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Georges Franju

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Georges Franju (12 April 1912 – 5 November 1987) was a French filmmaker. [1]

47 relations: Algeria, AllMovie, André Breton, Auteur, Blood of the Beasts, Cinémathèque Française, Cinema of France, Documentary film, Expressionism, Eyes Without a Face, F. W. Murnau, Fantômas, Film director, Filmmaking, Fougères, Franc, France, French language, French New Wave, Fritz Lang, Hôtel des Invalides (film), Head Against the Wall, Henri Langlois, Horror film, Ille-et-Vilaine, Jean Painlevé, Judex, Judex (1963 film), Le Grand Méliès, Manchester University Press, Nazism, Nuits Rouges, Paris, Scenic design, Screenwriter, Serial film, Short film, Silent film, Slaughterhouse, Spotlight on a Murderer, Thérèse Desqueyroux (1962 film), The Demise of Father Mouret, Thomas the Impostor, Walter Benjamin, World War II, 15th Berlin International Film Festival, 16 mm film.

Algeria

Algeria (الجزائر, familary Algerian Arabic الدزاير; ⴷⵣⴰⵢⴻⵔ; Dzayer; Algérie), officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria, is a sovereign state in North Africa on the Mediterranean coast.

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AllMovie

AllMovie (previously All Movie Guide) is an online guide service website with information about films, television programs, and screen actors.

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André Breton

André Breton (18 February 1896 – 28 September 1966) was a French writer, poet, and anti-fascist.

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Auteur

An auteur ('author') is an artist, such as a film director, who applies a highly centralized and subjective control to many aspects of a collaborative creative work.

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Blood of the Beasts

Blood of the Beasts (Le Sang des bêtes) is a 1949 short French documentary film written and directed by Georges Franju.

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Cinémathèque Française

The Cinémathèque Française is a French film organization that holds one of the largest archives of film documents and film-related objects in the world.

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Cinema of France

Cinema of France refers to the film industry based in France.

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Documentary film

A documentary film is a nonfictional motion picture intended to document some aspect of reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction, education, or maintaining a historical record.

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Expressionism

Expressionism was a modernist movement, initially in poetry and painting, originating in Germany at the beginning of the 20th century.

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Eyes Without a Face

Eyes Without a Face (Les Yeux sans visage) is a 1960 horror film adaptation of Jean Redon's novel, directed by Georges Franju, and starring Pierre Brasseur and Alida Valli.

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F. W. Murnau

Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau (born Friedrich Wilhelm Plumpe; December 28, 1888March 11, 1931) was a German film director.

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Fantômas

Fantômas is a fictional character created by French writers Marcel Allain (1885–1969) and Pierre Souvestre (1874–1914).

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Film director

A film director is a person who directs the making of a film.

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Filmmaking

Filmmaking (or, in an academic context, film production) is the process of making a film, generally in the sense of films intended for extensive theatrical exhibition.

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Fougères

Fougères (Felger; Gallo: Foujerr) is a commune and a sub-prefecture of the Ille-et-Vilaine department in the region of Brittany, northwestern France.

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Franc

The franc (₣) is the name of several currency units.

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France

France, officially the French Republic (République française), is a sovereign state whose territory consists of metropolitan France in Western Europe, as well as several overseas regions and territories.

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French language

French (le français or la langue française) is a Romance language of the Indo-European family.

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French New Wave

New Wave (La Nouvelle Vague) is often referred to as one of the most influential movements in the history of cinema.

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Fritz Lang

Friedrich Christian Anton "Fritz" Lang (December 5, 1890 – August 2, 1976) was an Austrian-German-American filmmaker, screenwriter, and occasional film producer and actor.

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Hôtel des Invalides (film)

Hôtel des Invalides is a 1952 French short documentary film directed by Georges Franju.

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Head Against the Wall

Head Against the Wall (La Tête contre les murs) is a 1959 French drama film directed by Georges Franju which stars Pierre Brasseur, Paul Meurisse, Jean-Pierre Mocky, Anouk Aimée, and Charles Aznavour.

