Paul Meurisse
Biography: Paul Meurisse (21 December 1912, Dunkirk – 19 January 1979, Neuilly-sur-Seine) was a French actor who appeared in over 60 films and many stage productions. Meurisse was noted for the elegance of his acting style, and for his versatility. He was equally able to play comedic and serious dramatic roles. His screen appearances ranged from the droll and drily humorous to the menacing and disturbing. His most celebrated role was that of the sadistic and vindictive headmaster in the 1955 film Les Diaboliques. Description above from the Wikipedia article Paul Meurisse, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: December 21, 1912
Deathday: January 19, 1979
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Diabolique
1955-01-29
Diabolique
Overview: The cruel and abusive headmaster of a boarding school, Michel Delassalle, is murdered by an unlikely duo -- his meek wife and the mistress he brazenly flaunts. The women become increasingly unhinged by a series of odd occurrences after Delassalle's corpse mysteriously disappears.
Genres: Horror Thriller Mystery
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1955-01-29
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Le Deuxième Souffle
1966-11-01
Le Deuxième Souffle
Overview: A gangster escapes jail and quickly makes plans to continue his criminal ways elsewhere, but a determined inspector is closing in.
Genres: Action Drama Crime
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1966-11-01
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Crooks in Clover
1963-11-27
Crooks in Clover
Overview: 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.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1963-11-27
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Bethsabée
1947-11-21
Bethsabée
Overview: Danielle Darrieux stars as Arabella Delvaire in this baroque adaptation of Pierre Benoit's novel Bethshabee. Arabella is a woman of the world who arrives at a remote Foreign Legion outpost for a rendezvous with her current lover, Captain Duveuil. It so happens that one of Arabella's previous amours, Captain Somerville (Paul Meurisse), is also serving at the same post. So much for joining the Foreign Legion to forget. A climactic knife duel "solves" the film's various plot complications. Despite its Foreign Legion background, Bethsabee has next to no action, which must have made things difficult when the film was distributed to the U.S.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1947-11-21
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The Suspects
1974-11-27
The Suspects
Overview: When an American tourist is murdered in the south of France, the police must investigate. In this movie, the police inspector re-creates the girl's journeys through France until the murder is solved. Suspicions are narrowed down to four possible perpetrators early on, and flashbacks illuminate the roles each one played in the girl's vacation.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1974-11-27
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Picnic on the Grass
1959-11-11
Picnic on the Grass
Overview: Etienne Alexis, a candidate for president of the new Europe, is a scientist promoting artificial insemination for social betterment and therapy to eliminate passion. To celebrate his engagement to a cousin, he hosts an aseptic picnic, where mother nature asserts herself. A shepherd's flute conjures a windstorm that throws Alexis together with the luscious Nénette, a farm lass who wants to have a baby but is unimpressed with men.
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1959-11-11
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The Truth
1960-11-02
The Truth
Overview: As Dominique Marceau is being tried for the murder of Gilbert Tellier, accounts by different witnesses paint a picture of the kind of relationship the two used to share.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1960-11-02
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Army of Shadows
1969-09-10
Army of Shadows
Overview: Betrayed by an informant, Philippe Gerbier finds himself trapped in a torturous Nazi prison camp. Though Gerbier escapes to rejoin the Resistance in occupied Marseilles, France, and exacts his revenge on the informant, he must continue a quiet, seemingly endless battle against the Nazis in an atmosphere of tension, paranoia and distrust.
Genres: War History Thriller
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1969-09-10
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Forbidden to Love
1942-10-30
Forbidden to Love
Overview: An unconsummated marriage to fool the father who wants his heir to be wed.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1942-10-30
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The Eye of the Monocle
1962-11-14
The Eye of the Monocle
Overview: In 1943, a German commando conceals a large quantity of gold in an undersea cave on the coast of Corsica. Years later, Schlumpf, the sole survivor of the commando, returns to Corsica to recuperate the treasure -- with British and Soviet spies on his heels, and closely monitored by Dromard, from the French intelligence services. The monocled Dromard is convinced that he can outfox his opponents, but difficulties accumulate: despite his plump appearance, Herr Schlumpf is a sly fellow; Corsica is teeming with treasure hunters from various nationalities; and all parties readily resort to unnatural alliances, brazen treachery, and strong-arm tactics. Who will get the treasure?
