Pierre Blanchar

Pierre Blanchar

Born: June 30, 1892
Died: November 21, 1963
in Philippeville, Constantine, France [now Skikda, Algeria]
Pierre Blanchar (30 June 1892 – 21 November 1963) was a French actor. He appeared in more than 50 films between 1922 and 1961. Blanchar was married to actress Marthe Vinot, with whom he had a daughter, actress Dominique Blanchar. He played Napoleon in the 1938 British film A Royal Divorce alongside Ruth Chatterton as Josephine. He later appeared alongside Michèle Morgan in the 1946 film Pastoral Symphony.

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The Black Monocle
Title: The Black Monocle
Character: Le marquis de Villemaur
Released: August 29, 1961
Type: Movie
The Marquis de Villemaur reunite strange visitors in his Castle, to meet a survivor of the Third Reich. There is an Italian fascist, Heinrich; a German, Matthias; a Russian; and Dromard, a blind French war hero with a black monocle. - from IMDB
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Katia
Title: Katia
Character: Koubaroff
Released: December 22, 1959
Type: Movie
Tsar Alexandre II meets a young student, Katia. He understands that he loves her and try to send her away but they end up seeing each other again and becomes his mistress. With the help of Katia, Alexandre prepares a liberal constitution, but these reforms make him hostile to the more privileged subjects without satirising the revolutionaries against the regime.
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Riff Raff Girls
Title: Riff Raff Girls
Character: Le Pirate
Released: May 20, 1959
Type: Movie
Vicky de Berlin, a female gangster, haunted by wartime memories , runs a floating night-club in Brussel. Marcel, her partner and lover, is in charge of the banknotes forgery manufacture concealed in the bottom of the boat. He decides to rob the Bank of Belgium and exchange a huge sum of counterfeit money for its equivalent in genuine one. But things get complicated when Yoko, the she leader of another gang and her lover The Bug interfere...
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Title: Discorama
Character: Self
Released: February 4, 1959
Type: TV
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My Friend Sainfoin
Title: My Friend Sainfoin
Character: Sainfoin
Released: May 10, 1950
Type: Movie
The honeymoon in Italy of Guillaume and Eugénie de Puycharmois escorted by friend Sainfoin, a second-hand driver. Sainfoin's humor displeases Eugenie. Guillaume takes the wheel in such a way that it is necessary to hire a "driver", Yolande. Jealous, Eugenie asks Sainfoin to conquer Yolande. In the working car, two happy couples drive through the Italian landscapes.
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Dr. Laennec
Title: Dr. Laennec
Character: Dr. Laennec
Released: June 17, 1949
Type: Movie
Breton doctor René Laennec fights tooth and nail against consumption, all the more desperately as his brother Michaud has just died of it.
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The Cupid Club
Title: The Cupid Club
Character: Flip
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.
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After Love
Title: After Love
Character: François Mésaule
Released: January 22, 1948
Type: Movie
Betrayed by his wife, a teacher proceeds to have an affair with a young and pretty student. The two women both find themselves expecting a child. The girl dies during childbirth. In a spirit of revenge and to keep his real son, the scorned husband exchanges the babies.
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Sky Battalion
Title: Sky Battalion
Character: Captain Ferane
Released: March 5, 1947
Type: Movie
Film in two eras.1st era: They are not angels. Chronicle of a Free French parachute training camp during the Second World War. 2nd era: Terre de France. A group of paratroopers landed in Brittany sabotages the German installations.
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Homeland
Title: Homeland
Character: Le comte de Rysoor
Released: October 22, 1946
Type: Movie
Brussels in the year 1568, as the Flemish people are fighting against the tyranny of the Spanish occupiers. Led by Count de Rysoor, the revolt against the ruthless Duke of Alba, is meant to help Prince William of Orange to get into the city and come to power. Now, the count's lieutenant, has an affair with Elisabeth, Rysoor's wife. For the time being, the count, who thinks of his homeland first, turns a blind eye. But such a relationship might well undermine the whole rebellion movement.
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Pastoral Symphony
Title: Pastoral Symphony
Character: Pastor John Martens
Released: September 26, 1946
Type: Movie
A minister falls in love with a blind young woman he sheltered, but so does his son.
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Le Journal de la Résistance
Title: Le Journal de la Résistance
Character: Himself - Narrator
Released: January 1, 1945
Type: Movie
Shot primarily by twelve French cameramen (led by filmmakers Jean Painlevé and Jean Grémillon), in August 1944, this film captures the final French insurrection in German-occupied Paris, the surrender of the Germans, and the mass celebration in the streets. (There is an English-language version narrated by Noel Coward.)
