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Oscar-winning actor Paul Lukas was born in Hungary and graduated from the School for Dramatic Arts. In 1916 he went to Kosice (Kassa) to be an actor; in 1918 he became an actor specializing in comedy. For ten years he was the most popular character player and romantic lead of the company. In 1918 he began making movies in Budapest and in the 1920s he began appearing in films in Austria as well. He journeyed to Hollywood in 1927, where he finally settled down. He wasn't untrue to the stage--he played Dr. Rank to Ruth Gordon's Nora in Henrik Ibsen's "A Doll's House" in the Morosco Theatre in New York in 1937--but concentrated on films until 1948. In the '50s he started appearing on stage more and more, and worked in films and on TV only sporadically.- Cathy Rosier was born on 2 January 1945 in Fort-de-France, Martinique, French West Indies. She was an actress, known for The Samurai (1967), Le dernier saut (1970) and Chap'la (1980). She was married to Norbert Lemoine, Gérard Foussier and Georges Rosier. She died on 17 May 2004 in Marrakech, Morocco.
- Actor
- Soundtrack
Genial, dark-haired, often bespectacled Ivan Lawrence Blieden (pronounced Blee-den), better known as actor Larry Blyden, was born in Houston, Texas, the son of a lawyer. He developed an early interest in acting, appearing in various theater productions as a teen but never entertained the notion of pursuing a career. Following a stint with the Marine Corps, however, he went to college at the University of Houston and supplemented his income with a job as a local radio announcer, finding himself highly proficient at foreign accents.
Bitten by the acting bug, he decided to give performing a serious try this time, first training at London's Royal Academy of Arts, then moving to New York. It was Broadway that subsequently gave Larry marquee value, contributing strongly to a string of successes. These included not only such staple comedies as "Mr. Roberts", "Oh Men! Oh Women!" and "Absurd Person Singular", but the musicals "Flower Drum Song" (Tony nomination), "The Apple Tree" and "A Funny Thing Happened On the Way to the Forum", the last earning him the Tony award in 1972.
From the early 1950s throughout the decade, Larry was a valuable presence in TV anthologies ("The Silver Theatre," "The Philco Television Playhouse," "The Goodyear Playhouse," "Armstrong Circle Theatre," "Playhouse 90," "The Alcoa Hour," "Play of the Week") but, as his career progressed, he also found a comfortable niche in breezy comedy, landing a couple of sitcoms Joe & Mabel (1956) (as Joe) and Harry's Girls (1963) (as Harry), short-lived as they were. Into the 1960's he appeared on such programs as "Thriller," "The Loretta Young Show," "The Twilight Zone," "Adventures in Paradise," "The United States Steel Hour," "Route 66," "Dr. Kildare," "Alfred Hitchcock Presents," "12 O'CLock High," "The Fugitive" and "The Man from U.N.C.L.E."
Larry projected a very temperate, clean-cut, albeit bland image. As a result, film roles were scarce - three to be exact: Kiss Them for Me (1957) starring Cary Grant and Jayne Mansfield, The Bachelor Party (1957) with Don Murray and Carolyn Jones, and Barbra Streisand's On a Clear Day You Can See Forever (1970).
Larry was a noted game show enthusiast and was seen frequently as a panelist on Password (1961) and To Tell the Truth (1969), among many others. In 1972, he became a familiar daytime face after replacing Wally Bruner as host of the syndicated What's My Line? (1968).
Larry married Bob Fosse dancer/extraordinaire Carol Haney in 1955. They remained a popular Gotham couple until their split seven years later. Haney, who was pure electric in the Broadway and film versions of "The Pajama Game", was a severe diabetic and died suddenly at age 39 in 1964, two years after their divorce. This left Blyden a single parent with two children to raise. He never remarried. His last performances on TV included guest parts on "The Mod Squad," "Medical Center" and "Cannon."
