Jean Marais
Jean-Alfred Villain-Marais (11 December 1913 – 8 November 1998), was a French actor and director. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jean Marais, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Donkey Skin
as The KingA fairy godmother helps a princess disguise herself so she won't have to marry her father.
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Beauty and the Beast
as La Bête / Le Prince / AvenantThe story of a gentle-hearted beast in love with a simple and beautiful girl. She is drawn to...
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Stealing Beauty
as M. GuillaumeLucy Harmon, an American teenager is arriving in the lush Tuscan countryside to be sculpted by a...
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My American Uncle
as Self (archive footage)Prof. Henri Laborit uses the stories of the lives of three people to discuss behaviorist...
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Le Notti Bianche
as L'InquilinoA middle-aged man meets a young woman who is waiting on a canal bridge for her lover's return.
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Fantomas Unleashed
as Fantômas / Fandor / Professeur Lefèvre / Marquis de RostelliIn the second episode of the trilogy Fantômas kidnaps distinguished scientist professor Marchand...
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Fantomas vs. Scotland Yard
as Fantômas / Fandor / Sir Walter Brown / Giuseppe LuigiIn the third and final episode of the trilogy, Fantômas imposes a head tax on the rich,...
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Fantômas is a man of many disguises. He uses maquillage as a weapon. He can impersonate anyone...
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Testament of Orpheus
as OedipeOutside time and reality, the experiences of a poet. The judgement of the young poet by...
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Orpheus
as OrphéeA poet in love with Death follows his unhappy wife into the underworld.
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The Count of Monte Cristo
as Edmond DantèsEdmond Dantes is falsely accused by those jealous of his good fortune, and is sentenced to spend...
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Les Miserables
as Mgr MyrielIn France during World War II, a poor and illiterate man, Henri Fortin, is introduced to Victor...
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The Hunchback of Paris
as Henri de LagardèreDuke Philippe de Nevers is an influential and popular man who is married to a beautiful wife...
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Napoleon
as Count MontholonThe film follows the life of Napoleon from his early life in Corsica to his death at Saint...
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The Image Book
as (archive footage)In Le Livre d’Image, Jean-Luc Godard recycles existing images (films, documentaries, paintings,...
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Parking
as Hadès / The DevilOrpheus is a rock star who composes love songs for Eurydice, who designs his album covers. As he...
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Captain Blood
as François de Capestang, aka 'Le Capitan'Le capitan is a 1960 French-Italian swashbuckler film directed by André Hunebelle and starring...
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The Mysteries of Paris
as Rodolphe de SombreuilThe Marquis Rodolphe de Sombrueil accidentally runs over a working man with his carriage and...
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Bizarre, Bizarre
as Le fêtard assommé par un ChinoisA French farce set in Victorian London where a botanist and his wife get into trouble when they...
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The Iron Mask
as Charles D'ArtagnanThe story of the Three Musketeers, D'Artagnan, and the imprisonment in an iron mask of the...
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The Battle of Austerlitz
as CarnotNapoleon Bonaparte crowns himself emperor and fights the English, Austrians and Russians in 1802.
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At World's End
as DjokoAn english tv-team discovers a special white flower in the indonesian rainforest, but they never...
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Royal Affairs in Versailles
as Louis XVWitty narration follows the history of Versailles Palace; founded by Louis XIII, enlarged by...
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Pontius Pilate
as Ponzio PilatoThe events that culminated with the Passion of Christ seen from the perspective of Pontius...
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Blood on His Sword
as Robert de NeuvilleCharles le Temeraire asks in marriage Jeanne de Beauvais, daughter of King Louis XI, wishing to...
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School for Love
as Eric WalterAt the Conservatory of Vienna the students only have eyes for their beautiful singing teacher,...
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Elena and Her Men
as Général François RollanSet amid the military maneuvers and Quatorze Juillet carnivals of turn-of-the-century France,...
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Killer Spy
as Stanislas DuboisThe most secret agent Stanislas Dubois, tired of saving the world alone decides to retire and to...
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The Eternal Return
as PatriceA retelling of Tristan and Isolde set in 1940s France.
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If Paris Were Told to Us
as François IerHistorical film directed and written by Sacha Guitry follows the the history of Paris from its...
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King on Horseback
as Henri La TourHenri La Tour, a strolling player, is also a daring adventurer. So, when, after accomplishing a...
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Captain Fracasse
as Fracasse alias SigognacA ruined Baron Philippe de baron, meets one day a troupe of traveling actors led by Herod....
