Micheline PresleFilmography

Last Investigation

Actors: Jean-Pierre Cassel, Philippe Nahon, Jean-Claude Brialy, Micheline Presle, Yolande Moreau

Synopsis: When a retired police officer is forcefully checked into a senior citizen's home, a fatal accident involving one of the residents leads him to suspect foul play in this lighthearted thriller written and directed by Romuald Beugnon. Simon may be up there in years, but he still feels like he's got Read More

Les Sapins bleus

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Actors: Richard Bohringer, Robinson Stévenin, Stephane Metzger, Micheline Presle, William Nadylam

Synopsis: A cross-dressing man allows himself to be used as bait to trap a killer in this crime-drama. Bo Ancelin (Robinson Stevenin) is a twentysomething man from Brussels who feels most comfortable dressing and living as a woman. Some might see Bo's lifestyle as a marked contrast to that of his father, a Read More

Saltimbank

Actors: Jeanne Balibar, Jean-Christophe Bouvet, Jean-Marc Barr, Micheline Presle, Michèle Moretti

France Boutique

Actors: Karin Viard, François Cluzet, Nathalie Baye, Judith Godrëche, Bernard Menez

Chouchou

Actors: Gad Elmaleh, Alain Chabat, Claude Brasseur, Roschdy Zem, Catherine Frot

Synopsis: The comedy Chouchou has a cross-dressing gay immigrant as a main character. Chouchou (Gad Elmaleh) arrives illegally in Paris, where he finds a home thanks to a pair of kindly priests. He eventually finds work with a parishioner who allows him to clean her house while dressed in women's clothing. Read More

Vertiges de l'amour

Actors: Philippe Torreton, Julie Gayet, Sophie-Charlotte Husson, Jean Yanne, Micheline Presle

Les Ames calines

Actors: François Berléand, Laetitia Coti, Valérie Donzelli, Laure Duthilleul, Aurore Clément

Charmant Garçon

Actors: Patrick Chesnais, Alexandra Van Der Noot, Jean-François Balmer, Bernard Crombey, Samuel Labarthe

Synopsis: Can a man find true love with a woman who could easily do a lot better? Octave (Patrick Chesnais) would seem to fit most people's working definition of a loser -- even though he's over 50, he doesn't have a steady job, still lives with his mother (Micheline Presle), and spends most of his time Read More

Venus Beauty Institute

Actors: Nathalie Baye, Bulle Ogier, Samuel Le Bihan, Jacques Bonnaffé, Mathilde Seigner

Synopsis: A visually stylish comedy with dramatic overtones from director Tonie Marshall, Vénus Beauté (Institut) looks at the lives of three women who work at a small but successful beauty salon. Angele Nathalie Baye is an attractive woman just edging into middle age who is looking for companionship Read More

Le Voyage à Paris

Actors: Olivier Broche, François Morel, Micheline Presle, Marina Tomé, Valentin Morel

Synopsis: In this screwball comedy from France, Olivier Broche plays Daniel, a dim-witted tollbooth attendant in the French countryside who has always been fascinated by Paris, especially the Eiffel Tower, even though he's never actually been there. One day, despite the advice of his harridan mother (Micheline Presle Read More

Bad Company

Actors: Maud Forget, Lou Doillon, Micheline Presle, Ariane Ascaride, Robinson Stévenin

Synopsis: Inspired by true events that occurred in France in the mid-'90s, this French-language feature explores the relationship between two best friends who come from opposite sides of the tracks. Delphine (Maud Forget) is 14 years old and shy, a delicate and studious high-school patron who comes from an Read More

Enfants De Salaud

Actors: Anémone, Nathalie Baye, François Cluzet, Molly Ringwald, Jean Yanne

Synopsis: In a Brussels courthouse, notoriously brutal killer Julius Mandenne stands trial for dismembering a woman and cryptically painting the letter "s" on a wall with her tongue. Attending the gruesome trial are his four illegitimate off-spring, none of whom knew the other existed. With grim Gallic Read More

Fallait Pas!...

Actors: Gérard Jugnot, François Morel, Jean Yanne, Michèle Laroque

Synopsis: On the way to his wedding, Bernard (Gerar Jugnot) experiences car trouble. What could be more natural than to stop at the nearest respectable looking house and ask for help? How could he have known that at that very moment the house's residents, members of a cult, are busily committing mass Read More

Les Mille Et Une Recettes Du Cuisinier Amoureux

Actors: Pierre Richard, Micheline Presle, Nino Kirtadze, Timur Kamkhadze, Kakhi Kavsadze, Ramaz Chkhikvadze, Jean-Yves Gautier

Synopsis: A comically accented historical drama with culinary appeal, this film introduces us to Pascal Ichac (Pierre Richard), a French chef with a nose so sensitive that he can decipher the ingredients in a sauce with a single sniff. A true renaissance man, Pascal is a genius in the kitchen and a trained Read More

