Monsieur avec jean gabin biography
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Jean Gabin
After several years of cabarets, notably at the Folies Bergères, Jean Gabin steps up to the silver screen. He is revealed by the film Pépé le Moko in Jean Gabin's career is launched and in just two years, he appears in films among the most famous of French cinema, such as Grand Illusion, Port of Shadows, La Bête humaine ()… During World War II, he takes refuge in the United States, refusing to act for the Germans. His return to French cinema is marked by two gangster films: Touchez pas au grisbi () and Chnouf (). In , Michel Audiard discovers his cheeky humour in shooting back carefully elaborated replies. Their collaboration is to span some twenty films. Gabin then surrounds himself with a faithful team with whom he works almost exclusively: Bernard Blier, Gilles Granier, Fernadel, Henri Verneuil… Towards the end of his life Gabin draws nearer to the new generation and shoots with Alain Delon and Jean-Paul Belmondo. He passes away in and with him, a mythica
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Monsieur ( film)
film
Monsieur is a French-Italian-West German comedy film directed by Jean-Paul Le Chanois and starring Jean Gabin, Liselotte Pulver and Mireille Darc.[1]
It was made as a co-production between France, Italy and West Germany.
The film's sets were designed bygd Jean Mandaroux.
Plot
[edit]Overwhelmed by the death of his wife, a rich Parisian banker called René Duchêne is walking towards the River Seine to throw han själv in when he is accosted by a prostitute. They recognise each other, because she used to be the chambermaid. When she learns that her former mistress is dead, she reveals that the wife he adored had made him a laughing stock by her multiple adulteries. He decides to let the world think he has committed suicide and to go into hiding.
Answering an advertisement for a couple to be butler and maid in a country house, he is hired beneath the name of Georges Baudin, with Suzanne posing as his daughter to be the maid. Their employers a
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JEAN GABIN: Ma Musique
Jean Gabin () was one of the most iconic and enduring figures in French cinema. Born Jean-Alexis Moncorgé in Paris, he began his career in the entertainment industry as a singer and comedian in music halls before transitioning to film in the s. Known for his rugged looks and striking on-screen presence, Gabin became a symbol of the quintessential French everyman.
Gabin rose to prominence in the French film industry with his roles in classics such as La Bête Humaine () and Le Quai des Brumes (), where he established his persona as a tough yet sympathetic hero. His collaborations with director Julien Duvivier and renowned poet and screenwriter Jacques Prévert were particularly acclaimed.
His career was briefly interrupted by World War II, during which he served in the Free French Forces. After the war, Gabin struggled to reestablish his career, but by the s, he had successfully transitioned into character roles. His performances in films like