Genres: Thriller Comedy Crime
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1962-11-14
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Impasse of Two Angels
1948-10-03
Impasse of Two Angels
Overview: Stage actress Marianne has decided to give up her career to marry wealthy nobleman Marquis Antoine de Fontaines. As a wedding present, Antoine gives his future wife a precious diamond necklace, which is coveted by a gang of crooks. Jean, one of them, is given the mission to approach Marianne and steal the necklace from her. The only trouble is that when he meets her, she recognizes him as the man she once loved.
Genres: Comedy Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1948-10-03
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Scandal
1948-12-01
Scandal
Overview: A young woman who inherits her uncle's nightclub, invents a gangster husband in order to gain respect.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1948-12-01
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The Eleven O'Clock Woman
1948-03-03
The Eleven O'Clock Woman
Overview: Stanislas Oscar Seminario, aka SOS, is a young explorer, just back from Africa, visiting old friends: the Pescara's. But the father keeps receiving anonymous letters. And soon a mysterious murder is committed. SOS begins to investigate...
Genres: Action Crime
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1948-03-03
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The Case of Poisons
1955-11-04
The Case of Poisons
Overview: Madame de Montespan, the Maîtresse-en-titre of Louis XIV, has been in disgrace since the King set eyes on a younger beauty, Marie-Angélique Scorailles. Having had enough of the situation, the rejected mistress decides to visit La Voisin, a woman known as a fortune teller, a doctor, a midwife and who is also said to arrange black masses and sell poisons. Some time later Marie-Angélique, now Duchess of Fontanges, dies mysteriously aged only twenty...
Genres: History Crime Drama Horror
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1955-11-04
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The Big Swag
1965-07-09
The Big Swag
Overview: Louis Bourdin est employé à la RATP le jour, romancier la nuit, avec une forte prédilection pour le genre policier. Un jour, il rédige un polar situé dans l'univers de la RATP, boudé par les éditeurs. Le livre parvient alors aux yeux d'une bande de criminels...
Genres: Comedy Thriller
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1965-07-09
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The Monocle's Sour Laugh
1964-09-16
The Monocle's Sour Laugh
Overview: A French agent goes after a gang of Asian terrorists who plan to blow up an American nuclear aircraft carrier.
Genres: Comedy Thriller
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1964-09-16
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Le Cri du cormoran, le soir au-dessus des jonques
1971-02-10
Le Cri du cormoran, le soir au-dessus des jonques
Overview: Alfred Mullanet, an unlucky player who lives on his wife's income, becomes in a few moments the object of interest of two thugs, Kruger and Mister K.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1971-02-10
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When the Pheasants Pass
1965-09-10
When the Pheasants Pass
Overview: Arsène Baudu and Hyacinthe, a pair of small-time crooks, fall prey to Alexandre Larsan-Bellac, who involves them (against their will) in high-profile swindling, but their success is quite limited. For starters they are deceived by Mrs. Paterson, a charming widow. Later on, Ribeiro, a Portuguese contractor and former victim of the two crooks, traces them and forces them to work on one of his building sites for damages. Just then, Larsan-Bellac resurfaces with plans to lure Ribeiro once again. —Guy Bellinger
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1965-09-10
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Vingt-quatre heures de perm'
1945-01-10
Vingt-quatre heures de perm'
Overview: Two friends, mobilized together and idle, send their photos to two young workers. The photos are inverted, resulting in a real sentimental imbroglio which finds its best conclusion in the context of the Théâtre aux Armées.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1945-01-10
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Destitute Mary
1945-10-03
Destitute Mary
Overview: 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?
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1945-10-03
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The Uncatchable Mr. Frederic
1946-07-15
The Uncatchable Mr. Frederic
Overview: The novelist Suzanne Delmont creates a character, "The Uncatcable Frédéric", a sort of Arsène Lupin. A mysterious stranger launches a press campaign accusing him of having a harmful influence on young people...
