Alain Decaux

Alain Decaux

Born: July 23, 1925
Died: March 27, 2016
in Lille, Nord, France
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).

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Movies for Alain Decaux...

On Life On-screen: Miseries and Splendour of a Monarch
Title: On Life On-screen: Miseries and Splendour of a Monarch
Character: Self - Interviewee
Released: January 1, 2010
Type: Movie
A documentary on the collaboration of filmmaker Sacha Guitry and actor Michel Simon focusing on the film "La Poison" (1951).
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Title: Vivement dimanche
Character: Self
Released: September 20, 1998
Type: TV
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Dorothée Show
Title: Dorothée Show
Character: Instituteur
Released: December 26, 1987
Type: Movie
The romanticized life of Dorothée summarized in various sketches and songs.
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Title: Le Dossier D'Alain Decaux
Character: Self
Released: October 8, 1985
Type: TV
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Monsieur Landru de Gambais
Title: Monsieur Landru de Gambais
Character: Narrateur
Released: January 19, 1984
Type: Movie
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Title: Champs-Elysées
Character: Self
Released: January 16, 1982
Type: TV
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Le Mystère de Jack l'éventreur
Title: Le Mystère de Jack l'éventreur
Character: Narrateur
Released: January 28, 1981
Type: Movie
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Title: Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Character: Self
Released: January 12, 1975
Type: TV
A talk show presented by Michel Drucker
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Title: Apostrophes
Character: Self
Released: January 10, 1975
Type: TV
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.
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Title: Le Grand Échiquier
Character: Self - Main Guest
Released: January 12, 1972
Type: TV
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Title: Samedi soir
Character: Self
Released: January 9, 1971
Type: TV
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Title: Alain Decaux raconte
Character: Speaker
Released: July 10, 1969
Type: TV
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I Killed Rasputin
Title: I Killed Rasputin
Character: Self / Interviewer (uncredited)
Released: May 3, 1967
Type: Movie
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.
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Title: Discorama
Character: Self
Released: February 4, 1959
Type: TV