Jean Mercanton

Jean Mercanton

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Distress
Title: Distress
Character: Pierre
Released: April 16, 1947
Type: Movie
Martine discovers, on the eve of her wedding, that her mother, whom she believed to be dead, leads an adventurous life. Pierre, her fiancé, unable to overcome his family's opposition to the revelation of this news, decides to kidnap Martine. The adventurer, who is not recognized by her daughter, agrees to leave France. The family of the young man will no longer put obstacles in the way of marriage.
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Son of France
Title: Son of France
Character: Hans
Released: May 15, 1946
Type: Movie
The crew of a tank from the 1st French army took part in the liberation of Strasbourg during the fall of 1944.
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Destitute Mary
Title: Destitute Mary
Released: October 3, 1945
Type: Movie
Marie is one of her kind. While the other girls are after gold, diamonds and jewels, she swears by ... poverty! She does not remain the companion of a banker too long for obvious reasons. But when she can be the muse of a poor music composer it is fine by her. Unless the musician becomes too famous...! Then, she leaves him! But maybe not forever... He can fall into poverty again, can't he?
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Children of Chaos
Title: Children of Chaos
Character: Émile Ferrand
Released: April 26, 1944
Type: Movie
An officer, two of his comrades and a social worker want to create the "Carrefour", a place for lost children and teens to give them a chance not to fall by the wayside and spend most of their life in jail.
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The Ménard Collection
Title: The Ménard Collection
Character: Paul, young sportsman
Released: April 12, 1944
Type: Movie
Renée Ménard, a young mixed-race Indochinese, arrives in France to find her French father, whom she only knows is called Paul Ménard. In the hope of identifying her father, she meets a series of men with that name.
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Lucrèce
Title: Lucrèce
Character: François
Released: December 15, 1943
Type: Movie
Lucrèce, a famous actress, is bothered first, then flattered by the passionate testimonies of love given to her by François, a 12th grade student infatuated with her. Taking pity on the boy, Lucrèce decides to heal him of his madness and with this in mind she invites him for a working holiday on her farm. Instead, she falls in love with the cherub. At a time, her young lover grows so jealous of her that he attempts suicide. The mature actress then understands that their love story is going nowhere. She will remain alone while François will forget her.
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Immortal France
Title: Immortal France
Character: Alain Froment
Released: April 7, 1943
Type: Movie
The story of how the people of Paris cope with the strains and struggles of war, from the siege of the city by the Prussians during the Franco-Prussian War of 1871 to the invasion by the Germans in World War II.
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Départ à zéro
Title: Départ à zéro
Released: February 23, 1943
Type: Movie
Two young people, cousins to each other, inherit a domain where three comrades come to camp. The castle serves as a reserve for a black market band whose leader will do his best to clear out the new occupants. An inventor, an archaeologist, an inspector and a goatherd enter the circle...
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Little Nothings
Title: Little Nothings
Character: Jacques
Released: December 16, 1942
Type: Movie
Following a broadcast on the radio, each of the listeners remembers these "little nothings" (the title is borrowed from a play by Mozart), which have often changed their lives. Each of these stories told will prove that a tiny detail in life can change an entire destiny.
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Soyez les bienvenus
Title: Soyez les bienvenus
Character: Jacques Boisleroi
Released: July 8, 1942
Type: Movie
Before the war. Mr. and Mrs. Boisleroi, well off, lived in their castle while their son Jacques courted Geneviève, the manager's daughter. On mobilization, the manager becomes flight captain, Boisleroi a simple waykeeper and Jacques wants to enlist. Refugees arrive: an actress, a player, an old marquis, former owner of the castle and who will die there. All this life together culminates in the marriage of Jacques and Geneviève.
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The Man Who Seeks the Truth
Title: The Man Who Seeks the Truth
Character: Fernand
Released: March 20, 1940
Type: Movie
Jean Vernet, an unselfish banker, feels fine : he has a charming mistress, Jacqueline ; a godson, Fernand, that he took in when he was a child and that he has brought up and cherished ever since ; a faithful friend, Lamblin ; and an adorable dog. But things are not so rosy as they look. Adrienne, Jean's sister, hates Jacqueline and is prepared to do everything to separate the couple. Worse, it looks as though Fernand has betrayed his godfather by sleeping with Jacqueline. To know more about those around him, Jean, a modern Volpone, decides to fake deafness.
