Jean Brochard

Jean Brochard

Born: March 12, 1893
Died: June 17, 1972
in Nantes, Loire-Atlantique, Pays-de-la-Loire, France
Jean Brochard (12 March 1893 – 17 June 1972) was a French film actor. He appeared in more than 100 films between 1933 and 1966.

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With Both Hands
Title: With Both Hands
Character: Commissaire Marsay
Released: March 2, 1960
Type: Movie
In Spain, criminals steal a large stock of watermarked paper for banknotes. In France, they hire Besnard, a specialist in counterfeit money, to do the printing. But after printing the clichés, Besnard is wounded by gangsters, and a journalist gets involved and steals the famous clichés.
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The Enigma of the Folies-Bergère
Title: The Enigma of the Folies-Bergère
Released: September 22, 1959
Type: Movie
The Raffin Commissioner investigates the murder of an industrialist and it soon becomes apparent that the activities of the relatives of the deceased all revolve around the Folies-Bergere.
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An Angel on Wheels
Title: An Angel on Wheels
Released: August 28, 1959
Type: Movie
Heralded racing driver Pierre Chaillot has never noticed the pretty young flight attendant who dotes on him adoringly. But when his fiancée's infidelity drives him to the brink of suicide, Pierre's guardian angel takes the form of this stewardess to urge him to choose life. Though the angel confesses her divinity, Pierre is skeptical of the existence of angels. But, despite their difference, the two bond during her brief sojourn in human form.
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Beast at Bay
Title: Beast at Bay
Character: Commissaire François
Released: June 17, 1959
Type: Movie
Melun, on 1959. On the return to an auction, a young and attractive widow, Elisabeth Vernon, finds at her home(with her) a wounded escapee of prison. The fugitive, Daniel Morane, is a handsome boy and justifies himself crimes(murders) of which we accuse it. The young woman is allowed convince, seduce, feels sorry, and agrees to help him(it). But during their escape(mare), the doubt seizes her …
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The Law Is the Law
Title: The Law Is the Law
Character: Le député
Released: September 17, 1958
Type: Movie
Assola is an imaginary village on the border between Italy and France and the borderline crosses the village itself. The French customs agent Ferdinand is always trying to catch the Italian smuggler Giuseppe. Giuseppe discovers that Ferdinand was actually born in Italy and therefore he can't be a French customs agent.
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Sinners of Paris
Title: Sinners of Paris
Character: Le commissaire René Brévet
Released: January 15, 1958
Type: Movie
Michel Piccoli plays a police inspector whose best friend is murdered on the orders of gang boss Charles Vanel. The inspector knows full well that Vanel is too crafty and well-connected to ever stand trial for his crime, so he carefully lays a subtle trap for his adversary. Unfortunately, both Piccoli and Vanel are thwarted by a pair of scheming females.
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Les Violents
Title: Les Violents
Character: Bernard Chartrain
Released: January 10, 1958
Type: Movie
Pierre Tercelin who used to be a prosperous industrialist is now ruined and embittered, having become a mere lock keeper. A widower, he lives with his daughter Evelyne, a music-hall dancer. Claiming he is being persecuted by his cousin Edgar he gets in touch again with another cousin of his he hates, Bernard, a millionaire gun runner,who is also a victim of Edgar. It must be said that both Pierre and Bernard once caused Edgar to go bankrupt... Pierre offers Bernard to join efforts against Edgar. Soon after, Bernard dies of poison, which is only the first of a series of acts of violence. Tiercelin is shot at while going back home, Bernard's son is gunned down while his sister Luciane disappears. Chief-inspector Malouvier - who oddly enough looks very much like the suspect- investigates....
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Lovers of Paris
Title: Lovers of Paris
Character: Duveyrier
Released: October 18, 1957
Type: Movie
Young, handsome, dashing but cynical, Octave Mouret arrives in Paris, determined to conquer the belles of the capital.
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The Spies
Title: The Spies
Character: Le surveillant-général
Released: October 10, 1957
Type: Movie
A doctor at a run-down psychiatric hospital is offered a large sum of money to shelter a new patient. Soon the place is full of suspicious and secretive characters, all apparently international secret agents trying to find out who and what the patient is.
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The Virtuous Bigamist
Title: The Virtuous Bigamist
Released: December 20, 1956
Type: Movie
The Provence, somewhere in the 1950's. Paul Verdier, traveling salesman, leaves his home and his quarrelsome wife for his weekly round. On the train he meets a young woman, Marie, who looks a little lost. No wonder. Marie is pregnant but lacks the customary husband. She's returning to her village but is not exactly looking forward to the confrontation with her parents and the villagers, all pretty conservative people. After getting to know Paul a little better (for which there is ample time during the trip by train and bus) Marie decides to ask Paul to act as her husband, just to allay the suspicions of her family. After some hesitating Paul accepts, charmed by the girl and unaware of the complications such is bound to cause to his own life.
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I'll Get Back to Kandara
Title: I'll Get Back to Kandara
Character: Le juge d'instruction
Released: December 20, 1956
Type: Movie
One evening, professor André Barret sees the author of a murder in the darkness; cafe owner Cordelec is the victim. From then on, his suspicions fall on one of his students who had just arrived in his class, Bernard Cormiere.
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Title: Plaisir du théâtre
Character: M. Courtin, père d'Irène et de Janine
Released: July 3, 1956
Type: TV
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Les mains liées
Title: Les mains liées
Released: April 27, 1956
Type: Movie
François Jauréguy is a young Basque who would love to devote his life to God. But meeting Maïté and the example of the worker priests makes him doubt the wisdom of his choice. Marie-Jeanne, his mother, suffers from this situation. She knew a man, Jean Etchandy, who renounced the priesthood out of love for her. François supports him in his final moments, and celebrates his first mass before his mother's tender eyes.
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Sister Angele's Secret
Title: Sister Angele's Secret
Released: March 21, 1956
Type: Movie
A poor wop entrusts his savings to an antique dealer's care. Bad idea. When he comes back to claim his dough,the villain acts as if they've never met. And the poor Italian immigrant kills him.
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Thirteen at the Table
Title: Thirteen at the Table
Character: Dr. Pelourzat
Released: December 28, 1955
Type: Movie
Madeleine Villardier is terribly superstitious, and she's in a lot of trouble for the New Year's Eve party she's planning. Inexorably, the number of guests is down to thirteen. To add to her dismay, the presence under her roof of a certain Consuelo is proving cumbersome, especially as this lady has revelations to make about Antoine Villardier's stormy past. The mistress of the house's trances alternate with marital explanations. But why not consider the fateful number as a lucky charm?
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La Môme Pigalle
Title: La Môme Pigalle
Character: Le commissaire Alphandri de la PJ
Released: November 29, 1955
Type: Movie
Released from prison, Arlette returns to her job as a cabaret star. The police try to get her to confess where the stolen jewels are hidden.
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The Impossible Mr. Pipelet
Title: The Impossible Mr. Pipelet
Character: Mr Richet, industriel dans les petits pois et propriétaire de l'immeuble
Released: June 26, 1955
Type: Movie
A story about a simple old man with a lot of love for his only daughter. She falls in love with a doctor's son and he don't understand why...
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Diabolique
Title: Diabolique
Character: Plantiveau
Released: January 29, 1955
Type: Movie
The cruel and abusive headmaster of a boarding school, Michel Delassalle, is murdered by an unlikely duo -- his meek wife and the mistress he brazenly flaunts. The women become increasingly unhinged by a series of odd occurrences after Delassalle's corpse mysteriously disappears.
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Les amoureux de Marianne
Title: Les amoureux de Marianne
Released: July 2, 1954
Type: Movie
Gaston Duboutois and Catherine Berton love each other, and are about to play Romeo and Juliet in their small provincial town. The industrialist Duboutois is opposed to his accountant Berton, both of whom are running for parliament. Tempers flare and invective quickly escalates. In the end, Duboutois wins and Berton loses his position. Although futile and foolish, it's the excellent Mme Duboutois who brings peace to the situation, brings about reconciliation and helps the two children to unite.
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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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La dame aux camélias
Title: La dame aux camélias
Character: Notary
Released: November 6, 1953
Type: Movie
Young and handsome Armand Duval falls in love with Marguerite Gautier, a 'demi-mondaine'. He manages to persuade her to give up her life as a courtesan and they both settle down in the country. Tthe beginning of their idyll is like a dream but a short-lived one as their relationship is considered scandalous by Armand's family. During a secret visit to Marguerite, Armand's father convinces her to leave his son, which she does broken-heartedly but out of love for Armand. Her end will be doubly tragic; not only does she suffer from terminal tuberculosis but she is abandoned by everyone, including by Armand, who believes she has betrayed her. At long last, learning the truth, Armand rushes to her bedside and Marguerite has the joy to breathe her last in his arms.
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I Vitelloni
Title: I Vitelloni
Character: Francescco Moretti
Released: September 17, 1953
Type: Movie
Five young men dream of success as they drift lazily through life in a small Italian village. Fausto, the group's leader, is a womanizer; Riccardo craves fame; Alberto is a hopeless dreamer; Moraldo fantasizes about life in the city; and Leopoldo is an aspiring playwright. As Fausto chases a string of women, to the horror of his pregnant wife, the other four blunder their way from one uneventful experience to the next.
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Captain Slipper
Title: Captain Slipper
Character: Mr Lesurpied, un collègue d'Emmanuel
Released: July 31, 1953
Type: Movie
A bank clerk is bored to death with his nine-to-five work under his boss ' watchful eye. His missus is a pain in the neck and his in-laws are not better.
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Des quintuplés au pensionnat
Title: Des quintuplés au pensionnat
Character: Florentin
Released: May 8, 1953
Type: Movie
In a girls boarding-school run by Madame Piégeois, young Gisèle meets, at night, the count of Champrès' son.
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Crimson Curtain
Title: Crimson Curtain
Character: Chief Inspector
Released: November 14, 1952
Type: Movie
Bertal, a despotic and hated theater director, is assassinated before a performance of Macbeth in which he was to play with Aurélia Nobli, his companion and Ludovic Arn, her lover. The police arrive on the scene and the investigation begins. Suspicion first falls on Sigurd, an old actor who had threatened Bertal. But parallels appear between the characters in the play and the actors who play them.
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Cent ans de gloire
Title: Cent ans de gloire
Released: September 15, 1952
Type: Movie
A fictionalized military documentary.
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Mister Taxi
Title: Mister Taxi
Character: Léon
Released: September 3, 1952
Type: Movie
An honest taxi driver gets into trouble by looking for a customer who left her purse full of cash in her vehicle.
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The Forest of Farewell
Title: The Forest of Farewell
Character: Edouard Queyrian
Released: July 30, 1952
Type: Movie
A young girl marries a man she doesn't love and delights in humiliating him.
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Nocturnal Uproar
Title: Nocturnal Uproar
Character: Frédéric Varescot
Released: November 29, 1951
Type: Movie
Armand Varescot, a rich and tyrannical old man, is killed by his young and pretty secretary, Caroline, while he was trying to abuse her. To avoid scandal, his granddaughter Marie Varescot convinces Frank, his cousin, to take responsibility for this "accidental" death, he who is in love with Caroline. But Commissioner Legrand, who has designs on Marie, only agrees to close the affair if Marie marries her, and if Frank leaves with Caroline, abandoning his share of the inheritance. The arrangement is accepted and life goes on.
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Trip to America
Title: Trip to America
Character: le maire
Released: October 31, 1951
Type: Movie
As part of the fascination in post World War II France with American culture, a young French couple here travel to the US to see for themselves the prosperity they have heard about.
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Passion
Title: Passion
Character: The director of the prison
Released: September 21, 1951
Type: Movie
An unhappy wife who has had a child by her lover lives a daily drama under the watchful eye of her husband who hates them both.
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Under the Paris Sky
Title: Under the Paris Sky
Character: Jules Hermenault
Released: March 28, 1951
Type: Movie
Fates of multiple otherwise disconnected characters intertwine miraculously under the sky of Paris. And it all happens in one day.
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Dr. Knock
Title: Dr. Knock
Character: Docteur Parpalaid
Released: March 21, 1951
Type: Movie
Saint-Maurice, an ordinary peaceful village, lived healthily so much so that the local doctor's practice was scant. But that was before Dr. Parpalaid retired and was replaced by a charlatan by the name of Knock. A real genius this one, for he soon managed to persuade everyone that they were ill. And not only didn't they resent him but they even loved their physician, who made a fortune and brought prosperity to the village by turning it into a big hospital.
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God Needs Men
Title: God Needs Men
Character: L'abbé Kerhervé
Released: October 3, 1950
Type: Movie
The inhabitants of the windswept island of Sein, in the nineteenth century, in Brittany follow their own religion without need for clergy, but as strangers arrive, their faith and beliefs face a deep crisis.
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Bed for Two
Title: Bed for Two
Character: Mr. Gauffre
Released: August 23, 1950
Type: Movie
Robert Bobin has been an assistant accountant for twenty years now and, although meek and obedient, is getting weary of his monotonous, limited life. He tries marriage but, unfortunately, Blanche, the nurse he marries, proves to be a shrew. One day, a miracle happens : Michèle, a young orphan and fellow-worker gradually develops tender feelings for him. But will Robert be able to overcome his mediocrity and grasp this unexpected opportunity to find happiness?
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Sending of Flowers
Title: Sending of Flowers
Character: Hippolyte
Released: May 26, 1950
Type: Movie
Envoi de Fleurs is based on incidents in the life of French composer Paul Delmet. Played by popular French singing star Tino Rossi, Delmet is depicted as a man all too willing to give up personal happiness in favor of blind ambition. After carrying on a romance by correspondence with beautiful young Suzanne (Micheline Francey), Delmet is on the verge of marrying the girl. Instead, he allows himself to be talked out of leaving France to further his own career, with disastrous results for all concerned.
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Millionaires for One Day
Title: Millionaires for One Day
Character: Pierre Berger
Released: December 13, 1949
Type: Movie
A typographer makes a mistake by printing the winning number of the national lottery. Many people believe they have won the jackpot. Pursued by his newspaper editor, the worker appears in court where all mystified people are invited to testify.
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Just Out
Title: Just Out
Character: Brégaillon
Released: October 28, 1949
Type: Movie
Satire of publishing circles, featuring a ferocious boss, Moscat, a successful but handsome author, Maréchal, another successful but bitter author, Bourgine, a writer plagued with ambition, Brégaillon and the hero, Marc Fournier Zola Prize winner. Naive, the latter quickly becomes formidable, especially since his wife's infidelities have provided him with the material for a new novel.
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Mademoiselle de la Ferté
Title: Mademoiselle de la Ferté
Character: Monsieur Larald
Released: October 19, 1949
Type: Movie
Anne seeks revenge on Jacques who betrayed her trust. She decides to poison him and the people close to him.
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Return to Life
Title: Return to Life
Character: Hotelier (segment "Le retour de Jean")
Released: September 14, 1949
Type: Movie
In France in 1946, the difficult return to civilian life of five deportees and prisoners of war after having lived through the hell of the Second World War.
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Barry
Title: Barry
Character: Philémon Cavazza
Released: September 2, 1949
Type: Movie
Lovers since childhood, Sylvain and Angelina do not see their lives separated from each other. However, Sylvain is sent to war and the young woman desperately awaits his return. Years pass and the latter is forced by her father to marry Jean-Marie, a man she does not love. One day, while Angelica and her family are climbing in the Alps, an avalanche sweeps them away. Safe and sound, she comes face to face with her childhood sweetheart, Sylvain.
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Five Red Tulips
Title: Five Red Tulips
Character: Chief Inspector Honoré Ricul
Released: March 23, 1949
Type: Movie
During the Tour de France, five riders are found murdered with a red tulip near their bodies. A journalist and a police inspector lead the investigation to unmask the murderer.
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Bagarres
Title: Bagarres
Character: Rabasse
Released: November 5, 1948
Type: Movie
A proud femme fatale who works at a mountainous farm property manages, after being prodded by her lover, to become the heiress, but she plays the rival men against each other.
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Rapide de nuit
Title: Rapide de nuit
Character: Inspector Verdier
Released: September 19, 1948
Type: Movie
Duped by a pretty woman who uses him to smuggle a suitcase containing the proceeds of a theft through the station, an honest fellow understands everything and replaces the suitcase with a similar one. The police do not understand anything, but the pretty girl promises to become honest like the one who almost was her pigeon.
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Scandals of Clochemerle
Title: Scandals of Clochemerle
Character: Piéchut
Released: June 9, 1948
Type: Movie
A little town erupts in turmoil about the construction of a public urinal. The army is sent in to restore order, but the military add to the confusion by getting involved with the local women.
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La Carcasse et le Tord-cou
Title: La Carcasse et le Tord-cou
Character: Me Souquet
Released: April 30, 1948
Type: Movie
La Carcasse, an obtuse peasant, lives with his wife Lucie and his father-in-law Tord-cou. At odds with his son-in-law, the Tord-cou takes it into his head to marry Thérésa, the daughter of their neighbor Casimir. But the Carcass, too, feels attracted to the young woman...
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The Eleven O'Clock Woman
Title: The Eleven O'Clock Woman
Character: le juge d'instruction
Released: March 3, 1948
Type: Movie
Stanislas Oscar Seminario, aka SOS, is a young explorer, just back from Africa, visiting old friends: the Pescara's. But the father keeps receiving anonymous letters. And soon a mysterious murder is committed. SOS begins to investigate...
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The House Under the Sea
Title: The House Under the Sea
Character: Quoniam
Released: August 20, 1947
Type: Movie
A stranger named Constant disrupts the life of Flora, who is seemingly happy with her husband Lucien. But she suddenly experiences a passionate love, taking refuge with Constant in a cave they call “home under the sea.”
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The Woman in Red
Title: The Woman in Red
Character: Commissioner
Released: May 21, 1947
Type: Movie
Two paintings are stolen. Amateur private detective Roland Gautier investigates.
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The Royalists
Title: The Royalists
Character: Marche à Terre
Released: March 20, 1947
Type: Movie
The Marquis de Montauran was appointed to command the Chouans whose first two revolts were crushed. An aristocrat, Marie-Nathalie de Verneuil, is sent by Joseph Fouché to seduce and capture him.
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Le Bateau à soupe
Title: Le Bateau à soupe
Character: Le recruteur
Released: February 19, 1947
Type: Movie
Hervé is a tough sea captain in command of the "Duchesse Anne", a rum-trading ship. But the sea dog hides a tender heart and he allows Marie-Douce, a poor slum girl who dreams of seeing the wide world,on board. To have her accepted by the crew, he passes her off as his niece. A seasoned master like him, wise enough to ban alcohol use on his ship, should have known better : a beautiful girl on the deck cannot but unleash the savage instincts of all those men without women.
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Sunless Neighborhood
Title: Sunless Neighborhood
Character: Auguste
Released: October 31, 1946
Type: Movie
In a slum set to be demolished, dramas are played out among the picturesque slum dwellers, including a young couple who, denounced by the police, are forced to leave home.
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A Lover's Return
Title: A Lover's Return
Character: Jérôme Nisard
Released: October 18, 1946
Type: Movie
1946, a man walks in Lyon. He makes a pilgrimage to the places of his childhood. Another man, Edmond Gonin, recognizes him. It was Jean-Jacques Sauvage, whom he had ousted in a "radical" way with a young heiress. Only Savage is not dead, and here he is on the scene of his first love.
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Behind These Walls
Title: Behind These Walls
Character: Michaud
Released: March 13, 1946
Type: Movie
June 1944, a French town towards the end of the occupation. Following several attacks perpetrated by the resistance, the inhabitants who listen to English radio are rounded up by the Germans in a prison and considered as hostages. In one of the cells are found men from all walks of life: an aristocrat, the Viscount of Saint-Leu, Doctor Noblet, a resistance fighter, Béquille the wanderer with a wooden leg, and a strange character nicknamed "Black Market". The latter arouses mistrust among the prisoners, because it could well have been introduced by the enemy.
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The Last Judgment
Title: The Last Judgment
Character: Svodoba
Released: December 8, 1945
Type: Movie
In Central Europe, resistance to the Germans in growing. But the partisan leader is denounced and killed. His daughter and the son of the traitor love each other. Condemned by his comrades, the informer commits suicide in front of the young couple.
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Angel and Sinner
Title: Angel and Sinner
Character: Auguste Loiseau
Released: October 17, 1945
Type: Movie
During the stagecoach trip of a frightened group of inhabitants of Rouen, Elisabeth Rousset, known as "Boule de Suif", renders these people a signal service, but comes up against their stupidity and their sufficiency. A little later, Boule de Suif assassinates the formidable Prussian lieutenant whom his friends had nicknamed Fifi and who shamelessly displayed his taste for pillage and his sadistic tendencies.
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The Great Pack
Title: The Great Pack
Character: Maître Marvault
Released: July 17, 1945
Type: Movie
Côme de Lambrefaut inherited the family castle on the death of his father, but the notary told him that all his property was mortgaged. However, he wants to keep the pack of one hundred and ten hunting dogs that make him proud. In September 1939, the castle was destroyed during a bombardment, and the dogs escaped from their enclosure.
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Secret Documents
Title: Secret Documents
Released: May 30, 1945
Type: Movie
An adventure between rival spies about documents concerning the process for extracting fuel from seawater. A love story that threatens to turn tragic, since the young woman enlisted by force in the network of doctor Morenius falls in love of her rival before returning, triumphant, to her fiancé.
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Vingt-quatre heures de perm'
Title: Vingt-quatre heures de perm'
Character: Corporal
Released: January 10, 1945
Type: Movie
Two friends, mobilized together and idle, send their photos to two young workers. The photos are inverted, resulting in a real sentimental imbroglio which finds its best conclusion in the context of the Théâtre aux Armées.
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Coup de tête
Title: Coup de tête
Character: Financier Brussac (uncredited)
Released: October 12, 1944
Type: Movie
A sporty and chivalrous young man creates, with some comrades, a society whose goal is to protect honest people against rogues. He finds himself thrown into unforeseen adventures, at the end of which he will discover love.
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Carmen
Title: Carmen
Character: Lillas-Pastia
Released: August 8, 1944
Type: Movie
Carmen is a French-Italian musical drama film directed by Christian-Jaque and starring Viviane Romance, Jean Marais, and Lucien Coëdel. It is a version of the famous opera.
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The Ménard Collection
Title: The Ménard Collection
Character: Guide
Released: April 12, 1944
Type: Movie
Renée Ménard, a young mixed-race Indochinese, arrives in France to find her French father, whom she only knows is called Paul Ménard. In the hope of identifying her father, she meets a series of men with that name.
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Cecile Is Dead
Title: Cecile Is Dead
Character: Dandurand
Released: March 8, 1944
Type: Movie
Cecile, a young girl who goes to the offices of the Judicial Police several times in a row to complain about nightly visits to the apartment she occupies with her aunt, is not taken seriously by the police until she the day she is found murdered.
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The Traveler Without Luggage
Title: The Traveler Without Luggage
Character: Marcel Berthier
Released: February 23, 1944
Type: Movie
Having lost his memory due to serving in World War I, Gaston has spent the past 15 years in a psychiatric hospital. Due to his large disability pension fund, several families claim him as their missing son. Gaston is introduced to the Renaud family by the Duchess Dupont-Dufort and her lawyer. The Renaud family attempt to revive Gaston's memory with stories of his past, but he is apalled by some of the things he hears and dislikes the man he is supposed to be.
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Voyage Without Hope
Title: Voyage Without Hope
Character: L'inspecteur Chapelin
Released: December 15, 1943
Type: Movie
Gohelle, escaped from prison, seeks to flee occupied France for Argentina. The captain of a cargo ship is willing to smuggle him out out France for a price but Gohelle has no money. His mistress, Marie-Angel tries to charm the money out of wealthy Alain Ginestier who seems the ideal pigeon but Marie-Angel falls in love with Ginestier.
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Le Corbeau
Title: Le Corbeau
Character: Bonnevi - le trésorier de l'hôpital
Released: September 28, 1943
Type: Movie
Remy Germain is a doctor in a French town who becomes the focus of a vicious smear campaign, as letters accusing him of having an affair and performing unlawful abortions are mailed to village leaders. The mysterious writer, who signs each letter as "Le Corbeau" (The Raven) soon targets the whole town, exposing everyone's dark secrets.
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The Roquevillards
Title: The Roquevillards
Character: Philippeaux
Released: July 28, 1943
Type: Movie
France, 1880. Francois Roquevillard is a respected lawyer in Chambery and the head of a family that prides itself on its impeccable morals. Francois's world rapidly begins to fall apart when his son Maurice elopes to Italy with Edith Frasne, the wife of an esteemed notary.
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The London Man
Title: The London Man
Character: L'inspecteur Mollison
Released: June 9, 1943
Type: Movie
Maloin, a maritime station guard, spends his nights at the port signal box. One night, he becomes the witness of a murder: for a simple suitcase smuggled, the altercation between the two men turns to drama. While the first falls and drowns, the second flees. Maloin, instead of warning the police, decides to dive in and recover the suitcase...which contains more than 3 million in small denominations! That's when the trouble begins...
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The Newspaper Falls at Five O'Clock
Title: The Newspaper Falls at Five O'Clock
Character: Meulon aka Borniol
Released: May 21, 1942
Type: Movie
The everyday life and activity of "La Dernière Heure", a major evening newspaper, seen through the eyes of Hélène Perrin, a cub reporter trained by Pierre Rabaud, a star in his field. Side by side they will investigate several events: an air show that ends tragically, the coming to France of a Hollywood actress, a lightship caught in a terrible storm...
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Whims
Title: Whims
Character: Le 'père'
Released: February 16, 1942
Type: Movie
Caprices tells the story of two young rich people. A famous actress poses as a poor florist, and a distinguished society man camouflages himself as forger and swindler. This game leads them to make close relations in a series of adventures.
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Who Killed Santa Claus?
Title: Who Killed Santa Claus?
Character: Ricomet, pharmacist
Released: October 16, 1941
Type: Movie
A village in the French Alps is rocked by a series of crimes, including the theft of a sacred ring and the murder of a man dressed as Père Noël (Father Christmas).
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Premier bal
Title: Premier bal
Character: Thomas
Released: September 16, 1941
Type: Movie
Two country sisters are rivals for the love of the doctor. He marries one, but regrets it and is rescued by the other.
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The Acrobat
Title: The Acrobat
Character: Le commissaire
Released: May 6, 1941
Type: Movie
After a deadbeat patron at his restaurant gets special care from the cops who think the man has amnesia, the maitre d'hotel decides to pretend he too has amnesia. He is claimed in turn by an aristocrat family and by trapeze artists.
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Hopes ...
Title: Hopes ...
Released: March 19, 1941
Type: Movie
Grigou owns a patch of land between farmers Martin's and Aubert's fields. Both covet this plot.As Grigou has lost the title deed,the mayor of the village decides to sell it.After an interminable auction sale, Aubert carries the day .To add insult to injury,shortly after, Martin is expelled from his farm,and becomes an innkeeper (a doomed inn where the former owner hanged himself). Ten years after, Aubert's daughter falls in love with Martin's son.Their fathers being deadly enemies, their marriage seems impossible.
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L'Enfer des anges
Title: L'Enfer des anges
Character: M. Petitot, le philatéliste
Released: February 13, 1941
Type: Movie
Abandoned children, left to their own devices and a life of danger, are adopted by a kind man.
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Bach en correctionnelle
Title: Bach en correctionnelle
Character: Policeman
Released: August 31, 1940
Type: Movie
A parodic trial, in which one sees a merry luron, tried for trifles, rallying the whole court to him as soon as one learns that he inherits a large fortune.
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Miquette
Title: Miquette
Released: May 1, 1940
Type: Movie
Miquette is a young woman whose beauty and vivacity increase the clientele of her mother's tobacco shop. A Barrymoresque actor believes that Miquette has star potential, but he hasn't sufficient capital to finance her theatrical debut. He manages to get the money by practicing a bit of genteel blackmail on an aging marquis who has romantic designs on the heroine.
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Personal Column
Title: Personal Column
Character: Le speaker
Released: December 5, 1939
Type: Movie
To try solving the strange disappearances of 11 young Parisian women, the police obtain the services of Adrienne Charpentier, friend of the latest missing person.
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Paradis perdu
Title: Paradis perdu
Character: Un soldat (uncredited)
Released: October 27, 1939
Type: Movie
In pre-World Ward I in Paris, a budding artist, Pierre LeBlanc, falls in love and marries Janine, a dressmaker's assistant. Pierre has a flair for designing clothes, and he and his bride live in a blissful paradise, until the war breaks out and he becomes a soldier. Janine dies in childbirth and, no longer desiring to live, Pierre volunteers for a dangerous patrol behind German lines. While recuperating in the hospital from a wound he received on the mission, Pierre spends his time drawing sketches of dresses. He becomes rich and famous after the war. Years later, after devoting himself to his daughter, Pierre seeks a marriage with a girl no older than his daughter. A conflict develops and to ensure his daughter's happiness, Pierre sacrifices his own plans.
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Law of the North
Title: Law of the North
Character: Urghard
Released: September 4, 1939
Type: Movie
Robert Shaw slaughters his wife's lover and runs away with his secretary Jacqueline. Helped by a French trapper who takes them for film-makers, they hide in Northern Canada.
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Last Desire
Title: Last Desire
Character: Il proprietario del ristorante
Released: August 28, 1939
Type: Movie
Caesar, a senior French colonist returned home after many years of absence, knows a girl, Marcella, who is in full depression because she was abandoned by her lover. Caesar welcomes her into his home and surrounds her with paternal attention so that he can quickly forget the past. Slowly his feeling turns into a love that Marcella seems to reciprocate. However, when Cesare realizes that the girl feels only gratitude for him and is in love with a younger man, he loses control. Blinded by jealousy, he plans to kill Marcella's lover but, in the face of the girl's vulgarity and indifference, he realizes that he has been teased and turns his anger towards her.
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Corsican Brothers
Title: Corsican Brothers
Character: Gendarme
Released: May 3, 1939
Type: Movie
Siamese twins, separated at birth, maintain a psychic knowledge of each other's dire fates.
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Berlingot and Company
Title: Berlingot and Company
Character: le directeur de l'asile
Released: April 27, 1939
Type: Movie
François and Victor sell hard candy at the fun fair. They also bring up Gisèle, a one-year-old child they found by the side of the road. Although the two men are often at each other's throats they are the best friends, getting on well with the other fairground people. But when they defend Lisa, the fortune teller's daughter against Dédé, a thug who pesters her, they provoke his anger. Dédé sets fire to the two friends' stand and they are forced to take the road.
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La Tradition de minuit
Title: La Tradition de minuit
Character: Police Inspector
Released: April 22, 1939
Type: Movie
Five people are gathered in a cafe because of a phone call they have all received. The plot thickens when they discover a dead body in a bedroom upstairs.The five people all become suspects.
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Cordial Agreement
Title: Cordial Agreement
Character: Le valet
Released: April 20, 1939
Type: Movie
The film depicts events between the Fashoda crisis in 1898 and the 1904 signing of the Entente Cordiale creating an alliance between Britain and France and ending their historic rivalry. It was based on the book King Edward VII and His Times by André Maurois. It was made with an eye to its propaganda value, following the Munich Agreement of September 1938 and in anticipation of the outbreak of a Second World War which would test the bonds between Britain and France in a conflict with Nazi Germany.
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Nord-Atlantique
Title: Nord-Atlantique
Character: Dauphin, the boss
Released: April 13, 1939
Type: Movie
Barnes, the mate of the 'Portland', is the object of the hate of the whole ship's crew. His mistress is murdered shortly before the departure and suspicion naturally falls on him. Some time later, Jeff Cooper, the skipper, falls to his death in the middle of the night. Once again Barnes is suspected and the mate has to resort to force to maintain his authority on board. During the stopover, Barnes is interrogated and finally cleared. He is even appointed captain of the 'Portland' in replacement of Jeff and can marry his best friend's daughter.
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Vidocq
Title: Vidocq
Character: Fanfan, the repentant convict
Released: March 18, 1939
Type: Movie
A film based upon the life of Vidocq, the famous adventurer, who, after numerous prison escapes ceased being a crook, a thief and a counterfeiter, and was employed by Pasquier’s government’istry as director of the crime-fighting Sûreté Nationale.
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Pasha's Wives
Title: Pasha's Wives
Character: le chef électricien
Released: February 18, 1939
Type: Movie
Mireille, a Frenchwoman, marries a westernized Turkish diplomat and, thinking that she will live a dream life in an Arabian Nights setting, follows him back to his native country, only to discover that, in a staunchly traditional society, she will not be a free woman there any longer.
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Second Childhood
Title: Second Childhood
Character: Restaurant Owner
Released: January 10, 1939
Type: Movie
Middle-aged Georges of the "old school" who offers shelter and comfort to Marcelle. Despite his own reservations, Georges falls in love with the much-younger girl, remaining faithful to her even after he realizes that she cares only for his money.
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Captain Benoit
Title: Captain Benoit
Character: Mercadier
Released: December 30, 1938
Type: Movie
An officer saves the life of a foreign prince who is in France to buy seaplanes, while pursued by his enemies.
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The Southern Trail
Title: The Southern Trail
Character: Adjudant Soulier
Released: September 7, 1938
Type: Movie
As Hélène is conveying her husband's body across the Sahara, her convoy is attacked by looters. The young widow survives only to be taken to a remote desert village called Tirzit amidst a band of lonely, ailing men. She meets her husband's partner who tries to kill her. Hélène does not report him to the police but is curious to learn the reasons for his action. Before dying of a terrible fever, the man confesses that he murdered her husband.
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Monsieur Breloque a disparu
Title: Monsieur Breloque a disparu
Released: March 30, 1938
Type: Movie
The brave Monsieur Breloque has a friend, Pierre Martel, a private detective. When the latter asks him to replace him for a while, Breloque, although having no competence in the matter, accepts. He anticipates adventures and misadventures but also happy surprises.
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Ramuntcho
Title: Ramuntcho
Character: Boulinguet
Released: February 24, 1938
Type: Movie
Ramuntcho is a young man who has fallen in with a gang of smugglers, led by Itchoua, who carry their contraband across the border into Spain. He is in love with Gracieuse whose mother, Dolorès, bitterly dislikes Ramuntcho because he was born an illegitimate child. His smuggling activities force him to join the army and he is sent to Saigon and, because of her mother's desire to marry her off to someone else, Gracieuse joins a convent.
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Les Deux Combinards
Title: Les Deux Combinards
Released: February 4, 1938
Type: Movie
The first schemer, short of money, offers himself at a high price to facilitate the fantasies of the other, by playing the role of substitute. The second is an unscrupulous banker who sows ruin and grief but who is soon ruined and fooled in turn.
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I Accuse
Title: I Accuse
Character: Soldier Staminal
Released: January 23, 1938
Type: Movie
After serving in the trenches of World War I, Jean Diaz recoils with such horror that he renounces love and personal pleasure to immerse himself in scientific research, seeking a machine to prevent war. He thinks he has succeeded, but the government subverts his discovery, and Europe slides with seeming inevitability toward World War II. In desperation, Diaz summons the ghosts of the war dead from the graves and fields of France to give silent, accusing protest.
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My Little Marquise
Title: My Little Marquise
Character: Godard
Released: December 15, 1937
Type: Movie
Jacotte, a little orphan, is adopted by two single uncles who are looking for a governess for her. Monique hides that she is very rich to be hired because she is seduced by the little girl. Her father, chocolate manufacturer and competitor of the uncles, decides to sink them. But everything works out when Monique marries one of the brothers.
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Forfaiture
Title: Forfaiture
Character: Félicien
Released: November 24, 1937
Type: Movie
Denise Moret joins her husband, Pierre, in Mongolia where he works as a civil engineer. One night she loose a lot of money on the roulette and therefore is forced to borrow money from Prince Lee-Lang. The Prince immediately begins to flirt and make advances towards Denise. Advances she rejects.
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La treizième enquête de Grey
Title: La treizième enquête de Grey
Character: Detective Poussin
Released: July 28, 1937
Type: Movie
Grey, an elite detective, has the mission to investigate the assassination, in Paris, of a great Hollywood star. There is no real motive, and yet the suspects are numerous. The investigation promises to be long and difficult.
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Champs-Elysees
Title: Champs-Elysees
Character: Agent
Released: April 23, 1937
Type: Movie
A reveler who has experienced setbacks tries to become unemployed without ever having worked.
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À nous deux, madame la vie
Title: À nous deux, madame la vie
Character: Paul's lawyer
Released: March 26, 1937
Type: Movie
Two bank employees like Lucie, their colleague. They steal money from the cash register to gamble. Jean wins and Paul ends up in prison for five years. When he leaves, he discovers that Jean has become a businessman and that he has married Lucie.
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À minuit, le 7
Title: À minuit, le 7
Character: Inspector Belenfant
Released: January 15, 1937
Type: Movie
A young journalist hungry for scoop lets himself be suspected of a crime to write a report.
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Bach the Detective
Title: Bach the Detective
Character: The indisposed traveler
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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Le Secret de l'émeraude
Title: Le Secret de l'émeraude
Character: Sergeant Irving
Released: August 28, 1936
Type: Movie
In a small hotel on an English beach, an agent from the Intelligence Service is responsible for finding an important stolen document. At night, a theft of jewelry, including a superb emerald, complicates the investigation. The search for the double culprit proves to be difficult.
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La Mystérieuse Lady
Title: La Mystérieuse Lady
Released: July 8, 1936
Type: Movie
In India, a British detachment finds itself surrounded in a village by invisible enemies. An officer is assassinated, then another. The adversary seems very well informed. By who ? A group of twenty men who had gone to seek help were annihilated. An American reporter will force the mysterious spy to denounce himself.
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Inspecteur Grey
Title: Inspecteur Grey
Character: Inspector Poussin
Released: May 22, 1936
Type: Movie
A crime has been committed. Two police officers with very different personalities are in charge of the investigation. This one turns out to be complicated, the culprit being almost unsuspected.
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A Bombshell Night
Title: A Bombshell Night
Released: December 13, 1935
Type: Movie
A banker threatened by gangsters is replaced by a tramp who is his perfect double. The gangsters arrest the fake banker and take him for a madman.
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Les Époux scandaleux
Title: Les Époux scandaleux
Character: Worker
Released: July 12, 1935
Type: Movie
A couple get married, not out of love, but to get away from their families. When they run out of gas and have to stop at a mountain hotel, they discover their love is now real.
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Jonny, haute-couture
Title: Jonny, haute-couture
Released: April 12, 1935
Type: Movie
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Une femme chipée
Title: Une femme chipée
Released: October 12, 1934
Type: Movie
Hélène, married to Larsonnier, has developed a crush for Germont, her neighbor. One night, she is abducted and she discovers that her kidnapper is none other than Germont. But, to her dismay, he does not act out of love for her : his only motivation is money, which he proves by asking her husband a five-Million-franc ransom. After a long hesitation, Larsonnier finally pays the sum and Hélène returns to him. As for Germont, chased by the police, he goes on the loose... Some time later, Hélène is kidnapped one more time, and again by Germont! But this time around, this the elopement of her dreams.
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Son autre amour
Title: Son autre amour
Released: February 23, 1934
Type: Movie
A widower sends his son Dédé to boarding school, falls in love with a young woman and gradually neglects the child, not out of disaffection but because of routine. The little boy is helpless: he feels he has been completely forsaken - Fortunately, things improve: Dédé ends up finding a new mummy.
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Boubouroche
Title: Boubouroche
Released: October 13, 1933
Type: Movie
Boubouroche, a decent guy, enjoys shopping and playing cards at the cafe with his buddies: Potasse, that he is quick to "scold" for playing the wrong card, Fouettard and Roth. For eight years, Boubouroche has been living with a woman he adores called Adele. Then one day over drinks, Boubouroche is shocked and dismayed to find out he is cuckolded... And has been for quite a while!
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La Femme invisible
Title: La Femme invisible
Released: June 2, 1933
Type: Movie
A young woman whose family doesn't want her to marry is taken by her lover to a seance, where before the eyes of her parents she is conjured away. Her man awaits on the other side.