Jacques Dumesnil

Jacques Dumesnil

Born: November 9, 1903
Died: May 8, 1998
in Paris, France

Movies for Jacques Dumesnil...

Title: Au plaisir de Dieu
Character: Duc Sosthène de Plessis-Vaudreuil
Released: December 19, 1977
Type: TV
Over several generations, the story of an aristocratic French family spanning the 20th Century, from the two World Wars to the social and political upheavals of May 1968. Facing adversity, old Duke Sosthène tries to keep traditions alive.
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Title: Le village englouti
Character: Alphonse Delamoniaz
Released: August 18, 1976
Type: TV
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Que personne ne sorte
Title: Que personne ne sorte
Character: Le directeur de la police
Released: July 29, 1964
Type: Movie
Set between Christmas and New Year, the film told the story of six criminals who kidnap an ambassador's daughter and await the ransom; enter Monsieur Wens, who infiltrates their hideout using various comic disguises, bumps them off one by one and rescues the little girl.
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Crooks in Clover
Title: Crooks in Clover
Character: Louis « le Mexicain »
Released: November 27, 1963
Type: Movie
An aging gangster, Fernand Naudin is hoping for a quiet retirement when he suddenly inherits a fortune from an old friend, a former gangster supremo known as the Mexican. If he is ambivalent about his new found wealth, Fernand is positively nonplussed to discover that he has also inherited his benefactor’s daughter, Patricia. Unfortunately, not only does Fernand have to put up with the thoroughly modern Patricia and her nauseating boyfriend, but he also had to contend with the Mexican’s trigger-happy former employees, who are determined to make a claim.
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Horace
Title: Horace
Character: Old Horace
Released: April 24, 1963
Type: Movie
Two families fight to stay in power. On one side, the Horatii, who rule Rome; on the other, the Curiatii, who rule Albe-la-longue. To escape the war, three brothers are chosen from each camp and face off in a fight to the death. A tragic confrontation with unexpected repercussions.
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The Hideout
Title: The Hideout
Character: Garnier, le directeur
Released: September 21, 1962
Type: Movie
Set during World War II in France, the story begins when a resistance fighter is given shelter in an asylum by a friend who manages the institution. Soon after, the manager is arrested by the Gestapo, which gets the resistance fighter involved. He finds the informer who set his friend up and kills him. But then no one will believe his story about the informer and he becomes desperate enough to start losing his own mental balance. A young doctor and the daughter of one of the inmates help him keep it together, but he knows he cannot continue like this for long.
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Secret File 1413
Title: Secret File 1413
Character: Docteur Pira
Released: December 1, 1961
Type: Movie
A detective investigates a murder and gets caught up in spy shenanigans.
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Famous Love Affairs
Title: Famous Love Affairs
Character: Hans, le bourreau
Released: November 3, 1961
Type: Movie
Anthology of four love stories that have some historical basis.
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Première brigade criminelle
Title: Première brigade criminelle
Character: Commissioner Masson
Released: July 19, 1961
Type: Movie
Commissaire Masson tells a young journalist about the only failure of his career: the wife of a Canadian secret agent, pursued by speculators, tried to deceive them. Unsuccessful, she shot her blackmailer to protect her husband, deceiving public opinion. How guilty was she really?
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¿Pena de muerte?
Title: ¿Pena de muerte?
Released: January 1, 1961
Type: Movie
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La tricheuse
Title: La tricheuse
Released: January 1, 1960
Type: Movie
Lily is a lost girl who lived a miserable childhood. Now she works for Martial, a small-time crook. One day, she meets Armand, a shy high school student, the son of a renowned surgeon. And she discovers true love. But Martial is nothing of a tender heart, on the contrary. He manipulates Lily into forcing Armand to mimic the signature of his father, which will allow his gang to obtain drugs with a view to selling them...
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La P..... sentimentale
Title: La P..... sentimentale
Released: October 24, 1958
Type: Movie
A high school boy falls for a prostitute he has met on the notorious "Rue Des Patures".
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Life Together
Title: Life Together
Character: Le docteur Henri Girane
Released: September 24, 1958
Type: Movie
The writer Pierre Carot became rich and famous with his book "Life as a Couple", which was based on the loving relationships of four couples. Now he's setting up his will and wants to leave his wealth to the couples among the four, which are still as deeply in love - if any: else, his companions get the money. He sends them out to visit the couples and test their love.
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The Seventh Commandment
Title: The Seventh Commandment
Character: Gilbert Odet
Released: February 1, 1957
Type: Movie
Princesse Nadia Vronskaïa is a veteran con artist who uses her feminine wiles to bilk wealthy, susceptible old men. Inevitably, she outsmarts herself when she falls in love with one of her victims. In concert with her new beau, she turns the tables on her former partners in crime.
