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La tricheuse (1960)
Character: N/A
Lily is a lost girl who lived a miserable childhood. Now she works for Martial, a small-time crook. One day, she meets Armand, a shy high school student, the son of a renowned surgeon. And she discovers true love. But Martial is nothing of a tender heart, on the contrary. He manipulates Lily into forcing Armand to mimic the signature of his father, which will allow his gang to obtain drugs with a view to selling them...
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Capitaine Ardant (1951)
Character: The caïd Si Kébir
Representing the French authority in Morocco, Captain Ardant is the target of the bloodthirsty rebel leader Malek. In order to appropriate himself in arms, he does not hesitate to take the captain's collaborator hostage and to do despicable blackmail.
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Le Mannequin assassiné (1948)
Character: Commissioner Aimé Malaise
Commissioner Malaise investigates a strange crime: a mannequin, stolen from the window of a tailor, is found stabbed... But his face of wax has the features of a certain Gilbert, who died a year earlier in a family, all of whose members will become more or less suspicious to the Commissioner. He thinks that, in spite of Dr. Furnelle's conclusions, Gilbert's death was not natural. But finding the cause of death and the identity of the possible culprit will require more than a mere intuition.
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Seuls au monde (1952)
Character: N/A
François wants to buy a house to help underprivileged children. He lacks money, but a generous donor allows him to realize this dream.
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L'Amour autour de la maison (1947)
Character: Doctor Coulon
In an isolated house, in Brittany, live two sisters around whom gravitate a whole series of strange characters. Between the eruption of the vagrant voyeur and that of the couple in love, the youngest kills her eldest and goes mad.
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L'inconnue n° 13 (1949)
Character: Marco
While investigating the world of Parisian tramps, journalist René Savary, himself disguised as a poor beggar, notices the strange behavior of a little boy. He follows the brat after he has sneaked out of a barge, catches up with him and takes him to his home. There, the kid tells him about himself : his name is Jean, his mother has disappeared and since then he has been left to fend for himself. Moved by the lot of the wretched boy, Savary, with the aid of his friend Pierrot, undertakes to solve the mystery.
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Marlène (1949)
Character: Commissioner
Returning from South America, a singer is hired by an old pal who runs a detective agency to use a perch as a night club performer to be an investigator.The amateur sleuth then falls for a girl whose brother is a jewel thief.
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Folie douce (1951)
Character: N/A
Passing for crazy and locked up, the CEO of a company escapes from the asylum and claims that he is the captain of a troop of pirates. To the disappointment of the director of the company and in the company of three employees, he accomplishes many extravagances which will be beneficial for his acolytes.
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Baas Gansendonck (1974)
Character: Gansendonck (as Bob Storm)
Around 1860 in the Kempen region. Baas Gansendonck, the landlord of a village inn, feels far superior to the farmers and imagines himself to be of noble birth. His daughter Liza has always remained simple, but suddenly he finds her fiancé Karel, the brewer's son, beneath her. Gansendonck tries to marry his daughter to the baron, but after a fight to save Liza's honor, Karel ends up in prison. Meanwhile, Liza wastes away with grief.
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Vive le duc! (1960)
Character: N/A
A Belgian village is struck by repeated flooding, all this because they lack a new sewer. But the Ministry delays in providing the funding needed to build it. To alert public opinion, the villagers decide to do something. This "something" will be a play describing the life of their saint patron. Trouble follows, partly fueled by the short-tempered mayor.
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't Is wreed in de wereld (1954)
Character: Van Peborgh
Mr Van Peborgh, an "artiste photographe", remained alone with his three sons Henri, Frans and Louis after the death of his wife.The household is done by the maid Beth while the graceful girl Marie helps him in the store.The eldest son Henri is engaged to Hortense and thinks he's getting married soon.Louis wants to leave for America. The big engagement party on which the whole family is present starts without worry but ends up in a disaster because "It's cruel in the world".
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Le Banquet des Fraudeurs (1952)
Character: Smokkelaar
Smuggler's Ball is the English-language title for this French-Belgian seriocomedy. The action takes place along the borders separating Belgium, Holland and France. It is here that the worldly Pierre (J. P. Kieran) carries on a profitable smuggling operation, all the while romancing Siska (Christian Lenier), the daughter of a local customs official. Various subplots and secondary characters weave in and out as the plotline guides the viewer through the WW II years. Towards the end, the story shifts gears when the Benelux Frontier Agreement eliminates all government regulations. The film's screenplay is by Charles Spaak, himself the descendant of a Belgian political family, and thus well-versed in bureaucracy and red tape.
