Jean Dasté
Jean Dasté, born Jean Georges Gustave Dasté, (18 September 1904 in Paris, France – 15 October 1994 in Saint-Priest-en-Jarez, Loire, France) was an actor and theatre director. Although Jean Dasté is best known for his career on stage as both an actor and director in a variety of works including those by Shakespeare and Molière, he made his first appearance on screen in a 1932 Jean Renoir film (Boudu sauvé des eaux), and 57 years later appeared in his final film at the age of 85. He played also the main character in two Jean Vigo movies, L'Atalante and Zéro de conduite. Later, he worked also with Alain Resnais and François Truffaut. He married Danish-born actress Marie-Hélène Copeau (1902–1994), the daughter of the influential French writer, editor, and drama critic Jacques Copeau (1879–1949) and Agnès Thomsen. In 1947, he became the founding director of the Comedie de St.-Etienne stage company in the town of Saint-Étienne in the Loire département. The success of his theater was such that there is a college and a theater in Saint-Étienne named in his honor. Source: Article "Jean Dasté" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
L'Atalante
as JeanCapricious small-town girl Juliette and barge captain Jean marry after a whirlwind courtship,...
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Grand Illusion
as L'instituteurA group of French soldiers, including the patrician Captain de Boeldieu and the working-class...
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White Wedding
as Le ConciergeA philosophy professor has an illicit affair with one of his students, a bright yet troubled...
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Muriel, or the Time of Return
as L'homme à la chèvre / The Goat ManIn the seaside town of Boulogne, no one seems to be able to cope with their past, least of all...
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Zero for Conduct
as Supervisor HuguetIn a repressive boarding school with rigid rules of behavior, four boys decide to rebel against...
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My American Uncle
as M. LouisProf. Henri Laborit uses the stories of the lives of three people to discuss behaviorist...
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The Man Who Loved Women
as L'urologueAt Bertrand Morane's burial there are many of the women that the 40-year-old engineer loved. In...
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Z
as Illya Coste, chauffeurAmidst a heated political climate, the opposition leader is killed in what appears to be a...
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Boudu Saved from Drowning
as L'ÉtudiantMichel Simon gives one of the most memorable performances in screen history as Boudu, a Parisian...
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The Wild Child
as Professor Philippe PinelIn 1798, a feral boy is discovered outside the town of Aveyron, France. Diagnosed as mentally...
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The Crime of Monsieur Lange
as The Model MakerA man and a woman arrive in a cafe-hotel near the Belgian frontier. The customers recognize the...
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The Green Room
as Bernard HumbertA WWI veteran decides to build a memorial to all of the people who have mattered to him but are...
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The Body of My Enemy
as Le gardien du chantierFrancois always despised the textile barons who ruled his local town. But he fell in love with...
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Stormy Waters
as Le radioA married tugboat captain falls for a woman he rescues from a sinking ship.
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The War Is Over
as The Man in ChargeDiego is one of the chiefs of the Spanish Communist Party. On his way from Madrid to Paris, he...
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Picpus
as Le clerc (uncredited)Picpus is a street and a subway stop where a number of murders have been committed. Maigret...
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A Week's Vacation
as le père de LaurenceLaurence, a young schoolteacher from Lyon, takes a week's leave. During the break, she reflects...
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Life Is Ours
as L'instituteur / TeacherA propaganda film of the communist party of France, showing how the comrades help the...
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Love Unto Death
as Dr. RozierA man is haunted after waking up from his sleep, during which he was pronounced dead by his doctor.
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Molière
as Le grand-père de MolièreJean-Baptiste Poquelin is raised by his father and his grandfather because his mother dies when...
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Sorceress
as ChristopheDominican friar Etienne de Bourbon visits a 13th-century French village in search of heretics...
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Adieu Léonard
as Porcelain menderA bungling thief is threatened by one target with blackmail, unless the thief will kill his own...
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Handsome Face
as uncreditedPierrette, an active labor activist, marries Mario. He had little sympathy for his wife's...
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Little Marcel
as BergerA homeless young man, living in his delivery truck, is simultaneously adopted by a pranksome...
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A Star to the Sun
as uncreditedMartine, who has become a major star of the song in Paris, wants to return to visit her...
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Under Western Eyes
as GeorgesPolitical turmoil convulses 19th-century Russia as Razumov, a young student preparing for a...
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Le Crime d'amour
as L'homme de l'asileTo emerge from anonymity, a young man assumes responsibility for a crime he did not commit.
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The Great Pack
as Bailiff (uncredited)Côme de Lambrefaut inherited the family castle on the death of his father, but the notary told...
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Skies Above
as Bazin, le savantThe crew of an aircraft carrier discovers that it is being pursued by a UFO that turns out to be...
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Sideral Cruises
as PépinRobert and Françoise Monier make a hot air balloon to fly to the stratosphere. After a visit to...
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St. Val's Mystery
as The bailiffDésiré Le Sec has just won the "amateur policeman contest" and he is so glad he 's telling all...
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Utopia
as JeanAfter getting painfully separated from the woman he loves, Julien leaves his apartment. He goes...
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The Time of the Cherries
as Director's sonA poor peasant family, a failed cabinet maker and an unemployed worker struggle in contrast to...
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Docile Night
as Le chauffeur de taxiJean is a successful painter who leaves his mistress, though he stops intermittently to phone...
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Pourquoi Patricia?
as M. FolcoA young writer revisits the events leading up to the murder of the couple who were sheltering her.
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Les jours gris
as uncreditedAn old man moves into a pension after leaving his house to his son. One day, his son picks him...
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