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The Secret of Mayerling
as L'archiduc Rodolphe d'Autriche-HongrieOn the morning of January 30, 1889, the Archduke Rodolphe de Habsbourg and his mistress Marie...
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The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender
as Self (archive footage)A film scrapbook, images, phrases from our past, hiding their meanings behind veils. Let's lift...
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The Saint Lies in Wait
as Simon TemplarOscar Chartier plays a dangerous double game by selling secret plans to the German and American...
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The Storm Within
as MichelYoung Michel is in love with the attractive Madeleine, so he decides to tell his parents of his...
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The Glass Castle
as Rémy MarsayEvelyne, a judge's young wife, falls in love with Rémy while vacationing in Italy. Upon...
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Typhoon Over Nagasaki
as Pierre MarsacPierre Marsac, a French engineer working for the Nagasaki shipbuilding yards, has fallen in love...
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Seven Guys and a Gal
as Captain DorgevalItaly during the Napoleonic wars: A French General and his Adjutant are separated from their...
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Le Bonheur
as Journalist - Un journalistePhilippe Lutcher, an anarchist, fires a shot at Clara Stuart, a famous stage and screen actress,...
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Federico Fellini's Autobiography
as Self (archive footage)Federico Fellini was one of the most individual and thought provoking directors who based most...
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The Eagle with Two Heads
as StanislasPolitical intrigue and psychological drama run parallel. The queen is in seclusion, veiling her...
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Miracles Only Happen Once
as Jérôme1939 : what a beautiful year for Claudia and Jerôme. No sooner do they meet that they are under...
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Inside a Girls' Dormitory
as Inspecteur Desiré MarcoIn a little town with a renowned college a female student is found after she was hogtied and...
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Romulus and the Sabines
as MarteThe classic story from the early days of Rome where there are no women. Romulus, the founder of...
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The World of Jacques Demy
as Self (archive footage)Agnès Varda's documentary portrait of her late husband, Jacques Demy. A companion piece to her...
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Princess of Cleves
as Le Prince de ClèvesWhen a young teen marries the Prince of Cleves, more than twice her age, she automatically...
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Operation Double Cross
as Antoine DonadieuIn Barcelona, secret agent Antoine Donadieu thwarts the plans of a Nazi scientist.
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Cherchez l'idole
as Self, guest at Sylvie Vartan's show (uncredited)After stealing a diamond from Mylène Demongeot, Richard hides it inside a guitar. But on...
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Voice of Silence
as L'ancien maquisardVoice of Silence is a 1953 Italian drama film directed by Georg Wilhelm Pabst, written by...
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A Girl in a Pocket
as Prof. JeromeA professor experimenting in suspended animation accidentally shrinks his dog and later, his...
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Diamond Rush
as Manuel Thomas, dit ManuTraumatized by the War of Algeria and by the accidental death of his wife and his son, Manu left...
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Goubbiah and the Gipsy Girl
as GoubbiahGoubbiah is a Yugoslav sponge fisherman. He loves Trinida, but she is promised to Peppo, the...
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Luchino Visconti
as SelfA chronological look at the creative life of Luchino Visconti (1906-1976). It examines his...
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Friends of the family
as Noël CarradineLeon Rollo whose nickname is "Patate" is an inventor adored by his wife and is daughter. He is...
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Julietta
as André LandrecourtJulietta is a French comedy comedy romance film from 1953, directed by Marc Allégret, written by...
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In the Eyes of Memory
as Jacques ForestierDirector Jean Delannoy's immediate followup to his brilliant Les Jeux sont Faits was the more...
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Life Together
as Teddy BrooksThe writer Pierre Carot became rich and famous with his book "Life as a Couple", which was based...
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Every Day Has Its Secret
as Xavier LezcanoGiven up for dead three years ago in a plane crash in the Amazon rainforest, a young woman...
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Ivory Coast Adventure
as Jean-Luc Hervé de la TommerayeAn Embassy attache and a butterfly hunter become involved in a treasure hunt between two rival...
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The New Men
as Le secrétaireDedicated to men, natives and French, which under the leadership of General Lyautey, made modern...
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Boom on Paris
as SelfIn the early 1950s, the popular radio show "La Kermesse aux Étoiles", hosted by the famous Jean...
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Napoléon II, the Eagle
as General de MontholonThe story of Napoleon 1st's long-awaited son, born in 1911. He spent his childhood in the...
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Le Jouet criminel
as Le vieil hommeA couple abducts an "angel" for their entertainment, who will escape with the help of an old man.
