Claude France
Actor · 1893 – 1928 · Emden, Lower Saxony, Germany
Movies16
Movie7.0DramaComtesse Della Gentia and her lover Paul attempt to seduce and blackmail a rich neighbour Juan, who is in love with a naïve young friend of theirs, Clarisse. Their plot fails; the Comtesse kills herself at a ball, and her lover re-covers her face with its mask.
Le Carnaval des vérités
1920 · 1 votes
- Movie10.0HistoryDrama
This historical melodrama (later remade by Henry Roussel himself in 1932 and Richard Pottier in 1952) set during the reign of Napoleon III of France. Here, Raquel Meller plays a Spanish flower girl who saves the life of the French empress Eugenie de Montijo (played by Suzanne Blanchetti), by taking her place in her carriage. When the carriage is overthrown by the anarchist's bomb, the girl survives because of the masses of violets in the imperial carriage, the empress' favorite flowers.
Violettes impériales
1923 · 1 votes
- Movie10.0Drama
Mr. de Sergeac surprised his wife in company of a friend and killed her. 15 years later, his daughter Simone, still ignorant of the drama, is engaged to be married with Michel Mignier. The family of the groom learns about it and eventually, so does Simone. Mr. de Sergeac, ashamed of the scandal, decides to go away, but the two lovers talk him into staying with them.
Simone
1926 · 1 votes
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Le Père Goriot
1922 · 1 votes
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Lady Harrington
1926 · 1 votes
Movie9.0An earlier version of the 18th century swashbuckling story later made as a vehicle for Gerard Philipe, this one is in serial format.
Movie6.7DramaRomanceReymat is killed during an aerobatic exhibition in a plane. Hélène, his fiancée, to forget her grief, decides to become an aviator.
L'Autre aile
1923 · 3 votes
Movie8.0DramaAdventureLady Diana Wynham, a crumbling aristocrat, entrusts her new secretary, Prince Séliman, with a daring mission on whose success will depend the survival of her fortune.
Movie9.0André Cornelis
1927 · 1 votes
- Movie9.0Drama
A rich heiress falls for her poor Corsican guide who accuses himself of murder to save her reputation.
Movie7.0Unkwown to the vast majority, Count Patrice is the crown prince of Simenia. One day he sails for the East on his yacht "Bengal" in the company of Christiane, a beautiful princess, in love with him. Chance has it that Patrice sets Anar, an Oriental beauty, free from the harem where she is held captive. Love is born between the two young people, which infuriates Christiane. Mad with jealousy, the vexed woman sets about preventing Patrice and Anar from marrying... by all means fair or foul!
Le Prince charmant
1925 · 1 votes
Movie7.0ComedyPoor abbé Contantin, he is devastated at the news: to think that two American ladies have bought the local manor where he has always been welcome! Worse, Mrs. Scott and her cousin Bettina are protestant. But the good priest soon realizes there is no cause for alarm. The two ladies are charming and open-minded. They insist on Constantin sticking to his old habits and he gladly resumes his visits to the manor. Paul,his nephew, will even fall in love with Bettina and the priest will unite the two young people in the village of mirth.
L'Abbé Constantin
1925 · 1 votes
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Moderne Ehen
1924 · 1 votes
Movie7.0The Prince of Gonzague kills the Duke of Nevers and tries to marry his widow, Aurore de Nevers, so he can get his hand on his fortune. The Chevalier Lagardère takes the child Irène de Nevers with him to Spain only to return disguised as a hunchback years later to unmask the Prince for the villain he is.
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a silent movie by Robert Wiene