Pierre Brasseur
Pierre Brasseur, born Pierre-Albert Espinasse (22 December 1905, Paris – 16 August 1972, Bruneck, Italy) was a French actor. He was the son of actor Georges Espinasse and actress Germaine Brasseur while the latter was married to Albert Brasseur. His grandfather, Jules Brasseur, was an actor as well. The family tradition of using the name Brasseur was continued by his son Claude and his grandson Alexandre. Renowned for playing outsized characters, Brasseur is probably best known in the anglophone world for his (semi-fictionalised) portrayal of the actor Frédérick Lemaître in Les Enfants du Paradis (Children of Paradise, 1945) and as Docteur Génessier (more subdued) in the horror film Eyes Without a Face (Les Yeux sans visage, 1960) co-starring with Alida Valli. On May 30, 1927, Brasseur performed the spoken role of the Narrator in the world premiere of Igor Stravinsky's opera-oratorio Oedipus rex. Description above from the Wikipedia article Pierre Brasseur, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Le Plaisir
as Julien LedentuThree stories about the pleasure. The first one is about a man hiding his age behind a mask to...
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Eyes Without a Face
as Doctor GénessierDr. Génessier is riddled with guilt after an accident that he caused disfigures the face of his...
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Children of Paradise
as Frédérick LemaîtreIn a chaotic 19th-century Paris teeming with aristocrats, thieves, psychics, and courtesans,...
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The Married Couple of the Year Two
as GosselinNicolas Philibert goes to America after killing a French aristocrat. On his return he tries to...
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King of Hearts
as Le Général GéraniumAn ornithologist mistaken for an explosives expert is sent alone into a small French town during...
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Port of Shadows
as LucienDown a foggy, desolate road to the port city of Le Havre travels Jean, an army deserter looking...
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Napoleon
as BarrasThe film follows the life of Napoleon from his early life in Corsica to his death at Saint...
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Handsome Antonio
as Alfio MagnanoProblems arise for Antonio Magnano when he is unable to consummate his marriage to the beautiful...
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A Matter of Resistance
as DimancheIn the countryside near Normandy's beaches lives Marie, unhappy. It's 1945, she's married to...
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The Madman of Lab Four
as le Père BallanchonThis talkative and unevenly paced feature finds Fou (Jean Lefebvre) the inventor of a gas that...
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Life Together
as Pierre CarreauThe writer Pierre Carot became rich and famous with his book "Life as a Couple", which was based...
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Don't Tempt the Devil
as Me Charles Cassidi, avocat de Mme DupréA lovely young nurse finds herself framed for the murder of a hospital patient who died after...
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Candide or The Optimism in the 20th Century
as PanglossCharming and innocent, Candide is vigorously chased away by the Baron, for his close encounters...
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The Possessors
as Lucien Maublanc, le cousin oisifNoël Schoudler, founder of an empire built on three foundations - sugar, banking and the press -...
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Goto, Island of Love
as Le Gouverneur-Roi Goto IIIIn an isolated community on a mythical island, a pompous dictator holds public executions and...
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The Law
as Don CesareA gorgeous housekeeper turns the tables on the men in a small Mediterranean coastal town by...
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The Most Wonderful Evening of My Life
as La BrunetièreA successful businessman whose destiny leads him to a secluded Swiss chalet where his life is...
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Gates of the Night
as GeorgesParis, during the winter after its Liberation: Jean Diego meets up with his friend Raymond...
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Famous Love Affairs
as le grand duc ErnestAnthology of four love stories that have some historical basis.
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Black Humor
as Le guérisseur - segment 1 'La Bestiole'A unique black comedy consisting of three episodes on the same theme: death. In a circus,...
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A Little Virtuous
as Jules PolnickIn Paris, the young photographer Ferdinand falls in love with Claire, a pickpocket. Shortly...
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Sous le signe de Monte-Cristo
as FariaEdmond Dantès, who was active in the resistance against the Nazis, is accused for being a Nazi...
