Julien Verdier
Biography: Biography not available
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: January 13, 1910
Deathday: July 15, 1999
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Muriel, or the Time of Return
1963-10-01
Muriel, or the Time of Return
Overview: In the seaside town of Boulogne, no one seems to be able to cope with their past, least of all Hélène, an antique furniture saleswoman, her stepson Bernard, and her former lover Alphonse.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1963-10-01
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Three Women
1952-08-13
Three Women
Overview: The short stories of Guy de Maupassant enjoyed a renaissance in the early 1950s, thanks in great part to the Max Ophuls production Le Plaisir. In Trois Femmes, three De Maupassant stories are dramatized, each conveying the central theme of women falling in love. In the first, a black female carnival entertainer causes an uproar when she falls in love with a white soldier. In the second, a young bride is pressured into having a baby to collect a huge inheritance. And in the final episode, a pregnant girl is "adopted" and protected by a small circle of friends. In standard De Maupassant fashion, each of the three stories in Trois Femmes is capped by a surprise twist.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1952-08-13
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Desperate Decision
1952-10-01
Desperate Decision
Overview: Ireland, 1922. In the midst of a national uprising, Catherine, a young orphan employed in household chores, goes in search of her brother whom she has heard in a dream calling for help.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1952-10-01
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Follow That Man
1953-02-27
Follow That Man
Overview: While celebrating his birthday, police inspector Basquier recalls two of his most celebrated cases. The first involves duplicitous moneylender Olga. The second concerns the brutal broad daylight murder of innocent young Yvonne.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1953-02-27
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Dr. Petiot
1990-09-19
Dr. Petiot
Overview: A true story shot in a German Impressionistic style. In France during the Nazi occupation, Dr. Petiot (Michel Serrault) offered to help Jews escape the Nazis. They would come to his house, and he would kindly give them lethal "vaccinations" for their anticipated travel to Argentina. Then he would steal everything the brought with them (in addition to their up-front payment to him) and burn their bodies in his home-made crematorium.
Genres: Crime Drama History
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1990-09-19
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François le Champi
1976-12-15
François le Champi
Overview: A young miller takes under her protection an orphan brought up by an old woman.
Genres: TV Movie History Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1976-12-15
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Black Dossier
1955-05-10
Black Dossier
Overview: In the 1950s, in a small provincial town, a young inexperienced judge clashes with an influential notable during an investigation into a suspicious death. His perseverance to get to the truth will cause a huge scandal.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1955-05-10
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We Are All Murderers
1952-05-21
We Are All Murderers
Overview: 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.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1952-05-21
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The Wreckers
1959-01-27
The Wreckers
Overview: In 1852, the famine on a desolate Britanny's island named Blaz-Mor, off the coast of Finistère. Some residents exalted hold responsible the young Moira, equivalent to a witch. The old Marnez, "head" of the island, is trying to restore calm and opposes Yann Le Heart, the fiancé of his daughter Louise Kermelen, who wants causing a shipwreck to save the island from famine.
Genres: Drama Adventure
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1959-01-27
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Escapade
1957-06-07
Escapade
Overview: Some gangsters use a young girl to get to a recently released convict who hid $10 million from a robbery just before he was caught.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1957-06-07
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The Ragpickers of Emmaus
1955-02-23
The Ragpickers of Emmaus
Overview: The Emmaüs community opened and functioned thanks to the generous impetus of Abbé Pierre Groues, bringing together a cross-section of the underprivileged: unemployed truck drivers, former paratroopers, young people leaving prison, etc., and underprivileged families. The "ragpickers" manage to make a bit of money by practicing the art of "chine", while the abbé tries his hand at winning radio games. The accident and death of one of them will unite the Emmaus companions even more.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1955-02-23
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Police Judiciaire
1958-02-28
