Jean-Pierre Aumont Filmography

Born:: January 5, 1911 in Paris, France
Occupation:: Actor
Birth name:: Jean-Pierre Salomons
Biography:: Throughout his lengthy screen and stage career, French actor Jean-Pierre Aumont served as the very essence of sophistication, adding a touch of grace and class to even the least noteworthy production. Born Jean Pierre-Salomon in Paris on January 5, 1909, he was the product of a wealthy family, and...Read More

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Messieurs Les Enfants

Actors: Pierre Arditi, François Morel, Zinedine Soualem, Catherine Jacob, Jean-Louis Richard

Synopsis: This French family fantasy follows in the footsteps of the fine and funny Big (1988). Solemn French schoolteacher Albert Crastaing (Jean-Louis Richard) punishes a trio of 12-year-olds by having them write a Kafkaesque essay with a body-switching premise, cueing the film's storyline of kids Read More

10/1/97
The Proprietor

Actors: Jeanne Moreau, Sean Young, Josh Hamilton, Austin Pendleton, Sam Waterston, Christopher Cazenove, Nell Carter

Synopsis: Noted producer Ismail Merchant stepped up to the director's chair for this drama. Adrienne Mark (Jeanne Moreau) is the most acclaimed French novelist of her generation, whose best known work, Je M'Appelle France, was an international best-seller made into an award-winning French film (and a Read More

1996
Jefferson in Paris

Actors: Nick Nolte, Greta Scacchi, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Simon Callow, Seth Gilliam

Synopsis: Best known for their historical epics that examine class and social issues in British life through a thick lens of tasteful production design and good manners, director James Ivory and producer Ismail Merchant set their sights on an American protagonist for a change with Jefferson in Paris. As the Read More

1995
Giorgino

Actors: John Abineri, Jeff Dahlgren, Mylene Farmer, Joss Ackland, Louise Fletcher

Synopsis: This lush French melodrama set in post World War I Europe was filmed on location in remote areas of the Czech Republic and Slovakia. The film is set in October 1918 and follows the return of Giorgino, a French lieutenant, as he searches a strange and spooky village for the retarded children he Read More

1994
Becoming Colette

Actors: Klaus Maria Brandauer, Mathilda May, Virginia Madsen, Paul Rhys, John van Dreelen

Synopsis: Danny Huston's Becoming Colette purports to be an account of the early formative years of French author Gabrielle Colette (Mathilda May) and her evolution from naive country bumpkin to a Parisian socialite in a George Sand suit. The film turns up the heat with Colette as a teen with a crush on her Read More

11/6/92
Le Dernier Mot

Actors: Maria Schell, Jacques Weber, Marie-Therese Relin, Jean-Pierre Aumont

1990
A Tale of Two Cities

Synopsis: The fourth presentation of Masterpiece Theatre's 1989-90 season, a four-part adaptation of Dickens' Tale of Two Cities, was so lavish an undertaking (especially for TV) that it ended up a Production of Two Cities. Part of the program was taped at London's Granada studios, while the remaining Read More

1989
Windmills of the Gods

Actors: David Ackroyd, Michael Moriarty, Franco Nero, Jaclyn Smith

Synopsis: Windmills of the Gods was adapted for television by John Gay from a best-selling novel by Sidney Sheldon. Jaclyn Smith plays an American college professor, appointed US ambassador to Romania. While attending a peace conference, Jaclyn's life is placed in jeopardy by an all-powerful secret Read More

1988
À Notre Regrettable Epoux

Actors: Jacqueline Maillan, Alida Valli, Jacques Dufilho, Pierre Tornade, Jean-Pierre Aumont

Synopsis: In this lifeless black comedy, Hermoine (Jacqueline Maillan) and Catarina (Alida Valli) are shocked to learn their late husband Alexandre (Jean-Pierre Aumont) was a bigamist. They combine forces to search for the hidden loot in a rambling French mansion and fend off a school of slimy, money-hungry Read More