Blyden himself died fairly young as well, killed in a car accident while traveling in Morocco. He was only 49. Highly personable and modestly unassuming, Larry Blyden may not have hit the heights, but he was a recognizable name and a durable talent - one of Broadway's bright lights for over two decades.- Actress
- Director
- Writer
Inma de Santis was born on 24 February 1959 in Madrid, Spain. She was an actress and director, known for La duda (1972), Estudio 1 (1965) and Teatro estudio (1976). She died on 21 December 1989 in Sahara Desert, Morocco.- Jean Lefebvre was born on 3 October 1919 in Valenciennes, Nord, France. He was an actor, known for Diabolique (1955), Mais où est donc passée la 7ème compagnie (1973) and The Gendarme of Saint-Tropez (1964). He was married to Brigitte Lerebours, Yori Bertin and Micheline Grasser. He died on 9 July 2004 in Marrakech, Morocco.
- Actor
- Writer
Marc Porel was born on 3 January 1949 in Lausanne, Switzerland. He was an actor and writer, known for The Psychic (1977), Live Like a Cop, Die Like a Man (1976) and Don't Torture a Duckling (1972). He was married to Barbara Magnolfi and Bénédicte Lacoste. He died on 15 August 1983 in Casablanca, Morocco.- Etchika Choureau was born on 12 November 1929 in Paris, France. She was an actress, known for Darby's Rangers (1958), Lafayette Escadrille (1958) and The Vanquished (1953). She was married to Philippe Rheims and Max Choureau. She died on 24 January 2022 in Rabat, Morocco.
- Paul Danquah was born on 25 May 1925 in London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for A Taste of Honey (1961), The Avengers (1961) and Secret Agent (1964). He died on 13 August 2015 in Tangier, Morocco.
- Mobutu Sese Seko was born Joseph Mobutu in Lisala, Belgian Congo. His father was a cook, who died when Mobutu was a child, and his mother was a maid in a hotel. She used her earnings to send him to a Christian Brothers Catholic boarding school for his education. In 1949 he joined the Force Publique, an internal security force of Congolese troops but with Belgian officers, and rose to sergeant. He stayed there for seven years, leaving to become a newspaper reporter. It was in that position that he met Congolese nationalist Patrice Lumumba, and Mobutu was so taken with him that he joined Lumumba's political party, the Congolese National Movement (MNC).
When the Congo became independent on June 30, 1960, a coalition government led the country, with Lumumba as Prime Minister and Joseph Kasavubu as President. Mobutu was appointed Army Chief of Staff. Lumumba and Kasavubu then locked horns in a struggle for political supremacy, and on Sept. 14, 1960, a military coup overthrew Lumumba and installed Kasavubu as overall leader. One of the key figures in the coup was none other than Lumumba's old friend, Mobutu. It turned out that both the American CIA and the Belgian government mistrusted Lumumba, who they thought to be a Communist or at least pro-Communist, and wanted Kasavubu in power, as they believed--correctly, as it turned out--that Kasavubu and Mobutu would be more "pliable". Five years later, though, Mobutu led a coup against Kasavubu, who had just managed to oust his rival, popular Prime Minister Moise Tshombe. Upon taking power, Mobutu banned all political parties and declared the equivalent of a state of emergency, taking on almost dictatorial powers. He later formed his own party, the Popular Movement of the Revolution, which all Congolese were obliged to join. He ordered all existing trade unions to form a single union, the National Union of Zairian Workers, and placed it under the control of the government.
Although there were several uprisings and attempted coups, all were swiftly and brutally put down. In 1970 Mobutu held an election in which he was the only candidate and in which voting was mandatory. Not surprisingly, he got 99% of the vote. In 1971 he began a program of "cultural awareness" and renamed the country the Republic of Zaire. He ordered all Congolese with Christian names to drop them and change to African ones, baptism of children was outlawed and Western-style clothing and ties were banned. The next year he renamed himself Mobutu Sese Seko Kuku Nbendu Wa Za Banga, although for convenience's sake he allowed others to refer to him as Mobutu Sese Seko. He also fostered a cult of personality in which his picture appeared everywhere, on everything from from postage stamps to the country's paper currency.
