Michel VitoldFilmography

Occupation:: Actor
Biography:: Michel Vitold was best known for his theatrical roles, notably in Jean Cocteau's Oedipus (1937), but he also appeared occasionally in French and internationally produced films, such as Entree des Artistes (1938) and Le Secret de Mayerling (1949). Between 1961 and 1987, he starred in and directed...Read More

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La Joie de Vivre

Actors: Michel Bouquet, Patrick Catalifo, Marie Mergey, Henri Virlojeux, Michel Vitold

Synopsis: Monsieur Charme (Michel Bouquet) is an old man, and the love of his life passed away some years ago. Despite being wealthy and in relatively good health, he finds that life without her is no longer supportable. Determined to end it all, he approaches Reine (Gwennola Bothorel), a home-care nurse Read More

1993
Novembre

Actors: Marine Delterme, Judith Henry, Alexander Kaidanovsky, Michel Vitold

Synopsis: Sara is a medical student who has been experiencing a few problems, lately. She has been having blackouts and occasionally even some fits, but so far she has been able to keep up with her demanding curriculum. She has confided some of her troubles to her classmate, Nowak. However, one evening Read More

1992
Les Matins Chagrins

Actors: Hugues Quester, Anouk Grinberg, Patachou, Christiane Cohendy

1989
Il Quartetto Basileus

Actors: Héctor Alterio, Omero Antonutti, Michel Vitold, Pierre Malet, François Simon

Synopsis: The internationally renowned string quartet had been performing together for most of their adult lives when their lead violinist suddenly died, leaving the remaining three confused about their lives and careers. Up till then, all they had known were the rigors of constant practice and traveling. Read More

10/24/84
La Nuit De Varennes

Actors: Jean-Louis Barrault, Marcello Mastroianni, Hanna Schygulla, Harvey Keitel, Jean-Claude Brialy

Synopsis: This talky French costume drama chronicles the adventures of King Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette as they attempt to flee Paris during the 1791 revolution. While en route to Varennes, the couple encounter and have philosophical debates with a number of fascinating historical figures including Read More

5/15/82
Le Dernier Melodrame

Actors: Michel Vitold, Edith Scob, Raymond Bussières, Juliette Mills, Luis Masson

Synopsis: Whether or not the title of this well-wrought film was intentional, this was indeed, the last melodrama made by director Georges Franju (1912-1987). The nostalgic story looks at the last days of a theatrical troupe as it travels around the French countryside performing in small towns in the 1950s. Read More

1980
Love at the Top

Actors: Jean-Louis Trintignant, Romy Schneider, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Jane Birkin, Florinda Bolkan, Georges Wilson

Synopsis: In this French satire, a meek little bank (Jean-Louis Trintignant) clerk finds fame and fortune when he begins getting lessons from an impoverished novelist (Jean-Pierre Cassel) . Soon the clerk is wowing the Parisians with his ability to make the women swoon, and for his talent at attracting Read More

3/13/74
France Société Anonyme

Actors: Michel Bouquet, Roland Dubillard, Ann Zacharias

Synopsis: Among the other interesting features of this French crime drama is a brief consideration of the dire consequences of the legalization of drugs. The Chief (Michel Bouquet) is a drug dealer whose empire ranges beyond the country guilty of legalizing drugs. He has been captured and nearly killed by Read More

1974
Malaventure: Monsieur Seul

1973
L'Aveu

Actors: Yves Montand, Simone Signoret, Michel Vitold, Jean Bouise

Synopsis: This Costa-Gavras thriller stars Yves Montand as an East European government functionary, inexplicably imprisoned by his Communist superiors. He is not told why he has been arrested, nor has his wife (Simone Signoret) been informed of his fate. Undergoing psychological torture, Montand is grilled Read More

4/29/70
La Bande a Bonnot

Actors: Jacques Brel, Bruno Cremer, Annie Girardot, Jean-Pierre Kalfon

Synopsis: A group of French anarchists are moved to violence when their leader Raymond (Jacques Brel) is captured. They take up with the notorious gangster Bonnot (Bruno Cremer) and the gang steals a car to use in a bank robbery. The non-violent anarchists soon turn to killing and murder the guards before Read More

