"which is played whenever Bob gets out of prison or is about to commit a sinister action, and was first used in ""Cape Feare"". It is based on the score of the film ""Cape Fear"", composed by Bernard Herrmann. The musical score for ""Cape Feare"" earned Clausen an Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Dramatic Underscore – Series in 1994. Bob's prisoner number is often 24601, which is Jean Valjean's prisoner number in ""Les Misérables"". Another trademark for Bob is a visual gag of stepping on a rake and being struck in the face with its handle; this joke first appeared"
"Monsieur N. Monsieur N. is a 2003 British-French film directed by Antoine de Caunes. It tells the story of the last years of the life of the Emperor Napoléon (played by Philippe Torreton), who was imprisoned by the British on St Helena. Napoléon retained a loyal entourage of officers who helped him plot his escape, and evaded the attentions of Major-General Sir Hudson Lowe (Richard E. Grant), the island's overzealous Governor. The film suggests that Napoléon could have escaped to Louisiana, where he died, and that the body exhumed and now at Les Invalides is that of Napoléon's officer Cipriani."
"The Impostor (1944 film) The Impostor (a.k.a. Bayonet Charge and Strange Confession) is a 1944 American drama war film directed by Julien Duvivier starring Jean Gabin. Clement (Gabin), a condemned murderer literally minutes away from the guillotine, is ""liberated"" when the Nazis bomb the French jail that holds him. During his escape he steals the uniform and identification papers of a dead French soldier. He then hides from the law by joining the Free French Forces in French Equatorial Africa. Clement's new identity and purpose in life reform him. In the end he sacrifices himself in service of his country."
"The Impostor (1944 film) The Impostor (a.k.a. Bayonet Charge and Strange Confession) is a 1944 American drama war film directed by Julien Duvivier starring Jean Gabin. Clement (Gabin), a condemned murderer literally minutes away from the guillotine, is ""liberated"" when the Nazis bomb the French jail that holds him. During his escape he steals the uniform and identification papers of a dead French soldier. He then hides from the law by joining the Free French Forces in French Equatorial Africa. Clement's new identity and purpose in life reform him. In the end he sacrifices himself in service of his country."
"""grotesque buffooneries"" in Dreyer's film. In 1431 Jeanne, a French peasant girl, is imprisoned for heresy and brought to trial at Rouen. Despite rigorous interrogation by the judges and constant persecution from the jailers, her faith remains unshaken. The relentless theological questioning and argument in court is broken only by an ineffectual attempt at torture and an examination to prove her virginity. Jeanne's insistence that her military ventures were bidden by God is scoffed at by the English, who are anxious to destroy the legend already building around her.7fbIn a moment of weakness during the trial, Jeanne recants her faith."
"Best Director at the 1957 Cannes Film Festival. Today, the work is sometimes considered Bresson's masterpiece. A Man Escaped A Man Escaped or: The Wind Bloweth Where It Listeth () is a 1956 French film directed by Robert Bresson. It is based on the memoirs of André Devigny, a member of the French Resistance held in Montluc prison by the occupying Germans during World War II. The protagonist of the film is called Fontaine. Bresson himself was imprisoned by the Germans as a member of the French Resistance. The second part of the title comes from the Bible (). The"
"one ever saw his face because it was hidden by a mask of black velvet cloth, the true identity of the prisoner remains a mystery; it has been extensively debated by historians, and various theories have been expounded in numerous books and films. Among the leading theories are those proposed by writer and philosopher Voltaire: he claimed in the second edition of his ""Questions sur l'Encyclopédie"" (1771) that the prisoner wore a mask made of iron rather than of cloth, and that he was the older, illegitimate brother of Louis XIV. What little is known about the historical Man in"
"secret agent Josselin Beaumont is sent to kill Colonel Njala, the dictator of Malagawi, a fictional African country. However, before he manages to accomplish his mission, the political situation changes drastically and the French secret service resorts to handing over Beaumont to the Malagawian authorities. After a long, unfair trial, during which Beaumont is injected with drugs, he is sentenced to long-term penal servitude at a ""re-education camp"". Following a daring escape with one of the other inmates, he returns to France and informs the French secret service of his presence, promising that he will kill Njala, who is in"
"in October 2006. Superdupont is the son of the Unknown Soldier buried under the Arc de Triomphe. He is caricaturally chauvinistic and gifted with superpowers that help him to defend his country against a secret terrorist organisation called '""Anti-France"". Anti-France agents are all foreigners and thus speak the fictional language ""Anti-Français"", a mishmash of English, Spanish, Italian, Russian, and German. The physical appearance of Superdupont is a superhero version of a caricatural Frenchman (specially, as seen by the Anglophone world): he wears a beret, a striped jersey, slippers, a tricolour belt held by a safety pin, a long blue cape."
