Sylvain Itkine
Also Known As: not available
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Paris, France
Birthday: December 08, 1908
Deathday: August 20, 1944
Adult: No
Gender: Male
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Grand Illusion
Overview: A group of French soldiers, including the patrician Captain de Boeldieu and the working-class Lieutenant Maréchal, grapple with their own class differences after being captured and held in a World War I German prison camp. When the men are transferred to a high-security fortress, they must concoct a plan to escape beneath the watchful eye of aristocratic German officer von Rauffenstein, who has formed an unexpected bond with de Boeldieu.
Genres: Drama History War
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1937-06-04
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In the Service of the Tsar
Overview: At the turn of the last century, a beautiful spy takes advantage of a handsome officer to get across the Russian border without her passport. They fall in love. But the Grand Duke also falls in love with the young woman, who has in fact been assigned to kill him. A jealous mistress kills the spy before she can commit the crime.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1936-11-13
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The Queen of Spades
Overview: Russia, 1835. Lieutenant Hermann, a compulsive gambler, is fascinated by an infallible martingale held by Countess Tomski, nicknamed The Queen of Spades. The day Hermann wants to wring the secret from her, the countess dies of fear. Following this tragic scene, Hermann sinks into dementia. Luckily, Lisa, his frail lover, brings him back to life and happiness.
Genres: Horror Drama History Fantasy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1937-07-01
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I Accuse
Overview: After serving in the trenches of World War I, Jean Diaz recoils with such horror that he renounces love and personal pleasure to immerse himself in scientific research, seeking a machine to prevent war. He thinks he has succeeded, but the government subverts his discovery, and Europe slides with seeming inevitability toward World War II. In desperation, Diaz summons the ghosts of the war dead from the graves and fields of France to give silent, accusing protest.
Genres: War Drama Horror
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1938-01-23
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The Tale of the Fox
Overview: In the kingdom of animals, Master Fox is used to trick and fool everyone. So the King, the Lion, receives more and more complaints about him. He orders that Master Fox is arrested and brought to him.
Genres: Animation Comedy Fantasy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1941-04-10
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Hercule
Overview: Hercule, a young peasant, inherits a Parisian newspaper with a large circulation. The editor-in-chief, Vasco, takes advantage of his ignorance to make corruption prevail. But Hercules gradually realizes the role that we make him play.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1938-03-05
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Bargekeepers Daughter
Overview: Prince Sacha studies in Paris and cares more for Marianne than about Silistrie, the country his family was exiled from. But Chautard, a French financier, who has business there (the country is rich in oil), wouldn't mind a little political stability. So why not restore the ancient royal family to the throne? But is Prince Sacha up to his role ? And will Marianne make a suitable princess?
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1938-10-11
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I Sing
Overview: Charles's uncle is the headmaster of a chic girls school .He is short of the readies and he has lots and lots of debts.
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1938-11-30
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The Musicians of the Sky
Overview: A would be blind hoodlum redeems himself in the Salvation Army just for a lovely lieutenant.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1940-04-10
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From Mayerling to Sarajevo
Overview: Franz Ferdinand, heir to the throne of Austria-Hungary, is kept absent from the royal court due to his dangerous political ideas. Sent on a tour of inspections and inaugurations, he falls in love with Countess Sophie Chotek.
Genres: Romance History Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1940-10-10
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Beating Heart
Overview: Tells the story of a young woman escaping from reform school who tries to steal a foreign ambassador's watch but ends up falling in love with him.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1940-02-01
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La Chienne
Overview: Cashier Maurice Legrand is married to Adele, a terror. By chance, he meets Lucienne, "Lulu", and make her his mistress. He thinks he finally met love, but Lulu is nothing but a streetwalker, in love with Dede, her pimp. She only accepts Legrand to satisfy Dede's needs of money.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1931-11-20
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Le Bonheur
Overview: Philippe Lutcher, an anarchist, fires a shot at Clara Stuart, a famous stage and screen actress, but only wounds her. The star, through affectation and curiosity to know his motives, pleads in his favour at his trial, but he rebuffs her pity. After he has served 18 months in prison, they meet and fall in love.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1934-09-15
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Le père Lebonnard
Overview: Father Lebonnard, a former watchmaker who made a fortune, remains simple while his wife is only dreaming of worldly affairs and pushes his son Freddy to marry Bianca, the daughter of the Marquis de Rocafort, their neighbor. She feeds a similar project for her daughter Mariella.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1939-03-29
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The Crime of Monsieur Lange
Overview: A man and a woman arrive in a cafe-hotel near the Belgian frontier. The customers recognize the man from the police's description: his name is Amedee Lange, and he murdered somebody in Paris. Lange was an employee in a printing works. His boss was a real bastard, swindling every one, seducing female workers... One day he fled to avoid facing his creditors, and the workers set up a cooperative to go on working. What then made Lange a killer?
Genres: Drama Crime Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1936-01-24
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Life Is Ours
Overview: A propaganda film of the communist party of France, showing how the comrades help the proletariat against the capitalists.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1936-04-07
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