José Davert
Actor · 1874 – 1934 · Marseille, Bouches du Rhône, France
Movies19
Movie10.0DramaIn the lands of Brière a bitter dispute broke out over the draining of marshes for brick making. An old man, Aoustin, leads the resistance and refuses to give the hand of his daughter Théotiste to a young peasant, Jeannin, who supports it.
La Brière
1924 · 1 votes
- Movie8.0Drama
Nantas
1925 · 1 votes
Movie3.0DramaMonique is an ingenue, a clueless girl who believes in true love. A marriage is the only thing a decent girl must long for. When she discovers that her future husband has a lover, she rebels against her bourgeois family.
Movie10.0In 1318, in Morocco, a bandit kidnapped the marabout's daughter as a hostage, demanding that the gates of the city be opened to her. The boss, fiance of the young girl, learns that she is safe and sound and organizes the resistance. He puts the bandit and his band to flight and brings back the young girl.
Movie6.5FantasyDramaA young man, unsuccessful in love, manages to leave his body and tours Paris, disembodied and invisible, playing practical jokes: a row of coats walks off from a hotel cloakroom; an unattended taxi drives itself away; a row of top hats appears on the pavement.
Movie7.8WarDramaA dramatized re-enactment and documentary of the Battle of Verdun as seen by both French and German soldiers, shot on site of the actual battle.
Movie7.5The niece of a shady tavern-keeper of Port Said, surrounded by dangerous men who haunt the ports, meets a man whom she will love and with whom she flees.
Movie7.0A visitor from the western front tells young children, in a sober commentary, about the battle of Verdun.
Movie5.9DramaA respected gangster, Justin, finds himself in a deadly feud with his rival, the unscrupulous Esposito. The latter plans to steal a cargo of opium bound for China and to have Justin killed.
Justin de Marseille
1935 · 15 votes
Movie8.0Drama"To Build a Fire" is a short story by American author Jack London, published in two different versions of in 1902 and 1908. It was made into a film in 1928 by Claude Autant-Lara. Despite being warned about the subzero temperature, a single man ventures out into the Yukon forest to find his destiny.
Movie7.0AdventurePoacher, bon vivant and womanizer, Maurin falls in love with the fiancée of a policeman. And despite all the principles, he easily triumphs over his rival.
Movie7.0La grande amie
1927 · 1 votes
Movie8.0AdventureDramaA silent adventure based on the classic novel by Stendhal "The Red and the Black".
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MovieDramaWestern
Movie7.0DramaA silent adaptation of the 1778 Beaumarchais play The Marriage of Figaro, with material also used from its two sequels.
Figaro
1929 · 2 votes
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Abenteuer im Nachtexpreß
1925 · 1 votes
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La loupiote
1922 · 1 votes
Movie10.0Filmarchiv Austria holds a non-access master print and a nitrate duplicate negative of the film.
Zigano
1925 · 1 votes