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1946-07-15
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Chicken Feed for Little Birds
1963-02-15
Chicken Feed for Little Birds
Overview: In a building close to the Place de la Contrescarpe in Paris, a tale of criss‑crossings in turn romantic, gourmet, interested or mystical, between an Italian gigolo and a nightclub hostess, a family of butchers and an apprentice rocker, a mystic tailor, a writer sending himself telegrams, an alert paralytic woman, a thoughtful concierge, a bird breeder and a just‑out‑of‑jail hooligan. Little by little each one discovers each other’s more or less troubled history… when a mysterious death introduces the Police within this huis clos, hastens disclosure of well‑kept secrets and ruffle this little World.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1963-02-15
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Marie-Octobre
1959-04-24
Marie-Octobre
Overview: A group of ex-resistance fighters are brought together by Marie-Octobre, the code name of Marie-Helene Dumoulin. The former members of the network have carried on with their lives after the war, but this evening they are going to have to live again a fateful night – the night their leader was killed. He had been betrayed, his name given to the Germans. The search for the traitor puts each personality in the spotlight – and also that of the killed leader, Castille.
Genres: Drama Mystery
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1959-04-24
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Inspector Sergil
1947-01-15
Inspector Sergil
Overview: Inspector Sergil is a detective comedy. Sergil, inspector of the P.J., investigates three crimes, helped by two pretty women, Bijou and Nadège.
Genres: Comedy Thriller
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1947-01-15
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Fortune carrée
1955-03-16
Fortune carrée
Overview: Igricheff, the Amiris' instructor, refuses to take part in the Cadi's arms deal. Deposed, he flees and joins the Ghafaris, determined to help his former enemies against the Amiris. Taken prisoner, he is saved by his young slave, Yasmina, while the Ghafaris are almost completely annihilated. He takes refuge on the ship of the trafficker Mordhom. Having provoked the death of his servant, he is put on trial by Mordhom but acquitted by his peers. Mordhom then lands Igricheff on the coast, and the latter succeeds in saving the Frenchman from an Amiri attack. The two men reconcile and set off on their adventures together.
Genres: Adventure
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1955-03-16
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Colonel Durand
1948-08-25
Colonel Durand
Overview: In his younger days, a dashing officer, Colonel Durand, compromised Madame De Monthieux, who entered a convent. Now, he is garrisoned at Strasbourg.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1948-08-25
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Sergil et le dictateur
1948-10-13
Sergil et le dictateur
Overview: Inspector Sergil is assigned the mission to protect the dictator of Santa Juanita during his stay in France and - it goes without saying -trouble begins at once, as of his journey in the fast train from Paris to Marseilles. A lot of opponents of all kinds are intent on liquidating the dictator and they do not particularly like to have Sergil in their way. When Bijou, the inspector's fiancée, accepts to serve as a bodyguard for the dictator, she is soon kidnapped and will not be released until Sergil tells them about their enemy's hiding place. Where the shoe pinches is that the dictator has disappeared and Sergil does not even know where he is.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1948-10-13
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The Red Angel
1949-07-01
The Red Angel
Overview: L'Ange rouge is a cabaret run by a former mobster with his friend, a singer and dancer he brought back from Argentina. A fleeing gangster takes refuge in the cabaret. The singer and the gangster have an affair.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1949-07-01
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L'assassin connaît la musique
1963-10-16
L'assassin connaît la musique
Overview: Lionel Fribourg, a great composer (at least that's what he thinks) has a problem with his noisy environment: he can't complete his unfinished symphony. Of course there is a market for unfinished symphonies but, for all he knows, only one became famous. So he had better find a way to finish it. At long last, he comes across Agnès, a divorced woman who agrees to let him her quiet home. Lionel, full of hope, resumes work...
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1963-10-16
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The Gypsy
1975-12-05
The Gypsy
Overview: Two thieves, Hugo Sennart and Yan Kuq, wanted by the same police inspector, cross paths by chance.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1975-12-05
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Maria of the End of the World
1951-03-16
Maria of the End of the World
Overview: Maria is the wife of self-styled naturalist Mathius. Alas, Maria's husband spends more time with his beloved woodland creatures than with her. Yearning for a visit to the Big City, Maria leaves herself wide open for disillusionment and heartbreak.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1951-03-16
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Back Streets of Paris
1946-11-27
Back Streets of Paris
Overview: Madame Rose runs a seedy hotel in a suburb of Paris. Strong-minded but without the least moral scruple, she once killed her husband whose honesty was a hindrance to her business. Under a suspended sentence, she now indulges in smuggling. One day, Victor, one of her former accomplices hounded by the police, finds sanctuary with her. During a drinking spree, he has the bad idea to entrust to her a suitcase filled with bank notes, a loot with which Victor hopes to rebuild his life in South America. But Rose, lured by temptation, betrays Victor, who is arrested by the police. However, he manages to escape with only one thing in mind, to take revenge on Rose...
