Claude Sylvain
Also Known As: not available
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Neuilly-Plaisance, Seine-et-Oise, France
Birthday: May 09, 1930
Deathday: December 31, 2005
Adult: No
Gender: Female
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Rififi
Overview: Out of prison after a five-year stretch, jewel thief Tony turns down a quick job his friend Jo offers him, until he discovers that his old girlfriend Mado has become the lover of local gangster Pierre Grutter during Tony's absence. Expanding a minor smash-and-grab into a full-scale jewel heist, Tony and his crew appear to get away clean, but their actions after the job is completed threaten the lives of everyone involved.
Genres: Crime Thriller Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1955-04-13
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Don Camillo's Last Round
Overview: Bewildered, Don Camillo learns that Peppone intends to stand for parliament. Determined to thwart his ambitions, the good priest, ignoring the recommendations of the Lord, decides to campaign against him.
Genres: Comedy History
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1955-09-29
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Tower of Lust
Overview: France, the beginning of the XIV century. Every night, Queen Margaret of Burgundy and her two sisters arrange orgies, to which beautiful nobles are invited. The young men were brought blindfolded, and after a night of love they were killed and their corpses thrown into the river, because the queen was afraid that her husband would learn about her adventures. One of her lovers managed to escape death. He knows the secrets of the queen, knows that she once gave birth to a son from him, claims that he has evidence that Margarita wanted to kill her father and blackmails her.
Genres: History Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1955-03-18
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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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If All the Guys in the World...
Overview: A distress call from a trawler leads various people to come to the crew's aid.
Genres: Adventure Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1956-02-24
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Le Rouge et le Noir
Overview: It's no holds barred for Julian in pursuit of upward mobility. Although expected to channel career aspirations into the Church of the post-Napoleonic era, his intensely romantic liaisons propel him forward at a pace he cannot control.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1954-10-29
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Madame du Barry
Overview: The daughter of a seamstress, Jeanne Bécu could hardly imagine she would later become one of the most influential women of the Kingdom of France...
Genres: History
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1954-10-13
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In the Manner of Sherlock Holmes
Overview: A horrific and, on the face of it, incomprehensible murder has just been committed on the unsympathetic person of a loan shark. The victim's body is found lifeless, but the circumstances of his death are far from clear. For want of anything better to go on, the police immediately suspect a penniless gentleman who had the bad idea and misfortune to be present at the time of the crime. The police don't take the time to look for other possible suspects, and are not at the end of their surprises. A dark story seems to lie behind this imbroglio of incoherent facts.
Genres: Mystery Crime
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1956-06-05
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On Trial
Overview: Prosecutor Etzel discovers that his father has sentenced a man, Leonardo Maurizius, on mere presumptions. He then makes it a point of honor to trace the sources of the case to uncover the truth.
Genres: Crime Drama Mystery
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1954-06-04
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If Paris Were Told to Us
Overview: Historical film directed and written by Sacha Guitry follows the the history of Paris from its founding through the significant events in the city's history.
Genres: Comedy Drama History
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1956-01-27
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