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Marc Frédérix
Born February 12, 1919 · Paris, Île-de-France, France
Died June 9, 2014 · aged 95
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? Source: Article "Marc Frédérix" from Wikipedia in english, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
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Is Paris Burning? · 1966Is Paris Burning?
★ 7.21966
MovieWarDrama
Near the end of World War II, General Dietrich von Choltitz receives orders to burn down Paris if it becomes clear the Allies are going to invade, or if he's unable to maintain control of the city. After much contemplation, Choltitz ignores orders, enraging the Germans and giving hope to various resistance factions that the city will be liberated. Choltitz, alongside Swedish diplomat Raoul Nordling, helps a leader organise his forces.
Love and Death · 1975Love and Death
★ 7.51975
MovieComedyHistory
In czarist Russia, a neurotic soldier and his distant cousin formulate a plot to assassinate Napoleon.
Gramps Is in the Resistance · 1983Gramps Is in the Resistance
★ 6.91983
MovieComedyWar
It is 1943 in Paris. Like so many others, the Bourbelle family's home has been taken over by the Germans and they now live in their cellar. Little do they know that the son, Guy-Hubert Bourdelle, is far from being the cowardly hairdresser he pretends. He is in truth the Germans’ most feared opponent: le super-résistant!
Two for the Road · 1967Two for the Road
★ 7.01967
MovieDramaRomance
Architect Mark Wallace and his wife, Joanna, travel to France to meet with an affluent client. While there, they reflect on their first decade of marriage -- memories of when they first met, of courtship, and of road trips through the French countryside. As flirtation and playful quarreling turn to boredom with the banality of married life, the Wallaces struggle to rekindle their passion, while mutual infidelity threatens to tear them apart.
Santa Claus Is a Stinker · 1982Santa Claus Is a Stinker
★ 7.31982
MovieComedy
Two neurotics, working for a suicide hotline on the night of Christmas Eve, get caught up in a catastrophe when a pregnant woman, her abusive boyfriend, and a cross-dresser visit their office.
Ace of Aces · 1982Ace of Aces
★ 7.11982
MovieAdventureComedy
In this action comedy the French boxer Jo Cavalier is charmed on the train to Berlin for the Olympics in Hitler's Germany by the little boy Simon Rosenblum who asks his autograph; when it turns out his adorable young fan is a Jewish orphan in danger of persecution, he risks his one shot at Olympic glory to save Simon and his family, helped only by a German officer-gentleman who became his friend in World War I, by an adventurous escape to Switzerland, Nazi troops on their heals and braving impossible odds in roller coaster-style.
Bobby Deerfield · 1977Bobby Deerfield
★ 5.81977
MovieDramaRomance
Bobby Deerfield, a famous American race car driver on the European circuit, falls in love with the enigmatic Lillian Morelli, who is terminally ill.
The Earrings of Madame de... · 1953The Earrings of Madame de...
★ 7.51953
MovieDramaRomance
In late 19th century France, the Countess Louise, wife of a wealthy general, sells the earrings her husband gave her on their wedding day to pay off her secret debts, then claims to have lost them. Her husband quickly learns of the deceit, which is the beginning of many tragic misunderstandings, all involving the earrings, the general, the countess, and her new lover, the Italian Baron Donati.
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Love and Death · 1975Love and Death
★ 7.51975
MovieComedyHistory
In czarist Russia, a neurotic soldier and his distant cousin formulate a plot to assassinate Napoleon.
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