Christian Lude

Christian Lude

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The Thief of Paris
Title: The Thief of Paris
Character: Urbain Randal - l'oncle et tuteur de Georges
Released: February 22, 1967
Type: Movie
In Paris around 1900, Georges Randal is brought up by his wealthy uncle, who steals his inheritance. Georges hopes to marry his cousin Charlotte, but his uncle arranges for her to marry a rich neighbour. As an act of revenge, Georges steals the fiance's family jewels, and enjoys the experience so much that he embarks upon a life-time of burglary.
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Male Companion
Title: Male Companion
Character: Le notaire
Released: November 4, 1964
Type: Movie
A dedicated layabout (Jean-Pierre Cassel) bounces from relationship to relationship, moving on only when the prospect of employment presents itself.
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The Abominable Man of Customs
Title: The Abominable Man of Customs
Released: March 1, 1963
Type: Movie
Two rival gangs fight over drug trafficking. An American killer named Timetti Le Muet arrives at Marseille airport to make a delivery to Arnakos' gang. He is denounced to the police, and the peaceful customs officer Camposantos is put in charge of his arrest. Following a mix-up, Camposantos is mistaken for the killer himself. Taken in by Arnakos' men, the innocent customs officer is forced to play a rather unexpected role.
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Le Doulos
Title: Le Doulos
Character: The Doctor
Released: December 13, 1962
Type: Movie
Enigmatic gangster Silien may or may not be responsible for informing on Faugel, who was just released from prison and is already involved in what should be a simple heist. By the end of this brutal, twisting, and multilayered policier, who will be left to trust?
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The Passion of Slow Fire
Title: The Passion of Slow Fire
Character: Le docteur Clair
Released: March 2, 1961
Type: Movie
Stéphane Blanchon lives a quiet life in Switzerland with his wife, Christine, until a young American boarder named Belle, who was living with them, is found murdered. Despite Stéphane's innocence, the evidence points to him, and he learns that Belle harbored romantic feelings for him. Suspicions mount against him; even Christine thinks he is the culprit. Stéphane's sanity begins to crumble, and he lashes out in unprecedented ways.
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The Truth
Title: The Truth
Character: M. Marceau
Released: November 2, 1960
Type: Movie
As Dominique Marceau is being tried for the murder of Gilbert Tellier, accounts by different witnesses paint a picture of the kind of relationship the two used to share.
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Lovers on a Tightrope
Title: Lovers on a Tightrope
Released: April 6, 1960
Type: Movie
Cora, the wife of a wealthy Parisian businessman, Daniel, is involved in an affair with Henri, an unscrupulous garage mechanic who has set his sights on Cora's fortune. Daniel becomes suspicious and hires a detective to investigate, but the detective is unsuccessful in pinpointing Cora's extramarital activities.
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Green Harvest
Title: Green Harvest
Released: December 2, 1959
Type: Movie
In 1943, a group of high school students decide to take action against the Nazi occupying forces. Showing courage and imagination, they manage to blow up the Kommandantur and to release hostages. But after the killing of a German soldier the Nazi police apparatus strikes back. The young resisters are arrested and two of them are condemned to death.
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So Much Love Lost
Title: So Much Love Lost
Released: November 12, 1958
Type: Movie
Here's a railway station. Next to it, there's generally a town; and in a town,there is love! The train arrives. Mr. Andrieu is expecting his sardines and both his daughters, back from winter sports.
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Madame et son auto
Title: Madame et son auto
Released: October 15, 1958
Type: Movie
Sophie Dirondel, history teacher at the Saint-Cloison-sur-Ermoise, wins the jackpot of a lottery, a 2CV. The good-natured woman is both happy and slightly upset, as she doe not have her driving-license. But she decides to take driving lessons and although she does not prove very gifted she manages to pass the test. She grasps the opportunity to achieve one of her sweetest dreams and, proudly sitting behind her wheel, heads for the City of Light. Alone in Paris, she gets to know Victor Martini, a smooth operator. The man who, in real fact, is the leader of a gang, has no problem bamboozling the naive woman.
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Sans famille
Title: Sans famille
Character: The lawyer (uncredited)
Released: January 1, 1958
Type: Movie
The Remi abandoned by his foster father sold to the troubadour Vasalis, in his living through the rural villages the people to entertain, gehoplen his three dogs and a monkey. In the beginning Remi takes its new master, but a demanding and hard man, and the animals have not been too much with the clumsy boy. But gradually creates a bond between Remi and his new comrades, until their friendship is suddenly disrupted when Vasalis is arrested for vagrancy and sentenced. Then Remi, alone in the world, along with his animal friends in position to try to keep ...
