René Génin
Date of birth: 1890-01-25
Place of birth: Aix-en-Provence, France
Known for: Acting
Also known as: René Genin
Biography
Movie Credits
The Lost Village
1947-11-26
In the peaceful alpine village of Granges-de-Mortes, a tragedy has just taken place: Gustave Boeuf,
The Beautiful Trip
1947-06-26
She dragged out a more than mediocre life in the port of Antwerp; he is a renowned pianist-virtuoso.
The Burning Court
1962-03-30
A group of people visit a weird old man who is a student of the black arts. The man lives in an anci
Le Dernier Preux
1933-10-30
Le vertige
1935-02-21
General Mikailoff once killed a lieutenant he mistakenly believed to be his wife's lover. Subsequent
Daybreak
1939-06-09
After committing a murder, a man locks himself in his apartment and recollects the events that led h
The Big Risk
1960-03-23
Two men pull off a daring daylight payroll heist in Milan, making a fast getaway. One is returning t
The Lower Depths
1936-12-11
Inhabitants of a flophouse struggle to survive under the harsh treatment imposed by the landlord, Ko
Port of Shadows
1938-05-17
Down a foggy, desolate road to the port city of Le Havre travels Jean, an army deserter looking for
The Lucky Star
1943-03-23
Auguste, a somewhat simple-minded Provençal fisherman, loves and admires Mireille. This concerns onl
Tu m'as sauvé la vie
1950-09-20
A wealthy baron, without offspring, who knows death is approaching, wants to adopt a man who kept hi
The Treasure of Cantenac
1950-09-06
While he was about to end his life, Baron de Cantenac wanted to return one last time to the land of
Croesus
1960-09-21
Jules is a shepherd who lives a humble and solitary life in rural Provence. From time to time, he is
Francis the First
1937-02-17
Honorin is the simple and naive stage manager of a traveling theatre troupe, whose one ambition is t
La fusée
1933-05-01
The rise of a canning maker and then his abandonment of the factory because his ideal of social prog
L'Auberge du Petit-Dragon
1934-12-14
Two horsemen are inseparable. One is smart and the other clumsy. A young girl is engaged to the clum
Haut comme trois pommes
1936-03-06
Madame Dupin is the most influential character in her village. She is at odds with her daughter beca
The Twins of Brighton
1936-10-29
Slapstick inheritance comedy based on the confusion between twin brothers, both played by the great
Life Dances On
1937-09-09
After the death of her husband, Christine realizes she has possibly wasted her life by marrying him
Le Choc en retour
1937-03-24
A rich sugar factory manager wants to marry his daughter to an aristocrat, while the young girl is i
Nights of Fire
1937-04-16
19th Century Russia. State prosecutor Fedor Andreiev is presiding over the trial of a man who murder
La Danseuse rouge
1937-05-21
Tania, a young girl from Central Europe, leaves her home because of her abusive father. Trained, in
Orage
1938-01-12
The mistress of an engineer meets the man's pregnant wife and decides to give up the liaison.
Bouquets from Nicholas
1938-01-08
A florist in a nightclub in Montmartre, a good, naive man is manipulated by a gang of gangsters who
Nuits de princes
1938-01-27
In the Parisian Russian émigré community, an attractive young woman, Hélène, is torn between her hus
Ramuntcho
1938-02-24
Ramuntcho is a young man who has fallen in with a gang of smugglers, led by Itchoua, who carry their
Retour au bonheur
1942-04-09
Wanting to complete the research of her doctor husband, a former actress returns to the stage and th
Ernest the Rebel
1938-09-23
In South America anything can happen: the consul might give you as a snack to the sharks, you can wi
A Foolish Maiden
1938-11-24
A middle-aged Parisian lawyer meets a young girl and falls in love with her. The girl's mother disco
Sommes-nous défendus?
1938-11-09
In a café, sitting around a table, a journalist is explaining to three fellow-compatriots what he sa
Comedy of Happiness
1940-12-23
Monsieur Jourdain is a dangerous madman : he wants to share his fortune! His relatives do what any s
The Law of Spring
1942-05-20
The children born from a first marriage of a widower and a widower who have remarried do not get alo
The Newspaper Falls at Five O'Clock
1942-05-21
The everyday life and activity of "La Dernière Heure", a major evening newspaper, seen through the e
Mon oncle et mon curé
1939-03-09
Reine, a young woman, meets for the first time a cousin of hers, Paul. She falls in love with him bu
The Murderer Lives at Number 21
1942-08-07
Paris, France. Commissaire Wens follows the lead of a ruthless murderer to an unexpected place.
