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L'Appel de la vie (1937)
Character: Doctor Lenoir
A love between a teacher and his assistant is thwarted, because of their too great age difference.
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Votre sourire (1934)
Character: N/A
Because Colin has a charming smile, he seduces his boss, a great decorator. And Colin, who ruined himself to approach the young woman, succeeds in becoming her partner and then her husband.
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Iris perdue et retrouvée (1934)
Character: N/A
To save her brother compromised in a case of forgery in writing, Iris agrees to marry a shady financier, lover of her sister-in-law. A young painter, in love with her, persuades her to flee with him, but tired of the life of an artist, Iris returns to her family....
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Gamin de Paris (1954)
Character: N/A
The adventures of a Parisian boy and his little friends, who have taken on the role of detectives to track down the shady activities of Max, a disreputable individual who is courting Sylvie, the Parisian boy's young aunt... The discovery of a priceless necklace returned to its owner, will bring an upheaval in the destiny of little Jacky. "Born of an unknown father", at the age of twelve he finds an ignored home, a happier life in which his little friends will have their share, as well as Sylvie, who has got rid of Marx and will soon find a fiancé of higher rank.
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L'Homme de la Jamaïque (1950)
Character: Doctor Marc Heckart
Jacques Mervel, also known as "L'Homme de la Jamaïque" makes use of his talents as a gun runner in Tangiers, Morocco. After triumphing over a rival gang, he decides to quit the job and to start a new life with Vicky, a pretty young nurse. In Paris, a doctor lets him know that he is affected by leprosy. In desperation, Jacques runs away from Vicky to spare her. When she realizes the reason why Jacques has disappeared from her life, she joins him with a view to helping him fight the disease.
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La Vénus de l'or (1938)
Character: André de Saint-Guillon
La Venus D'Or (Golden Venus) was based on Business, a play by Pierre Sabatier. Mirielle Balin stars as Judith, the mistress of ruthless oil magnate Harfstrong. What Harfstrong doesn't know is that Judith is a spy for his hated business rival. When he does find out, he cannot get rid of her because she knows too much about his own crooked dealings. After several more reels of mutual betrayal and recriminations, the story suddenly shifts to the "good" characters, clean-limned young pilot Andre and his sweetheart Michelle. Set up as a fall guy for the villains, Andre somehow emerges from the experience none the worse for wear.
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La Cité des lumières (1938)
Character: Rodolphe Davoust
The life of two students, Rodolphe and Madeleine. They love each other but he is rich and she has just lost her father and is forced to work in a nightclub. Rodolphe leaves her but quickly understands that he loves her and finds her.
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Les Filles du Rhône (1938)
Character: Fabregas Son
Frédérique, married to a brutal and vile being who dies tragically during a duel with the trident, falls in love with Jean, the fiancé of her younger sister Margarido. Both fight against their passion, to see it finally flourish because, to ensure their happiness, Margarido who has guessed everything, does not hesitate to sacrifice himself.
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L'ours (1960)
Character: Director
A mild-mannered zookeeper has to contend with his tyrannical boss and a talking lovesick bear.
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Les Demi-Vierges (1936)
Character: Maxime de Chantel
Maxime, heir to an old provincial family, is deeply in love with Maud whom he makes his fiancée. But learning that the young girl's life has not always been beyond reproach, he refuses to marry her and returns to his castle in the company of his sister who, happier than him, has met a man worthy of being in Paris. love.
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Coralie et Cie (1934)
Character: N/A
A young couple goes through a plot unscathed in the welcoming salons of a large fashion house.
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Échec et mat (1931)
Character: N/A
After his engagement party with beautiful Aline, Claude, a struggling writer, meets his two closest friends. The trio sets up a daring publicity stunt, involving a fake murder. The scheme backfires as the fake victim gets really dead.
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Rêves d'amour (1947)
Character: Ronchaud
Paris, 1833. The famous composer Franz Liszt is friends with Chopin who introduces him to Countess Marie d'Agout. Very quickly Liszt falls in love and she, who is already married and has two children, abandons honor and reputation to follow him. They leave to live a great passion in Italy. Then, Franz Liszt gives concerts, the triumph awaits him everywhere. Little by little the fame of the composer will move the two lovers away.
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Rendez-vous à Paris (1947)
Character: Purser on board
When she sets sail for Lisbon, Catherine Laurence, a famous classical singer has but one wish: to be left alone. Unfortunately she soon gets bothered by a rude, invading man. Later she gets to know him better and becomes susceptible to his charm. She realizes that Michel is in love with her and it is not long before she goes beyond her disastrous first impression. Although not quite sure he is a perfectly honest man she entrusts him with a delicate assignment: keep her precious pearl necklace coveted by Van Coolart, a fake Dutch diamond-merchant, and give it back to her in Paris. If he is a robber himself, so much the worse for her. But if Michel keeps the Paris rendezvous love is in store for both of them. Nevertheless there is a crucial factor she regrettably disregards, composer Raymond Aubour, a faithful friend who has been her suitor for ten years.
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L'Agonie des aigles (1933)
Character: Young aristocrat
Under the regime of Louis XVIII. Years after Waterloo, Napoleon's loyal officers live in retirement on half-pay. Useless and idle, they have lost their prestige and keep meeting in the hope of the Emperor’s return. When Napoleon dies, they decide to plot the rise to power of Napoleon II.
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L’homme qui revient de loin (1950)
Character: N/A
A man, after a fight, believes he has killed his cousin, and hides the body. The dead man had only passed out, but when he regained consciousness, he became amnesiac. When she sees him again, the woman who loved him takes him for a ghost.
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Comment épouser un premier ministre (1964)
Character: N/A
Philippe Lambert, an attractive young attaché to the Prime Minister's office, is a man of many female conquests. One of them, Madame Grandbourg, wife of a very influential man, sent him a passionate letter, which he lost at the theater. Marion, the usherette who found it, contacts him to ask him for a "favor" in exchange for its return: to avoid eviction from the family apartment, because of the father, who gardens in every room and constantly floods the downstairs neighbors. At first, Lambert refuses to give in to the "blackmail" and calls in the police to unmask the indelicate woman, but love soon gets in the way...
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Le Domino vert (1935)
Character: Naulin
After his girlfriend is murdered, an art critic realizes that a wealthy heiress is falling in love with him.
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Vincent, François, Paul… et les autres (1974)
Character: Georges
Three friends navigate mid-life crises: a blocked writer, a disillusioned doctor, and a charming man facing bankruptcy and divorce. As their struggles strain friendships, a younger man captures the attention of one friend's wife, complicating their lives further.
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Les Joueurs (1950)
Character: Ikharev
Adaptation of classical Russian Nikolai Gogol's comedy.
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Verdict (1974)
Character: The Attorney General
A desperate woman, whose son is on trial for murder, blackmails the judge and kidnaps his wife.
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De Grey, un Récit romanesque (1976)
Character: Le père Herbert
An elderly woman would like some company as her son is off venturing foreign lands and seducing women from lands afar. Her resident priest who seems to live in the same château as her does not agree and seems to have preconceptions and superstitions as to a family curse.
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Adorables créatures (1952)
Character: Jacques
Andre Noblet, a 21-year-old French artist falls madly in love with Christine, the mother of two children. He tells Chistine he will tell all to her husband and demand her freedom. Christine learns that her husband has been carrying on a romance of his own and they have a meeting.
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Souvenirs perdus (1950)
Character: Hotel director
Suppose lost and found objects could talk... But they can! At least four of them... : -A statuette of Osiris remembers how two ex-lovers, a model and a good for nothing who claimed to be an Egyptologist, met again one Christmas Eve. -A violin has things to say about Raoul, a humble policeman who lost Solange, a widowed grocer he loved, to a god-dam seducing busker also named Raoul. -A scarf was witness to an eerie romance between a young madman and girl he had saved from suicide. -A funeral wreath lets us know how it caused a young woman to believe her lover dead. After having told their respective story, the objects return to their customary stillness.
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Les Noces rouges (1973)
Character: Le Préfet
In a small French town, the mayor discovers his wife is cheating on him, a betrayal that eventually leads to murder.
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Sans lendemain (1940)
Character: Armand
Evelyne, a woman of bourgeois origin, now reduced to dancing in a sleazy nightclub, is reunited with her first love, who has become a successful doctor.
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Les Grandes Familles (1958)
Character: Albéric Canet
Noël Schoudler, founder of an empire built on three foundations - sugar, banking and the press - reigns like an absolute sovereign over his business and his family. But someone is about to challenge this authority: his son François...
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Les Bonnes Causes (1963)
Character: Lawyer
A lovely young nurse finds herself framed for the murder of a hospital patient who died after she administered an injection.
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Maldone (1928)
Character: Dancer (uncredited)
Maldone is a canal worker, happy with his life after running away from his family estate. He falls in love with Zita, a young gypsy girl, during a local fete. However, after his brother dies, Maldone is called back to manage the estate. There, he takes up the life of a landowner and marries a neighbor's daughter. Years later Maldone is still restless on the estate, and becomes obsessed with Zita, after meeting her by chance one evening.
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Madame Bovary (1934)
Character: Léon
In 19th-century France, doctor's wife Emma Bovary seeks to escape her dull provincial life through various extramarital affairs and extravagant spending, leading to tragic consequences.
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Madame Bovary (1934)
Character: Léon Dupuis
In 19th-century France, doctor's wife Emma Bovary seeks to escape her dull provincial life through various extramarital affairs and extravagant spending, leading to tragic consequences.
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Juste avant la nuit (1971)
Character: Dorfmann
A married man who killed the wife of his best friend during a tryst feels compelled to turn himself in.
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La Loterie du bonheur (1953)
Character: N/A
Mr Lucas, a grocer, wants to attract the clientele; he imagines a lottery; every week, you can win a bike. It's a big success.
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La Vérité sur Bébé Donge (1952)
Character: Georges Donge
François Donge, a rich industrialist and womaniser, meets a girl nicknamed Bébé who he marries. Ten years later, poisoned by his wife and dying in hospital, he recalls his married life and understands how his wife who adored him suffered from his many affairs and indifference.
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Judith Therpauve (1978)
Character: Desfraizeaux
A former hero of the French anti-Nazi resistance is approached by old comrades to lead a financially struggling liberal newspaper. Initially reluctant, she takes on the challenge, mortgaging her house to keep it afloat. As conservative forces intensify their opposition, she is eventually forced to sell the paper, seeing it as a personal failure.
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Stavisky... (1974)
Character: Le président de la commission d'enquête
Biarritz, 1933. Charm and talent help small-time swindler Serge Alexandre, alias Stavisky, to bribe his way into the centre of French political power. But when his great scam involving millions gets exposed, he brings the government to the verge of collapse and the country to the brink of civil war.
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Docteur Popaul (1972)
Character: Le professeur Dupont
Paul, a former womanizer, marries the head of the medical department's "unattractive" daughter Christine because he thinks attractive women can't be trusted and make poor wives. A car accident leaves him bedridden and he begins to miss his playboy days, when Christine's bombshell sister Martine arrives and Paul decides he must have her. He begins drugging Christine at night so he can sneak out to kill of Martine's many suitors one by one.
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