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Caravane
as Lt. de TokayPrincess Wilma is forced to wed by midnight or lose her inheritance. She impulsively chooses ...
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The Gates of Paris
as JujuJuju, a drunken oaf who feels the need of being important to someone---anyone---and his friend...
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A Very Handy Man
as Simone PalumboIn late 19th century Sicily, handsome free-spirit Liolà wanders into town, where he encounters...
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The Curious Adventures of Mr. Wonderbird
as L'Oiseau (voice)A chimney sweep and his beloved shepherdess are aided by Wonderbird in their escape from a...
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Crime Does Not Pay
as Martin FenayrouHusband try to kill his wife with a help of the plan he saw in a film. But reality is not a film.
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The Lovers of Verona
as RaffaeleAngelo, a glass-blower from Murano, and Georgia Maglia, the pretty daughter of a fallen fascist...
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Lucky Jo
as LoudéacLucky Jo and his three friends are little criminals, who try to live from small burglaries. But...
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Head Against the Wall
as Dr. VarmontAn aimless young man is committed to a psychiatric hospital by his father in an attempt to cure...
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Crimson Curtain
as Ludovic Arn / MacbethBertal, a despotic and hated theater director, is assassinated before a performance of Macbeth...
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Rasputin
as Gregory Iefimovich RaspoutineGregory Iefommovich Raspoutine is a monk with healing powers and a liking for debauchery who...
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Emile's Boat
as François LarmentielCharles-Edmond, the eldest of the Larmentiel brothers, decides to return to La Rochelle, his...
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The Amorous Garrison
as (Pierre, un "deuxième classe")In a small provincial town, the new colonel of the dragoon regiment consigns all his men. Three...
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Millionaires for One Day
as FrancisA typographer makes a mistake by printing the winning number of the national lottery. Many...
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Tower of Lust
as Jehan BuridanFrance, the beginning of the XIV century. Every night, Queen Margaret of Burgundy and her two...
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Portrait of a Murderer
as Fabius / JeanA circus daredevil is the next victim of a danger-seducing woman who tricks him into a...
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Last Desire
as FrossardCaesar, a senior French colonist returned home after many years of absence, knows a girl,...
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Rocambole
as RocamboleIn the 19th century, a thug from the slums of Paris pretends to be a young aristocrat, but is...
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Bluebeard
as Amédée de Salfère dit Barbe-BleueJust before wowing international critics and moviegoers with his adventure romp Fanfan la...
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Sans famille
as Jeroboam DriscollThe Remi abandoned by his foster father sold to the troubadour Vasalis, in his living through...
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Three Argentines in Montmartre
as uncreditedThe guitarist Moncho, singer Roberto and their impresario, arrive in Paris to find the fortune...
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Skipper Next to God
as Captain Joris KnAipperCaptain Joris Kniper believes so strongly that he is "skipper next to God" that he is used to...
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Corsican Brothers
as TonioSiamese twins, separated at birth, maintain a psychic knowledge of each other's dire fates.
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The Dialogue of the Carmelites
as Le commissaire du peupleThis drama about the Carmelite order of nuns is set during the French Revolution. A young woman...
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The Nina B. Affair
as BerreraA businessman who lives from blackmailing begins to be blackmailed by his own wife who hates him.
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A Rare Bird
as Jean BerthierA wealthy businessman joins his servant, who has won a winter getaway, on the trip, but at the...
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Lost Souvenirs
as PhilippeSuppose lost and found objects could talk... But they can! At least four of them... : -A...
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Two Hours to Kill
as LaurentIn the waiting room of the Auvernaux station, the atmosphere is very lively. Several passengers,...
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Cloportes
as TontonThree little criminals get a tip for a great coup with lots of money in it. Unfortunately they...
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Summer Light
as RolandA shimmering glass hotel at the top of a remote Provençal mountain provides the setting for a...
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Pétrus
as RodriguePetrus, a Montmartre photographer, is accidentally wounded by Migo, a dancer at the Frou Frou...
