Alexandre Rignault

Alexandre Rignault

Born: February 14, 1901
Died: March 31, 1985
in Paris, France

Movies for Alexandre Rignault...

Title: Châteauvallon
Character: Gregor Kovalic
Released: January 4, 1985
Type: TV
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Partenaires
Title: Partenaires
Released: December 26, 1984
Type: Movie
Most of the action takes place in two dressing rooms of a Parisian theater during the performance of a successful play. Marion, 40, beautiful and famous, is the star. Gabriel, her 55-year-old husband, is less fortunate: he's the one who discovered Marion, but never managed to impose himself. That evening, throughout the performance, the couple will indulge in a savage settling of scores, while the anecdotes of the evening and the other actors provide a comical counterpoint to the monstrous confrontation.
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Père Noël et fils
Title: Père Noël et fils
Released: December 24, 1983
Type: Movie
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A Friend of Vincent
Title: A Friend of Vincent
Character: Raoul
Released: September 28, 1983
Type: Movie
Vincent is the victim of an assassination attempt carried out by a young woman who wants to avenge her sister. Albert, the childhood friend of Vincent, wants to help and begins to investigate the woman, but he realizes that Vincent is perhaps not the person he seems to be.
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Is There a Frenchman in the House?
Title: Is There a Frenchman in the House?
Character: Oncle Eusèbe
Released: April 28, 1982
Type: Movie
An official's earlier rise to power had some sordid aspects that are about to be uncovered by the death of his uncle. While he is trying to contain any potential scandal, the man becomes enamored of the daughter of his uncle's maid. This new romance inspires him to forget worries about a public image and focus on a new life -- not any easy objective when unsavory friends and foes have their own agendas in mind.
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My American Uncle
Title: My American Uncle
Character: Jean's Grandfather
Released: May 21, 1980
Type: Movie
Prof. Henri Laborit uses the stories of the lives of three people to discuss behaviorist theories of survival, combat, rewards and punishment, and anxiety. René is a technical manager at a textile factory and must face the anxiety caused by corporate downsizing. Janine is a self-educated actress/stylist who learns that the wife of her lover is dying and must decide to let them reunite. Jean is a controversial career-climbing writer/politician at a crossroads in life.
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Charter 2020
Title: Charter 2020
Character: Jacques Le Guen
Released: April 19, 1980
Type: Movie
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The Fabulous Adventures of the Legendary Baron Munchausen
Title: The Fabulous Adventures of the Legendary Baron Munchausen
Character: Ouragane (Voice)
Released: October 24, 1979
Type: Movie
The Fabulous Adventures of the legendary Baron Munchausen is a French animated feature from Jean Image of 1978, inspired by the adventures of Baron Munchausen. Baron Munchausen is wont to bring his friends to tell them about his imaginary exploits.
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Title: Le Temps des as
Character: Jérôme
Released: October 26, 1978
Type: TV
The World War I is declared. The french pioneers of aviation are requisitioned, but they try to renew with the spirit of chivalry.
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The Devil in the Box
Title: The Devil in the Box
Released: April 19, 1977
Type: Movie
Alain Brissot, an executive in a major company, was made redundant following a redundancy plan, but decided to put up a fight by continuing to occupy his office against all odds... He soon went on hunger strike, and, after many ups and downs, ended up taking back the job of his former manager, who had himself been ousted following the failure of a lucrative contract with an African country.
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Numéro deux
Title: Numéro deux
Character: Grandfather
Released: September 24, 1975
Type: Movie
Jean-Luc Godard mixes video and film in his Grenoble studio, discussing how he secured funding for the film. The action unfolds on two monitors, as a young working-class couple lives in a claustrophobic, high-rise apartment complex and marital discord is set off by the wife’s infidelity.
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Family Jewels
Title: Family Jewels
Character: Edmond, le grand-père
Released: March 5, 1975
Type: Movie
The head of an aristocratic family died, so everyone gather to mourn him and see who gets what from his estate. Greed, lust, love and class conflict between the family and their payed servants create a real mess rather quickly.
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Title: Lucien Leuwen
Character: Le lieutenant-colonel Filloteau
Released: December 19, 1973
Type: TV
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Lâchez les chiennes
Title: Lâchez les chiennes
Released: October 10, 1973
Type: Movie
Carl, a handsome Austrian, tries to find in a Norman castle that is said to be haunted by a treasure buried by the Nazis before the liberation.
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Coup de sang
Title: Coup de sang
Released: September 22, 1973
Type: Movie
In Bastia and the surrounding area, a deceived husband kills his rival in anger. But are things as simple as they seem?
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Title: The Accursed Kings
Character: Robert de Clermont " Le Fou "
Released: December 21, 1972
Type: TV
It is the start of the 14th century and Philip IV the Fair reigns supreme over France. His three sons would rule after him. Isabelle, his only daughter, is married to King Edward II of England. Under Philip's reign, France is great but its people are unhappy. Only one power dares to stand up to him: the order of the Knights Templar. When the last Grand Master of the Temple, Jacques de Molay, is burned at the stake, he curses Philip and so begins a dark period, full of blood and violence, death and tears ...
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Not Dumb, the Bird
Title: Not Dumb, the Bird
Released: November 15, 1972
Type: Movie
An old lady is far from suspecting everything that is going on behind her back, in particular what her servants are up to.
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Figaro-ci, Figaro-là
Title: Figaro-ci, Figaro-là
Character: Caron
Released: June 16, 1972
Type: Movie
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The Egg
Title: The Egg
Released: March 8, 1972
Type: Movie
Emile Magis, a modest employee, more or less ostracized by the others, would like only one thing, to be happy. Little by little he realizes that life in society is a matter of convention, lies and deception. When he has understood that cynicism rules the world, he decides to play by its untold rules and to take his revenge.
