Albert Dieudonné
Actor · 1889 – 1976 · Paris, France
Albert Dieudonné was a French actor,screenwriter, film director and novelist. Dieudonné was born in Paris, France, and made his acting debut in silent film in 1908 for The Assassination of the Duke of Guise, with musical score by Camille Saint-Saëns. In 1924, he directed the film drama Catherine, in which he also appeared as a major character. Jean Renoir acted as his assistant director on the film. Between 1915 and 1916, Dieudonné acted in five films for director Abel Gance, including the 1915 film La Folie du Docteur Tube and the 1916 film Le périscope. In 1927 he was hired back to star in the title role in Gance's epic film, Napoléon. In 1929 Dieudonné wrote a novel that was made into a 1930 musical comedy film titled "La Douceur D'Aimer" (Sweetness of Love), and he wrote the script for the 1936 La Garçonne. Albert Dieudonné died in Paris in 1976.
Movies17
Movie7.8DramaHistoryA biopic of former Emperor of France, Napoleon Bonaparte, tracing the Corsican's career from his schooldays (where a snowball fight is staged like a military campaign) to his flight from Corsica, through the French Revolution (where a real storm is intercut with a political storm) and the Terror, culminating in his triumphant 1797 invasion of Italy.
Movie6.8DramaAbout the conflict between social classes through the life of the unhappy Catherine Ferrand, an orphan girl, who is a victim of the jealousy of women and the greed of men.
Movie8.7DramaWarA second version of Gance's Napoléon, with sound.
Napoléon Bonaparte
1935 · 3 votes
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Le périscope is a 1928 film
Le périscope
1916
MovieDramaFrench war propaganda in the form of a family drama in the German government. Nationalist sentiments severely test the young marriage between a French and a German. Directed by Henri Pouctal.
Alsace
1916 · 1 votes
Movie5.4HistoryDramaThe film portrays the events on the day King Henri III of France arranged for Duke Henri de Guise to be murdered.
Movie7.0DocumentaryHistoryAbel Gance's 1971 sound edition of his 1927 epic, which contains much of the silent original, with newly shot material added in both 1965 and 1971, and with sound synchronisation from both the 1932 reissue and this version.
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L'héroïsme de Paddy is a 1915 silent film
Movie8.0MysteryWho killed this man to rob him of his money in this notorious neighborhood of Paris? The usual local scoundrel such as the one that has almost been lynched by the mob and arrested by the police? Not at all. In fact the poor man is innocent, even though appearances are deceiving. The real culprit is a respectably-looking man who, to divert suspicion, has put some blood of his victim on his fingers and some of the stolen money in his pockets while he was asleep.
Movie5.2Science FictionComedyA wacky scientist develops a powder that he believes will have the effect of distorting reality for those who take it. To test its effect, he tries it out on his boy assistant, his pets, his nieces, and their beaus. But, chaos ensues as his nieces don't find their appearances as funny as the rest, so Doctor Tube tries to find a way to make things right.
Movie6.5DocumentaryBBC documentary on the long and flamboyant career of French filmmaker Abel Gance.
Abel Gance: The Charm of Dynamite
1968 · 2 votes
Movie10.0DramaJudas betrays Jesus Christ.
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John Jones has a bald head and a jealous wife, which, to say the least, is a very bad combination. Also John has a long thirst and is very fond of the society of pretty young ladies. This leads to many unhappy occurrences in his home, and finally to a catastrophe.
- Movie8.0Thriller
Directed by Albert Capellani.
Le courrier de Lyon
1911 · 1 votes
Movie4.0ComedyDeals with the ordeals of a crude washerwoman in the chic court of Napoleon the First. Based on the play of the same name.
Madame Sans-Gêne
1941 · 2 votes
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Le fou de la falaise is a 1916 silent film
Movie5.8On instructions of the French company Pathé Frères, Alfred Machin develops a film industry in the Netherlands and Belgium from 1912 to the advent of World War One. He directs several quality films including La Fille de Delft, Maudite soit la Guerre and this wonderful gem Le Diamant Noir. A man is accused of theft and decides to quit the country. Machin's favourite pet, the panther Mimir shares the lead roll in this film with a magpie.