Kosma, Joseph 1905-1969Overview
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Joseph Kosma
Most widely held works by
Joseph Kosma
La bête humaine
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3 editions published between 1983 and 2006 in French and held by 440 libraries worldwide Train engineer Jacques lusts after the wife of his co-worker Robaud. Robaud kills his boss and Jacques witnesses the murder. In order to keep Jacques quiet, Robaud allows Jacques to have an affair with his wife, creating a tragic love triangle.
Grand illusion
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2 editions published in 2008 in French and held by 293 libraries worldwide Two French air corps officers, one an aristocrat, are shot down and captured during World War I. In spite of their different class backgrounds, they are drawn together in attempts to escape. The aristocrat sacrifices his own chances in order to aid his companion's escape.
The Rules of the game
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1 edition published in 2004 in French and held by 260 libraries worldwide Includes 2 pamphlets in pocket: pam. 1: 24 pages featuring writings by Jean Renoir, Francois Truffaut, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Bertrand Tavernier, and an essay by Alexander Sesonske; pam. 2: List of films in the Criterion Collection with issue nos.
Chansons
by Joseph Kosma
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124 editions published between 1947 and 2008 in 9 languages and held by 168 libraries worldwide Peter Maurice.
La grande illusion
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2 editions published in 1999 in French and held by 159 libraries worldwide Two French air corps officers, one an aristocrat, are shot down and captured during World War I. In spite of their different class backgrounds, they are drawn together in attempts to escape. The aristocrat sacrifices his own chances in order to aid his companion's escape.
Jean Renoir's a day in the country
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7 editions published between 1988 and 2003 in French and held by 146 libraries worldwide "Around 1880, a Parisian tradesman and his family picnic one Sunday in the country, and one of the daughters falls in love."--Halliwell's Film and Video Guide, 5th ed.
City of strangers
by Ute Lemper
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3 editions published in 1995 in English and Multiple languages and held by 141 libraries worldwide
La Marseillaise chronique de quelques faits ayant contribué à la chute de la monarchie
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3 editions published between 1986 and 1997 in French and held by 133 libraries worldwide A dramatization of the French Revolution, from the period immediately preceeding it in 1790 up to the first bloody confrontation.
Chansons
by Joseph Kosma
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53 editions published between 1946 and 2006 in 6 languages and held by 84 libraries worldwide
La grande illusion
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33 editions published between 1937 and 2011 in 4 languages and held by 76 libraries worldwide Based on a true story from World War 1, this powerful film tells of an attempted escape from a German prison of three French soldiers. Working-class Marechal, middle class Rosenthal and aristocratic Boieldieu are held in a fortress by German Commandant, von Rauffenstein. Through the relationships between the characters, Renoir shows how class is reaffirmed and transcends the social chaos of war.
La bête humaine
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34 editions published between 1938 and 2008 in 4 languages and held by 53 libraries worldwide A railroad engineer, descended from a family with a history of madness, falls in love with a married woman. Together they plot to kill her husband, but circumstances get out of control and he strangles her instead.
Grand illusion
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10 editions published between 1938 and 2006 in French and English and held by 44 libraries worldwide A classic tale of adventure. Duty and honor conflict in a German prisoner of war camp during World War I, when an aristocratic French officer becomes friends with the commandant yet must cooperate with his comrades in a daring escape.
Elektronische Liebe: opera buffa in einem Akt, (vier Bildern)
by Joseph Kosma
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5 editions published between 1960 and 1965 in 3 languages and held by 39 libraries worldwide
Les enfants du paradis
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12 editions published between 1989 and 2009 in 3 languages and held by 36 libraries worldwide "Romantic spectacle set in the Paris of Louis Philippe ... the 'children of paradise' are the colourful inhabitants of the boulevards of the time-pickpockets, artists, cut-throats, writers, thieves, beggars, soldiers of fortune. At night they sit in the 'gods' in the Funambules Theatre to abuse or cheer along the characters on the stage. The plot concentrates on the lives and dreams of a small band of Bohemian actors."
La bête humaine
by Jean Renoir
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Visual
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9 editions published between 1939 and 2009 in French and German and held by 33 libraries worldwide Extrait du résumé figurant sur la jaquette : Témoin d'un meurtre commis par Roubaud, chef de gare au Havre, Jacques Lantier, mécanicien de locomotive, devient l'amant de Séverine, la femme de l'assassin. Ce secret les rapproche et Séverine incite Lantier à tuer Roubaud qu'elle déteste. Mais Lantier souffre d'un terrible mal qui l'empêche de vivre ses passions amoureuses...
La grande illusion
by Jean Renoir
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Visual
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8 editions published between 1937 and 2004 in French and held by 31 libraries worldwide Extrait du résumé figurant sur la jaquette : En 1917, dans un camp en Allemagne, un groupe de prisonniers français, dont l'aristocrate Boieldieu, le contremaître Maréchal et le banquier juif Rosenthal, préparent une évasion. Au dernier moment, ils sont transférés dans une forteresse commandée par von Rauffenstein...
Les enfants du paradis Children of paradise
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6 editions published between 1945 and 2002 in French and held by 30 libraries worldwide Set in the theatrical society of early 19th century Paris; tells the ill-fated love between a mime and the elusive courtesan and actress.
D. H. Lawrence's Lady Chatterley's lover
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1 edition published in 1991 in French and held by 27 libraries worldwide The wife of a crippled and impotent mine owner has an affair with the gamekeeper to produce the heir her husband had been asking her for.
Trois mouvements, pour flute et piano
by Joseph Kosma
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4 editions published in 1963 in 3 languages and held by 22 libraries worldwide
Le déjeuner sur l'herbe
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13 editions published between 1959 and 2007 in 3 languages and held by 19 libraries worldwide more
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Adultery Alienation (Social psychology) Anti-war films Biography Bribery City and town life Comedy films Composers Drama Escapes Feature films Feature films Fiction films Film and video adaptations Films--for English speakers Foreign films France French language Germany Historical films History Impressionism Kosma, Joseph,--1905-1969 Love Man-woman relationships Motion pictures Motion pictures, French Murder Music Musicals--Excerpts Music--Computer network resources Operas--Vocal scores with piano Popular music Prisoners Prison films Revolution (France : 1789-1799) Short films Soldiers Songs Songs (Medium voice) with instrumental ensemble Songs (Medium voice) with piano Songs with piano Triangles (Interpersonal relations) United States Video recordings--for the hearing impaired War films War films Witnesses World War (1914-1918) Zola, Émile,--1840-1902
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Alternative Names
Cosma, Joseph, 1905-1969
Kosma 1905-1969
Kosma, Žozef 1905-1969
Kozma, Josef, 1905-1969
Kozma, József, 1905-1969
Marion, Jean 1905-1969
Mouqué, Georges
Mouqué, Georges 1905-1969
Languages
French
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Undetermined (326) English (132) No Linguistic content (88) German (75) Spanish (28) Multiple languages (19) Miscellaneous languages (3) Danish (3) Russian (2) Catalan (2) Dutch (1) Swedish (1) Finnish (1) Covers
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