"the best-selling 1995 novel of the same name by Brian Moore. In the novel and film, the fictional Brossard is based on Paul Touvier, a member of the Milice, a paramilitary police force of the Vichy French regime during World War II who ordered the execution of seven Jews in 1944. After the war, he was convicted of treason and sentenced to death in absentia, but with the aid of right-wing Roman Catholic clergymen, who provided him refuge in safe houses and monasteries, Touvier avoided capture. He received a controversial pardon from the President of France, Georges Pompidou, in 1971,"
"Jean Valjean Jean Valjean is the protagonist of Victor Hugo's 1862 novel ""Les Misérables"". Hugo depicts the character's 19-year-long struggle to lead a normal life after serving a prison sentence for stealing bread to feed his sister's children during a time of economic depression and various attempts to escape from prison. Valjean is also known in the novel as Monsieur Madeleine, Ultime Fauchelevent, Monsieur Leblanc, and Urbain Fabre. Valjean and police Inspector Javert, who repeatedly encounters Valjean and attempts to return him to prison, have become archetypes in literary culture. In the popular imagination, the character of Jean Valjean came"
"other people; in 2016 Historic England upgraded it to Grade II*. The Chevalier d'Éon has appeared as a character in numerous fictional works over the years. Chevalier d'Éon Charles-Geneviève-Louis-Auguste-André-Timothée d'Éon de Beaumont (5 October 1728 – 21 May 1810), usually known as the Chevalier d'Éon, was a French diplomat, spy, Freemason and soldier who fought in the Seven Years' War. D'Éon had androgynous physical characteristics and natural abilities as a mimic and a spy. D'Éon appeared publicly as a man and pursued masculine occupations for 49 years, although during that time d'Éon successfully infiltrated the court of Empress Elizabeth of"
"Belphégor (novel) Belphégor (English title ""The Mystery of the Louvre"") is a 1927 crime novel by French writer Arthur Bernède, about a ""phantom"" which haunts the Louvre Museum, in reality a masked villain trying to steal a hidden treasure. It was simultaneously adapted as a movie serial starring René Navarre as Chantecoq, Bernède's fictional detective, and Elmire Vautier as the villainous Belphégor. ""Belphégor"" inspired several other adaptations, including an eponymous 1965 French television series starring Juliette Greco in the title role (but without Chantecoq) and a 1965 daily comic strip sequel to the TV series drawn by Julio Ribéra which"
"his friends (Philippe saying earlier that due to his secret, D'Artagnan was the real man in the iron mask). In this version, the ""man in the iron mask"" is introduced as prisoner number 64389000 based on the number related to his namesake found at the Bastille. Château de Vaux-le-Vicomte is the stand in for all the scenes that are supposed to be Versailles, although in the book, the switch between Louis and Philippe happens at Vaux-le-Vicomte. Vaux-le-Vicomte, the prototype for Versailles, was historically built for Nicolas Fouquet, Superintendent of Finances for Louis XlV. In some versions, the switch takes place"
"Le prisonnier du Bouddha Le prisonnier du Bouddha, written by Franquin and Greg, drawn by Franquin with assistance by Jidéhem, is the fourteenth album of the ""Spirou et Fantasio"" series. The story was initially serialised in ""Spirou"" magazine before its release as a hardcover album in 1960. In ""The Prisoner of the Buddha"", Spirou and Fantasio arrive in Champignac to find great changes in the Count's mansion park. A Russian scientist, Nicolas Inovskyev, the co-inventor of a revolutionary and powerful device named the G.A.G., is in hiding fearing the same fate as his American partner Harold W. Longplaying. Longplaying has"
"wounded, inspectors ""Berux"" and ""Lailheugue"". The man who was killed was ""Daniel Duchâteau"", a convicted bank robber, the man who was arrested called himself ""Alain"" and was at that time unknown to the police. On Sunday , the police interrogated the captured kidnapper who called himself Alain Caillol and tried to induce him to call the kidnappers and tell them to release their hostage. The police eventually convinced him to contact his accomplices after guaranteeing that they would not be arrested. Police commissioner Ottavioli proposed that Alain call the kidnappers from his personal phone, which was not under surveillance. Alain"
"recorded admissions of 1,664,555 in France. Male Hunt Male Hunt(, ) is a 1964 French-Italian comedy film directed by Édouard Molinaro and starring Jean-Paul Belmondo. It is the day that Antoine (Jean-Claude Brialy), a Paris advertising man, is to marry the lovely Gisèle (Marie Laforêt) and his best man Julien (Claude Rich), a divorced statistician, tries to talk him out of it with tales of the hard times he had from women, ending in entrapment by his stunning secretary Denise (Catherine Deneuve), a professional virgin. Going into a bistro for a quick drink before they drive to the wedding, the"
