Jean Joffre

Jean Joffre

Born: November 12, 1872
Died: February 21, 1944
in Rivesaltes, Pyrénées-Orientale, France

Movies for Jean Joffre...

The Count of Monte Cristo Part 1 - The Prisoner of Kastell
Title: The Count of Monte Cristo Part 1 - The Prisoner of Kastell
Character: Dantès père
Released: January 22, 1943
Type: Movie
Edmond Dantes is falsely accused by those jealous of his good fortune, and is sentenced to spend the rest of his life in the notorious island prison, Chateau d'If. While imprisoned, he meets the Abbe Faria, a fellow prisoner whom everyone believes to be mad. The Abbe tells Edmond of a fantastic treasure hidden away on a tiny island, that only he knows the location of. After many years in prison, the old Abbe dies, and Edmond escapes disguised as the dead body. Now free, Edmond must find the treasure the Abbe told him of, so he can use the new-found wealth to exact revenge on those who have wronged him.
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The Benefactor
Title: The Benefactor
Released: December 11, 1942
Type: Movie
A kind and generous village noble, specializing in good works, actually leads a double existence and carries out dishonest activities.
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Haut le vent
Title: Haut le vent
Released: September 23, 1942
Type: Movie
In 1906, François left the Basque country with his father, who had decided to settle in Argentina following an incident between him and Esteban. Having become a powerful industrialist, he returned to France in 1940 on the occasion of the signing of a contract. He learns that the Haut-le-Vent estate, occupied by his aunt Anna, is his. Greeted with mistrust by the villagers, he manages to make himself sympathetic and decides to stay on the estate with Gisèle, Esteban's daughter.
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Pontcarral, Empire Colonel
Title: Pontcarral, Empire Colonel
Character: The innkeeper
Released: January 2, 1942
Type: Movie
For 15 years after Waterloo, a baron refuses to accept the defeat. He reluctantly marries one of 2 Bourbon sisters but lands up dueling with the wife's former lover. Finally he gets a chance to prove himself again in battle.
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The Black Diamond
Title: The Black Diamond
Character: Daniel
Released: June 25, 1941
Type: Movie
A wealthy man's wife dies in a car crash; she is survived by him and their daughter. The father learns that he's not her biological father.
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Narcisse
Title: Narcisse
Released: February 10, 1940
Type: Movie
To inherit from his late uncle, Narcisse Pigeon is obliged to pass his pilot's license.
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Beating Heart
Title: Beating Heart
Character: Le maire
Released: February 1, 1940
Type: Movie
Tells the story of a young woman escaping from reform school who tries to steal a foreign ambassador's watch but ends up falling in love with him.
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The Phantom Wagon
Title: The Phantom Wagon
Character: Le gardien de la prison
Released: September 7, 1939
Type: Movie
French version of the Selma Lagerlof story, most famously filmed in 1921 by Victor Sjostrom, about a poor sinner who only realizes what misery he's wrought when he dies on New Year's Eve and is collected by Death in his carriage.
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The End of the Day
Title: The End of the Day
Character: Philémon
Released: March 24, 1939
Type: Movie
Aged penniless actors are living in a old people's home. They always talk about their past glory or failures. One day Raphael Saint-Clair comes; he has been a famous actor and had a lot of love affairs. Passions come back, and jealousies... A bitter film about aging, failure and the entertainment.
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Behind the Facade
Title: Behind the Facade
Character: M. Martin, aveugle, père de Madeleine
Released: March 14, 1939
Type: Movie
In the elevator of two large Parisian buildings, a telegraph operator discovers the body of an elderly woman, Madame Mathieu, the owner of both buildings. Boucheron (Lucien Baroux), the local superintendent, is dispatched to investigate, along with his rival, Inspector Lambert of the "Sûreté" (Jacques Baumer). To solve the enigma, they scour staircases and corridors, visiting every floor of both buildings, courtyard and facade. Their gruff rivalry allows them to complement each other in discovering who committed the crime among a gallery of characters, humble or rich, who all have something to be ashamed of... A rare, fast-paced, picturesque comedy set against the backdrop of a police mystery.
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Land of Fire
Title: Land of Fire
Released: January 24, 1939
Type: Movie
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Adrienne Lecouvreur
Title: Adrienne Lecouvreur
Released: October 28, 1938
Type: Movie
Adrienne Lecouvreur is an acclaimed actress who falls in love with Polish prince Maurice de Saxe, only to be poisoned by a jealous rival while Maurice is away at war. The film was a co-production between the two countries, and was made at UFA's Berlin Studios. It was based on the 1849 play Adrienne Lecouvreur by Eugène Scribe and Ernest Legouvé about the life of the eighteenth century actress Adrienne Lecouvreur.
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Saint Theresa of Lisieux
Title: Saint Theresa of Lisieux
Released: October 21, 1938
Type: Movie
The life of Thérèse Martin, who entered the Carmel at the age of 15, in 1888, under the name of Sister Thérèse of the Child Jesus, died nine years later, and canonized in 1925.
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Orage
Title: Orage
Released: April 28, 1938
Type: Movie
The mistress of an engineer meets the man's pregnant wife and decides to give up the liaison.
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Rasputin
Title: Rasputin
Released: January 28, 1938
Type: Movie
Story of the Siberian monk Gregory Rasputin and the hold he exerted over the court of the last Russian czar, Nicholas.
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Êtes-vous jalouse ?
Title: Êtes-vous jalouse ?
Character: Dutaillis
Released: January 5, 1938
Type: Movie
Germaine Moreuil's insane jealousy triggers such violent marital quarrels that the spouses file for divorce. When Germaine's parents find out, they sham a fierce spat to disgust their daughter and her husband with the pathetic spectacle of a couple at loggerheads. But just as their farce is on the brink of becoming a tragedy, events combined with the blunders of all four happily reconcile everyone.
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Marthe Richard
Title: Marthe Richard
Released: April 20, 1937
Type: Movie
Fictionalized reconstruction of the life of the French spy Marthe Richard who decided to contact the secret services during the First World War.
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Assault
Title: Assault
Character: Marc Label
Released: December 31, 1936
Type: Movie
Alexandre Mérital, the leader of a political party, finds himself under attack from Frépeau, one of his opponents. The latter has indeed discovered that Mérital committed a theft in his youth. But Mérital will not be intimidated by his adversary's move. In his turn, he discovers that Frépeau was once involved in a financial scandal, which forces the plaintiff to discontinue the prosecution.
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Dawn Over France
Title: Dawn Over France
Released: December 18, 1935
Type: Movie
The gratuitous murder of his father and the misery of the people, aggravated by a succession of bad harvests, lead Gaspard, a great admirer of Mandrin and blacksmith by profession, to revolt. With his companion Samplan, he finds himself at the head of a handful of soldiers dissatisfied with their fate and a band of brigands. They steal money from the rich to give it to the poor, like highwaymen, vindicators with a big heart. In their eyes, things cannot go on like this, in this country which seems given over to the decadence of the nobility and the whims of an indolent king. Gaspard and his troupe are responsible for making it known.
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Lovers and Thieves
Title: Lovers and Thieves
Released: November 15, 1935
Type: Movie
Claude, son of a ruined family, pretends to be a dangerous trickster in order to get credit from the guys in the middle. He is in charge of retrieving compromising letters from a woman whose lover fears blackmail. But before arriving there, Claude fortunately meets love.
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The Adventurer
Title: The Adventurer
Character: Framié
Released: December 28, 1934
Type: Movie
A scandalised Frenchman returns from Africa where he has been involved in illegal trading of mines (resulting in the deaths of many African miners). His bourgeois family are wary of the shame that he will bring so he must try to redeem himself and his family's name.
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Le Petit Jacques
Title: Le Petit Jacques
Character: Doctor Arthez
Released: December 21, 1934
Type: Movie
An honest worker is unjustly accused of murder. The culprit promises him to give his son a good education if he allows himself to be condemned.
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Moonlight
Title: Moonlight
Character: Ernest
Released: November 14, 1932
Type: Movie
While sailing on a yacht off the French Riviera a shy young man and the owner's daughter are shipwrecked on an island.
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The Picador
Title: The Picador
Released: September 19, 1932
Type: Movie
A picador, an already mature man, keeps secret his love for the young orphan he raised. But she falls in love with a young picador...
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It's all arranged
Title: It's all arranged
Character: Colonel
Released: July 3, 1931
Type: Movie
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Education of a Prince
Title: Education of a Prince
Character: General Braoulitch
Released: August 15, 1927
Type: Movie
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Le Nègre du rapide numéro 13
Title: Le Nègre du rapide numéro 13
Character: Le juge d'instruction Moulinet
Released: March 31, 1923
Type: Movie
In the Le Mans railway station, Oscar Ribouis is waiting for the connection that will lead him to Rennes, his home town. Feeling a bit thirsty, he decides to have a quick one at the refreshing room. And feeling a bit lonely he invites a rail worker to have a drink in his company and tells him about his stay in Paris. But after a couple of glasses of wine, Oscar misses his connection. Worse, he goes out, walks on the tracks and what does he do but get his foot stuck in switches! About to be run over by a train he is saved at the last moment by his new companion, the railway-man. Saved from the train alright but not from a heap of coal he falls into! Now blacker than an African Negro, Oscar, once again helped by his companion, manages to get on a night train for Rennes. But, still drunk like a fish, he wakes all the passengers of the sleeping car and scares them stiff: they all believe they are being attacked by a black bandit!
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The Three Musketeers
Title: The Three Musketeers
Character: M. Bonacieux (as Jean Joffre)
Released: October 13, 1921
Type: Movie
A 14-episode silent adaptation of Alexandre Dumas' The Three Musketeers.
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She Played and Paid
Title: She Played and Paid
Released: April 16, 1920
Type: Movie
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Le Petit Café
Title: Le Petit Café
Released: January 2, 1919
Type: Movie
Max is a millionaire who is forced to lead a double-life as a waiter, the result of having lost a wager.