Micheline Presle
Micheline Presle (born Micheline Nicole Julia Émilienne Chassagne on 22 August 1922) is a French actress. She was sometimes billed as Micheline Prelle. Starting in 1939, she starred in over 50 French and English language films that were made in Hollywood and in France. Born in Paris, she wanted to be an actress from an early age. She took acting classes in her early teens and made her film debut at the age of fifteen in the 1937 production of La Fessée. In 1938, she was awarded the Prix Suzanne Bianchetti as the most promising young actress in French cinema. Her rise to European stardom, in films such as Devil in the Flesh, led to offers from Hollywood and in 1950, she was signed by 20th Century Fox. 20th Century Fox executives changed Presle's last name to Prell. It was later changed to Prelle after a soap company brought out Prell shampoo. Her first Hollywood production was a starring role opposite John Garfield in the film Under My Skin directed by Jean Negulesco. That same year director Fritz Lang cast her opposite Tyrone Power in the war drama American Guerrilla in the Philippines. In 1950, she became the second wife of American actor William Marshall with whom she had a daughter, Tonie. William Marshall had teamed up with actor Errol Flynn and his production company and in 1951 he directed Flynn and her in the film Adventures of Captain Fabian. Presle's marriage did not last and she returned to France, divorcing Marshall in 1954. Her career flourished in French films and in 1957 she was a guest on the American Ed Sullivan Show. In 1959 she performed in the United Kingdom English-language production of Blind Date directed by Joseph Losey. She returned to Hollywood in 1962 for the role of Sandra Dee's mother in the Universal Studios film If a Man Answers which also featured Dee's husband, singer Bobby Darin. The following year, Presle acted again in English in The Prize starring Paul Newman. She did not make another English film, but after performing in more than 50 films in French, in 1989 she appeared in the French-made bilingual production I Want to Go Home, for which she was nominated for the César Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role. In 1971, Presle signed the Manifesto of the 343, publicly declaring she had an illegal abortion. Source: Article "Micheline Presle" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Devil in the Flesh
as Marthe GrangierIn France during World War I, Marthe waits for her husband, Jacques, while he fights on the...
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Donkey Skin
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Les Miserables
as La mère supérieure / Mother SuperiorIn France during World War II, a poor and illiterate man, Henri Fortin, is introduced to Victor...
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Chouchou
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The Legend of Frenchie King
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The Prize
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The Seven Deadly Sins
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The Nun
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A Slightly Pregnant Man
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Christine
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Napoleon
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Just Like Brothers
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Royal Affairs in Versailles
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King of Hearts
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Fanfan
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It Happened in the Park
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Imperial Venus
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The Assassin
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The Blood of Others
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Paris Frills
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Casque bleu
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American Guerrilla in the Philippines
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House of Ricordi
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A Man and His Dog
as FemmeAn elderly gentleman and his dog find themselves out of a home with little means.
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Plein sud
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Male Hunt
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The Baron of the Locks
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If a Man Answers
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Transfixed
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Blind Date
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Nea
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A Day at the Museum
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Mistress of the World - Part I
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I Want to Go Home
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Les impures
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Bad Company
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Charming Fellow
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The Spanking
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Jean Paul Gaultier : Freak & Chic
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Castle of the Banned Lovers
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Paradis perdu
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Bobosse
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Devil in the Brain
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Grève party
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Les pieds nickelés
as Paméla Van Der MècheThree tramps in search of adventure and fortune decide to try their luck at swindling. After an...
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Danielle Darrieux : Il est poli d'être gai !
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The Last Days of Pompeii
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Five Day Lover
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Her Bridal Night
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La luxure
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Thieves After Dark
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Grabuge!
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Diary of a Seducer
as DianeStudent Claire lives with her mother, Anne, and Sebastien — a young man Claire brought home out...
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I've Got You, You've Got Me by the Chin Hairs
as Mlle ChagrinIn this satire, a police detectiveis investigating the disappearance and kidnapping of the host...
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Mignon Has Left
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Your Turn, My Turn
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Letter to my brother Guy Gilles, filmmaker who passed away too soon
as SelfPosthumous tribute paid by actor Luc Bernard to his older brother, director Guy Gilles ( 1938 -...
