Ten years of French cinema. From 1954 to 1964, French photographer Alain Adler roamed the sets of French cinema. The decade was rich with productions : from the beginnings of the "Nouvelle Vague" with "À bout de souffle" by Jean-Luc Godard or "Tirez sur le pianiste" by Claude Chabrol, to the longevity of the "French quality" of films by Claude Autant-Lara or Jean Delannoy, against which it was built. The actors are not to be forgotten : Michèle Morgan, Alain Delon, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Micheline Presle, Jean Gabin, Serge Reggiani or Annie Girardot. All these emblematic actors of that time posed in front of the photographer's lens who captured them in full action or resting. The Roger-Viollet agency, which acquired the photographer's collection in 1990, has yet digitized over 12,000 of Alain Adler’s negatives.
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Shooting of "A bout de souffle", film by Jean-Luc Godard (1960). Jean Seberg and Jean-Paul Belmondo. France, September 1959.
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Shooting of "Du grabuge chez les veuves", film by Jacques Poitrenaud, after the novel by Jean-Pierre Ferrière. Danielle Darrieux. France, 1963.
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Shooting of "Les Vieux de la vieille", film by Gilles Grangier (1960), after the novel by René Fallet (1958). Gilles Grangier on the set. France-Italy, 1960.
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Shooting of "En effeuillant la marguerite" by Marc Allégret. Brigitte Bardot. France, 1956.
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"Paris nous appartient", film by Jacques Rivette. Betty Schneider, Giani Esposito and Françoise Prévost. Paris, 1958.
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Shooting of "Ascenseur pour l'échafaud", film by Louis Malle (1958). Jeanne Moreau and Félix Marten. France, October 1957.
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Shooting of "Ce soir ou jamais" by Michel Deville (1961). Claude Rich and Anna Karina. France, 1960.
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"Escapade", film by Ralph Habib, after the novel by William Irish. Louis Jourdan and Dany Carrel. France, 1957.
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Shooting of "Echec au porteur", film by Gilles Grangier (1958). Jeanne Moreau and Paul Meurisse. France, 1957.
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"Folies-Bergère", film by Henri Decoin. Zizi Jeanmaire. France, 1956.
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Shooting of "Cléo de 5 à 7", film by Agnès Varda (1962). Corinne Marchand and Agnès Varda. France, on June 28, 1961.
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Shooting of "A bout de souffle", film by Jean-Luc Godard (1960). Jean-Paul Belmondo. France, September 1959.
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Charles Aznavour (1924-2018), Armenian-born French singer-songwriter and actor, posing for the promotion of "Tirez sur le pianiste" (Shoot the Piano Player), film by François Truffaut (1960), after a novel by David Goodis, 1959.
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"Les Cousins", film by Claude Chabrol. Jean-Claude Brialy and Juliette Mayniel. France, 1958.
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"Cette nuit-là", film by Maurice Cazeneuve (1958), after a novel by Michel Lebrun (1957). Mylène Demongeot. France, 1958.
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"Le Désordre et la Nuit", film by Gilles Grangier. Jean Gabin and Nadja Tiller. France, 1956.
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Shooting of "L'Education sentimentale", film by Alexandre Astruc (1962), after the novel by Gustave Flaubert (1869). Jean-Claude Brialy and Dawn Addams. France, 1961.
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"L'Affaire des poisons", film by Henri Decoin. Viviane Romance. France, August 1955.
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"Boulevard", film by Julien Duvivier. Jean-Pierre Léaud and Monique Brienne. France, 1960.
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Shooting of "Candide", film by Norbert Carbonnaux, after Voltaire. Jean Pierre Cassel. France, 1960.
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Shooting of "Terrain vague", film de Marcel Carné (1960), after the novel by Hal Ellson. Marcel Carné on the set. France, 1960.
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Shooting of "La Traversée de Paris", film by Claude Autant-Lara. Bourvil, Jean Gabin and Jacques Mari. France, 1956.