His erratic, corrupt and authoritarian rule resulted in several coup attempts and secessions. Mobutu's solution was to stage public executions of those who were real, potential or imagined threats to his regime, but he later found that it was much less trouble--and garnered much less bad publicity worldwide--if he just bought off his enemies, which he proceeded to do. He also nationalized foreign-owned firms and deported their European owners and managers. He handed the firms over to his family members and political allies, most of whom immediately robbed the companies blind, sold off their assets and kept the money. The resulting economic anarchy caused by these actions forced Mobutu in 1977 to bring the Europeans back. In that same year a force of several thousand rebels--followers of the executed Tshombe--invaded the province of Katanga from their bases in neighboring Angola. They were well-trained, motivated and led mainly by professional mercenaries from South Africa and Europe, and they swiftly and decisively routed Mobutu's ill-equipped, poorly trained, undisciplined and disorganized army. He appealed for aid from France, which airlifted several thousand Moroccan paratroopers who eventually defeated the Katangan rebels. However, a year later the rebels attacked again, but this time with more troops than before. Mobutu's ragtag army fared no better this time than it did the year before and was decisively defeated again, with many of its soldiers tearing off their uniforms, throwing away their weapons and fleeing naked into the jungles. Katanga, with its vast mineral, diamond and ore deposits, was on the verge of declaring its independence, and there was nothing Mobutu could do about it. Once more he appealed for international help against the "Communists". France and Belgium dispatched troops to put down the invasion, with the US supplying logistical and material help, and the invading forces were driven back across the border into Angola.
Despite these crises, Mobutu still had time to build up his personal wealth, which by 1984 was estimated to be at least $5 billion. While he amassed a fortune the country was going broke, and in 1989 it defaulted on loans from Belgium--Mobutu and his family and cronies having looted the country for years almost nonstop, the treasury simply ran out of money. This situation resulted in most roads, bridges and other elements of its infrastructure beginning to literally fall apart because there was no money to maintain them. Most government workers were paid sporadically if at all, resulting in tremendous inflation and a level of corruption that was mind-boggling even for Africa. The sheer scope of mismanagement, embezzlement and outright thievery by Mobutu and his cronies resulted in economists coining a new word for his form of government--kleptocracy. The cult of personality fostered by Mobutu and his government was pervasive; pictures and portraits of Mobutu were everywhere, government employees had to wear buttons with his photograph on them, and on TV broadcasts he was seen descending from the sky through clouds. He also awarded himself such titles as "Lion Warrior", "Savior of the Nation" and "Supreme Combatant".
The collapse of the Soviet Union in 1989 did not bode well for Mobutu. He had always been able to count on support by Western governments, no matter how much they disliked his domestic policies. Because of the Congo's huge size. vast mineral wealth and strategic location, he was able to paint himself as a bulwark against "the Communist menace" in Africa, and the fact that his country held vast untapped reserves of gold, silver, diamonds, timber, etc., didn't hurt, either. However, now that the Soviet Union no longer existed, Mobutu's claim to be an anti-Communist bastion in the heart of Africa was irrelevant. Under pressure from western governments and because of economic problems and internal disturbances, Mobutu ended the ban on political parties and brought opposition figures into the government. Despite his attempt to co-opt the opposition by playing different factions against each other, however, the main opposition parties joined in one single organization in 1994, forcing him to appoint one of their members as his Prime Minister. In addition, Mobutu's health began to deteriorate, and he started to spend more time in Europe for medical treatment. In 1996 Tutsi rebels took advantage of one of his absences by launching a rebellion and taking control of the western half of the country. Other rebellions were launched from eastern Zaire, and in 1997 the combined rebel forces defeated Mobutu's army and took Kinshasa, the capital. Mobutu fled to neighboring Togo and then to Morocco, where he took permanent residence.
On Sept. 7, 1997, he died of prostate cancer in Rabat, Morocco. - Philippe Pozzo di Borgo was born on 14 February 1951 in Paris, France. He was a writer, known for The Intouchables (2011), Menschen (1982) and 37 Grad (1994). He was married to Khadija NAJIMI and Béatrice Henriette Lucie ROCHE. He died on 2 June 2022 in Marrakech, Morocco.
- Mohammed Afifi was born on 25 December 1935 in El-Jadida, Morocco. He was an actor, known for The Mummy (1999), The Sheltering Sky (1990) and Les enfants du soleil (1962). He died on 5 September 2009 in Rabat, Morocco.
