Jacques CharrierFilmography

Occupation:: Actor
Biography:: French actor and producer Jacques Charrier was born to a family of military men in Metz, France. He broke with family tradition to become an artist. First he tried ceramics and then began acting on the stage. In 1958, he entered films. He typically played leading roles, but gained the most...Read More

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Les Volets Clos

Actors: Marie Bell, Jacques Charrier, Catherine Rouvel, Lucienne Bogaert

Synopsis: Thomas (Jacques Charrier) is a sailor who has deserted from the Navy in this gentle French drama. He has found refuge in a seaside bordello. Romantic difficulties blossom as he and Flora (Catherine Rouvert), one of the house's prostitutes, fall in love with each other. When he hurts her, however Read More

1972
Eglantine

Crew: Producer

Synopsis: In this family drama, set in 1895, an 11-year old must spend the summer at his grandmother's house. Also there are his two female cousins. His grandmother keeps them well entertained with her fascinating stories. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

1972
Les Soleils de l'Île de Pâques

Actors: Norma Bengell, Françoise Brion, Jacques Charrier, Maurice Garrel

Synopsis: An international group of travelers trek around the world, from France to Brazil and Chile and, finally, to Easter Island, where some of their number are chosen to meet aliens who resemble small suns. One man who was not chosen tags along uninvited. For punishment, he is given the task of guarding Read More

1972
Les Creatures

Actors: Michel Piccoli, Catherine Deneuve, Jacques Charrier, Eva Dahlbeck, Nino Castelnuovo

Synopsis: French New Wave filmmaker Agnes Varda writes and directs the intellectual drama Les Creatures. Michel Piccoli plays a novelist who gets in a severe car accident. He is injured and his wife (Catherine Deneuve) is rendered mute. They move to a small village on an island in order to recuperate, and Read More

1969
Sirocco D'Hiver

Crew: Producer

Actors: Jacques Charrier, Marina Vlady, Eva Swann, Jozsef Madaras, Istvan Bujtor

Synopsis: A group of anarchistic Croatians cross borders to carry out their assassination plots in order to create political chaos. There are no heroes, only a collection of despicable humans. A lesbian couple rapes and terrorizes a roomful of women who are ordered to disrobe and perform unwanted sex acts Read More

1969
Money-Money

Actors: Jacques Charrier, Adriana Bogdan, Nella Bielski, Pascal Aubier

Synopsis: A disillusioned worker laments over his low-paying job and his wife's constant appetite for money and career advancement. Raoul (Jacques Charrier) goes on a spending binge, passing bad checks to buy an American sportscar and other items. Later, a wealthy American offers him a job and makes eyes Read More

1968
The Oldest Profession

Actors: Michele Mercier, Elsa Martinelli, Enrico Maria Salerno, Jeanne Moreau, Gabriele Tinti, Raquel Welch, Gastone Moschin

Synopsis: In this anthology, six French filmmakers each contributed a vignette, offering their take on the history of prostitution. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

4/21/67
À Belles Dents

Actors: Mireille Darc, Jacques Charrier, Paul Hubschmid, Daniel Gélin

Synopsis: Eva Mireille Darc is an orphaned country girl who comes to the big city looking for love in this old-fashioned melodrama. Getting a job as an au pair, Eva is noticed by her employer, a fashion photographer. She becomes a cover-girl model and finds steady work and a steady architect boyfriend, but Read More

1966
Marie Soleil

Actors: Danièle Delorme, Jacques Charrier, Chantal Darget, Genevieve Brunet, Roger Blin, Michel Piccoli

Synopsis: In the film directorial debut of Antoine Bourseiller, Marie (Daniele Delorme) is a barmaid and single mother to a child fathered by a black man. She is cautious to commit to another man until she nearly falls for Axel (Jacques Charrier), a younger man who has dreams of social-climbing ambition. Read More

1965
La Vie Conjugale

Actors: Marie-José Nat, Jacques Charrier, Michel Subor, Gianni Esposito

Synopsis: A married couple presents their separate views on the state of their marriage in this domestic drama. The two segments are titled ""My Days with Jean-Marc" and "My Nights with Francoise." ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