Police Judiciaire
Overview: The detectives of the Paris Judicial Police, based at the Quai des Orfèvres, are mobilized by four criminal cases. A double murder, perpetrated in a hotel on the Place de Clichy, intrigues the investigators. The owner and a little maid were murdered in cold blood.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1958-02-28
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I'll Get Back to Kandara
1956-12-20
I'll Get Back to Kandara
Overview: One evening, professor André Barret sees the author of a murder in the darkness; cafe owner Cordelec is the victim. From then on, his suspicions fall on one of his students who had just arrived in his class, Bernard Cormiere.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1956-12-20
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The Cold Soup
1975-01-20
The Cold Soup
Overview: Two young pretty Parisiennes sell their place and leave behind the capital and its pollutions to live a healthy and bucolic life in a small village in the south of France. Their arrival is an event.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1975-01-20
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Tamango
1958-01-24
Tamango
Overview: A Dutch slave captain, on a voyage to Cuba, faces a revolt fomented by a newly captured African slave, Tamango. The slaves capture the captain's mistress, forcing a showdown.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1958-01-24
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The Dialogue of the Carmelites
1960-06-01
The Dialogue of the Carmelites
Overview: This drama about the Carmelite order of nuns is set during the French Revolution. A young woman seeks refuge with the Carmelites because she is terrified of dying during the upheaval. The longer she associates with the nuns the more she is transformed by their faith and devotion.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1960-06-01
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Good Luck, Charlie
1962-07-11
Good Luck, Charlie
Overview: Charlie Pattison, a wealthy American, lands at Athens airport, where he has just received an emergency phone call from his friend Maurice. The two men met in prison camps and have vowed to track down a certain Nazi doctor, Hermann Geiss, a connoisseur of masterpieces who is guilty of criminal experiments on prisoners. But Maurice doesn't show up. As soon as he arrives, Charlie investigates his friend's disappearance. He ends up meeting a painting dealer, Cardin, whose client Geiss is said to have been.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1962-07-11
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Jeunes mariés
1953-06-03
Jeunes mariés
Overview: Jacques and Gisèle, who are just married, are starting their honeymoon. But at nightfall, on their way to marital bliss, their car chooses to break down and the lovebirds find themselves stranded in the village of Montigny. And instead of bathing in ecstasy as expected, Jacques and Gisèle become unwillingly entangled in the conflict that tears the villagers apart : should they continue to tolerate the presence of an American Army unit on municipal territory ?
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1953-06-03
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Skin and Bones
1961-04-28
Skin and Bones
Overview: Convicted of murdering his wife, a crime of which he declares himself innocent, Jacques Mazur is serving a long sentence in a prison where his presence causes disruption.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1961-04-28
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The Wages of Sin
1956-07-10
The Wages of Sin
Overview: Bourgeois melodrama about the family of a wealthy businessman in La Rochelle, who dismisses the marriage of his only daughter with a journalist.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1956-07-10
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The Star Ship
1962-12-11
The Star Ship
Overview: Onboard a spaceship sailing into infinity, generations of travelers are subject to dictatorial rules imposed by the central computer "Psycho." Recruited as a new police officer, Eddy Burns will discover the terrifying secrets behind this flawless system.
Genres: Science Fiction
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1962-12-11
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A Trap for Cinderella
1965-10-22
A Trap for Cinderella
Overview: Based on Sébastien Japrisot's novel, the story revolves around a young girl who suffers from amnesia after surviving a terrible fire.
Genres: Thriller Mystery
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1965-10-22
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Diamond Safari
1966-06-28
Diamond Safari
Overview: Raphaël, a former paratrooper, is unable to adapt to the constraints of social life. One day, he becomes the unwilling accomplice of jewel thieves and falls in love with Electre, the mistress of Alaphène, their boss. Electre gives herself to Raphäel and incites him to run away with her. The couple tries to reach Monte-Carlo, where the diamonds are hidden, but they are chased by Federico, one of the gangsters who craves the loot as well...