- Writer
- Composer
- Actor
Composer and author, educated at the University of Virginia, he studied with Aaron Copland and Virgil Thomson, and received Guggenheim and Rockefeller grants. Paul Bowles joined ASCAP in 1945, and he researched folk music in Spain, North Africa, the Antilles, and South and Central America. He lived 52 years in Tangier, Morocco as an expatriate writer. Bowles was married to the writer and playwright Jane Bowles.- Costume Designer
- Production Designer
- Costume and Wardrobe Department
Enrico Sabbatini was born on 7 January 1932 in Spoleto, Perugia, Italy. He was a costume designer and production designer, known for The Mission (1986), Cutthroat Island (1995) and Seven Years in Tibet (1997). He died on 25 November 1998 in Ouarzazate, Morocco.- Hilary Devey was born on 10 March 1957 in Bolton, Lancashire, England, UK. She was married to Philip Childs, Edwin Devey and Malcolm Sharples. She died on 11 June 2022 in Morocco.
- Born in Rabat, the actor received a strict religious education before receiving modern education at the Mohammedia School, where he did his primary studies. He then pursued secondary studies at the Mohamed V high school in Rabat and worked at the same time as a teacher of the Arabic language. He became interested in theater and began working with the Al Mâamora theater company in 1948, before entering a theater school under the supervision of the Ministry of Youth and was directed by, among others, André Voisin, Charles Le Nick, Pierre Richy and Abdellah Chekroun. He also distinguished himself in the National Theater Troupe founded in 1953. He also worked in film, radio, television, and voice dubbing.
After Moroccan independence, he was actively involved in the influence of Moroccan theater, teaching from 1956-58 the art of rhetoric and eloquence at the Institute of Theatrical Research. In 1982, his performance in 'The Black Stallion', earned him international recognition. In 1986, he appeared in Gary Nelson's 'Allan Quatermain and the City of Lost Gold'. Other significant roles included the Moroccan films 'Brahim Yach?' by Nabil Lahlou (1982) and 'Caftan d'amour' by Moumen Smihi (1988). In 1990, he made his last film appearance in 'The Riders of Glory' by Souheil Ben Barka. - Composer
- Music Department
- Actor
Richard Horowitz was born on 6 January 1949 in Buffalo, New York, USA. He was a composer and actor, known for Any Given Sunday (1999), The Sheltering Sky (1990) and 1492: Conquest of Paradise (1992). He died on 13 April 2024 in Marrakech, Morocco.- Mohamed Bastaoui was born in 1954 in Khouribga, Morocco. He was an actor, known for Terre de lumière (2008), Atash (2001) and Jouha Ya Jouha II (2010). He died on 17 December 2014 in Rabat, Morocco.
- Born in 1940, Mohamed Majd took his first steps on the stage in the late 1950s. After 10 years acting in theaters, he turned to the cinema and acted in the shorts of Abdelmajid R'chich then alongside Anthony Quinn in the historical epic : The Message (1975), Moustapha Akkad. Renowned Moroccan actor at the age of 47, he gained international fame, By Casting Director Ahmed Boulane to play along side with jhon Hurt in a Richard Stroud movie Deadline. and in Philippe de Broca The Thousand and One Nights (1989). Then Nabil Ayouch's Ali Zawa gives him his big come back to the Morrocan Cinema.
He died due to respiratory difficulties, at the age of 73. - Mohamed Hassan Al Joundi was born in 1939 in Marrakesh, Morocco. He was an actor and writer, known for The Message (1976), The Message (1976) and Bamou (1983). He was married to Zeroual and Fatima Bnmazian. He died on 25 February 2017 in Marrakech, Morocco.