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Henri Langlois

Henri Langlois (13 November 1914 – 13 January 1977) was a French film archivist and cinephile.

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Horror film

A horror film is a film that seeks to elicit a physiological reaction, such as an elevated heartbeat, through the use of fear and shocking one’s audiences.

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Ille-et-Vilaine

Ille-et-Vilaine (Il-ha-Gwilen) is a department of France, located in the region of Brittany in the northwest of the country.

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Jean Painlevé

Jean Painlevé (20 November 1902 – 2 July 1989) was a photographer and filmmaker who specialized in underwater fauna.

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Judex

The French fictional character Judex is a mysterious avenger who dresses in black and wears a slouch hat and cloak, created by Louis Feuillade and Arthur Bernède.

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Judex (1963 film)

Judex is a 1963 French-language crime film remake of the 1916 French film serial of the same name concerning the adventures of pulp hero Judex.

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Le Grand Méliès

Le Grand Méliès is a 1952 French short documentary film directed by Georges Franju about the life of the film pioneer Georges Méliès.

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Manchester University Press

Manchester University Press is the university press of the University of Manchester, England and a publisher of academic books and journals.

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Nazism

National Socialism (Nationalsozialismus), more commonly known as Nazism, is the ideology and practices associated with the Nazi Party – officially the National Socialist German Workers' Party (Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei or NSDAP) – in Nazi Germany, and of other far-right groups with similar aims.

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Nuits Rouges

Nuits Rouges is a 1974 French-Italian crime and thriller film directed by Georges Franju.

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Paris

Paris is the capital and most populous city of France, with an area of and a population of 2,206,488.

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Scenic design

Scenic design (also known as scenography, stage design, set design, or production design) is the creation of theatrical, as well as film or television scenery.

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Screenwriter

A screenplay writer (also called screenwriter for short), scriptwriter or scenarist is a writer who practices the craft of screenwriting, writing screenplays on which mass media, such as films, television programs, comics or video games, are based.

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Serial film

A serial, film serial, movie serial or chapter play, is a motion picture form popular during the first half of the 20th century, consisting of a series of short subjects exhibited in consecutive order at one theater, generally advancing weekly, until the series is completed.

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Short film

A short film is any motion picture not long enough to be considered a feature film.

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Silent film

A silent film is a film with no synchronized recorded sound (and in particular, no spoken dialogue).

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Slaughterhouse

A slaughterhouse or abattoir is a facility where animals are slaughtered for consumption as food.

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Spotlight on a Murderer

Spotlight on a Murderer (in its original French title, which translates to Spotlights on the Murderer) is a 1961 French psychodrama/murder-mystery film directed by Georges Franju.

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Thérèse Desqueyroux (1962 film)

Thérèse Desqueyroux is a 1962 French film directed by Georges Franju, based on the novel of the same name by François Mauriac.

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The Demise of Father Mouret

The Demise of Father Mouret (La Faute de l'Abbé Mouret, "The Mistake of Father Mouret") is a 1970 French film directed by Georges Franju, based on the 1875 novel La Faute de l'Abbé Mouret by Émile Zola.

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Thomas the Impostor

Thomas the Impostor (Thomas l'imposteur) is a 1964 French film directed by Georges Franju and starring Emmanuelle Riva, Fabrice Rouleau, Sophie Dares, Jean Marais and Charles Aznavour.

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Walter Benjamin

Walter Bendix Schönflies Benjamin (15 July 1892 – 26 September 1940) was a German Jewish philosopher, cultural critic and essayist.

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World War II

World War II (often abbreviated to WWII or WW2), also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although conflicts reflecting the ideological clash between what would become the Allied and Axis blocs began earlier.

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15th Berlin International Film Festival

The 15th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 25 June to 6 July 1965.

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16 mm film

16 mm film is a historically popular and economical gauge of film.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georges_Franju

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