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The Bureaucrats
as Monsieur NègreThe gifts and bequests department is particularly eccentric, including Lahrier, a fervent...
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Heartbeat
as uncreditedA pompous grocer’s assistant in Marseille annoys a visiting film crew so much that they prank...
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The Virgin Bride
as Georges Letournel, le fils du mari de Jacqueline
Land Without Stars
as Jean-Thomas Pellerin / François-Charles TalacayudSimon's life is troubled by images of a crime which happened in his family a hundred years ago....
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Long Live Henry IV... Long Live Love!
as Le connétable de MontmorencyHenri IV falls in love with the young Charlotte de Montmorency, 40 years his junior. The king...
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Carthage in Flames
as SidoneHistorical drama depicting the last of the Punic Wars between the Roman Republic and Carthage.
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Adieu Léonard
as Prosper BonenfantA bungling thief is threatened by one target with blackmail, unless the thief will kill his own...
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Behind These Walls
as Jean-César MorinJune 1944, a French town towards the end of the occupation. Following several attacks...
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The Drunkard
as Maître Pierre RennevilleUnfairly accused of her husband's murder, a woman is imprisoned.
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Dirty Hands
as HoedererA young intellectual, Hugo, joins the Communist Party out of a sense of idealism, only to see...
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Oasis
as Antoine VallinTwo female agents from a rival gang are sent to disrupt the operations of a gold-smuggler's...
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La Reine des resquilleuses
as uncreditedA young unemployed girl pretends to be a boy and gets a job as a car washer.
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The Circular Triangle
as Georges RichterBusiness tycoon dies in plane crash. Suspected, Georg, his main partner, Alain, a young Turkish...
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Hitch-Hike
as Achille Pipermint, l'homme d'affaires radin à OrlyAgathe, 18, dreams of change. Gone are her vacations on the rainy beaches of Belgium! She...
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Café de Paris
as Le RecThis murder mystery is set in a Parisian cafe and examines the mysterious murder of a famed...
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Le soleil a toujours raison
as GabrielTonio, pretty Micheline's fiance, meets Georgia ,a gypsy who makes advances to him.
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Hercule
as BastienHercule, a young peasant, inherits a Parisian newspaper with a large circulation. The...
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Un monde nouveau
as Le GrecAnne, a beautiful free-lance photographer, meets with the French medical student Carlo and falls...
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Confessions of a Newlywed
as Edmond TrivelinA timid young man marries the daughter of the entomologist he works for. On the train for their...
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Birds in Peru
as HusbandA young woman, unsatisfied by her husband, searches for sex in the brothels of a seaside town.
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Spotlight on a Murderer
as Comte de KeraudrenAn old count hides just before he dies to annoy his heirs. The heirs search a manor for the...
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Sixième étage
as Jonval, the young cynicThe joys and miseries of the inhabitants of a building in a Parisian district.
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The Path of Honor
as PhilippeTwo twin brothers have joined the army, Paul by vocation is a lieutenant of spahis and Georges...
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Little One
as Georges DarnetalMister Darnétal is invited by his nephew Georges to the premiere of his extravaganza in...
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Le père Lebonnard
as Alfredo LebonnardFather Lebonnard, a former watchmaker who made a fortune, remains simple while his wife is only...
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Rencontres
as Carl KrasnerBella Krastner is sunbathing on a beach on the Côte d'Azur when she attracts the attention of an...
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Two Shy Ones
as VancouverJules Frémissin is shy and in love. The father of the object of his flame is also shy. The...
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Clothing the Naked
as Console GrottiErsilia Drei, after a suicide attempt recounts her vicissitudes: hired as governess to the...
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Quick
as MaximeA woman staying at a health spa (Lillian Harvey, goes to the theater every night to see "Quick"...
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Jamaican Man
as Jacques MervelJacques Mervel, also known as "L'Homme de la Jamaïque" makes use of his talents as a gun runner...
