Gabrielle Fontan

Born: 1873-04-16


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Les Misérables

as la supérieure du couvent
Released: 1958-03-12

In 19th century France, Jean Valjean, a man imprisoned for stealing bread, must flee a...

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Maigret and the St. Fiacre Case

as Marie Tatin
Released: 1959-09-02

Police Commissioner Jules Maigret returns to the small village where he spent his childhood at...

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Daybreak

as La vieille dame dans l'escalier
Released: 1939-06-09

After committing a murder, a man locks himself in his apartment and recollects the events the...

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Manon

as Mme. Agnès
Released: 1949-03-09

Port of Marseille, France, recently liberated from the German yoke. Caught as stowaways aboard a...

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Gates of the Night

as la vieille
Released: 1946-12-03

Paris, during the winter after its Liberation: Jean Diego meets up with his friend Raymond...

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Torrents

as Maria
Released: 1947-12-10

Sigrid and Yann are cousins, and in love with each other. A medical student, Jean marries Léna,...

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Love Is My Profession

as Mme Langlois
Released: 1958-09-17

Married French lawyer Andre defends succesfully the case of Yvette, who committed a robbery. He...

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Strangers in the House

as Fine
Released: 1942-05-16

Loursat, a lawyer, lives with his daughter Nicole in a sinister and vast bourgeois residence....

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A Day in the Country

as La Grand' Mère
Released: 1946-05-21

The family of a Parisian shop-owner spends a day in the country. The daughter falls in love with...

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Toto

as La logeuse
Released: 1933-09-21

Escaping from a policeman who has caught h.im with a stolen dog, Toto (Albert Préjean), a petty...

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Marie of the Port

as une commère
Released: 1950-02-27

Henri Chatelard is well into his forties, owns a restaurant and a cinema in the city, and...

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Cordial Agreement

as Une dame de la Cour
Released: 1939-04-20

The film depicts events between the Fashoda crisis in 1898 and the 1904 signing of the Entente...

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Be Beautiful But Shut Up

as La grand-mère de Jean
Released: 1958-05-07

A beautiful 18-year-old orphan escapes from a reformatory and hooks up with a gang of jewel...

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The Gates of Paris

as Mme Sabatier, Juju and Nénette's mother
Released: 1957-09-27

Juju, a drunken oaf who feels the need of being important to someone---anyone---and his friend...

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Flesh and the Woman

as La religieuse (uncredited)
Released: 1954-06-08

In this romance, a jilted lawyer joins the French Foreign Legion to help him forget his...

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The Grand Manoeuvre

as Mélanie, la servante des DUVERGER
Released: 1955-10-25

Armand, a boastful womaniser, makes a bet that he can seduce any girl he wants. He soon crosses...

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Monsieur Vincent

as La vieille sourde du presbytère de Châtillon
Released: 1947-11-05

The life of Vincent de Paul, the 17th-century author and priest who founded two religious orders.

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Pétrus

as Mrs. Brisson, newsagent (uncredited)
Released: 1946-10-02

Petrus, a Montmartre photographer, is accidentally wounded by Migo, a dancer at the Frou Frou...

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Sylvia and the Ghost

as Marielle
Released: 1946-02-06

A teenager becomes fixated on a painting of the handsome suitor who died in a duel for her...

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Destiny

as The patience player (uncredited)
Released: 1946-12-18

This is the story of two brothers: the good one, the virtuous gent, an acclaimed singer, and the...

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Carnival of Sinners

as The chiromancer (uncredited)
Released: 1943-03-21

A struggling artist buys a talisman that gives him love, fame and wealth. The talisman is a...

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The Versailles Affair

as uncredited
Released: 1960-02-10

Suzuki, a Japanese secret agent, is sent to Versailles to unmask a certain Klauss, who is to...

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The End of the Day

as Mme Jambage
Released: 1939-03-24

Aged penniless actors are living in a old people's home. They always talk about their past glory...

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Deadlier Than the Male

as Mme Jules
Released: 1956-04-13

In Les Halles, in the heart of Paris, the restaurateur André Chatelin, leads an uneventful life...

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Crime and Punishment

as madame Horvais
Released: 1956-12-04

A young tormented student can no longer stand his miserable life. To avoid his sister marrying...