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1946-11-27
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Me and the Forty Year Old Man
1965-03-19
Me and the Forty Year Old Man
Overview: A story about Caroline, a young girl who decides to start dating only men after forty.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1965-03-19
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Serenade to the Executioner
1951-05-31
Serenade to the Executioner
Overview: Schomberg, an enigmatic psychiatrist runs a nursing home. He is forced to close his clinic and disappear to escape the police. But he wants revenge on his wife's lover, Didier Laurent, a former RAF fighter pilot. Didier meets a young trapeze artist, Paula, with whom he falls in love. The happiness of the two young people is disturbed by the assassination of Irene, strangled by Schomberg who casts suspicion on Didier. Fortunately for them Commissioner Ulysses knows the truth and forces Schomberg to commit suicide.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1951-05-31
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The Game of Truth
1961-11-26
The Game of Truth
Overview: A dozen elegant people are gathered in a writer's desirable mansion. In the grand tradition of Agatha Christie, they all have something to hide.They begin a cruel game of truth, a game where you're not supposed to tell lies. As the questions become more and more intimate and precise, the tempers rise, while outside the storm is raging. Enter a hateful person (played by Paul Meurisse, the nasty headmaster in "Les Diaboliques") who seems to know a lot about them. Someone is murdered. Whodunit?
Genres: Crime Mystery
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1961-11-26
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Code Name: Melville
2008-11-15
Code Name: Melville
Overview: Mixing interviews, rare archival footage and film extracts, the film shows how Melville's works were impacted by what he experienced in his youth during WWII, and how it structured his whole approach to cinema, not only in its thematic but also in its aesthetics.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2008-11-15
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Until the Last One
1957-03-20
Until the Last One
Overview: Just released from prison after serving a six-month sentence, Fernand Bastia goes into hiding. He has indeed double-crossed his gang by keeping part of the product of a robbery for himself. Thanks to his sister Marcella, Fernand has taken refuge in a small circus where she works. There, he falls in love with Gina but also arouses the jealousy of Quedchi, a fairground stall-holder who has seen him hiding the stolen money. After a while, Fredo Riccioni, the boss of the gang and his men, manage to trace him...
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1957-03-20
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Sergil Among the Girls
1952-06-06
Sergil Among the Girls
Overview: The maid of a clandestine brothel in Marseille is found murdered. The inspector Sergil, in charge of the investigation will employ somewhat particular methods in order to unmask the assassin.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1952-06-06
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Le Majordome
1965-03-24
Le Majordome
Overview: Léopold, valet de chambre to the avocat général Maître de Royssac, starts studying the penal code and, during his leave, becomes a judge in a "middle" court. His decisions are recognized as final. Léopold falls in love with Agnès, engaged to the two-faced Doctor Ventoux, who becomes "Le chat" when he plays the gangster. Léopold will help "Le chat" pull off the heist of the century, if he remains free to court Agnès. "Le Chat" doesn't play along. A fight breaks out between Léopold's gang and "Le Chat's" gang. The law must prevail.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1965-03-24
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Head Against the Wall
1959-03-20
Head Against the Wall
Overview: An aimless young man is committed to a psychiatric hospital by his father in an attempt to cure him of his delinquent tendencies.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1959-03-20
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The Wolf Farm
1943-12-13
The Wolf Farm
Overview: Bastien and Furet are a journalist and a photographer working together as a team on the newspaper 'L'Echo du Jour'. Just as they are about to go off on a weekend break with Micky, their boss's secretary, they are sent to a crime scene to report the murder of a Russian named 'le Moujik'.
Genres: Mystery Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1943-12-13
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The Voracious Ones
1973-01-11
The Voracious Ones
Overview: On the Côte d'Azur, a rich man wins a large sum of money playing at the casino. As he leaves the establishment, he is assaulted and knocked unconscious, his loot stolen. A few days later, the young croupier who had given him his winnings is involved in a motorcycle accident while avoiding a car. The investigation brings the two men together, but the millionaire's wife falls in love with the handsome young croupier. The plot begins...