1988
Sweet Country

Actors: Jane Alexander, John Cullum, Carole Laure, Franco Nero, Joanna Pettet

Synopsis: The Chilean Revolution of 1973 provides the framework of this propaganda drama that chronicles the aftermath of the assassination of President Salvador Allende. Much of the story centers on the effects the revolution has upon an American couple who lived there during the tumult. ~ Sandra Brennan Read More

1/23/87
Johnny Monroe

Actors: Jean-Luc Orofino, Philippe Caroit, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Marisa Pavan

Synopsis: Johnny Monroe may be small in stature, but size is no measure of a person's capacity to enjoy life. In this touching buddy-picture, Monroe, a little person, befriends a young mute man after the lad saves him from a beating by some toughs. Johnny is actively involved in the criminal world but is Read More

1987
On A Vole Charlie Spencer

Actors: Francis Huster, Béatrice Dalle, Isabelle Nanty, Jacques Spiesser, Jean-Pierre Aumont

Synopsis: Students of film history will appreciate the many tributes to famous films of yore which appear in this first-time feature directed and written by former drama teacher Francis Huster. In the story, a mild-mannered bank clerk has heroic dreams of being a real he-man. Given his diffident, shy Read More

1986
The Blood of Others

Actors: Jodie Foster, Michael Ontkean, Sam Neill, Marie Bunel, Lambert Wilson, Stéphane Audran, Jean-Pierre Aumont

Synopsis: Produced on behalf of the HBO cable service, The Blood of Others is a rare venture into English-language filmmaking by Claude Chabrol. Set during World War II, the film stars Jodie Foster and Michael Ontkean as a pair of French resistance fighters. If you can swallow that, then you'll accept New Read More

1984
La Java Des Ombres

Actors: Tchéky Karyo, France Camus, Anne Alvaro, Jean-Pierre Aumont

Synopsis: In this polemical look at a revolutionary released from prison and bent on getting back at the right-wing conservatives who got him into prison in the first place, director Romain Goupil uses a heavier hand than in his earlier, well-received film, Mourir a 30 Ans. There is a certain amount of Read More

1983
Maria Chapdelaine

Actors: Carole Laure, Nick Mancuso, Claude Rich, Amulette Garneau

Synopsis: Strict behavior codes and the struggle to eke out a living provide a backdrop to this romantic drama set at the turn of the 20th century in rural, northern Quebec. Maria Chapdelaine (Carole Laure) returns to the home of her parents in a remote village, and during the period of one year, has her Read More

1983
La Villa delle Anime Maledette

Synopsis: Spanish director Carlo Ausino has crafted a nifty little ghost story about a cursed villa in Turin and the three relatives who inherit it. Two bickering brothers and their cousin Elisa Beba Loncar -- who haven't seen each other since childhood -- are brought together after the siblings' mother Read More

4/15/82
A Time for Miracles

Synopsis: This drama chronicles the real-life story of Native America's first declared saint, Elizabeth Bayley Seton. ~ Kristie Hassen, All Movie Guide Read More

1980
Allons Z'enfants

Actors: Lucas Belvaux, Jean Carmet, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Jean-François Stévenin, Jean-Claude Dreyfus

Synopsis: The Boy Soldier is set in the 1930s and is based on a novel by Yves Gibeau, a book that has the unusual distinction of being banned in military precincts in France. In the film, a young fellow, Simon Chalumet (Lucas Belvaux) is sent to a military school by his overbearing father, an ex-soldier who Read More

1980
The Memory of Eva Ryker

Actors: Natalie Wood

Synopsis: Donald A. Stanwood's original novel The Memory of Eva Ryker used the Titanic tragedy as its launching pad. This made-for-TV adaptation of Stanwood's book moved the action up some 27 years, motivating its plotline with the torpedoing of an Athenia-type luxury liner in 1939. The film flashes forward Read More