Les Misérables

Actors: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Michel Boujenah, Alessandra Martines, Annie Girardot, Philippe Léotard

Synopsis: Not a strict adaptation of the oft-filmed Victor Hugo classic, director Claude Lelouch's ambitious epic instead focuses on the story of two men, a father and a son, whose life stories bear striking similarities to Hugo's character Jean Valjean. The father is Henri Fortin (Jean-Paul Belmondo), a Read More

Le Journal D'Un Seducteur

Actors: Chiara Mastroianni, Melvil Poupaud, Hubert Saint-Macary, Serge Merlin, Mathieu Amalric

Synopsis: This gentle French comedy, takes an intellectualized look at the nature of a crush as it tells the tale of 20-year-old Claire, a young woman seemingly suffering a terminal case of ennui. She glumly goes through the minimal motions of living until she falls in love with handsome Gregoire, a highly Read More

Casque Bleu

Actors: Victoria Abril, Valérie Lemercier, Gérard Jugnot, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Micheline Presle

Synopsis: More than a dozen years ago, Patrick (Gerard Jugnot) and Alicia (Victoria Abril) began their relationship by chance at the Peace Inn Hotel on a Mediterranean island. However, despite the fact that they have returned to the place where they first fell in love, it will take more than that for their Read More

Pas Très Catholique

Actors: Anémone, Roland Bertin, Grégoire Colin, Michel Didym, Denis Podalydès

Synopsis: A private eye finds that her professional and personal lives are beginning to intertwine in this French drama. Maxime Chabrier (Anémone) is a woman in her mid-40s who works as a private detective. Despite her chain smoking and sloppy appearance, Maxime is regarded as a skilled investigator by her Read More

Je M'appelle Victor

Actors: Jeanne Moreau, Micheline Presle, Dominique Pinon, Julien Guiomar

Synopsis: No one knows, or is ever likely to know how many disabled or handicapped relatives have been hidden from the outside world in attics and basements over the years. In this wry comedy, Basile (Claudio Bucella) is an eleven-year old boy living in a rural French town (along with his mother) with his Read More

Fanfan

Actors: Sophie Marceau, Vincent Perez, Marine Delterme, Gerard Sety, Micheline Presle

Synopsis: Alexandre (Vincent Perez) has been through the cycle of seeing the initial passion in romantic encounters burn off and having the relationship become routine and boring. He thinks that this happens for two reasons: the courtship and wooing dance ends, and mere sex enters the picture. He is Read More

Der Andere Blick

Actors: Harold Nebenzal, Francis Lederer

Synopsis: This documentary explores the mystery of an inexplicable episode in the life of the otherwise highly esteemed Austrian film director G.W. Pabst (1885-1967). He was well known as a supporter of worker's causes and leftist movements up until 1939 and had directed any number of socially responsible Read More

Le Jour des Rois

Actors: Danielle Darrieux, Paulette Dubost, Micheline Presle, Michel Galabru

Après Après-Demain

Actors: Anémone, Simon de la Brosse, Agnes Soral, Claude Piéplu, Micheline Presle

Synopsis: In this romantic comedy, Paul (Simon de la Brosse), a good-looking gym teacher, falls hopelessly in love with Isabelle (Anemone) a very busy, professional fashion designer whose response to him runs both hot and cold, driving him to distraction. ~ Clarke Fountain, All Movie Guide Read More

V Comme Vengeance: Champs Clos

Le Chien Rompu

Actors: Micheline Presle, Vincent Vallier, John Arnold

La Fete des Peres

Actors: Thierry Lhermitte, Alain Souchon, Gunilla Karlzen, Remi Martin, Micheline Presle

Synopsis: In this comedy, Thomas and Stephane (Thierry Lhermitte and Alain Souchon) are a couple of gay men who want to raise a baby. When their efforts to adopt one fall through, they hit on the scheme of having Carole, the (gorgeous) young woman they have saved from a bad relationship, bear a child for Read More

I Want to Go Home

Actors: Adolph Green, Gérard Depardieu, Linda Lavin, Laura Benson, Micheline Presle

Synopsis: American humorist Jules Feiffer and French director Alain Resnais are oddly paired for this satirical comedy about an American cartoonist in Paris. Adolph Green is a stunner as Joey Wellman, a cantankerous American cartoonist traveling abroad for the first time. In tow is Lena Apthrop (Linda Read More

Alouette, Je Te Plumerai

Actors: Claude Chabrol, Valerie Allain, Fabrice Luchini, Micheline Presle

Synopsis: Pierre Vergne (Claude Chabrol) is an opportunist who weasels his way into the lives of the nurse Francoise (Valerie Allain) and her husband Jacques (Fabrice Luchini), an ambulance driver. He convinces the couple he is wealthy and hasn't long to live and that they will become the sole heirs to his Read More