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1973-01-11
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Not Delivered
1958-01-15
Not Delivered
Overview: After resolving to start a new life with his girlfriend Jacqueline, Bastien Sassey decides to give up working as a courier for drugs traffickers. So that he and Jacqueline can make a fresh start he agrees to take on one more job for a large sum of cash, but he betrays his employer.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1958-01-15
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Congress of Love
1966-03-18
Congress of Love
Overview: Vienna 1965. While visiting the Wax Museum a group of tourists stop in front of the figure of Prince Metternich. All of a sudden they find themselves brought back 150 years earlier during the Vienna Congress of 1814-1815. Before their eyes wide open, history is in the making. Gathered around the Tsar of Russia, Alexander I, the Kings of Bavaria, Würtemberg, Prussia and Denmark, are persuaded they are building the future Europe whereas they are being manipulated by foxy Chancellor Metternich, he himself under the thumb of cynical Count Talleyrand, the French representative. All those considerations come second though to partying and social life, which is all these aristocrats really want out of this congress.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1966-03-18
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Les Violents
1958-01-10
Les Violents
Overview: Pierre Tercelin who used to be a prosperous industrialist is now ruined and embittered, having become a mere lock keeper. A widower, he lives with his daughter Evelyne, a music-hall dancer. Claiming he is being persecuted by his cousin Edgar he gets in touch again with another cousin of his he hates, Bernard, a millionaire gun runner,who is also a victim of Edgar. It must be said that both Pierre and Bernard once caused Edgar to go bankrupt... Pierre offers Bernard to join efforts against Edgar. Soon after, Bernard dies of poison, which is only the first of a series of acts of violence. Tiercelin is shot at while going back home, Bernard's son is gunned down while his sister Luciane disappears. Chief-inspector Malouvier - who oddly enough looks very much like the suspect- investigates....
Genres: Mystery
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1958-01-10
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Seventh Heaven
1958-03-05
Seventh Heaven
Overview: "Le septième ciel" became Raymond Bernard's last film; a black comedy about a female brewery owner who donates vast amounts of money to charitable causes. The funds to do this, she raises through her liaisons with wealthy gentlemen... who just "happen" to end up dead!
Genres: Mystery Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1958-03-05
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Easy Down There!
1971-08-30
Easy Down There!
Overview: A priest gets a little hot under the collar when the wife he thought was dead unexpectedly returns.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1971-08-30
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The Inspector Likes a Fight
1957-06-12
The Inspector Likes a Fight
Overview: To protect him, Georges takes the place of his twin brother, Jacques, suspected of murdering an aircraft manufacturer and stealing the plans for a revolutionary engine. He sets out to compromise the police investigation and the actions of the document smugglers seeking to recover the plans.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1957-06-12
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Love and the Frenchwoman
1960-09-16
Love and the Frenchwoman
Overview: The seven stages in the life of the modern Frenchwomen are disclosed by seven directors in a witty way: 1 - Childhood, 2 - Adolescence, 3 - Virginity, 4 - Marriage, 5 - Adultery, 6 - Divorce, 7 - The Single Woman.
Genres: Comedy Romance Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1960-09-16
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The Contessa's Secret
1954-09-26
The Contessa's Secret
Overview: The lover of an Italian revolutionary offers herself to Napoleon in exchange for her sweetheart's life.
Genres: Romance Drama History
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1954-09-26
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The Black Monocle
1961-08-29
The Black Monocle
Overview: The Marquis de Villemaur reunite strange visitors in his Castle, to meet a survivor of the Third Reich. There is an Italian fascist, Heinrich; a German, Matthias; a Russian; and Dromard, a blind French war hero with a black monocle.
Genres: Crime Thriller Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1961-08-29
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Je suis un mouchard
1953-04-17
Je suis un mouchard
Overview: Mado loves Henry but is coveted by Bob Torquella, a dangerous gangster. The latter, mad with jealousy, is prepared to do everything to get rid of Henri. He and his accomplice involve him in a dangerous robbery. Henri is hurt and arrested by the police. But the young man, a weak character, denounces his accomplices. Two years later, the two gangsters run away from prison. Bob finds that Henri and Mado are husband and wife and have a daughter. In a panic, Henri runs for cover.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1953-04-17
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Be Careful Ladies
1963-10-02
Be Careful Ladies
Overview: Charles Rouvier, a lawyer, is in jail for trying to save one of his clients, Hedwige. He decides to be revenged on women and his inmates teach him how to seduce and exploit them.As soon as he is released from prison he places a personal ad in a newspaper. This is how the newly self-appointed "cynical Don Juan" will meet three creatures: Florence, Gisèle and Henriette. Who will eat who?
