Charles Denner
Charles Denner (29 May 1926 – 10 September 1995) was a French actor born to a Jewish family in Poland. During his 30-year career he worked with some of France's greatest directors of the time, including Louis Malle, Claude Chabrol, Jean-Luc Godard, Costa-Gavras, Claude Lelouch and François Truffaut who gave him two of his most memorable roles, as Fergus in The Bride Wore Black (1968) and Bertrand Morane in The Man Who Loved Women (1977). Description above from the Wikipedia article Charles Denner, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Elevator to the Gallows
as L'Adjoint du Commissaire CherrierA self-assured businessman murders his employer, the husband of his mistress, which...
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The Bride Wore Black
as FergusJulie Kohler is prevented from suicide by her mother. She leaves the town. She will track down,...
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Z
as Manuel, friend of the Deputy, lawyerAmid a tense political climate, the opposition leader is killed in an apparent accident. When a...
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The Man Who Loved Women
as Bertrand MoraneAt Bertrand Morane's burial there are many of the women that the 40-year-old engineer loved. In...
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A Gorgeous Girl Like Me
as ArthurA young sociologist researching criminal women selects a captivating inmate as his subject. As...
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The Married Couple of the Year Two
as TravellerNicolas Philibert goes to America after killing a French aristocrat. On his return he tries to...
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Money Money Money
as Simon DurocWhen they realize the times are changing, five crooks decide to switch from bank robberies to...
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The Night Caller
as Inspector MoissacA serial-killer frightens Paris by phoning young ladies at night, telling them insults about...
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The Inheritor
as David LoweinsteinAfter his father is killed in a plane crash, Bart Cordell returns back home to France to claim...
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A Thousand Billion Dollars
as Walter, le détectiveA young journalist uncovers an assassination disguised as a suicide, linked to an American...
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The Sleeping Car Murder
as Bob, l'amant sincère de Georgette ThomasSix people travel by train overnight from Marseilles to Paris. When the train arrives at its...
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The Two of Us
as Claude's FatherA story of the caring friendship formed between a crusty, old anti-Semite and an eight-year-old...
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Law Breakers
as GrazianiA judge investigating police corruption finds that the deeper he digs, the more roadblocks he finds.
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The Thief of Paris
as Jean-François CannonierIn Paris around 1900, a young man raised by his wealthy uncle plots revenge after his cousin is...
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The World's Most Beautiful Swindlers
as Counterfeiter (segment "Le Grand escroc")Five swindle stories, taking place in five international cities: Tokyo, Japan ("Fumiko's Five...
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Bluebeard
as Henri LandruParis, France, during the First World War. While thousands of soldiers die every day on the...
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Golden Eighties
as M. SchwartzThree young women at a hair salon all like the son of the clothing store proprietors across the...
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A Captain's Honor
as Maître GillardDuring a televised debate on the Algerian war in the early 1980s, Professor Paulet denounced the...
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Life Upside Down
as Jacques ValinA Paris real estate developer feels compelled to withdraw from his seemingly perfect life into a...
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Mado
as Reynald ManeccaA middle-aged businessman faces bankruptcy after his partner's suicide and a rival's...
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Mata Hari, Agent H21
as Soldier #1Ordered to seduce French captain and steal from him classified papers, Mata Hari, an exotic...
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Diane's Body
as Julien KellerDiane is married to Julien, an architect. The two met in Czechoslovakia before marrying and...
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The Blue Panther
as JohnsonMarie-Chantal travels by train to her cousin's place to spend a winter holiday, when a stranger...
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D'un film à l'autre
as Self (archive footage)On April 13, 2011, Les Films 13 production company turned 50. How can one celebrate an...
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Défense de savoir
as Jean RavierWhen a woman is accused of murder, the investigation slowly reveals numerous political...
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The Down-in-the-Hole Gang
as Ministre des travaux publicHere we find a group of misfits who've given up on humanity and have decided to dwell below the...
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Le Cœur à l'envers
as GuillaumeLaure is a 40-year-old psychologist who doesn't know her son, Jean. But the latter comes back to...
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The Crook
as Monsieur GalloisA thief known as Simon the Swiss faces up and downs in his criminal profession.
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The Truth on the Savolta Affair
as LepprinceBarcelona between 1917 and 1923. Is the era of gangsterism, during which gunmen clash between...
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Robert et Robert
as Robert GoldmanRobert #1 is played by Charles Denner, while Robert #2 is played by Jacques Villeret. Beyond...
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And Now My Love
as Sarah's Father / Operator / Sarah's GrandfatherThe movie follows the lives of a woman and a man starting from several generations earlier. The...
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The Devil's Toy
as Récitant / Narrator (voice)This short 1966 documentary dedicated "to all victims of intolerance” depicts the dawn of...
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The First Time
as FatherClaude is in his last year of high-school, but he doesn't care much for school. Instead all his...
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Vivement Truffaut
as Self / Bertrand (archive footage)A tribute to the late, great French director Francois Truffaut, this documentary was undoubtedly...
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François Truffaut: My Life, a Screenplay
as SelfAt the end of his life, gravely ill, François Truffaut took refuge with his ex-wife Madeleine...
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A Second Chance
as L'avocatImprisoned as an accessory to murder, Catherine gives birth to a son she conceived in prison....
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Les Hommes en blanc
as Un interneJean Nerac completes his medical studies, sure of a successful career, but less sure of his...
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Les joueurs
as KrougelIkhariev is a professional gambler who made his fortune by cheating. Having just won eighty...
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Les fourberies de Scapin
as uncreditedTwo youths have secretly married ladies but not the ones their fathers who are away on trips had...
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A Police Officer Without Importance
as Deputy Police Officer Serge MonnierCamille, Dov and Joëlle live on the edge of society and are involved in petty theft helping them...
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YUL 871
as The European engineerAn engineer from Paris flies to Montreal, partly on business, partly in search of parents...
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Heraclitus the Dark
as Récitant (voice)Deval shot “Héraclite l’obscur” in Tunisia in 1967, with his then-girlfriend and editor Jackie...
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The Best Part
as An assistant engineerPhilippe Perrin, a young engineer passionate about his work, leads the construction of a huge...
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Vous ne l'emporterez pas au paradis
as NicolasAfter the death of one of his clients, a Swiss industrialist decides to call his brother to...
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Les pieds nickelés
as FilochardThree tramps in search of adventure and fortune decide to try their luck at swindling. After an...
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Stella
as RichardDuring the Second World War, Yvon joins the Gestapo to save his Jewish girlfriend, Stella, from...
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Le Grand Escroc
as the Con ManPatricia Leacock, reporter for an american television, is in Morocco on the trail of a...
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The Truce
as JulienA nightclub owner and his stripper girlfriend take a country ride, meet another rival underworld...
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L'Unique
as Vox, producerA famous rock singer is being overtaken. Vox, the album and live producer of the singer,...
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Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
as SelfA talk show presented by Michel Drucker
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