Françoise Spira
Also Known As: Франсуаза Спира
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Paris, France
Birthday: December 07, 1928
Deathday: January 04, 1965
Adult: No
Gender: Female
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The Cat Shows Her Claws
Overview: France under the Occupation. Executed for treason against the Resistance, Cora, code-named "La Chatte", was left for dead. Recovered and cared for by the Germans, Dr. von Hollwitz brainwashed her to control her and use her as a counter-espionage. In the spring of 1944, her escape was faked so that she could resume contact with the Resistance. She has to scupper the mission of Charles, an engineer with the SNCF, to blow up a train loaded with V1s intended to power the launch pads set up on the French coast to bomb London. But at the last moment, La Chatte regains her lucidity.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1960-03-09
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La Mort de Pompée
Overview: Political ambitions sometimes lead to the downfall of those who formulate them. For Ptolemy, assassinating Pompey was an opportunity to get into Caesar's good graces. Once the crime is committed, Ptolemy impatiently awaits recognition from Caesar. But a completely different fate awaits Cleopatra's brother.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1961-02-07
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Captain Slipper
Overview: A bank clerk is bored to death with his nine-to-five work under his boss ' watchful eye. His missus is a pain in the neck and his in-laws are not better.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1953-07-31
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Chicken Soup
Overview: The fiancée of a gangster who has been shot by the police takes an entire police station hostage, armed with a revolver and a bottle of nitroglycerine...
Genres: Crime
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1963-06-12
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Secret professionnel
Overview: Catherine Langeac and André Foucaud are a medical couple, she a general practitioner and he a gynecologist. Their attentiveness and understanding enable them to solve many of their patients' problems.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1959-10-21
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Who Are You, Mr. Sorge?
Overview: French docu-drama which chronicles the chain of events that lead to the hanging of German-journalist Richard Sorge, who was executed in 1944 after he was found supplying classified information to the Russians.
Genres: Drama War History
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1961-03-29
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Two Mothers
Overview: The story of two women, one French and the other German, who fight for a child who has been mistakenly taken by the Germans after a bomb raid.
Genres: War Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1957-06-28
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Razzia
Overview: Henri, the Man from Nantes, comes back to his country after a successful stay in the United States, where he was working for Liski, the drug dealer. With the fame of being a tough guy preceding him, he sets himself to the task of knowing why the French operations were not so profitable - and soon he is master of all links of the organization. He can now get it honed to perfection - or destroy it. Only... the Police are following his every step.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1955-04-07
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Last Year at Marienbad
Overview: In a strange and isolated chateau, a man becomes acquainted with a woman and insists that they have met before.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1961-05-25
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Fan-Fan the Tulip
Overview: Fanfan is a young handsome peasant. He joins the army to escape marriage because a gypsy girl predicted he will get glory and the king's daughter as a wife. But the gypsy girl was in fact Adeline, the daughter of the recruiting officer. Once he has discovered the stratagem, Fanfan refuses to forget this dream and decides to fulfill the destiny of the fake prediction.
Genres: Romance Adventure Comedy War
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1952-03-20
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