Movies: Pierre Fresnay

  • 1938
    Adrienne Lecouvreur

    Adrienne Lecouvreur (1938)

    Adrienne Lecouvreur

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    Adrienne Lecouvreur is an acclaimed actress who falls in love with Polish prince Maurice de Saxe, only to be poisoned by a jealous rival while Maurice is away at war. The film was a co-production between the two countries, and was made at UFA's Berli...

    Adrienne Lecouvreur
  • 1950
    God Needs Men

    God Needs Men (1950)

    God Needs Men

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    The inhabitants of the windswept island of Sein, in the nineteenth century, in Brittany follow their own religion without need for clergy, but as strangers arrive, their faith and beliefs face a deep crisis....

    God Needs Men
  • 1942
    The Newspaper Falls at Five O'Clock

    The Newspaper Falls at Five O'Clock (1942)

    The Newspaper Falls at Five O'Clock

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    The everyday life and activity of "La Dernière Heure", a major evening newspaper, seen through the eyes of Hélène Perrin, a cub reporter trained by Pierre Rabaud, a star in his field. Side by side they will investigate several events: an air show tha...

    The Newspaper Falls at Five O'Clock
  • 1953
    Napoleon Road

    Napoleon Road (1953)

    Napoleon Road

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    A greedy advertising executive wants to attract the tourists into a small village:he claims Napoleon slept in the local inn on his was back from Elbe island....

    Napoleon Road
  • 1938
    S.O.S. Mediterranean

    S.O.S. Mediterranean (1938)

    S.O.S. Mediterranean

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    The scene of action embraces Tangier, Toulon and the Mediterranean, where Pierre Fresnay, Rolf Wanka and Kim Peacock, cast as captains of French, German and English boats, respectively, unite to rescue the passengers of a neutral boat that is about t...

    S.O.S. Mediterranean
  • 1949
    Barry

    Barry (1949)

    Barry

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    Lovers since childhood, Sylvain and Angelina do not see their lives separated from each other. However, Sylvain is sent to war and the young woman desperately awaits his return. Years pass and the latter is forced by her father to marry Jean-Marie, a...

    Barry
  • 1952
    Dr. Schweitzer

    Dr. Schweitzer (1952)

    Dr. Schweitzer

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    In 1912, the Alsatian Albert Schweitzer, missionary doctor and musician, goes to Gabon, a French colony, to fight malaria, which is ravaging the population. Administrator Leblanc takes a dim view of his arrival. But Albert can count on the devoted Ma...

    Dr. Schweitzer
  • 1941
    The Duel

    The Duel (1941)

    The Duel

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    A widow is loved by a doctor whose brother, an ecclesiastic unconsciously in love with the young woman, persuades her to enter a convent. Brought back on the straight and narrow by a missionary, the priest blesses his brother's marriage....

    The Duel
  • 1958
    Et ta sœur…

    Et ta sœur… (1958)

    Et ta sœur…

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    Bastien du Boccage is a repeat offender: hasn't he been sent to jail no fewer than six times? But he is no ordinary criminal mind you. As a matter of fact he is a newspaper editor and should have no problems with justice. The trouble is that he has a...

    Et ta sœur…
  • 1946
    Devil's Daughter

    Devil's Daughter (1946)

    Devil's Daughter

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    Pursued by the police, Saget usurps the identity of a man who was returning to his town after having made his fortune in the United States. Under this new name, he deceives his compatriots with the exception of a doctor and the savage Isabelle. Durin...

    Devil's Daughter
  • 1955
    The Aristocrats

    The Aristocrats (1955)

    The Aristocrats

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    A novel by Michel De Saint Pierre was the source for Les Aristocrates. Pierre Fresnay stars an aging Marquis, who tries his best to uphold the traditions of nobility in an ever-changing world. The Marquis' children prefer the trappings of modern soci...

    The Aristocrats
  • 1938
    Three Waltzes

    Three Waltzes (1938)

    Three Waltzes

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    "Les Trois Valses" traces the love story of two people over three eras. In the first waltz (music based on Johann Strauss I), Yvonne is a sensitive Parisian ballet dancer, whose romance with a dashing officer is brought to an abrupt end by his family...

    Three Waltzes
  • 1951
    Perfectionist

    Perfectionist (1951)

    Perfectionist

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    Professor Louis Delage is a kidney transplant specialist. He is so good in his field that his peers nickname him the "great man". But one day, one of his patients die during surgery and Delage starts doubting. Is he actually such a great man? To figh...

    Perfectionist
  • 1950
    The Century Is Fifty

    The Century Is Fifty (1950)

    The Century Is Fifty

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    As the title of this French documentary indicates, Ce Siecle a 50 Ans examines the 20th Century at its halfway point. Utilizing the archives of several European film reserves, director Denise Tua offers a fascinating mosaic of the people and events t...

    The Century Is Fifty
  • 1943
    L'Escalier sans fin

    L'Escalier sans fin (1943)

    L'Escalier sans fin

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    An untiring lady social worker, Émilienne, has as one of her charges a stableman who was wounded by his mistress. Unfortunately, Émilienne's young sister who was helping her at work decides to go away with the stableman....

    L'Escalier sans fin
  • 1957
    A Bomb for a Dictator

    A Bomb for a Dictator (1957)

    A Bomb for a Dictator

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    RY A revolution breaks out in a South American country while its cruel dictator is on a trip to France. The rebels have made careful plans to blow up the dictator's private plane as he returns, but at the last second he changes plans and travels on a...

    A Bomb for a Dictator
  • 1960
    The Thousandth Window

    The Thousandth Window (1960)

    The Thousandth Window

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    An old man against the public housing project....

    The Thousandth Window
  • 1935
    Crimson Dynasty

    Crimson Dynasty (1935)

    Crimson Dynasty

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    Koenigsmark is a 1935 British-French drama film directed by Maurice Tourneur and starring Elissa Landi, John Lodge and Pierre Fresnay. The film is based on the novel Koenigsmark by Pierre Benoît. It's sets were designed by the art director Lucien Agu...

    Crimson Dynasty
  • 1938
    Chéri-Bibi

    Chéri-Bibi (1938)

    Chéri-Bibi

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    An innocent young man, burglar Cheri-Bibi, and his gangsters are sent to a penal colony....

    Chéri-Bibi
  • 1949
    At the Grand Balcony

    At the Grand Balcony (1949)

    At the Grand Balcony

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    World War I aviator Carbot attempts to establish a commercial airline after the war, for the purpose of delivering the mail to the outermost regions of France....

    At the Grand Balcony