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Title: The House in the Woods
Character: Birot
Released: September 12, 1971
Type: TV
During World War One, in a small rural French village far away from the front, a gamekeeper and his wife take in children displaced by the war.
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Title: Un mystère par jour
Character: Le colonel
Released: October 5, 1970
Type: TV
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La Fenêtre
Title: La Fenêtre
Character: Le commissaire
Released: August 2, 1970
Type: Movie
Two suicides take place in the same room of a hotel in Paris. The police investigate the reason why two previous tenants was pushed to hang themselves at that particular place.
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Pas de panique
Title: Pas de panique
Character: Blaise
Released: August 10, 1966
Type: Movie
A robbery of 10 billion is successfully carried out by a Corsican gang led by a man called Toussaint. The heist is also the start of a war with a rival gang.
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The Sleeping Sentinel
Title: The Sleeping Sentinel
Released: January 21, 1966
Type: Movie
In 1812, Napoleon I set off for the Russian Campaign and planned to spend a night in Châlons-sur-Marne. However, as the police were aware of a planned assassination attempt, the place of accommodation was changed at the last minute, and the house of Doctor Mathieu was requisitioned. But Doctor Mathieu was an opponent of the Emperor who had allied himself with the instigators of the attack. They decided to plant their bomb in the doctor's home, leaving his family in danger.
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Nights of Farewell
Title: Nights of Farewell
Character: Bigornet
Released: November 16, 1965
Type: Movie
Paris, the middle of the XIX century. Young Marius Petipa is going on a long journey to St. Petersburg, where he is invited to become the first dancer. He doesn't know that his life will develop both happily and dramatically, and his work will be the glory and pride of Russian ballet.
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Angelique
Title: Angelique
Character: Guillaume Lützen
Released: December 8, 1964
Type: Movie
In 17th-century France, beautiful country maiden Angélique marries wealthy neighbor Jeoffray de Peyrac out of convenience, but eventually, she falls in love with him. So when Jeoffray is arrested and then vanishes, she bravely sets out to find him. This is the first of many dramas based on Anne and Serge Golon's novels about strong-willed Angélique and her adventures during the reign of Louis XIV, the Sun King.
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Le roi des montagnes
Title: Le roi des montagnes
Released: September 2, 1964
Type: Movie
A young botanist, an Englishwoman and her daughter are prisoners of a group of bandits operating in the mountains of Albania. A ransom is demanded. The capture of the gang leader's daughter, however, brings the situation to a happy conclusion.
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Title: La Route
Character: Corneille
Released: December 21, 1963
Type: TV
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The Gentleman from Epsom
Title: The Gentleman from Epsom
Character: Charlot
Released: October 3, 1962
Type: Movie
The story takes place in the racecourses around Paris. A so-called major sells his tips to naive characters.
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Le scorpion
Title: Le scorpion
Released: September 21, 1962
Type: Movie
Peter is commissioned by William to rob an Amsterdam bank. He wants to find out who li is working for. With the help of Corinne, a young prostitute, he investigates and approaches the bank.
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Bells Without Joy
Title: Bells Without Joy
Released: April 20, 1962
Type: Movie
In November 1942, American troops landed in Tunisia. German paratroopers were immediately launched and occupied Tunis. A French squadron of chasseurs d'Afrique was sent to Medjez-el Bab with the mission of occupying the bridge over the Medjerda. But the captain is mute and the cavalrymen don't know whether the operation is being prepared against the Germans or the Allies. The first hypothesis inflames Maréchal des Logis Bourgeon and his friend Maurice, who have not forgotten the defeat of '40. In the village, Maurice meets up with his friend Léa, a refugee, and discovers with fury that she is Jewish, because he doesn't like Jews any more than he likes English or Germans! The hunters set up camp on the bridge. Soon, a German column appears and demands passage. The captain refuses, awaiting orders from Vichy. But in Tunis, confusion reigns. Finally, the captain himself takes the initiative to oppose the passage of the German troops...
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Don Camillo: Monsignor
Title: Don Camillo: Monsignor
Character: Bagotti
Released: October 7, 1961
Type: Movie
Don Camillo (now bishop) and Peppone (now senator) return to the town of Brescello and rekindle their friendly rivalry.
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The Old Guard
Title: The Old Guard
Character: Le fermier qui reçoit Blaise
Released: September 2, 1960
Type: Movie
Three friends leave their village for a retirement home travelling the countryside
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The Baron of the Locks
Title: The Baron of the Locks
Character: Firmin, lock keeper
Released: April 13, 1960
Type: Movie
The lucky Baron wins a boat in a card game and takes off with his former lover to find new adventures. Adverse circumstances land them in a small town, where the Baron's seafaring companion leaves for more attractive scenery offered by a wealthy local man. Meanwhile, there is a certain charming cafe owner that the Baron finds irresistible -- at least for awhile.
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Marie of the Isles
Title: Marie of the Isles
Released: January 15, 1960
Type: Movie
In 1635, Jacques du Parquet, the nephew of the well known explorer Belain d'Esnambic, enters a tavern in Dieppe, and falls in love with the daughter of the bartender, Marie Bonnard. He knows his noble family would disapprove such a marriage; besides, he is nominated for the post of governor in Martinica. He promised never to forget Marie, but as time goes by, she will accept to marry a rich and unscrupulous man, Monsieur de Saint-André. When her husband is appointed to serve in Martinica as General Commissioner, Marie demands to go with him. At her arrival, all sorts of trouble arrive: pirates take action against travelers and goods, rotten deals set the two officers against each other, and finally jealousy settles to make things worse. ~ Written by Artemis-9
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Eyes Without a Face
Title: Eyes Without a Face
Character: Inspector Parot
Released: January 11, 1960
Type: Movie
Dr. Génessier is riddled with guilt after an accident that he caused disfigures the face of his daughter, the once beautiful Christiane, who outsiders believe is dead. Dr. Génessier, along with accomplice and laboratory assistant Louise, kidnaps young women and brings them to the Génessier mansion. After rendering his victims unconscious, Dr. Génessier removes their faces and attempts to graft them on to Christiane's.