- Actor
- Producer
- Director
John Glyn-Jones was born on 28 August 1909 in London, England, UK. He was an actor and producer, known for Emmerdale Farm (1972), BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1950) and Man in the Moon (1960). He died on 21 January 1997 in Casablanca, Morocco.- Additional Crew
King Hassan II was born on 9 July 1929 in Rabat, Morocco. He is known for L'heure de vérité (1982), Sacrée soirée (1987) and Caravane de nuit (1994). He was married to Lalla Latifa Hammou, Lalla Latifa Amahzoune and Lalla Fatima. He died on 23 July 1999 in Rabat, Morocco.- Director
- Cinematographer
- Producer
Gabriel Veyre was born on 1 February 1871 in France. He was a director and cinematographer, known for Baño de caballos (1896), Pelea de gallos (1896) and Ejercicios a la bayoneta por los alumnos del colegio militar de Chapultepec (1896). He died on 13 January 1936 in Casablanca, Morocco.- Shemseddine Zinoune is a dancer, actor and choreographer, born in Casablanca where he studied primary and secondary school, then moved to Belgium to study dancing. His father Lahcen Zinoune is a dancer, choreographer, artist painter and a film director, and his mother Michelle Zinoune is a dancer choreographer.
Schems Eddine had just began an international career in acting and had future project with directors such as Bruce Niebur and Ahmed Boulane. He died in a tragic car accident in Casablanca in November 2008. - Abderrahim Tounsi was born in 1936 in Casablanca, Morocco. He was an actor, known for Bila Houdoud 2, My Uncle (2017) and Majid (2010). He died on 2 January 2023 in Casablanca, Morocco.
- Abdeljabbar Louzir was born in 1928 in Marrakesh, Morocco. He was an actor, known for Quand mûrissent les dattes? (1968), Dar El Warata (2009) and Abdou with the Almohades (2006). He died on 2 September 2020 in Morocco.
- Claude Auchinleck was born on 21 June 1884 in Aldershot, Hampshire, England, UK. He was married to Jessie Stewart. He died on 23 March 1981 in Marrakech, Morocco.
- Location Management
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
- Production Manager
Bryan Coates was born on 22 May 1922 in Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, UK. He was an assistant director and production manager, known for Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981), The Jewel of the Nile (1985) and Clash of the Titans (1981). He was married to Audrey Venn. He died on 19 March 1985 in Atlas Mountains, Morocco.- Dimi Mint Abba was born on 25 December 1958 in Mauritania. He died on 4 June 2011 in Rabat, Morocco.
- Editor
- Writer
- Director
Ahmed Bouanani was born on 16 November 1938 in Casablanca, Morocco. He was an editor and writer, known for Assarab (1979), Bye-Bye Souirty (1998) and Aoud rih (2001). He died on 6 February 2011 in Demnate, Morocco.- Mohamed Basri was born on 5 June 1938 in Meknes, Morocco. He was an actor, known for The Message (1976), Bratele Afroditei (1979) and La batalla de los Tres Reyes (1990). He died in March 2007 in Rabat, Morocco.
- Chelita Salvatori was born to a wealthy white Trinidadian family - her mother, Connie, was English, and her father's family were from Corsican origin. As a girl, Chelita was sketched by Pablo Picasso, and was educated at the Lycee in South Kensington, London, and in Paris, from where she ran away because, as her childhood friend Barry Powell recalls, "she hated the nuns". When she was 18, her father died from burns after his yacht had blown up.
Returning to London in 1963, Chelita Salvatori was taken up by the photographer Norman Parkinson, a family friend whose introductions helped launch her into the fluid 1960s society. Parkinson also introduced her to Harpers Bazaar, beginning a career in journalism during which she worked for IPC (as features editor for Woman), and as fashion editor of Nova. She also met and married the pop manager Tony Secunda. In 1966, when the designer Ossie Clark's collection combined blue and green, Secunda "dyed her hair blue to celebrate and became her PR". She joined Clark and Alice Pollock's venture, Quorum, as promoter of Clark's designs, and would work with Sir Mark Palmer in his model agency, English Boy. Soon Chelita was on phone number terms with The Beatles and The Rolling Stones, and was responsible for hiring such models as Amanda Lear. She pre-empted glam rock with her "mad rainbow eye make-up - green and orange, her cheeks highlighted in pink, and over that, reflective diamonds and sequins". In 1970 Chelita was engaged by Marc Bolan's wife June as PR for Bolan's group T. Rex. In 1972 Chelita made a cameo appearance in Bolan's film, Born to Boogie (1972), dressed as a nun. She was T.Rex' Mickey Finn's lover during the heyday of T.Rex, and like him she battled serious addiction to heroin for many years.