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Hi Doc

as Madeleine Blaise
Released: 1957-03-06

24 hours in the life of a humble general practitioner. A very busy life to say the least... Like...

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Messieurs Ludovic

as La concierge des Thibaut
Released: 1946-05-03

Anne-Marie meets three men bearing the first name of Ludovic. Each of them has a very different...

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The Magic of the Kite

as the concierge
Released: 1958-12-17

Come fly with Peter and Nicole and the Chinese wizard on an exciting adventure to the ends of...

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Juliette, or Key of Dreams

as La patronne de la confiserie
Released: 1951-05-18

Michel has stolen from his employer, Mr Bellanger, for the love of Juliette. He is now in jail....

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Such a Pretty Little Beach

as The Old Woman in the Bus
Released: 1949-01-19

During the cold and rainy off-season a man arrives in a seaside town and, giving his name only...

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Lunegarde

as uncredited
Released: 1946-01-16

A drifting woman hangs out in the suburbs of Marseille. A young engineer picks her up drunk and...

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Desperate Decision

as Sister Patricia
Released: 1952-10-01

Ireland, 1922. In the midst of a national uprising, Catherine, a young orphan employed in...

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Papa, Mama, My Wife and Me

as La directrice de Saint-Beuve, collège pour filles
Released: 1955-10-18

Robert Langlois is now married to Catherine, the former housemaid. And they would live happily...

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The Strollers

as La vieille dame
Released: 1950-11-25

Jean-Louis forgets to use the pedestrian crossing;Who could have believed then where it would...

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Ramuntcho

as Pilar Doyamboru
Released: 1938-02-24

Ramuntcho is a young man who has fallen in with a gang of smugglers, led by Itchoua, who carry...

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Angel and Sinner

as uncredited
Released: 1945-10-17

During the stagecoach trip of a frightened group of inhabitants of Rouen, Elisabeth Rousset,...

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Behind These Walls

as Madame Michaud
Released: 1946-03-13

June 1944, a French town towards the end of the occupation. Following several attacks...

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The Fleeing Dead

as La concierge
Released: 1936-01-02

Two second-rate, hammy actors, Hector Trignol and Achille Baluchet, come up with a fake murder...

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Black Dossier

as Mme Micoulin, la logeuse
Released: 1955-05-10

In the 1950s, in a small provincial town, a young inexperienced judge clashes with an...

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Dainah the Mixed

as Berthe
Released: 1932-08-19

Shades of Othello loom in this engrossing exploration of class, race, and murder set on an ocean...

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Mademoiselle Béatrice

as Angèle
Released: 1943-05-19

A law student passed his exam in his first B.A. year in Paris ;he is in love with a girl who is...

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Picpus

as La soeur de Le Cloaguen
Released: 1943-02-12

Picpus is a street and a subway stop where a number of murders have been committed. Maigret...

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Anger of the Gods

as uncredited
Released: 1947-04-09

Sylvain, sentenced to death, assures the visiting priest that his life could have been...

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The Musicians of the Sky

as (uncredited)
Released: 1940-04-10

A would be blind hoodlum redeems himself in the Salvation Army just for a lovely lieutenant.

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The Roquevillards

as Pierrette La Fauchois
Released: 1943-07-28

France, 1880. Francois Roquevillard is a respected lawyer in Chambery and the head of a family...

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Vertiges

as Patient
Released: 1947-10-22

A specialist in the fight against cancer, a young doctor finds himself suffering from a terrible...

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The Curtain Rises

as Une mère provincviale (non créditée)
Released: 1938-10-06

1938, France, Paris, at the Superior Conservatory of Dramatic Art ("Conservatoire Supérieur...

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François Villon

as La Villonne
Released: 1945-09-02

An episode in the life of the tumultuous poet who murdered his rival, in love with Catherine de...

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Two Women

as uncredited
Released: 1940-05-16

Considering his wife as his property, a smuggler bullies the unfortunate woman and does not...

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Le Voyageur de la Toussaint

as La vieille aubergiste (uncredited)
Released: 1943-04-08

A young man comes back to his hometown to be confronted with a bourgeois obnoxious family who...

