Léon Bernard
Also Known As: Léon Constant Jean Bernard
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Paris, France
Birthday: February 26, 1877
Deathday: November 20, 1935
Adult: No
Gender: Male
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Mr Poirier's Son-in-Law
Overview: This is the story of a wealthy bourgeois who marries his only child, a daughter, to a penniless nobleman because he hopes to use his son-in-law to get a title. The son-in-law is a lazy, affected stereotype; but M. Poirier is also a stereotype, of the obnoxious big businessman. The poor daughter, who falls in love with her husband, lets him walk all over her.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1933-01-01
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Manon Lescaut
Overview: Seventeen-year-old Des Grieux, studying philosophy at Amiens, comes from a noble and landed family, but forfeits his hereditary wealth and incurs the disappointment of his father by running away with Manon on her way to a convent. In Paris, the young lovers enjoy a blissful cohabitation, while Des Grieux struggles to satisfy Manon's taste for luxury. He acquires money by borrowing from his unwaveringly loyal friend Tiberge and by cheating gamblers.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1912-09-20
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Germinal
Overview: Based on Emile Zola's novel, an uncompromisingly harsh and realistic story of a coalminers' strike in northern France in the 1860s.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1913-10-03
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Les Misérables
Overview: Directed by Albert Capellani.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1913-01-03
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Noël de guerre
Overview: French silent film.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1916-09-27
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Le Nabab
Overview: Bernard Jeansoulet supports his brother Louis and his mother through his work. Louis finds a job in Paris, where he gets carried away by the intoxicating atmosphere, and ends up in prison... An adaptation of Alphonse Daudet's work by one of the pioneers of cinema.
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Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1913-05-23
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Anna Karenina
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Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1912-01-01
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Le Coupable
Overview: At trial the prosecuting attorney makes a startling confession: the defendant is his son whose pitiful fate led him to murder. The attorney left the young man's pregnant mother, and the unwed poor thing had to fight against a hostile world.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1917-10-05
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Les Trésors de Marcel Pagnol
Overview: The works of Marcel Pagnol are a veritable monument of French cultural heritage. Based on previously unseen archive material, film extracts, novels, plays, interviews and letters, the film pays tribute to the major author and popular filmmaker, who made his life a work and his work a life's project.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2019-06-05
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Éternel amour
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1914-07-10
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The Little Tin Soldiers
Overview: With Jean-Baptiste at the front, Louise takes care of Bébé with the help of Uncle Pierre. The letters she receives from Jean-Baptiste worry her, but Pierre distracts Bébé with a box of tin soldiers. That night, Bébé has a dream of his soldiers vanquishing the enemy, and the next morning, Jean-Baptiste surprises the family by returning home.
Genres: Drama Family War Animation
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1916-08-16
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