Gina Manès
Gina Manès (born Blanche Moulin; 7 April 1893 – 6 September 1989) was a French film actress and a major star of French silent cinema. After an early appearance in a Louis Feuillade film, she had significant roles in films of Germaine Dulac and Jean Epstein, including Cœur fidèle.
Napoleon
as Joséphine, Viscountess of BeauharnaisA biopic of Napoleon Bonaparte, tracing the Corsican's career from his schooldays (where a...
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Cœur fidèle
as MarieThe good guys win out in this sweet tale about a young orphan who is abused for much of her life...
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A Man's Neck
as Edna ReichbergWilly Ferrière is a gambler living beyond his means, and his mistress is as greedy as he's dead...
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Mayerling
as MarinkaRudolf, the only heir to Emperor Franz Josef of Austria-Hungary, is trapped in a loveless...
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Sinners of Paris
as La Marie, une prostituéeMichel Piccoli plays a police inspector whose best friend is murdered on the orders of gang boss...
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Hatred
as MarinaCaptain Justin Mollenard works for a company that sells armaments to the Far East. After an...
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Law of the Streets
as uncreditedYves Tréguier, a young orphan, escapes from a reform school in Brittany to join "Dédé la Glace"...
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Sin
as Henriette MauclercA married writer's luck turns when he gets a play produced at Théâtre de Paris. He meets the...
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Fernandel the Dressmaker
as uncreditedA modest taylor the women found irresistible inherit a Maison de couture in financial...
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Majestic Hotel Cellars
as Ginette, la femme de serviceIn my “cellar” where case workers all the people of a great hotel, the head of the café, Donge,...
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Premier mai
as uncreditedOn this beautiful May 1st, Thérèse is about to give birth. Their presence at home is...
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Nights of Shame
as uncreditedMarie-Thérèse is firmly involved in a charity dedicated to the rehabilitation of prostitutes....
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Thérèse Raquin
as Thérèse RaquinA silent adaptation of the novel by French writer Émile Zola. Thérèse Raquin was shot in a...
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Sister Angele's Secret
as uncreditedA poor wop entrusts his savings to an antique dealer's care. Bad idea. When he comes back to...
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Mam'zelle Spahi
as Une femme au bal (Non crédité)Two mistresses snubbed by their respective lovers crash a military ball and their lovers then...
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Under the Leather Helmet
as uncreditedSet in Rumania, the film focuses on a female secret agent who intends to use an airplane to fly...
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The Beautiful Otero
as L'habilleuseAn Italo-French biopic about one of the most famous women of Belle Époque, Spanish-born dancer...
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Le Bateau à soupe
as La patronneHervé is a tough sea captain in command of the "Duchesse Anne", a rum-trading ship. But the sea...
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Coral Reefs
as MariaThe adventures of a sailor from Mexico to a lagoon in the Pacific ocean, and the meeting with a...
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Sirocco
as OlgaTown trollop Safia, much against her better judgment, falls in love with Matteo, a beggar and...
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Pas de panique
as La mère ToussaintA robbery of 10 billion is successfully carried out by a Corsican gang led by a man called...
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Palace of Shame
as ConciergeTongues start to wag after a famous Parisian music hall dancer is rushed to hospital after being...
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Divine
as DoraA country girl (Simone Berriau) finds work as a chorus girl in Paris, gets embroiled with a bad...
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Bonaparte et la révolution
as uncreditedAbel Gance's 1971 sound edition of his epic 1927 'Napoleon', which contains much of the silent...
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The Count of Bragelonne
as Une paysanneRaoul de Bragelonne must uphold his musketeer father's legacy in the face of court intrigues...
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Napoléon Bonaparte
as Joséphine de BeauharnaisA second version of Gance's Napoléon, with sound.
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The Postmaster's Daughter
as OlgaA small town postal official allows a military officer to sweep his lovely daughter away to St....
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S.O.S. Sahara
as uncreditedAt a North Africa desert outpost threatened by Arabs, the French commander has added trouble...
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Les Lumières du soir
as (uncredited)A young opera dancer tries to help her mother financially by performing in a dubious cabaret.
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Gosse de riche
as IrmaThe daughter of an industrialist takes an interest in the workers and tries to improve their...
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La Danseuse de Marrakech
as uncreditedA little Métis girl, Kalina is saved from a massacre by Taraor, a black man from Sudan. Having...
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Mimi Pinson
as Old ladyDany Robin plays the title character in the French comedy Mimi Pinson. The plot is strictly...
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The Red Inn
as Innkeeper's DaughterTwo young doctors, surprised by the storm, take refuge in an inn. A diamond broker joins them...
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Daughter of the Sands
as uncreditedThis Moroccan romance is a kind of Arab Tristan and Isolde: the heroine kills herself when she...
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Wolves Between Them
as uncreditedA Nazi spy has stolen a gas mask filter of formidable efficiency in Paris. Two agents from the...
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La Mystérieuse Lady
as Lady LeroyIn India, a British detachment finds itself surrounded in a village by invisible enemies. An...
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Maria de la nuit
as uncreditedA cabaret singer in Barcelona sacrifices her feelings for an exiled young Frenchman who had been...
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Fort Dolorès
as LolaSeveral men of different nationalities have decided to free themselves from the clutches of...
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Heart of an Actress
as L'ActriceDesire brings out the worst in an actress' suitors-- One a well-to-do patron of London's theatre...
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A Beautiful Woman
as RosettaFather-and-son lion tamers, Rabbas and Léo share a mistress - Rosita, the " lovely bitch " of...
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A Certain Mr. Jo
as LoloJo Guardini, now the peaceful owner of a charming inn by the banks of the River Marne, once was...
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La dame de Monsoreau
as Madame de Saint-LucThe film based on the novel of the same name by Alexandre Duma, is concerned with fraternal...
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The Saint and Her Fool
as Fürstin von BrauneckAgnes Günther’s heart-rending fairy tale dazzled turn-of-the-century German audiences and sold...
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Retour au bonheur
as uncreditedWanting to complete the research of her doctor husband, a former actress returns to the stage...
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Looping the Loop
as HannaBotto the Clown is in love with the much younger Blanche but she is in love with the handsome...
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Les Réprouvés
as Realistic singerAt the borders of the Saharan desert, the dramatic situation of a battalion of light infantry...
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Love's Springtime
as uncreditedClothilde, taken out of her convent to marry the Marquis, refuses to recognize her new husband.
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La brigade en jupons
as uncreditedTwo female police officers dismantle a network of drug traffickers.
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Die kleine Sklavin
as uncreditedLili, an unfortunate foster child, has a series of near misses and falls in love.
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Pity for the Vamps
as uncreditedParis, 1956. Three sisters, three actresses willing to do almost anything to make it big. Their...
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Un soir au cocktail's bar
as uncreditedFrom 6 P.M. to 8 P.M., in a documentary fashion, the film shows different character types...
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Le bonheur est pour demain
as ThérèseAlain is a young man who has just left his parents and finds himself lost in Saint-Nazaire, a...
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Le mariage de Véréna
as uncreditedVerena, a farm servant, gives birth to a little girl and for the happiness of her child, tries...
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Mädchenschicksale
as HenrietteAbout exciting and everyday stories and dreams in the life of young and inexperienced girls.
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