In 1979 Chelita left London for Trinidad with the intention of "escaping the smack stigma and setting up a small hotel," She did recover, attending Narcotics Anonymous; in 1988 she went to the Wiltshire clinic "Clouds", and kicked the habit. In the mid-1980s she became the London correspondent for the Parisian magazine City; and later performed the same role for the influential Japanese magazine Hanatsubaki. Derek Jarman gave her a part in his 1986 film Caravaggio (1986).
Chelita organized the Alternative Miss World competitions for Andrew Logan, who had known her since the early days. Logan's 1987 portrait shows her clad in a bright yellow turban, with a heart containing a portrait of her daughter, Tallulah. Chelita had only recently moved to Marrakesh, where she had been working single- handedly to open a hotel, an effort which may have brought on the heart attack that killed her. - Actor
- Writer
Wahid Bouzidi was born on 9 July 1978 in Villepinte, Seine-Saint-Denis, France. He was an actor and writer, known for 8 Assassins (2014), City Hunter (2018) and 30 jours max (2020). He died on 20 August 2023 in Marrakech, Morocco.- Mohamed Benbrahim was born in 1949 in Casablanca, Morocco. He was an actor, known for Rabat (2011), Casanegra (2008) and Les Casablancais (1999). He died on 8 May 2013 in Rabat, Morocco.
- Art Department
- Art Director
- Production Designer
Richard Dawking was born in 1938 in St Albans, Hertfordshire, England, UK. He was an art director and production designer, known for Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980), Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983) and The Jewel of the Nile (1985). He was married to Rosalind Hall and Prudence Campbell. He died on 19 March 1985 in Atlas Mountains, Morocco.- Fatima Mernissi was born in 1940 in Fez, Morocco. She was a writer, known for Dreams of Trespass (2002), Rear Window (1990) and Blix från klar himmel (1992). She died on 30 November 2015 in Rabat, Morocco.
- Frank Howard is known for Zarak (1956). Frank died in 1965 in Morocco.
- Art Department
Christopher Gibbs was born on 29 July 1938 in Hatfield, Hertfordshire, England, UK. He is known for Performance (1970), Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown (2013) and Hi Society: The Wonderful World of Nicky Haslam (2009). He died on 28 July 2018 in Tangier, Morocco.- Richard Kotch died in March 1985 in Atlas Mountains, Morocco.
- Abderrahim Bargache was born on 5 October 1949 in Casablanca, Morocco. He was an actor, known for Beyond Justice (1991), The Law of the Desert (1991) and Hideous Kinky (1998). He died on 5 December 2007 in Casablanca, Morocco.
- Françoise Girault was born on 19 December 1946 in Sainte-Colombe, Rhône, France. She was an actress, known for The Exchange Student (1967), Un drôle de colonel (1968) and Judge Roy Bean (1971). She was married to Jean Girault. She died on 8 February 2019 in Marrakech, Morocco.
- Camera and Electrical Department
Nic Cupac was born on 26 April 1967 in Bridlington, Yorkshire, England, UK. Nic is known for Guardians of the Galaxy (2014), Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018) and Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi (2017). Nic died on 31 October 2021 in Fes, Morocco.- Mohamed Mernich was born in 1951 in Mzouda, Chichaoua, Morocco. Mohamed was a director, known for Tamazight Ouffela (2009). Mohamed died on 27 September 2012 in Casablanca, Morocco.
