Geneviève Kervine
Biography: Geneviève Kervine (1931–1989) was a French film actress. Born in Dakar in French Senegal, she emerged as a star in the 1950s and was awarded with the Prix Suzanne Bianchetti for the most promising actress in 1955. She was married to the singer and actor Jean Bretonnière. Kervine was active on stage and in French film productions from 1952 to 1962. Film roles included Les Nuits de Montmartre (1955, based on a novel by Claude Orval), and the female lead in Alerte au Deuxieme Bureau (1956). Her last film role was in C'est Pas Moi, C'est L'autre (1962). Geneviéve Kervine was married to actor and singer Jean Bretonnière in 1967. They had a son, Marc Bretonnière, who also became an actor, especially successful in voice parts (he was the French voice of Darth Maul, for example). She was 58 when she died from cancer in Paris, in 1989. Source: Article "Geneviève Kervine" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: June 27, 1931
Deathday: September 05, 1989
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Pity for the Vamps
1956-10-19
Pity for the Vamps
Overview: Paris, 1956. Three sisters, three actresses willing to do almost anything to make it big. Their lives, their loves, their dramas. A savory satire of the world of show business and cinema in particular.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1956-10-19
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Wonderful Mentality
1953-03-14
Wonderful Mentality
Overview: Honoré, a valet, has an extremely logical mind and is unable to tell a lie. This comes in very fortunate for the family he works for.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1953-03-14
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It's Not My Business
1962-11-07
It's Not My Business
Overview: A small-scale cabaret troupe is touring the provinces. One afternoon while canoeing, Monique Darzel, one of the troupe's singers, spots an angler whose resemblance to Fernand Raynaud strikes her. She discusses this with Jean Duroc, the troupe's director, who laments the meagre revenues his show is raking in. He then had the idea of meeting this fisherman to convince him to imitate Fernand Raynaud in his shows. It turns out that the Fernand Raynaud impersonator is in fact Fernand Raynaud himself, who has come for a week's incognito vacation in the provinces. Raynaud is finally persuaded to play the novice comedian, in order to further develop the script for his next film, Les cabotins à travers les âges.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1962-11-07
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Nest of Spies
1956-11-16
Nest of Spies
Overview: The mysterious death of a well-known criminal sparks an investigation into national security.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1956-11-16
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Operation Caviar
1961-10-18
Operation Caviar
Overview: Bank accountant Thomas Lieven is forced to work as a triple agent for the British, the French and the Nazis.
Genres: Adventure Comedy Thriller
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1961-10-18
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This Time it Must Be Caviar
1961-12-01
This Time it Must Be Caviar
Overview: Thomas Lieven is a German secret agent trying to leave that profession, to live a peaceful life. Adventure is too strong an appeal, he starts working again, and soon it's difficult to say if he is doing his job, or turned out as double agent for England, France or even communist Russia! To save his skin, he'll do - almost - anything, to anyone...
Genres: Thriller Adventure Comedy
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1961-12-01
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The Night of the Suspects
1957-08-30
The Night of the Suspects
Overview: Marcel Farnoux, an industrialist, lives with eight women: his wife, his two daughters, his mother, his sister-in-law and two maids. One night, he is found dead, shot through the heart. Inspector Duret has a hard time unmasking the killer from among his eight suspicious wives.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1957-08-30
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Nights of Montmartre
1955-08-08
Nights of Montmartre
Overview: Bobby earns his living in Montmartre by duping naïve provincials, along with his pal Julien, as well as crooks and drug dealers, replaced by bicarbonate. His friend Monique, who dances at Le Paradou, is frightened by such a life. A crime of which he is not guilty occurs while he is robbing drug dealer Mureau. Bobby flees, but prefers to let himself be imprisoned. A serious accident is avoided. The brave Inspector Doirel is determined to set the boy straight. Monique will do her bit too.
Genres: Comedy Crime Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1955-08-08
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Four Days in Paris
1955-10-27
Four Days in Paris
Overview: Mario, a star ladies' hairdresser, has Nicolas as a friend and Gisèle as his mistress, who is coveted by Nicolas. To boost the salon's finances, Nicolas takes advantage of a billionaire, Madame Alvarez, by selling her a pseudo-rejuvenation serum invented by Mario. Mario suddenly falls in love with a provincial girl, Gabrielle, and pursues her to the South of France, where everyone meets up to finish the film in song.