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The Voyage of Penelope
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Parade in 7 Nights
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Démons de midi
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All Roads Lead to Rome
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The Chips Are Down
as Eve Charlier"Les jeux sont faits," is a fantasy film based on a screenplay by French existentialist...
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Angel and Sinner
as Élisabeth Rousset, dite "Boule de suif"During the stagecoach trip of a frightened group of inhabitants of Rouen, Elisabeth Rousset,...
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Rue Mandar
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Earth Light
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The French Way
as Claire AncelotCabaret star Zazu intervenes when young lovers are sundered by their parents' feud.
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A Mistress for the Summer
as PaulePhilippe, a little known artist, has a mistress, Viviane, a woman he does not love. When he...
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Twilight
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Dark Purpose
as Monique BouvierAn American woman in Italy falls in love with a man, unaware that he has an insane wife hidden...
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Thelma, Louise et Chantal
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La Gueule de l’emploi
as Micheline PresleJacques and Jean-Claude, unemployed actors, start experimenting with various creative petty...
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Hitler in Hollywood
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Should Not!...
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Archipel des amours
as The mother (segment "Remue-ménage")Nine short films about love.
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The Bamboo Stroke
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Secrets of a Ballerina
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Under My Skin
as Paule ManetSet in Paris, Under My Skin stars John Garfield as a washed-up jockey who has stolen money from...
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Comedy of Happiness
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A Chef in Love
as Marcelle IchakThe story of Pascal Ichak, a larger-than-life French traveller, bon vivant, and chef, who falls...
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The Beautiful Adventure
as Françoise PimbracheOn the very day of his wedding, Valentin Le Barroyer sees the one he was to marry fly away....
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I Sing
as (uncredited)Charles's uncle is the headmaster of a chic girls school .He is short of the readies and he has...
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Out of Whack
as CarmenRien ne va plus is a series of comedy sketches of disparate quality, on the social, cultural,...
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The Heart at Work
as MadeleineA porn film director convinces his producer to make a romantic film, but the cast is grappling...
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Girls in Distress
as Jacqueline PresleJeune Filles en Detresse (Young Girls in Distress) was director G. W. Pabst's last French...
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Adventures of Captain Fabian
as Lea MariotteIt all begins with the discreet romance between the Creole maid Lea Mariotte and her young boss,...
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Mistress of the World - Part II
as Mrs. LatourKarin is now continuing her father's research and is also caught in the cross hairs of the...
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Demoniac
as Hélène VanauxGervais escapes from a German concentration camp and assumes the identity of a recently deceased...
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Les Fausses Confidences
as Mme ArgenteAraminte is a wealthy young widow. Over a matter of land, she is in conflict with Count...
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Tender Souls
as JulietteJacques, 50-something bachelor painter and great seducer, is about to receive the charming...
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Petite peste
as uncreditedMarceline, a fearless 17-year-old girl, is expelled from her boarding school. Her adoptive...
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Seduction Of The South
as La marchesaBased on the events from the Italian civil war. In 1860's, a member of a guerrilla force...
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La dame aux camélias
as Marguerite GauthierYoung and handsome Armand Duval falls in love with Marguerite Gautier, a 'demi-mondaine'. He...
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It All Depends on Girls
as BettyIn Montmartre, Paris, two friends are leading a happy carefree Bohemian existence. Jean-Luc is a...
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The Devil in the Box
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Point d'orgue
as Avril EspartSébastien Fischer, a celebrated pianist, takes the advice of his agent and friend Gorgio and...
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Le Bal du comte d'Orgel
as Madame de SéryeuseNobles try desperately to cling to the crumbling aristocracy in the days following World War I....
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Fantastic Night
as IrèneDenis, a poor student in philosophy, works as a night porter in the Paris market of Les Halles...
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Something Fishy
as Mrs. LoussineA private eye finds that her professional and personal lives are beginning to intertwine in this...
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At the Top of the Stairs
as MathildeA woman returns after twenty years to Toulon where her husband, who collaborated with the nazis,...
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Le soleil a toujours raison
as MichelineTonio, pretty Micheline's fiance, meets Georgia ,a gypsy who makes advances to him.
