Hugues Wanner
Also Known As: Hugues Waner
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Lausanne, Vaud, Switzerland
Birthday: October 19, 1907
Deathday: October 29, 1993
Adult: No
Gender: Male
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The Night of the Following Day
Overview: A gang of four professional criminals kidnaps a wealthy teenage girl from an airport in Paris in a meticulous plan to extort money from the girl's wealthy father. Holding her prisoner in an isolated beach house, the gang's scheme runs perfectly until their personal demons surface and lead to a series of betrayals.
Genres: Thriller Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1969-01-10
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S.O.S. Sahara
Overview: At a North Africa desert outpost threatened by Arabs, the French commander has added trouble when his wife visits and is captivated by a younger officer.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1938-08-17
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Adrienne Lecouvreur
Overview: Adrienne Lecouvreur is an acclaimed actress who falls in love with Polish prince Maurice de Saxe, only to be poisoned by a jealous rival while Maurice is away at war. The film was a co-production between the two countries, and was made at UFA's Berlin Studios. It was based on the 1849 play Adrienne Lecouvreur by Eugène Scribe and Ernest Legouvé about the life of the eighteenth century actress Adrienne Lecouvreur.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1938-10-28
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Un fichu métier
Overview: Because of the escapades of Alexis, the Crown Prince of Vodenia, the kingdom is likely to lose the loan lent to them by a rich foreign banker. Baron Patcheff, a minister, decides then to replace the Prince by a double. The man chosen is Castin, a Parisian haberdasher, who looks like Alexis feature for feature.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1938-10-05
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The Mondesir Heir
Overview: Bienaimé, a modest postman, in love with Janine, the village postmistress, does not know that he is the illegitimate son of the old Baron de Mondésir. The Baron dies and in happy amazement, Bienaimé finds he is the sole heir to the deceased's estate. But he should be careful, for two crooks, Waldemar and Erika, are after his newly-acquired wealth.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1940-05-07
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Manouche
Overview: Pierre can no longer pay for his medical studies and disappears for several months. During his absence, his fiancée allows herself to be courted by a reveler. Back home, Pierre cannot regain the trust of the young woman, who now leads a dissolute life of which she is ashamed. She tries to kill herself. Pierre saves her and heals her.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1943-03-26
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Love and Companionship
Overview: The accountant of an insurance company, rather eccentric and quick to push the song, is responsible for monitoring the actions of an alluring South American whose suicide would mean the collapse of the company. Finally, the accountant discovers an attempted insurance scam and marries the surly and charming interpreter who was the liaison between the South American and himself.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1950-01-27
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L'éternel espoir
Overview: The war will separate the members of the Valon family, two sons Alexandre and Antoine being prisoners, while the youngest Gilbert enters the secret army. Only their sister, Denise, will stay on the farm with her grandfather and grandmother. The Germans invade the free zone.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1952-06-24
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The Lottery of Happiness
Overview: Mr Lucas, a grocer, wants to attract the clientele; he imagines a lottery; every week, you can win a bike. It's a big success.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1953-02-15
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Blood to the Head
Overview: François Cardinaud is one of the richest shipowners in the region. But this success arouses resentment and jealousy. When Marthe, his wife, leaves the home without warning, Cardinaud sees her life cracking little by little.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1956-08-10
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La Traversée de Paris
Overview: Two unlikely companions must smuggle four suitcases filled with contraband pork across Nazi-occupied Paris.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1956-10-26
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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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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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Vive les vacances
Overview: Roger and Jeannot, two jolly good fellows, are workers in a car factory. When the summer holidays come they merrily mount their scooter and head for the French Riviera where they intend to live cheerful holidays. They finally reach their destination after going through a host of colorful misadventures on the road and are soon caught into an imbroglio. Indeed, after boarding a yacht following two sailors, the boat sails away and they are unable to disembark, at least for a while. This is only a minor problem since they are immediately hired as mechanics and cooks, to everyone's satisfaction. To crown it all, there is Graziella, the niece of the king of naphtha, whose endearing charms do not leave Roger insensitive. And the belle has a lady friend by the name of Ingrid, who happens to be as rich as she is, and who kindles Jeannot's flame. But things are not as simple as they appear.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1958-12-24
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The Motorcycle Cops
Overview: Marc, a motorcycle brigadier, is engaged to the charming Véronique. But his future brother-in-law, the clumsy Roger, leader of a Sunday motorcycle gang, has set his sights on joining the motorcycle police.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1959-03-18
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Trafics dans l'ombre
Overview: Codeine has been stolen from Philippe Calaro's pharmaceutical laboratory. The police are investigating and ask the young chemical engineer to remain at their disposal, as one of his direct employees is under suspicion. On his way home from an evening out with a friend, whom the case has forced him not to accompany on a trip, he discovers the corpse of an unknown man in the boot of his car. Distraught, and without thinking about his imprudence, he disposes of the cumbersome and inert passenger in the woods of St-Cloud. After the departure of his girlfriend's plane to Orly, he is accosted by a young girl who tells him she knows the dead man from the previous evening, and begs him to join her on the Air France bus, to disguise the fact that he is being followed.
Genres: Crime Mystery Thriller
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1964-10-28
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The Adventures of Arsène Lupin
Overview: Arsène Lupin is extremely popular among the population, because he allows the needy to share in his acquired wealth. Before entering the service of the German Emperor Wilhelm II, he removes his vault in Alsace, steals two paintings of old masters, steals valuable gems and calls out to the police prefect to avoid his arrest. But this time he risks being seriously recognized. Lupin must once again use his fine intellect to deftly escape the situation.
Genres: Crime Comedy Mystery
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1957-03-22
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Le Joueur
Overview: Drama in a small German water town where various characters clash against a backdrop of money, gambling and love.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1938-09-06
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Line of Sight
Overview: Pedro returns to the castle of his childhood, inhabited by his uncle, an indifferent being who scarcely notices his presence. At the castle, Pedro wanders between the park and the salons, playing the songs he composed on the guitar. He notices strange people around the castle.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1960-01-01
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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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Fantomas
Overview: Fantômas is a man of many disguises. He uses maquillage as a weapon. He can impersonate anyone using an array of masks and can create endless confusion by constantly changing his appearance.
Genres: Comedy Crime Adventure
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1964-11-04
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Mémoires d'un flic
Overview: In Marseille, crime squad captain Dominique fights against racketeers and tries to put a young man back on the right track.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1956-01-27
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Tabusse
Overview: In the Cévennes, Tabusse is a figure of the village. Angry and but also in love, he goes through many adventures.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1949-09-28
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Magnet of Doom
Overview: Young boxer Michel Maudet is sacked by his manager after a series of match defeats and is forced to look for a new job. He is engaged as secretary to a millionaire named Ferchaux who is in a hurry to flee the country when he discovers he has been implicated in a high-profile fraud.
Genres: Crime Drama Adventure
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1963-09-25
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Tropics
Overview: In the French consulate in China, Claude Varville declares his love to the consul's wife.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1930-12-31
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