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The Hunchback
Title: The Hunchback
Character: Knight Henri de Lagardère
Released: December 26, 1944
Type: Movie
The knight Henri de Lagardère wants to avenge the death of his friend, the duke Philippe de Nevers assassinated by the prince de Gonzague, a few years before.
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Secrets of a Ballerina
Title: Secrets of a Ballerina
Character: Gérard de Clergue
Released: November 25, 1943
Type: Movie
In 1860s France, a couple who have recently acquired a dilapidated country house in Vendôme discover within it the secret of a passionate love affaire that once took a macabre and sadly turn. it all began 50 years previously, when the wealthy landowner Gérard de Clergue fell madly in love with the beautiful young dancer Clara Biondi. In the course of the ensuing romance, Gérard remains blissfully ignorant of the fact that Clara had a previous lover, James de Poulay...
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Secrets
Title: Secrets
Character: René
Released: March 17, 1943
Type: Movie
A penniless private tutor is hired by a wealthy family in Provence. The brat is a reluctant pupil, but Michel, without any magic power, turns out to be a wonderful teacher and he wins them all over,not only the student but everyone, from the grumpy dowager to the clueless gorgeous blonde girl. But the best is yet to come:the boy's mother -a married woman- falls in love with the newcomer. And she becomes jealous of her young blonde goddaughter who has a romance with Michel
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La Neige sur les pas
Title: La Neige sur les pas
Character: Marc Romanay
Released: June 3, 1942
Type: Movie
Abandoned by her husband Marc, Thérèse Romanay cheats on him with André Norans. When Romanay finds out, he drives her away. She runs away with her lover. But, during a mountain excursion, Norans is killed and Thérèse is herself seriously injured. But she recovers. The husband then forgives the unfaithful wife, and the couple reunites.
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Pontcarral, Empire Colonel
Title: Pontcarral, Empire Colonel
Character: Pontcarral
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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Night in December
Title: Night in December
Character: Pierre Darmont
Released: February 27, 1941
Type: Movie
In 1919, Pierre Darmont, a handsome, much-loved piano virtuoso, falls in love with Anne Morris, a young woman who shares his tender feelings. But, quite inexplicably, after an unforgettable night, Anne vanishes without trace. Twenty years later, Pierre, at the peak of his glory, has become embittered. Unable to recover his unhappy love affair, he has collected women without ever committing himself to any. Until some night he meets the eyes of a beautiful young lady, who happens to be the spitting image of his great love...
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La Prière aux étoiles
Title: La Prière aux étoiles
Character: Pierre Florent
Released: January 1, 1941
Type: Movie
Pierre and Florence meet at the fair in Paris. They vow eternal love and go to Cassis, under the Southern sun. But Florence has a burdensome past: before meeting Pierre she was a kept woman. Her chivalrous lover, Dominique, chooses to set her free. But Pierre is an uncompromising man and, furious with Florence, threatens to leave her...
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Two Women
Title: Two Women
Character: Domitien Van Bergen
Released: May 16, 1940
Type: Movie
Considering his wife as his property, a smuggler bullies the unfortunate woman and does not allow her to turn to another man.
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A Royal Divorce
Title: A Royal Divorce
Character: Napoléon Bonaparte
Released: September 21, 1938
Type: Movie
The love affair between the French Emperor Napoleon and the lady Josephine leads through Napoleon's rise to power and their eventual divorce.
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Le joueur
Title: Le joueur
Character: Alexeï Nikitine
Released: September 6, 1938
Type: Movie
Drama in a small German water town where various characters clash against a backdrop of money, gambling and love.
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Strange M. Victor
Title: Strange M. Victor
Character: Bastien Robineau
Released: May 4, 1938
Type: Movie
Outwardly, Monsieur Victor would appear to be the model citizen. A respectable Toulon shopkeeper, he has a devoted wife and is courteous and considerate to all who know him. However, beneath this veneer of respectability hides a notorious receiver of stolen goods, who trades with hardened criminals. Victor manages to keep up his double life without any difficulty until the fateful day when one of his partners in crime threatens to expose him. Fearing a scandal, Victor kills the crook in a moment of panic, using a shoemaker's tool. Naturally, the murder is blamed on a local shoemaker, who is sentenced to ten years' hard labour. Seven years later, the former shoemaker reappears in Toulon, having escaped from prison. The first person to recognise him is Monsieur Victor...