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The Hunchback of Paris
Title: The Hunchback of Paris
Character: L'aubergiste
Released: November 26, 1959
Type: Movie
Duke Philippe de Nevers is an influential and popular man who is married to a beautiful wife called Aurore. His rival Philippe de Gonzague hates him enough to organise an attempt on him. The Duke is accompagnied by Henri de Lagardère when de Gonzague's henchmen altogether attack him. Lagardère cannot save his friend because the both of them are hopelessly outnumbered. He has to escape in order to save the Duke's daughter and swears revenge. Together with his old buddy Passepoil he raises the little girl in Spain. At the same time he returns frequently to France where he detects confronts his friend's murderers and puts them to the sword one by one until only their former leader is left. Finally he discovers that Philippe de Gonzague is the man for whom he is looking.
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Drôles de phénomènes
Title: Drôles de phénomènes
Character: Father Panegras
Released: March 4, 1959
Type: Movie
Since the day their mother Aline remarried, Patrice and Eric, a joyful pair of twins, have been very happy. Indeed, François Chantour, their stepfather, is very kind and behaves like a big brother to them. Even if they are not very rich, the four of them live a cheerful life in their charming house. The trouble is that, in Lyon, the family on the boys'father's side are worried, especially the twins' grandmother, who fears Patrice and Eric are given a bad education. She therefore brings them to her big house in the hope of their improving their manners. A very unfortunate decision indeed.
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Quai des illusions
Title: Quai des illusions
Released: January 21, 1959
Type: Movie
Lise is bored with her parents and gets a job as a waitress. She meets a sailor, Fausto, who leaves her to escape from the police. Nevertheless, she gives birth to a baby who dies shortly afterwards. Distraught, she steals a parentless child from a maternity hospital. Arrested and tried, she is acquitted, only to find Fausto innocent.
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Clara and the Villains
Title: Clara and the Villains
Character: Le garde
Released: December 24, 1958
Type: Movie
A rich kid, the daughter of an oil tycoon, lives a life of luxury. Bad guys kidnap the heiress.
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Madame et son auto
Title: Madame et son auto
Character: Goujut
Released: October 15, 1958
Type: Movie
Sophie Dirondel, history teacher at the Saint-Cloison-sur-Ermoise, wins the jackpot of a lottery, a 2CV. The good-natured woman is both happy and slightly upset, as she doe not have her driving-license. But she decides to take driving lessons and although she does not prove very gifted she manages to pass the test. She grasps the opportunity to achieve one of her sweetest dreams and, proudly sitting behind her wheel, heads for the City of Light. Alone in Paris, she gets to know Victor Martini, a smooth operator. The man who, in real fact, is the leader of a gang, has no problem bamboozling the naive woman.
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Lovers of Paris
Title: Lovers of Paris
Character: Gourd
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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Bonjour jeunesse
Title: Bonjour jeunesse
Character: The cousin
Released: July 19, 1957
Type: Movie
After her mother's death, Liselotte is taken in by an old sculptor, but some distant cousins, brutal farmers, obtain guardianship of the young girl. Unhappy, she flees and finds refuge with a young shepherd living on alms.
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The Happy Road
Title: The Happy Road
Character: Woodcutter
Released: June 20, 1957
Type: Movie
Two children run away from a Swiss boarding school and set out for Paris, with their frantic parents in hot pursuit.
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The Witches of Salem
Title: The Witches of Salem
Character: Willard
Released: April 26, 1957
Type: Movie
Salem 1692. The young Abigail, seduced and abandoned by John Proctor, accuses John's wife of being a witch in revenge. A series of tragic trials soon befall Salem as fear and suspicion blur the lines of reality.
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Bold Adventure
Title: Bold Adventure
Released: November 7, 1956
Type: Movie
In the 16th century, as Flanders is invaded by the Spanish, Till the Mischievous uses stratagems to enter the service of Ferdinand Alvare de Toledo, Duke of Alba, and from there organize resistance against the invaders.
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The Adventures of Gil Blas
Title: The Adventures of Gil Blas
Released: April 6, 1956
Type: Movie
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Le Rouge et le Noir
Title: Le Rouge et le Noir
Character: Le père Sorel
Released: October 29, 1954
Type: Movie
It's no holds barred for Julian in pursuit of upward mobility. Although expected to channel career aspirations into the Church of the post-Napoleonic era, his intensely romantic liaisons propel him forward at a pace he cannot control.
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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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The Return of Don Camillo
Title: The Return of Don Camillo
Character: Franceso 'Nero' Gallini
Released: June 5, 1953
Type: Movie
Energetic priest Don Camillo returns to the town of Brescello for more political and personal duels with Communist mayor Peppone.
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Un caprice de Caroline chérie
Title: Un caprice de Caroline chérie
Character: Rapist
Released: March 6, 1953
Type: Movie
Caroline de Bienre, the 16-year-old daughter of French nobility, meets the handsome rogue, Gaston de Sallanches, who is expected to ask for the hand of her older, plainer sister in marriage. Gaston instead joins Caroline in her secret hiding place in the château's attic, where the infatuated Caroline begins an affair with him. Meanwhile, she is being courted by the dull, sincere Livio, but holds him off since she is in love with Gaston. When the revolution of 1789 breaks out Caroline is sent to a convent but her carriage is waylaid. She escapes and makes her way to Gaston's home, where she finds him in the arms of his mistress. She is angry and then agrees to marry Livio, now an out-of-favor revolutionary and a marked man, and Caroline is also now on the death list.
