Claude Confortès was a French actor, playwright and director (1928-2016). He also wrote several plays under the pseudonym Claude Satèsen.
In 1964, he became assistant to Claude Berri, with whom he learned to direct on The Old Man and the Child (1966), Mazel Tov or the Marriage (1968) and The Pistoned (1970).
He met the cartoonist Georges Wolinski in 1968, whose album Je ne veux pas mourir idiot he adapted for the stage, becoming a pioneer of the genre.
Needlework encompasses decorative and constructive textile
crafts that utilize a needle to apply thread or yarn to fabric, including
sewing, embroidery, cross-stitch, needlepoint, and quilting. These crafts serve
both practical and decorative purposes, adding luxury and beauty to garments
and furnishings, and have been practiced across many cultures for centuries.
A restored and colourized film of German cities in 1937.
Scenes feature the cities of Eisenach, Leipzig, Cologne, Dusseldorf, Wetzlar
and Berlin.
This footage captures the daily life of German people
walking through city streets, driving along the German autobahn and attending
church.
Other scenes highlight painters at work (with beret), factory workers and kayakers. Moments of joy and amusement offer a glimpse into the universal nature of human experiences that have remained unchanged over the decades, 2 years before WW2.