1980
Beggarman, Thief

Actors: Jean Simmons, Glenn Ford, Lynn Redgrave, Tovah Feldshuh, Andrew Stevens

Synopsis: Beggarman, Thief is the 4-hour sequel to the ratings-busting miniseries Rich Man, Poor Man; both productions were based on the works of novelist Irwin Shaw. For the purposes of the sequel, a new member of the Jordache clan is introduced: filmmaker Gretchen Jordache Burke, played by Jean Simmons. Read More

1979
Something Short of Paradise

Actors: Susan Sarandon, David Steinberg, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Marilyn Sokol, Joe Grifasi

Synopsis: The relationship between Madeleine Ross (Susan Sarandon), a journalist, and Harris Sloane (David Steinberg), an art theater owner is the focus of this standard love story. Neither protagonist is shown being very active in their respective careers, especially considering how active they are in Read More

1979
Two Solitudes

Actors: Jean-Pierre Aumont, Stacy Keach, Gloria Carlin, Chris Wiggins, Claude Jutra

Synopsis: This drama examines the tensions felt between French and English speaking Canadians after WW I as it tells the story of a town squire interested in promoting industry in his village. Unfortunately, his son betrays him and with the help of another, he reveals his father's true, antireligious Read More

1978
Blackout

Actors: James Mitchum, Robert Carradine, Belinda Montgomery, June Allyson, Jean-Pierre Aumont

Synopsis: In this above-average, exciting Canadian-made action thriller, four psychopaths, led by Christie (Robert Carradine) take over and vandalize a ritzy Manhattan apartment building during the New York power blackout. They move from apartment to apartment, victimizing the occupants until stopped by the Read More

1978
Des Journées Entières Dans Les Arbres

Actors: Madeleine Renaud, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Bulle Ogier

Synopsis: A woman (Madeleine Renaud) whose son (Jean-Pierre Aumont) has been estranged from her for years travels to visit him in Paris. Despite offers of money and position, he would prefer to remain a petty thief, gigolo, and paid dancer rather than have anything to do with his mother. She has factories Read More

1976
Catherine et Cie.

Actors: Jane Birkin, Patrick Dewaere, Jean-Claude Brialy, Vittorio Caprioli, Jean-Pierre Aumont

Synopsis: Jane Birkin stars in this sex farce as a young British prostitute in Paris who, after her soft-core business fails, decides to go big-time and incorporate herself, selling stock to four disparate investors. ~ Kristie Hassen, All Movie Guide Read More

10/22/75
Two Missionaries

1975
Mahogany

Actors: Diana Ross, Billy Dee Williams, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Beah Richards, Nina Foch

Synopsis: Directed by Berry Gordy, Jr. as a vehicle for his star Diana Ross, Mahogany traces the life of a poor girl who makes it in the fashion world (first as a model, then designer) and deserts her boyfriend (Billy Dee Williams) in the meantime, hooking up instead with a photographer (Anthony Perkins). Read More

1975
The Happy Hooker

Actors: Lynn Redgrave, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Lovelady Powell, Elizabeth Wilson

Synopsis: Lynn Redgrave stars as New York madam Xaviera Hollander in this romp based on Hollander's rise to the top of the sex-for-hire industry. ~ Jason Ankeny, All Movie Guide Read More

1975
Le Chat et la Souris

Actors: Michèle Morgan, Serge Reggiani, Philippe Léotard, Valerie Lagrange, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Philippe Labro

Synopsis: A detective is on a case of homicide and he gets more involved than his police department may have intended in this French mystery. ~ Kristie Hassen, All Movie Guide Read More

1975
Porgi l'Altra Guancia

Actors: Terence Hill, Bud Spencer

Synopsis: Among the spice plantations of Columbia are to be found any number of abused peasant farmers. Normally, the great landlords expect the church to support them and at the same time keep the natives quiet. In this Italian family comedy, the ruthless spice masters are instead saddled with two of the Read More

12/21/74
Day for Night

Actors: Jacqueline Bisset, Valentina Cortese, François Truffaut, Alexandra Stewart, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Jean-Pierre Léaud, Dani

Synopsis: Known to English-speaking audiences as Day for Night, La nuit américaine was director François Truffaut's loving and humorous tribute to the communal insanity of making a movie. The film details the making of a family drama called "Meet Pamela" about the tragedy that follows when a young French Read More

9/7/73
L'Homme Au Cerveau Greffe

Synopsis: In this drama, a famed dying surgeon has his brain transplanted into the body of a race car driver who is dying of brain trauma. The operation is a success and the surgeon is happy--until he discovers that the racer's lover is his own daughter. Now what can he do? ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

3/29/72
Castle Keep

Actors: Burt Lancaster, Patrick O'Neal, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Peter Falk, Scott Wilson, Bruce Dern

Synopsis: This decidedly different war movie follows Maj. Abraham Falconer (Burt Lancaster), a tired, one-eyed Army officer, as he leads eight men into Belgium where they hope to take a much-needed rest at a 10th century castle. The master of the house, Henri Tixier (Jean-Pierre Aumont), welcomes them with Read More

1969
El Coleccionista de Cadaveres

Synopsis: Also known as Cauldron of Blood, Blind Man's Bluff is a Spanish-made horror film long on gore but short on logic. Several beautiful models have disappeared, and the prime suspect is blind sculptor Boris Karloff, a surly and secretive sort who produces skeletal statues. Lovely model Rosanda Monteros Read More

1967
Carnival of Crime

Synopsis: In this thriller, a man confesses to the murder of his business partner's wife, his former lover, after her body is finally found. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

1964
The Horse without a Head

Synopsis: Filmed on location in Paris, Disney's Horse Without a Head stars Jean-Pierre Aumont as police-inspector Sinet. The inspector's well-ordered existence is turned upside down by a group of youngsters who insist upon racing their headless toy horse up and down the streets of Paris. Villainous Herbert Lom Read More

1963
Vacances Portugaises

Actors: Françoise Arnoul, Michel Auclair, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Jean-Marc Bory, Catherine Deneuve

Synopsis: In this offbeat ensemble comedy from French New Wave director Pierre Kast, Françoise Arnoul and Michel Auclair star as Mathilde and Michel, a couple who rents a chateau for the weekend. To liven things up, Mathilde invites a diverse group of guests to enjoy the scenic retreat. Among the eclectic Read More

1963
Le Couteau dans la Plaie

Actors: Sophia Loren, Anthony Perkins, Gig Young, Jean-Pierre Aumont

Synopsis: This tragic and suspenseful tale of domestic abuse concerns a couple who have drifted far from the intent of their marriage vows. Bob (Anthony Perkins) is a former soldier who met Lisa (Sophia Loren) when she was a poor girl living in Italy. After they marry, they take up residence in Paris where Read More

6/30/62
Les Sept Péchés Capitaux

Actors: Marie-José Nat, Jacques Charrier, 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
Una Domenica d'Estate

Actors: Anna Maria Ferrero, Eddie Bracken, Ulla Jacobsson, Karin Baal, Jean-Pierre Aumont

Synopsis: A light frolic at the beach with sun and sex both foremost on the scene, this standard comedy by director Giulio Petroni is that much better for the comic work of Ugo Tognazzi and Raimondo Vianello as Benito and Adolfo, two undertakers who enjoy a bit of fun at the beach before they have to go in Read More

1962
The Devil at 4 O'clock

Actors: Spencer Tracy, Frank Sinatra, Kerwin Mathews, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Gregoire Aslan

Synopsis: Spencer Tracy plays an American priest tending to the natives of a South Sea island. A plane carrying three convicts -- Harry (Frank Sinatra), Marcel Gregoire Aslan and Charlie Bernie Hamilton) -- lands on the island; Father Doonan (Tracy) manages to enlist their (reluctant) aid in working at a Read More

