Movies: Pierre Fresnay

  • 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
  • 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
  • 1938
    The Puritan

    The Puritan (1938)

    The Puritan

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    A religious fanatic finds his entire life and philosophy turned upside-down as he falls in love with a girl and kills her in a jealous rage. His search is for peace of mind and a desire to justify the murder of the girl to himself. His mind becomes d...

    The Puritan
  • 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
  • 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
  • 1959
    The Dreadful

    The Dreadful (1959)

    The Dreadful

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    César Dandieu is an honest cashier in an oil company, and Fernand Mouchette an absent-minded inventor. The latter comes to propose a new type of carburetor to the company when César has to hand in the day's takings to his superior....

    The Dreadful
  • 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
  • 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
  • 1944
    The Traveler Without Luggage

    The Traveler Without Luggage (1944)

    The Traveler Without Luggage

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    Having lost his memory due to serving in World War I, Gaston has spent the past 15 years in a psychiatric hospital. Due to his large disability pension fund, several families claim him as their missing son. Gaston is introduced to the Renaud family b...

    The Traveler Without Luggage
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 1922
    The Black Diamond

    The Black Diamond (1922)

    The Black Diamond

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    The Black Diamond
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 1929
    A Foolish Maiden

    A Foolish Maiden (1929)

    A Foolish Maiden

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    A Foolish Maiden
  • 1933
    Âme de clown

    Âme de clown (1933)

    Âme de clown

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    Suzette and Jack form a very nice and rather well-matched couple. The latter is the partner of the new clown Teddy who seems to please the young lady a lot....

    Âme de clown