Charles VanelFilmography

Si le Soleil Ne Revenait Pas

Actors: Charles Vanel, Philippe Léotard, Catherine Mouchet, Raoul Billerey, Claude Evrard

Synopsis: The residents of a remote Swiss mountain village come to believe an ancient oracle in this drama taken from the novel by Charles Ferdinand Ramuz. With news of the Spanish Civil War on the radio, the people begin to believe the sun will not return and the world will be forever darkened. ~ Dan Read More

Three Brothers

Actors: Philippe Noiret, Michele Placido, Charles Vanel, Vittorio Mezzogiorno, Andréa Ferréol

Synopsis: Director Francesco Rosi earned a Best Foreign Film Academy Award nomination for his drama Tre Fratelli (Three Brothers), an adaptation of a work by Andrei Platonov. When the matriarch of an Italian family dies, the husband brings his three boys, each of whom are facing difficult personal problems Read More

La Puce et le Prive

Actors: Bruno Cremer, Catherine Alric, Charles Vanel, Anne Canovas

Synopsis: Val Brosse (Bruno Cremer) is a private eye gets who gets involved with Francoise (Catherine Alric) and what seems to be the murder of a wealthy old man, Mathieu (Charles Vanel). The story develops along the lines of romance and intrigue, until both threads are woven into a final denouement. Read More

Le Chemin Perdu

Actors: Charles Vanel, Delphine Seyrig, Magali Noël, Christine Pascal

Ne Pleure Pas

Actors: Charles Vanel, Christine Laurent, Marc Chapiteau

Synopsis: Thomas (Sylvain Joubert) works on his grandfather's land, boxes in his spare time, and dreams of becoming a veterinarian. He is equally happy to beat up trespassing hippies or thieves when they come onto the land. When he is seriously injured during an anti-nuclear demonstration, he seeks death Read More

Alice ou la Derniere Fugue

Actors: Sylvia Kristel, Charles Vanel, Jean Carmet, André Dussollier, Fernand Ledoux

Synopsis: While leaving her husband, whom she now detests, Alice (Sylvia Kristel) drives into the countryside but must stop at an old house when her windshield cracks mysteriously. She is received at the house as if expected, and spends the night there while her car is being fixed. The next day, she cannot Read More

Comme Un Boomerang

Actors: Charles Vanel, Alain Delon, Carla Gravina, Louis Julien, Dora Doll

Synopsis: Alain Delon stars in this French/Italian prison-break film. When his son is falsely imprisoned, Delon contrives to bust the boy out. As the title indicates, what comes around goes around in this tense programmer. Delon also cowrote and co-produced. The film was released in Europe as Comme Un Read More

Cadaveri Eccellenti

Actors: Lino Ventura, Alain Cuny, Paolo Bonacelli, Marcel Bozzuffi, Tina Aumont

Synopsis: Francesco Rosi utilizes the breathtakingly beautiful Italian landscape in an unspecified Italian city to hatch this mystery film involving murder and corruption in high places. As the film begins, a well-known prosecutor is killed. The murder turns out to be the first in a series of murders -- and Read More

Es Herrscht Ruhe Im Land

Actors: Charles Vanel, Mario Pardo, Dr. Eduardo Duran, Zita Duarte

Synopsis: The townspeople living near a state-run prison in Chile would probably rather forget that it is there, but even from outside the walls they can hear the shrieks of men being tortured, and they cannot pretend not to see the treatment given to men who almost succeed in escaping. Finally, they agree Read More

Nuit D' Or

Actors: Bernard Blier, Klaus Kinski, Marie Dubois, Jean-Luc Bideau, Charles Vanel

Synopsis: After his family tries to kill him and he has been pronounced dead, Michel (Klaus Kinski) returns to vex them. He presents each one with a voodoo doll, warning of their fate. Wandering over the streets of Paris, Michel is the haunted and hunted, as he himself hunts his villainous kin. ~ Clarke Read More

Sept Morts Sur Ordonnance

Actors: Michel Piccoli, Gérard Depardieu, Marina Vlady, Jane Birkin, Charles Vanel

Synopsis: Losseray (Michel Piccoli) is a surgeon who has recently suffered a heart attack but has returned to work. He is being hassled by the owner of a nearby medical clinic and becomes obsessed with the story of Berg (Gerard Depardieu), another surgeon who was similarly hassled by the same man some years Read More

La Piu Bella Serata Della Mia Vita

Actors: Pierre Brasseur, Claude Dauphin, Charles Vanel, Michel Simon, Alberto Sordi

