René Cresté
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Biography: René Auguste Cresté (5 December 1881 – 30 November 1922) was a French stage and film actor and director of the silent film era.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Paris, France
Birthday: December 05, 1881
Deathday: November 30, 1922
Adult: No
Gender: Male
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Vendémiaire
Overview: If you’re already familiar with Louis Feuillade, his little-known opus Vendémiaire may come as a surprise. Unlike the bulk of his work which was characterised as ‘Fantastic Realism’, Vendémiaire is wonderfully down-to-earth realism – or down-to-French-earth realism to be specific. The film itself is divided into four chapters, the titles of which suggest that this is a movie about the cultivation and consumption of wine. But as the narrative unfolds, it becomes clear that the cultivation and consumption of wine is an allegory for French culture and French land as a whole, and the real purpose of the film is to persuade the director’s fellow citizens to defend that spirit and those lands at all costs. It’s September 1918 and the war is coming to an end, but here on the Castelviel estate in the south of France the news has not yet arrived and everyone is busy with the grape harvest....
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1919-01-17
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Judex
Overview: When an unscrupulous banker ruins his family, a young man swears to bring him to justice, so he adopts a new identity, the mysterious Judex, and ominously disguised and sunk into the muddy path of vengeance, punishes the crooks and protects the innocents. (Originally a twelve-part epic serial.)
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1916-12-16
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Le Mariage de Suzie
Overview: Suzie takes a cruise and finds a flirt behind her guardian's back.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1912-04-01
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Herr Doktor
Overview: Directed by Louis Feuillade.
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Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1917-10-01
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The Man Without a Face
Overview: Without a job and no money to spend, Blanche Mery (Gina Manès) has to accept a job offered by Gunter (Édouard Mathé), a strange millionaire wearing the black mask.
Genres: Mystery Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1919-09-01
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L'engrenage
Overview: Mme de Calvières (Sylvia Lux) and her brother Roger (Édouard Mathé), due to an unpaid debt, fall into a difficult situation.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1919-10-10
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Lily's Fugue
Overview: After falling in love with a young man (Edouard Mathé), Lilie/Lily abandoned her family and eloped, only to comes back with an illegitimate child.
Genres: Family Drama Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1917-12-21
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The New Mission of Judex
Overview: A continuation of the film series "Judex" the masked fighter for justice.
Genres: Adventure
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1917-11-01
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La lumière et l'amour
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Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1912-05-01
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Tih Minh
Overview: Jacques d'Athys, a French adventurer, returns to his home in Nice after an expedition to Indochina where he has picked up a Eurasian fiancée and a book that, unbeknownst to him, contains a coded message revealing the whereabouts of both secret treasures and sensitive government intelligence. This makes him the target of foreign spies, including a Marquise of mysterious Latin origin, a Hindu hypnotist and an evil German doctor, who will stop at nothing to obtain the book.
Genres: Adventure Crime
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1918-11-30
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Qui?
Overview: Mademoiselle Blanche Durand, in her sixties who lives on the mezzanine level of her property, is found dead, stabbed, inside her home. To enter, the judge had to ask for help from an operator to remove the grate from the small window that faces the street. The door of the flat has two locks and a chain placed inside. Whoever committed the crime could not get out of there or out of the window, since it was embedded in the wall.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1916-01-01
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Dernier amour
Overview: Ninon, a veteran stage artist, resides in her villa in Provence, surrounded by admirers as veteran or more than her. A film crew arrives at the gardens of the town to film some scenes in that beautiful spot. The director and screenwriter of the team will notice the charms of Ninon.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1916-11-24
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