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They Were Twelve Women
as LucieEarly in the war, a group of women decide to help the soldiers in the war front. They enlist...
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Law of Men
as Sophie GivierAfter a planned robbery on an armoured car the investigating police officer encounters a female...
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Foolish Husbands
as Adélaïde BarbierBy mutual agreement, a man and a woman are separated to allow the wife to join her lover.
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Vertiges de l'amour
as La mère de VincentA man has pre-wedding jitters on the eve before his marriage. His thoughts switch between sweet...
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Thirteen at the Table
as Madeleine VillardierMadeleine Villardier is terribly superstitious, and she's in a lot of trouble for the New Year's...
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Beau temps mais orageux en fin de journée
as JacquelineThis slice-of-life drama about an elderly couple and their estranged son covers twenty-four...
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The Love of a Woman
as Marie PrieurMarie, a young doctor, settles down on the Ouessant Island. She will be able to win the...
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The Butcher, the Star and the Orphan
as The star BelladonnaA butcher dreams of becoming a famous director. He hires stars that he begins to kill.
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Time Out for Love
as MicheleAbandoned by her lover Philippe, Michèle, a Parisian fashion designer, tries to kill herself....
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La vie au grand air
as Claire LacombeJuliette has fought to keep her family's oyster business, called La Claire, afloat. She is ready...
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Vous êtes de la police ?
as Jane Latour-JacksonA former policeman resentfully enters a retirement home. To deceive his boredom, he will...
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Epiphany Sunday
as Germaine et Marie-LouiseThree old sisters get together every Sunday. For Epiphany Sunday, the program is busy: eating at...
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Two Big Girls in Pyjamas
as LaurenceA French man invites two Sweden girls to spend time with him after his wife left for vacation.
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The Broken Mirror
as MotherAnne lives with her husband in Belgium where she works as a restorer of paintings. When she...
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Qui trop embrasse...
as La mère de ChristianHow couples unite, interact, separate, reunite or find other partners. The links in this chain...
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My Name is Victor
as LuceNo one knows, or is ever likely to know how many disabled or handicapped relatives have been...
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Hail! Mafia
as DaisyA couple of hit men set out to kill an old friend.
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Vous seule que j'aime
as uncreditedAfter the death of her trapeze artist father, a little girl is taken in by two clowns.
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The Journey to Paris
as Madame DuboscShy and still living with his mother, a highway cashier one day decides to finally live his...
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The Other Eye
as SelfThis film essay explores the strange case of G.W. Pabst, the Austrian filmmaker who was...
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Fathers' Day
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Après après-demain
as La voisineIn this romantic comedy, Paul, a good-looking gym teacher, falls hopelessly in love with...
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Alouette, je te plumerai
as Lady with jewelsAn old con-man fakes an illness and takes advantage of the kindness of one of his nurses.
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Anna in Corsica
as MarieShattered by the death of her husband, a young woman takes refuge in Corsica at her...
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Les anges 1943, histoire d'un film
as Self (voice)Les anges 1943, histoire d'un film is a documentary filmed for television by Anne Wiazemsky in...
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S'il vous plaît... la mer?
as uncreditedOn a deserted beach bordered by the sea, three characters make incomprehensible movements that...
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Tales of the Unexpected
as Madame LagrueA British television anthology of stories, often with sinister and wryly comedic undertones, and...
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Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
as SelfA talk show presented by Michel Drucker
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The Ray Bradbury Theater
as GrandmaA Canadian-produced fantastic anthology series scripted by famed science-fiction author Ray...
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The Ed Sullivan Show
as SelfThe Ed Sullivan Show is an American TV variety show that originally ran on CBS from Sunday June...
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The Count of Monte Cristo
as Madame de Saint-MéranA TV mini-series adaptation of the classic Alexandre Dumas novel. Edmond Dantes is unjustly sent...
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Combat!
as AnnetteCombat! is an American television program that originally aired on ABC from 1962 until 1967. The...
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Apostrophes
as SelfApostrophes was a live, weekly, literary, prime-time, talk show on French television created and...
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Midi Première
as SelfMidi Première is a French variety show presented by Danièle Gilbert, directed by Jacques Pierre...
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