Mignon E Partita

Actors: Stefania Sandrelli, Jean-Pierre Duriez, Massimo Dapporto, Celine Beauvallet

Synopsis: Giorgio (Leonardo Ruta) is infatuated with his pretty but pretentious 16-year-old cousin Mignon (Celine Beauvallet) in this light comedy. Mignon is the wealthy cousin from Paris who vacations in Italy during the summer. Giorgio falls for the aloof female while his mother (Stefania Sandrelli) has Read More

Beau Temps, Mais Orageux en Fin de Journee

Actors: Micheline Presle, Claude Piéplu, Xavier DeLuc, Tonie Marshall

Synopsis: This slice-of-life drama about an elderly couple and their estranged son covers twenty-four fateful hours that begin with the usual daily routine for the retired pair of former teachers (Micheline Presle and Claude Pieplu). Then their son telephones to say he will be coming over with his Read More

Le Chien

Actors: Micheline Presle, Véronique Silver, Jean-Luc Bideau, Francois Frapier

Synopsis: Grotesque and artless, this repugnant sexploitation film is about two unbalanced brothers who try to force an itinerant bum to rape their mother, and then all three men go after the promiscuous woman who lives next door. When it is revealed that the homeless man is none other than the father of Read More

The Blood of Others

Actors: Jodie Foster, Michael Ontkean, Sam Neill, Lambert Wilson, Marie Bunel, 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

Les Fausses Confidences

Actors: Brigitte Fossey, Fanny Cottençon, Michel Galabru, Micheline Presle

Synopsis: Les Fausses Confidences is a commedia dell'arte written in 1735 by the French playwright Pierre de Carlet Chamblain de Marivaux (1688-1763), mercifully known simply as Marivaux. This cinematic adaptation is by Daniel Moosmann, and it remains faithful to Marivaux' elegant wit and sensibilities. The Read More

En Haut Des Marches

Actors: Danielle Darrieux, Hélène Surgère, Francoise Lebrun, Nicolas Silberg, Gisèle Pascal

Synopsis: Françoise Canavaggia (Danielle Darrieux) heads back to Toulon in 1963 with murderous plans for the people who now inhabit the villa that had once been hers. After arriving in Toulon, Françoise meets up with her sister and a niece, both adding to her tendency toward self-analysis. But with images Read More

Les Voleurs de la Nuit

Actors: Véronique Jannot, Bobby Di Cicco, Victor Lanoux, Claude Chabrol, Stéphane Audran

Synopsis: Sam Fuller (1911-1997) directed this rather mediocre crime story about a Bonnie-and-Clyde couple -- how they got together and how they are pursued for a murder they never committed. François (Bobby Di Cicco) and Isabelle (Veronique Jannot) meet in an unemployment office, a likely place to find Read More

Archipel Des Amours

Actors: Françoise Fabian, Micheline Presle, Jean-Christophe Bouvet, Francoise Lebrun

Demons du midi

Actors: Pierre Mondy, Micheline Presle

Synopsis: Francois (Pierre Mondy) battles a mid-life crisis by becoming a bank robber in this tepid drama. He meets the young actress Rose (Micheline Presle), and takes her along as he tries to make his getaway to Spain after the police close in on him. An uneven mix of fantasy and the bizarre is thrown in Read More

Rien Ne Va Plus

Actors: Jacques Villeret, Eva Darlan, Roland Blanche, Philippe Khorsand, Tonie Marshall

Synopsis: Rien ne va plus, by director Jean-Michel Ribes, is a series of comedy sketches of disparate quality, on the social, cultural, and political foibles that make the French, French. Various settings and character types are given a once-over, including pseudo-intellectuals, punk bikers, right-wingers Read More

Tout Depend des Filles

Actors: Jean-Luc Bideau, Jean-Pierre Sentier, Christine Murillo, Tonie Marshall, Michel Galabru

Synopsis: Spiced with French humor and insouciance, this otherwise routine comedy is carried by the acting talents of Jean-Luc Bideau as Jean-Luc and Jean-Pierre Sentier as Mathieu. Jean-Luc is a wood carver of decorative, functional works that keep baguettes on the table while he longs to write his first Read More

Certaines Nouvelles

Actors: Micheline Presle, Gerard Lartigau, Bernadette Lafont, Roger Hanin

Je Te Tiens Tu Me Tiens Par La Barbichette

Actors: Jean Yanne, Micheline Presle, Mimi Coutellier, Georges Beller, Claude Brosset, Carlos

Synopsis: Je Te Tiens Tu Me Tiens Par La Barbichette refers to a French children's game, where two children hold one another's chins and stare at one another. The one who laughs first, loses. In this satire, a police detective (played by Jean Yanne) is investigating the disappearance and kidnapping of the Read More

On Efface Tout!