Patricia
1942-10-27
Mademoiselle Bressac is a bossy spinster who manages "Le Clos", her estate, with an iron hand. But i
Le valet maître
1941-10-30
Some, like Ravier de l'Orne are born... masters, but ,like him, do not live up to their rank. Others
Last Desire
1939-08-28
Caesar, a senior French colonist returned home after many years of absence, knows a girl, Marcella,
The Man Who Seeks the Truth
1940-03-20
Jean Vernet, an unselfish banker, feels fine : he has a charming mistress, Jacqueline ; a godson, Fe
It Happened at the Inn
1943-04-14
An old woman living in an inn is killed and her family members seem like the likely culprits.
La Chèvre d'or
1943-03-31
Legend has it that in the village of PugetMaure, a mysterious goat is the guardian of a treasure onc
À la Belle Frégate
1943-04-01
It's a sailors' story; they often sail away and when they return, the first thing they do is searchi
Fièvres
1942-01-21
Despite a perfect marriage and a superb career as a singer, Jean Dupray cheats on his wife. She dies
Adémaï bandit d'honneur
1943-09-01
Ademaï is very happy to spend a vacation month in Corsica, invited by his family; when he arrives, m
Le moussaillon
1942-02-06
The son of a sailor, who seduced and abandoned the mother, doesn't get along with the new man, a clo
My Love is Near You
1943-09-29
An opera singer is stricken with amnesia and, on the evening of a premiere (in his stage costume whi
27, rue de la Paix
1936-11-11
A young woman wishing to divorce, promises money to her husband's ex-mistress to obtain her testimon
The Ménard Collection
1944-04-12
Renée Ménard, a young mixed-race Indochinese, arrives in France to find her French father, whom she
Judex
1963-12-04
Georges Franju's Judex is an arch, playful tribute to the serials of the influential silent filmmake
The Last Penny
1946-01-23
Pierre risks being taken advantage of by an agency that sets up financial scams, he escapes thanks t
Behind These Walls
1946-03-13
June 1944, a French town towards the end of the occupation. Following several attacks perpetrated by
Au pays des cigales
1946-02-27
A song editor from Marseille meets the daughter of a showman whom a competitor wants to ruin to get
The Hunting Ground
1951-10-10
In a small village, a farmer discovers his wife has committed suicide, but suspicions of murder aris
Majestic Hotel Cellars
1945-08-11
In my “cellar” where case workers all the people of a great hotel, the head of the café, Donge, find
Jenny
1936-09-18
When her fiancé breaks off their engagement, Danielle leaves London and returns to her mother, Jenny
The King of Dodgers
1945-12-21
Mimile is a street singer and also a very inventive free rider. With his friend Georges, a musician
The Sea Rose
1946-09-11
Jérôme owns a boat with his crook of an uncle, La Rose de la Mer. They sail with a band of crooks hi
Le Bateau à soupe
1947-02-19
Hervé is a tough sea captain in command of the "Duchesse Anne", a rum-trading ship. But the sea dog
The Heart of a Nation
1943-04-07
The story of how the people of Paris cope with the strains and struggles of war, from the siege of t
The London Man
1943-06-09
Maloin, a maritime station guard, spends his nights at the port signal box. One night, he becomes th
The Lovers of the Pont Saint-Jean
1947-12-23
On the banks of the Rhône, not far from Tain l'Hermitage, Alcide Garonne, an old ferryman - and inci
Les Dieux du dimanche
1949-02-09
A soccer enthusiast like his father, Martin Lambert is the (gifted) goalkeeper of the local team. He
L’atomique Monsieur Placido
1950-07-05
A gangster, thief of atomic formulas, has a double in the person of a naive musician. A music hall a
Tête blonde
1950-09-01
When he finds a package in the metro, given this period of restrictions, Mr. Truche thinks it may be
God Needs Men
1950-10-03
The inhabitants of the windswept island of Sein, in the nineteenth century, in Brittany follow their
The Lovers of Verona
1949-03-07
Angelo, a glass-blower from Murano, and Georgia Maglia, the pretty daughter of a fallen fascist magi
L'inconnu d'un soir
1949-04-08
Edith, a young orphan, is exploited as a waitress and bullied by her adoptive father. But she has a
The Dream Vagabonds
1949-08-05
The Dombreval troupe is the last vestige of an outdated form of entertainment: the traveling theatre
Raphaël le tatoué
1939-02-09
Modeste is a timid watchman at an automobile factory which is run with an iron hand by its owner, Ro
The Passenger
1949-11-04
When her godmother dies, Nicole's happiness collapses and her fiancé leaves her because she is ruine
Love and Companionship
1950-01-27
The accountant of an insurance company, rather eccentric and quick to push the song, is responsible
Under the Paris Sky
1951-03-28
Fates of multiple otherwise disconnected characters intertwine miraculously under the sky of Paris.
