Abel Jacquin
Also Known As: Абель Жакен
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Bois-Colombes, France
Adult: No
Birthday: July 16, 1893
Age: 131 years old
Gender: Male
Deathday: May 12, 1968
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Land Without Bread
Overview: An exploration —manipulated and staged— of life in Las Hurdes, in the province of Cáceres, in Extremadura, Spain, as it was in 1932. Insalubrity, misery and lack of opportunities provoke the emigration of young people and the solitude of those who remain in the desolation of one of the poorest and least developed Spanish regions at that time. (Silent short, voiced in 1937 and 1996.)
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1933-12-01
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Monsieur Gazon
Overview: Monsieur Gazon is not likely to win employee of the month: he is assuredly the worst salesman at the Galeries de Paris ! And, as the customers regularly complain he is regularly fired... and hired again ! This time, he has once again attracted the manager's attention by... courting his own fiancée!
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-12-31
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Matricule 33
Overview: In 1917, a French deserter entered the service of German counterintelligence, but Villard (number 33) was a real French spy. Discovered, he is saved by a German spy who betrays her country for love.
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Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1933-09-29
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Tarakanawa
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1938-03-23
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Tu m'oublieras
Overview: Estelle de Pressendi, famous music-hall singer, was all the rage in the 1910s thanks to her two inseparable impresarios. Twenty years later, then on the verge of death, the singer wants to entrust her daughter Yvonne to them.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1932-05-13
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La cinquième empreinte
Overview: Jacques de Nisson, a rich man, has a new mistress, Lucie Cavelier. Which does not prevent him from courting Florence, the wife of his lawyer friend Forestier. One day, Jacques is found murdered and chief-inspector Candély is sent on the spot to investigate. Jean, the victim's butler, Lucie as well as Florence are suspected in turns but the real murderer is finally identified thanks to his fingerprints.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1934-07-13
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Cartouche
Overview: In 1721, at the end of his career as a bandit, Cartouche, touched by the grace of an honest young girl, and falling into the hands of justice under the charge of the father of his beloved, asks as a last resort, that the young girl may, before her execution, come and forgive her.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1934-09-28
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Lovers and Thieves
Overview: Claude, son of a ruined family, pretends to be a dangerous trickster in order to get credit from the guys in the middle. He is in charge of retrieving compromising letters from a woman whose lover fears blackmail. But before arriving there, Claude fortunately meets love.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1935-11-15
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Boulot aviateur
Overview: An operetta baron has teamed up with a mechanic to carry out insurance scams. During one of their shots, they come up against Boulot, a drunken but clever driver, who ends up having them arrested after revealing their ride.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1937-07-16
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Les Demi-Vierges
Overview: Maxime, heir to an old provincial family, is deeply in love with Maud whom he makes his fiancée. But learning that the young girl's life has not always been beyond reproach, he refuses to marry her and returns to his castle in the company of his sister who, happier than him, has met a man worthy of being in Paris. love.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1936-12-04
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Blanchette
Overview: Blanchette, unable to find a job, prostitutes herself in Paris. She then finds the man she loves when her morale is at its lowest.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1937-03-12
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Social Police
Overview: For years now, Chief inspector Gustave Picard has been trying to bring down Salviati, the dreadful leader of a drug-selling gang. Lucienne Préville, an informer who works for him, has infiltrated the gang but her position is dangerous. On the other hand, Scoppa, Salviati's former right-hand man, has started challenging his former boss. Will Salviati, the brutal public enemy, clear off at last?
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1937-04-09
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Legions of Honor
Overview: An officer is tried for self-inflicted injury.He is thrown out of the Foreign Legion .
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1938-02-17
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L'Esprit de Sidi-Brahim
Overview: In the thirties, a Chasseur Alpin commander is accused of spying and sentenced to death. At the last minute, he is saved from the firing squad by a female spy's confession.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1939-07-28
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Pétrus
Overview: Petrus, a Montmartre photographer, is accidentally wounded by Migo, a dancer at the Frou Frou night club, when she is trying to shoot her faithless lover Rodrigue, a counterfeiter. Though Petrus tries to reconcile the lovers, Migo lands up with him after Rodrigue is finally killed by another jealous dancer.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1946-10-02
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Counter Investigation
Overview: Alain Marchal, wrongly accused of murdering his wife, escapes from prison the day before his execution. Before committing suicide, he contacts Monsieur Charles, a retired gangster, and asks him to investigate, find the real culprit and clear his name. Monsieur Charles accepts his request and along with his wife Ginette and two former accomplices, Paragraphe and Teddy Coffre fort, embarks on his counter-investigation.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1947-03-21
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Femme sans passé
Overview: Caroline feels neglected by her husband, the businessman Lorin. She plans to have fun with an inventor but finds herself, following a combination of circumstances, locked up in a psychiatric clinic. To get out of it, she is forced to take on the identity of the wife of a third man, whom she resembles.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1948-08-27
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Man to Men
Overview: The story of the Swiss soldier, Henri Dunant, who was responsible for the founding of the Red Cross, and who was offered the first Nobel Peace Prize.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1948-08-29
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Piège à hommes
Overview: A gangster, arrested by the police, manages to escape during his transfer to Paris. He takes refuge in the suburbs where his accomplices and his mistress await him.
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Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1949-02-02
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The Hell of Lost Pilots
Overview: A plane flying to Dakar is caught in a storm and has to land in the desert. Deprived of a radio, he is unable to give his position and the water reserves are limited to two days. Each, among the military crew and the civilian passengers, experiences the ordeal according to his character.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1949-08-18
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At the Grand Balcony
Overview: World War I aviator Carbot attempts to establish a commercial airline after the war, for the purpose of delivering the mail to the outermost regions of France.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1949-11-30
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The Unknown Road
Overview: The Moroccan adventure of Charles de Foucauld, explorer in Morocco, in 1883-1884. The ex-officer's contact with the wisdom of the Koran, the mores of the natives, the solitude on the edge of the oases made him rediscover his faith and already we guessed in him the future Father de Foucauld.
