Léon Mathot
Also Known As: Léon Désiré Joseph Mathot
Biography: Léon Mathot (5 March 1886, Roubaix, Nord-Pas-de-Calais - 6 March 1968, in Paris) was a French film actor and film director best known perhaps for playing Edmond Dantes in The Count of Monte Cristo film serial in 1918. He appeared in the 1923 silent film Coeur fidèle, directed by Jean Epstein. He starred in some 60 films mostly in silent film between 1906 and 1939. He turned director in 1927 whilst still appearing in several films and retired in 1953 directing well over 20 films.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Roubaix, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
Adult: No
Birthday: March 05, 1886
Age: 139 years old
Gender: Male
Deathday: March 06, 1968
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The Wig Chase
Overview: Child prank causes chase for few ballons and one lady's wig
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1906-04-06
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Cœur fidèle
Overview: The good guys win out in this sweet tale about a young orphan who is abused for much of her life but who eventually finds happiness when she marries an honest man who extricates her from her situation.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1923-11-23
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L'instinct
Overview: Between the feelings of the man who believes himself to be deceived and of the surgeon's instinct, it is the latter which triumphs in Doctor Bernon, who saves the man presumed to be his wife's lover. He then realizes that this is not the case and that she is still worthy of him.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1930-04-04
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The house of La Fleche
Overview: After a rich English lady is killed in a Dijon house, the only person there who doesn't have a solid alibi is about to be arrested.Will a detective from Paris be able to help?
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1930-12-12
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Deuxième bureau contre kommandantur
Overview: In 1917, in a small village in the North, Abbe Gaillard is suspected by the Germans of facilitating the escape of French and Belgian soldiers. A false alibi makes him innocent and he can thus continue his mission, thanks to the devotion of an Alsatian who, in enemy uniform, obscurely serves his country.
Genres: War Drama Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1939-06-07
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Barberousse
Overview: A journalist attempt to stop a mysterious criminal : "Barbe rousse".
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1917-04-13
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Joachim Goethal and the Secret of Steel
Overview: A steel worker is told by his girl friend, that she only wants to marry a rich man. A foreign spy hears this and offers him money if he gives him the formula of the new steel he's working with.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1912-12-26
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Vent debout
Overview: Jacques Averil leads an idle life which plunges him into weariness and melancholy. When he learns of the suicide of his father, a banker ruined by dark speculation in Icelandic minerals, he decides to take charge. An old friend of his father offers him the opportunity to join as a sailor.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1923-09-17
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In the Shadow of the Harem
Overview: An emir wants revenge on a secretary who posed as a rival to a beautiful woman. He holds in his palace which refers to himself as a trap, the wife of the secretary, and thinks of becoming her lover. The charm and nobility of the young woman end up softening the emir. He bows, returns her to her husband, and forgives the beauty.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1928-07-06
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Work
Overview: Luc Froment, a reform-minded engineer, starts working at a steel mill in a small town. There he founds small groups of workers (and their families) under miserable conditions. Under the influence of Fourier's ideas, Froment tries to turn the mill into a workers' co-operative.
Genres: Family Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1920-01-16
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Will
Overview: The story takes place in the Parisian "High Society" of the time. Two long-time friends become enemies because of a beautiful girl.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1917-04-13
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The Devil in the City
Overview: The story is about a superstitious village, where the mayor has sold a tower to an unknown, who is soon suspected of being the devil.
Genres: Mystery
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1925-01-30
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Dramatic Passion of Algabert and Elisberth of Rodembourg
Overview: Prince Algabert, upholding the traditions of his forefathers, wages a ceaseless feud against the house of Rodembourg, whose reigning lord has one daughter, Elisabeth. One day, the Princess Elisabeth is captured by Algabert's vassals and, forgetful of feuds and quarrels, the Prince falls under the spell of her beauty. Prince Algabert, having released the Princess, goes to her father and begs for her hand, which is, however, haughtily refused. So the breach between the two houses widens. Elisabeth decides to take the veil. On the day of her renunciation Algabert makes an ineffectual attempt to see her. Then, in despair, he provokes the Rodembourgs. He meets them single-handed in the convent cloister and receives his death stroke. Elisabeth till the day of her death mourns her lover and daily tends his grave.
