The Clockmaker
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The Clockmaker
The Clockmaker ' onMouseout='HidePop("86785")' href="/topics/1974_in_film">1974
French
crime drama film
directed by Bertrand Tavernier
. It is based on the novel L'Horloger d'Everton by Georges Simenon
. The film was entered into the 24th Berlin International Film Festival
where it won the Silver Bear - Special Jury Prize
.
The Clockmaker ' onMouseout='HidePop("86785")' href="/topics/1974_in_film">1974
1974 in film
The year 1974 in film involved some significant events.-Events:*February 7 - Blazing Saddles is released in the USA.*August 7 - Peter Wolf, lead singer of The J...
French
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
crime drama film
Drama film
A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, class divisions, violence against women...
directed by Bertrand Tavernier
Bertrand Tavernier
Bertrand Tavernier is a French director, screenwriter, actor, and producer.-Life and career:Tavernier was born in Lyon, the son of Geneviève and René Tavernier, a publicist and writer, several years president of the French PEN club. Tavernier wanted to become a filmmaker since the age of thirteen...
. It is based on the novel L'Horloger d'Everton by Georges Simenon
Georges Simenon
Georges Joseph Christian Simenon was a Belgian writer. A prolific author who published nearly 200 novels and numerous short works, Simenon is best known for the creation of the fictional detective Maigret.-Early life and education:...
. The film was entered into the 24th Berlin International Film Festival
24th Berlin International Film Festival
The 24th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from June 21 to July 2, 1974.-Jury:* Rodolfo Kuhn * Margaret Hinxmann* Pietro Bianchi* Gérard Ducaux-Rupp* Kurt Heinz* Akira Iwasaki* Arthur Knight* Manfred Purzer...
where it won the Silver Bear - Special Jury Prize
Jury Grand Prix
The Jury Grand Prix is a Silver Bear award given by the jury at the Berlin International Film Festival to one of the feature films in competition...
.
Selected cast
- Philippe NoiretPhilippe NoiretPhilippe Noiret was a French film actor.-Biography:Noiret's father was in the clothes trade. Philippe was an indifferent scholar and attended several prestigious Paris schools, including the Lycée Janson de Sailly. He failed several times to pass his baccalauréat exams, so he decided to study...
as Michel Descombes - Jean RochefortJean RochefortJean Rochefort is a French actor, with a career that has spanned over five decades.Rochefort was born in Paris, France. He was educated at the Lycée Pierre Corneille in Rouen He was 19 years old when he entered the Centre d'Art Dramatique de la rue Blanche. Later he joined the Conservatoire National...
as Insp. Guilboud - Jacques Denis as Antoine
- Yves AfonsoYves AfonsoYves Afonso is a French actor. He was born in Saulieu in the Côte-d'Or département. Since his uncredited debut in the movie Masculin, féminin in 1966, he has had many roles, both in movies and on television...
as Insp. Bricard - Julien Bertheau as Edouard
- Jacques HillingJacques HillingJacques Hilling was a French film actor. He appeared in 95 films between 1949 and 1975.-Selected filmography:* Return to Life * The Red Rose * La Putain respectueuse...
as Costes - Clotilde Joano as Janine Boitard
- Andrée TainsyAndrée TainsyAndrée Micheline Ghislaine Tainsy was a Belgian actress. She worked with several notable actors like Philippe Noiret, Jean Louis Trintignant, Charlotte Rampling and famous directors like Claude Chabrol, Costas Gavras and François Ozon...
as Madeleine Fourmet - William Sabatier as Lawyer
- Cécile VassortCécile VassortCécile Vassort is a French film actress. She has in 45 films between 1963 and 2001.-Selected filmography:* The Invitation * Deux hommes dans la ville * The Clockmaker * Malicious Pleasure...
as Martine - Sylvain Rougerie as Bernard Descombes
- Christine PascalChristine PascalChristine Pascal was a French actress, writer and director.-Biography:Born in Lyon, Rhône, Pascal made her film debut at 21 in Michel Mitrani's Les Guichets du Louvre , and began an association with Bertrand Tavernier with her next film, L'Horloger de Saint-Paul...
as Liliane Torrini