Sylvette Fillacier

Sylvette Fillacier

Born: January 1, 1895
Died: September 20, 1960
in Mascara, Oran, France [now Algeria]

Movies for Sylvette Fillacier...

The Lafarge Case
Title: The Lafarge Case
Character: Clémentine
Released: March 8, 1938
Type: Movie
Based on true facts, a news item which was widely talked about in the nineteenth century, this is the story of a wife who might have poisoned her husband .
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Divine
Title: Divine
Character: Gitanette
Released: November 21, 1935
Type: Movie
A country girl (Simone Berriau) finds work as a chorus girl in Paris, gets embroiled with a bad egg, and then finds true love with a good-looking milkman.
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Itto
Title: Itto
Character: La blédarde
Released: December 31, 1934
Type: Movie
Filmed in French Morocco, Itto's dialogue is spoken primarily in the tribal Chleuh language. The jingoistic story concerns a series of clashes between French occupational forces and a rebellious Chleuh chieftain. Itto (Simone Berriau), chief's daughter, becomes embroiled in a romance with a Moroccan tribesman who has gone over to the French side. It is implied in Itto that it's okay to betray one's own people if it will preserve French colonialism in Africa. To modern viewers, the rampant chauvinism in Itto is a difficult pill to swallow.
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Children of Montmartre
Title: Children of Montmartre
Character: Mme. Coeuret
Released: September 15, 1933
Type: Movie
When her father files bankruptcy and then dies, Rose's fiancé jilts her; she takes a job as a maid in a Montmartre kindergarten with 150 poor children. Rose gives each child loving attention, and soon she's their favorite. An especially needy child is Marie, a prostitute's daughter. Rose and she bond, and Marie is jealous of all attentions paid Rose, especially those of Dr. Libois, the school's physician. When Rose inadvertently guides the children through the educational experiment of a visiting scholar, and then discloses she has a college degree and is working beneath her station, the principal wants to fire her. Is there any way she can stay? And what will happen to Marie?
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Student’s Hotel
Title: Student’s Hotel
Character: Thérèse
Released: September 8, 1932
Type: Movie
Hotel des Etudients (Student's Hotel) was the great Tourjansky's sole directorial contribution of 1932. The scene is a Parisian rooming house, catering to students of both sexes. The heroine has a brief affair with a handsome young man, emerging from the experience a little wiser and a lot sadder. Her reputation ruined, the girl seems destined for the oblivion of the streets. But the boy finally realizes the harm he's caused, and in the last few minutes of the film finally does the "right thing." The critical consensus was that the film might have been better had their been fewer fake "exterior" sets and more genuine location filming.
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The Yellow Dog
Title: The Yellow Dog
Released: July 1, 1932
Type: Movie
Maigret investigates in Concarneau where the passage of a yellow dog accompanies a series of murders, sowing terror in the population. The police seem helpless. It must be said that it has no significant evidence.
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Sailor's Song
Title: Sailor's Song
Character: Catherine
Released: January 14, 1932
Type: Movie
Georget is a happy-go-luck seafarer who'd rather sing than work -- or be faithful to his wife. Together with his sailor pal Marius, they decide to cheat on their spouses by frequenting the dives and joints in every town where their ship drops anchor. The boys are certain, however, that their wives would never behave in a similar fashion. Upon returning home, of course, they discover that their better halves are just as sexually irresponsible as their hubbies.
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Faubourg Montmartre
Title: Faubourg Montmartre
Character: Frangipane (uncredited)
Released: October 2, 1931
Type: Movie
Two sisters struggle to stay on the straight and narrow.
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La rue du pavé d'amour
Title: La rue du pavé d'amour
Character: Angèle
Released: January 4, 1924
Type: Movie
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The Dungeon
Title: The Dungeon
Character: Hélène de Montalban
Released: October 1, 1912
Type: Movie
A newly married couple moves into a house. But the bride disappears.
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The Living Dead
Title: The Living Dead
Released: February 23, 1912
Type: Movie
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The Escape from the Tuileries
Title: The Escape from the Tuileries
Released: July 1, 1910
Type: Movie
The Count of Champcenetz is governor of the Palace of the Tuileries. His mistress Grace Elliott, a young widow, begs him not to go the Palace where he must defend King Louis XVI, who is threatened by the Revolution. After a few hours fight, in spite of the Count's best efforts, the crowd captures the King, the Queen, their children and their are taken to the prison of the Temple. Champcenetz, wounded, escapes and, disguised as a sans-culotte, walks back to Mrs. Elliott's. He leaves out of the country with her and marries her.