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Holiday for Henrietta
Title: Holiday for Henrietta
Character: Henriettea's father
Released: December 17, 1952
Type: Movie
Two scriptwriters argue about the fate of Henrietta, a charming and gamine shopgirl. One favors a comical path for their heroine, who is overcome with sentimental love for a young photographer on Bastille Day. The other has a more thrilling and dastardly fate in mind for her. Among the film's irresistible conceits is Hildegarde Neff as an oversexed circus bareback rider.
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Full House
Title: Full House
Character: L'inspecteur Janvier
Released: October 10, 1952
Type: Movie
Anthology film with three shorts each featuring a famous detective: Monsieur Wens, Lemmy Caution and Maigret.
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Piédalu fait des miracles
Title: Piédalu fait des miracles
Released: October 10, 1952
Type: Movie
The inhabitants of Marboue-Chambourcy want a swimming pool, and the difficulties in realizing this expensive dream divide the village into two clans: on one side the women, on the other the men. Piedalu, whom this conflict desolates, discovers by chance, as part of a found bicycle, a fortune in gold coins.
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Dans la vie tout s'arrange
Title: Dans la vie tout s'arrange
Character: Rondeau
Released: August 1, 1952
Type: Movie
A Boston school teacher fights with a group of impoverished Frenchmen for possession of an inherited château. Elizabeth Rockwell is indignant when she finds her château filled with squatters, a widower with five messy children, who have no regard for private property rights.
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We Are All Murderers
Title: We Are All Murderers
Character: Le gendarme
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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Le Costaud des Batignolles
Title: Le Costaud des Batignolles
Character: 'Le gorille'
Released: April 30, 1952
Type: Movie
Jules, small and weak, dreams of becoming a formidable athlete. He strives every morning to practice physical culture exercises and takes comforting tablets, without success. But he meets Nénette, a woman who, when he kisses her, suddenly endows him with prodigious strength.
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Jocelyn
Title: Jocelyn
Character: The shepherd
Released: January 18, 1952
Type: Movie
In 1786, Jocelyn entered the Seminary. He leaves his share of the inheritance to his younger sister Julie. In 1793, on the point of being ordained a priest, the Revolution forced him to take refuge in the Alps. There he meets Laurence, first disguised as a young boy. A great friendship binds them which turns into love when Jocelyn discovers the girl's true identity. Yet faithful to the promise he made to the Superior of his Seminary, Jocelyn will not abandon his faith.
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Duel à Dakar
Title: Duel à Dakar
Character: Martinzal
Released: December 6, 1951
Type: Movie
Robert Vernier is assigned by the Secret Service to unmask a band of gangsters determined to get their hands on the plans for a new plane. They manage to steal part of it and kidnap Robert's fiancée, named Monique. Robert will manage to dismantle the gang and will be surprised to find that at the head there is a policeman...
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The Prettiest Sin in the World
Title: The Prettiest Sin in the World
Character: Grasdu
Released: August 29, 1951
Type: Movie
Zoé, a pretty penniless girl, decides on the advice of her neighbor to embark on gallantry. After a brief failure, she meets a young boy, Jacques Lebreton who is about to get married. After causing the failure of this arranged marriage, she will have to play the role of wife of Jacques with his family, until the arrival of the uncle from America.
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Pardon My French
Title: Pardon My French
Character: Rondeau
Released: August 10, 1951
Type: Movie
A Boston school teacher fights with a group of impoverished Frenchmen for possession of an inherited château. Elizabeth Rockwell is indignant when she finds her château filled with squatters, a widower with five messy children, who have no regard for private property rights.
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Bibi Fricotin
Title: Bibi Fricotin
Character: Mr Tartazan, prestidigitateur et oncle de Catherine
Released: April 11, 1951
Type: Movie
To find the heritage of his friend Catherine's ancestors, the leaping Bibi Fricotin, helped by the seer Fatma, goes through a thousand funny or comical adventures, thanks to multiple means of transport, ranging from the bicycle to the helicopter. Despite the pitfalls sown in her path by the young girl's uncle and aunt, the Tartazans, the inheritance will be found with a museum curator.
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Andalusia
Title: Andalusia
Character: Pancho
Released: March 16, 1951
Type: Movie
Having fallen out with his girlfriend Dolorès, Juanito leaves for Mexico, where he becomes a famous matador.There he meets a Viennese singer, Fanny Miller, who falls for him so much so that she intercepts the letters Dolorès keeps on sending him. In desperation, Dolorès devotes all her time and efforts to dance and she becomes the celebrated dancer Estrellita. After a series of misunderstandings and ups and downs, the sun of Andalusia will finally reunite the two lovebirds.
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El sueño de Andalucía
Title: El sueño de Andalucía
Character: Pancho
Released: March 16, 1951
Type: Movie
Juanillo is in love with Dolores, the daughter of the owner of an inn. He likes to sing, she likes dancing. After the village festivals, where Juanillo has acted as a bullfighter and Dolores has performed, he has been hired as bullfighter for a tour in America. They exchange vows, but their letters will be intercepted.
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Jamaican Man
Title: Jamaican Man
Character: Rapal
Released: December 22, 1950
Type: Movie
Jacques Mervel, also known as "L'Homme de la Jamaïque" makes use of his talents as a gun runner in Tangiers, Morocco. After triumphing over a rival gang, he decides to quit the job and to start a new life with Vicky, a pretty young nurse. In Paris, a doctor lets him know that he is affected by leprosy. In desperation, Jacques runs away from Vicky to spare her. When she realizes the reason why Jacques has disappeared from her life, she joins him with a view to helping him fight the disease.
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The Gamblers
Title: The Gamblers
Character: Krugel
Released: December 20, 1950
Type: Movie
Adaptation of classical Russian Nikolai Gogol's comedy.
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Zone frontière
Title: Zone frontière
Character: Verkouter
Released: July 5, 1950
Type: Movie
At the Belgian border, a group of young people engaged in various contraband traffic bother the customs officers.
