Pierre BrasseurFilmography

Born:: December 22, 1903 in Paris, France
Occupation:: Actor
Birth name:: Pierre-Albert Espinasse
Biography:: Brasseur was born Pierre-Albert Espinasse. The son of an actress, he began his drama studies with film actor Harry Baur. Onstage from age 15, he made his film debut five years later in La Fille de l'Eau (1924). With his role in Marcel Carne's Port of Shadows (1938) Brasseur moved into the front...Read More

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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

12/21/72
Les Mariés De L'An II

Actors: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Marlène Jobert, Laura Antonelli, Sami Frey

Synopsis: This film is a French period comic romance, set in the time just surrounding the French Revolution (1789). "Year Two," of the French title refers to the second year following the revolution. Those who guided the French Revolution renamed the days of the week, the months of the year, and much more. Read More

4/7/71
Macedoine

Actors: Pierre Brasseur, Bernard Fresson, Michele Mercier

Synopsis: This film details a pretty girl's rise (with its attendant hazards) from obscurity to fame as she becomes a top model. Macedoine is played by Michele Mercier, popular for her appearances in the Angelique films. Her boss is Pierre Brasseur, and the strong supporting cast includes Bernard Fresson as Read More

1/1/71
Sous Le Signe De Monte-Cristo

Actors: Paul Barge, Anny Duperey, Pierre Brasseur, Raymond Pellegrin, Michel Auclair

Synopsis: In this modernized adaptation of the much-filmed Alexandre Dumas story, The Count of Monte Cristo, Edmond Dantes was sent to prison on a trumped-up charge of betraying the revolution, but he managed to escape to South American and earn a fortune. Now he his back in France and is attempting to Read More

12/12/68
La Petite Vertu

Actors: Dany Carrel, Jacques Perrin, Pierre Brasseur, Robert Hossein, Raymond Gerome

Synopsis: A young woman living on the Left Bank of Paris is a pickpocket and a prostitute. Running away from a man she has robbed, she sees a young street photographer and plants the stolen wallet on him. Before she goes to prison, the two fall in love. Upon her release, they are married and things look Read More

1968
Goto, L'ile d'amour

Actors: Pierre Brasseur, Ligia Branice, Guy Saint Jean, Jean-Pierre Andréani, Ginette Leclerc

Synopsis: This unusual comic tragedy is filmed both in color and black-and-white and concerns the residents of the mythical island of Goto. Goto III (Pierre Brasseur) is the pompous dictator who allows children to witness public execution and has criminals fight it out in a theater to resolve their Read More

1968
Les Oiseaux Vont Mourir Au Peru

Actors: Jean Seberg, Maurice Ronet, Pierre Brasseur, Jean-Pierre Kalfon

Synopsis: This sexual psychodrama was the first film to receive an X-rating in the US. Written and directed by Romain Gary and starring his wife Jean Seberg, it is the chronicle of a nymphomaniac who feels compelled to have sex with every man she meets. As the sordid tale begins she is engaged in group sex Read More

1968
Fortuna Girl from the Dead Sea

1967
Le Fou Du Labo 4

Actors: Bernard Blier, Pierre Brasseur, Maria Latour, Jean Lefebvre, Margo Lion

Synopsis: This talkative and unevenly paced feature finds Fou (Jean Lefebvre) the inventor of a gas that makes the users fall in love. He is chased by his boss, the police, and spies, who seek to secure the secret recipe for their own selfish purposes. A shadowy American underworld figure tries to Read More

1967
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

12/21/66
A Very Handy Man

Actors: Ugo Tognazzi, Giovanna Ralli, Pierre Brasseur, Anouk Aimée

Synopsis: In this Italian bedroom farce, a humble village peasant has managed to remain a bachelor despite the fact that he has fathered numerous illegitimate children. The trouble begins when he finds himself entangled in a fight over water rights. Though others attempt to blame him, the clever fellow Read More

1966
Humour Noir

Actors: Folco Lulli, Alida Valli, Pierre Brasseur

1966
Un Mondo Nuovo

Actors: Christine Delaroche, Nino Castelnuovo, Tanya Lopert, Madeleine Robinson, Georges Wilson, Pierre Brasseur

