Roger Desormière

Nascimento : 1898-09-13, Vichy, Allier, France

Morte : 1963-10-25

Filmes

Song of Armorica
Conductor
A poetic drama, spoken in the Breton language and set in a Breton fishing community, telling of the impossible love between a waifish fisherman and a highborn lady-of-the-manor.
Antonio e Antonieta
Music Director
O casal de trabalhadores Antoine e Antoinette sonham com uma vida melhor. Constantemente se afastando da indesejada atenção dos homens, Antoinette compra um bilhete de loteria premiado. Mas quando Antoine perde o bilhete, parece que tudo não vai passar de um sonho.
The Scarecrow
Original Music Composer
Animated short originally produced in France by Paul Grimault.
Passeio ao Campo
Conductor
Perto do fim do século 19, durante as férias, os membros de uma pequena família burguesa decidem passar um dia no campo. Ao chegarem lá, estando mais próximos da natureza, eles decidem então fazer um piquenique nas proximidades do Rio Marne e aproveitar da calmaria do local. Porém, o contato com dois jovens camponeses da localidade apresenta-se como uma sedutora aventura para Henriette e sua mãe.
Night Shift
Original Music Composer
A devoted switchboard operator is the village guardian angel.
The Lightning Rod Thief
Original Music Composer
Winner of the grand prize at the 1946 Venice Biennale
The Passengers of Ursa Major
Music
A futuristic cruise ship with a crew of robots is ready to take its first flight. A boy follows his curious dog on board of the ship, but then the ship takes off. The robots sees the boy as a blind passenger and try to get him off the flying ship.
Le Voyageur de la Toussaint
Original Music Composer
A young man comes back to his hometown to be confronted with a bourgeois obnoxious family who has always despised his -now dead - parents because they were music hall artists, "entertainers". But because he's the sole legatee of an uncle's fortune, his relatives become friendly with him.. at least for a while.
The Count of Monte Cristo Part 2 - The Retaliation
Music
Having found the fabulous treasure of which Abbé Faria had spoken to him, Dantès has only one idea left: revenge. He will succeed patiently, but will not however have the heart to break the poor Mercedes. Then he will leave for the East, accompanied by a lovely Levantine, Haydé, who served him to accomplish his revenge.
The Count of Monte Cristo Part 1 - The Prisoner of Kastell
Music
Edmond Dantes is falsely accused by those jealous of his good fortune, and is sentenced to spend the rest of his life in the notorious island prison, Chateau d'If. While imprisoned, he meets the Abbe Faria, a fellow prisoner whom everyone believes to be mad. The Abbe tells Edmond of a fantastic treasure hidden away on a tiny island, that only he knows the location of. After many years in prison, the old Abbe dies, and Edmond escapes disguised as the dead body. Now free, Edmond must find the treasure the Abbe told him of, so he can use the new-found wealth to exact revenge on those who have wronged him.
The Marriage of Chiffon
Original Music Composer
Odette Joyeux plays an eccentric young aristocrat called "Chiffon", who is struggling to comply with the social conventions of the community. A widow, her mother (Suzanne Dantes) would like to remarry a rich noble. Without realizing it, Chiffon is in love with her uncle, a ruined pioneer of aviation ...
Crisis
Conductor
A documentary about the conquest of Czechoslovakia by the Nazis just prior to World War 2.
Le voyage imprévu
Music
A husband orders his wife to recover a lost slipper. The wife enlists the aid of her friend, Beatrice (Betty Stockfield) to bring the slipper to her in Switzerland, and Georges (Roger Treville) follows Betty.
Phénomènes électriques
Original Music Composer