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Courier of Lyons
Title: Courier of Lyons
Character: Pierre-Joseph Lesurques
Released: November 10, 1937
Type: Movie
A courier carrying a large sum of money intended for Bonaparte's army is attacked. A miscarriage of justice will lead an innocent person to the guillotine.
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Un carnet de bal
Title: Un carnet de bal
Character: Thierry Raynal
Released: September 9, 1937
Type: Movie
After the death of her husband, Christine realizes she has possibly wasted her life by marrying him instead of the man towards whom, in her youth, she had a stronger inclination. To overcome these dreary thoughts, she decides to find out about him and the other men who danced with her during a ball that was a turning point in her life, many years ago. She pays a visit to those forgotten acquaintances one after the other; Christine is not only surprised to see how they have fared, but also discovers the impact she had, unknowingly, on the feelings and the destiny of these persons.
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The Queen of Spades
Title: The Queen of Spades
Character: Hermann
Released: July 1, 1937
Type: Movie
Russia, 1835. Lieutenant Hermann, a compulsive gambler, is fascinated by an infallible martingale held by Countess Tomski, nicknamed The Queen of Spades. The day Hermann wants to wring the secret from her, the countess dies of fear. Following this tragic scene, Hermann sinks into dementia. Luckily, Lisa, his frail lover, brings him back to life and happiness.
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Street of Shadows
Title: Street of Shadows
Character: Grégor Courdane alias : Condoyan
Released: April 13, 1937
Type: Movie
A slippery femme fatale, a spy for Germany during the Great War, is sent to Thessaloniki in Greece and becomes involved with a man on the other side, a French military officer.
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A Woman of No Importance
Title: A Woman of No Importance
Released: March 5, 1937
Type: Movie
A young lord who has abandoned his pregnant mistress hires his son, twenty years later, as secretary. He will try to fix his mistake.
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The Man from Nowhere
Title: The Man from Nowhere
Character: Mathias Pascal / Adrien Meis
Released: February 18, 1937
Type: Movie
Mathias Pascal, saddled with a stupid wife and a nagging mother-in-law, leaves home and is extremely lucky at several gambling resorts. He returns home and discovers that a drowned man, fished out of the river, bears an uncanny likeness to him and is being buried by his family as him. This, to him, is a pleasant turn of events and he goes to Rome, where he falls in love with Louise Paleari. Count Papiano, a jealous suitor of Louise's, threatens him with arrest unless he produces credentials to prove his identity.
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Culprit
Title: Culprit
Character: Jérôme Lescuyer
Released: January 21, 1937
Type: Movie
A man from a wealthy family falls in love with a florist, but the lover has to go to war and to leave his darling crying... and giving birth to a child.
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Lovers and Thieves
Title: Lovers and Thieves
Character: Claude Brévin
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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Les Bateliers de la Volga
Title: Les Bateliers de la Volga
Character: Le lieutenant Vadime Borzine
Released: July 5, 1935
Type: Movie
In 1912, a Russian officer is wrongly accused of having stolen important papers. His only alibi being to have spent the night with the wife of a colonel, he allows himself to be condemned so as not to compromise the latter. He manages to escape and hides in the guise of a poor boatman. One day, the truth comes out, the colonel commits suicide and the lovers are finally reunited.
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Crime and Punishment
Title: Crime and Punishment
Character: Raskolnikov
Released: May 17, 1935
Type: Movie
Pierre Chenal's adaptation of Dostoyevsky's novel, starring Pierre Blanchar and Harry Baur. Bears the influence of German Expressionism and serves as an early forerunner of poetic realism.
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Le diable en bouteille
Title: Le diable en bouteille
Character: Keave
Released: April 5, 1935
Type: Movie
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Turandot, princesse de Chine
Title: Turandot, princesse de Chine
Character: Kalaf
Released: February 14, 1935
Type: Movie
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L'or
Title: L'or
Character: François Berthier
Released: June 1, 1934
Type: Movie
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At the End of the World
Title: At the End of the World
Character: Jean Arnaud
Released: March 30, 1934
Type: Movie
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Iris perdue et retrouvée
Title: Iris perdue et retrouvée
Released: January 12, 1934
Type: Movie
To save her brother compromised in a case of forgery in writing, Iris agrees to marry a shady financier, lover of her sister-in-law. A young painter, in love with her, persuades her to flee with him, but tired of the life of an artist, Iris returns to her family....
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The Old Devil
Title: The Old Devil
Character: Jean Trapeau
Released: January 1, 1933
Type: Movie
Vautier, a wealthy surgeon in his fifties, falls in love with Hélène, a young woman from a modest background. He allows her to have a string of short-lived lovers - but when Jean Trapeau, an old boyfriend, resurfaces, things get complicated.