Actors: Yves Beneyton, Christine Pascal, Christine Murillo, Bruno Cremer, Bernard Fresson

Synopsis: Unknown to him, a journalist's girlfriend has been known to harbor terrorists sought by the police. He is a reporter for a leftist French journal, and the police have traced the girlfriend to him. He gets involved with both the police and underground organizations when his girl goes missing after Read More

Va Voir Maman, Papa Travaille

Actors: Marlène Jobert, Philippe Léotard, Micheline Presle, Macha Meril, Catherine Rich

Synopsis: Agnes (Marlene Jobert) is in her 30s, and has been married to her womanizing and callous husband long enough to have a young son, whom she loves dearly. While driving through a game preserve near Paris, her car bangs into the car of a divorced man. The two of them fall in love almost instantly. Read More

Le Diable Dans La Boite

Actors: Jean Rochefort, Michel Lonsdale, Dominique Labourier, Micheline Presle, Anouk Ferjac, Bernard Haller

Synopsis: After serving faithfully for over 10 years, the mid-level executive in this film has received notice that he is being fired for vague reasons having something to do with "reorganization" rather than his own job performance. As a protest, he tries attending a company party with his pants off, which Read More

Mords Pas On t'Aime

Actors: Bernard Fresson, Catherine Allegret, Jean-Pierre Darras, Yves Coudray

Synopsis: A child of divorced parents, the young man in this film engineers a situation which will force his mother, whom he has forgotten, to show up. When she does, he is disappointed that she is nothing like his dreams of her. ~ Clarke Fountain, All Movie Guide Read More

Néa: A Young Emmanuelle

Actors: Ann Zacharias, Sami Frey, Micheline Presle, Françoise Brion

Synopsis: Chafing under her suppressive parents, Nea begins keeping a secret diary, recording her innermost erotic yearnings. When imagination proves inadequate, she decides to experience first-hand the things she's previously only fantasized about. Nea eases into her sexual adventures out of boredom rather Read More

Le Boucher, La Star et l'Orpheline

Actors: Gerard Croce, Christopher Lee, Micheline Presle, Elisabeth Mortensen, Michel Simon, Valerie Kling

Synopsis: The Grand Magic Circus, which performed on streets and in theaters in the 1970s, here takes to film. The story told concerns a butcher who has ambitions to tell a high-minded tale as a filmmaker, and will resort to any means whether fair or foul, to accomplish his goal. ~ Clarke Fountain, All Read More

Trompe L'Oeil

Actors: Max von Sydow, Micheline Presle, Francois Arnal

Synopsis: A Trompe L'Oeil is something which fools the eye, a harmless illusion, something which clearly cannot be what it appears to be. This suspense drama is about a woman who has reason to be afraid and suspicious but cannot get anyone to take her fears seriously. ~ Clarke Fountain, All Movie Guide Read More

Deux Grandes Filles Dans Un Pyjama

Actors: Philippe Nicaud, Marcha Grant, Jacques Jouanneau, Micheline Presle

A Slightly Pregnant Man

Actors: Catherine Deneuve, Marcello Mastroianni, Micheline Presle, Claude Melki

Synopsis: Director Jacques Demy's propensity for making a workable comedy out of the least likely material is once more put to the test in A Slightly Pregnant Man. Marcello Mastrioanni plays the title character, and, yes, he's in "the family way." The film plays the role-reversal gag to the hilt Read More

L'Oiseau Rare

Actors: Jean-Claude Brialy, Micheline Presle, Anny Duperey, Jacqueline Maillan

Synopsis: This French comedy journeys with Armand (Jean-Claude Brialy), a valet, as he tries to find an appropriate employer for his specialized skills. Alas, the rich are not what they used to be. His first employer's husband is jailed for embezzlement and she can no longer afford him; his second employer Read More

Les Petroleuses

Actors: Brigitte Bardot, Claudia Cardinale, Michael J. Pollard

Synopsis: Imagine, for a moment, that a town in the American Old West was founded by and for French people, and that two of the sexiest women in modern times were rivals for control of that town. In Les Petroleuses, Frenchy (Brigitte Bardot) and Maria (Claudia Cardinale) are at war over an oil lease. Maria Read More

Le Bal du Comte d'Orgel

Actors: Jean-Claude Brialy, Sylvie Fennec, Bruno Garcin, Micheline Presle, Gerard Lartigau

Synopsis: Nobles try desperately to cling to the crumbling aristocracy in the days following World War I. The Count (Jean-Claude Brialy) and his Countess Mahe (Sylvia Fennec) delight in throwing lavish costume balls. The couple develops a friendship with a young boy who delights in the parties thrown by the Read More

Clair De Terre

Actors: Jacques Portet, Patrick Jouane, Edwige Feuillère, Annie Girardot, Roger Hanin, Micheline Presle

Synopsis: An unsettled teen (Jacques Portet) who was born in Tunisia but brought to France for adoption in early childhood searches to discover his North African roots. Leaving France, he is cared for by an elderly woman who delights in giving him tours of Tunis. When he feels that time is passing him by Read More