- Actor
- Additional Crew
Anyone living in France has necessarily seen or heard Bernard Dhéran, in a theater, in a movie house, on a DVD or on a TV screen. Didn't he interpret dozens and dozens of plays - plays he sometimes directed himself? Wasn't he in 112 films, TV movies or series? Didn't he dub scores of famous actors such as David Niven, Sean Connery, Christopher Plummer, Christopher Lee or IanMcKellen? And yet if you ask anyone in France whether they know the name of Bernard Dhéran you are very likely to get a negative answer. And yet his fine figure, his great presence, his male assertive voice, his elegance (including when he plays the villain of the piece) are unmistakable. Born Bernard Poulain in Dieppe in 1926, he was raised in Rouen and was fourteen when the Nazis invaded France. When time came for him to choose a career he did not know what to do exactly but he took drama classes on a fancy. Little by little passion was aroused and it would never relinquish its grip on Bernard, now Dhéran - to his (and our) delight. He debuted in "Hamlet" in 1946 and was accepted at the Conservatoire de Paris the following year where he won a second prize. First hired by the Renaud-Barrault company, he belonged to the Comédie Française for nearly thirty years. He acted in plays by Molière, Corneille, Mirbeau, Montherlant, Camus, Billetdoux, Poiret, among many many others. He was acclaimed recently in Laurent Baffie's hilarious play "Toc Toc". Solicited by the cinema industry, Bernard Dhéran did not say no but it wasn't long before disappointment set in. Three roles in movies by his master Sacha Guitry, Gina Lollobrigida's fiancé (no less!) in René Clair's "Les Belles de Nuit" (1952) and a good part in a good solidarity movie "Si tous les gars du monde" (1955) by Christian-Jaque but most of the (numerous) films he made during the 1950s were standard comedies or crime stories in which he was invariably the elegant cynical gangster, crook or other type of bad man. Sick and tired, Dhéran went on working for the theater and favored TV where he got much more rewarding parts. He could indeed switch from Buckingham to Richelieu to Beaumarchais, to Voltaire to Talleyrand! Whereas only two or three films he made for the cinema stand out: "La belle Américaine (1962), Le silencieux" (1972), "Ridicule" (1995). It was a pleasure to find him back in 2007 in one of Claude Berri's last films "Ensemble c'est tout", in which he was the picturesque father of colorful Laurent Stocker. Be that as it may, Bernard Dhéran is still active and passionate sixty-three years after he first appeared on a stage. An everyday dedication to his art that commands respect.- Director
- Writer
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Henri Chomette was born on 30 March 1896 in Paris, France. He was a director and writer, known for Le chauffeur de Mademoiselle (1928), Le requin (1930) and Le petit écart (1932). He died on 15 June 1941 in Rabat, Morocco.- Françoise Morhange was born on 21 March 1915 in Paris, France. She was an actress, known for Jeunes filles de Paris (1936), La fille aux yeux gris (1945) and Love Unto Death (1984). She died on 12 August 1984 in Agadir, Morocco.
- Director
- Writer
- Producer
Born on September 1st, 1951 in Tetouan. Mohamed Ismail was an awarded Moroccan director and producer. In 1970, he began studying law in Rabat. Then in 1974, he joined the Moroccan National Broadcasting and Television Company where he produced several films, documentaries, theatrical evenings and variety shows. He also directed several commercials and institutional films. In 2015, he was a member of the jury of the competition "Horizons of Arab Cinema" at the 37th edition of the Cairo International Film Festival.
Mohamed Ismail directed six feature films for cinema release, among them "Et Après...", a film about illegal sub-Saharan immigration from Morocco to Spain which won many international prizes.
He died in his hometown, Tetouan, on March 20, 2021, after a long illness.- Director
- Additional Crew
- Writer
Lahcen Zinoun was born on 14 September 1944 in Hay Mohammadi, Casablanca, French Morocco. He was a director and writer, known for The Last Temptation of Christ (1988), Femme écrite (2011) and The Sheltering Sky (1990). He died on 16 January 2024 in Morocco.- Costume and Wardrobe Department
- Costume Designer
Francesco Smalto was born on 5 November 1927 in Reggio di Calabria, Calabria, Italy. He was a costume designer, known for The Night Caller (1975), Highlander (1992) and S.A.S. San Salvador (1982). He died on 5 April 2015 in Marrakech, Morocco.- Producer
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
- Writer
Leo Pescarolo was born in 1935. Leo was a producer and assistant director, known for Dancer in the Dark (2000), The Truce (1997) and Il grande cocomero (1993). Leo died on 24 May 2006 in Rabat, Morocco.- Additional Crew
Patricia Coquatrix was born on 11 January 1940 in Arcachon, Gironde, France. She is known for L'humeur vagabonde (1971), Dis-moi que tu m'aimes (1974) and Vous intéressez-vous à la chose? (1974). She was married to Jacques Ourevitch. She died on 7 January 2024 in Marrakech, Morocco.