Synopsis: A beautiful free-lance photographer meets and falls in love with a French medical student at a fancy ball and becomes pregnant after their passionate tryst. Now the formerly free-wheeling student finds himself facing a difficult situation. He decides that the woman should abort the child, and so Read More

1966
Birds Do It

Actors: Soupy Sales, Tab Hunter, Arthur O'Connell, Edward Andrews, Doris Dowling

Synopsis: Comedian Soupy Sales makes his feature film debut in this silly outing as a janitor cleaning up at Cape Kennedy. He has been specially assigned to make sure that none of the nuclear warheads there get dusty. It's not easy because spies run around spreading dust. One day the janitor stumbles into Read More

1966
L'Or Du Duc

Actors: Claude Rich, Dorothée Blanc, Pierre Brasseur, Annie Cordy

9/23/65
La Metamorphose des Cloportes

Actors: Lino Ventura, Charles Aznavour, Maurice Biraud, Irina Demick, Georges Géret

Synopsis: It is only with some reluctance that big-time hood Alphonse (Lino Ventura) allows himself to be persuaded that a major painting-theft planned by some formerly small-time gangsters is a good idea. He gives the idea his backing and support and winds up holding the bag for the crime as the others Read More

9/9/65
Pas de Caviar Pour Tante Olga

Actors: Pierre Brasseur, Sophie Daumier, Pierre Vernier, Francis Blanche

1965
La Vie de Château

Actors: Philippe Noiret, Catherine Deneuve, Pierre Brasseur, Mary Marquet, Henri Garcin

Synopsis: A Matter of Resistance is the English-language title of the frothy wartime comedy La Vie De Chateau. Set in occupied France, the film stars Catherine Deneuve as the young and beautiful bride of middle-aged and homely Philipe Noiret. Disappointed at Noiret's indifference concerning the Nazi Read More

1965
Deux Heures A Tuer

Actors: Pierre Brasseur, Michel Simon, Raymond Rouleau, Jean-Roger Caussimon

Synopsis: Laurent (Pierre Brasseur) is a newspaper reporter sent to investigate a string of mysterious small-town murders. Although he fails to solve the crime, he uncovers a murder plot concocted by a wife and her lover to kill the woman's husband. The uneven feature careens from comedy to drama with some Read More

1965
Pas De Panique

Actors: Pierre Brasseur, Pierre Massimi, Silvia Solar

1965
Le Grain de Sable

Actors: Pierre Brasseur, Lilli Palmer, Laurent Terzieff, Sylva Koscina

12/17/64
Liola

1/23/64
Lucky Jo

Actors: Eddie Constantine, Pierre Brasseur, Georges Wilson, Claude Brasseur

Synopsis: Jo (Eddie Constantine) is a gangster who is down on his luck. His cronies avoid him like the plague because his presence brings them misfortune as well. Jo gets in plenty of fights as he tries to press his luck in the right direction. The role is a departure for American actor Constantine, who Read More

1964
Un Soir Par Hasard

Actors: Annette Stroyberg, Jean Servais, Pierre Brasseur

1964
Le Magot De Josefa

Actors: Bourvil, Anna Magnani, Pierre Brasseur

Synopsis: Josefa (Anna Magnani) is an Italian immigrant operating a small grocery store in France. The people of the town are indifferent to her until the rumor she will receive a monetary fortune from an American gangster relation. The mayor tries to butter her up, and a stranger poses as her long-lost Read More

10/2/63
Les Bonnes Causes

Actors: Pierre Brasseur, Marina Vlady, Virna Lisi, Bourvil

Synopsis: In a biting, critical look at "justice" and how it does not necessarily work, director Christian-Jaque develops this tale of murder and deception via two principle, conniving characters and their upright opponents in the legal system. Catherine (Marina Vlady) is a heartless, self-serving woman Read More

4/17/63
Hitch-Hike

1963
Agent of Doom

Synopsis: Distributed in the US in 1963, Agent of Doom was originally released in France four years earlier. The plot is set in motion when a famed atomic scientist makes a remarkable discovery. Unfortunately he may not live long enough to reveal it to the world; he becomes the target of sinister secret Read More