"A Man Escaped A Man Escaped or: The Wind Bloweth Where It Listeth () is a 1956 French film directed by Robert Bresson. It is based on the memoirs of André Devigny, a member of the French Resistance held in Montluc prison by the occupying Germans during World War II. The protagonist of the film is called Fontaine. Bresson himself was imprisoned by the Germans as a member of the French Resistance. The second part of the title comes from the Bible (). The soundtrack uses the ""Kyrie"" from Mozart's ""Great Mass in C minor"", K. 427. The film was"
"to the courtyard via a rope, killing the German guard there, and climbing over two walls. They drop down into the street undetected and walk away. The film is based on the memoirs of André Devigny, who escaped from the Montluc prison in Lyon in 1943, during World War II. Bresson said in an interview that with ""A Man Escaped"" he ""wanted to achieve a great purity, a greater asceticism than in ""Diary of a Country Priest"""", noting his use of nonprofessional actors. New Yorker Video released the film on Region 1 DVD in 2004; it is currently out of"
"a long sentence in prison for the murder of several enemy gang members. Once in prison he begins to prepare his escape. La Scoumoune La Scoumoune (""""Bad luck"""") is a 1972 French film directed by José Giovanni, starring Jean Paul Belmondo, Claudia Cardinale and Michel Constantin. It is an adaption of Giovanni's novel ""L'Excommunié"". ""La Scoumoune"" is a remake of a 1961 French movie, ""A Man Named Rocca"", directed by Jean Becker, also based on Giovanni's novel and starring Belmondo in the same part. In the mid-1930s mobster Roberto La Rocca (Jean-Paul Belmondo) comes to Marseille to help his friend"
"Fernand Meyssonnier Fernand Meyssonnier (1931–2008) was an executioner in the last years of French Algeria. He acted as an executioner from 1947 to 1961 and killed more than 200 people. He is the author of a book ""The Executioner's Tale"" (Paroles de bourreau : Témoignage unique d'un éxécuteur des arrêts criminels) answering questions about his career as an executioner. He inherited the job of executioner from his father Maurice Meyssonnier in 1947 when he ended compulsory education. His ancestors had been executioners from ages ago. When Algeria became independent from France in 1961, the guillotine was replaced by execution by"
"as a ""gonnette"". Another prisoner named Plassou hid within a small space in the wall, concealed behind stones and plaster. He waited until nightfall, broke through the plaster, climbed over the wall, but was seen by two fisherman sleeping next to the wall and was handed over to the guards. Many escapees were captured by Legueneux, an assistant-adjudant guard who watched the main gate of the arsenal. He knew the faces of all the prisoners, and could spot a bagnard immediately by his peculiar way of walking, caused by years of wearing a heavy chain. One mass escape attempt was"
"and Cosette. Hugo imagined the life of the man in jail and the mother and daughter taken away from each other. Valjean's character is loosely based on the life of the ex-convict Eugène François Vidocq. Vidocq became the head of an undercover police unit and later founded France's first private detective agency. He was also a businessman and was widely noted for his social engagement and philanthropy. Vidocq also inspired Hugo as he wrote Claude Gueux and ""Le Dernier jour d'un condamné"" (""The Last Day of a Condemned Man""). In 1828, Vidocq, already pardoned, saved one of the workers in"
"Incorrigible (film) Incorrigible (French: L'incorrigible) is a 1975 French comedy film directed by Philippe de Broca and starring Jean-Paul Belmondo, Geneviève Bujold and Capucine. Victor Vauthier, a lovable rogue and mythomaniac who does not want to give up his ways, leaves prison, causing great sadness to his guards, who had come to like him during his three-month imprisonment. He immediately pulls off a series of thefts and frauds. Meanwhile, he has to report to his parole officer, Marie-Charlotte Pontalec. Victor and Marie-Charlotte immediately hit it off. This does not prevent Victor, encouraged by his father figure, uncle Camille, from trying"
"compared some of the detention conditions with those of other prisoners such as Fouquet, Lauzun and Matthioli, who had not benefited from the construction of a new cell. Furthermore, the detention of prisoners such as Fouquet or Lauzun did not remain secret for such a long time. American writer Julian Hawthorne also supports the identification of the Man in the iron Mask with this valet, whom he does not liken to Louis XIV's twin brother though. Fouquet's ""valet"" At the beginning of 1675, in response to Saint-Mars's repeated requests offering the prisoner ""Dauger"" as a valet for Lauzun then for"
