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Les Nuits de Port Said (1932)
Character: N/A
The niece of a shady tavern-keeper of Port Said, surrounded by dangerous men who haunt the ports, meets a man whom she will love and with whom she flees.
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Razzia (1932)
Character: N/A
In 1318, in Morocco, a bandit kidnapped the marabout's daughter as a hostage, demanding that the gates of the city be opened to her. The boss, fiance of the young girl, learns that she is safe and sound and organizes the resistance. He puts the bandit and his band to flight and brings back the young girl.
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Zigano (1925)
Character: Matteo
Filmarchiv Austria holds a non-access master print and a nitrate duplicate negative of the film.
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Maurin des Maures (1932)
Character: N/A
Poacher, bon vivant and womanizer, Maurin falls in love with the fiancée of a policeman. And despite all the principles, he easily triumphs over his rival.
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La Brière (1924)
Character: Aoustin
In the lands of Brière a bitter dispute broke out over the draining of marshes for brick making. An old man, Aoustin, leads the resistance and refuses to give the hand of his daughter Théotiste to a young peasant, Jeannin, who supports it.
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Construire un feu (1928)
Character: N/A
"To Build a Fire" is a short story by American author Jack London, published in two different versions of in 1902 and 1908. It was made into a film in 1928 by Claude Autant-Lara. Despite being warned about the subzero temperature, a single man ventures out into the Yukon forest to find his destiny.
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La Garçonne (1923)
Character: Baron de Plombino
Monique is an ingenue, a clueless girl who believes in true love. A marriage is the only thing a decent girl must long for. When she discovers that her future husband has a lover, she rebels against her bourgeois family.
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Figaro (1929)
Character: Basile
A silent adaptation of the 1778 Beaumarchais play The Marriage of Figaro, with material also used from its two sequels.
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Der geheime Kurier (1928)
Character: Mayor Rénal
A silent adventure based on the classic novel by Stendhal "The Red and the Black".
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Verdun, visions d'histoire (1928)
Character: The farmer
A dramatized re-enactment and documentary of the Battle of Verdun as seen by both French and German soldiers, shot on site of the actual battle.
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Le Fantôme du Moulin-Rouge (1925)
Character: Gauthier, journaliste
A young man, unsuccessful in love, manages to leave his body and tours Paris, disembodied and invisible, playing practical jokes: a row of coats walks off from a hotel cloakroom; an unattended taxi drives itself away; a row of top hats appears on the pavement.
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Justin de Marseille (1935)
Character: L'Ancien
A respected gangster, Justin, finds himself in a deadly feud with his rival, the unscrupulous Esposito. The latter plans to steal a cargo of opium bound for China and to have Justin killed.
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