Synopsis: This film marks the final performance of the notable French film star Pierre Brasseur, who died not long after the film was shot. One of his better-known films is Children of Paradise. In this film, an Italian industrialist (Alberto Sordi) who has made his fortune using some shady tactics Read More

Les Tueurs A Gages

Actors: Raymond Pellegrin, Charles Vanel, Fabio Testi

Comptes a Rebours

Actors: Simone Signoret, Serge Reggiani, Charles Vanel, Michel Bouquet

Synopsis: Nolan (Serge Reggiani) was set up to take the fall for a crime committed by his whole gang, and as a result, his brother is dead and he is forced to do a stint in prison. Nolan comes out of prison looking for his former compatriots, and not just to shake their hands. He runs into an old Read More

La Nuit des Bulgares

Synopsis: A youngish sales employee of a computer firm is blackmailed into helping a group of mysterious Bulgarian industrialists who have come to his office. A government contract is being sought for a businessman who is in danger of bankruptcy. This is the first movie feature by French television director Michel Mitrani Read More

Ils

Actors: Michel Duchaussoy, Charles Vanel, Alexandra Stewart, Pierre Massimi

Synopsis: An artist grows hateful of commercial demands on his questionable talents when his friend and artist commits suicide. He puts the blame for his friend's death on an art critic and a shady art dealer. He is able to take out his frustrations on the pretentious critic at a party. When an elderly man Read More

Maldonne

Actors: Pierre Vaneck, Elsa Martinelli, Robert Hossein, Jean Topart, Roger Coggio

Synopsis: In this thrilling mystery of mistaken identity, Jacques (Pierre Vaneck) is a piano player in a nightclub who is approached by a man he never met before. The stranger offers him a job posing as the husband of a mentally challenged woman. He will be rewarded for taking care of the woman. Since his Read More

La Prisonnière

Actors: Laurent Terzieff, Elisabeth Wiener, Bernard Fresson, Dany Carrel, Dario Moreno

Synopsis: A young female film editor specializes in discovering why other women degrade themselves in pornography and prostitution. She has a relationship with a boring artist, and her life is uneventful until she encounters an older, more worldly art dealer. The man shows her his photographs and she is Read More

Ballade Pour Un Chien

Actors: Charles Vanel, Julien Guiomar, Claude Genia

Synopsis: Remi (Charles Vanel) is a man on the verge of old age who begins to have hallucinations. He believes he has found a dog, but the canine is just a product of his imagination. The man takes a turn for the worse when his only friend, his poet neighbor, moves. He is left alone with his hallucinations Read More

Un Homme De Trop

Actors: Michel Piccoli, Bruno Cremer, Jean-Claude Brialy, Gérard Blain, Claude Brasseur

Synopsis: In this WW II drama, twelve captured French soldiers await their impending executions in a German prison camp. Fortunately, a wily resistance fighter and his men come to rescue the ill-fated dozen. The rescue attempt succeeds, but the rebels become worried when they discover a thirteenth prisoner Read More

Le Chant du Monde

Actors: Hardy Kruger, Catherine Deneuve, Charles Vanel, Marilù Tolo, André Lawrence

Synopsis: Adapted from the novel by Jean Giono, this French drama was written for the screen and directed by filmmaker Marcel Camus and stars Hardy Kruger. Kruger plays Antonio, a father who embarks on a desperate search for his son, who has gone missing after killing a man who tormented and attacked him Read More

Mask of the Gorilla

Operation Top Secret

Synopsis: In this espionage drama, international spies stalk a German scientist in possession of important information about a rocket re-entry project. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

Symphonie Pour un Massacre

Actors: Michel Auclair, Claude Dauphin, Charles Vanel, José Giovanni, Jean Rochefort, Daniela Rocca

Synopsis: Trouble begins when five Frenchmen pool their money in an attempt to pull off a huge drug deal. One intercepts the money and kills his friend to cover his tracks. The others are haunted by doubt and innuendo to the point where they all point fingers and guns at each other. ~ Dan Pavlides, All Read More

Du Rififi à Tokyo

Actors: Carl Boehm, Keiko Kishi, Barbara Lass, Charles Vanel, Michel Vitold

Synopsis: Ever since the original Rififi set up the postulate of a spectacular robbery, there have been cinematic "Rififis" in Amsterdam, Paris, Panama, and in this case, Tokyo. A band of thieves get together in Japan's capital to plan a major heist of only one single jewel -- a huge diamond stored in a Read More

La Steppa

Actors: Charles Vanel, Marina Vlady

Synopsis: Based on a Anton Chekhov short story, this slight tale has some good moments as the drama of a young boy's journey unfolds. The lad comes from peasant stock, and one day his family decides it would be best for him to go live with his uncle in the city. The only problem is that the city is all the Read More

