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André Hunebelle was born on 1st September 1896, in Meudon, in the affluent suburbs of Paris. His was a respectable bourgeois family that had acquired wealth and power in the 19th century, becoming prominent in both business and politics.
The film was directed with gusto and a modest quantity of panache by André Hunebelle, who is perhaps better known today for his popular French comedies, including his 1960s Fantômas films. This was the first of Hunebelle's lavish swashbucklers, a genre that was enormously popular in France in the 1950s after Fanfan la Tulipe (1952) proved a box office hit.
The pairing of such contrasting personalities as Bourvil and Jean Marais was both inspired and a hit with audiences, and it led Hunebelle to give the double act a second outing in Le Capitan (1960), which was his third most popular film (5.2 million spectators). In stark contrast to Marais's subsequent pairing with another comedy giant (Louis ...
Sep 1, 2023 · Monsieur Taxi est un film français réalisé par André Hunebelle, sorti en 1952. Chauffeur de taxi bourru au grand cœur, Pierre Verger, surnommé Monsieur Taxi, est accompagné de son fidèle Gangster, un jeune chien malicieux. Il sillonne Paris et conduit notamment de riches étrangères.
André Hunebelle (1 September 1896 – 27 November 1985) was a French maître verrier (master glassmaker) and film director. After attending polytechnic school for mathematics, he became a decorator, a designer, and then a master glass maker in the mid-1920s (first recorded exhibition PARIS 1927 included piece "Fruit & Foliage"). His work is known for its clean lines, which are elegant and singularly strong. He exhibited his own glass in a luxurious store located at 2 Avenue Victor-Emmanuel ...
These popular successes earned Hunebelle enough cash so that he could make his Fantômas trilogy, teaming Jean Marais and Louis de Funès. In between, there is Méfiez-vous, mesdames (a.k.a. Be Careful Ladies) - certainly not a masterpiece, but a B-movie which is very typical of the period and whose only raison d'être is to entertain the viewer.
Biografie (1) André Hunebelle byl všestranným umělcem, ve světě filmu však debutoval až ve svých padesáti letech. Přesto dnes patří k nejslavnějším osobnostem francouzské poválečné kinematografie. Jeho filmy sice jen zřídka dosáhly uměleckého nadprůměru, na druhou stranu byly mimořádně úspěšné a jako tvůrce ...