Genres: Comedy Family Music
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1955-10-27
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Five Million in Cash
1957-04-11
Five Million in Cash
Overview: Philémon De Montfilet came first in his year in the prestigious engineering school "Poly Art Technique" because of an epidemic which brought all the other examination candidates down.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1957-04-11
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Une gosse « sensass »
1957-04-02
Une gosse « sensass »
Overview: Pierre Leroy has a garage that he manages with the help of a couple of friends, Raymond and Annette. But the bills pile up and Leroy is on the brink of bankruptcy.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1957-04-02
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Virgile
1953-11-18
Virgile
Overview: Sweet Virgil believes himself to be a victim of the same bad luck that has pursued parents, grandparents and ancestors before him. Terribly complexed by this misfortune, he nevertheless awkwardly tries his hand at journalism, supported by a charming editor. By chance, he comes face to face with the thundering gangster Esposito. In this cat-and-mouse struggle, the mouse wins. Esposito is arrested and Virgil is rid of his inhibitions forever.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1953-11-18
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Ma petite folie
1954-05-28
Ma petite folie
Overview: Raoul Morel, a shy young man without a fortune, is an instructor at a driving school. During a lesson, he is disturbed by the ravishing and capricious Lolita Perez, the wealthy daughter of a South American who, despite her father's opposition, wants to marry a seductive adventurer, Marcel d'Arcy, who covets her fortune. At his instigation, she plans to marry Raoul - a sham marriage - in order to gain possession of his fortune. She divorces him and remarries Marcel. But Lolita falls in love with Raoul, who has been warned of her machinations and refuses the marriage...
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1954-05-28
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Pas de souris dans le business
1955-04-08
Pas de souris dans le business
Overview: Without seeming to touch it, journalist Trupeau is interested in the doings of Mireille, a jewelry store saleswoman. A certain Jojo is hanging around the young girl, and not for the right reasons, but to pull off a "heist". Although one of his men betrays him and has to be shot, Jojo succeeds. The police investigate, question and pursue Mireille. Exasperated and disillusioned, the pretty salesgirl shoots Jojo. Fortunately, the journalist is there to prove that she's as white as an ermine. And the ch timents rain down on the culprits.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1955-04-08
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Villa Sans-Souci
1955-07-12
Villa Sans-Souci
Overview: The whimsical Jean Latour wins a competition for a month's holiday on the Côte d'Azur. When he arrives at the "Villa Sans Souci", he discovers that the owner and generous donor, M. Mallez, is a doctor, that the property's guests are sick with nerves, and that Mallez has brought him in to entertain his neurasthenic residents.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1955-07-12
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Une vie de garçon
1954-02-03
Une vie de garçon
Overview: Determined to marry, but without enthusiasm, Bernard chose Lysiane Laborie. To bid a fitting farewell to his wild youth, he buried his bachelorhood. Then his friend Bobby, with Lysiane's consent, persuades Bernard that he's marrying not a candid young girl, but Lily the Strychnine, a volcanic creature. The future husband discovers the joke and responds by introducing himself as a notorious gangster. Confrontations with thugs lead them all to the station. Bernard and Lysiane fall into each other's arms.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1954-02-03
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Amour, autocar et boîtes de nuit
1960-08-17
Amour, autocar et boîtes de nuit
Overview: A young girl, Christiane, leaves her family to join friends with whom she intends to "make a life". Two boys, Jo and Paul, look after the heroine, whose relations seem rather shady. Jo, a guide in a tourist agency specializing in nightlife in Paris, has a "shadow" of his own in the scatterbrained Annette, who is determined to marry him. While touring the capital's cabarets, Jo meets a model, Jacynthe, and her photographer, Daniel, as well as a star, Jackie, and her manager, Helios. The latter organizes a mock jewel robbery for publicity purposes, with Jackie as the victim. But contrary to expectations, the robbery takes place.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1960-08-17
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Paris Music Hall
1957-07-31
Paris Music Hall
Overview: The publicist Henri Michelin is looking for a new star for the review of Eden, a music hall led by Bendix.