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The Ferret
Title: The Ferret
Character: Jeuniot
Released: February 10, 1950
Type: Movie
A mysterious figure signing himself "The Ferret" keeps sending letters to the police, tipping them off about murders that are to be committed around Paris. Among those caught up in the police manhunt is a fraudulent clairvoyant.
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The Martyr of Bougival
Title: The Martyr of Bougival
Released: November 3, 1949
Type: Movie
A prompter at the Folies-Bergères and admirer of a lovely dancer, the man named Jules has the unpleasant surprise of finding, one fine morning, the corpse of his beloved in a trunk. An investigation, more burlesque than tragic, will give a lot of trouble to Jules who will have great difficulty in proving his innocence.
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Les Dieux du dimanche
Title: Les Dieux du dimanche
Character: Léon Thévenin
Released: February 9, 1949
Type: Movie
A soccer enthusiast like his father, Martin Lambert is the (gifted) goalkeeper of the local team. He falls in love with Jeanette and soon marries her. Alongside a happy marital life, Martin becomes a successful professional. Which proves a mixed blessing since fame makes him vain and haughty and his marriage gets seriously affected. But the Second World War breaks out and Martin is drafted. Taken prisoner a few months later, he is sent to a camp. When he is released, he tries resume his career but his wounds hurt too much and he has to give in. But not soccer: he will now proudly train young shoots.
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Fantomas Against Fantomas
Title: Fantomas Against Fantomas
Character: le commissaire Juve
Released: February 8, 1949
Type: Movie
Everyone in Paris thinks Fantomas is dead. A wave of extortion, blackmail and murder all point to the master criminal. Inspector Juve and his reporter friend Fandor set out to find the truth.
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The Wizard of Heaven
Title: The Wizard of Heaven
Character: Ruffin
Released: January 11, 1949
Type: Movie
The Wizard of Heaven tells the compelling and remarkable story of St. John Marie Baptist Vianney, the humble pastor of Ars, France, who battled with the devil himself, not only for the faith of his parish, but even for that of his country. Starting with the Saint's arrival at Ars, this film brings to life the hardships, indifference, ridicule and opposition he encountered, as well as the zeal with which he strove to overcome them.
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Sextette
Title: Sextette
Character: Sancelmoz
Released: September 17, 1948
Type: Movie
A man remembers all the incredible stories that took place in his hotel.
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Emile the African
Title: Emile the African
Character: Ladislas Stany
Released: May 19, 1948
Type: Movie
Émile Boulard is a props man in a Paris movie studio. He has a wife, Suzanne. Or to be more accurate, let's say he HAD a wife since she left him fifteen years before, allegedly ... to go buy a post stamp. But now that their daughter Martine , who lives with her, is old enough to marry, she resurfaces. She confesses that, in order to explain his absence, she has told Martine her father was a great explorer and lion hunter in Africa. Not to disappoint his daughter, Émile accepts to pose as the adventurer he is supposed to be. At the same time he will help Daniel, Martine's bashful fiancé, not to become a henpecked husband like him.
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The Queen's Lover
Title: The Queen's Lover
Character: Goulatromba
Released: February 17, 1948
Type: Movie
Exiled from the court of Spain, Don Salluste, the chief of police, wants to take revenge on the Queen. One day he meets Ruy Blas, a young student who happens to be a lookalike of Don Cesar, his nephew. Salluste disguises Ruy Blas and presents him as Don Cesar. It doesn't take long before Ruy Blas, intelligent, virtuous and generous as he is becomes popular and the Queen, who has fallen in love with him, appoints him Prime Minister. All seems for the best in the best of worlds but Salluste has not forgotten his revenge, far from that ...
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Fort De La Solitude
Title: Fort De La Solitude
Character: Péhu
Released: February 13, 1948
Type: Movie
On the borders of the desert, Péhu, a rather blunt creature on the verge of death, confesses to Charles Sigouane that some time before he stole and killed for the sake of a woman named Marie. Péhu recovers against all odds and returns to France with a view to finding Marie and to retrieve a loot he has hidden somewhere.
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Torrents
Title: Torrents
Character: Ben Napoléon
Released: December 10, 1947
Type: Movie
Sigrid and Yann are cousins, and in love with each other. A medical student, Jean marries Léna, who gives him a child, but he dies accidentally. Desperate, Yann finds Sigrid in their childhood home in Savoy. Afraid of seeing their passion revive, he decides to leave with Léna for Africa.
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Fantômas
Title: Fantômas
Character: Le commissaire Juve
Released: September 18, 1947
Type: Movie
The invincible bandit faces his daughter, courageous and honest, who wants to end his criminal activities. With a young journalist, her fiancé, she discovers his hideout.
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Endless Night
Title: Endless Night
Character: Joseph
Released: June 4, 1947
Type: Movie
Fleeing Paris where he killed, Olivier takes refuge in the Giraud farm and falls in love with his daughter, to the chagrin of her suitor, a man named Joseph. When the latter is found dead, Olivier is accused and the young woman will arrive too late to clear him, the poor man having fallen into a ravine while trying to flee.
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Christine se marie
Title: Christine se marie
Character: Armand, the fox breeder
Released: June 30, 1946
Type: Movie
In order to engage in life experiences, Christine takes the civil status of her three sisters to marry as many times.
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Mr. Gregoire Runs Away
Title: Mr. Gregoire Runs Away
Character: Paulo, wrestler
Released: May 3, 1946
Type: Movie
Alex Grégoire is a timid insurance company clerk who shares his uneventful life between his wife Angèle, his colleagues and his passion for crosswords. But all of a sudden his existence changes dramatically. First because he wins a crossword competition. Second because a jewel thief, Charles Tuffal, thinks he recognizes in him a former accomplice. From that moment "uneventful" is not the best adjective to qualify Alex's life anymore...