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Let's Be Daring, Madame
Title: Let's Be Daring, Madame
Character: Un gendarme
Released: June 7, 1957
Type: Movie
Two couples of friends who have arranged to meet in the woods get lost and find themselves in an embarrassing situation: the husband of one with the wife of the other? Each couple tries to get through this forced cohabitation honestly, but everything is turned upside down when two young Sunday gangsters appear. What follows is a cross-country chase through the woods, which leads the whole gang back to the house, where one of the couples manages to leave, free at last, on an old tandem, bound for... Africa!
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The Terror with Women
Title: The Terror with Women
Released: November 23, 1956
Type: Movie
Aimé Morin, a good-natured bookseller, is also one of the candidates in the local elections of his small town. He is well-liked by most but he also has political enemies. Among them is Lagarde, a journalist close to the latter. Lagarde takes advantage of Morin being on holiday in Paris to try and tarnish his reputation. His machination unfortunately works and poor Aimé finds himself mistaken for a sex maniac.
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Les lumières du soir
Title: Les lumières du soir
Character: Un ami d'Angelotti
Released: November 7, 1956
Type: Movie
A young opera dancer tries to help her mother financially by performing in a dubious cabaret.
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The Wages of Sin
Title: The Wages of Sin
Released: July 10, 1956
Type: Movie
Bourgeois melodrama about the family of a wealthy businessman in La Rochelle, who dismisses the marriage of his only daughter with a journalist.
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Diamond Machine
Title: Diamond Machine
Character: (uncredited)
Released: December 29, 1955
Type: Movie
A group of bandits conspire to kidnap a scientist who can help them manufacture diamonds.Unbeknownst to them , the FBI is already on their case.
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Letters from My Windmill
Title: Letters from My Windmill
Character: le père Sylvestre
Released: November 5, 1954
Type: Movie
Set in the countryside of Provence, the film is based on three tales from Alphonse Daudet's 1869 short story collection Letters from My Windmill: "The Three Low Masses", "The Elixir of Father Gaucher" and "The Secret of Master Cornille".
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The Contessa's Secret
Title: The Contessa's Secret
Character: Oldoïni
Released: September 26, 1954
Type: Movie
The lover of an Italian revolutionary offers herself to Napoleon in exchange for her sweetheart's life.
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Palace of Shame
Title: Palace of Shame
Character: Le médecin
Released: July 18, 1954
Type: Movie
Tongues start to wag after a famous Parisian music hall dancer is rushed to hospital after being found poisoned by arsenic at the Concert Mayol.
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Piédalu député
Title: Piédalu député
Released: January 20, 1954
Type: Movie
In the 1953 elections, Piédalu was elected mayor of Marboue-Chambourcy. The esteem of his fellow citizens won him popularity, but he had to reckon with the wiles of his political opponents if he ran for deputy. The support of the son of one of his rivals, who loves Françoise Piédalu, and above all his stubborn common sense and natural malice, help him to overcome all obstacles.
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Fire Under Her Skin
Title: Fire Under Her Skin
Released: June 1, 1953
Type: Movie
Thérèse, who has come from the city, has married the sad Louis Raboux, a violent peasant who dies under unclear circumstances. Thérèse stays at the farm with Célestin, who loves her, but dares not say it out of shyness. The arrival of Pierre, who knew Louis and has something to hide, complicates the situation. Célestin's jealousy, which the maid Julia tries to console. Thérèse and Pierre's passionate love. The police arrest the young man and Célestin chases Thérèse, who falls from the roof. Célestin throws the body into an abyss, only to see Pierre reappear. In a rage, he too rushes into the ravine, from which Thérèse emerges, a new miracle-worker, ready to throw herself into the arms of her lover.
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The Night Is Ours
Title: The Night Is Ours
Released: May 14, 1953
Type: Movie
Alain Brécourt, a former pilot who distinguished himself during the war, meets Françoise Clozat, a test pilot. They become lovers, but Françoise learns that Alain is married to a singer. Françoise despairs, but Alain proves to her that he has been living away from his wife for some time. She meets the singer, no longer believes Alain, and attempts suicide during a flight. Her instinct for self-preservation saves her. Alain is the first to turn his attention to her: when she opens her eyes again, she receives the assurance of his love.
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Ugolin
Title: Ugolin
Character: L'ingénieur du Génie Rural
Released: January 16, 1953
Type: Movie
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Manon of the Spring
Title: Manon of the Spring
Character: L'ingénieur du Génie Rural
Released: December 16, 1952
Type: Movie
Marcel Pagnol's adaptation of his own novel Manon des sources, the story of a shepherdess who exacts her revenge on the townsfolk she blames for killing her father, in two parts: Manon des sources and Ugolin.
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Ils sont dans les vignes...
Title: Ils sont dans les vignes...
Released: October 31, 1952
Type: Movie
In 1935, in the Burgundian village of Valromey, Commissioner Desbordes was the very unpopular leader of the anti-alcoholic league. His own brother, Pimpin, is an unconditional defender of the vineyard. Pierre Moreau is, for his part, the representative of a hygienic drink, the "Koku-Kolu". The cafe owner's daughter, Rose, will find the man very to her liking and will manage to seduce him.
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Piédalu fait des miracles
Title: Piédalu fait des miracles
Released: October 10, 1952
Type: Movie
The inhabitants of Marboue-Chambourcy want a swimming pool, and the difficulties in realizing this expensive dream divide the village into two clans: on one side the women, on the other the men. Piedalu, whom this conflict desolates, discovers by chance, as part of a found bicycle, a fortune in gold coins.
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Matrimonial Agency
Title: Matrimonial Agency
Character: The commissioner
Released: May 21, 1952
Type: Movie
Noël is a bachelor who inherits a matrimonial agency. After contemplating selling it, he chooses to manage it.
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Alone in Paris
Title: Alone in Paris
Character: Le commissaire
Released: November 28, 1951
Type: Movie
Henri and Jeannette Milliard, a newly married couple from Normandy arrive in Paris where they intend to spend their honeymoon. Unforfunately a wicket gate in the metro separates the couple. In panic, Henri looks for his wife across the capital. He ends up finding her at the hotel they were to put up. But it looks as if Jeannette has gone through some distressing adventure.
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Sins of Madeleine
Title: Sins of Madeleine
Released: August 9, 1951
Type: Movie
Malou, a prostitute from Montmartre, and her pimp, have found a well laid scheme : whenever she (or he) wants to get rid of a lover, she announces to him in a tearful voice that she is pregnant. The reaction of the fall guy-is invariable: he gives her compensation money and disappears. But there is always an exception to the rule. And, as it happens, the exception is a widowed insurer, Monsieur Archibald. Indeed when he is told by Malou that he is going to be a father, he is...elated!
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The Strange Madame X
Title: The Strange Madame X
Character: Irène's driver
Released: May 24, 1951
Type: Movie
Irène is the unhappy wife of a wealthy publisher, Jacques Voisin-Larive, who cares about her no more than a beautiful piece of furniture. Her meeting with Étienne, a young cabinetmaker with whom she falls in love, turns her dismal existence upside down. Not wanting to reveal her condition to her lover, she pretends to be a modest maid, employed by the Voisin-Larive. At the end of a weekend spent with her lover, Irène discovers that she is pregnant. The fragile balance of their existence is suddenly broken. Taking the initiative, she reveals her affair to Jacques and tells him about her desire to divorce. But her husband has no intention of giving her back her freedom...
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Without Leaving an Address
Title: Without Leaving an Address
Character: Marcel Forestier - le dentiste
Released: January 17, 1951
Type: Movie
A woman in Paris hires a taxi driver to locate her ex-lover, father to her newborn child, who left her without leaving an address.
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The Prize
Title: The Prize
Character: M. Barbesol, le docteur
Released: September 20, 1950
Type: Movie
Madame Husson and her circle of holier-than-thou ladies (including an old maid Madame Cadenas)are looking for a chaste and pure girl who will win a hefty sum.
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Le tampon du capiston
Title: Le tampon du capiston
Released: August 3, 1950
Type: Movie
Cochu, a peasant, is the whipping boy of his regimental comrades. He is called "buffer of the capiston", that is to say the captain's order. But he finds himself in the service of Hortense, the captain's sister.
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The Cupid Club
Title: The Cupid Club
Released: May 18, 1949
Type: Movie
Isabelle is a lawyer who has Flip, a private detective, convicted of speeding. But shortly after, a murder is committed of which Isabelle's best friend is suspected. To save her, Isabelle is forced, despite her reluctance, to ask Flip for help, who agrees to look for the culprit.