Bizarre, Bizarre
1937-10-20
A French farce set in Victorian London where a botanist and his wife get into trouble when they pret
Le chemin de la drogue
1953-06-05
A young customs officer is given an important mission: to investigate drug trafficking on the Belgia
The Lovers of Bras-Mort
1951-05-17
Jean Michaut is a bargeman who lives nearby an old barge cemetery named "Bras-Mort". He is in love w
Forbidden Fruit
1952-09-19
A doctor, leading an agreed life of the provincial petty bourgeoisie, falls in love with a young wom
Le clochard milliardaire
1951-05-18
Olivier Cabrol is an immature young reveler who lives from hand to mouth. One day he inherits a fabu
The Red Needle
1951-06-07
A young woman, Maya, is treated in a mountain hotel, where her husband joins her every Saturday. She
Piédalu à Paris
1951-10-12
Piedalu is an ordinary villager, who comes to the capital to present his financial plan to the Minis
Savage Triangle
1951-09-26
Based on the novel of the same name by writer Edouard Peisson, this Jean Delannoy film display one b
The Wild Oat
1953-02-27
A small village is torn apart by a quarrel between the baker and the italian grocery tenant, mother
L'Enquête du 58
1945-11-04
A train driver has not slowed down at a signal and caused an accident whose victim is a gatekeeper.
Cadet Rousselle
1954-10-20
The Adventures of Cadet Rousselle that on the French Revolution left his hometown in search of fortu
The Sheep Has Five Legs
1954-09-24
A publicity-minded French mayor reunites quintuplets and their earthy father, all six played by Fern
The Traveler Without Luggage
1944-02-23
Having lost his memory due to serving in World War I, Gaston has spent the past 15 years in a psychi
Black Dossier
1955-05-10
In the 1950s, in a small provincial town, a young inexperienced judge clashes with an influential no
The Law Is the Law
1958-09-17
Assola is an imaginary village on the border between Italy and France and the borderline crosses the
The Phantom Wagon
1939-09-07
French version of the Selma Lagerlof story, most famously filmed in 1921 by Victor Sjostrom, about a
L'aventure est au coin de la rue
1944-02-18
A rich young man, Pierre Trévoux, has a desire for adventure and boasts of his courage. While he is
Quand te tues-tu ?
1953-07-10
A viscount is ruined and wants to commit suicide. A young noceur pursued by his creditors is to inhe
Sexpot
1957-10-23
Coveted by many of the men around her, the sensual Nathalie is a magnet for passion. After many adve
Casse-cou, mademoiselle!
1955-03-01
Working for a stock-car team, Robert dreams of becoming a racing driver himself. For a long time thi
A Cage of Nightingales
1945-09-06
In France, in 1930, a supervisor of a boarding school for young offenders seeks to awaken the music
L'Accroche-cœur
1938-08-31
A seasoned con-man devises an elaborate plan to relieve a rich socialite of a hefty chunk of her for
Jaloux comme un tigre
1964-06-16
Henri has a beautiful wife, Sophie. Unfortunately, suffering from an unhealthy jealousy, he spends m
My Uncle from Texas
1962-09-28
In 1911, Arnolphe Combalette left his corner of Provence to seek his fortune in the Americas. Fifty
Monsieur Octave
1951-11-07
Monsieur Octave, a good man who has retired from the French national railway company, wants to have
La salamandre d'or
1962-12-31
In 1525, on the evening of the Battle of Pavia, François 1er was taken prisoner by the armies of Cha
The Crime of Monsieur Lange
1936-01-24
A man and a woman arrive in a cafe-hotel near the Belgian frontier. The customers recognize the man
How Not to Rob a Department Store
1965-04-12
To repay a debt, Marcel must commit a robbery in a large department store. Unfortunately his booty i
Cab Number 13
1948-02-28
To secure her fortune with Monsieur Vaudieu de la Tour, the Machiavellian Claudia kills her lover's
Fric-Frac
1939-06-15
An employee at a jewelry store falls in love with a woman who secretly plans to rob the store.