1963
Le Crime Ne Paie Pas

Actors: Pierre Brasseur, Edwige Feuillère, Gino Cervi, Gabriele Ferzetti, Michèle Morgan, Danielle Darreaux, Annie Girardot

Synopsis: Gentle Art of Murder is comprised of a trio of short crime tales: "The Spider's Web," "The Fenyrou Case" and "The Mask." An international all-star cast appears in these filmed playlets, wherein each perfect murder turns out to be less than perfect. The stories are linked by "bookend" scenes in Read More

7/6/62
Le Bateau D'Emile

Actors: Annie Girardot, Lino Ventura, Pierre Brasseur, Michel Simon

Synopsis: Various genres -- social satire, comedy, and romance -- come together in this routine tale by Denis de la Patellière about a family and greed. The well-heeled family gets its fortune from the canning of fish, and all its members are thrown into disarray when a long-lost brother comes back home. Read More

3/2/62
Rencontres

Actors: Pierre Brasseur, Michèle Morgan, Gabriele Ferzetti, Monique Melinand

Synopsis: Pierre Brasseur stars in this undistinguished drama about a pianist who is traumatized by an accident. He is so much affected, in fact, that the talent that fueled his career is killed off. Desperate to find a way to make money anyway, he starts to put together a plan to defraud an insurance Read More

1962
L'Abominable Homme Des Douanes

Actors: Darry Cowl, Pierre Brasseur, Francis Blanche

1962
Don't Tempt the Devil

Synopsis: A lovely young nurse finds herself framed for the murder of a hospital patient who died after she administered an injection. She goes to court where eventually, the real killer is revealed by his own jilted lover in this French drama. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

1962
L'Affaire Nina B.

Actors: Nadja Tiller, Pierre Brasseur, Jacques Dacqmine, Walter Giller, Etienne Bierry

Synopsis: This standard melodrama by director Robert Siodmak, active in Germany, France, and the U.S., is nuanced with shades of film noir and tells the story of some underhanded corporate execs and their Nazi past. A big-name engineering company in West Germany is involved with high-rollers in the Read More

1961
Pleins Feux Sur l'Assassin

Actors: Pierre Brasseur, Pascale Audret, Marianne Koch, Jean-Louis Trintignant

Synopsis: Pleins Feux sur l'Assassin is a passable murder mystery by Georges Franju set in the atmospheric interior of an old chateau and involving the heirs to a fortune. The dying man whose fortune it is has played an unusual trick on those who would have his riches. He has hidden himself in a secret room Read More

1961
Bell' Antonio

Actors: Marcello Mastroianni, Claudia Cardinale, Pierre Brasseur, Rina Morelli, Tomas Milian

Synopsis: Directed by the comparatively unknown Mauro Bolognini, the Italian Bell' Antonio is distinguished by its screenplay, cowritten by directorial giant Pier Paolo Pasolini. Marcello Mastroianni and Claudia Cardinale are happily married until she finds out he's impotent. It takes her a year to find Read More

3/4/60
Eyes Without a Face

Actors: Pierre Brasseur, Alida Valli, Edith Scob, Francois Guerin, Juliette Mayniel

Synopsis: French director Georges Franju's Eyes Without a Face (Les Yeux Sans Visage) is an unsettling, sometimes poetic horror film. Pierre Brasseur plays a brilliant plastic surgeon, Prof. Genessier, who has vowed to restore the face of his daughter, Christiane (Edith Scob), who was mutilated in an Read More

3/2/60
Cartagine in Fiamme

Actors: Anne Heywood, José Suárez, Pierre Brasseur, Daniel Gélin, Ilaria Occhini

Synopsis: This costume drama with spectacular special effects but a less-than-adequate storyline was one of the last films by director Carmine Gallone. The tale is set in 200 BC when Rome and Carthage were going at it, sending warships into battle over control of Carthage. Against this backdrop of warfare Read More

1/29/60
Candide

Actors: Pierre Brasseur, Daliah Lavi, Michel Simon, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Nadia Gray