1/30/64
Les Sept Péchés Capitaux

Actors: Jacques Charrier, Marie-José Nat, Eddie Constantine, Nicole Mirel, Dany Saval, Marina Vlady, Claude Brasseur

Synopsis: The seven major sins receive treatment from some of France's greatest directors in this lively portmanteau. "Anger" by Dhomme, chronicles a single horrific day when every bowl of soup in France is found to contain a fly. This causes a devastating nationwide revolt. "Envy" by Molinaro tells the Read More

1962
L'Oeil du Malin

Actors: Jacques Charrier, Stéphane Audran, Walter Reyer

Synopsis: In this French drama, a struggling writer is taken in by a successful author and his wife who allow him to use their Bavarian chateau so he can write his stories about Germany. The young writer is a bitter man, jealous of the couple's happiness. He decides he will destroy it, so when the older Read More

1962
À Cause, À Cause D'Une Femme

Actors: Jacques Charrier, Marie Laforêt, Juliette Mayniel, Mylène Demongeot

1962
Tiro al Piccione

Actors: Jacques Charrier, Francisco Rabal

Synopsis: This uneven Italian wartime drama looks at the conflict in World War II from another perspective, that of a young fascist. Rather than touting Nazi philosophy as acceptable, the story focuses on Marco (Jacques Charrier), a young soldier in the Italian army, and his first critical examination of Read More

1961
La Belle Americaine

Actors: Robert Dhéry, Colette Brosset, Catherine Sola, Michel Serrault, Alfred Adam, Christian Marin

Synopsis: In this French variation on Mark Twain's Man with a Million story, a man's life is completely changed by the acquisition of a new car. Marcel, a Chaplainesque factory worker, sets out to buy an old motorcycle and ends up getting a new Cadillac convertible (the "beautiful American" of the title) Read More

1961
La Main Chaude

Actors: Jacques Charrier, Macha Meril, Paulette Dubost, Alfred Adam

Synopsis: Intermittent sexual encounters and a sleazy group of protagonists provide some interest in this otherwise undistinguished story about avarice and love. A chain of similar events begins when a young woman decides to bilk her middle-age "sugar daddy" of some money. She is temporarily living with him Read More

2/3/60
Babette s'en va-t-en Guerre

Actors: Brigitte Bardot, Jacques Charrier, Yves Vincent, Francis Blanche, Ronald Howard

Synopsis: Brigitte Bardot was at the height of her fame when she starred in this engagingly silly military comedy. Babette (Bardot) is a beautiful but unfortunately clueless young French woman who, in 1940, becomes a refugee when she seeks safe haven in England as the Germans move in to occupy her land. Read More

1959
Les Dragueurs

Actors: Jacques Charrier, Charles Aznavour, Anouk Aimée, Nicole Berger, Dany Robin, Dany Carrel, Estella Blain

Synopsis: This is the first film directed by the well-known Jean-Pierre Mocky who at this stage in his young life had something in common with the age group in question -- two youths out on the night circuit, looking for women. Freddy (Jacques Charrier) and Joseph (Charles Aznavour) have high hopes as they Read More

1959
Les Tricheurs

Actors: Pascale Petit, Andréa Parisy, Jacques Charrier, Laurent Terzieff, Roland Le Saffre

Synopsis: Les Tricheurs (The Cheats) was director Marcel Carne's first film after a two-year absence from the screen. On the surface, the film is a gallic variation of an American "j.d." film, with young, aimless teenagers being led astray by jazz music rather than Rock 'N' Roll. But there's much more to Read More

10/10/58

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Jacques CharrierFilmography

Les Volets Clos

Eglantine

Les Soleils de l'Île de Pâques

Les Creatures

Sirocco D'Hiver

Money-Money

The Oldest Profession

À Belles Dents

Marie Soleil

La Vie Conjugale

Les Sept Péchés Capitaux

L'Oeil du Malin

À Cause, À Cause D'Une Femme

Tiro al Piccione

La Belle Americaine

La Main Chaude

Babette s'en va-t-en Guerre

Les Dragueurs

Les Tricheurs

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