woody Allen, Diane Keaton, Jessica Harper, Georges Adet, Olga Georges-Picot, James Tolkan
Roles Assistant Art Director
Rating75%
When Napoleon (James Tolkan) invades Austria during the Napoleonic Wars, Boris Grushenko (Woody Allen), a coward and pacifist scholar, is forced to enlist in the Russian Army. Desperate and disappointed after hearing the news that Sonja (Diane Keaton), his cousin twice removed, is to wed a herring merchant, he inadvertently becomes a war hero. He returns and marries the recently widowed Sonja, who does not want to marry Boris, but promises him that she will when she thinks that he is about to be killed in a duel. Their marriage is filled with philosophical debates, and no money. Their life together is interrupted when Napoleon invades the Russian Empire. Boris wants to flee but his wife, angered that the invasion will interfere with their plans to start a family that year, conceives a plot to assassinate Napoleon at his headquarters in Moscow. Boris and Sonja debate the matter with some degree of philosophical double-talk, and Boris reluctantly goes along with it. They fail to kill Napoleon and Sonja escapes arrest while Boris is executed, despite being told by a vision that he will be pardoned.
Friends (1971)
, 1h41Directed by Lewis Gilbert
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes La provence
Actors Anicée Alvina, Ronald Lewis, Toby Robins, Pascale Roberts, Sady Rebbot, Joan Hickson
Roles Production Design
Rating64%
In this teen romance, a neglected young English boy named Paul Harrison (Sean Bury) runs away and becomes a friend of a French girl named Michelle Latour (Anicée Alvina) on the same flight. Together, they go to an idyllic marsh location in France; specifically, the Camargue. There, they become lovers, set up housekeeping, have a baby, and play at being responsible adults. Along the way, both Paul and Michelle discover many of the troubles that can be involved with family life. Ultimately, however, police who have responded to a missing-persons report separate the two and, presumably, take their baby into protective custody.
, 1h39Directed by Mel Stuart
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Adventure, Romance
Themes Transport films, Road movies
Actors Suzanne Pleshette, Ian McShane, Mildred Natwick, Michael Constantine, Murray Hamilton, Norman Fell
Roles Art Direction
Rating61%
Charlie (Ian McShane) is an English tour guide who takes groups of Americans on whirlwind 18-day sightseeing tours of Europe. Among his various clients on his latest trip are Samantha (Suzanne Pleshette) with whom he wants to have an affair, a man who desires a pair of custom-made Italian shoes from a certain cobbler in Rome, another man who is secretly being set up for a surprise marriage with his Italian cousin, and an Army veteran who is reliving his World War II experiences.
The Sergeant (1968)
, 1h48Directed by John Flynn
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War
Themes Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Rod Steiger, John Phillip Law, Frank Latimore, Ludmila Mikaël, Nadine Alari
Roles Art Direction
Rating64%
A dedicated, decorated war veteran, Sgt. Callan (Rod Steiger), is posted in France at a fuel supply depot in 1952. Finding a lack of discipline under the frequently drunk Capt. Loring, he takes charge in a tough, no-nonsense manner.
Two for the Road (1967)
, 1h52Directed by Stanley Donen
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Transport films, Road movies, Children's films
Actors Albert Finney, Audrey Hepburn, William Daniels, Eleanor Bron, Claude Dauphin, Nadia Gray
Roles Assistant Art Director
Rating73%
Now a successful and wealthy architect, Mark Wallace (Albert Finney) and his wife Joanna (Jo) Wallace (Audrey Hepburn) fly their white 1965 Mercedes 230SL roadster to Northern France in order to drive to Saint-Tropez to celebrate the completion of a building project for a client, Maurice. Tensions between the couple are evident, and as they journey south they both remember and discuss several past journeys along the same road.
Is Paris Burning? (1966)
, 2h53Directed by René Clément
Origin France
Genres Drama, War, Historical
Themes French war films, Political films, Histoire de France, L'Occupation allemande en France
Actors Kirk Douglas, Charles Boyer, Glenn Ford, Gert Fröbe, Leslie Caron, Yves Montand
Roles Art Direction
Rating68%
Shortly after the failed 1944 20 July plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler (Billy Frick), he appoints General Dietrich von Choltitz (Gert Fröbe) as military governor of occupied Paris. Hitler believes von Choltitz will obey his order to not let the Allies capture Paris without the Germans destroying it completely, similar to the planned destruction of Warsaw.
Zazie dans le Métro (1960)
, 1h29Directed by Louis Malle
Origin France
Genres Comedy, Fantasy
Themes Transport films, Transport en Île-de-France, Métro parisien dans la culture populaire
Actors Catherine Demongeot, Philippe Noiret, Vittorio Caprioli, Hubert Deschamps, Carla Marlier, Jacques Dufilho
Roles Assistant Decorator
Rating68%
Provincial 10-year-old Zazie stays in Paris with her Uncle Gabriel (a female impersonator) for two days, while her mother spends some time with her lover. Zazie manages to evade her uncle's custody, however, and, métro strike notwithstanding, sets out to explore the city on her own.
Her Bridal Night (1956)
, 1h35Directed by Pierre Gaspard-Huit, Pierre Lary
Origin France
Genres Comedy, Romance
Actors Brigitte Bardot, Micheline Presle, Louis Jourdan, Marcel Amont, Jean-François Calvé, Roger Dumas
Roles Production Design
Rating57%
Flash-back sur le parvis de l’église : Catherine (Brigitte Bardot) raconte ce qui s’est passé auparavant, avant que Judith (Micheline Presle) ne se jette dans les bras de Michel (Louis Jourdan), en lui disant qu’elle est divorcée et que Catherine ne s’évanouisse. Catherine, jeune provinciale, est repérée par Michel, amant de Judith, directrice d’un journal de mode. Elle devient mannequin sous le nom de « Chouchou » et elle forme un couple pour le magazine avec Patrice (Jean-François Calvé), un ex-acteur. Judith décide de marier Catherine et Patrice, faussement, pour faire un coup médiatique. Catherine et les autres vont faire des photographies et filmer le mariage dans le village natal de Catherine. Tout le monde est hébergé chez les tantes de Catherine, qui l’ont élevée. Catherine repousse la demande en mariage de Patrice, qui part dans la nuit. Michel est contraint de prendre la place de Patrice pour faire les photos, réalisées par Toni (Marcel Amont) et Marc (Roger Dumas, en blond !). Catherine s’aperçoit qu’elle aime Michel et elle finit par le lui avouer. Il ne veut pas la croire. Elle va s’offrir à Toni et à Marc, mais il y a des contretemps à chaque fois. Judith a récupéré Patrice et vient annoncer son divorce à Michel, après la fausse cérémonie à l’église (retour au début du film). Michel finit par repousser Judith. Il se marie vraiment avec Catherine. Judith veut qui’ils soient accompagnés par Marc et Toni pendant leur voyage de noces. Michel refuse et part avec Catherine.