Synopsis: Jean-Pierre Cassel is ideally cast as the hopelessly optimistic Candide in this noir updating of Voltaire's classic 18th-century social satire. Candide has been assured by his ivory-tower professor (Pierre Brasseur) that whatever fate befalls him, he will be all the better for it. Armed Read More

1960
The Law

Actors: Gina Lollobrigida, Pierre Brasseur, Marcello Mastroianni, Melina Mercouri, Yves Montand, Raf Mattioli

Synopsis: Jules Dassin, blacklisted during the McCarthy era, directs this routine, ostensibly romantic tale that really courts an underlying theme of the misuse of power. Based on a popular French novel and set in a small Mediterranean town, the story involves a small group of men and the woman several of Read More

1/25/59
The Nina B. Affair

1959
Sans Famille

Actors: Joel Flateau, Gino Cervi, Pierre Brasseur, Bernard Blier

Synopsis: Juvenile actor Joel Flateau is the center of attention in Sans Familie (Nobody's Boy). Heir to a fortune, the young protagonist is kidnapped by an unscrupulous uncle who wants to put the boy out of the way and thereby get his own mitts on the money. The villain turns the kid over to an assassin Read More

8/2/58
La Tête Contre les Murs

Actors: Pierre Brasseur, Paul Meurisse, Jean-Pierre Mocky, Anouk Aimée, Charles Aznavour, Jean Galland

Synopsis: La Tete Contre Les Muirs (U.S. title: The Keepers) was director Georges Franju's 2nd cinematic offering for 1958, and his first purely fictional film. Franju's prior training in documentaries helps to bring a veneer of reality to this harrowing glimpse within the walls of an insane asylum. Pierre Brasseur Read More

1958
Messieurs Les Ronds De Cuir

Actors: Pierre Brasseur, Noël-Noël, Jean Poiret, Michel Serrault

Synopsis: Based on a story by one of France's favorite satirists, Georges Courteline, this is the second time a director has taken on the tale of bureaucracy gone mad. The first version was a 1937 film by Yves Mirande, this 1959 remake is by Henri Diamant-Berger. The story is set at the turn of the 20th Read More

1958
Les Grandes Familles

Actors: Jean Gabin, Jean Desailly, Annie Ducaux, Françoise Christophe

Synopsis: Jean Gabin stars as Noel, patriarch of a large and wealthy family of industrialists. Noel sees no reason not to run his home in the same ruthless, coldhearted manner in which he runs his business. "Black sheep" Lucien (Pierre Brasseur), however, sees Noel for the pompous fraud that he is. And it Read More

1958
La Vie a Deux

Actors: Pierre Brasseur, Danielle Darrieux, Fernandel, Edwige Feuillère, Louis de Funès

Synopsis: French filmmaker Sacha Guitry had intended to direct as well as write 3DLa Vie a Deux3D (3DLife as a Couple3D), but death claimed him before he could bring his plan to fruition. Adapted from Guitry's original by Jean Martin and directed by Clement Duhor, the film offers an all-star cast in a Read More

1958
Porte des Lilas

Actors: Pierre Brasseur, Georges Brassens, Henri Vidal, Dany Carrel, Raymond Bussières

Synopsis: Port de Lilias was Rene Clair's first film since 1955, and his last until 1960. It is more serious than most of Clair's efforts, ending with a death that is all the more surprising in that the director never quite prepares us for it. Pierre Brasseur plays Juju, a likeable ne'er-do-well who Read More

9/20/57
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
La Tour de Nesle

Actors: Pierre Brasseur, Silvana Pampanini, Rellys, Paul Guers

Synopsis: The French La Tour de Nesle (The Tower of Nesle) was the third Alexandre Dumas adaptation to be released in the first six weeks of 1955. Like the previous The Queen Margot, the film was scripted by the legendary Abel Gance, who also directed after a 12-year absence from the screen. The somewhat Read More

3/18/55
Oasis

Actors: Michèle Morgan, Cornell Borchers, Pierre Brasseur, Carl Raddatz

Synopsis: Germany's first CinemaScrope feature, Oase (Oasis) was directed by France's Yves Allegret and distributed by Hollywood's 20th Century-Fox. Michele Morgan and Cornell Borchers stars as Francoisce and Karin, a pair of gorgeous lady smugglers. The ladies are sent by their respective gangs to halt the Read More