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Le Capitan (1ère époque) Flamberge au vent
Title: Le Capitan (1ère époque) Flamberge au vent
Character: Rinaldo
Released: March 27, 1946
Type: Movie
France under Louis XIII. 1615. The Duke of Angoulême is at the head of a group of gentlemen who are conspiring to drive the Florentines out of court, of whom Concini is the all-powerful leader. A cadet from Gascony, Adhémar de Capestang, who was later to become the Capitan, left his native province to come and try his luck in Paris. Along the way, he saves a young girl, Gisèle d'Angoulême, from a masked individual who wanted to kidnap her.
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Raboliot
Title: Raboliot
Released: January 30, 1946
Type: Movie
Happily married to Sandrine, Pierre Fouques also known as Raboliot is the father of two young children. He would live a steady life hadn't he a passion for poaching, which gets him into a lot of trouble. Because of the nastiness of Bourrel, the gamekeeper, of the jealousy of other poachers, he becomes a hunted man who, in order to defend himself, is driven to commit a crime.
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St. Val's Mystery
Title: St. Val's Mystery
Character: Antoine. the butler
Released: September 19, 1945
Type: Movie
Désiré Le Sec has just won the "amateur policeman contest" and he is so glad he 's telling all the people around.He is an insure agent ,and his boss,his uncle,is annoyed :a man took out a big life insurance and died soon afterward.
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The Last Metro
Title: The Last Metro
Character: Bourgeot
Released: June 27, 1945
Type: Movie
Leaving the station after having caught the last Paris Metro, a man comes to the rescue of a woman who is being assaulted and finds himself drawn into her affairs.
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Coup de tête
Title: Coup de tête
Character: The healer (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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The Eternal Return
Title: The Eternal Return
Character: Morholt
Released: December 13, 1943
Type: Movie
A retelling of Tristan and Isolde set in 1940s France.
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Tornavara
Title: Tornavara
Character: The pastor
Released: October 6, 1943
Type: Movie
In a lost village in Lapland, Gérard comes to the aid of his friend Anders, in conflict with his father, a rich owner of gold mines.
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Mysteries of Paris
Title: Mysteries of Paris
Character: le maître d'école
Released: September 8, 1943
Type: Movie
Paris, 1830. Fleur de Marie is rescued from poverty by the mysterious Rodolphe, who is in fact the Grand Duke of Gérolstein, who has gone incognito in search of an illegitimate child he once had. Which is not at all to the taste of Sarah Mac Gregor, her current mistress who kidnaps Fleur and has her locked up in Saint-Lazare prison.
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Adémaï bandit d'honneur
Title: Adémaï bandit d'honneur
Character: acteur
Released: September 1, 1943
Type: Movie
Ademaï is very happy to spend a vacation month in Corsica, invited by his family; when he arrives, much to his surprise, all the male relatives have just been shot.
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The Secret of Madame Clapain
Title: The Secret of Madame Clapain
Released: August 11, 1943
Type: Movie
Madame Clapain dies in dubious circumstances at the home of the Cadifon ladies, of which she was a tenant. A friendly inspector and Thérèse Cadifon each carry out their own investigation.
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Malaria
Title: Malaria
Released: June 30, 1943
Type: Movie
A colonial wife carries on an affair with a French officer, but the wife's native servant may have overheard their plan to leave Africa and return to Europe together.And then the servant goes missing.
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Le Soleil de minuit
Title: Le Soleil de minuit
Character: Tchérensky
Released: June 30, 1943
Type: Movie
Going to take up his post in Moukden, the forest engineer finds in a trainer from the cabaret "the midnight sun" a Russian princess, Armide, whom he once loved. He had met her in 1917 when the princess and her father were driven from their domain. Prince Ireniev is a gambler, a trickster, a matchmaker. Out of love for Armide, Forestier flew, and yet when he finds the two wrecks, he cannot resist. Abandoning everything, his position and his honor, he leaves with the woman of his destiny.
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The London Man
Title: The London Man
Character: Keridan
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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Madame et le Mort
Title: Madame et le Mort
Character: Avril
Released: April 21, 1943
Type: Movie
A person who had usurped the identity of a famous writer of detective stories was killed in the train. Why and by whom?
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Le Voyageur de la Toussaint
Title: Le Voyageur de la Toussaint
Character: L'inspecteur Rinquet
Released: April 8, 1943
Type: Movie
A young man comes back to his hometown to be confronted with a bourgeois obnoxious family who has always despised his -now dead - parents because they were music hall artists, "entertainers". But because he's the sole legatee of an uncle's fortune, his relatives become friendly with him.. at least for a while.
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The Count of Monte Cristo Part 2 - The Retaliation
Title: The Count of Monte Cristo Part 2 - The Retaliation
Character: Caderousse
Released: February 24, 1943
Type: Movie
Having found the fabulous treasure of which Abbé Faria had spoken to him, Dantès has only one idea left: revenge. He will succeed patiently, but will not however have the heart to break the poor Mercedes. Then he will leave for the East, accompanied by a lovely Levantine, Haydé, who served him to accomplish his revenge.
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The Count of Monte Cristo Part 1 - The Prisoner of Kastell
Title: The Count of Monte Cristo Part 1 - The Prisoner of Kastell
Character: Caderousse
Released: January 22, 1943
Type: Movie
Edmond Dantes is falsely accused by those jealous of his good fortune, and is sentenced to spend the rest of his life in the notorious island prison, Chateau d'If. While imprisoned, he meets the Abbe Faria, a fellow prisoner whom everyone believes to be mad. The Abbe tells Edmond of a fantastic treasure hidden away on a tiny island, that only he knows the location of. After many years in prison, the old Abbe dies, and Edmond escapes disguised as the dead body. Now free, Edmond must find the treasure the Abbe told him of, so he can use the new-found wealth to exact revenge on those who have wronged him.
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The Benefactor
Title: The Benefactor
Released: December 11, 1942
Type: Movie
A kind and generous village noble, specializing in good works, actually leads a double existence and carries out dishonest activities.