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On n'aime qu'une fois (1950)
Character: Le professeur Trousselier
Although they have loved each other since childhood without admitting it, a surgeon and a young woman see their love thwarted by life.
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Voyage à trois (1950)
Character: Poulot
A couple and a friend find themselves on a desert island. The friend asks the husband to share his wife, the situation being very particular. But a friendly native and a typhoon will somewhat upset the organized life of the curious trio...
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Un certain monsieur (1950)
Character: Hector (uncredited)
Documents relevant to National Defence have been concealed in a certain vase by a dangerous gang of robbers. To neutralize the criminals, a seasoned police commissioner and his clumsy assistant, young inspector César, join forces with a colorful trio of thieves nicknamed Le Pouce (Thumb), L'Index (Index Finger) and Le Majeur (Middle Finger)...
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La Vie chantée (1951)
Character: The castellan
The cinematographic illustration of fifteen cheerful, tender or ferocious songs that made the success of the songwriter of the comedian Noël-Noël. After "Les casses pieds", "La vie chantée" stages several sketches of daily life where everyone can recognize themselves and laugh about it.
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Mystère à Shanghai (1950)
Character: Commissioner Malaise
In Shangai, the "Green Dragon" threatens to kill Herbert Aboody, a rich exporter, unless he pays him 50,000 dollars. One of Aboody's secretaries calls inspector Wens for help. An amazing fact occurs, Wens kills Aboody and then disappears. What is the key to this mystery?
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Barak 1 (1945)
Character: Raymond Bourdin
Life in Gestapo jails in occupied Belgium.
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Malpertuis (1972)
Character: Griboin
A young sailor finds himself trapped in the labyrinthine mansion of his occultist uncle, along with a number of eccentric and mysterious relatives who all seem to be harboring a dark secret.
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De klucht van de brave moordenaar (1956)
Character: Bril
The film follows a prison warden (played by Charles Janssens) who is utterly miserable because his prison is empty. When Max (played by Paul Cammermans) is mistakenly arrested for murder, the warden is thrilled to finally have a "guest." A delightfully absurd situation ensues, with the warden looking after his prisoner like a doting father. In the end, Max is proven innocent and marries the warden’s daughter. Based on the play of the same title by Jos Janssen.
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Un nuage atomique (1954)
Character: Pastoor
Two journalists drop by the Waterloo studios, where a director shows them a rough cut of a pacifist film. In it, a botched atomic test in Belgium creates a clay cloud that spreads world peace, causing stock markets to crash and weapons manufacturers to lose their jobs.The journalists roast the movie for being unrealistic, but the director defends it as a wake-up call to maintain peace. Afterward, they tour the studios, giving a cool look behind the scenes.
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Ouvert contre X… (1952)
Character: Le Mesles (uncredited)
Paul Dorgères, a wealthy industrialist, has been mysteriously murdered. The investigation is entrusted to the experienced Chief Inspector Bonnardel and his young rookie assistant, Inspector Richard. Suspicion turns to his mistress Catherine Villard, with whom he had just broken up on the night of the crime. She is soon arrested and charged. However, Inspector Richard discovers a button at the scene of the crime which could help him to trace the trail and confound the culprit(s).
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L'Auberge du péché (1949)
Character: The judge
Two murders are committed in an inn for the possession of a bag containing a fortune.
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Brelan d'as (1952)
Character: Police Director (uncredited)
Anthology film with three shorts each featuring a famous detective: Monsieur Wens, Lemmy Caution and Maigret.
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Verbrande Brug (1977)
Character: Jan, de ober
In the Belgian hamlet of Verbrande Brug, former lovers Monique and Louis reconnect at a carnival, stirring up drama with their current partners.
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Monsieur Leguignon, lampiste (1952)
Character: Le président de la 13ème chambre correctionnelle
A railway worker, Leguignon, and his wife are forced to move into a house located in a shaggy part of town. What Leguignon doesn't know is that a group of children have discovered a treasure and keeps it stored in the house. Trouble ensues when he discovers the cache and tries to claim it as his own.
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Deux Sous de violettes (1951)
Character: (uncredited)
Thérèse, a young flower girl, tries hard to remain virtuous but the whole world seems to conspire against her, whether her petty Paris family, or her relatives in the province bristling with false respectability, or her lustful employer, or the boy she loves who seduces her and abandons her. But at the end of the day there is Yvon, her childhood friend. Will he be the one that will love her truly?
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La Maison sous les arbres (1971)
Character: N/A
Jill's husband has been distant since they moved to Paris. He's pressured at work to engage in illegal activities but he refuses. Soon after, when their children disappear while in Jill's care, her mental health comes into question.
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