Un Roi Sans Divertissement

Actors: Claude Giraud, Charles Vanel, Pierre Repp

Synopsis: When young girls continue to disappear from a small, snowbound village, the police sent an officer out to investigate. The officer is approached by a retired government worker who contends the killer is probably someone like themselves. The old man theorizes the murderer kills out of extreme Read More

La Poursuite

Actors: Claude Giraud, Charles Vanel

L'Ainé Des Ferchaux

Actors: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Charles Vanel, Michele Mercier, Stefania Sandrelli

Synopsis: A venerable banker from Paris leaves for America when he discovers there will be an investigation into his questionable business deals. Accompanied by his faithful protégé Michel (Jean-Paul Belmondo), the pair travels to New York by plane and eventually to New Orleans by car. Michel plans to make Read More

Quand La Colere Eclate

Actors: Gérard Blain, Charles Vanel

Tintin et le Mystère de la Toison d'or

Actors: Georges Wilson, Charles Vanel, Dario Moreno

Synopsis: This children's adventure yarn stars one of the most famous comic-strip characters in Europe, Tintin, personified in the flesh by Jean-Pierre Talbot. The teen-ager Tintin and his dog are going to help their friend, Captain Haddock (Charles Wilson) on a special quest. The good but crotchety captain Read More

La Verité

Actors: Brigitte Bardot, Charles Vanel, Paul Meurisse, Marie-José Nat, Sami Frey

Synopsis: This French-Italian romantic crime thriller is titled The Truth in English. Henri-Georges Clouzot directed sexpot Brigitte Bardot as Dominique Marceau, who is accused of killing her boyfriend. The question for the jury is whether the murder was premeditated or a crime of passion. Marceau had come Read More

Le Gorille Vous Salue Bien

Actors: Lino Ventura, Charles Vanel, René Lefèvre, Bella Darvi, Pierre Dux

Synopsis: Lino Ventura stars in this French espionager as a secret agent known only as "The Gorilla". While it's never fully explained how our hero earned this simian nickname, it is perfectly clear that The Gorilla is much sought after by the police and the criminal underworld. The cops suspect that the Read More

La Valse Du Gorille

Actors: Roger Hanin, Charles Vanel, Jess Hahn, Suzanne Dehelly

Synopsis: This is the third feature in a series about an intrepid French spy by the nickname of "The Gorilla," but unlike the earlier films, this time around Roger Hanin replaces Lino Ventura in the title role. A West German scientist has discovered a way to recover missiles shot into space, and the major Read More

Pecheur D'Islande

Actors: Charles Vanel, Jean Pascal, Juliette Mayniel, Georges Poujouly

Synopsis: This slow-paced, routine drama is a remake of a 1933 version by director Pierre Guerlais, based on a novel by Pierre Loti. The setting is a fishing village along the coast of Iceland and the action focuses on Yan Gaos (Jean-Claude Pascal). He is part of the fishing crew under his boss Mevel (Charles Vanel Read More

I Battellieri del Volga

Actors: John Derek, Elsa Martinelli, Dawn Addams, Charles Vanel

Synopsis: The best thing going for this period piece set during the time of the last Russian Czar is its visual atmosphere, defined by gorgeous sets, costumes, and scenery. Alexey (John Derek) is a soldier in the Czar's army whose fiancée is raped by a general. In retaliation, Alexey attacks the general and Read More

Le Piege

Actors: Raf Vallone, Magali Noël, Charles Vanel, Roland Le Saffre

Synopsis: Le Piege (The Trap) top-bills Raf Vallone as a likeable fugitive from justice. Protected from arrest by big-hearted waitress Magali Noel, Vallone manages to elude the law long enough to begin a legit job as a truckdriver. When Noel's boss learns the truth about Vallone's past, he blackmails the Read More

Rafles Sur la Ville

Actors: Michel Piccoli, Charles Vanel, Jean Brochard, Francois Guerin

Synopsis: The English-language title of this French gangster melodrama is Raids on the City. Michel Piccoli plays a police inspector whose best friend is murdered on the orders of gang boss Charles Vanel. The inspector knows full well that Vanel is too crafty and well-connected to ever stand trial for his Read More

Les Naufrageurs

Actors: Henri Vidal, Dany Carrel, Charles Vanel, Renée Cosima

Les Suspects

Actors: Charles Vanel, Anne Vernon, Maurice Teynac, Jacques Morel

Synopsis: Crosses, double-crosses and triple-crosses abound in Les Suspects. The plot concerns an imminent Arab uprising in Algeria. The government of France sends one of its most trusted operatives to investigate, but it soon becomes obvious that no one can be trusted. In 1957, Les Suspects had the Read More