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1957-07-31
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Soupe au lait
1959-07-01
Soupe au lait
Overview: Roland Lasserre is a shy boy, which would be nothing if he weren't also prone to the violent tantrums that have earned him his nickname "Soupe au lait". It's when Francine announces her engagement that he decides to declare his love for her. Francine is not at all keen on the husband her parents are forcing on her - a wealthy record manufacturer - but she gives in under their pressure and asks Roland to give her up. But fate has other plans. A car accident provokes the young man's anger, and with Francine on board, he chases after the hit-and-run driver and ends up in a ditch, luckily undamaged, 50 km from Paris. Torrential rain, lack of transport, welcoming hostelry. All Roland and Francine have to do is confess their guilt, and for the sake of honor, get married... All would be well were it not for René, the neglected fiancé, who provokes "Soupe au lait" and triggers a scandal during the ceremony.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1959-07-01
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The Crazy Hostel
1957-06-12
The Crazy Hostel
Overview: As a favor to his grandmother, singer Rudy Hirigoyen agrees to sing incognito, under the name Romano, in the nightclub his cousin Gustave has just opened in a small seaside resort. The staff and musicians are students camping out in the pine forest near "L'Auberge Fleurie". Grandma has rented the apartment above the club to summer guests: Commandant Portafaux and his wife.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1957-06-12
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La Traversée de la Loire
1962-01-31
La Traversée de la Loire
Overview: June 1940, near Saumur. During the exodus, the bridges having been destroyed, a group of refugees, brought together by the chance of fleeing the advancing German troops, build a raft to cross the Loire to evacuate a sick little girl.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1962-01-31
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One Hundred Francs Per Second
1953-01-09
One Hundred Francs Per Second
Overview: Philippe, an employee at the Bourdinet firm, having been caught kissing Jacqueline, his boss's daughter, is fired. Some time later, Bourdinet launches a radio quiz show to boost his business. Philippe then decides to compete in the hope of telling the thousands of listeners what he thinks of the industrialist. A blow on the head having given him a gift of second sight, the competitor becomes impeccable and wins astronomical sums to the great despair of Bourdinet. Everything will work out in the end and Philippe will be able to marry Jacqueline.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1953-01-09
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Le Fil à la patte
1954-12-06
Le Fil à la patte
Overview: Count Fernand du Bois d'Enghien typifies the pleasure seeker and as such he has a mistress of course, star singer Lucette Gauthier. But now Fernand feels it is time for him to tie the knot. For that, pretty Viviane Duverger is the ideal prey. The trouble is that the explosive Lucette does not hear it that way. Fortunately for Bois d'Enghien, Urugua, a rich South American general, falls in love with Lucette.
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1954-12-06
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Peau de vache
1980-12-19
Peau de vache
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1980-12-19
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Do It Again Callaghan
1961-04-05
Do It Again Callaghan
Overview: Slim Callaghan investigates the theft of the famous Upper Sangha diamonds. Disguised as a Salvation Army auxiliary, he boards a luxury yacht where a transvestite party is being held. During an illusionist's trick, Callaghan manages to steal the precious diamonds, but the thief escapes.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1961-04-05
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Towards Ecstasy
1960-09-22
Towards Ecstasy
Overview: Catherine married Jérôme, a wealthy landowner living in North Africa, from a bourgeois but noxious background. While living in total family harmony, she is seized by a mystical crisis following a vision of a cleric in ecstasy. She abandons her home and worldly possessions to take a job as a maid. After a bumpy road that severely tested her spirituality, Catherine found peace by returning to live with her devoted partner.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1960-09-22
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Pleasures and Vices
1955-09-02
Pleasures and Vices
Overview: He was nicknamed Gueule d'ange (Angel's Face) because of his good looks, which enabled him to make a certain amount of money from wealthy ladies. Having given up on touching little Marie, he fell into the clutches of fashionable decorator Loina. Both love money, both go for it. Their characters bind them together. So much so that when Loina falls on hard times, Gueule d'ange would fly to help her. A loyal friend stops him. Loina leaves. Distraught, the handsome boy looks inward. It's time for him to settle down.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1955-09-02
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Dix-huit heures d'escale
1955-05-27
Dix-huit heures d'escale
Overview: Out of love for a beautiful passenger he met on a crossing, journalist Robert Vitrac agrees to deliver a letter to a man named Pablo. A dangerous mission, since the beautiful Manuela has had in her possession the proceeds of a robbery, which she must forward to the fence. In this game, Vitrac would lose his honor and perhaps his life if Inspector Berio's friendship didn't protect him. Manuela, who seemed sincerely in love with the journalist, falls victim to the bandits.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1955-05-27
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A Certain Mr. Jo
1958-04-16
A Certain Mr. Jo
Overview: Jo Guardini, now the peaceful owner of a charming inn by the banks of the River Marne, once was a dreaded gangster. The respectful citizen does not want to have anything to do with the underworld any more. Unfortunately, two of his former accomplices kidnap a little girl and decide to hide her in his hotel. What will Jo do : side with the law in the person of inspector Loriot or have a relapse in crime?
Genres: Mystery Crime
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1958-04-16
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