1961
The Enemy General

Actors: Van Johnson, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Dany Carrel, Françoise Prevost

Synopsis: A routine wartime tale of double-crossing spies and Nazi evils, The Enemy General is about the stereotypical, not exceedingly brilliant, and crass fascist Gen. Bruger (John Van Dreelen) who is one of the targets of the French Resistance movement. When Lemaire (Van Johnson) gets the unwanted Read More

1960
John Paul Jones

Actors: Robert Stack, Marisa Pavan, Charles Coburn, Jean-Pierre Aumont, MacDonald Carey

Synopsis: Robert Stack stars in this sea-faring historical epic as John Paul Jones, the first great hero of the American Navy. While originally a loyal soldier of the King's army, Jones in time becomes a fervent supporter of the American Revolutionaries, and he volunteers to lead the colonists' ragtag fleet Read More

1959
The Seventh Sin

Actors: Eleanor Parker, Bill Travers, George Sanders, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Françoise Rosay

Synopsis: A remake of The Painted Veil (which was itself based upon a novel by W. Somerset Maugham), The Seventh Sin stars Eleanor Parker as Carol Carwin, a cold, self-centered woman married to a caring, dedicated doctor (played by Bill Travers). Ignorant of what a fine man she is married to and eager for Read More

1957
Hilda Crane

Actors: Jean Simmons, Guy Madison, Judith Evelyn, Evelyn Varden

Synopsis: In this tearjerker, a woman, depressed with the course of her life after two failed marriages and a tepid career, decides to return to her hometown and find happiness with her ex-boyfriend. Unfortunately, his cruel and manipulative mother presents a formidable obstacle to their happiness. To Read More

1956
Napoléon

Actors: Raymond Pellegrin, Daniel Gélin, Sacha Guitry, Michèle Morgan, Jean-Pierre Aumont

Synopsis: Showing no signs of slowing down in his 70th year, Sacha Guitry served as director and writer of the lavish historical epic Napoleon, and also costarred as Talleyrand. It is now hard to assess the quality of the film, since most American prints are severely edited, and the color photography Read More

3/25/55
Mademoiselle De Paris

Actors: Gisèle Pascal, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Jean Marchat

1955
Si Versailles M'Etait Conté

Actors: Sacha Guitry, Jean Marais, Michel Auclair, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Georges Marchal, 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

1954
Dix Huit Heures D'Escale

Actors: Georges Marchal, Maria Mauban, Jean-Pierre Aumont

1954
Koenigsmark

Actors: Jean-Pierre Aumont, Silvana Pampanini, Renée Faure, Roldano Lupi

Synopsis: This 1953 French historical melodrama was the fourth film version of Pierre Benoit's novel Koenigsmark. Jean-Pierre Aumont stars as a court historian named Vignerte, who comes to the titular duchy to do research. Instead, Vignerte spends his time romancing the Duchess Aurora (Sylvana Pampanini) Read More

4/4/53
Charge of the Lancers

Actors: Paulette Goddard, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Richard Stapley, Karin [Katharine] Booth, Charles Irwin

Synopsis: Charge of the Lancers is an all too typical Columbia "B" adventure film of the 1950s, with inexpensive sets, fading stars, and miles of stock footage. Paulette Goddard, pushing 50, plays a lively gypsy girl who romance an British military officer (the robustly non-British Jean-Pierre Aumont) Read More

1953
The Gay Adventure

Actors: Burgess Meredith, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Kathleen Harrison, Richard Murdoch

Synopsis: Three disparate male travellers quietly amuse themselves by fantasizing about the same beautiful blonde in this interesting, episodic comedy. A French bus driver sees her first and promptly imagines that she is a seductive photographer's model. In his fantasy, the two end up having a passionate Read More

1953
Lili

Actors: Leslie Caron, Mel Ferrer, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Kurt Kasznar