La Mort En Ce Jardin

Actors: Simone Signoret, Charles Vanel, Georges Marchal, Michel Piccoli, Michéle Girardon

Synopsis: Recharging his creative batteries with a "commercial" venture, director Luis Bunuel came up with the stylish if undistinguished La Mort en ce Jardin (Death in This Garden). Set in a steaming jungle, the film concerns a disparate group of refugees from a despotic military regime. Among these Read More

Defend My Love

Synopsis: A reporter's search for scandal is the focus of this drama. He is looking for dirt to boost his paper's ratings. He begins digging around in the past of a prominent banker's new wife. Before her marriage, she had been a nobleman's personal secretary until he was poisoned. The journalist soon Read More

Tam Tam

Actors: Charles Vanel, Pedro Armendáriz, Jacques Berthier

To Catch a Thief

Actors: Cary Grant, Grace Kelly, Jesse Royce Landis, John Williams, Charles Vanel

Synopsis: A jewel thief is at large on the Riviera, and all evidence points to retired cat burglar Cary Grant. Escaping the law, Grant heads to the Cote D'Azur, where he is greeted with hostility by his old partners in crime. All of them had been pardoned due to their courageous activities in the wartime Read More

Un Missionnaire

Actors: Yves Massard, Charles Vanel

Synopsis: Yves Massard is Un Missionaire in this inspirational drama. Consumed by wanderlust, novice missionary Massard ventures into the wilds of French colonial Africa. Here he is taken under the wing of mission founder Charles Vanel, who is somewhat wiser in the ways of his chosen profession than the Read More

Maddalena

Actors: Märta Torén, Gino Cervi, Charles Vanel, Jacques Sernas, Folco Lulli

Native Drums

L'Allegro Squadrone

Actors: Charles Vanel, Vittorio De Sica, Daniel Gélin, Jean Richard

L'Affaire Maurizius

Actors: Madeleine Robinson, Charles Vanel, Daniel Gélin, Eleonora Rossi-Drago

Si Versailles M'Etait Conté

Actors: Sacha Guitry, Michel Auclair, Jean Marais, Georges Marchal, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Jean-Louis Barrault, Claudette Colbert, Micheline Presle

Synopsis: Sacha Guitry's Si Versailles M'Etait Conte (If Versailles Were Told to Me) is best known by its American title Royal Affairs in Versailles. In addtion to writing and directed the film, Guitry reserves for himself the plum role of Louis XIV. Concentrating on the palace of Versailles over a period Read More

Diabolique

Actors: Simone Signoret, Véra Clouzot, Paul Meurisse, Charles Vanel, Pierre Larquey

Synopsis: The greatest film that Alfred Hitchcock never made, Henri-Georges Clouzot's Diabolique is set in a provincial boarding school run by headmaster Michel Delasalle (Paul Meurisse). A ruthless lothario, he becomes the target of a murder plot concocted by his long-suffering invalid wife Christina (Vera Clouzot Read More

The Wages of Fear

Actors: Yves Montand, Charles Vanel, Peter Van Eyck, William Tubbs, Véra Clouzot

Synopsis: Together with Diabolique, The Wages of Fear (Le Salaire de la Peur) earned Henri-Georges Clouzot the reputation as a "French Hitchcock." In truth, Clouzot's ability to sustain suspense may have even exceeded Hitchcock's; when originally released, Wages ran 155 tension-filled minutes. Based on the Read More

Une Fille Nommée Madeleine

Actors: Märta Torén, Gino Cervi, Charles Vanel

Synopsis: Märta Torén is the titular heroine of the Italian romantic drama Maddelena. The story takes plays during the annual Good Friday pageant in a tiny Italian village. Local priest Don Vincenzo (Gino Cervi) faces a crisis when the girl selected to play the Virgin Mary shows up pregnant. This turn of Read More

On Trial

Synopsis: In this crime a district attorney's son investigates a suspicious conviction and learns a valuable lesson about the difference between justice and truth. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

Tempete Sur Les Mauvents

Actors: Andree Debar, Charles Vanel

Incantesimo Tragico

Actors: Maria Felix, Rossano Brazzi, Charles Vanel, Massimo Serato

Synopsis: Incantesimo Tragico (Tragic Spell) is a sombre Italian vehicle for the magnificent Mexican film luminary Maria Felix. The story is motivated by an ancient curse, passed from generation to generation. The source of the hex is a fabulous treasure, which of course eventually falls into the hands of Felix Read More

