Alain Mottet
Alain Mottet (30 December 1928 in Lyon, France – 31 October 2017 in Paris, France) was a French actor. Alain Mottet appeared in dozens of films, often in secondary roles. He appeared in three films with José Giovanni. In 1965, he played the main role in L'Affaire de la malle à Gouffé. In 1969, in L'Armée des ombres, he was responsible for the prison camp where Lino Ventura, alias Philippe Gerbier, was imprisoned. For television, he played Flambart, the police officer who chased Eugène François Vidocq relentlessly, played by Bernard Noël in the TV series Vidocq in 1967. He regularly worked with director Abder Isker including on several episodes of Au théâtre ce soir. One of his most notable TV roles was as Shazénian in the fairytale Shéhérazade, shown at the end of 1971: on a flying horse, he walks with Claude Jade into the night sky. In parallel to his screen career, he also continued to work on stage, most notably in plays by Jean Le Poulain, Roger Planchon, André Barsacq and Georges Wilson. He was part of the cast of the Comédie-Française from 1986 to 1988. Married to Françoise Hirsch (1930-2017), until his death on 31 October 2017, he is the father of Christine Mottet and actor and musician Pierre Mottet. Source: Article "Alain Mottet" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Army of Shadows
as Camp CommanderBetrayed by an informant, Philippe Gerbier finds himself trapped in a torturous Nazi prison...
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The Fire Within
as UrcelAlthough his alcoholism has been treated, Alain still feels he is deeply unwell and does not...
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My New Partner II
as Le préfetThe partners are back and are in a tight spot! Francois is going through a moral crisis, and...
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The Pariah
as Ficelle, tenancier d'une maison de tolérance pour VillanovaFor more than 15 years, two Marseille friends and criminals battle the law, rival gangs, prison...
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Last Known Address
as Frank Lambert, Leonetti's colleague and friendMarceau Léonetti, a competent and energetic officer stops by chance the son of an influential...
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Inspector Blunder
as Dumeze, police directorA detective, fresh out of the academy (lowest mark in class), gets the assignment to bodyguard a...
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Ho!
as PaulRace driver who has lost his membership card becomes the chauffeur of a gangsters pack
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Venus and Lulu
as Marceau le comédienA lady loses her clothes in a local village, then proceeds to spend the entire duration of the...
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The Good and the Bad
as le commissaire BlanchotThe film follows the exploits of Jacques, a car-mechanic turned pro-thief, and his Jewish...
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Question of Love
as L'avocat généralArchitect Dumas dies from a bullet of his own gun in front of his house. The police suspect his...
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Un dimanche de flics
as DirectorTwo policemen, Franck and Rupert, intervene in a Parisian heliport where drugs are exchanged for...
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One Way Ticket
as NitesseAfter a bank robbery gone wrong, a crook goes on the run across Belgium to escape the police,...
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Mata Hari, la vraie histoire
as Me ClunetThe Dutch exotic dancer Mata Hari is accused of spying for Germany during the First World War.
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The Night of Saint-Germain-des-Prés
as Marc OvetIn 1951, in Saint-Germain-des-Prés, the private detective Nestor Burma was commissioned by an...
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Le dialogue dans le marécage
as Sire LaurentThe Sienese Pia Tolomei is imprisoned in a castle by a jealous husband. Based on the novel by...
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Le Curé de Tours
as M. de BourbonneFather Birotteau and Father Troubert, both of whom are priests at Tours, have separate lodgings...
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L'Affaire Lourdes
as JacometIn Lourdes, in the 1860s, the young Bernadette disturbs despite herself the peaceful life of the...
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The Black Indies
as James StarrIn 1870s Scotland mining engineer James Starr is asked by former colleague Simon Ford, who's...
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Madame Sans-Gêne
as FouchéCatherine Hubscher, laundress, saves the life of an Austrian nobleman with the complicity of her...
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Climates of Love
as uncreditedThe Marcenat couple seem to have everything they need to be happy. However, Odile's frivolity...
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Midi Première
as SelfMidi Première is a French variety show presented by Danièle Gilbert, directed by Jacques Pierre...
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Belphegor, or the Phantom of the Louvre
as DelmaFour episodes chronicle a mysterious phantom who appears in the Musée du Louvre in Paris at...
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Le Grand Secret
as HamblainA young woman searches for her biologist lover who disappeared after an Indian scientist made a...
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Les Misérables
as ThénardierAn ex-convict who wants to make an honest life for himself is pursued by the implacable hatred...
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