Jean Joffre
Actor · 1872 – 1944 · Rivesaltes, Pyrénées-Orientale, France
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Movie8.0
Movie8.0DramaAlexandre Mérital, the leader of a political party, finds himself under attack from Frépeau, one of his opponents. The latter has indeed discovered that Mérital committed a theft in his youth. But Mérital will not be intimidated by his adversary's move. In his turn, he discovers that Frépeau was once involved in a financial scandal, which forces the plaintiff to discontinue the prosecution.
Movie5.7DramaAdrienne Lecouvreur is an acclaimed actress who falls in love with Polish prince Maurice de Saxe, only to be poisoned by a jealous rival while Maurice is away at war. The film was a co-production between the two countries, and was made at UFA's Berlin Studios. It was based on the 1849 play Adrienne Lecouvreur by Eugène Scribe and Ernest Legouvé about the life of the eighteenth century actress Adrienne Lecouvreur.
Adrienne Lecouvreur
1938 · 6 votes
Movie6.7DramaAged penniless actors are living in a old people's home. They always talk about their past glory or failures. One day Raphael Saint-Clair comes; he has been a famous actor and had a lot of love affairs. Passions come back, and jealousies... A bitter film about aging, failure and the entertainment.
Movie6.3DramaA scandalised Frenchman returns from Africa where he has been involved in illegal trading of mines (resulting in the deaths of many African miners). His bourgeois family are wary of the shame that he will bring so he must try to redeem himself and his family's name.
Movie6.8DramaThe mistress of an engineer meets the man's pregnant wife and decides to give up the liaison.
Orage
1938 · 6 votes
Movie6.4AdventureDramaEdmond Dantes is falsely accused by those jealous of his good fortune, and is sentenced to spend the rest of his life in the notorious island prison, Chateau d'If. While imprisoned, he meets the Abbe Faria, a fellow prisoner whom everyone believes to be mad. The Abbe tells Edmond of a fantastic treasure hidden away on a tiny island, that only he knows the location of. After many years in prison, the old Abbe dies, and Edmond escapes disguised as the dead body. Now free, Edmond must find the treasure the Abbe told him of, so he can use the new-found wealth to exact revenge on those who have wronged him.
Le Comte de Monte Cristo (1ère époque) Edmond Dantès
The Count of Monte Cristo Part 1 - The Prisoner of Kastell
1943 · 18 votes
Movie9.0DramaA wealthy man's wife dies in a car crash; she is survived by him and their daughter. The father learns that he's not her biological father.
Movie5.8HistoryDramaStory of the Siberian monk Gregory Rasputin and the hold he exerted over the court of the last Russian czar, Nicholas.
Movie7.2FantasyDramaFrench version of the Selma Lagerlof story, most famously filmed in 1921 by Victor Sjostrom, about a poor sinner who only realizes what misery he's wrought when he dies on New Year's Eve and is collected by Death in his carriage.
Movie7.2DramaThe gratuitous murder of his father and the misery of the people, aggravated by a succession of bad harvests, lead Gaspard, a great admirer of Mandrin and blacksmith by profession, to revolt. With his companion Samplan, he finds himself at the head of a handful of soldiers dissatisfied with their fate and a band of brigands. They steal money from the rich to give it to the poor, like highwaymen, vindicators with a big heart. In their eyes, things cannot go on like this, in this country which seems given over to the decadence of the nobility and the whims of an indolent king. Gaspard and his troupe are responsible for making it known.
Movie10.0DramaAn honest worker is unjustly accused of murder. The culprit promises him to give his son a good education if he allows himself to be condemned.
Le Petit Jacques
1934 · 1 votes
Movie6.3DramaTells the story of a young woman escaping from reform school who tries to steal a foreign ambassador's watch but ends up falling in love with him.
Movie7.6ComedyDramaA kind and generous village noble, specializing in good works, actually leads a double existence and carries out dishonest activities.
Movie10.0ComedyWhile sailing on a yacht off the French Riviera a shy young man and the owner's daughter are shipwrecked on an island.
Movie7.7CrimeComedyIn the elevator of two large Parisian buildings, a telegraph operator discovers the body of an elderly woman, Madame Mathieu, the owner of both buildings. Boucheron, the local superintendent, is dispatched to investigate, along with his rival, Inspector Lambert of the "Sûreté". To solve the enigma, they scour staircases and corridors, visiting every floor of both buildings, courtyard and facade. Their gruff rivalry allows them to complement each other in discovering who committed the crime among a gallery of characters, humble or rich, who all have something to be ashamed of... A rare, fast-paced, picturesque comedy set against the backdrop of a police mystery.
Movie9.0ComedyDrama
Movie10.0ComedyMax is a millionaire who is forced to lead a double-life as a waiter, the result of having lost a wager.
Le Petit Café
1919 · 1 votes
Movie5.9DramaFor 15 years after Waterloo, a baron refuses to accept the defeat. He reluctantly marries one of 2 Bourbon sisters but lands up dueling with the wife's former lover. Finally he gets a chance to prove himself again in battle.
Movie6.5ComedyGermaine Moreuil's insane jealousy triggers such violent marital quarrels that the spouses file for divorce. When Germaine's parents find out, they sham a fierce spat to disgust their daughter and her husband with the pathetic spectacle of a couple at loggerheads. But just as their farce is on the brink of becoming a tragedy, events combined with the blunders of all four happily reconcile everyone.
Êtes-vous jalouse ?
1938 · 2 votes
Movie7.5DramaA 14-episode silent adaptation of Alexandre Dumas' The Three Musketeers.
Movie7.0ComedyClaude, son of a ruined family, pretends to be a dangerous trickster in order to get credit from the guys in the middle. He is in charge of retrieving compromising letters from a woman whose lover fears blackmail. But before arriving there, Claude fortunately meets love.
Movie10.0Comedy
Movie4.6DramaHistoryFictionalized reconstruction of the life of the French spy Marthe Richard who decided to contact the secret services during the First World War.