Genres: Romance History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1912-09-18
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The Right to Life
Overview: A young girl marries a financier knowing he has only a short time to live, so she can inherit his money.Her lover, who has made a fortune away in America, returns and wants to hasten the financier's death.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1917-01-05
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The Tragic Mill
Overview: Propaganda spy-movie, Belgian-French production, directed by Honoré and Georges Lainé. A village girl repels the advances of the miller's son, who cowardly leaves for the German army. During the war he transforms into a ruthless soldier seeking for revenge on his village. A melodramatic story as alibi for anti-German propaganda.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: xx
Release Date: 1916-11-22
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The Count of Monte Cristo
Overview: Le comte de Monte Cristo (15 Episodes). Monte Cristo, based upon Alexandre Dumas' novel of the same name, tells the story of Edmond Dantès, an innocent man jailed for 14 years after being wrongfully convicted. He succeeds to escape prison, finds a treasure on the isle of Montecristo and wreaks revenge on the ones who put him in prison.
Genres: Adventure
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1918-01-02
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Passport 13.444
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1931-07-08
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The Empire of Diamonds
Overview: Shot on location in Paris, Monte Carlo and the Riviera with both American and French actors. When Matthew Versigny discovers that the jewels his diamond company has been buying are fake, he travels to Europe to track down the counterfeiter. With him are his sister, Marguerite and her sweetheart, Paul Bernac, who is an agent in the French Secret Service.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1920-12-19
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L'Empereur des pauvres
Overview: Marc Anavan, a rich young man, leads a profligate life and when he understands his fortune is about to evaporate he decides to change his life, to become a vagabond and to do good around him. The task is not easy but his faith in his mission and the love of Silvette will help Marc to overcome all the hardships on his way.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1922-01-01
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The Red Inn
Overview: Two young doctors, surprised by the storm, take refuge in an inn. A diamond broker joins them and, for lack of space, shares their room. At dawn he is found dead. A few years later justice is done.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1923-09-27
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Deadly Gas
Overview: Hopson, a prestigious scientist, studies the effect of snake venom to cure many diseases of mankind. His son enlists in the army when the Great War breaks out. A series of circumstances will lead the scientist to change his way of thinking about values and principles that until then he had as immovable.
Genres: Drama Science Fiction
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1916-09-01
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Der Maler und sein Modell
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Original Language: de
Release Date: 1925-04-24
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Nemrod et compagnie
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Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1916-12-08
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The mystery of the pink villa
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Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1930-01-17
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The Zone of Death
Overview: French silent film by Abel Gance. Considered lost.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1917-10-12
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The Cradle of God
Overview: A young intellectual, J. Powers, loses his faith in God after the untimely death of his wife. He devotes his great talents to writing a shockingly blasphemous book, debunking all religion, and then embarks on a trip to Jerusalem. Far from reconciling him to God, the sight of all the different sects worshipping in that ancient city only serves to embitter him and deepen his unbelief. One day, wandering in the country, he loses his way and stops to ask directions at a small house. The inhabitants are a poor but devout family whose daughter, Ruth, revives his broken heart. At the risk of losing her, he confesses to her his loss of faith, and she gently declares that meditation on the Gospels will heal him. He sorrowfully tells her that he wishes he could believe as she does, but it is impossible.
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Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1926-06-04
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The Bridge That Failed
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1914-01-01
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L'Ami Fritz
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Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1920-02-06
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Être ou ne pas être
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1922-12-03
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Blanchette
Overview: Blanchette, whose parents have sacrificed to give her an education, has received her teaching diploma, but is unable to find work. A dispute with her father leads to her being throw out of the house, and she goes to Paris to look for work.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1921-04-22
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Yasmina
Overview: Yasmina, a rich Tunisian Princess, daughter of a French lady and a Muslim gentleman, is betrothed by a father to a rich fifty year old man named Afsen. She reluctantly accept the marriage but soon becomes ill from boredom and she falls in love with the French doctor called from Tunis to take care of her, Hector Grandier, who also happens to be a childhood friend. Her husband finds out and Yasmina sticks a knife in her own bosom in a middle of a fight. The Princess's maid, Athima, accuses the old husband of attempting to kill the girl and he is sentenced to death. Hector rescues him from his fate and the two lovers are free to love each other in the eyes of the law.
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Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1927-02-11
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Rue de la Paix
Overview: A designer is in love with a model, who ends up creating her own fashion house, with the help of a millionaire who is also in love with her.
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Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1927-10-21
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A Night of Romance
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Original Language: xx
Release Date: 1925-09-04
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Jean d'Agrève
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Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1922-08-01
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