Cuori Sul Mare

Le Ciel Est à Vous

Actors: Madeleine Renaud, Jean Debucourt, Charles Vanel

Synopsis: The all-purpose title Woman Who Dared was trotted out for the American release of Jean Gremillon's Le Ciel et a Vous. Madeline Renaud stars as Therese, the wife of aviator Pierre Gauthier (Charles Vanel). Seeking an outlet for her own adventurous spirit, Therese decides to become a pilot herself. Read More

In Nome Della Legge

Actors: Massimo Girotti, Camillo Mastrocinque

Synopsis: Young Italian magistrate Schiavi (Massimo Girotti) finds the going rough when he assumes his new post in a small Sicilian town. The villagers are held in thrall by the local Mafia branch. Far from being outraged, the populace welcomes the intrusion of organized crime, believing that the Mafia's Read More

La Femme Que J' Ai Assassinee

Actors: Charles Vanel, Micheline Francey, Jane Marken [Jeanne], Armand Bernard

Savage Brigade

Actors: Charles Vanel, Vera Korene, Roger Duchesne

Synopsis: Originally released in 1939, Savage Brigade (La Brigade Sauvage) is set during WW I. The story concerns a deadly -- and long-standing -- feud between two Cossack officers, Kalatjeff (Charles Vanel) and Mirsky (Troubetskoy). About to settle their differences on the field of honor, the officers are Read More

Le Diable Souffle

Actors: Charles Vanel, Jean Chevrier, Margo Lion

Synopsis: The Woman of Evil in this French melodrama is a lady named Louvaine (Helena Bossis). She's a pianist in a tiny café, where her erstwhile lovers, landowner Laurent (Charles Vanel) and surgeon Diego (Jean Chevrier), make nightly visits. The rising passions within the café are counterpointed by the Read More

Gringalet

Actors: Charles Vanel, Marguerite Deval

Synopsis: Gringalet was based on a stage play by Paul Vanderberghe, who also essays the title role in the film version. Charles Vanel stars as a powerful industrialist who learns that he has a grown, illegitimate son named Gringalet (Vanderberghe). Once he's over the initial shock, the industrialist insists Read More

Le Bateau A Soupe

Actors: Charles Vanel, Alfred Adam, Jacques Dufilho

La Ferme Du Pendu

Actors: Charles Vanel, Bourvil, Claudine Dupuis

Synopsis: A corrupt, lecherous farming son and the destruction he brings to his family is featured in this melodrama. ~ All Movie Guide Read More

La Cabane Aux Souvenirs

Actors: Charles Vanel, Pierre Larquey

La Femme Du Pendu

Actors: Charles Vanel, Claudine Dupuis

Les Roquevillard

Actors: Mila Parély, Yolande Laffon, Charles Vanel, Aimé Clariond

Haut Le Vent

Actors: Mireille Balin, Charles Vanel, Marcelle Geniat, Gilbert Gil

Les Affaires Sont Les Affaires

Actors: Charles Vanel, Renee Devillers, Aimé Clariond, Jacques Baumer

Promesse A L'Inconnue

Actors: Charles Vanel, Madeleine Robinson, Charlotte Clasis, Claude Dauphin

Diamant Noir

Actors: Gaby Morlay, Charles Vanel, Louise Carletti

Yamille Sous Les Cedres

Actors: Charles Vanel, Eve Francis, Jose Noguero

La Loi Du Nord

Actors: Michèle Morgan, Pierre Richard-Willm, Charles Vanel

La Brigade Sauvage

Actors: Charles Vanel, Vera Korene, Lisette Lanvin, Youcca Troubetzkoy

L'Or Du Cristobal

Actors: Dita Parlo, Conchita Montenegro, Albert Prejean, Charles Vanel

Synopsis: L'Or du Cristobal is based on the novel by A. T. Sersteven. Albert Prejean plays the first mate of the French freighter Cristobal when he's suspected of carrying on with Dita Parlo, the wife of the ship's captain. Once on dry land, Prejean is informed by cabaret dancer Conchita Montenegro that the Cristobal Read More

Abus de Confiance

Actors: Danielle Darrieux, Charles Vanel, Valentine Tessier, Jean Worms

Synopsis: French director Henri Decoin was married to actress Danielle Darrieux for nearly seven years during which time he cast her in several uninspiring vehicles such as this one. Darrieux plays Lydia, a struggling law student who poses as the estranged daughter of famous historian Jacques Ferney (Charles Vanel Read More