Donkey Skin

Actors: Catherine Deneuve, Jean Marais, Jacques Perrin, Delphine Seyrig, Fernand Ledoux

Synopsis: Originally titled Peau D'Ane, Jacques Demy's Dos Cruces en Danger Pass is better known by its English-language title Donkey Skin. Based on a fairy tale by Charles Perrault (of Cinderella fame), the bizarre story concerns the king (Jean Marais) of a strange, enchanted land. Catherine Deneuve plays Read More

King of Hearts

Actors: Alan Bates, Geneviève Bujold, Julien Guiomar, Jean-Claude Brialy, Pierre Brasseur, Micheline Presle

Synopsis: The French/Italian/British King of Hearts (Le Roi de Coeur) takes place during World War I, but it might as well have been the Vietnamese conflict so far as its youthful "core" audience was concerned. Overacting outrageously, Adolfo Celi plays British colonel Alexander MacBibenbrook, who orders Read More

La Religieuse

Actors: Anna Karina, Liselotte Pulver, Micheline Presle, Francine Bergé, Francisco Rabal

Synopsis: This critically acclaimed moral drama is taken from a book written in 1760 by Denis Diderot. Suzanne (Anna Karina) is an intelligent, freedom-loving woman who is forced into a convent against her will. The fact that she was sired by a man who is not her mother's husband -- and that a suitable Read More

Je Vous Salue Mafia

Actors: Henry Silva, Jack Klugman, Micheline Presle, Eddie Constantine, Elsa Martinelli

Synopsis: In this crime drama, an American fugitive in France is pursued by two thugs for two different reasons. One of the pursuers has been engaged by a large, corrupt construction company that wants the fugitive killed to prevent him from giving damaging testimony. The other stalker has more personal Read More

La Chasse A L'Homme

Actors: Jean-Claude Brialy, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Françoise Dorléac, Claude Rich, Catherine Deneuve, Marie Dubois

Synopsis: In this French comedy from director Edouard Molinaro, a young Jean-Paul Belmondo stars as Fernand, a groom-to-be who is dissuaded from stepping up to the altar by his two friends after they terrify him with their personal marriage horror stories. Antoine immediately ditches his bride and heads for Read More

Dark Purpose

Actors: Shirley Jones, Rossano Brazzi, George Sanders, Giorgia Moll, Micheline Presle

Synopsis: An Italian count is willing to do almost anything to win the hand of a beautiful woman in this drama. The trouble begins after he invites the woman, an art appraiser, and her partner to his villa on the Italian Riviera to examine some art treasures. The count immediately tries to seduce the woman Read More

Combat!: Just for the Record

Synopsis: In an uncharacteristic moment of distraction ("explained" by the episode's title), Saunders (Vic Morrow) is captured by the Germans. Subsequently rescued by the French Underground, Saunders is hidden in the posh apartment of Annette Touzet (Micheline Presle). Though worried that she'll be killed Read More

The Prize

Actors: Paul Newman, Edward G. Robinson, Elke Sommer, Diane Baker, Micheline Presle

Synopsis: Based on the novel by Irving Wallace, The Prize takes place in Stockholm, where several laureates gather to accept their Nobel Prizes. At first, the film concentrates on iconoclastic novelist Paul Newman, but he is temporarily shunted to the background when physics expert Edward G. Robinson is Read More

Venere Imperiale

Actors: Gina Lollobrigida, Stephen Boyd, Raymond Pellegrin, Micheline Presle

Synopsis: This French/Italian historical spectacle was released in the US as Imperial Venus. Gina Lollobridgida, in her considerable prime, stars as Paolina Bonaparte, Napoleon's wanton, sensuous sister. We see Paolina through many affairs and her unhappy marriage of state. Her hot Corsican dalliance with Read More

Le Diable Et Les Dix Commandements

Actors: Michel Simon, Françoise Arnoul, Jean-Claude Brialy, Danielle Darrieux, Charles Aznavour, Alain Delon, Fernandel, Georges Wilson

Synopsis: Filmmaker Julien Duvivier returns to the multistoried format of his earlier omnibus films Tales of Manhattan and Flesh and Fantasy with the 1962 French production The Devil and the Ten Commandments. Actually, there are only seven separate episodes in the film, covering such commandments as "Thou Read More

If a Man Answers

Actors: Sandra Dee, Bobby Darin, Micheline Presle, John Lund, Cesar Romero

Synopsis: This lightweight, nearly zero-gravity comedy by director Henry Levin relies on a novel by a male writer and a script by another man to come up with a nearly offensive story (in these more enlightened times) about how a woman can lie, manipulate, and generally deceive her husband, all in the "art" Read More

