Alain Decaux

Alain Decaux (23 July 1925 − 27 March 2016) was a French historian. He was elected to the Académie française on 15 February 1979. In 2005, he was, with others authors as Frédéric Beigbeder, Mohamed Kacimi, Richard Millet and Jean-Pierre Thiollet, among the Beirut Book Fair's main guests in the Beirut International Exhibition & Leisure Center, commonly (BIEL). Source: Article "Alain Decaux" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Works

On Life On-screen: Miseries and Splendour of a Monarch

A documentary on the collaboration of filmmaker Sacha Guitry and actor Michel Simon focusing on the film "La Poison" (1951).

Release Date:2010-01-01

Character:Self - Interviewee

Vivement dimanche
3.0

Vivement dimanche

Release Date:1998-09-20

Character:Self

Episode Count:2

Vote Count:7

La France au temps des Colonies

Release Date:1994-10-01

Department:Production

Job:Executive Producer

7.7

Three Colors: Blue

The wife of a famous composer survives a car accident that kills her husband and daughter. Now alone, she shakes off her old identity and explores her newfound freedom but finds that she is unbreakably bound to other humans, including her husband’s mistress, whose existence she never suspected.

Release Date:1993-09-08

Character:Eulogist at the Funeral

Vote Count:1711

6.0

The Austrian

A woman is detained at La Conciergerie. She's 37 but her hair are already white. She's suffering from terrible haemorraghe. Her name is Marie-Antoinette of Lorraine, from Austria, and she's living her last four days.

Release Date:1990-09-19

Department:Writing

Job:Screenplay

Vote Count:2

8.0

Dorothée Show

The romanticized life of Dorothée summarized in various sketches and songs.

Release Date:1987-12-26

Character:Instituteur

Vote Count:1

Le Dossier D'Alain Decaux

Le Dossier D'Alain Decaux

Release Date:1985-10-08

Department:Creator

Job:Creator

Character:Self

Episode Count:[ 21 ]

Monsieur Landru de Gambais

Release Date:1984-01-19

Character:Narrateur

6.9

Les Misérables

In 19th century France, Jean Valjean, a man imprisoned for stealing bread, must flee a relentless policeman named Javert. The pursuit consumes both men's lives, and soon Valjean finds himself in the midst of the student revolutions in France.

Release Date:1982-10-20

Department:Writing

Job:Screenplay

Vote Count:70

L'Histoire en Question

L'Histoire en Question

Release Date:1982-01-20

Department:Creator

Job:Creator

Champs-Elysées
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Champs-Elysées

Release Date:1982-01-16

Character:Self

Episode Count:1

Vote Count:5

Le Mystère de Jack l'éventreur

Release Date:1981-01-28

Character:Narrateur

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
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Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

A talk show presented by Michel Drucker

Release Date:1975-01-12

Character:Self

Episode Count:1

Vote Count:1

Apostrophes
8.5

Apostrophes

Apostrophes was a live, weekly, literary, prime-time, talk show on French television created and hosted by Bernard Pivot. It ran for fifteen years (724 episodes) from January 10, 1975, to June 22, 1990, and was one of the most watched shows on French television (around 6 million regular viewers). It was broadcast on Friday nights on the channel France 2 (which was called "Antenne 2" from 1975 to 1992). The hourlong show was devoted to books, authors and literature. The format varied between one-on-one interviews with a single author and open discussions between four or five authors.

Release Date:1975-01-10

Character:Self

Episode Count:5

Vote Count:2

Le Grand Échiquier
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Le Grand Échiquier

Release Date:1972-01-12

Character:Self - Main Guest

Episode Count:2

Vote Count:2

Samedi soir
6.0

Samedi soir

Release Date:1971-01-09

Character:Self

Episode Count:2

Vote Count:1

Alain Decaux raconte
9.0

Alain Decaux raconte

Release Date:1969-07-10

Department:Creator

Job:Creator

Character:Speaker

Episode Count:[ 131 ]

Vote Count:1

4.4

I Killed Rasputin

Grigori Rasputin becomes a fixture of Russia's Imperial Court after saving the life of Alexei Nikolaevich, Tsarevich of Russia, the haemophiliac heir to the throne. However as war breaks out, Rasputin's enemies see him as a cause and plot fatal revenge against the Russian mystic.

Release Date:1967-05-03

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Character:Self / Interviewer (uncredited)

Vote Count:5

6.5

Angelique and the King

Soon after her latest husband death, the King himself (Louis XIV) meets with our heroine and begs her to help convince the Persian Ambassador to agree to a treaty. However, what they didn't realize was that the handsome Persian was in fact a sexual sadist. So, it is up to the King's half- brother, some Hungarian prince, to save Angélique from the evil troll's clutches.

Release Date:1966-01-31

Department:Writing

Job:Adaptation

Vote Count:130

10.0

Climates of Love

The Marcenat couple seem to have everything they need to be happy. However, Odile's frivolity and Philippe's jealousy drive the couple apart. Philippe, manager of the family printing business, finds solace in Isabelle, a long-time employee at the paper mill. Isabelle's routine life, entirely devoted to her work, leads Philippe to strike up a romantic relationship with the playful young Misa. But, faced with Isabelle's grief, Philippe puts an end to the romance. When Odile, inconsolable since their break-up, finally commits suicide, Philippe realizes that she was his true love.

Release Date:1962-04-11

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Vote Count:1

Discorama

Discorama

Release Date:1959-02-04

Character:Self

Episode Count:1

La caméra explore le temps
9.0

La caméra explore le temps

Release Date:1957-09-14

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Episode Count:38

Vote Count:1

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