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The Phantom Wagon
Title: The Phantom Wagon
Character: Pierre Holm
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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Three from St. Cyr
Title: Three from St. Cyr
Character: Jean Le Moyne
Released: August 13, 1939
Type: Movie
Three students from Saint-Cyr are sent to Syria to fight the rebels in the desert.
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Captain Benoit
Title: Captain Benoit
Character: Prince Joachim / Jean-Jacques de Landelle
Released: December 30, 1938
Type: Movie
An officer saves the life of a foreign prince who is in France to buy seaplanes, while pursued by his enemies.
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The Little Thing
Title: The Little Thing
Character: Jacques Eyssette
Released: May 31, 1938
Type: Movie
Now that their parents are ruined, Jacques Eyssette and his younger brother Daniel, are driven to fend for themselves. Jacques becomes the secretary of a marquis who exploits him by making him work so hard that his health gets damaged. Daniel, on his part, is hired as a supervisor and Latin teacher in a school in the province. It soon happens that he is in a bad situation too as, after being subjected to repeated harassment, he ends up being fired. Daniel then decides to join Jacques in Paris, hoping to embark on a literary career. Unfortunately, Irma Borel, an actress, sets her sight on him and drags him into a life of vice.
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The Seniors
Title: The Seniors
Released: September 29, 1936
Type: Movie
A high school in the thirties: most of the students are leaving for the Easter holidays. However, one of them,Brassier, an A -student ,stays for sentimental reasons. He is desperately in love with the principal's wife who does not want to cheat on her husband, and, above all, does not want the young man to ruin his good prospects. On a night he calls on her, a theft is committed, in the principal's office. Although completely innocent, the good lad stands accused. He's got an alibi, but it would compromise the reputation of the woman he is in love with.
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Stupéfiants
Title: Stupéfiants
Character: Pierre
Released: December 16, 1932
Type: Movie
When an up-and-coming singer's career is jeopardized by morphine addiction, her brother takes on the ruthless dope pushers who are intent on keeping her hooked.
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Passionately
Title: Passionately
Released: September 20, 1932
Type: Movie
A jealous American, Mr Stevenson, travels to France with his very pretty young wife Kitty. He tries all sorts of subterfuges so that the charming young woman does not attract the attention of men. But she did not escape the gaze of a certain Robert Perceval.
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To have known
Title: To have known
Released: September 1, 1932
Type: Movie
An opinionated and cocky bookkeeper is certain he can rum his employer's business better than his employer can. The latter dive the bookkeeper a chance to demonstrate his management ability and skills, and promptly makes an unmitigated mess.
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Mister Albert
Title: Mister Albert
Character: The groom
Released: July 2, 1932
Type: Movie
Monsieur Albert is a very elegant and much-appreciated butler. One day he falls in love with a client, Sylvia Robertson, and follows her to a winter sports resort. Sylvia does not recognize him and imagines that he is related to a king who goes incognito.
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With Assurance
Title: With Assurance
Released: June 16, 1932
Type: Movie
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He Is Charming
Title: He Is Charming
Character: Le chasseur
Released: February 25, 1932
Type: Movie
A French musical comedy film, one of the many operetta films made in the 1930s. Rejected for the law after cheating with his fellow students, a frivolous youth gets a job as a notary in the provinces where he hires his girlfriend and they have a fine musical time.
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Halfway Up the Sky
Title: Halfway Up the Sky
Character: Eric
Released: June 12, 1931
Type: Movie
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Princess, At Your Orders!
Title: Princess, At Your Orders!
Character: Le petit roi
Released: April 2, 1931
Type: Movie
Simultaneously made French version of "Ihre Hoheit Befiehlt": An officer, posing as a deli clerk, and a princess, posing as a manicurist, meet at a ball. The court especially the prime minister oppose a marriage, for political reasons.
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Let's Get Married
Title: Let's Get Married
Released: March 6, 1931
Type: Movie
Gisèle accidentally marries her stalker when she thinks she is signing a hotel register in a foreign country.
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L'Arlésienne
Title: L'Arlésienne
Character: Le petit innocent
Released: September 19, 1930
Type: Movie
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Illegitimate Child
Title: Illegitimate Child
Character: Le petit Maurice
Released: February 3, 1930
Type: Movie
The illegitimate son of a music-hall star and an ambitious politician has grown up to become a journalist. He decides to get back at his father by using blackmail.
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The mystery of the pink villa
Title: The mystery of the pink villa
Character: Le petit garçon
Released: January 17, 1930
Type: Movie
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Le Passager
Title: Le Passager
Released: October 17, 1928
Type: Movie