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

Le Coup De Bambou

Actors: François Perier, Micheline Presle, Jean Richard, Noël Roquevert

L'Assassino

Actors: Micheline Presle, Andrea Checchi

Synopsis: In this amusing look at the petty deceits of everyday life, Marcello Mastroianni shines as wealthy antique dealer Nello Poletti, a man with every comfort money can buy. One day, however, Poletti is falsely accused of murdering his former mistress (Micheline Presle), who set him up in a life of Read More

L'Amant de Cinq Jours

Actors: Jean Seberg, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Micheline Presle, François Perier

Synopsis: American actress Jean Seberg, stars as Claire, a wayward wife, in this routine sex comedy by director Philippe de Broca. Claire's husband is not especially exciting -- he is a button-down civil servant -- and so it is not unusual that she lapse into an affair with Antoine (Jean-Pierre Cassel). Read More

Les Grandes Personnes

Actors: Micheline Presle, Maurice Ronet, Jean Seberg, Françoise Prevost, Annibale Ninchi

Synopsis: Teetering on the one-dimensional, this romantic drama about the coming of age of a nineteen-year-old American woman in Paris is fairly straightforward. Ann (Jean Seberg) arrives in the city of light to visit her uncle, a doctor. But she soon finds herself taking care of a professional woman who is Read More

La Loi Des Hommes

Actors: Micheline Presle, Philippe Leroy, Pierre Mondy, Arletty

Synopsis: A rather leaden police story by director Charles Gerard (who refocused on acting after 1966), La Loi des Hommes is reminiscent of American tough detective stories involving seedy, violent gangsters. Police inspector Dandieu (Philippe Leroy-Beaulien) suspects that the beautiful Sophie (Micheline Presle Read More

Herrin der Welt

Actors: Martha Hyer, Carlos Thompson, Micheline Presle, Lino Ventura

Synopsis: In this film based on an earlier German silent serial, a Swedish scientist (Gino Cervi) has invented a device which can alter the control of gravity. Soon after, Chinese spies intervene and try to swipe the machine, while the Swedish government sends help in the form of two agents (Lino Ventura, Carlos Thompson Read More

Le Baron de l'Ecluse

Actors: Jean Gabin, Micheline Presle, Blanchette Brunoy, Jean Desailly

Synopsis: This is another standard romantic drama geared toward the talents of popular French actor Jean Gabin who plays the lead, a Baron bereft of everything except his title, his inventive mind, and his ability to charm women. The lucky Baron wins a boat in a card game and takes off with his former lover Read More

Une Fille Pour L'Ete

Actors: Pascale Petit, Micheline Presle, Michel Auclair, Georges Poujouly, Claire Maurier

Synopsis: Best known for his La Cage aux Folles, director Edouard Molinaro has a lesser film here in this occasionally erotic story about a summer romance. A young artist is traveling to the home of a glamorous friend for the summer season when he picks up an attractive woman at a bar. He decides to bring Read More

Blind Date

Actors: Hardy Kruger, Stanley Baker, Micheline Presle, Robert Flemyng, Gordon Jackson

Synopsis: Award-winning director Joseph Losey guides this suspenseful mystery through its paces, beginning with an apparently guilty Dutch artist, Jan Van Rooyen (Hardy Kruger), caught in an upscale cottage where a woman lies murdered. Hard-nosed, irritable Inspector Morgan (Stanley Baker) is certain Van Read More

Bobosse

Actors: François Perier, Micheline Presle, Jacques Jouanneau

Synopsis: Coming across like a stage play, which it originally was, this conventional comedy-drama focuses on the title character, Bobosse (Francois Perier), an actor who has difficulties separating his imagination, his life, and the character he is currently playing. Just when Bobosse holds forth to his Read More

Christine

Actors: Romy Schneider, Alain Delon, Sophie Grimaldi, Micheline Presle, Fernand Ledoux

Synopsis: Based on a play by Arthur Schnitzer, this is a rather flat remake of the 1932 film Liebelei that featured Magda Schneider as Christine. Director Pierre Gaspard-Huit keeps it all in the family by putting Schneider's daughter Romy Schneider in the top female slot. Opposite her is newcomer Alain Delon Read More

Les Louves

Actors: François Perier, Micheline Presle, Jeanne Moreau, Madeleine Robinson

Synopsis: Les Louves was also released as Demoniaque and She Wolves. By any name, it's a puzzler, at least until the final fast-paced scenes. Gervais (François Perier) escapes from a German concentration camp and assumes the identity of a recently deceased fellow prisoner. Knowing that the dead man has been Read More

Her Bridal Night

Synopsis: Originally titled Mariee est trop belle, this Brigitte Bardot romp is better known as The Bride is Much Too Beautiful. BB plays an innocent country lass who heads for Paris in hopes of becoming a model. This she does, not by posing in the nude but by showing off wedding frocks. Bardot falls in Read More

Lady Killer of Rome

Synopsis: When a woman is found murdered, her lover is accused in this crime comedy. (AKA The Assassin) ~ All Movie Guide Read More

Les Femmes Sont Marrantes

Actors: Micheline Presle, Yves Robert, Pierre Dudan, Sophie Daumier

Treize A Table

Actors: Micheline Presle, Fernand Gravey, Mischa Auer

Synopsis: Treize a Table (Thirteen at Table) was based on the hit play by Marc Gilbert Sauvajon. Micheline Presle stars as a woman suffering from Triskadecaphobia -- fear of the number 13. No matter how hard she tries, Micheline cannot avoid the "fatal" number, even in the safety of her own home. The humor Read More

La Mariée est trop belle

Actors: Brigitte Bardot, Micheline Presle, Louis Jourdan, Madeleine Lambert, Jean-Francois Calve, Marcel Amont

Synopsis: In this frothy romantic comedy, the lovely Brigitte Bardot plays Chouchou, a successful model. Chouchou is single but hoping to change that soon; she's become infatuated with Michel (Louis Jordan), the editor of a fashion magazine, but Michel, apparently unaware of an opportunity when it presents Read More

Napoléon

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

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

Casa Ricordi

Actors: Miriam Bru, Elisa Cegani, Andrea Checchi

Synopsis: Told in pageantlike fashion, Casa Ricordi is the story of the Ricordi family, the most prestigious music publishers in all Italy. It was the Ricordis who, for better or worse, came up with the "royalty" concept, paying artists (and their families) for their work in perpetuity. As the family's Read More

L'Amour d'une Femme

Actors: Micheline Presle, Gaby Morlay, Massimo Girotti, Marc Cassot

Synopsis: L'Amour d'une Femme (The Love of a Woman) stars Micheline Presle as a woman doctor named Marie. Dispatched to a small coastal island to tend to the needs of the residents, Marie must first overcome the local male population's built-in misogynism. Gradually, she convinces everyone that she's as Read More

Villa Borghese

Actors: Vittorio De Sica, Eduardo de Filippo, Micheline Presle, Gérard Philipe, Anna Maria Ferrero

Synopsis: Villa Borghese is Grand Hotel with trees and shrubbery. Set in the famed Roman city park of Villa Borghese, the film offers pithy character vignettes of the various people from various walks of life who stroll through the park in the course of a day. The all-star cast includes Vittorio De Sica as Read More

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

Les Impures

Actors: Micheline Presle, Raymond Pellegrin

Synopsis: The French Les Impures was one of a cycle of filmed "exposes" of the white slavery trade. The heroine, played by Micheline Presle, is innocently inveigled into a life of sin by slimy Raymond Pellegrin. By and by, Pellegrin falls in love with poor, put-upon Presle. When things really get sticky, he Read More

La Dame aux Camelias

Actors: Micheline Presle, Gino Cervi, Roland Alexandre, Jean Parédès

Adventures of Captain Fabian

Actors: Errol Flynn, Micheline Presle, Vincent Price, Victor Francen, Agnes Moorehead

Synopsis: La Taverne de N.O. is the French title for the Franco-American costume drama Adventures of Captain Fabian. As sea captain Michael Fabian, Errol Flynn (who also adapted the screenplay from the Robert Shannon novel Fabulous Ann Madlock) is ostensibly the star. Most of the footage, however, is Read More

Under My Skin

Actors: Micheline Presle, John Garfield, Luther Adler, Orley Lindgren, Noel Drayton

Synopsis: Set in Paris, Under My Skin stars John Garfield as a washed-up jockey who has stolen money from a crooked gambler (Luther Adler). Anxious to escape with his life, Garfield leaves his young son (Orley Lindgren) in the care of his nightclub chanteuse girlfriend (Micheline Presle). While on the lam Read More

An American Guerrilla in the Philippines

Actors: Tyrone Power, Micheline Presle, Tom Ewell, Tommy Cook, Jack Elam

Synopsis: The year is 1942. Ensign Chuck Palmer (Tyrone Power) is stranded in the Japanese-occupied Philippines after his ship is torpedoed. Linking up with several other American refugees, Palmer helps the Filipinos organize a resistance movement against the enemy. They even manage to construct a few Read More

Tous les Chemins Menent a Rome

Actors: Micheline Presle, Marcelle Arnold, Gérard Philipe

Synopsis: The astoundingly prolific French filmmaker Jean Boyer turned out only one film in 1948. Tous les Chemins Menent a Rome stars Gerard Phillipe as Gabriel, a bookish professor who is convinced he is coming to the rescue of a damsel in distress. Actually, Gabriel has misunderstood the situation: the Read More

Les Derniers Jours De Pompei

Actors: Micheline Presle, Georges Marchal, Marcel Herrand, Jaque Catelain

Synopsis: This French version of The Last Days of Pompeii was shots on standing sets left over from the epic historical drama Fabiola. Bypassing the continuity of the original Bulwer-Lytton novel and the 1936 Hollywood film version, this adaptation concocts a plotline concerning a pair of lovers named Isias Read More