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The Reluctant Spy
as StanislasStanislas Dubois is the manager of a successful advertising agency. One day, he comes up against...
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The Royalists
as Marquis of MontauranThe Marquis de Montauran was appointed to command the Chouans whose first two revolts were...
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The Queen's Lover
as Ruy Blas / Don César de BazanExiled from the court of Spain, Don Salluste, the chief of police, wants to take revenge on the...
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Le Patriote
as uncreditedThe reign of Tsar Paul I and the intrigues of his friend, Governor Pahlen, to rid the country of...
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Let’s Go Up the Champs-Élysées
as L'Abbé-PrécepteurThe history of one of France's most famous streets is retold, featuring multiple performances...
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Fantômas: A Thoroughly Modern Villain
as Self (archive footage)The story of Fantômas, the first villain of modernity, from his birth in 1911 as a novel...
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Shipwrecked Children
as Marc AntoineEight children of a wrecker live together on a strange island, in a supernatural happiness....
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The Healer
as Pierre Lachaux dit « Monsieur Laurent »Pierre Laurent, a former doctor, has established himself as a renowned healer in Brittany. A...
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Thomas the Impostor
as Le narrateurIn the First World War, when Paris is expected to fall to the Germans, the attractive widow,...
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Leathernose
as Roger de TainchebrayeAfter being hurt in the face, Count de Roger Tinchebraye is forced to hide his disfigured face...
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Catherine Deneuve, belle et bien là
as Self (archive footage)Catherine Deneuve couldn’t care less about being a celebrity, but fame made her an icon long ago...
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The Lovers of Midnight
as Marcel DulacMarcel, rich and alone for Christmas, invite Françoise to celebrate whim him. Soon, the fairy...
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The Four-Poster Bed
as Remy BonventIn his prison cell, the composer Remi Bonvent composed an opera, The columns bed. The director...
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The Call of Destiny
as Lorenzo LombardiYoung conductor Roberto Lombardini has never known his father who is actually a former musician,...
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Voyage Without Hope
as Alain GinestierGohelle, escaped from prison, seeks to flee occupied France for Argentina. The captain of a...
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Le Scandale
as Le liftierA woman suffers ill repute when she deserts her husband for a fling with an adventurer and gives...
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The Hawk
as uncreditedThe wife of a Hungarian gentleman tires of helping him cheat and becomes the mistress of a...
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Love, Madame
as HimselfMadame Célerier is determined to marry off her son François to a rich and haughty woman but...
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Carmen
as Don JoséCarmen is a French-Italian musical drama film directed by Christian-Jaque and starring Viviane...
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The Pavilion Burns
as DanielDenise, a young employee of the mine, is courted by the engineer Risay while she is engaged to...
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The Whole Town Accuses
as François NéracFrançois is the benefactor of the town; but later on, all the inhabitants turn against him.
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Lien de parenté
as Victor BlaiseIn this drama, the popular French film star of the '30s and '40s Jean Marais plays Victor, a...
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S.O.S. Noronha
as Frédéric CoulibaudIn 1930, on the island of Noronha in Brazil, the inmates of the penitentiary revolt. Frédéric...
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The Adventurer
as Le jeune ouvrierA scandalised Frenchman returns from Africa where he has been involved in illegal trading of...
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Jean Cocteau: Lies and Truths
as SelfThis documentary consists mainly of archive interviews of Jean Cocteau, and it features...
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The Provocation
as ChristianAn expedition of archaeology students in Israel.
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Screening at the Majestic
as Self - IntervieweeMore than fifty years after its making, we return to the set of Jean Cocteau's 1946 film "La...
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Dis papa, raconte-moi là-bas
as uncreditedA father tells his story to his eight-year-old son. Pictures of his past in Algeria come back in...
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Étienne
as uncreditedÉtienne, a very sensitive being, watches helplessly as his mother suffers from his father's...
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Apostrophes
as SelfApostrophes was a live, weekly, literary, prime-time, talk show on French television created and...
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Bambi Awards
as Self (archive footage)The Bambi, often called the Bambi Award and stylised as BAMBI, is a German award presented...
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Bambi Awards
as SelfThe Bambi, often called the Bambi Award and stylised as BAMBI, is a German award presented...
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Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
as SelfA talk show presented by Michel Drucker
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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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The Ed Sullivan Show
as SelfThe Ed Sullivan Show is an American TV variety show that originally ran on CBS from Sunday June...
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Joseph Balsamo
as Joseph BalsamoBalsamo, a scoundrel with the gift of mesmerism, seeks to gain power in the French court in the...
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