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The Secret of Monte-Cristo
as François PicaultOne of Alexandre Dumas's most popular adventure novels is "The Count of Monte-Cristo". What is...
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Josefa's Loot
as MayorJustin, a lyricist by trade, and his friend Pierre, a composer, lead a bohemian life in Paris....
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Pas de caviar pour tante Olga
as uncreditedRosa, a housekeeper in a NATO office in Paris, steals a micro film for her lover whom she hopes...
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The Life of Giuseppe Verdi
as Alexandre Dumas figlioThe great Italian opera composer recalls his eventful life on his deathbed: his childhood in...
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Noah's Ark
as BitruBitru is a carefree fellow who, one day, decides to buy a houseboat on the River Seine. He moves...
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Honeymoon Trip
as RudiThe new bride of a young Viennese is so demanding about her career that she lets him go on the...
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Tell Me Tonight
as KoretzkyOpera singer Enrico Ferraro, tired of his too many engagements, jumps off the train escaping...
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The Revenge of Baccarat
as RocamboleIn Paris, in the middle of the 19th century, the Comte de Chamery died of poisoning, leaving a...
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Visages de femmes
as uncreditedGeorges Legrand is a young unscrupulous reveler. He seduces Fred, a woman doctor before...
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Pas de panique
as Fernand ToussaintA robbery of 10 billion is successfully carried out by a Corsican gang led by a man called...
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Second Childhood
as FrossardMiddle-aged Georges of the "old school" who offers shelter and comfort to Marcelle. Despite his...
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Une femme qui se partage
as uncreditedLouis Cruciol, a married man, leads a double life: he maintains his mistress by taking the...
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The Abominable Man of Customs
as Russian killerTwo rival gangs fight over drug trafficking. An American killer named Timetti Le Muet arrives at...
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Cruise for the Unknown One
as Emile FréchisseKohlman, the attorney for the Fournil bank, diverts money from the institution. To hide his...
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Jeunesse d'abord
as uncreditedTwo different young couples marry, despite the wishes to the contrary of their parents.
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Love Around the House
as uncreditedIn an isolated house, in Brittany, live two sisters around whom gravitate a whole series of...
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Grisou
as HagnauerFemme fatale Madeleine Robinson is married to Raymond Aimos, a coal miner with a face like a...
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Julie de Carneilhan
as Hubert EspivantA penniless aristocrat is fooled by her ex-husband, a crook.
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Promise to the Unknown One
as uncreditedA young woman is in love with a young writer, winner of the Prix Goncourt. Married to a banker,...
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Claudine at School
as monsieur DuboisPoorly educated by her father, a wacky researcher, Claudine is a teenager full of life who loves...
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Gosse de riche
as Pierre MouginsThe daughter of an industrialist takes an interest in the workers and tries to improve their...
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Passé à vendre
as BobMaryse blackmails her former lovers by threatening to mention their names in her memoirs. But a...
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La Femme fatale
as Jean PleyardFanny Le Doublond has a lover, Jean, and her husband is beginning to have suspicion. To calm him...
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Agent of Doom
as CharlèzScientist André Ségonne hits the headlines with his discovery of anti-matter. On his way to a...
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Le Bébé de l'escadron
as MaxA young woman is seduced by a soldier whose name she does not know. Pregnant, she asks the...
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Le Mari rêvé
as uncreditedA shy young composer gets a job as musical director, under a false name, at a music publisher....
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La Croisée des chemins
as uncreditedA prestigious Paris doctor is tempted by a woman he knew in his youth, whose politician husband...
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La Nuit blanche
as Pierre TavernyA father wants to try by all means to avenge the death of his son, a test pilot, whose...
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My Friend Victor
as uncreditedA poor youth of noble birth needs to marry. Will the cynical, calculating upstart who wants to...
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Quadrille d'amour
as uncreditedIrene, a young Hungarian becomes an elegant and brilliant Parisian for the love of a car racer....
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Prête-moi ta femme
as uncreditedGontran is required to marry if he wants to benefit from his aunt's inheritance. To convince the...
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