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Shooting of "La Traversée de Paris", film by Claude Autant-Lara. Jean Gabin. France, 1956.
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Shooting of "Le crime ne paie pas", film by Gérard Oury (1962). Gérard Oury preparing a scene with Michèle Morgan. France, December 1961.
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"Les Grandes familles", film by Denys de La Patellière. Jean Gabin and Jean Desailly. France, 1958.
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"Le Doulos", film by Jean-Pierre Melville. Serge Reggiani. 1962.
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Shooting of "Maigret voit rouge", film by Gilles Grangier (1963), after the novel by Georges Simenon (1952). Jean Gabin and Françoise Fabian. France, on June 4, 1963.
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"Les Fanatiques" film by Alex Joffé. Françoise Fabian, Betty Schneider and Tilda Thamar. Film studios of Boulogne-Billancourt (France), July 1957.
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Shooting of "La Verte Moisson", film by François Villiers (1959). Claude Brasseur and a make-up artist. France, 1959.
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"Un témoin dans la ville", film by Edouard Molinaro. Lino Ventura. France, 1959.
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"Zazie dans le métro", film by Louis Malle, after the novel by Raymond Queneau (1959). Philippe Noiret. France, 1960.
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Shooting of "Les Yeux sans visage", film by Georges Franju (1960), after the novel by Jean Redon (1959). Georges Franju and Juliette Mayniel. France-Italy, on March 13, 1959.
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Shooting of Tournage de "Voici le temps des assassins", film by Julien Duvivier (1956). Gérard Blain. France, 1955.
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Shooting of "Les Vieux de la vieille", film by Gilles Grangier (1960), after the novel by René Fallet (1958). Pierre Fresnay and a mak-up artist. France-Italy, 1960.
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"Toute la ville accuse", film by Claude Boissol. Jean Marais and Etchika Choureau. France, 1955.
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Shooting of "Tout l''or du monde", film by René Clair. Philippe Noiret, Bourvil and Claude Rich. France, 1961.
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Shooting of "Terrain vague", film de Marcel Carné (1960), after the novel by Hall Ellson. Danièle Gaubert and Roland Lesaffre. France, 1960.
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"Thérèse Desqueyroux", film by Georges Franju (1962), after the novel by François Mauriac (1927). Emmanuelle Riva et Philippe Noiret. France, 1962.
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Shooting of "Tirez sur le pianiste", film by François Truffaut (1960). François Truffaut. France, 1959.
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Shooting of "Maigret et l'Affaire Saint-Fiacre", film by Jean Delannoy (1959), after the novel by Georges Simenon (1932). Jean Gabin. France, 1958.
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"Le Doulos", film by Jean-Pierre Melville. Jean-Paul Belmondo and Serge Reggiani. 1962.
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Shooting of "Le crime ne paie pas", film by Gérard Oury (1962). Frédéric Dard and Michèle Morgan. France, November 1961.
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Shooting of "Sois belle et tais-toi", film by Marc Allégret (1958). Alain Delon and Anne Colette. France, 1957.
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Shooting of "Tirez sur le pianiste" (Shoot the Piano Player), film by François Truffaut (1960), after a novel by David Goodis. Marie Dubois and Charles Aznavour. France, on December 16, 1959.
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"Gervaise", film by René Clément. François Périer. France, 1955.
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"Retour de manivelle", film by Denys de La Patellière (1957), from a novel by James Hadley Chase (1956). Michèle Morgan, Daniel Gélin and Peter Van Eyck. France, 1957.
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Shooting of "La Belle Américaine", film by Robert Dhéry. Jacques Fabbri and Robert Rollis. France, 1961.
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Shooting of Tournage de "Montparnasse 19", film by Jacques Becker (1958), after the novel by Michel Georges-Michel. Gérard Philipe. France, 1957.
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Shooting of "Le Diable et les Dix Commandements", film by Julien Duvivier. Micheline Presle. 1962.
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Interview of Danielle Darrieux during the shooting of "Un Drôle de Dimanche", film by Marc Allégret. France, 1958.
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