Georges Brassens

Georges Brassens

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 for several years with its owner, Jeanne Planche, a friend of his aunt. Planche lived with her husband Marcel in relative poverty: without gas, running water, or electricity. Brassens remained hidden there until the end of the war five months later, but ended up staying for 22 years. Planche was the inspiration for Brassens's song Jeanne. He wrote and sang, with his guitar, more than a hundred of his poems. Between 1952 and 1976, he recorded fourteen albums that include several popular French songs such as Les copains d'abord, Chanson pour l'Auvergnat, La mauvaise réputation, and Mourir pour des idées. Most of his texts are tinged with black humour and are often anarchist-minded. In 1967, he received the Grand Prix de Poésie of the Académie française. Apart from Paris and Sète, he lived in Crespières (near Paris) and in Lézardrieux (Brittany). Brassens was born in Sète, a commune in the Hérault department of the Occitanie region, to a French father and an Italian mother from the town of Marsico Nuovo (in the province of Potenza, Basilicata). ... Source: Article "Georges Brassens" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

  • Title: Georges Brassens
  • Popularity: 1.425
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1921-10-22
  • Place of Birth: Sète, Hérault, France
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Georges Brassens Movies

  • 2021
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    Georges Brassens, les meilleures chansons

    Georges Brassens, les meilleures chansons

    1 2021 HD

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  • 1957
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    The Gates of Paris

    The Gates of Paris

    6.583 1957 HD

    Juju, a drunken oaf who feels the need of being important to someone---anyone---and his friend The Artist are forced at gunpoint to house a fugitive,...

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  • 1980
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    Émilie Jolie

    Émilie Jolie

    5.7 1980 HD

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  • 1970
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    Fils de Punk

    Fils de Punk

    1 1970 HD

    By following a music group, director JUDAT becomes interested in the punk movement and outsiders. He plans to make a documentary about it.

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  • 1969
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    Brel, Brassens, Ferré, trois hommes sur la photo

    Brel, Brassens, Ferré, trois hommes sur la photo

    1 1969 HD

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  • 2022
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    La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président

    La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président

    7.2 2022 HD

    In May 1974, Valéry Giscard d'Estaing became President of the Republic and wanted to bring about a new era of modernity. One of his first...

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  • 2015
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    Cavanna, jusqu'à l'ultime seconde j'écrirai

    Cavanna, jusqu'à l'ultime seconde j'écrirai

    6.2 2015 HD

    The life and career of French novelist and journalist François Cavanna, his leading role in the invention of satirical press in France and...

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  • 1968
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    Françoise et Udo...

    Françoise et Udo...

    1 1968 HD

    This is the story of a meeting between a man and a woman. In a train, an Austrian singer and a French teacher exchange on their past, their...

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  • 1978
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    Georges Brassens chez lui à Paris

    Georges Brassens chez lui à Paris

    1 1978 HD

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  • 2008
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    Effedia - Sulla mia cattiva strada

    Effedia - Sulla mia cattiva strada

    6 2008 HD

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  • 1973
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    Pourquoi t'as les cheveux blancs...

    Pourquoi t'as les cheveux blancs...

    1 1973 HD

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  • 2011
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    Brassens est en nous

    Brassens est en nous

    1 2011 HD

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  • 2017
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    #Merci Brassens

    #Merci Brassens

    5 2017 HD

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  • 2020
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    L'affaire Matzneff

    L'affaire Matzneff

    1 2020 HD

    About the Gabriel Matzneff affair and pedophilia in French culture and society from the 1950s to the present day. "It was not very difficult to know...

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  • 2020
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    Boris Vian, un cœur qui battait trop fort

    Boris Vian, un cœur qui battait trop fort

    1 2020 HD

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  • 2020
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    Brassens by Brassens

    Brassens by Brassens

    7.714 2020 HD

    An intimate portrait of Georges Brassens, giant of French song.

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  • 2004
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    Georges Brassens : Elle est à toi cette chanson

    Georges Brassens : Elle est à toi cette chanson

    1 2004 HD

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  • 1976
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    Georges Brassens - Live à Bobino

    Georges Brassens - Live à Bobino

    8.5 1976 HD

    1969 performance of Georges Brassens.

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  • 2018
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    Les passantes

    Les passantes

    1 2018 HD

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  • 1957
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    The Gates of Paris

    The Gates of Paris

    6.583 1957 HD

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  • 1954
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    Georges Brassens - Elle est à toi cette chanson 1954 à 1979

    Georges Brassens - Elle est à toi cette chanson 1954 à 1979

    9 1954 HD

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  • 1975
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    Numéro un

    Numéro un

    6 1975 HD

    A French variety show.

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  • 1972
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    Le Grand Échiquier

    Le Grand Échiquier

    8 1972 HD

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  • 2021
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    Archives secrètes

    Archives secrètes

    1 2021 HD

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  • 1972
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    Le Grand Échiquier

    Le Grand Échiquier

    8 1972 HD

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  • 1971
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    Cadet Rousselle

    Cadet Rousselle

    1 1971 HD

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  • 1975
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    Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

    Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

    6 1975 HD

    A talk show presented by Michel Drucker

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  • 1976
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    30 millions d'amis

    30 millions d'amis

    5.8 1976 HD

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  • 1972
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    Midi trente

    Midi trente

    6 1972 HD

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  • 1975
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    Numéro un

    Numéro un

    6 1975 HD

    A French variety show.

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  • 1975
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    Système 2

    Système 2

    1 1975 HD

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  • 1982
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    Champs-Elysées

    Champs-Elysées

    6.2 1982 HD

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  • 1975
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    Apostrophes

    Apostrophes

    8.5 1975 HD

    Apostrophes was a live, weekly, literary, prime-time, talk show on French television created and hosted by Bernard Pivot. It ran for fifteen years...

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  • 1959
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    Discorama

    Discorama

    1 1959 HD

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  • 1970
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    Discorama

    Discorama

    9 1970 HD

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