Movies: Pierre Fresnay

  • 1936
    César

    César (1936)

    César

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    Honoré Panisse is dying, cheerfully, with friends, wife, and son at his side. He confesses to the priest in front of his friends; he insists that the doctor be truthful. But, he cannot bring himself to tell his son Césariot that his real father is Ma...

    César
  • 1951
    Trip to America

    Trip to America (1951)

    Trip to America

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    As part of the fascination in post World War II France with American culture, a young French couple here travel to the US to see for themselves the prosperity they have heard about....

    Trip to America
  • 1946
    Tainted

    Tainted (1946)

    Tainted

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    Louberger, director of an orphanage, is full of praise for a former boarder, Mr. Sauval, who has become their benefactor. One night he arrives and he does not seem to be exactly the man described by Louberger. He has in fact become a crooked lawyer a...

    Tainted
  • 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
    The Ostrich Has Two Eggs

    The Ostrich Has Two Eggs (1957)

    The Ostrich Has Two Eggs

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    A father discovers one day that one of his sons is a homosexual and the other, is the "gigolo" of a Japanese countess. He is first horrified, but finally accepts the situation because it brings him economical advantages....

    The Ostrich Has Two Eggs
  • 1939
    The Phantom Wagon

    The Phantom Wagon (1939)

    The Phantom Wagon

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    French version of the Selma Lagerlof story, most famously filmed in 1921 by Victor Sjostrom, about a poor sinner who only realizes what misery he's wrought when he dies on New Year's Eve and is collected by Death in his carriage....

    The Phantom Wagon
  • 1937
    Street of Shadows

    Street of Shadows (1937)

    Street of Shadows

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    A slippery femme fatale, a spy for Germany during the Great War, is sent to Thessaloniki in Greece and becomes involved with a man on the other side, a French military officer....

    Street of Shadows
  • 1970
    Clock Head

    Clock Head (1970)

    Clock Head

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    One night in Paris all the clocks and watches of the whole world stopped except that of a small professor....

    Clock Head
  • 1935
    Le Roman d'un jeune homme pauvre

    Le Roman d'un jeune homme pauvre (1935)

    Le Roman d'un jeune homme pauvre

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    Maxime de Champcey, a bankrupt marquis, is hired by the wealthy Laroque and falls for his daughter Marguerite. She loves him too but rejects him under the belief he's a fortune hunter....

    Le Roman d'un jeune homme pauvre
  • 1922
    The Black Diamond

    The Black Diamond (1922)

    The Black Diamond

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    The Black Diamond
  • 1956
    L'Homme aux clés d'or

    L'Homme aux clés d'or (1956)

    L'Homme aux clés d'or

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    Antoine Fournier, a language teacher at a secondary school in Lille, was disgraced by four young men he had caught stealing money from a charity collection. Dismissed from the teaching profession, Fournier found a job as a porter in a Monte Carlo pal...

    L'Homme aux clés d'or
  • 1948
    Convicted

    Convicted (1948)

    Convicted

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    After losing her only child and falling for another man, a wife no longer loves her husband, but he thinks if he takes her back to some of the places they enjoyed in earlier years, it might rekindle their doomed marriage....

    Convicted
  • 1929
    A Foolish Maiden

    A Foolish Maiden (1929)

    A Foolish Maiden

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    A Foolish Maiden
  • 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
  • 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
  • 1934
    La Dame aux camélias

    La Dame aux camélias (1934)

    La Dame aux camélias

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    Alexandre Dumas' romantic novel Lady of the Camelias (more popularly known as Camille) was filmed twice in 1953, first in Argentina, then in France. The Argentine film was heavily modernized, while the French version returns to Dumas' 19th-century mi...

    La Dame aux camélias
  • 1949
    Just Out

    Just Out (1949)

    Just Out

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    Satire of publishing circles, featuring a ferocious boss, Moscat, a successful but handsome author, Maréchal, another successful but bitter author, Bourgine, a writer plagued with ambition, Brégaillon and the hero, Marc Fournier Zola Prize winner. Na...

    Just Out
  • 1954
    The Unfrocked One

    The Unfrocked One (1954)

    The Unfrocked One

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    Pierre Fresnay plays the title character in Le Defroque (The Defrocked One). Cast out by his church, former priest Maurice (Fresnay) delights in mocking the traditions and credos of Catholicism. Even so, young Gerard (Pierre Trabaud) becomes convince...

    The Unfrocked One
  • 1943
    I Am with You

    I Am with You (1943)

    I Am with You

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    A young woman has doubts about her husband's fidelity. She pretends a trip, but settles in a hotel where her husband must pass. He meets her and, disturbed by the one he believes to be his wife's double, becomes her lover. Little by little the truth ...

    I Am with You
  • 1930
    Ça aussi !... c'est Paris

    Ça aussi !... c'est Paris (1930)

    Ça aussi !... c'est Paris

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    Ça aussi !... c'est Paris