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Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1949-12-02
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Skipper Next to God
Overview: Captain Joris Kniper believes so strongly that he is "skipper next to God" that he is used to playing God on his ship. Tough and bossy, he gives orders which are not to be discussed. But, some day, he is driven to accept on board several German Jews fleeing the nazis and who are refused asylum everywhere. He gradually realizes that skipper he is, but next to God only.The Bible will help him to find the way to self-questioning, awareness and charity.
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Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1951-03-02
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Anne-Marie
Overview: Raymond Bernard’s film of a script by Antoine de Saint-Exupery (The Little Prince) about a young woman who aspires to become a pilot.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1936-03-06
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Les pépées au service secret
Overview: Elvire, Nathalie and Christine, three young ladies with a proven track record, are called in by the Secret Service to retrieve coveted papers concerning a new explosive. Introduced to a fearsome environment thanks to a female helper, they face kidnappings, play a double game, toil endlessly, lend helicopters and finally triumph, smiling, after a breathtaking fight.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1956-08-10
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Arsène Lupin, Detective
Overview: Arsène Lupin decides to run a detective agency in addition to being a gentleman thief. As a detective he happens to cooperate with police in order to unveil the criminal activities of a villain. When he succeeds the villain returns the favour. The unmasked Arsène Lupin manages to escape with the villain's gangster moll as his new companion.
Genres: Comedy Crime Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1937-04-30
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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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Princess Tarakanova
Overview: A film about the story of princess Élisabeth Tarakanova.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1938-03-23
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Nights of Shame
Overview: Marie-Thérèse is firmly involved in a charity dedicated to the rehabilitation of prostitutes. She approaches Marcelle who, for the love of Pierre, an honest painter, hides her dishonorable profession, and she befriends Maria, in love with the gentle René. Marcelle's aunt is murdered, and her daughter arrested. Marie-Thérèse sets out to prove her innocence, but the two boys learn all about the two unfortunate women. Pierre is unforgiving. Happier, Maria will start a new life with René.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1954-08-04
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The Indiscreet
Overview: A dying man entrusts 25 million to a young girl's care, but she's afraid of being suspected of theft.
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Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1956-03-16
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Ultimatum
Overview: About the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and the beginning of the First World War. Focuses on the relationship between a Serbian officer and his Austrian-born wife and their involvement in espionage between the countries.
Genres: War Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1938-10-27
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Peace on the Rhine
Overview: During the lead up to a second World War, one of several French films hoping for peace,specifically between Germany and France as shown by a border family in Alsace trying to resolve their differences.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1938-11-10
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The Unfrocked One
Overview: Pierre Fresnay plays the title character in Le Defroque (The Defrocked One). Cast out by his church, former priest Maurice (Fresnay) delights in mocking the traditions and credos of Catholicism. Even so, young Gerard (Pierre Trabaud) becomes convinced that Maurice has never truly lost his calling. Becoming a priest himself, Gerard devotes his life to bringing Maurice back into the fold. Things don't turn out quite as Gerard hopes, however; he has not reckoned with the possibility that Maurice may have been driven into insanity by his raging self-hatred.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1954-02-26
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Resistance
Overview: An Alsatian, head of a section of the Gestapo, is actually spying on behalf of the French and dismantling a Nazi network. His activities are brought to light by the Germans and he owes his life only to the intervention of a young woman.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1945-10-31
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The Midnight Airplane
Overview: During a stopover, Morel, an airline pilot and Colette spin the perfect love. She hides from him that she is compromised in the actions of a band of criminals. She manages to escape her dangerous friends while a shootout wipes them all out.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1938-08-04
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French White Cargo
Overview: Two journalists from different papers are looking for the same story. They want to know, who a group of gangsters getting young women from Europe to South America, where they are forced to work in brothels. But the gangsters have their own battels against each over, so the journalists can escape the danger, in which they've brought themselves.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1937-02-03
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The Man Who Killed
Overview: The new French military attaché at the Constantinople embassy helps a young woman being blackmailed by her own husband.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1931-01-16
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Gibraltar
Overview: A British officer poses as a traitor in order to infiltrate a team of terrorists who are sabotaging ships, while a seductive cabaret dancer is working for the mysterious genius who runs the enemy spy ring.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1938-04-01
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Southern Carrier
Overview: A pilot on one of the air mail flights between France and its African colonies has a brief romance with his distressed cousin before he returns to the call of duty, and the rebels in the desert.
Genres: Adventure
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1937-01-22
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The Bouquinquant Brothers
Overview: A provincial, Julie Moret, is hired as a servant in a Parisian bourgeois residence. She is courted by one of the Bouquinquant brothers, Léon, who does not take long to ask her to marry him. Alas, Léon turns out to be violent, alcoholic and lazy. Faced with her misfortune, Julie gets closer to her brother-in-law Pierre, the opposite of Léon, serious and hardworking, and they become lovers. The drama will rush when Julie becomes pregnant with Pierre.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1948-01-11
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Adventure in Paris
Overview: Michel Levasseur is a joyous reveler who does not care about the next day. So much so that one day a bailiff bursts into his Paris apartment and seizes his furniture on behalf of Raymond Sauvaget, his landlord, a rich food industrialist. But far from resenting Sauvaget's act of hostility, Michel ... becomes his friend. Now Raymond, although prosperous, does not know how to handle women. That is why he asks Michel, a regular Casanova, to give him lessons in seduction.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1936-11-24
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