Lynn Whitfield played a French Resistance agent in a biographical film in what year?
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Lynn Whitfield Lynn Whitfield ("née" Butler-Smith; born May 6, 1953) is an American actress and producer. She began her acting career in television and theatre, before progressing to supporting roles in film. She won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie and received a Golden Globe Award nomination for her performance as Josephine Baker in the HBO biographical drama film "The Josephine Baker Story" (1991).
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Josephine Baker Josephine Baker (born Freda Josephine McDonald; 3 June 1906 – 12 April 1975) was an entertainer, activist, and French Resistance agent. Her career was centered primarily in Europe, mostly in her adopted France. During her early career she was renowned as a dancer, and was among the most celebrated performers to headline the revues of the Folies Bergère in Paris. Her performance in the revue "Un Vent de Folie" in 1927 caused a sensation in Paris. Her costume, consisting of only a girdle of bananas, became her most iconic image and a symbol of the Jazz Age and the 1920s.
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Captive of the Desert Captive of the Desert (French: La captive du désert ) is a 1990 French drama film directed by Raymond Depardon. It was entered into the 1990 Cannes Film Festival. It was based in part on the experiences of Françoise Claustre who was captured by Chadian rebels in 1974, later joined by her husband, and the pair finally released in 1977.
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A Spiral of Mist A Spiral of Mist (Italian: "Una spirale di nebbia" , French: "Caresses bourgeoises" , also known as "Une spirale de brume") is a 1977 Italian-French thriller-drama film directed by Eriprando Visconti. It is based on the novel with the same name written by Michele Prisco.
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Querelle of Brest Querelle of Brest (French: "Querelle de Brest" ) is a novel by the French writer Jean Genet. It was first published anonymously in 1947 and limited to 460 numbered copies. It is set in the midst of the port town of Brest, where sailors and the sea are associated with murder. Its protagonist, Georges Querelle, is a bisexual thief, prostitute and serial killer who manipulates and kills his lovers for thrills and profit. The novel formed the basis for Rainer Werner Fassbinder's last film, "Querelle" (1982).
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Password: Kill Agent Gordon Password: Kill Agent Gordon (Italian: "Password: Uccidete agente Gordon" , Spanish: "Operación Mogador" ) is a 1966 Spanish-Italian Eurospy film directed by Sergio Grieco and starring Roger Browne.
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List of accolades received by The Pianist "The Pianist" is a 2002 French-German-British historical film directed by Roman Polanski. It is based on the autobiographical novel "The Pianist" written by Władysław Szpilman.
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A Secret A Secret (French: "Un secret" ) is a 2007 French film directed and written by Claude Miller. The screenplay was based on the novel by Philippe Grimbert.
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Murderous Maids Murderous Maids (French: "Les blessures assassines" ) is a French film directed by Jean-Pierre Denis, released in 2000, which tells the true story of two French maids, Christine and Lea Papin. The screenplay by Jean-Pierre Denis with Michèle Pétin, was based on the book " L'affaire Papin" by Paulette Houdyer. It told the story of the double murder committed by the maids, which made sensational headlines in France in 1933. The film had 360,846 admissions in France.
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Return to Life Return to Life (French: "Retour à la vie" ) is a 1949 French drama film directed by Georges Lampin, André Cayatte, Henri-Georges Clouzot and Jean Dréville. It was entered into the 1949 Cannes Film Festival.
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But Not in Vain But Not in Vain (Dutch name "Niet Tevergeefs") is a 1948 Anglo-Dutch World War II drama, directed by Edmond T. Gréville and starring Raymond Lovell. The film is set in 1944 in the occupied Netherlands, and was shot at the Cinetone Studios in Amsterdam, with exterior filming taking place at locations in and around the city. The film also incorporates authentic wartime footage filmed by members of the Dutch Resistance. The Dutch version of the film was the first Dutch production of a feature film after World War II.
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Raspoutine (2011 film) Raspoutine or (Russian: Распутин , "Rasputin " ) is a Franco-Russian historical film about the last year of the life of one of the most enigmatic figures of Russian history of the 20th century - Grigori Rasputin.
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SK1 (film) SK1 (French: L'Affaire SK1 ), known in the US as Serial Killer 1, is a 2014 French thriller drama film directed by Frédéric Tellier. The term "SK1" is a codename given by the police to the first serial killer who was identified and arrested via DNA analysis in France.
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Émile Buisson Émile "Mimile" Buisson (19 August 1902 – 28 February 1956) was a French gangster, and French public enemy No. 1 for 1950. A member of the French "Gang des Tractions Avant", Buisson was responsible for over thirty murders and a hundred robberies. Buisson was pursued and caught by French detective of the Sûreté Nationale Roger Borniche, and was executed in 1956 by the guillotine. Borniche's memoirs on the pursuit, "Flic Story", were later made into a film of the same name in 1975, with Buisson portrayed by Jean-Louis Trintignant.
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Résistance-Fer Résistance-Fer (French; "Resistance-Rail" or "Resistance-Iron") was a French Resistance group against the German occupation of France during the Second World War.
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Mathilde Carré Mathilde Carré (30 June 1908 – 30 May 2007), known as "La Chatte", was a French Resistance agent during World War II who turned double agent.
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This Was Paris This Was Paris is a 1942 British Second World War spy film directed by John Harlow and starring Ann Dvorak, Ben Lyon and Griffith Jones.
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British Intelligence (film) British Intelligence is a 1940 spy film set in World War I. It was directed by Terry O. Morse and stars Boris Karloff and Margaret Lindsay. The film, also known as "Enemy Agent", was released in the United States in January 1940. The Warner Bros. B picture was based on a 1918 play "Three Faces East" written by Anthony Paul Kelly and produced on the stage by George M. Cohan. Two film adaptations of "Three Faces East" in 1926 and 1930 preceded "British Intelligence".
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Agnès Humbert Agnès Humbert (12 October 1894 – 19 September 1963) was an art historian, ethnographer and a member of the French Resistance during World War II. She has become well known through the publication of a translation of the diary of her experiences during the War in France and in German prisons at the time of the Nazi occupation.
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The Call of Silence The Call of Silence, also screened as The Call (French:L'Appel du Silence), is a 1936 French drama film directed by Léon Poirier and starring Jean Yonnel, Pierre de Guingand and Jacqueline Francell. It is a biography based on the life of the Catholic missionary Charles de Foucauld.
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The Red Baron (2008 film) The Red Baron (aka Der rote Baron (original title)) is a 2008 German-British biographical action war film written and directed by Nikolai Müllerschön about the World War I fighter pilot Manfred von Richthofen, known as the "Red Baron". The film stars Matthias Schweighöfer, Joseph Fiennes, Til Schweiger and Lena Headey. "The Red Baron" was filmed entirely in English to improve its international commercial viability.
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Out of Life Out of Life (French: "Hors la vie" ) is a 1991 film directed by Lebanese director Maroun Bagdadi. The film tells the story of a French photographer (played by Hippolyte Girardot), who is kidnapped in Beirut, Lebanon, and attempts to maintain his personal dignity in the face of torture and brainwashing. The story was inspired by the events surrounding the kidnapping of Roger Auque during the Lebanon hostage crisis. The film was produced by the French companies Galatée Films and Films A2.