Julien Verdier

Julien Verdier

Born: January 13, 1910
Died: July 15, 1999
in Vanves, Seine [now Hauts-de-Seine], France

Movies for Julien Verdier...

Title: Maigret
Character: maître Orin
Released: December 1, 1991
Type: TV
The pragmatic, reserved and refined Maigret investigates murders in his singular unhurried manner and inevitably discovers the truth.
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Dr. Petiot
Title: Dr. Petiot
Character: le pharmacien
Released: September 19, 1990
Type: Movie
A true story shot in a German Impressionistic style. In France during the Nazi occupation, Dr. Petiot (Michel Serrault) offered to help Jews escape the Nazis. They would come to his house, and he would kindly give them lethal "vaccinations" for their anticipated travel to Argentina. Then he would steal everything the brought with them (in addition to their up-front payment to him) and burn their bodies in his home-made crematorium.
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Sans rires
Title: Sans rires
Character: Le quincailler
Released: January 1, 1990
Type: Movie
An old man, former clown, comes back in the neighborhood where he used to lived for the funeral of his ex-wife, and finds old friends with whom he had lost contact.
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Un Adolescent d'autrefois
Title: Un Adolescent d'autrefois
Released: January 1, 1983
Type: Movie
At the beginning of the twentieth century, a young man from the upper middle class tries to escape the constraints of his family.
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The Question
Title: The Question
Character: Président Rocher
Released: May 4, 1977
Type: Movie
1957. For several months, Henri Charlègue, the ex-director of the newspaper "Alger democratic", banned, has been living in hiding. Suspected of belonging to the FLN, he is actively sought by paratroopers.
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François le Champi
Title: François le Champi
Character: M. Vertaud
Released: December 15, 1976
Type: Movie
A young miller takes under her protection an orphan brought up by an old woman.
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Title: La Poupée sanglante
Released: September 17, 1976
Type: TV
Paris, 1925. Bénédict Masson, bookbinder and poet, is secretly in love with his neighbor, Christine. Christine works at the strange Coulteray mansion where the marquise accuses her husband of being a vampire. But Bénédict has other preoccupations: six of his apprentices have disappeared without a trace.
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The Cold Soup
Title: The Cold Soup
Released: January 20, 1975
Type: Movie
Two young pretty Parisiennes sell their place and leave behind the capital and its pollutions to live a healthy and bucolic life in a small village in the south of France. Their arrival is an event.
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Title: Ardéchois, cœur fidèle
Character: Salembières
Released: November 21, 1974
Type: TV
In 1822, Toussaint Rouveyre, a former captain in Napoleon's army, returned to his village in the Ardèche after the defeat at Waterloo and a seven-year stay in America. There, he reunited with his family, persecuted by the Restoration regime. In order for his father to give him his share of the inheritance in advance of his permanent move to America, he needs the consent of his younger brother Antoine, a carpenter who is on the Compagnons' Tour de France. When Toussaint learns that his brother, a member of the Compagnons du Devoir (Devoirants) association, has been killed by a companion from the rival association, the Compagnons du Devoir de Liberté (Gavots), he is determined to find the murderer, a certain Tourangeau Sans-Quartier, and avenge his brother. To find this man, he joins the Compagnons du Devoir de Liberté incognito.
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Handsome Face
Title: Handsome Face
Released: November 29, 1972
Type: Movie
Pierrette, an active labor activist, marries Mario. He had little sympathy for his wife's political activities. Nevertheless, he takes part in a strikers' demonstration she leads, where he is bludgeoned to death by the CRS.
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The Bear and the Doll
Title: The Bear and the Doll
Released: February 4, 1970
Type: Movie
Cellist Gaspard is living in a big house in the country with his son and three nieces. He likes being quiet. One day, his modest car bumps into a Rolls-Royce, driven by Felicia, a young, beautiful, wealthy and temperamental woman. And she knows it. She is very angry at him because he seems not to be under her charm. She decides to seduce him, but Gaspard did not feel like letting his life being invaded by such a woman.