10/30/68
Thomas L'Imposteur

Actors: Emmanuelle Riva, Fabrice Rouleau, Jean Servais, Sophie Dares, Rosy Varte

Synopsis: Thomas (Fabrice Rouleau) is a 16 year old who poses as the nephew of a general to help a princess (Emmanuella Riva) get to Paris during World War I. She helps wounded soldiers by taking them back to her castle for medical care. Thomas is able to cut through the red tape, and soon the princess' Read More

1965
Judex

Actors: Channing Pollock, Francine Bergé, Edith Scob, Michel Vitold, Jacques Jouanneau, Théo Sarapo

Synopsis: The characters and plot convolutions of the classic silent French serial Judex are thrust into a 1960s framework in this Georges Franju concoction. Channing Pollock plays a mysterious masked avenger who kidnaps evil-banker Michel Vitold, then sets about to turn the banker's friends and loved ones Read More

12/4/63
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

3/29/63
Ballade Pour un Voyou

Actors: Laurent Terzieff, Hildegarde Neff, Philippe Noiret, Michel Vitold

Synopsis: In his Ballade Pour un Voyou, first-time director Jean-Claude Bonnardot has put together an uneven, occasionally suspenseful crime drama that involves a mysterious suitcase -- and an unknown crime. The drama begins when an ex-convict agrees to deliver a suitcase according to the instructions that Read More

1962
Adorable Menteuse

Actors: Marina Vlady, Macha Meril, Jean-Marc Bory, Michel Vitold

Synopsis: Adorable Menteuse is a mild French comedy starring Marina Vlady. She plays a garrulous 18-year-old girl who can't go five minutes without telling a lie. When she falls in love with an older man (all of forty!), she vows to reform and speak nothing but the truth. But Vlady's reputation precedes Read More

1961
L'Ennemi Dans L'Ombre

Actors: Roger Hanin, Bernard Blier, Estella Blain, Michel Vitold

1960
Maigret et l'affaire Saint-Fiacre

Actors: Jean Gabin, Michel Auclair, Valentine Tessier, Michel Vitold, Dr. Robert Hirsch

Synopsis: Jean Gabin once again stars as that other famous French detective Inspector Maigret in this murder mystery that is less a mystery than it is a psychological exercise. When the apparently slow but actually clear-headed Maigret returns to the small town where he grew up, he is called upon to help Read More

9/2/59
The Testament of Dr. Cordelier

Actors: Jean-Louis Barrault, Jean Topart, Michel Vitold

Synopsis: Also known as Experiment in Evil, Jean Renoir's Testament of Dr. Cordelier was originally produced for French television. This retelling of the Jeckyll-Hyde legend adheres to Renoir's long-standing leitmotif of the individual who must stand alone because he is incapable of Read More

1959
The Affairs of Messalina

Synopsis: The Affairs of Messalina is a French/Italian historical spectacle produced in the wake of the internationally successful Fabiola (1949). Mexican film luminary Maria Felix essays the role of Messalina, the scheming wife of Roman emperor Augustus who searches for love by walking the streets of the Read More

1954
Messaline

Actors: Maria Felix, Georges Marchal, Jean Chevrier, Jean Tissier, Michel Vitold

Synopsis: It is Maria Felix's turn to play one of Ancient Rome's most notorious femme fatales in Messaline. Sleeping her way to the top, Messaline weds Emperor Augustus (Memo Bessani), all the while entertaining dozens of virile young males. Enjoying unbridled power, the empress holds the entire Roman Read More

12/4/51
Le Secret de Mayerling

Actors: Jean Marais, Dominique Blanchar, Jacques Dacqmine, Michel Vitold

Synopsis: The tragic 19th-century romance between Austria's Crown Prince Rudolph and his teenaged mistress Marie Varetska served as the basis for the classic 1937 film melodrama Mayerling. This 1951 remake was held in high regard by critics when first released, but has since been strangely forgotten. Jean Marais Read More

1948
Le Visiteur

Actors: Michel Vitold

Synopsis: French filmmaker Jean Dreville was a talented man frequently consigned to project beneath those talents. One of those projects was Le Visiteur, an overheated melodrama with sociological undertones. Pierre Fresnay plays a crooked lawyer who must hide out from the cops when he commits murder. Read More

1946
Rouletabille Contre La Dame De Pique

Actors: Jean Piat, Marie Déa, Suzanne Dehelly, Michel Vitold

1946
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

1942