Rachel Devirys

Rachel Devirys

Born: February 28, 1890
Died: May 16, 1983
in Simferopol, Taurida Governorate, Russian Empire [now Crimea, Ukraine]

Movies for Rachel Devirys...

Three of the Canebière
Title: Three of the Canebière
Released: December 21, 1955
Type: Movie
Toinet, Girelle and Pénible fish for sardines in Marseille. To dazzle their conquests, they present themselves as rich can manufacturers, while the little flower girls play movie stars. A ridiculous suitor wants to discuss a business deal, a potential sponsor appears and the whole tohu-bohu reclaims the songs of Vincent Scotto.
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Les Enfants Terribles
Title: Les Enfants Terribles
Released: March 29, 1950
Type: Movie
Elisabeth and her brother Paul live isolated from much of the world after Paul is injured in a snowball fight. As a coping mechanism, the two conjure up a hermetic dream of their own making. Their relationship, however, isn't exactly wholesome. Jealousy and a malevolent undercurrent intrude on their fantasy when Elisabeth invites the strange Agathe to stay with them -- and Paul is immediately attracted to her.
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Nous avons tous fait la même chose
Title: Nous avons tous fait la même chose
Released: March 20, 1950
Type: Movie
Rémi sees his marriage troubled by a scandal caused by his former mistress. He takes refuge with his godmother while his wife organizes her revenge.
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Piège à hommes
Title: Piège à hommes
Released: February 2, 1949
Type: Movie
A gangster, arrested by the police, manages to escape during his transfer to Paris. He takes refuge in the suburbs where his accomplices and his mistress await him.
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Colonel Durand
Title: Colonel Durand
Released: August 25, 1948
Type: Movie
In his younger days, a dashing officer, Colonel Durand, compromised Madame De Monthieux, who entered a convent. Now, he is garrisoned at Strasbourg.
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Gigolette
Title: Gigolette
Released: February 19, 1937
Type: Movie
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Les Demi-Vierges
Title: Les Demi-Vierges
Character: Mme de Rouvre
Released: December 4, 1936
Type: Movie
Maxime, heir to an old provincial family, is deeply in love with Maud whom he makes his fiancée. But learning that the young girl's life has not always been beyond reproach, he refuses to marry her and returns to his castle in the company of his sister who, happier than him, has met a man worthy of being in Paris. love.
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Bach the Detective
Title: Bach the Detective
Character: The mistress of the house
Released: November 20, 1936
Type: Movie
Narcisse is a doorman for a jeweler but dreams of becoming a private detective. The Criminas agency hires him and he comes to the aid of his former boss's nephew, accused of stealing jewelry. He first passes for the accomplice of the young man but soon discovers the culprit.
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L'École des vierges
Title: L'École des vierges
Released: November 1, 1935
Type: Movie
A wife who suspects (wrongly) her husband of infidelity, makes the decision to find herself a lover... Finally, morality will be saved.
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Le vertige
Title: Le vertige
Character: la princesse Koupiska
Released: February 21, 1935
Type: Movie
General Mikailoff once killed a lieutenant he mistakenly believed to be his wife's lover. Subsequently, she meets Henri de Cassel, so different from her drunkard husband, becomes his mistress and agrees to flee with him. She is surprised by her husband who, dead drunk, shoots the young man's reflection in the mirror.
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Crainquebille
Title: Crainquebille
Released: March 16, 1934
Type: Movie
Crainquebille, merchant of four seasons, is sentenced to fifteen days in prison for having insulted a police officer. When he leaves, his clientele moves away from him and Crainquebille thinks of suicide, when the affection of a kid from Montmartre makes him change his mind.
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The Merry Monarch
Title: The Merry Monarch
Character: Dame Perchuque
Released: December 15, 1933
Type: Movie
Good King Pausole selects a wife for every day in the year, but one protests when he spends her day searching for young Princess Aline who has eloped with Giglio, a visiting airman stranded in the kingdom. Giglio comes from a modern and different world and this gives Queen for a Day some ideas about how to make her title a lasting one.
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Love and Luck
Title: Love and Luck
Released: December 23, 1932
Type: Movie
A gambler has the same name as a billionaire. Suddenly he gets lucky, finds love and wins 24 million.
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Ariane, Russian Maid
Title: Ariane, Russian Maid
Character: Tante Warwara
Released: February 26, 1932
Type: Movie
Arianne, a young Russian maid living in France, meets a man twice her age she falls in love with.
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Captain Craddock
Title: Captain Craddock
Character: Diane
Released: December 4, 1931
Type: Movie
The mystery passenger on Craddock's ship is his country's queen.When he loses money she's entrusted to him at roulette, he threatens to bomb Monte Carlo unless his loss is restored.
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Bombs Over Monte Carlo
Title: Bombs Over Monte Carlo
Character: Diana
Released: August 31, 1931
Type: Movie
The captain of a battleship of a small Balkan country is fed up with following strange orders from the country's queen.
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Maternity
Title: Maternity
Released: March 3, 1930
Type: Movie
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La vocation
Title: La vocation
Released: June 28, 1929
Type: Movie
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La bonne hôtesse
Title: La bonne hôtesse
Released: June 1, 1928
Type: Movie
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Morgane, the Enchantress
Title: Morgane, the Enchantress
Released: March 2, 1928
Type: Movie
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The Cradle of God
Title: The Cradle of God
Released: June 4, 1926
Type: Movie
A young intellectual, J. Powers, loses his faith in God after the untimely death of his wife. He devotes his great talents to writing a shockingly blasphemous book, debunking all religion, and then embarks on a trip to Jerusalem. Far from reconciling him to God, the sight of all the different sects worshipping in that ancient city only serves to embitter him and deepen his unbelief. One day, wandering in the country, he loses his way and stops to ask directions at a small house. The inhabitants are a poor but devout family whose daughter, Ruth, revives his broken heart. At the risk of losing her, he confesses to her his loss of faith, and she gently declares that meditation on the Gospels will heal him. He sorrowfully tells her that he wishes he could believe as she does, but it is impossible.
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The Castle of Slow Death
Title: The Castle of Slow Death
Released: March 5, 1926
Type: Movie
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Faces of Children
Title: Faces of Children
Character: Jeanne Dutois
Released: January 24, 1925
Type: Movie
A young boy living in the Swiss Alps struggles to come to terms with his mother's death and his father's remarriage which brings a new mother and step-sister into his family.
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Vidocq
Title: Vidocq
Released: February 23, 1923
Type: Movie
François Vidocq has deserted to go back to his wife and kids, so he becomes a thief. Unfortunately, he finds she had become Manon-la-blonde, mistress of a rich man named Ouvrard, and his children have disappeared. He offers his services to the chief of intelligence service and begins a fight against the Aristo, chief of the gang of the children of the sun. After a few years, he dismantles the gang, and finds both his sons. One has become a blackguard, the other a famous organist who is about to be knighted and will soon get married to his beloved.
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The New Dawn
Title: The New Dawn
Released: August 1, 1919
Type: Movie
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Le retour aux champs
Title: Le retour aux champs
Released: January 2, 1918
Type: Movie
Directed by Jacques de Baroncelli.
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Quand Madelon
Title: Quand Madelon
Released: January 1, 1917
Type: Movie
Early musical based on the popular song of the same name.