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Pontcarral, Empire Colonel
Title: Pontcarral, Empire Colonel
Character: The postman
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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Volpone
Title: Volpone
Character: Le capitaine Leone Corbaccio
Released: May 10, 1941
Type: Movie
Volpone, an elderly Venetian, connives with his money-crazed servant to convince his greedy friends that he is dying, knowing that each will try to curry favor with him in order to be named his heir. He is inundated with valuable gifts, and soon finds himself entangled deeper and deeper in a web of lies.
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Camp Thirteen
Title: Camp Thirteen
Character: Pascal
Released: December 13, 1940
Type: Movie
In a camp of sailors, the suicidal and solitary life of Greta, which makes men lose their heads.
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The Musicians of the Sky
Title: The Musicians of the Sky
Character: Le grand Georges
Released: April 10, 1940
Type: Movie
A would be blind hoodlum redeems himself in the Salvation Army just for a lovely lieutenant.
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Schubert's Serenade
Title: Schubert's Serenade
Character: Le gendarme
Released: February 28, 1940
Type: Movie
Serenade represented the return to the screen of international favorite Lillian Harvey after an absence of two years. Based loosely on the life of composer Franz Schubert, the film casts Bernard Lancret as Schubert, Harvey as his dancer sweetheart, and Louis Jouvet as a possessive Baron who has his own designs on our heroine.
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The Phantom Wagon
Title: The Phantom Wagon
Character: Le géant
Released: September 7, 1939
Type: Movie
French version of the Selma Lagerlof story, most famously filmed in 1921 by Victor Sjostrom, about a poor sinner who only realizes what misery he's wrought when he dies on New Year's Eve and is collected by Death in his carriage.
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L'Or dans la montagne
Title: L'Or dans la montagne
Character: Baptiste Rey
Released: May 12, 1939
Type: Movie
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La Tradition de minuit
Title: La Tradition de minuit
Character: Hortilopitz
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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Fort Dolorès
Title: Fort Dolorès
Character: Cesare Rossi
Released: March 1, 1939
Type: Movie
Several men of different nationalities have decided to free themselves from the clutches of women and have vowed to help each other in case one of them might relapse. They find shelter in a hacienda on the pampas. They believe they are now safe from the evil influence of the fair sex. Unfortunately there is a farm nearby in which... a gorgeous woman is said to live. Great principles are short-lived, as they soon realize: lust, jealousy and hate set in at once.
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Café de Paris
Title: Café de Paris
Character: Le tenancier du maison de tolérance et débiteur de Lambert
Released: September 28, 1938
Type: Movie
This murder mystery is set in a Parisian cafe and examines the mysterious murder of a famed journalist and extortionist who is killed at his table in the cafe. Though the prime suspects are gathered together( including his wife and her lover, the gun-runner, the creditor, and a playboy) and all of them have motives, none of them did it. So whodunit?
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Les Filles du Rhône
Title: Les Filles du Rhône
Character: Danjou
Released: April 20, 1938
Type: Movie
Frédérique, married to a brutal and vile being who dies tragically during a duel with the trident, falls in love with Jean, the fiancé of her younger sister Margarido. Both fight against their passion, to see it finally flourish because, to ensure their happiness, Margarido who has guessed everything, does not hesitate to sacrifice himself.
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Rasputin
Title: Rasputin
Character: Bloch
Released: January 28, 1938
Type: Movie
Story of the Siberian monk Gregory Rasputin and the hold he exerted over the court of the last Russian czar, Nicholas.
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The Woman at the End of the World
Title: The Woman at the End of the World
Character: Bourrhis, le Maître d'Équipage
Released: January 19, 1938
Type: Movie
A sailor falls in love with an innkeeper on a lost island.
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The Puritan
Title: The Puritan
Character: Le docteur O'Leary
Released: January 13, 1938
Type: Movie
A religious fanatic finds his entire life and philosophy turned upside-down as he falls in love with a girl and kills her in a jealous rage. His search is for peace of mind and a desire to justify the murder of the girl to himself. His mind becomes distraught as he gropes trying to rationalize his deed and his world falls apart around him. A police inspector patiently and tirelessly stays on Barrault's trail, without putting him under arrest, though convinced he is the murderer, and waiting for the moment when he feels Barrault will break under the strain of his own religious fanaticism (IMDb).
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Le Chemin de lumière
Title: Le Chemin de lumière
Released: November 3, 1937
Type: Movie
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The Tower of Nesle
Title: The Tower of Nesle
Character: Landry
Released: July 30, 1937
Type: Movie
In the 13th century, lovers hurried to the door of Marguerite de Bourgogne. The aristocrat who every day was indulged in orgies that were famous throughout the country. What the suitors do not know is that they will inevitably be executed the day after these festivities and thrown to the Seine.
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The Citadel of Silence
Title: The Citadel of Silence
Character: The guardian
Released: June 3, 1937
Type: Movie
During the students ' rebellion against Nicholas the Second in Russia, Viana tries to kill the governor but it's her lover who is arrested and sent to a sinister fortress : hence the title. To help the prisoner,Vania marries the officer who commands the place. There the convicts have really a bad time, but Vania manages to communicate with her dear captive. But beware of informers.
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Les Réprouvés
Title: Les Réprouvés
Character: Faggianelli
Released: February 19, 1937
Type: Movie
At the borders of the Saharan desert, the dramatic situation of a battalion of light infantry attacked by the enemy.
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François 1er
Title: François 1er
Character: Henri VIII d'Angleterre
Released: February 17, 1937
Type: Movie
Honorin is the simple and naive stage manager of a traveling theatre troupe, whose one ambition is to once play the role of the cavalier in the opera "Francis I, or the Loves of the Beautiful Ferroniere". A hypnotist puts him to sleep and in his dreams he is transplanted to the days of the Renaissance. There, among other items, he is made a Duke by Henri VIII, fights a duel and survives a series of medieval tortures, while also bestowing some 20th century blessings on the court of Francis I.
