- published: 14 Feb 2014
- views: 1557
Henri-Benjamin Constant de Rebecque (25 October 1767 – 8 December 1830) was a Swiss-born French nobleman, thinker, writer and politician.
Constant was born in Lausanne, Switzerland, to descendants of noble Huguenots who fled France during the Huguenot wars in the early 16th century to settle in Lausanne. He was educated by private tutors and at the University of Erlangen, Bavaria, and the University of Edinburgh, Scotland. In the course of his life, he spent many years in France, Switzerland, Germany, and Great Britain.
He was intimate with Anne Louise Germaine de Staël and their intellectual collaboration made them one of the most important intellectual pairs of their time. He was a fervent liberal, fought against the Restoration and was active in French politics as a publicist and politician during the latter half of the French Revolution and between 1815 and 1830. During part of this latter period, he sat in the Chamber of Deputies, the lower legislative house of the Restoration-era government. He was one of its most eloquent orators and a leader of the parliamentary block first known as the Indepentants and then as "liberals."
Actors: Jacques Doillon (writer), Thibault de Montalembert (actor), Gérard Sergue (actor), Hanns Zischler (actor), Frances Barber (actress), Francine Bergé (actress), Jacques Doillon (director), Marilyne Canto (actress), Véronique Silver (actress), Jean-Pierre Guérin (producer), Marie Matheron (actress), Benoît Régent (actor), Anne Brochet (actress), François-Régis Marchasson (actor), Jean-François Goyet (writer),
Genres: Drama, Romance,Actors: Kitty Courbois (actress), Digna Sinke (director), Kees Hulst (actor), Jany Temime (costume designer), Menno Boerema (editor), Digna Sinke (writer), Arthur Boni (actor), Gijs Scholten van Aschat (actor), René Goossens (producer), Carol van Herwijnen (actor), Truus te Selle (actress), Krijn ter Braak (actor), René Scholten (producer), Han Kerkhoffs (actor), Miryanna van Reeden (actress),
Genres: Biography, Drama,Actors: Francisco Dantas (actor), Grande Otelo (actor), Herval Rossano (actor), Otávio Augusto (actor), Cláudio Cavalcanti (actor), Walter Avancini (director), Walter Avancini (writer), Carlos Kroeber (actor), Mauro Mendonça (actor), Odilon Wagner (actor), Castro Gonzaga (actor), Ida Gomes (actress), Nívea Maria (actress), Buza Ferraz (actor), Felipe Wagner (actor),
Genres: ,Actors: Marcel Cravenne (director), Yves Brainville (actor), Jacques François (actor), André Luguet (actor), Hans Verner (actor), Pierre Vernier (actor), Martine Sarcey (actress), Michel Beaune (actor), René Lefevre-Bel (actor), Michel Dacquin (actor), Anthony Stuart (actor), Georges Spanelly (actor), Lucie Arnold (actress), Monique Plotin (costume designer), Aude Loring (actress),
Genres: Biography,Actors: Heinz Bennent (actor), Alexander Kerst (actor), Romuald Pekny (actor), Edward Rothe (director), Edward Rothe (writer), Maria Wimmer (actress), Ferdinand Bruckner (writer), Viktor Stefan Görtz (actor), Christian Schmieder (actor), Ernst Laurenze (writer),
Genres: Comedy,