Acting
Pierre Berton
Born July 12, 1920 · Whitehorse - Yukon Territory - Canada
Died November 30, 2004 · aged 84
Pierre Francis de Marigny Berton (July 12, 1920 – November 30, 2004) was a Canadian writer, journalist and broadcaster. Berton wrote 50 best-selling books, mainly about Canadiana, Canadian history and popular culture. He also wrote critiques of mainstream religion, anthologies, children's books and historical works for youth. He was a reporter and war correspondent, an editor at Maclean's Magazine…
Known For
Zaza · 1956Zaza
★ 8.01956
MovieDrama
Around 1900, Zaza was the undisputed star of the "Variétés parisiennes". Bonded with pianist Cascard, she indulges in adventures and falls in love with handsome Bernard Dufresne. A short affair. Surprised by her friend's behavior, she believes he has a mistress in the provinces. In reality, he is married and Zaza, faced with her daughter, prefers to step aside. From now on, she'll live for her art, and will always refuse to renew her acquaintance with the man who made her suffer.
Love Circles · 1985Love Circles
★ 4.21985
MovieComedyRomance
French erotic auteur Gerard Kikoine makes the world his canvas in this sexy roundelay of intimate encounters across the globe. Following a pack of cigarettes that ends up with partner after partner, the film moves from Paris to Rome, Cannes, Hong Kong, Los Angeles and New York, exposing carnal couplings that take place everywhere from a furniture store to an airplane cockpit. Marie-France, Sophie Berger and Josephine Jacqueline Jones co-star.
The Secret World of Og · 1983The Secret World of Og
★ 5.61983
MovieAnimationAdventure
The Secret World of Og is a children's adventure about three young girls who venture into an underground cavern beneath their playhouse to look for their lost baby brother. There, they discover a land of little green people who are enamored by the world above but won't allow anyone to leave their cavern for fear they might "tell".
Trans Canada Summer · 1958Trans Canada Summer
★ 10.01958
MovieDocumentary
The camera traces the Trans-Canada Highway, unveiling Canada's people, resources, and diverse geography from east to west. It showcases remarkable engineering accomplishments integral to constructing the highway.
Niagara: A History of the Falls · 1999Niagara: A History of the Falls
★ 7.01999
MovieDocumentaryHistory
The history of Niagara Falls and the people that made it famous.
City of Gold · 1957City of Gold
★ 5.81957
MovieDocumentary
Classic short film depicts the Klondike gold rush at its peak, when would-be prospectors struggled through harsh conditions to reach the fabled gold fields over 3000 km north of civilization. Still photographs juxtapose Dawson City today against its bustling height in the gold rush.
The Dionne Quintuplets · 1978The Dionne Quintuplets
★ 7.01978
MovieDocumentary
In 1934, Elzire Dionne delivered five identical girls. The Dionne Quintuplets follows Cecile, Emilie, Marie, Yvonne and Annette through twenty-one years of strange upbringing. When the girls were just infants, the premier of Ontario issued a court order removing them from parental care. Cut off from the world and their family, over-publicized, viewed twice daily in a special viewing compound, they grew up as prize exhibits. Director Donald Brittain uses old newsreel footage, home-movie sequences and interviews to depict a historic event that became a tragic exploitation of a family.
Raoul Wallenberg: Buried Alive · 1983Raoul Wallenberg: Buried Alive
1983
MovieDocumentary
A profile of Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg, the film covers his role in saving the lives of Jewish refugees from the Holocaust, as well as exploring the evidence that he may still have been alive in a Soviet gulag as late as the early 1980s.
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