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1963-10-02
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Bells Without Joy
1962-04-20
Bells Without Joy
Overview: 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...
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1962-04-20
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The Education in Love of Valentin
1976-05-25
The Education in Love of Valentin
Overview: This sex comedy concerns the efforts of Julien to get his timid, "backward" 20-year-old son to take an interest in sex and get married. After a series of adventures with women (arranged by papa), Valentin finally gets married to a woman who appears to be as shy as he is. Things get complicated when his father begins an affair with her.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1976-05-25
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Le Dessous des cartes
1948-09-22
Le Dessous des cartes
Overview: Claude Géraudy, a banker responsible for a financial scandal, is forced to flee and hides in the mountains with the help of Manu, a young smuggler. Florence, his wife, refuses to join him. Desperate Claude commits suicide, Florence then decides to pass her suicide off as murder in order to receive her late husband's life insurance.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1948-09-22
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Guinguette
1959-03-04
Guinguette
Overview: Renée dite Guinguette, a former prostitute, has earned enough money on the Parisian sidewalk to buy her dream: a waterfront guinguette. Her new lover, Marco, offers her the use of an unused adjoining barn to store the second-hand cars he trades in. But the "used" cars are actually stolen, and the charming Marco is a bad boy. After a few deaths and various vicissitudes, love finally triumphs.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1959-03-04
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Montmartre on the Seine
1941-11-19
Montmartre on the Seine
Overview: Maurice loves Juliet and Michael loves Lily. Romance blossoms on the hill. They are workers, artisans, and Lily has a real talent as a singer. But Claude's arrival brings trouble to their relationships. Maurice, jealous, approaches Lily. Singing in the streets, Lily quickly becomes a cabaret star.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1941-11-19
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Last Hour, Special Edition
1949-09-30
Last Hour, Special Edition
Overview: A journalist who deals with the column "courier du cœur" has the absurd idea of launching an investigation into the death of a pianist whom he claims to have been murdered. To dazzle his wife, a reporter for the newspaper, he disguises the facts in such a way that the police suspect him, then declare him guilty. It takes a number of adventures to get him out of this mess and get him back into his section.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1949-09-30
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Agnes of Nothing
1950-03-17
Agnes of Nothing
Overview: Pushed by her husband to settle in the family castle, Agnès finds her sister-in-law Alix there. Her husband Carlos, often absent, loses interest in his wife and gradually approaches Agnès who will end up giving up this relationship.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1950-03-17
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My Wife Is Formidable
1951-12-05
My Wife Is Formidable
Overview: Raymond Corbier, a sculptor, has a wonderful wife, Sylvia, whom he adores. To save a passionate admirer who simulates suicide because she does not respond to her advances, Sylvia, an irreproachable wife, is forced to lie for the first time to Raymond.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1951-12-05
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Ne bougez plus !
1941-10-30
Ne bougez plus !
Overview: Are these two tramps who come to pose for an advertising agency at Patrice Farfadou, the fashionable photographer, the Prince Andromache of Miremir and his faithful secretary Palmer? Who will find the key to the Enigma: The melancholic Hector, the youthful Geneviève, or the feverish Elyane?
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1941-10-30
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Monsieur chasse
1947-06-01
Monsieur chasse
Overview: A husband covers his weekly infidelities with the pretext of hunting. His best friend intends to take advantage of the situation and makes an appointment with the outraged wife in a bachelor flat where the situation is resolved, not without morality being undermined.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1947-06-01
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The New Aristrocrats
1961-12-13
The New Aristrocrats
Overview: Denis, a hypersensitive teenager, is revolted both against his distant, pretentious, well-to-do parents and their superficial society firends and the stiff, intolerant catholic establishment in which he studies. Fortunately,he has an open-minded philosophy teacher, Father Philippe de Maubrun, who understands him and supports him in his distress.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1961-12-13
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Love Marriage
1942-12-23
Love Marriage
Overview: Pierre, who is a Fine Arts student, and Denise, who is a chemistry student, work for a department store where, wearing wedding suits, they distribute flyers to passers-by. The store manager, Bernard, falls in love with Denise and arranges to take her to an inn not far from Paris, run by the handsome Robert. This one opens Denise's eyes who ends up returning to her home. After a fight between Pierre and Bernard, Denise ends up choosing to stay with Pierre.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1942-12-23
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