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The Beautiful Sailor
Title: The Beautiful Sailor
Character: Sylvestre
Released: December 2, 1932
Type: Movie
A barge captain saves Marinette from drowning and soon marries her. On the wedding day, Sylvestre, the captain’s best friend, falls in love with Marinette.
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The Dreamy Mouth
Title: The Dreamy Mouth
Character: Pierre, le mari
Released: October 20, 1932
Type: Movie
The story begins at a concert during which Beethoven's Concerto in D major for violin and orchestra is performed. Romaine, a mysterious woman, is in the concert hall. Pierre, her husband, is first violin of the Orchester Colonne. That evening, she discovers Marcel, a brilliant concerto soloist, and falls in love with him. Pierre and Marcel are friends, which complicates the situation. Pierre invites his friend to the house, without suspecting what will happen. The young woman, trying to find a clever pretext for a one-on-one meeting, quickly reveals her feelings to Marcel.
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The Mistress of Atlantis
Title: The Mistress of Atlantis
Character: Le capitaine de Saint-Avit
Released: June 9, 1932
Type: Movie
Antinea, the Queen of Atlantis, rules her secret kingdom hidden beneath the Sahara Desert. One day two lost explorers stumble into her kingdom, and soon realize that they haven't really been saved-- Antinea has a habit of taking men as lovers, then when she's done with them, she kills them and keeps them mummified.
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Wooden Crosses
Title: Wooden Crosses
Character: Adjudant Gilbert Demachy
Released: March 17, 1932
Type: Movie
The young and patriotic student Demachy joins the French army in 1914 to defend his country. But he and his comrades soon experience the terrifying, endless trench war in Champagne, where more and more wooden crosses have to be erected for this cannon fodder.
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Wedding March
Title: Wedding March
Released: March 15, 1929
Type: Movie
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Captain Fracasse
Title: Captain Fracasse
Character: Captain Fracasse
Released: February 15, 1929
Type: Movie
A nobleman decides to join a traveling group of actors to be with a girl he admires, but ultimately must rescue her from bandits
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La valse de l'adieu
Title: La valse de l'adieu
Released: October 13, 1928
Type: Movie
The life of composer Frédéric Chopin through his youthful love for Maria Wodzińska, a young Polish aristocrat he was unable to marry because of his own situation, considered too modest by the girl's family. On the threshold of death, Chopin remembered his beloved and the piece he composed when he left her: La Valse de l'adieu.
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The Chess Player
Title: The Chess Player
Character: Boleslas Vorowski
Released: May 17, 1927
Type: Movie
In 1776, an inventor conceals a Polish nobleman in his chess-playing automaton, a machine whose fame leads it to the court of the Russian empress.
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La terre promise
Title: La terre promise
Character: David
Released: January 23, 1925
Type: Movie
In a small east-european ghetto, the Jewish family is celebrating Easter. The fraternal dissonance between the Sigoulim brothers pretty accurately mirrors the strife between the two powers, one surrounding Samuel, a devoted rabbi, and the other around Moïse, a talented money lender. Moïse becomes the king of petrol and ships to London with his niece Lia. Conflict continues and leads to the violent strike by oilworkers...
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The Thruster
Title: The Thruster
Released: September 19, 1924
Type: Movie
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Heritage
Title: Heritage
Character: Xavier
Released: October 19, 1923
Type: Movie
There is a rivalry between the top part and the lower part of the village of Murcie because of water. Pancho, Maria del Carmen's fiancé, hurts Xavier, son of the rich Domingo, so he has to leave the country. Maria proposes to take care of Xavier in exchange for Pancho's freedom. Unfortunately, Xavier falls in love with her and Domingo forces her to marry his son. Pancho reappears, ready to defy Xavier, but the two overhear a conversation and learn that Xavier's days are numbered. So he asks Pancho to elope with Maria.
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Geneviève
Title: Geneviève
Character: Alphonse de Lamartine
Released: January 1, 1923
Type: Movie
Geneviève is an orphan child and living with her little sister Josette. Because of her economic situation, she cancels marriage with an honest and respectful man. Josette, after a short and tremendous love affair, dies leaving a little baby boy. Due to this incident, Geneviève is convicted and imprisoned. Wandering from town to town, village to village, she finally manages to get to her ancient fiance's house.
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Jocelyn
Title: Jocelyn
Released: November 3, 1922
Type: Movie
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Georges Méliès
Title: Georges Méliès
Character: Voix
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie