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Dirk Bogarde

    28 mars 1921 – 8 mai 1999

    Dirk Bogarde fut un acteur britannique célébré, réputé pour ses performances captivantes au milieu du XXe siècle. Passant de la scène à l'écran, il s'est forgé une réputation de polyvalence, interprétant avec brio un large éventail de personnages. Ses rôles exploraient souvent la complexité psychologique, allant d'antihéros captivants à des figures d'autorité nuancées. Au-delà de sa carrière d'acteur, Bogarde a par la suite connu un succès littéraire grâce à ses écrits autobiographiques perspicaces et ses essais critiques.

    Postillion Struck by Lightning
    Snakes and Ladders
    An Orderly Man
    A short walk from Harrods
    Cleared for Take-off
    Sunset boulevard ouest
    • Sunset boulevard ouest

      • 290pages
      • 11 heures de lecture

      Dommage, ce mélodrame ne vaut pas les autres livres de cet auteur-acteur britannique.

      Sunset boulevard ouest
    • Cleared for Take-off

      • 240pages
      • 9 heures de lecture

      This is the sixth and final volume of Dirk Bogarde's autobiography. It is a recollection of a life, a gallery of family and friends in war-ravaged Europe, in India and Java, and in the London of the 1950s. He also shares his memories of Italy and Provence, and concludes in the London of today.

      Cleared for Take-off
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    • This is the fifth volume of Dirk Bogarde's autobiography, which takes him from France to London.

      A short walk from Harrods
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    • As work on Visconti's Death in Venice draws to a close, Dirk Bogarde is preparing his house in Provence as a retreat. This third volume of his autobiography also covers the years in which he gave some of his finest, most sensitive acting performances and began his career as a writer, imposing order on a rich and varied life.

      An Orderly Man
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    • The sequel to Dirk Bogarde's bestselling memoir, Postillion Struck by Lightning In Snakes and Ladders, Dirk Bogarde continues his memoirs, from the trials of an army training camp at Catterick to the greatest challenge of his film career - the role of von Aschenbach in Death in Venice. Challenges were a constant feature in his life, some brought by chance, some self-imposed. It was an accident which altered his army career, a mistake which launched him into films. This second volume charts the ups and downs Bogarde experienced on the way to becoming one of the finest cinema actors of our time. It is also about the people who helped him in this game of 'snakes and ladders' - family and friends, actors and actresses, directors and producers, including Judy Garland.

      Snakes and Ladders
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    • Backcloth

      • 313pages
      • 11 heures de lecture

      The fourth and final volume of autobiography from Dirk Bogarde, in which he retraces his life from childhood to the present day. Like the earlier volumes, it is a very personal account of his life behind the scenes, and an affectionate, amusing and touching review of an extraordinary life.

      Backcloth
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    • A particular friendship

      • 208pages
      • 8 heures de lecture

      Den engelske skuespillers biografi med baggrund i breve skrevet fra marts 1967 til januar 1970

      A particular friendship
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    • In the course of a distinguished writing career that began with his first volume of autobiography, Dirk Bogarde has written a substantial amount of journalism. These articles are now brought together in one volume by the book editor of the "Sunday Telegraph", John Coldstream.

      For the Time Being
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    • Great Meadow

      • 224pages
      • 8 heures de lecture

      The sequel to the first volume of Dirk Bogarde's autobiography "A Postillion Struck by Lightning". Through the eyes of a 11-year-old in the 30s, the book recounts an idyllic childhood, a time of love and gentleness. Meanwhile the world outside prepared to go to war.

      Great Meadow
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