Genres: Crime Drama Romance
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1966-06-28
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Handsome Face
1972-11-29
Handsome Face
Overview: Pierrette, an active labor activist, marries Mario. He had little sympathy for his wife's political activities. Nevertheless, he takes part in a strikers' demonstration she leads, where he is bludgeoned to death by the CRS.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1972-11-29
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Un Adolescent d'autrefois
1983-01-01
Un Adolescent d'autrefois
Overview: At the beginning of the twentieth century, a young man from the upper middle class tries to escape the constraints of his family.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1983-01-01
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Sans rires
1990-01-01
Sans rires
Overview: An old man, former clown, comes back in the neighborhood where he used to lived for the funeral of his ex-wife, and finds old friends with whom he had lost contact.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1990-01-01
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Anatomy of a Marriage: My Days with Jean-Marc
1964-01-31
Anatomy of a Marriage: My Days with Jean-Marc
Overview: The story of the couple from the very first meeting to break up told from a view of a man, Jean-Marc. The film shares the same plot with "Françoise ou La vie conjugale", that tells the same story from another perspective.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1964-01-31
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Weekend at Dunkirk
1964-12-18
Weekend at Dunkirk
Overview: In June 1940, during the Dunkirk evacuation of Allied troops to England, French sergeant Julien Maillat and his men debate whether to evacuate to Britain or stay and fight the German troops that are closing-in from all directions.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1964-12-18
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Anatomy of a Marriage: My Days with Françoise
1964-01-31
Anatomy of a Marriage: My Days with Françoise
Overview: The story of the couple from the very first meeting to break up told from a view of a woman, Francoise. The film shares the same plot with "Jean-Marc ou La vie conjugale", that tells the same story from another perspective.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1964-01-31
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Pillaged
1967-11-15
Pillaged
Overview: Over the course of one night, a gang of twelve criminals carry out a commando-like raid on a small town.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1967-11-15
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Before the Deluge
1954-02-26
Before the Deluge
Overview: The title of this French "reality" drama, which translates to Before the Deluge, is a play on Louis XVI's famous prognostication, "Apres moi, le deluge." Set in 1950, the film concentrates on five Parisian adolescents. Certain that the next war will herald the apocalypse, the youngster make plans to run off to a desert island and set up a new society. This, however, will require money, which is why the boys decide to pull off a "necessary" robbery. Idealism collapses in the face of cold reality, as the five youths suffer from the consequences of their actions. Avant le Deluge was one of a group of films cowritten by director Andre Cayatte and Charles Spaak which endeavored to explore the touchy social issues of the day: others in the Cayatte-Spaak canon include the euthanasia-themed Justice est Faite and the capital-punishment tract Nous sommes tous des assassins.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1954-02-26
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Murder at 45 R.P.M.
1960-05-24
Murder at 45 R.P.M.
Overview: Danielle Darrieux stars in this French thriller as a singer having an affair with her accompanist. When her husband dies in an automobile accident, the two lovers suspect each other of having murdered him. Soon after, they receive 45 rpm records with the dead man’s voice, threatening to come back.
Genres: Mystery Thriller
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1960-05-24
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The Mark Of The Day
1949-04-06
The Mark Of The Day
Overview: In a settlement in the northern mining country. The Marles, Bréhard and Gohelle families wake up and prepare for a new day at work. The young engineer Larzac, newly appointed to the mine, will soon oppose the authoritarian and conservative methods of his superior Dubard. Georges Gohelle would like to marry Marie Bréhard, but housing difficulties thwart their plans. Brezza, a Polish immigrant, who must return to his country, would like to hate his marriage to Louise Gohelle. Roger, Marie's little brother, has just turned 14. He does not want to go down to the mine as his elders have always done. He will however have to resign himself to it. Marles evokes for him the social struggles of 1906. Roger is injured during a landslide. In front of his family and his friend Marles, who had come to the hospital, he announced his decision to continue his profession. Larzac, invited to the Marles, reveals that he refused a quiet position at the Charbonnages de Paris. He too stays.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1949-04-06
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The Call of Destiny
1953-02-15
The Call of Destiny
Overview: Young conductor Roberto Lombardini has never known his father who is actually a former musician, a failed piano player who has sunk into alcoholism.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1953-02-15
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Paris Pick-Up
1962-05-04
Paris Pick-Up
Overview: On Christmas night, an ex-convict meets a beautiful, married Italian woman who has a lot of things to hide.
Genres: Crime Thriller
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1962-05-04
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Dom Juan
1965-11-06
Dom Juan
Overview: This telefilm in black and white is diffused on the first French chain the November 6th 1965. It undoubtedly remains the most known adaptation of the Dom Juan of Molière.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1965-11-06
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Hi Doc
1957-03-06
Hi Doc
Overview: 24 hours in the life of a humble general practitioner. A very busy life to say the least... Like every other day, Dr. Forget works from morning till dusk (and even later). He sees patients in his consulting room or visits them either on house calls or at the hospital. But is today just another day? Not quite since on this very day, Junior, Dr. Forget's son, will know if he has passed or not his exam at the faculty of medicine.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1957-03-06
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The Bear and the Doll
1970-02-04
The Bear and the Doll
Overview: A quiet cellist living in the countryside has his life disrupted when he accidentally bumps into a wealthy, temperamental woman in a Rolls-Royce. Angered by his indifference to her charm, she attempts to seduce him, but he resists her attempts to invade his peaceful life.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1970-02-04
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The Question
1977-05-04
The Question
Overview: 1957. For several months, Henri Charlègue, the ex-director of the newspaper "Alger democratic", banned, has been living in hiding. Suspected of belonging to the FLN, he is actively sought by paratroopers.
Genres: War Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1977-05-04
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