Joseph Kessel

...figure in the resistance, heard Marly sing the Chant des Partisans in Russian when he visited London in 1943. He asked the writers Joseph Kessel and Maurice Druon, both of whom had travelled with him, to translate the song into French .

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...several stays in prison in the process. He converted to Islam during this period. During the 1930s, Monfreid was persuaded by Joseph Kessel to write about his adventures, and the stories became bestsellers. During World War II Monfreid...

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...was written and put to melody in London in 1943 after Anna Marly heard a Russian song that provided her with inspiration. Joseph Kessel and Maurice Druon wrote the French lyrics. It was performed by Anna Marly, broadcast by the BBC and...

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...- based on his 1992 movie Schoendoerffer was primarily influenced by epic adventure novels, notably Joseph Kessel's Fortune Caree (1932). Kessel wrote The Devil's Pass (1956) he co-directed with Jacques Dupont. In the late 1950s, he...

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...born in Clara , Entre Rios , Argentina, because of the constant journeys of his father, a Lithuanian doctor of Jewish origin. Joseph Kessel lived the first years of his childhood in Orenburg, Russia, before the family moved to France. He...

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...documentary "The Sorrow and the Pity" and Jean-Pierre Melville's "Army of Shadows," based on a book by Resistance member Joseph Kessel. There are countless documentaries covering every aspect of World War II. It would be difficult to...

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...World War II, died on Tuesday (14Apr09) in Paris after suffering cardiovascular problems. He co-wrote Chante des Partisans with Joseph Kessel in 1943, which briefly became the country's unofficial anthem, next to Le Marseillaise. In...

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...London as a young cavalry officer with the Free French forces in exile under Charles de Gaulle, he and his uncle, the writer Joseph Kessel, heard a simple marchlike tune with an unusual structure of repeated 11-syllable lines. The melody had...

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...for the lyrics to the "Chant des Partisans" (Song of the Partisans), which he wrote with his uncle Joseph Kessel in London, where he had escaped after fighting the invading Germans as a young cavalry officer. The song -- beginning with the...

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...newspapers including Le Temps '' and ''L'Echo de Paris. In the 1920s, Suarez started writing several works in collaboration with Joseph Kessel, who remained loyal to Suarez until his death. Suarez, who was then a member of l'Action francaise,...

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