Jacques Mattler
Actor
Movies23
Movie7.0ComedyDora Nelson, a famous actress, leaves both her husband Philippe de Moreuil and the role she was playing in a movie directed by Nivert, to follow her lover Santini in Italy. But she soon realizes that Santini deceives her with a girl named Elsa. In vexation she decides to return to her husband and to her career. Unfortunately for her, Suzanne Verdier, a little working girl, has in the meantime replaced her not only in the film she had left unfinished but in her husband's heart as well. Dora eventually understands she must step aside.
Dora Nelson
1935 · 1 votes
Movie6.0ComedyA typographer makes a mistake by printing the winning number of the national lottery. Many people believe they have won the jackpot. Pursued by his newspaper editor, the worker appears in court where all mystified people are invited to testify.
Movie6.4DramaComedyIn France in 1946, the difficult return to civilian life of five deportees and prisoners of war after having lived through the hell of the Second World War.
Movie4.7ComedyA little bank employee wins a plane in the lottery and amazes his companions with his audacity.
Sur le plancher des vaches
1940 · 3 votes
Movie8.0DramaRomanceSatire of publishing circles, featuring a ferocious boss, Moscat, a successful but handsome author, Maréchal, another successful but bitter author, Bourgine, a writer plagued with ambition, Brégaillon and the hero, Marc Fournier Zola Prize winner. Naive, the latter quickly becomes formidable, especially since his wife's infidelities have provided him with the material for a new novel.
Movie4.6DramaA dam is under construction in the Pyrénées mountains. All the workers only have eyes for pretty, sensual Clara, the canteen waitress. And what she exchanges with many of them is more than just looks, this is for sure. Nevertheless, despite her frivolity, Clara falls truly in love with Tonio Borelli, the site foreman. The latter takes her to Paris and they marry. But Clara soon realizes that the call of the flesh still consumes her...
Movie7.0ThrillerIn an aero-naval base, a marine engineer who was about to deliver the name of a redoubtable spy is murdered. Shortly afterwards three different men appear on the crime scene, each of them claiming to be Monsieur Sylvain, the expected sleuth. But which of the three investigators is actually Sylvain? And what about this delightful young lady who arouses one of the police inspectors? Couldn't she be the murderous spy?
Le Mystérieux Monsieur Sylvain
1947 · 1 votes
Movie7.1DramaPortrait of a two-faced man. By day he is rich, brilliant and respectable financial officer Lussac; at night, he becomes "Mirror", a ruthless gang leader in Marseilles.
Movie7.0ComedyA very shy person inherits a traveling circus on the express condition that he manages to present a number on the ring.
Movie9.0DramaJean-Louis, Danielle's fiancé, a nurse, becomes blind following an explosion in the mine where he works. Coming from Lyon, Doctor Coudray, whose natural son Gilbert - who loves Danielle - dies while helping his father threatened by the person responsible for Jean-Louis' accident, will work to restore his sight.
La nuit s'achève
1950 · 1 votes
Movie10.0CrimeDramaIn England, a boxer is sentenced to death for a murder he does not seem to have committed.... Anthony Gethryn, who has just resigned from the police on the occasion of his marriage, has three days left to find the real killer.
- Movie7.8Comedy
Maître Bolbec is a famous lawyer but the dress she is wearing is not the one her husband would like her to see. When she realizes that he is cheating on her, she gives up the bar, but she is even more taken up by her friends. Mr. Bolbec then begs her to resume her job and asks for the position of secretary.
Maître Bolbec et son mari
1934 · 2 votes
Movie5.8MusicComedyCelestin works as an organist at a girl's school. By day, Celestin is the meek and mild target of the girls' incessant practical jokes. By night, however, he is the celebrated composer of popular operas -- and the romantic vis-à-vis of a celebrated stage star. When schoolgirl Denise stumbles onto Celestin's secret, she threatens to tell all -- but only if Celestin refuses to escort her to the opening night of his latest opera. As a result, Denise falls in love with a handsome young soldier, while Celestin is accidentally shipped off to an army camp. A series of silly coincidences brings happiness to all concerned by fade-out time.
Movie6.0HistoryDramaThe film depicts events between the Fashoda crisis in 1898 and the 1904 signing of the Entente Cordiale creating an alliance between Britain and France and ending their historic rivalry. It was based on the book King Edward VII and His Times by André Maurois. It was made with an eye to its propaganda value, following the Munich Agreement of September 1938 and in anticipation of the outbreak of a Second World War which would test the bonds between Britain and France in a conflict with Nazi Germany.
Movie8.0Pierre Buxeuil is better known as the popular clown Bux. One day, he falls in love with Nicole, a romantic but whimsical young lady. He soon elopes her and the beautiful Nicole follows him, persuaded that she will love circus life. Unfortunately for Bux she does not and she leaves him as a result. After a few other disappointments due to false accusations, Bux finally marries a kind-hearted circus acrobat and pursues a successful career under the big top.
Le Clown Bux
1935 · 1 votes
Movie9.0DramaNoël Rambert is overwhelmed by fate. Marthe, his wife, has left him. His son, little Jacques, sickly and touching, has psychic gifts. Life is not a happy one. A crime is committed. Poor Rambert is unjustly suspected. A good-looking man convinces him to confess his guilt. In doing so, he secures his child's future. Resigned to everything, the sad Rambert is ready for the scaffold. The little medium brings the truth to light and Mme Mortal denounces her husband, Daniel Mortal, the man behind the despicable bargain, as the murderer. Happiness returns with a bang, as the repentant Marthe Rambert continues to watch over little Jacques during the ordeal.
Le Petit Jacques
1953 · 1 votes
Movie7.0DramaThe reign of Tsar Paul I and the intrigues of his friend, Governor Pahlen, to rid the country of the mad despot by plotting to have him murdered.
Movie9.0ActionAn officer saves the life of a foreign prince who is in France to buy seaplanes, while pursued by his enemies.
Movie5.8ComedyA series of vignettes, in which Noel-Noel appears as the moderator, lecturer, commentator and leading actor, that examine the bores and pests of everyday life much like Pete Smith and Robert Benchley had done for years in American short subjects. Among those are the Practical Joker who will do anything for a laugh; the Party Entertainer who never stops singing; the Talkative Neigbor who forgets the time; the noisy neighbors who dance the tango all night; and women drivers, people who telephone at meal time, the friend you never saw before and amatuer medical experts. Much use of trick photography, montages, puppets and animation along with some adult Gallic wit and gentle satire.
Movie10.0Following the assassination of a financier, several people who had an interest in seeing him disappear are suspected.
Movie6.3CrimeDuring the Tour de France, five riders are found murdered with a red tulip near their bodies. A journalist and a police inspector lead the investigation to unmask the murderer.
Movie7.0DramaPimaï, the strong-headed anarchist, joined the navy out of bravado. But the sweet influence of a young girl leads him to prove that he is worthy of the profession he has chosen and the flag he serves.
Movie8.0ComedyJean and Claude - he a car builder, she a model - loved each other, then separated because of Jean's despotic affections. Claude has retired with her child and a friend to a farm she can't manage. Wearily, the friend alerts Jean who, in the twinkling of an eye, erases the difficulties. Claude also learns that the child has been recognized and that his father has always looked after him. The two reconcile and embark on a journey for better or for worse.
Tous les deux
1949 · 2 votes