Legions D'Honneur

Actors: Charles Vanel, Marie Bell, Milly Mathis, Abel Jacquin

Synopsis: Legions D'Honneur begins during the final stages of a military court-martial. The tribunal demands that lieutenant Albert Jacquin explain how he received the gunshot wound which prevented him from returning to his regiment. When he refuses to do so, it is determined that Jacquin shot himself to Read More

Carrefour

Actors: Jules Berry, Charles Vanel, Suzy Prim, Tania Fedor

Synopsis: Crossroads is the English title for Carrefour, directed in France by German-born Kurt (later Curtis) Bernhardt. Suzy Prin and Jules Berry star in this master blend of amnesia, romance and deceit. A respected French diplomat is blackmailed by criminals, who insist that the diplomat, who'd once Read More

Bar Du Sud

Actors: Charles Vanel, Tania Fedor, Nane Germon

Synopsis: Bar du Sud finds Charles Vanel in his usual role as a stern French colonial officer. Vanel's nemesis this time is gun-runner Jean Galland, who uses his own wife Tania Fedor to keep Vanel off his trail. Unaware of her husband's nefariousness, Fedor is also unlearned in the ways of sexual intrigue. Read More

The Volga Boatman

Actors: Vera Korene, Pierre Blanchar, Charles Vanel, Raymond Aimos

Synopsis: Though its title and director are Russian, The Volga Boatmen was lensed in its entirety in France. Set in pre-revolutionary days, the story concentrates on the miserable lives of the boatmen who pull their merchant vessels up and down the Volga. When army officer Vadime Borzine (Pierre Blanchar)is Read More

SOS Sahara

Actors: Charles Vanel, Marta Labarr, Jean-Pierre Aumont

Synopsis: SOS Sahara is set in a forlorn desert outpost, manned by French officers. Like the rest of his men, commander Charles Vanel has come to this godforsaken spot to forget and to be forgotten. Complicating matters is the arrival of Vanel's faithless wife Marta Labarr, who rapidly becomes the object of Read More

Troika Sur La Piste Blanche

Actors: Jany Holt, Jean Murat, Charles Vanel

Les Pirates Du Rail

Actors: Charles Vanel, Simone Renant, Suzy Prim, Erich Von Stroheim

La Femme Du Bout Du Monde

Actors: Charles Vanel, Jean-Pierre Aumont

Courrier Sud

Actors: Charles Vanel, Jany Holt, Gabrielle Dorziat, Henri Cremieux

Synopsis: Courier Sud (Southern Carrier) dramatizes the exploits of a French commercial airline, making the treacherous run from Paris to Africa and back. Much of the drama takes place on solid ground, as pilot Jacques (Pierre Richard-Willm) tries to rekindle a romance with old flame Genevieve (Jany Holt) Read More

Police Mondaine

Actors: Alice Field, Jean-Louis Barrault, Pierre Larquey, Charles Vanel, Junie Astor

Synopsis: A real-life Parisian police detective is credited for the screenplay of Police Mondaine. The story focuses on a manhunt for Salviati, a notorious trafficker in narcotics played by Charles Vanel. The head crook already has plenty of problems on his mind, not least of which are the efforts by Read More

L'Occident

Actors: Helene Robert, Charles Vanel, Jose Noguero

Port Arthur

Actors: Danielle Darrieux, Charles Vanel

Synopsis: Though the Czechoslovakian film industry had been "nationalized" by the Nazis after the 1938 invasion, a few pre-war productions managed to sneak into the U.S. without German interference. One of these was Port Arthur, originally released in 1936. Set in the Russian city of Port Arthur, the story Read More

La Flamme

Actors: Charles Vanel, Line Noro, Colette Darfeuil

Jenny

Actors: Charles Vanel, Françoise Rosay, Lisette Lanvin, Albert Prejean

Synopsis: Marcel Carne's first film as director -- one of seven collaborations with screenwriter Jacques Prevert -- was this average crime story. Francoise Rosay stars as Jenny, who manages a sleazy nightclub owned by the nasty Benoit (Charles Vanel). Jenny runs afoul of Benoit, as well as her own daughter (Lisette Lanvin Read More

La Peur

Actors: Gaby Morlay, Suzy Prim, Charles Vanel, Georges Rigaud

Les Grands

Actors: Gaby Morlay, Charles Vanel, Pierre Larquey

L'Assaut

Actors: Alice Field, Madeleine Robinson, Charles Vanel, André Alerme

La Belle Équipe

Actors: Viviane Romance, Charles Vanel, Jean Gabin, Charles Granval, Raymond Aimos

Synopsis: La Belle Equipe (The Good Crew) was the fourth of six smash hits in a row for director Julien Duvivier. The fortunes of five unemployed laborers take a radical turn for the better when they jointly win a 100,000-franc lottery prize. Jean Gabin, the self-appointed leader of the bunch, suggests that Read More

Le Domino Vert

Actors: Danielle Darrieux, Jany Holt, Maurice Escande, Charles Vanel

Michel Strogoff

Actors: Charles Vanel, Colette Darfeuil, Yvette Lebon

L'Equipage

Actors: Charles Vanel, Annabella, Suzanne Desprès, Jean-Pierre Aumont

Synopsis: Filmmaker Anatole Litvak was still one year away from his "breakthrough" picture Mayerling when he co-wrote and directed L'Equipage (The Crew). Charles Vanel and Annabella star respectively as a daring WW I aviator and his loving but neglected wife. Ostracized by the other pilots because of his Read More

L'Impossible Aveu

Actors: Charles Vanel

Les Misérables

Actors: Harry Baur, Charles Vanel, Charles Dullin, Marguerite Moreno, Jean Servais, Odette Florelle, Josseline Gael, Henry Krauss, Marthe Mellot, Orane Demazis

Synopsis: Les Miserables is perhaps the most frequently filmed novel in screen history. This 1933 French version of the Victor Hugo classic is the most epic in proportion, though the human elements of the story are kept in sharp focus by director Raymond Bernard and star Harry Baur. Baur plays Jean Read More

Le Grand Jeu

Actors: Charles Vanel, Marie Bell, Françoise Rosay, Pierre Richard-Willm, Camille Bert

Synopsis: Jacques Feyder's sole directorial contribution in 1934 (and his first film since 1931) was the superior Foreign Legion melodrama Le Grand Jeu (The Full Deck). Scripted by frequent Feyder collaborator Charles Spaak, the film focuses on Pierre Martel (Pierre Richard-Willm), whose efforts to support Read More

Roi De Camargue

Actors: Charles Vanel, Simone Bourday, Jeanne Fusier-Gir

Au Bout Du Monde

Actors: Line Noro, Pierre Blanchar, Charles Vanel

Au Nom de la Loi

Actors: Marcelle Chantal, Gabriel Gabrio, Charles Vanel, Jean Marchat

Synopsis: Indefatigable French director Maurice Tourneur launched his three-picture schedule for 1932 with Au Nom de la Toi (In the Name of the Law). Marcelle Chantal plays the lovely but lethal head of an opium-smuggling ring. When Chantal orders the murder of a detective, another sleuth, played by Charles Vanel Read More

Gitanes

Actors: Charles Vanel, Vanah Yami

Les Croix de Bois

Actors: Pierre Blanchar, Gabriel Gabrio, Raymond Aimos, Antonin Artaud, Charles Vanel, Paul Azäis

Synopsis: Les Croix de Bois (Wooden Crosses) may well be the most powerful anti-war film ever made; certainly it is the grimmest and most uncompromising. Starting with an impressionistic shot of a gloomy hillside studded with white grave markings, the film delineates the hopelessness and horror of war in Read More

Affaire Classee

Crew: Director

Actors: Charles Vanel, Pierre Larquey, Gabriel Gabrio

Faubourg Montmartre

Actors: Charles Vanel, Gaby Morlay, Line Noro, Pierre Bertin, Pauline Carton, Andre Dubosc

Synopsis: Faubourg Montmartre is based on a novel by Henri Duvernois. The title refers to the "street women" of Paris's Montmartre district. The virtuous heroine is the sister of a dope-addicted whore who is attempting to force her sibling into a life of crime. Despite the threats and entreaties of the Read More

L'Arlesienne

Actors: Blanche Montel, Germaine Dermoz, Jose Noguero, Charles Vanel

La Maison Jaune De Rio

Actors: Charles Vanel, Renee Heribel, Jacques Maury

Maison De Danses

Actors: Charles Vanel, Gaby Morlay, Jose Noguero, Van Daele

Synopsis: The first of Maurice Tourneur's two 1931 films, Maison de Dance is the story of dime-a-dance girl Gaby Morlay. Plying her trade in a Spanish port town, Morlay is lustfully pursued by her boss, as well as by two brothers, both local fishermen. Eloping with one of the siblings, Morlay touches off a Read More

Chique

Actors: Charles Vanel

Le Capitaine Jaune

Actors: Kiki, Valery Inkijinoff, Charles Vanel

Accusee - Levez Vous

Actors: Charles Vanel, Gaby Morlay, André Roanne, Jean Dax

Synopsis: Veteran filmmaker Maurice Tourneur made his talking-picture bow with 1930's Accusee - Levez Vous (Accused - Stand Up) The story opens during rehearsals of a Parisian musical revue. The star, a fading actress hoping for a comeback, inaugurates a romance with the male half of a knife-throwing act. Read More

