Biography
Georges Charles Brassens (22 October 1921 – 29 October 1981) was a French singer-songwriter and poet. As an iconic figure in France, he achieved fame through his elegant songs with their harmonically complex music for voice and guitar and articulate, diverse lyrics. He is considered one of France's most accomplished postwar poets. He has also set to music poems by both well-known and relatively obscure poets, including Louis Aragon (Il n'y a pas d'amour heureux), Victor Hugo (La Légende de la Nonne, Gastibelza), Paul Verlaine, Jean Richepin, François Villon (La Ballade des Dames du Temps Jadis), and Antoine Pol (Les Passantes). During World War II, he was forced by the Germans to work in a labor camp at a BMW aircraft engine plant in Basdorf near Berlin in Germany (March 1943). Here Brassens met some of his future friends, such as Pierre Onténiente, whom he called Gibraltar because he was "steady as a rock." They would later become close friends. After being given ten days' sick leave in France, he decided not to return to the labor camp. Brassens took refuge in a small cul-de-sac called "Impasse Florimont," in the 14th arrondissement of Paris, a popular district, where he lived…
Movies & TV Shows
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The Gates of Paris (1957) — The Artist
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Champs-Elysées (1982) — Self (archive footage)
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Émilie Jolie (1980) — Le hérisson
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Brassens by Brassens (2020) — Self (archive footage)
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La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président (2022) — Self (archive footage)
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Cavanna, jusqu'à l'ultime seconde j'écrirai (2015) — Self (archive footage)
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Sacrée soirée (1987) — Self (archive footage)
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Apostrophes (1975) — Self
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Le Grand Échiquier (1972) — Self
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30 millions d'amis (1976) — Self
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Numéro un (1975) — Self
- Françoise et Udo... (1968) — Self
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Effedia - Sulla mia cattiva strada (2008) — Self (archive footage)
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#Merci Brassens (2017) — Self (archive footage)
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Boris Vian, un cœur qui battait trop fort (2020) — Self (archive footage)
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Georges Brassens : Elle est à toi cette chanson (2004) — Self (archive footage)
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Georges Brassens - Live à Bobino (1976)
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Charles Trenet, l'enchanteur (2022) — Self (archive footage)
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Georges Brassens - Elle est à toi cette chanson 1954 à 1979 (1954) — Georges Brassens
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Les Rendez-vous du dimanche (1975) — Self
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Midi trente (1972) — Self
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Discorama (1959) — Self
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Georges Brassens, les meilleures chansons (2021) — Self (archive footage)
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Brel, Brassens, Ferré, trois hommes sur la photo (1969) — Self
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Georges Brassens chez lui à Paris (1978) — Self
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Pourquoi t'as les cheveux blancs... (1973) — Georges Brassens
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Brassens est en nous (2011) — Self (archive footage)
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L'affaire Matzneff (2020) — (archive footage)
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Jake on the Box (2006) — Himself (archive footage)
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Le regard de Georges Brassens (2013) — Self (archive footage)
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France, Song (1969) — Himself
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CELÌÀNTÀNGÓ — Le pornographe
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Archives secrètes (2021) — Self (archive footage)
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Cadet Rousselle (1971) — Self
- Système 2 (1975) — Self