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All the World's Memory
Title: All the World's Memory
Character: Self / Narrator (voice)
Released: November 1, 1956
Type: Movie
Toute la mémoire du monde is a documentary about the Bibliothèque Nationale in Paris. It presents the building, with its processes of cataloguing and preserving all sorts of printed material, as both a monument of cultural memory and as a monstrous, alien being.
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Plucking the Daisy
Title: Plucking the Daisy
Character: General Dumont
Released: July 25, 1956
Type: Movie
Due to an urgent need of money, Agnes participates in an amateur striptease contest. Her new boyfriend, Daniel, who is a reporter by profession, covers the contest for his magazine.
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If Paris Were Told to Us
Title: If Paris Were Told to Us
Character: Richelieu
Released: January 27, 1956
Type: Movie
Historical film directed and written by Sacha Guitry follows the the history of Paris from its founding through the significant events in the city's history.
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Napoleon
Title: Napoleon
Character: Marshal Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte
Released: March 25, 1955
Type: Movie
The film follows the life of Napoleon from his early life in Corsica to his death at Saint Helena. The film is notable for its use of location shooting for numerous scenes, especially at the French estates of Malmaison and Fontainebleau, the Palace of Versailles, and sites of Napoleonic battles including Austerlitz and Waterloo.
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Count of Bragelonne
Title: Count of Bragelonne
Character: d'Artagnan
Released: December 9, 1954
Type: Movie
Raoul De Bragelonne must uphold his musketeer father's legacy in the face of court intrigues from Cardinal Mazarin.
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Ulysses
Title: Ulysses
Character: Alicinous
Released: October 6, 1954
Type: Movie
A movie adaptation of Homer's second epic, that talks about Ulysses' efforts to return to his home after the end of ten years of war.
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Anna
Title: Anna
Character: Professor Ferri
Released: December 20, 1951
Type: Movie
Anna is a 1951 Italian drama film directed by Alberto Lattuada and starring the same trio as Bitter Rice: Silvana Mangano as Anna, the sinner who becomes a nun; Raf Vallone as Andrea, the rich man who loves her; and Vittorio Gassman as Vittorio, the wicked waiter who sets Anna on a dangerous path.
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Julie de Carneilhan
Title: Julie de Carneilhan
Character: Léon de Carneilhan
Released: April 21, 1950
Type: Movie
A penniless aristocrat is fooled by her ex-husband, a crook.
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The Farm of Seven Sins
Title: The Farm of Seven Sins
Character: Paul-Louis Courier
Released: September 16, 1949
Type: Movie
In 1825, Paul-Louis Courier, a Republican writer known for publishing pamphlets against the French monarchy, was killed in the farm where he had retired. Was it a political assassination or a vicious crime? Those who have known him loved him or hated him are interrogated by the police. Will the guilty person(s) be ferreted out?
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56, rue Pigalle
Title: 56, rue Pigalle
Character: Jean Vigneron
Released: March 18, 1949
Type: Movie
Lucien Bonnet, Jean Vigneron's manservant, blackmails his boss, who is having an affair with Inès de Montalban, married to Ricardo. Vigneron pays the sum but Lucien is killed by an accomplice, Baruch. Everything seems to accuse Jean who, for fear of compromising Inès, prefers to keep mum. Fortunately, his innocence will be proved thanks to a surprise witness. The two lovers flee to Congo while the husband soon forgets them, finding comfort in debauchery.
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Trafiquants de la mer
Title: Trafiquants de la mer
Character: L'inspecteur principal Gardy
Released: December 19, 1947
Type: Movie
A gang of drug pushers is rampant on the French Riviera. The police has been informed and arrests an accomplice who is about to collect the drugs dropped off from a yacht. This person happens to be a public figure of a nearby village...
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La dernière chevauchée
Title: La dernière chevauchée
Released: March 28, 1947
Type: Movie
A jealous wealthy landlord intercepts a letter to his wife written by her cousin. He decides to take revenge by drugging the young man's horse, but it is his own son who will be the victim of the accident.
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Rumors
Title: Rumors
Character: Jean
Released: March 25, 1947
Type: Movie
Jean is a good man who has a steady job (he is a mechanic in the village garage) and a companion named Aline. But Jean is also a guzzler and a philanderer. As a result, when a local prostitute is killed in the surroundings, he becomes at once the victim of rumor...
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Women's Games
Title: Women's Games
Character: Stanislas
Released: May 13, 1946
Type: Movie
The agency À Votre Service has the reputation of meeting all needs. This is what Stanislas observes when his uncle replaces his mistress with a fiancée provided by the agency.
