René Navarre
Actor · 1877 – 1968 · Limoges, Haute-Vienne, Limousin, France
René Navarre (8 July 1877 – 8 February 1968) was a French actor of the silent era. He appeared in 109 films between 1910 and 1946, and was often credited simply as Navarre. His most famous role was probably the master criminal Fantômas.
Movies22
Movie6.0ComedyA little Breton tries to save her boss's daughter an unhappy marriage.
Bécassine
1940 · 2 votes
Movie6.6DramaOn his wedding night with Hilda Bergmann, the daughter of a swedish chemist, the young and rich american Willy Keanton is stabbed by an unidentified masked man. He kidnaps the young woman, who is found later on by the count Robert d'Arbel. The detective Jacques Miral, nicknamed « the pointed tower's ferret » is put in charge of the case. Soon, he discovers that an international bandit, Méphisto, seeks to seize the formula of a process against asphyxiating gas, invented by professor Bergmann. The struggle is tough between Miral and the uncatchable Méphisto. Monique Aubray, Keanton's secretary and engaged to the detective, the Nostradamus stallholders and the « mastiff of Bordeaux », and the famous novelist Fortuné Bidon are also involved in the case...
Méphisto
1931 · 5 votes
- Movie8.0
On his way to visit his mistress, a man has a serious car accident. His wife cares for him with such devotion that he rediscovers his love for her.
L'Accident
1912 · 1 votes
Movie6.1DramaWhen he goes to Paris an aristocrat steps into a cinema and is shocked by something he sees on screen.
Movie8.0AdventureMysteryBelphégor deals with a series of mysterious appearances by a masked-and-robed figure in the Louvre; a security guard is murdered, and a later police trap is foiled when the phantom—“Belphégor” (the name of a legendary demon)—uses knock-out gas. Journalist Jacques Bellegarde of “Le Petit Parisien” (the real-life newspaper which published the original story in serial installments), investigates, and eventually discovers famous detective Chantecoq and his vivacious daughter Colette are also on the case.
Belphégor
1927 · 4 votes
Movie5.8DramaA mother (Renee Carl) goes to see a palm reader who informs her that a loved one is about to die. The woman doesn't know if it's her son or her husband (Rene Navarre) but history buffs will know who it is as it's April 10, 1912 and the husband is about to board the Titanic.
- Movie8.0Drama
Part of the series La Vie telle qu'elle est.
Le Poison
1911 · 1 votes
Movie8.0DramaHistoryWhen a bandit captures a medieval Italian city, he imprisons and threatens to execute the betrothed of the city's absent ruler, who must return in time to rescue his beloved and save the city.
Movie7.0DramaJudex the vigilante enjoins crooked banker Maurice-Ernest Favraux to distribute his ill-gotten fortune to the city's poor. The thugs decide to kidnap the financier's daughter.
Judex
1934 · 1 votes
Movie6.8FamilyCrimeA child is kidnapped and forced to sell flowers on the street.
L'Intruse
1913 · 3 votes
- Movie8.0DramaCrime
Mon oncle
1925 · 1 votes
- Movie7.0Drama
A newly married couple moves into a house. But the bride disappears.
Movie6.5ComedyThe Bontemps family, like all the inhabitants of the village of Coussy la Chapelle, are passionate about radio. Coco, the fiancé of Jacqueline Bontemps, participates in all the contests and under the name of Mr. Bontemps wins a beautiful Sunday. All arrive in Paris and in the premises of the Parisian Post Office attend popular broadcasts.
Movie4.4ComedyAn average worker who feels downtrodden at work and home, dreams of becoming a dictator. His aunt has her own fantasy that the love-of-her-life, a fairground magician, will return to her once more.
Monsieur Coccinelle
1938 · 7 votes
- Movie5.8History
The life of French poet André Chénier, precursor of the Romantic movement, who was guillotined during the Revolution aged only 31.
André Chénier
1910 · 3 votes
- Movie9.0Drama
Part of the series La Vie telle qu'elle est
Movie8.0DramaLeopoldo Quintana is a lawyer who, determined to reach power and capable of anything to get what he wants, uses blackmail and shady maneuvers to be appointed congressman for the Balearic Islands, then minister, and finally President of the Council of Ministers of the Spanish Government.
La Réponse du destin
1926 · 1 votes
Movie7.0A French silent film directed by Louis Feuillade.
Movie10.0An adaptation of the first part of Balzac's History of the Thirteen, centered on the secret society of the Thirteen and helmed by René Navarre in the titular role of the former convict who became a sublime father.
Ferragus
1923 · 1 votes
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Movie8.0
Movie9.0François Vidocq has deserted to go back to his wife and kids, so he becomes a thief. Unfortunately, he finds she had become Manon-la-blonde, mistress of a rich man named Ouvrard, and his children have disappeared. He offers his services to the chief of intelligence service and begins a fight against the Aristo, chief of the gang of the children of the sun. After a few years, he dismantles the gang, and finds both his sons. One has become a blackguard, the other a famous organist who is about to be knighted and will soon get married to his beloved.
Vidocq
1923 · 1 votes