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Southern Carrier
Title: Southern Carrier
Character: Hubert
Released: January 22, 1937
Type: Movie
A pilot on one of the air mail flights between France and its African colonies has a brief romance with his distressed cousin before he returns to the call of duty, and the rebels in the desert.
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The Land That Dies
Title: The Land That Dies
Character: Mathurin
Released: April 24, 1936
Type: Movie
In Vendée, an old farmer is gradually abandoned by his family who do not see their future in the fields. Only a cripple in love and abandoned remain at his side.
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Happy Days
Title: Happy Days
Released: November 8, 1935
Type: Movie
Sylvie, a rich girl, learns at the same time the death and the ruin of her father. Forced to find work in Paris, she is given shelter by a medical student who soon falls for her. Another young man falls in love with her. When her benefactor gets ill and finally dies, Sylvie refuses to give the other man her heart out of faithfulness for the dearly departed. But youth commands and after a time love -but not oblivion - triumphs.
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Flight Into Darkness
Title: Flight Into Darkness
Character: L'amant de la patronne
Released: October 22, 1935
Type: Movie
During the First World War, before joining a squadron at the front in 1918, Herbillon (Jean-Pierre Aumont) has a liaison with Helene (Annabella), a married woman. The young man discovers that his mistress is none other than the wife of Maury (Charles Vanel), an aviator friend.
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Justin de Marseille
Title: Justin de Marseille
Character: Esposito
Released: April 5, 1935
Type: Movie
A respected gangster, Justin, finds himself in a deadly feud with his rival, the unscrupulous Esposito. The latter plans to steal a cargo of opium bound for China and to have Justin killed.
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The Adventurer
Title: The Adventurer
Character: Karl Nemo, l'acquéreur
Released: December 28, 1934
Type: Movie
A scandalised Frenchman returns from Africa where he has been involved in illegal trading of mines (resulting in the deaths of many African miners). His bourgeois family are wary of the shame that he will bring so he must try to redeem himself and his family's name.
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Maria Chapdelaine
Title: Maria Chapdelaine
Character: Eutrope Gagnon, le bûcheron
Released: December 14, 1934
Type: Movie
A young woman has three suitors on her father's logging ranch on the Quebec frontier.
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The House on the Dune
Title: The House on the Dune
Released: August 3, 1934
Type: Movie
In a village on the French-Belgian border, a smuggler named Sylvain falls in love with the pretty Pascaline, which infuriates Germaine, his mistress. The jealous woman reports Sylvain to the police. As a result, the young man gets hurt during a night chase. Fortunately Pascaline offers him hospitality and looks after him.
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Liliom
Title: Liliom
Character: Hollinger
Released: May 15, 1934
Type: Movie
Two women love the same man in a world of few prospects. In Budapest, Liliom is a "public figure," a rascal who's a carousel barker, loved by the experienced merry-go-round owner and by a young, innocent maid. The maid, Julie, loses her job after going out with Liliom; he's fired by his jealous employer for going out with Julie. The two lovers move in with Julie's aunt; unemployment emasculates him and a local weasel tempts him with crime. Julie, now wan, is true to Liliom even in his bad temper. Meanwhile, a stolid widower, a carpenter, wants to marry Julie. Is there any future on this earth for Julie and Liliom, whose love is passionate rather than ideal?
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Knock
Title: Knock
Character: Le premier gars
Released: November 8, 1933
Type: Movie
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Knock, ou le triomphe de la médecine
Title: Knock, ou le triomphe de la médecine
Character: Le premier gars
Released: November 3, 1933
Type: Movie
"Everybody is ill: you just don't know it yet". Knock, a newly arrived physician takes over a small town through fear and authority. NB : this is a different movie from the 1951 version where Louis Jouvet also plays Dr Knock.
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The Orderly
Title: The Orderly
Character: Philippe
Released: August 25, 1933
Type: Movie
Philippe, the order of an old colonel, surprises the wife of his boss in the arms of a young lieutenant. So that he remains silent, she offers herself to him
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L'Assommoir
Title: L'Assommoir
Released: June 23, 1933
Type: Movie
Young Gervaise has been very unhappy since her friend abandoned her. The man named Coupeau, a sympathetic roofing worker, takes her under his protection and tries to make her forget her dramatic breakup. But Coupeau is unable to free himself from alcoholism and soon Gervaise finds herself on the street.
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The 1002nd Night
Title: The 1002nd Night
Released: May 19, 1933
Type: Movie
An Arabian prince falls in with a group of downtrodden rebels and faces the wrath of an unsympathetic sultan whose wife he is also romancing.
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A Man's Neck
Title: A Man's Neck
Character: Joseph Heurtin
Released: February 18, 1933
Type: Movie
Willy Ferrière is a gambler living beyond his means, and his mistress is as greedy as he's dead broke. One day, he says out of loud in a a Montparnasse café that he would give 100,000 francs to get rid of his wealthy aunt so he could claim his inheritance. Someone secretly lets Willy know it's a deal. The old lady is murdered, and a low-life criminal is manipulated to be the perfect suspect. But Superintendant Maigret feels something is wrong.
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La Chienne
Title: La Chienne
Character: Langelard
Released: November 20, 1931
Type: Movie
Cashier Maurice Legrand is married to Adele, a terror. By chance, he meets Lucienne, "Lulu", and make her his mistress. He thinks he finally met love, but Lulu is nothing but a streetwalker, in love with Dede, her pimp. She only accepts Legrand to satisfy Dede's needs of money.
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Vautrin
Title: Vautrin
Character: Vautrin
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
“Vautrin” was adapted from Balzac in three parts: “La Pension Vauquer” partially adapted “Le Père Goriot”; “La maison du canon” and “L’adjuration de Vautrin” are taken from “Splendours and miseries of courtesans”.