Girls in Distress
1939-01-10
Somewhat reminiscent of 'Mädchen in Uniform' (1931), the story is set in a private girl's school, po
Boys' School
1938-04-05
In a college, three friends form a secret society. Their objective - going to America. One night, af
Nightclub Hostess
1939-06-02
The young Suzy is a nightclub hostess in a cabaret in which Frehel is the star. Because one night sh
Les mutinés de l'Elseneur
1936-02-29
A journalist takes command of a ship after the crew mutiny against the brutal captain. It was an ada
The House Under the Sea
1947-08-20
A stranger named Constant disrupts the life of Flora, who is seemingly happy with her husband Lucien
The Last Penny
1946-01-23
Pierre risks being taken advantage of by an agency that sets up financial scams, he escapes thanks t
Pierre and Jean
1943-12-29
Alice, an unhappy young woman in the household, is the mother of a little boy, Pierre. She falls in
The Eleventh Hour Guest
1945-08-15
An inventor has just developed an extraordinary machine, a disintegrating ray and thought detector.
Confessions of a Newlywed
1937-02-26
A timid young man marries the daughter of the entomologist he works for. On the train for their hone
Sur le plancher des vaches
1940-02-28
A little bank employee wins a plane in the lottery and amazes his companions with his audacity.
The Farm of Seven Sins
1949-09-16
In 1825, Paul-Louis Courier, a Republican writer known for publishing pamphlets against the French m
The Kids Are Leading the Investigation
1947-06-25
When Monsieur Crauqual, the supervisor, is found hanging, all wonder why this rather rich person dec
The Twins of Brighton
1936-10-29
Slapstick inheritance comedy based on the confusion between twin brothers, both played by the great
The Lafleur Cavalryman
1934-12-20
The reservist Lafleur, having a wife, a mistress and still running after the first petticoat that co
Satan's Paradise
1938-09-03
Driven by necessity, Jean Larcher, a young agricultural engineer, accepts the degrading mission of l
Paméla
1945-05-02
During the Directory, a handful of royalists tried to get the Dauphin Louis XVII to escape from the
Cocagne
1961-03-08
As the driver of a garbage truck in Arles, Marc-Antoine leads a quiet life with his wife, Mélanie, a
Fromont Young and Risler Elder
1941-10-08
An ambitious and perverse adventurer sows dissension and ruin in a wealthy family of industrialists.
Eyes Without a Face
1960-01-11
Dr. Génessier is riddled with guilt after an accident that he caused disfigures the face of his daug
Juliette, or Key of Dreams
1951-05-18
Michel has stolen from his employer, Mr Bellanger, for the love of Juliette. He is now in jail. One
Pour le maillot jaune
1940-10-23
The romantic relationship between a sports journalist and a cyclist during the Tour de France.
The Moment of Truth
1952-10-22
After attending to a suicidal young man, Dr Richard learns that his wife has been unfaithful for yea
Le Secret d'une mère
1952-10-24
After his wife's death, a man discovers that his daughter may not be his.
Mademoiselle Swing
1942-06-12
Stuck in Angoulême between her uncle, who composes classical music, and her aunt, who is a fan of co
Full House
1952-10-10
Anthology film with three shorts each featuring a famous detective: Monsieur Wens, Lemmy Caution and
Les Gaîtés de la finance
1936-02-07
The banker Marivol looks like a tailor, Lambinet. Gangsters threaten the first, who hires the second
Glamador
1958-03-05
Fafai, a young boy, lives with his grandfather on the island of Glamador in the Camargue. To help th
Second Childhood
1939-08-11
Middle-aged Georges of the "old school" who offers shelter and comfort to Marcelle. Despite his own
Le Pavillon de la folle
1945-11-28
Napoleon Road
1953-10-14
A greedy advertising executive wants to attract the tourists into a small village:he claims Napoleon
The Man from Nowhere
1937-02-18
Mathias Pascal, saddled with a stupid wife and a nagging mother-in-law, leaves home and is extremely