Marcel Marceau
Born | March 22, 1923 |
Hometown | Strasbourg, France |
Height | 5'9" (1.75m) |
Spouse | Anne Sicco , Huguette Mallette |
Children | Camille Marceau , Aurélia Marceau , Michel Marceau , Baptiste Marceau |
Parents | Charles Mangel , Anne Werzberg |
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5 things to know about Chicago Blackhawks draft pick Marcel Marcel, including the origin of his name and similarities to a French mime
- Marcel Marcel was happy to hear the Chicago Blackhawks call his name during the NHL draft, even if some people think his name is “stupid.” The Czech forward, drafted at No. 131 in the fifth round, addressed the origin of his name and a number of other topics during a laugh-filled news conference Saturday at Fifth Third Arena. Here are five things to know about the Hawks draft pick. 1. So nice ...
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Marcel Marceau’s War
Marcel Marceau was the most renowned mime on earth when he died in 2007, but long before that, during the war, he joined the French Resistance and helped some French Jewish children slip over the border to Switzerland. The movie about this, boringly called Resistance, combines clowning under Nazi rule with Alpine escape, so it’s Life Is Beautiful meets The Sound of Music. So call it Life Is Beautiful, Even If There’s a Mime Present. Or maybe The Sound of Mime.Resistance (which is offered via vid
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Jesse Eisenberg on Nailing Mark Zuckerberg and Resisting Anti-Semitism
Although the theatrical movie industry has been crippled by the novel coronavirus, original American films will continue to premiere in the coming weeks and months—online. And at the forefront of that wave of new releases is Jesse Eisenberg, who’ll headline two features debuting nationwide on Friday, March 27: Resistance, the based-on-real-events story of legendary French mime Marcel Marceau’s efforts to save orphaned Jewish children by working with his homeland’s anti-Nazi WWII resistance, and
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The Marcel Marceau Biopic Has Nothing to Say
Casting chatterbox specialist Jesse Eisenberg in the new biopic of France’s best-known pantomime performer, Marcel Marceau, is tricky. Eisenberg performs fast-talking intelligence to demonstrate cognition and cunning (such as his portrayal of Mark Zuckerberg in The Social Network or his best characterization, Lex Luthor in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice). The role of Marcel Marceau should have been a highpoint of Eisenberg’s career ambitions the way playing Charlie Chaplin was for Robert Dow
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Review: Jesse Eisenberg brings Marcel Marceau's World War II heroics to life in 'Resistance'
The fact-based drama 'Resistance,' starring Jesse Eisenberg, tells the story of Marcel Marceau and his efforts to save Jewish orphans in World War II.
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‘Vivarium’ Review: Jesse Eisenberg and Imogen Poots Star in a Creepy Suburban Brain Bender
A superb Poots carries this sometimes shaky, but never boring, "Twilight Zone"-like thriller, which seems readymade for the age of self-isolation.
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‘Resistance’ Film Review: Jesse Eisenberg Stretches Himself as Marcel Marceau, Nazi Fighter
Here’s the case for “Resistance”: You literally can’t leave your house right now, it’s a reasonably diverting drama available to stream, and it features Jesse Eisenberg, Ed Harris, Édgar Ramírez, Clémence Poésy, Géza Röhrig, and Bella “Lady Mormont” Ramsey.Here’s the case against it: Jonathan Jakubowicz’s drama doesn’t add as much to the beyond-crowded World War II genre as it could despite the genuinely compelling true story on which it’s based.Eisenberg stars as Marcel Marceau, a real-life mim
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'It's so strange': Jesse Eisenberg's new movie 'Vivarium' is coincidentally about a couple trapped at home
Amid the coronavirus outbreak, Jesse Eisenberg's timely new movie 'Vivarium' is about a couple who can't leave their home. Sound familiar?
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‘Resistance’ Review: Jesse Eisenberg Is Marcel Marceau in Holocaust Thriller That Goes Through Motions
Eisenberg's performance is the giddy standout of a bizarre and half-baked Holocaust thriller that’s otherwise absent any sense of self.
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10 new movies you can stream at home to stave off coronavirus boredom
Theaters are closed and would-be blockbusters are delayed. No problem, because there are plenty of intriguing movies to stream at home this spring.
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‘Resistance’: Film Review
At the time of his death in 2007, Marcel Marceau was the world’s most famous mime. But in 1938-’39, when World War II rescue drama “Resistance” takes place, Jewish-born Marcel Mangel was just 15 years old (two decades younger than actor Jesse Eisenberg, who plays him here) and had not yet adopted his stage name, […]
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