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Father Serge
Title: Father Serge
Released: September 4, 1945
Type: Movie
An accomplished young man, Prince Stéphane is destined for a brilliant future but when he finds out that Marie, his beloved fiancée, has had an affair with the man he respects the most, Tsar Nicolas 1er in person, the shock is terrible. Unable to recover, he chooses religion and becomes a monk and a hermit. He becomes known as a healer and worshiped as a saint, although he himself is aware of his many weaknesses. The day he learns Marie is seriously ill Le père Serge formerly known as Prince Stéphane leaves sanctity behind and hits the road for Saint Petersburg.
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The Great Pack
Title: The Great Pack
Character: Côme de Lambrefaut
Released: July 17, 1945
Type: Movie
Côme de Lambrefaut inherited the family castle on the death of his father, but the notary told him that all his property was mortgaged. However, he wants to keep the pack of one hundred and ten hunting dogs that make him proud. In September 1939, the castle was destroyed during a bombardment, and the dogs escaped from their enclosure.
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Night Shift
Title: Night Shift
Character: Pierre Jansen
Released: April 19, 1944
Type: Movie
A devoted switchboard operator is the village guardian angel.
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Le bal des passants
Title: Le bal des passants
Character: Claude Amadieu
Released: April 1, 1944
Type: Movie
Fabienne believes herself to be cheated on by her husband Claude and divorces her. He leaves for America and does not return until eight years later. He then meets his daughter.
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Sowing the Wind
Title: Sowing the Wind
Character: The sculptor Bruno Horp
Released: March 16, 1944
Type: Movie
A child is rejected by his father and sister when his mother dies giving birth to him. The family is falling apart; the father takes to drinking, the child is placed with a nurse. However, the little girl will take the initiative to bring the child back to the family home which she decides to take care of, thus encouraging the father to change his behavior.
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Pierre and Jean
Title: Pierre and Jean
Character: Marchat
Released: December 29, 1943
Type: Movie
Alice, an unhappy young woman in the household, is the mother of a little boy, Pierre. She falls in love with a young doctor and plans to run away with him and his son. Finally, not considering the right to deprive Pierre of his father, she gives up. Twenty years pass, Pierre has grown up, he suspects his little brother, Jean, of just being his half-brother. His suspicions gnaw at him, his mother confesses to him her past fault. Faced with this confession, Pierre will abandon the one who sacrificed her life for him.
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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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Secrets
Title: Secrets
Character: Pierre
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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White Wings
Title: White Wings
Character: Gérard Clairval
Released: March 10, 1943
Type: Movie
A great disappointed love once encouraged the vocation of Sister Claire, who, however, forgot nothing. She follows in their daily life three young girls beloved and badly brought up by a widower, an artist with measured comicality. Sister Claire will save one of the sisters abandoned by her seducer.
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Twisted Mistress
Title: Twisted Mistress
Released: August 14, 1942
Type: Movie
Guy Carbonnel, a rich industrialist, has more eyes for rugby than for his wife Hélène. René Rivals, his long-time pal, takes advantage of it to court her but Guy is becoming suspicious so René has to find a way to deflect his friend's suspicion. He finally has an idea: he asks Lilian, a circus acrobat, to pose as his mistress. Lilian accepts and they embark on a series of eventful moments.
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The Marriage of Chiffon
Title: The Marriage of Chiffon
Character: Max de Bray
Released: August 6, 1942
Type: Movie
Odette Joyeux plays an eccentric young aristocrat called "Chiffon", who is struggling to comply with the social conventions of the community. A widow, her mother (Suzanne Dantes) would like to remarry a rich noble. Without realizing it, Chiffon is in love with her uncle, a ruined pioneer of aviation ...
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Boléro
Title: Boléro
Character: Georges
Released: March 25, 1942
Type: Movie
As her neighbor Rémi Courmont has told her off for making his ears bleed with Ravel's Bolero, a music piece she plays at full volume all the time, Anne-Marie decides to get even with him. She sets up a hoax with the complicity of her friend Catherine, who agrees to post as Remi's mistress to embarrass him. Just then, Niquette, Rémi's real lover, resurfaces.
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African Diary
Title: African Diary
Character: Le lieutenant Parent
Released: June 25, 1940
Type: Movie
During a French construction project in the Sudan, a military doctor fights against leprosy and the natives seek protection against witch doctors.
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Two Women
Title: Two Women
Character: Gomar
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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Yamilé Under the Cedars
Title: Yamilé Under the Cedars
Character: Osman Hel Hussein
Released: June 1, 1939
Type: Movie
A Lebanese Christian girl of European origin is attracted to a visiting Muslim chief and rides off with him.When her Christian fiance brings her back,she is punished for her transgression.