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Two Pennies Worth of Violets

as La concierge
Released: 1951-10-31

Thérèse, a young flower girl, tries hard to remain virtuous but the whole world seems to...

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Julie de Carneilhan

as Concierge
Released: 1950-04-21

A penniless aristocrat is fooled by her ex-husband, a crook.

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Madame et le Mort

as Le Noir's concierge
Released: 1943-04-21

A person who had usurped the identity of a famous writer of detective stories was killed in the...

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Sins of Youth

as The dresser (uncredited)
Released: 1941-11-16

A rich businessman living alone is deprived of the nephew he was to have brought up decides on...

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Bold Adventure

as La grand-mère
Released: 1956-11-07

In the 16th century, as Flanders is invaded by the Spanish, Till the Mischievous uses stratagems...

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The House Under the Sea

as Une commère
Released: 1947-08-20

A stranger named Constant disrupts the life of Flora, who is seemingly happy with her husband...

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Secrets of a Ballerina

as Rosalie, elderly
Released: 1943-11-25

In 1860s France, a couple who have recently acquired a dilapidated country house in Vendôme...

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Coquecigrole

as Mrs. Bien
Released: 1931-12-22

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Strange Fate

as Madame Durtain
Released: 1946-06-05

Patrica is the wife of Alain de Saulieu, a handsome engineer. She unfortunately loses her...

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The Little Thing

as Mme Lalouette
Released: 1938-05-31

Now that their parents are ruined, Jacques Eyssette and his younger brother Daniel, are driven...

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Le Dessous des cartes

as Florence's mother
Released: 1948-09-22

Claude Géraudy, a banker responsible for a financial scandal, is forced to flee and hides in the...

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The Ménard Collection

as Concierge
Released: 1944-04-12

Renée Ménard, a young mixed-race Indochinese, arrives in France to find her French father, whom...

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Twisted Mistress

as uncredited
Released: 1942-08-14

Guy Carbonnel, a rich industrialist, has more eyes for rugby than for his wife Hélène. René...

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Pluie d'or

as uncredited
Released: 1936-05-22

Abandoned kids are taken in by a rather sleazy character who owns a shoe store and practices...

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Men Think Only of That

as uncredited
Released: 1954-06-13

Alfred is in love, but shy. Desperate not to have the audacity to express his passion to the...

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Premier mai

as Mme Lurde
Released: 1958-03-25

On this beautiful May 1st, Thérèse is about to give birth. Their presence at home is...

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Make a living

as uncredited
Released: 1931-10-09

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The Lovers of Tomorrow

as la vieille
Released: 1959-08-26

A man throws a revolver in the Seine and checks into a hotel run by an unhappy Turkish couple....

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Premier bal

as Marie
Released: 1941-09-16

Two country sisters are rivals for the love of the doctor. He marries one, but regrets it and is...

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Misdeal

as uncredited
Released: 1928-09-14

Maldone is a canal worker, happy with his life after running away from his family estate. He...

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After Love

as The old Catou
Released: 1948-01-22

Betrayed by his wife, a teacher proceeds to have an affair with a young and pretty student. The...

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For One Cent's Worth of Love

as uncredited
Released: 1932-02-26

A millionaire,in love with an innocent girl,does not want to be loved for his money.So he asks...

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Titin from Martigues

as uncredited
Released: 1938-02-09

In Paris, at the Foire du Trône, the showman Titin from Martigues spins the perfect love with...

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Le moussaillon

as uncredited
Released: 1942-02-06

The son of a sailor, who seduced and abandoned the mother, doesn't get along with the new man, a...

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The Duel

as uncredited
Released: 1941-01-01

A widow is loved by a doctor whose brother, an ecclesiastic unconsciously in love with the young...

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The Ladies in the Green Hats

as uncredited
Released: 1937-12-15

Arlette, a young orphan girl, is taken in by four spinster cousins, the eldest of whom, Telcide,...

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The Fatted Calf

as Mrs. Vachon
Released: 1939-04-12

Jules Vachon, a pharmacist, has two sons, Gabriel, a steady-minded young man dedicated to his...

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La Bataille du feu

as Old woman
Released: 1949-04-24

Activities and exploits of firefighters in the context of a village then the capital and under...

