Date of birth: 1898-08-28
Place of birth: Mainvilliers, Eure-et-Loir, France
Known for: Acting
Also known as:


1931-12-18
In this classic French satire, Louis, a convict, escapes from prison and takes on legitimate work, m

1932-06-05
A widow named Blanche Montel endeavours to find a man with whom to produce a child so that she can p

1932-09-23
The adventures of a pompous jeweler who refuses to listen to the advice of his level-headed employee

1935-01-11
The tribulations of a banknote, from its exit from a counter to its destruction, passing through doz

1935-10-11
Under the Directory, Clairette is in love with the chansonnier Ange Pitou, while the hairdresser Pom
1936-08-14
A Danube boatman who cannot have children takes a wife and her niece as passengers.

1938-02-04
The first schemer, short of money, offers himself at a high price to facilitate the fantasies of the

1940-04-10
A would be blind hoodlum redeems himself in the Salvation Army just for a lovely lieutenant.

1940-04-03
An international crook hunted by the police comes to Paris to save his daughter from the clutches of

1946-11-20
Professor Artus, a scientist specializing in artificial life, wants to try an experiment on an autom

1950-11-02
Story is primarily based on the adventures of Antoine, a young telegraph messenger on his second nig

1950-01-27
A young rogue kills an old lady to rob her. Arrested, he believes it is for this crime, hides nothin

1951-03-28
Fates of multiple otherwise disconnected characters intertwine miraculously under the sky of Paris.

1952-06-27
A building, a landing, two tenants: he, Jacques Loursier, is president of the U.R.A.F (Union and Res

1952-11-14
A daydreaming French composer sees himself as a fine figure dashing through history.

1951-06-20
Renaud, a young student who is camping alone at the moment, has a dream one night, in which the woma

1952-10-31
In 1935, in the Burgundian village of Valromey, Commissioner Desbordes was the very unpopular leader

1951-10-31
In order to please Martineau, a wealthy industrialist, cynical Gabory accepts to organize a rigged b

1927-11-06
Mathusalem (or Methuselah) is a 1922 play by Ivan Goll, considered a precursor of the theater of the

1936-12-04
For some time, the police have been on the trail of a mysterious burglar who has evaded capture whil

1953-05-15
Mario is a former gangster turned garage owner. His former accomplices ask him to murder Magali, the

1958-07-02
Yes, Doudou (or, more respectfully, Edouard Doucin) is both heir to a big sugar refinery and its man

1953-06-03
Jacques and Gisèle, who are just married, are starting their honeymoon. But at nightfall, on their w

1936-10-24
Line, Annette's daughter, is about to marry a man she's not in love with. At the engagement party th

1956-11-07
In the 16th century, as Flanders is invaded by the Spanish, Till the Mischievous uses stratagems to

1934-12-28
Lagardère protects Aurore, the granddaughter of the Duke of Nevers whose deceitful Philippe de Gonza

1953-12-13
Marie, a young doctor, settles down on the Ouessant Island. She will be able to win the diffidence o

1952-10-10
Anthology film with three shorts each featuring a famous detective: Monsieur Wens, Lemmy Caution and

1934-02-09
Lieutenant Orloff, a recently graduated Russian officier, is making his way across the snow-covered