Synopsis: Based on the story by Paul Gallico, Lili stars Leslie Caron as the title character, a 16-year-old waif who runs off to join a carnival. Embittered, crippled puppeteer Mel Ferrer treats Lili with contempt; only by speaking through his puppets is Ferrer able to express his genuine love for the girl. Read More

1953
Les Loups Chassent La Nuit

Actors: Jean-Pierre Aumont, Carla Del Poggio, Fernand Ledoux, Marcel Herrand

Synopsis: Set in Venice, this espionage thriller concerns a gang of saboteurs who've been targeting French military installations. Gallic secret service agent Cyril (Jean Pierre Aumont) is sent to investigate. His progress is impeded by worldly-wise cabaret singer Katherine (Carla del Poggio), who may or Read More

2/6/52
Ultimo Incontro

Actors: Alida Valli, Amedeo Nazzari, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Vittorio Sanipoli

Synopsis: Alida Valli delivers one of her finest performances in the Italian Ultimo Incontro. Based on La Biondina, a 19th-century suspense novel by Marco Praga, the script has been updated to the Milan of 1951. Valli plays Lina, the faithless wife of wealthy Piero (Amadeo Nazzari). After entering into an Read More

1952
Moineaux de Paris

Actors: Jean-Pierre Aumont

1952
Revenge of the Pirates

Synopsis: This Italian/Spanish swashbuckler was released in Europe as La Vendetta Del Corsaro. In some English-speaking markets, it bore the name Pirates Revenge. No matter how you spell it, this is a strictly formula affair, right down to the Korngoldesque music whenever the pirates attack. Its one Read More

1951
L'Amant de Paille

Actors: Louis de Funès, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Gaby Sylvia, Alfred Adam

1950
L'Homme De Joie

Actors: Jean-Pierre Aumont, Simone Renant, Jacques Morel

1950
Hans le Marin

Actors: Maria Montez, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Lilli Palmer, Roger Blin

Synopsis: The French Hans le Marin secured an American distributor on the strength of its three stars. Jean-Pierre Aumont plays the title character, a Canadian sailor docked in Marseilles. Here he carries on a torrid romance with cabaret owner Dolores (Maria Montez). When he is robbed and left for dead Read More

1949
La Vie Commence Demain

Actors: Jean-Pierre Aumont, André S. Labarthe, Jean-Paul Sartre

Synopsis: Documentary filmmaker Nicole Vedre's first semi-fictional feature was released in France in 1949 as La Vie Commence Demain. The film made it to the U.S. in 1952 as Life Begins Tomorrow. Made in cooperation with UNESCO, the film speculates on the future of mankind after the advent of Atomic Energy. Read More

1949
The First Gentleman

Actors: Jean-Pierre Aumont, Joan Hopkins, Cecil Parker, Ronald Squire, Athene Seyler

Synopsis: Jean-Pierre Aumont heads the largely British cast of Affairs of a Rogue. Set in the years just following the Napoleonic wars, the film casts Aumont as Leopold, a poverty-stricken German prince. Leopold casts his romantic spell upon Charlotte (Joan Hopkins), the daughter of England's Prince Regent (Cecil Parker Read More

1948
Siren of Atlantis

Actors: Maria Montez, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Dennis O'Keefe, Henry Daniell, Morris Carnovsky

Synopsis: Siren of Atlantis is the third movie version of Pierre Benoit's fantasy novel L'Atlantide, first film in 1921. Jean-Pierre Aumont and Dennis O'Keefe star as Foreign Legionnaires Andre and Jean, who while on a routine mission in the African desert stumble upon the sunken city of Atlantis. Once Read More

1948
Song of Scheherazade

Actors: Yvonne De Carlo, Patricia Alphin, Brian Donlevy, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Eve Arden, Phillip Reed, William Brooks

Synopsis: Bearing little resemblance to reality, this musical biography of 19th century Russian composer Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov takes liberal poetic license with the truth.