La Femme Revée

Actors: Arlette Marchal, Alice Roberts, Charles Vanel, Harry Pilcer

Les Fourchambault

Actors: Charles Vanel

Synopsis: Fourchambault was adapted from a 19th-century stage play by Emile Augier. Abandoned by her sweetheart, the heroine, Mme Bernard, raises her son by herself. The boy grows up to become a powerful ship-builder, totally unaware of the identity of her father. Eventually, Mme. Bernard reveals that her Read More

Dans La Nuit

Crew: Director

Actors: Sandra Milovanoff, Charles Vanel

Synopsis: Silent films that were produced at the end of the silent era tend to be overlooked when praise for outstanding filmmaking is handed out. This premiere production by Charles Vanel is no exception. It was shot in 1929, when "talkies" were already the mainstay of all new productions. Even when it Read More

Waterloo

L'Equipage

Actors: Claire de Lorez, Georges Charlia, Jean Dax, Pierre de Guingand

Synopsis: This first film version of Joseph Kessel's wartime novel L'Equipage was adapted for the screen by its director, Maurice Tourneur. The story focuses on the exploits of a French flying squadron, commandeered by lieutenant Jean Dax. A hothead and a nonconformist, Dax is roundly disliked by everyone Read More

Le Passager

Actors: Charles Vanel, Jean Mercanton

Paname N' Est Pas Paris

Actors: Jaque Catelain, Charles Vanel

Feu

Actors: Dolly Davis, Charles Vanel, Maxudian, Pierre Brasseur

L'Esclave Blanche

Actors: Renee Heribel, Liane Haid, Charles Vanel

Charite

Actors: Jeanne Helbling, Gaston Jacquet, Charles Vanel

La Proie du Vent

Actors: Sandra Milovanoff, Charles Vanel, Jean Murat

Martyre

Actors: Suzy Vernon, Charles Vanel, Maxime des Jardins

Nitchevo

Actors: Lilian Hall-Davis, Suzy Vernon, Charles Vanel, Marcel Vibert

600 000 Francs Par Mois

Actors: Madeleine Guitty, Nicolas Koline, Charles Vanel

La Flamme

Actors: Colette Darfeuil, Charles Vanel, Henry Vibart

Le Reveil

Actors: Isobel Elsom, Charles Vanel, Maxudian

Barocco

Actors: Suzy Vernon, Jean Angelo, Charles Vanel

Pecheur d'Islande

Actors: Sandra Milovanoff, Charles Vanel

Les Cinquante Ans De Don Juan

Actors: Leon Mathot, Charles Vanel

La Nuit De La Revanche

Actors: Rachel Devirys, Charles Vanel, Leon Mathot

L'Autre Aile

Actors: Jean Murat, Charles Vanel

La Flambee De Reves

Actors: Sandra Milovanoff, Suzanne Bianchetti, Eric Barclay, Charles Vanel

L'Atre

Actors: Charles Vanel, Maurice Schutz

La Maison Du Mystere

Actors: Ivan Mosjoukine, Charles Vanel

Le Vol

Actors: Denise Legeay, Charles Vanel

La Mendiante De Saint Sulpice

Actors: Gaby Morlay, Maxime des Jardins, Charles Vanel

Gypsy Passion

Actors: Jean Richepin, Ivor Novello

Synopsis: World War I stunted the progress of cinema in Europe for several years and the French were still trying to catch up in 1922. This romantic melodrama, directed by Louis Mercanton, was not as technically advanced as American made films and had to be edited for U.S. consumption, but it had several Read More

Possession

Actors: Reginald Owen, Paul Capellani, Harrison Brown

Synopsis: This European-made adventure was based on the novel, Phroso, by Sir. Anthony Hope. Lord Wheatley (Reginald Owen) decides to purchase an island, Neopalia, a Turkish possession in the Aegean Sea. But when he travels there to take it over, the natives don't want to give it up, and they insist that Read More

Tempêtes

Actors: Nathalie Lissenko, Ivan Mosjoukine, Charles Vanel

Crepuscule D'epouvante

Actors: Victor Francen, Charles Vanel

La Fille De Camargue

Actors: Stacia Napierkowska, Charles Vanel

L'Enfant Du Carnaval

Actors: Nathalie Lissenko, Ivan Mosjoukine, Charles Vanel, Paul Ollivier

Miarka La Fille A L'Ourse

Actors: Charles Vanel, Jean Richepin