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Behind the Facade
Title: Behind the Facade
Character: Albert Durant, courtier à la Bourse et joueur de Poker
Released: March 14, 1939
Type: Movie
In the elevator of two large Parisian buildings, a telegraph operator discovers the body of an elderly woman, Madame Mathieu, the owner of both buildings. Boucheron (Lucien Baroux), the local superintendent, is dispatched to investigate, along with his rival, Inspector Lambert of the "Sûreté" (Jacques Baumer). To solve the enigma, they scour staircases and corridors, visiting every floor of both buildings, courtyard and facade. Their gruff rivalry allows them to complement each other in discovering who committed the crime among a gallery of characters, humble or rich, who all have something to be ashamed of... A rare, fast-paced, picturesque comedy set against the backdrop of a police mystery.
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Return at Dawn
Title: Return at Dawn
Character: Dick Farmer aka 'Keith'
Released: November 18, 1938
Type: Movie
Married to Karl Ammer, the station master of Thaya, a Hungarian quiet village, Anita is a pretty young peasant who feels deeply bored. She dreams of another life while watching the daily express trains to Budapest. An incident will force her to leave her province: she has to go to Budapest to attend the funeral of an aunt and receive a share of the inheritance. After completing the formalities, Anita misses the train to go back home and then she finds herself alone in the capital. - Written by jsanchez from IMDB.com
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Marked Girls
Title: Marked Girls
Released: October 12, 1938
Type: Movie
Juliette, an innocent woman, is wrongly sentenced to prison for attempted murder. After her release, she married an industrialist to whom she did not speak of her tumultuous past. But, victim of a rampant blackmail, she cannot continue to hide her prison past and the scandal breaks out.
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Rail Pirates
Title: Rail Pirates
Character: Rolland
Released: January 19, 1938
Type: Movie
Henri Pierson, the chief engineer of a railway line crossing Yunnan in China, must prevent the incessant attacks of a gang of looters.
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Le coeur dispose
Title: Le coeur dispose
Character: Baron Houzier
Released: May 14, 1937
Type: Movie
An aristocratic family wants to marry off their young Helene. The mother and grandmother each pick not so bright prospects.Helene herself is drawn to an elderly baron.But what about Robert, the family secretary?
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Bach the Detective
Title: Bach the Detective
Character: Stefani
Released: November 20, 1936
Type: Movie
Narcisse is a doorman for a jeweler but dreams of becoming a private detective. The Criminas agency hires him and he comes to the aid of his former boss's nephew, accused of stealing jewelry. He first passes for the accomplice of the young man but soon discovers the culprit.
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Lucrezia Borgia
Title: Lucrezia Borgia
Character: Giannino Sforza, Duke of Milano
Released: December 20, 1935
Type: Movie
French silent film pioneer Abel Gance directs this 1935 classic about Lucrezia Borgia, her brother, Cesare. and her father, Pope Alexander VI -- one of history's most ruthless and ambitious crime families.
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Un homme de trop à bord
Title: Un homme de trop à bord
Character: Clay
Released: December 6, 1935
Type: Movie
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The King of the Champs-Élysées
Title: The King of the Champs-Élysées
Released: December 10, 1934
Type: Movie
In Paris, a stage-struck would-be actor is mistaken for an escaped convict.
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3 of the navy
Title: 3 of the navy
Released: October 19, 1934
Type: Movie
The sentimental and comic adventures of three sailors, during a stopover of their ship in Toulon, are grafted onto a story of stolen documents, which allows the three friends to turn into amateur detectives.
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L'or
Title: L'or
Character: Malescot
Released: June 1, 1934
Type: Movie
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La Belle de Nuit
Title: La Belle de Nuit
Character: Jean Fournier
Released: March 2, 1934
Type: Movie
Based on a play by Pierre Wolff, about a wronged husband’s revenge on his wife and her lover, La belle de nuit is a major find, a work of uninhibited stylistic imagination that ranges from Sirkian stylization (an elaborate play of mirrors and doubles) to brutal realism (a tour of the bordellos of Marseille suggests the contemporary photographs of Brassaï).
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The Ironmaster
Title: The Ironmaster
Character: Gaston de Bligny
Released: November 30, 1933
Type: Movie
A young noblewoman is unhappy about needing to marry the village ironmaster for financial reasons, but later comes to appreciate her husband.
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Danton
Title: Danton
Released: October 14, 1932
Type: Movie
Reconstruction of Danton's political career, from the moment he had just been admitted as a lawyer and became friends with Camille Desmoulins and Fabre d'Eglantine. Until his death sentence on the charges of Robespierre.
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My lover the assassin
Title: My lover the assassin
Released: June 10, 1932
Type: Movie