1955
Raspoutine

Actors: Pierre Brasseur, Renée Faure, Isa Miranda, Micheline Francey, Milly Vitale

Synopsis: Pierre Brasseur plays the "mad monk" Rasputin -- or "Raspoutine" -- in this French historical melodrama. Insinuating himself into the court of the Romanoffs in early-20th-century Russia, Rasputin is able to gain enormous power through his apparent ability to heal the hemophiliac son of the Czarina Read More

8/27/54
Le Rideau Rouge

Actors: Michel Simon, Pierre Brasseur, Noël Roquevert

Synopsis: Playwright Jean Anouilh was the guiding force behind the unorthodox murder mystery Le Rideau Rouge (The Red Curtain) During a provincial theatre production of Macbeth, several tragedies occur. The actors attribute these calamities to the "curse" supposedly hanging over the Shakespeare play, but Read More

1952
Le Plaisir

Actors: Claude Dauphin, Jean Galland, Gaby Morlay, Madeleine Renaud, Daniel Gélin, Simone Simon, Danielle Darrieux, Jean Gabin

Synopsis: The works of Guy de Maupassant have likely been adapted by more French filmmakers than those of any other author (with the possible exception of Georges Simenon). Max Ophuls harnesses three Maupassant short stories to suit his artistic purposes in Le Plaisir (House of Pleasure). In "The Mask," an Read More

1952
La Pocharde

Actors: Pierre Brasseur, Monique Melinand, Jacqueline Porel, Henri Nassiet

Synopsis: La Pocharde (The Drunkard) stars Pierre Brasseur as Pitrre, a tosspot lawyer practicing in a tiny French community. When a family man is murdered, suspicion immediately falls upon the victim's ailing wife. Pulling himself together, Pitrre undertakes the woman's defense in court. The plot thickens Read More

1952
A Simple Case of Money

Actors: Pierre Brasseur, Ginette Leclerc

Synopsis: A Simple Case of Money (originally released in 1950 as Millionaires d'un Jour) is set in motion when a greenhorn reporter (Bernard Lajarrige) carelessly prints the wrong winning number in the French national lottery. As the reporter and his boss (Leon Bellieres) defend themselves in court, they Read More

1952
Les Mains Sales

Actors: Pierre Brasseur, Daniel Gélin, Claude Nollier, Jacques Castelot

Synopsis: Les Main Sales is based on the Jean-Paul Sartre play of the same name. The hero, Hugo Barine (Daniel Gelin), is a dedicated communist. Hugo suffers a crisis of conscience when he is ordered to assassinate his Marxist mentor Hoederer (Pierre Brasseur) at the behest of a more radical Red faction. It Read More

1951
Maitre Apres Dieu

Actors: Loleh Bellon, Jean Mercure, Pierre Brasseur

Synopsis: Based on a stage play, Maitre Apres Dieu concentrates on a mercenary cargo-ship captain, played by Pierre Brasseur. The skipper experiences a life-altering epiphany when he reluctantly agrees to transport a human cargo, consisting of Jewish refugees. His new-found faith in the Almighty is Read More

1950
Barbe-Bleue

Actors: Pierre Brasseur, Jacques Sernas, Jean Debucourt

Synopsis: Just before wowing international critics and moviegoers with his adventure romp Fanfan le Tulip, director Christian-Jaque dashed off the lampoonish Barbe-Bleu. Ostensibly the story of the famed wife-killing potentate Bluebeard (Pierre Brasseur), this lighthearted costumer begins as the title Read More

1950
Souvenirs Perdus

Actors: Edwige Feuillère, Danièle Delorme, Pierre Brasseur, Gérard Philipe

Synopsis: It has been said that French filmmaker Christian-Jacque specialized in two types of films: romantic mysteries and the celebration of historical artifacts. Souvenirs Perdus(1951) falls into both categories. The titular "lost souvenirs" are four unclaimed items, left in the Paris lost-and-found Read More