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Pillaged
Title: Pillaged
Character: Lebuisson
Released: November 15, 1967
Type: Movie
Over the course of one night, a gang of twelve criminals carry out a commando-like raid on a small town.
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Diamond Safari
Title: Diamond Safari
Released: June 28, 1966
Type: Movie
Raphaël, a former paratrooper, is unable to adapt to the constraints of social life. One day, he becomes the unwilling accomplice of jewel thieves and falls in love with Electre, the mistress of Alaphène, their boss. Electre gives herself to Raphäel and incites him to run away with her. The couple tries to reach Monte-Carlo, where the diamonds are hidden, but they are chased by Federico, one of the gangsters who craves the loot as well...
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Dom Juan
Title: Dom Juan
Character: Un pauvre
Released: November 6, 1965
Type: Movie
This telefilm in black and white is diffused on the first French chain the November 6th 1965. It undoubtedly remains the most known adaptation of the Dom Juan of Molière.
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A Trap for Cinderella
Title: A Trap for Cinderella
Released: October 22, 1965
Type: Movie
Based on Sébastien Japrisot's novel, the story revolves around a young girl who suffers from amnesia after surviving a terrible fire.
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Weekend at Dunkirk
Title: Weekend at Dunkirk
Character: L'infirmier
Released: December 18, 1964
Type: Movie
In June 1940, during the Dunkirk evacuation of Allied troops to England, French sergeant Julien Maillat and his men debate whether to evacuate to Britain or stay and fight the German troops that are closing-in from all directions.
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Anatomy of a Marriage: My Days with Françoise
Title: Anatomy of a Marriage: My Days with Françoise
Character: Un portier (uncredited)
Released: January 31, 1964
Type: Movie
The story of the couple from the very first meeting to break up told from a view of a woman, Francoise. The film shares the same plot with "Jean-Marc ou La vie conjugale", that tells the same story from another perspective.
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Anatomy of a Marriage: My Days with Jean-Marc
Title: Anatomy of a Marriage: My Days with Jean-Marc
Character: Un portier
Released: January 31, 1964
Type: Movie
The story of the couple from the very first meeting to break up told from a view of a man, Jean-Marc. The film shares the same plot with "Françoise ou La vie conjugale", that tells the same story from another perspective.
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Muriel, or the Time of Return
Title: Muriel, or the Time of Return
Character: Le loueur de chevaux / The Stableman
Released: October 1, 1963
Type: Movie
In the seaside town of Boulogne, no one seems to be able to cope with their past, least of all Hélène, an antique furniture saleswoman, her stepson Bernard, and her former lover Alphonse.
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The Star Ship
Title: The Star Ship
Released: December 11, 1962
Type: Movie
Onboard a spaceship sailing into infinity, generations of travelers are subject to dictatorial rules imposed by the central computer "Psycho." Recruited as a new police officer, Eddy Burns will discover the terrifying secrets behind this flawless system.
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Good Luck, Charlie
Title: Good Luck, Charlie
Released: July 11, 1962
Type: Movie
Charlie Pattison, a wealthy American, lands at Athens airport, where he has just received an emergency phone call from his friend Maurice. The two men met in prison camps and have vowed to track down a certain Nazi doctor, Hermann Geiss, a connoisseur of masterpieces who is guilty of criminal experiments on prisoners. But Maurice doesn't show up. As soon as he arrives, Charlie investigates his friend's disappearance. He ends up meeting a painting dealer, Cardin, whose client Geiss is said to have been.
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Paris Pick-Up
Title: Paris Pick-Up
Released: May 4, 1962
Type: Movie
On a Christmas night, an ex-convict meets a beautiful Italian married woman who has got a lot of things to hide.
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Skin and Bones
Title: Skin and Bones
Character: Buttiaux
Released: April 28, 1961
Type: Movie
Convicted of murdering his wife, a crime of which he declares himself innocent, Jacques Mazur is serving a long sentence in a prison where his presence causes disruption.
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The Dialogue of the Carmelites
Title: The Dialogue of the Carmelites
Released: June 1, 1960
Type: Movie
This drama about the Carmelite order of nuns is set during the French Revolution. A young woman seeks refuge with the Carmelites because she is terrified of dying during the upheaval. The longer she associates with the nuns the more she is transformed by their faith and devotion. 
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Murder at 45 R.P.M.
Title: Murder at 45 R.P.M.
Character: L'aveugle
Released: May 24, 1960
Type: Movie
Danielle Darrieux stars in this French thriller as a singer having an affair with her accompanist. When her husband dies in an automobile accident, the two lovers suspect each other of having murdered him. Soon after, they receive 45 rpm records with the dead man’s voice, threatening to come back.
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The Wreckers
Title: The Wreckers
Released: January 27, 1959
Type: Movie
In 1852, the famine on a desolate Britanny's island named Blaz-Mor, off the coast of Finistère. Some residents exalted hold responsible the young Moira, equivalent to a witch. The old Marnez, "head" of the island, is trying to restore calm and opposes Yann Le Heart, the fiancé of his daughter Louise Kermelen, who wants causing a shipwreck to save the island from famine.
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Police Judiciaire
Title: Police Judiciaire
Released: February 28, 1958
Type: Movie
The detectives of the Paris Judicial Police, based at the Quai des Orfèvres, are mobilized by four criminal cases. A double murder, perpetrated in a hotel on the Place de Clichy, intrigues the investigators. The owner and a little maid were murdered in cold blood.
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Tamango
Title: Tamango
Character: Fernando
Released: January 24, 1958
Type: Movie
A Dutch slave captain, on a voyage to Cuba, faces a revolt fomented by a newly captured African slave, Tamango. The slaves capture the captain's mistress, forcing a showdown.
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Escapade
Title: Escapade
Released: June 7, 1957
Type: Movie
Some gangsters use a young girl to get to a recently released convict who hid $10 million from a robbery just before he was caught.
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Hi Doc
Title: Hi Doc
Character: Lacroix
Released: March 6, 1957
Type: Movie
24 hours in the life of a humble general practitioner. A very busy life to say the least... Like every other day, Dr. Forget works from morning till dusk (and even later). He sees patients in his consulting room or visits them either on house calls or at the hospital. But is today just another day? Not quite since on this very day, Junior, Dr. Forget's son, will know if he has passed or not his exam at the faculty of medicine.
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I'll Get Back to Kandara
Title: I'll Get Back to Kandara
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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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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Black Dossier
Title: Black Dossier
Released: May 10, 1955
Type: Movie
In the 1950s, in a small provincial town, a young inexperienced judge clashes with an influential notable during an investigation into a suspicious death. His perseverance to get to the truth will cause a huge scandal.
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The Ragpickers of Emmaus
Title: The Ragpickers of Emmaus
Released: February 23, 1955
Type: Movie
The Emmaüs community opened and functioned thanks to the generous impetus of Abbé Pierre Groues, bringing together a cross-section of the underprivileged: unemployed truck drivers, former paratroopers, young people leaving prison, etc., and underprivileged families. The "ragpickers" manage to make a bit of money by practicing the art of "chine", while the abbé tries his hand at winning radio games. The accident and death of one of them will unite the Emmaus companions even more.
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Before the Deluge
Title: Before the Deluge
Character: Le veilleur de nuit
Released: February 26, 1954
Type: Movie
The title of this French "reality" drama, which translates to Before the Deluge, is a play on Louis XVI's famous prognostication, "Apres moi, le deluge." Set in 1950, the film concentrates on five Parisian adolescents. Certain that the next war will herald the apocalypse, the youngster make plans to run off to a desert island and set up a new society. This, however, will require money, which is why the boys decide to pull off a "necessary" robbery. Idealism collapses in the face of cold reality, as the five youths suffer from the consequences of their actions. Avant le Deluge was one of a group of films cowritten by director Andre Cayatte and Charles Spaak which endeavored to explore the touchy social issues of the day: others in the Cayatte-Spaak canon include the euthanasia-themed Justice est Faite and the capital-punishment tract Nous sommes tous des assassins.
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Jeunes mariés
Title: Jeunes mariés
Released: June 3, 1953
Type: Movie
Jacques and Gisèle, who are just married, are starting their honeymoon. But at nightfall, on their way to marital bliss, their car chooses to break down and the lovebirds find themselves stranded in the village of Montigny. And instead of bathing in ecstasy as expected, Jacques and Gisèle become unwillingly entangled in the conflict that tears the villagers apart : should they continue to tolerate the presence of an American Army unit on municipal territory ?
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Follow That Man
Title: Follow That Man
Character: M. Guy Couvoisier, le bijoutier
Released: February 27, 1953
Type: Movie
While celebrating his birthday, police inspector Basquier recalls two of his most celebrated cases. The first involves duplicitous moneylender Olga. The second concerns the brutal broad daylight murder of innocent young Yvonne.
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The Call of Destiny
Title: The Call of Destiny
Character: Dupont, le musicien
Released: February 15, 1953
Type: Movie
Young conductor Roberto Lombardini has never known his father who is actually a former musician, a failed piano player who has sunk into alcoholism.
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Desperate Decision
Title: Desperate Decision
Character: The cafe waiter (uncredited)
Released: October 1, 1952
Type: Movie
Ireland, 1922. In the midst of a national uprising, Catherine, a young orphan employed in household chores, goes in search of her brother whom she has heard in a dream calling for help.
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Three Women
Title: Three Women
Character: Father Boitelle ("Zora" segment)
Released: August 13, 1952
Type: Movie
The short stories of Guy de Maupassant enjoyed a renaissance in the early 1950s, thanks in great part to the Max Ophuls production Le Plaisir. In Trois Femmes, three De Maupassant stories are dramatized, each conveying the central theme of women falling in love. In the first, a black female carnival entertainer causes an uproar when she falls in love with a white soldier. In the second, a young bride is pressured into having a baby to collect a huge inheritance. And in the final episode, a pregnant girl is "adopted" and protected by a small circle of friends. In standard De Maupassant fashion, each of the three stories in Trois Femmes is capped by a surprise twist.
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We Are All Murderers
Title: We Are All Murderers
Character: Bauchet
Released: May 21, 1952
Type: Movie
Originally titled Nous Sommes Tout des Assassins, We Are All Murderers was directed by Andre Cayette, a former lawyer who detested France's execution system. Charles Spaak's screenplay makes no attempt to launder the four principal characters (Marcel Mouloudji, Raymond Pellegrin, Antoinine Balpetre, Julien Verdeir): never mind the motivations, these are all hardened murderers. Still, the film condemns the sadistic ritual through which these four men are brought to the guillotine. In France, the policy is to never tell the condemned man when the execution will occur--and then to show up without warning and drag the victim kicking and screaming to his doom, without any opportunity to make peace with himself or his Maker. By the end of this harrowing film, the audience feels as dehumanized as the four "protagonists." We Are All Murderers was roundly roasted by the French law enforcement establishment, but it won a special jury prize at the 1952 Cannes Film Festival.
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The Mark Of The Day
Title: The Mark Of The Day
Character: Un mineur
Released: April 6, 1949
Type: Movie
In a settlement in the northern mining country. The Marles, Bréhard and Gohelle families wake up and prepare for a new day at work. The young engineer Larzac, newly appointed to the mine, will soon oppose the authoritarian and conservative methods of his superior Dubard. Georges Gohelle would like to marry Marie Bréhard, but housing difficulties thwart their plans. Brezza, a Polish immigrant, who must return to his country, would like to hate his marriage to Louise Gohelle. Roger, Marie's little brother, has just turned 14. He does not want to go down to the mine as his elders have always done. He will however have to resign himself to it. Marles evokes for him the social struggles of 1906. Roger is injured during a landslide. In front of his family and his friend Marles, who had come to the hospital, he announced his decision to continue his profession. Larzac, invited to the Marles, reveals that he refused a quiet position at the Charbonnages de Paris. He too stays.