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Ceux du rivage

as uncredited
Released: 1943-10-20

In the oyster and fishing town of Arcachon, one man doesn't want his adopted son to get married...

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A Certain Mr. Jo

as Mme. Michel
Released: 1958-04-16

Jo Guardini, now the peaceful owner of a charming inn by the banks of the River Marne, once was...

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Life Is Ours

as Madame Lecocq
Released: 1936-04-07

A propaganda film of the communist party of France, showing how the comrades help the...

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My Priest Among the Poor

as uncredited
Released: 1956-05-04

Abbé Pellegrin, parish priest of Sableuse, sells an ancient Christ to an unknown man, M. de...

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Her Last Part

as uncredited
Released: 1946-07-24

An actress who has just played the part of an old lady says that she would like to grow old like...

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Douce

as Estelle
Released: 1943-11-09

In Paris in 1887, Irène works as a governess to Douce, the grand-daughter of the dowager...

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My Darned Father

as uncredited
Released: 1958-06-25

Roger, editor of a women's magazine, meets Roberte, his friend Jean's former mistress, at a...

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Julie la rousse

as Mme Michon, la concierge
Released: 1959-08-12

The artist Edouard Lavigne falls in love with a young girl but must quickly leave her because...

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The Traveler Without Luggage

as La mère Lampion
Released: 1944-02-23

Having lost his memory due to serving in World War I, Gaston has spent the past 15 years in a...

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Valley of Hell

as La mère Bienvenu
Released: 1943-09-22

Noël Bienvenu, owner of a career, is a widower and lives with his parents. His son Bastien, whom...

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Night Shift

as Maria
Released: 1944-04-19

A devoted switchboard operator is the village guardian angel.

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La Belle au bois dormant

as La fée Carabosse
Released: 1954-04-15

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Life in a Song

as The aunt
Released: 1951-10-12

The cinematographic illustration of fifteen cheerful, tender or ferocious songs that made the...

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The J3

as uncredited
Released: 1946-04-17

During the Second World War, in occupied Paris, a group of high school students is more active...

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The White Blackbird

as The landlady
Released: 1944-12-06

Jules Leroy, an industrial shoe polish manufacturer, on his deathbed reveals to his son Achille...

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The Last Penny

as Mme Durban
Released: 1946-01-23

Pierre risks being taken advantage of by an agency that sets up financial scams, he escapes...

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Rapide de nuit

as Mother with cats
Released: 1948-09-19

Duped by a pretty woman who uses him to smuggle a suitcase containing the proceeds of a theft...

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Pluck the Hen

as uncredited
Released: 1947-05-28

A young student on vacation falls in love with the daughter of his hostess. The father, who has...

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Love Is at Stake

as Emilie
Released: 1957-09-26

Bob, a talented draftsman, and his young wife Marie-Blanche, a young antique dealer, adore their...

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L'homme au parapluie

as Ellen
Released: 1956-03-10

A heart stops beating and two others no longer dare to face each other. While an old lady is...

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The Time of the Cherries

as Antoinette
Released: 1938-01-26

A poor peasant family, a failed cabinet maker and an unemployed worker struggle in contrast to...

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Majestic Hotel Cellars

as Rosalie, la bonne de Fualdès
Released: 1945-08-11

In my “cellar” where case workers all the people of a great hotel, the head of the café, Donge,...

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Ces dames aux chapeaux verts

as uncredited
Released: 1929-09-27

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Eight Men in a Castle

as L'aubergiste
Released: 1942-12-09

The Paladines write crime novels together. In a cinema, they happen to see a report on the...

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The crime of Sylvestre Bonnard

as uncredited
Released: 1929-12-31

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L'Escalier sans fin

as Madame Bizet
Released: 1943-08-25

An untiring lady social worker, Émilienne, has as one of her charges a stableman who was wounded...

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The Lighthouse Keepers

as uncredited
Released: 1929-01-01

In a lighthouse off the coast of Brittany, a young man slowly goes mad following a bite by a...

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À la Belle frégate

as uncredited
Released: 1943-04-01

It's a sailors' story; they often sail away and when they return, the first thing they do is...

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My Friend Victor

as uncredited
Released: 1931-01-09

A poor youth of noble birth needs to marry. Will the cynical, calculating upstart who wants to...

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