1950
L'Homme De La Jamaique

Actors: Vera Norman, Marcelle Geniat, Georges Tabet, Pierre Brasseur

1950
Portrait of an Assassin

Actors: Maria Montez, Arletty, Erich Von Stroheim, Pierre Brasseur

Synopsis: Three powerhouse European screen personalities--Pierre Brasseur, Erich Von Stroheim, Maria Montez---elevate the tawdry melodramatics of Le Portrait d'Un Assassin. Brasseur plays Fabius, a reckless motorcycle driver, currently working in a carnival. When he begins to "choke up" in front of the Read More

1949
Julie De Carneilhan

Actors: Pierre Brasseur, Edwige Feuillère, Jacques Dumesnil, Marcelle Chantal

Synopsis: Thanks to the popularity of the 1948 cinemazation of Gigi, the "fin de siecle" novels of Colette suddenly became hot properties in the French cinema. Julie de Carneilhan stars Edwige Feuillere in the title role. A divorcee, Julie de Carneilhan finds herself ardently pursued by a roue (Pierre Brasseur Read More

1949
Rocambole

Actors: Sophie Desmarets, Lucien Nat, Pierre Brasseur

2/18/48
Le Secret De Monte Cristo

Actors: Marcelle Derrien, Madeleine Le Beau, Pierre Brasseur, Robert Dalban

1948
Nuit Blanche

Actors: Pierre Brasseur, Pierre Larquey

1948
Les Amants De Verone

Actors: Anouk Aimée, Serge Reggiani, Pierre Brasseur, Louis Salou, Marcel Dalio

Synopsis: Per its title, Lovers of Verona is an updated adaptation of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. The film was a joint project of those felicitous collaborators, screenwriter Jacques Prevert and director Andre Cayatte. The star-crossed lovers are portrayed by Serge Reggiani and Anouk Aimee, cast Read More

1948
Croisiere Pour L'inconnu

Actors: Sophie Desmarets, Pierre Brasseur, Danièle Delorme, Noël Roquevert

1947
L'Arche De Noe

Actors: Pierre Brasseur, Jacqueline Pierreux, Jane Marken [Jeanne]

Synopsis: The title of this French domestic comedy translates as Noah's Ark, but there's nothing remotely Biblical about the film. Much of the action takes place aboard a ramshackle houseboat, owned by a very large family. The fun begins when an "outsider" falls in love with one of the family members. Based Read More

1946
Les Portes De La Nuit

Actors: Pierre Brasseur, Serge Reggiani, Yves Montand, Nathalie Nattier, Jean Vilar

Synopsis: Marcel Carne's 1946 production La Porte de la Nuit was released in the U.S. four years later as Gates of the Night. Scripted by Carne's longtime collaborator Jacques Prevert, the film is set in Paris just after its liberation from the Nazis. The script points out that this was not only a time for Read More

1946
L'Amour Autour De La Maison

Actors: Maria Casarés, Pierre Brasseur, Jane Marken [Jeanne]

Synopsis: This French romantic melodrama moved a bit too slowly for American audiences, but its original Gallic fans were more than satisfied. Maria Casares stars as Therese, who after being deserted by her lover decides to get her revenge on the world by denying her younger sister Nicole (Claude Larue) any Read More

1946
Petrus

Actors: Fernandel, Pierre Brasseur, Simone Simon, Corinne Calvet

Synopsis: Petrus is a tailor-made vehicle for lantern-jawed French farceur Fernandel. The star plays a naïve photographer who falls in love with nightclub dancer Simone Simon. Though she travels in a more sophisticated crowd, Fernandel never gives up his dream that someday the girl will be his. And sure Read More

1946
The Children of Paradise

Actors: Arletty, Jean-Louis Barrault, Pierre Brasseur, Marcel Herrand, Albert Remy, Pierre Renoir

Synopsis: Even in 1945, Marcel Carné's Children of Paradise was regarded as an old-fashioned film. Set in the Parisian theatrical world of the 1840s, Jacques Prévert's screenplay concerns four men in love with the mysterious Garance (Arletty). Each loves Garance in his own fashion, but only the intentions Read More

1945
Jericho

Actors: Pierre Brasseur, Pierre Larquey, Raymond Pellegrin, Louis Seigner

Synopsis: Once the French film industry was able to make WWII epics, it did so with a vengeance. