Samson Fainsilber
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Biography: Samson Fainsilber (18 June 1904, Iași – 19 December 1983, Paris) was a Romanian-born French film actor. During his career he appeared in around sixty films and television series. He featured in the 1933 historical drama Roger la Honte. Source: Article "Samson Fainsilber" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Iasi, Romania
Adult: No
Birthday: May 18, 1904
Age: 121 years old
Gender: Male
Deathday: December 19, 1983
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The End of the World
Overview: The plot concerns a comet hurling toward Earth on a collision course and the different reactions to people on the impending disaster.
Genres: Science Fiction
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1931-01-23
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Mater Dolorosa
Overview: One of the most popular melodrama films directed by Abel Gance. A paranoide, fanatical and obsessively jealous husband obducts his own son to bully his wife.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1933-01-06
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Charles and Lucie
Overview: An old and poor couple, Charles and Lucie, scrape by working as a concierge and an untalented antique dealer, respectively. But one day, their dreary daily routine is disrupted by the surprising news that they have inherited a luxurious house in the South of France.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1979-09-05
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Marie des angoisses
Overview: A neglected young woman comes up against the equivocal feelings of a steward.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1935-07-24
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Stavisky...
Overview: Biarritz, 1933. Charm and talent help small-time swindler Serge Alexandre, alias Stavisky, to bribe his way into the centre of French political power. But when his great scam involving millions gets exposed, he brings the government to the verge of collapse and the country to the brink of civil war.
Genres: Crime Drama History
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1974-05-15
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The Queen and the Cardinal
Overview: A hero of the Paris streets is recruited for a conspiracy against Mazarin in the court of the King, but he reveals the subversive plot to Anne of Austria.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1935-11-22
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Don Juan or If Don Juan Were a Woman
Overview: Jeanne lives in Paris and believes she is the reincarnation of Don Juan. She visits a priest and tells him she has killed a man. He comes to her elegant flat - her father has died leaving her rich - and she tells the priest stories about men she has seduced. The seduction is easy, she tells him, it's destruction that takes planning. We watch her with an upright elected official, a wealthy boor, and a folk singer. She describes herself as a spider. Her friend Léporella tries to be Jeanne's conscience. What does Jeanne want?
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1973-02-22
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The Shark
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1930-03-14
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Roger la Honte
Overview: 1871. Roger Laroque accuses himself of a crime he did not commit to save his mistress, Julia de Noirville, from dishonor. He escapes from prison and is considered dead for fourteen years. Then he returns in the guise of a rich American in order to unmask the real murderer.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1933-03-10
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Jocelyn
Overview: The youthful loves of a young seminarian Jocelyn and the young and gentle aristocrat Laurence, refugees in the mountains to escape the revolutionaries. Jocelyn's ordination will sacrifice her love to the bishop's wish.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1933-08-25
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The Bread Peddler
Overview: A brave woman is sentenced to prison on false testimony. She escapes twenty years later and takes refuge in Paris where she carries bread while looking for her children Georges and Lucie who will find her and exonerate her.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1934-03-23
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Gangster malgré lui
Overview: The crazy adventures of a character forced by circumstances to take on such dangerous professions as those of gangster, burglar, Chinese chiropodist and amateur detective.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1935-05-03
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Échec et meurtre
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Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1971-01-01
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Dorothy Looks for Love
Overview: To be able to win paradise, a selfish old billionaire, who has just died, must make someone happy. He will have to guide a young girl through the intricacies of love.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1945-11-09
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The Village of Wrath
Overview: A young man and an alleged witch get married despite the prejudices of their fellow citizens.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1947-05-07
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Whirlwind of Paris
Overview: A gang of broke student musicians travel to Paris to take exams. But very quickly, the lack of money pushes young people to pass themselves off as professionals during the performance. They will then win the victory!
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1939-12-15
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One Must Live Dangerously
Overview: Richard is a private detective. He makes a good money from marital infidelity: the deceived husband and wife generously paid him for proof of their infidelity "halves"...
Genres: Crime Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1975-09-03
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Royal Affairs in Versailles
Overview: Witty narration follows the history of Versailles Palace; founded by Louis XIII, enlarged by autocratic Louis XIV, whose personal affairs and amours, and those of his two successors, are followed in more detail to the start of the Revolution, after which the story is brought rapidly up to date. A huge cast plays mainly historical persons who appear briefly.
Genres: Drama History Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1954-02-10
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Odette
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1935-05-31
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Clandestine
Overview: A resistance leader is wounded when the Germans raid his underground print shop. He escapes to the home of a German-friendly Parisian and is helped by her son and daughter. A Jewish doctor also aids him. They all join him in his efforts against the Nazis and derail a munitions train.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1946-04-16
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No Pockets in a Shroud
Overview: In the newspaper he has just founded, journalist Dolannes exposes all the wheeling and dealing and scandals that go on in his town. But the day he exposes the socialist mayor's homosexual crime, he is shot dead by an unknown assailant in a cul-de-sac just before the paper is due to appear.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1974-10-25
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Return at Dawn
Overview: Married to Karl Ammer, the station master of Thaya, a Hungarian quiet village, Anita is a pretty young peasant who feels deeply bored. She dreams of another life while watching the daily express trains to Budapest. An incident will force her to leave her province: she has to go to Budapest to attend the funeral of an aunt and receive a share of the inheritance. After completing the formalities, Anita misses the train to go back home and then she finds herself alone in the capital.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1938-11-18
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Escale
Overview: An officer of a passenger ship falls in love with the mistress of a Marseille racketeer, with unexpected results.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1935-05-24
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Life Is a Bed of Roses
Overview: In this whimsical fable, Resnais deftly interweaves three story lines: the creation of an early-20th-century utopia; romantic high jinks at a school conference; and a fantasy sparked by F/X pioneer Georges Méliès.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1983-04-20
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Le Bossu
Overview: Lagardère protects Aurore, the granddaughter of the Duke of Nevers whose deceitful Philippe de Gonzague covets the inheritance.
Genres: Adventure
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1934-12-28
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Providence
Overview: On the eve of his 78th birthday, the ailing, alcoholic writer Clive Langham spends a painful and sleepless night mentally composing and recomposing scenes for a novel in which characters based on his own family are shaped by his fantasies and memories, alongside his caustic commentary on their behaviour.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1977-01-25
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