"laxity. It takes an outsider like Alex Ponttin, free from the bonds of modern living, to point the way to a better future. Bonsoir (film) Bonsoir is a 1994 French film directed by Jean-Pierre Mocky. Having first lost his wife then his job as a tweed tailor, Alex Ponttin (Michel Serrault from ""Happiness is in the field"") has devised a novel way to keep himself in touch with society. He admits himself into people's homes, by pretending to be a relative or an official, and persuading his victims to give him a night's free board: He finds at first a"
"maintained in the correspondence until the false announcement of the release of the prisoner ""Eustache Dauger"". Then in 1679 Louvois is thought The prisoner spent 34 years in captivity in four different prisons (Pignerol, Exilles, the island of Sainte-Marguerite, then the Bastille), in the custody of the same general staff, being Saint-Mars and his lieutenants. Even the turnkey (Antoine Rû) was with him throughout his captivity. The financial question is one of the main elements raised by Marcel Pagnol demonstrating, in his view, the importance of the masked prisoner, and thus refuting the theories which identify this prisoner as a"
"been kidnapped by the Chinese army, who want his technology, and is being held captive in one of a series of giant statues of the Buddha which line up a valley. Armed with the new invention, the heroes set out to rescue the prisoner, and save the world. Featured in this album are two seemingly British, twin-like and awkward investigators, in what may be an homage to Hergé's ""The Adventures of Tintin"" characters, Dupont et Dupond (Thomson and Thompson). Le prisonnier du Bouddha Le prisonnier du Bouddha, written by Franquin and Greg, drawn by Franquin with assistance by Jidéhem, is"
"Bonsoir (film) Bonsoir is a 1994 French film directed by Jean-Pierre Mocky. Having first lost his wife then his job as a tweed tailor, Alex Ponttin (Michel Serrault from ""Happiness is in the field"") has devised a novel way to keep himself in touch with society. He admits himself into people's homes, by pretending to be a relative or an official, and persuading his victims to give him a night's free board: He finds at first a lunch at the horrible couple Dumont (Jean-Pierre Bisson and Maike Jansen), where a thief follows him for a robbery. Alex spent an evening"
"group of four men, he manages to destroy 20 enemy planes. 19th. He is captured at the conclusion of his mission. He is imprisoned in XC Oflag in Lübeck, from which he tries to escape in vain. Lieutenant-colonel Bergé is successively allocated to the Parachute inspection administration, to the military cabinet of the Provisional Government of the French Republic, to the National Defense' staff. He is then the military attaché for the French ambassy in Rome. Georges Bergé Georges Roger Pierre Bergé (3 January 1909 – 15 September 1997) was a French Army general who served during World War II."
"stay in London, Pierre persuaded General Brooke of the necessity of supplying the Resistance with radio operators. On 1 April he was parachuted back into France, again onto Philippe's land, and restarted his Paris activities under the new codename ""Sylvain"", but was arrested on 25 April. In prison he was beaten by Georges Delfanne (alias Christian Masuy), then handed over to Hugo Bleicher of the Abwehr, less brutal but more subtle and thus more dangerous. He and several of his companions were tried together, and he succeeded in convincing the tribunal to treat them as prisoners of war and not"
"hidden by the family of Jean Villechenon at Cosne-d'Allier. Farmer’s role was to form the FREELANCE network and to make contact with Maurice Southgate, code name ""Philippe"", who was Head of the Hector Stationer network. On 1 May however, two days after their arrival, Southgate was arrested in Montluçon by German police and was deported to Buchenwald. Led by Jean Antoine Llorca Villechenon, codenamed ""Laurent"", from Aydat (Puy-de-Dôme), they put themselves at the service of Colonel Émile Coulaudon (called “Gaspard”), Head of the Mouvements Unis de la Résistance (MUR) which was located at Ligonès Castle, in the commune of Ruynes-en-Margeride"
"support of the National Library of France collections of ancient textiles, the accuracy of these notary documents discovered in 2015 has allowed the creation of the first virtual reconstruction of the prison of the man in the iron mask. The Man in the Iron Mask has also appeared in many works of fiction, most prominently in the late 1840s by Alexandre Dumas. A section of his novel """", the final installment of his D'Artagnan saga, features the Man in the Iron Mask. Here the prisoner is forced to wear an iron mask and is portrayed as Louis XIV's identical twin."