The Devil in the Flesh

Actors: Micheline Presle, Gérard Philipe, Jean Debucourt, Denise Grey

Synopsis: Released in France as Le Diable au Corps, The Devil in the Flesh stars Micheline Presle as a nurse at a French military hospital during World War I. Gerard Philipe costars as a high school student who carries a torch for the older Presle. Under pressure from her parents to marry, Presle begins an Read More

Les Jeux Sont Faits

Actors: Micheline Presle, Marguerite Moreno, Marcello Pagliero, Fernand Fabre

Synopsis: Released in the US as The Chips are Down, Jean Delannoy's Les Jeux sont Faits represented the first work written directly for the screen by Jean-Paul Sartre. Not surprisingly, the film is drenched with existentialist philosophy, but overall it works best as a romantic tragedy. The story takes Read More

Boule de Suif

Actors: Micheline Presle, Louis Salou, Alfred Adam, Marcel Simon

Synopsis: This French morality play is fraught with cynical undertones as it tells the tale of a group of French people from every social strata trying to flee the Nazis who have just invaded Paris. En route they meet a cruel German officer who threatens to kill the others if the heroine Presle refuses to Read More

Falbalas

Actors: Micheline Presle, Raymond Rouleau, Gabrielle Dorziat

Un Seul Amour

Actors: Micheline Presle, Gabrielle Fontan, Pierre Blanchar, Robert Vattier

Synopsis: The French Secrets of a Ballerina is based on Honore de Balzac's Un Seul Amour. The title character is ballet-star Clara Biondi (Micheline Presle), whose peak years are shown in flashback. Clara finds herself victimized by blackmailer -- and former lover -- James de Poulet (Robert Vattier). As it Read More

Felicie Nanteuil

Actors: Micheline Presle, Danièle Delorme, Claude Dauphin, Louis Jourdan

La Belle Aventure

Actors: Micheline Presle, Gisèle Pascal, Claude Dauphin, Louis Jourdan

The Fantastic Night

Actors: Fernand Gravey, Micheline Presle, Saturnin Fabre, Bernard Blier

Synopsis: Originally titled La Nuit Fantastique, this French romantic farce was filmed in 1942, during the Nazi occupation. Little did the Germans suspect that star Fernand Gravey was spending his "leisure" time serving with the French Secret Army on behalf of the Resistance. In the film, Gravey plays a Read More

Le Soleil A Toujours Raison

Actors: Micheline Presle, Germaine Montero, Tino Rossi, Pierre Brasseur

Histoire de Rire

Actors: Micheline Presle, Marie Déa, Fernand Gravey, Pierre Renoir

Synopsis: Released in France in 1941 as Histoire de Rire, Foolish Husbands made its American debut in 1948. It all begins when Adelaide (Micheline Presle), wife of Gerard (Fernand Gravet), enters into a weekend affair with young Achille (Gilbert Gil). This she does because her best friend Helene (Marie Dea) Read More

Parade En Sept Nuits

Actors: Janine Darcey, Elvire Popesco, Raimu, Micheline Presle

Fausse Alerte

Actors: Micheline Presle, Josephine Baker, Georges Marchal, Gabrielle Dorziat, Jean Tissier

Synopsis: The French Way (Fausse Alert) stars American expatriate musical star Josephine Baker as a Parisian cabaret singer. The plot is your standard "star-crossed lovers" melange, distinguished by the conspicuous lack of clothing on the female characters. The coy ingenue is played by 18-year-old Micheline Presle Read More

Le Paradis Perdu

Actors: Micheline Presle, Elvire Popesco, Fernand Gravey, André Alerme

Synopsis: Originally released in 1939 as Paradis Perdu (Paradise Lost), Abel Gance's Four Flights to Love is typical of the great director's entertaining but insignificant later efforts. The storyline spans the years between the end of the First World War and the beginning of the Second. Unable to reconcile Read More

La Comedie Du Bonheur

Actors: Michel Simon, Louis Jourdan, Jacqueline Delubac, Micheline Presle

Elles Etaient Douze Femmes

Actors: Gaby Morlay, Françoise Rosay, Micheline Presle, Betty Stockfeld

Synopsis: The English-language title of this stagebound French drama is They Were Twelve Women. The eponymous leading ladies run the full gamut age-wise, from twentysomething Micheline Presle to fiftyish Francoise Rosay. The story concerns the efforts of a dozen females from various walks of life to Read More

Jeunes Filles En Detresse

Actors: Marcelle Chantal, Micheline Presle, André Luguet, Robert Pizani

Synopsis: Jeune Filles en Detresse (Young Girls in Distress) was director G. W. Pabst's last French production before his (ill-timed) return to Nazi-occupied Austria in 1941. Somewhat reminiscent of Maedchen in Uniform, the story is set in a private girl's school, populated almost exclusively by children Read More

Girls in Distress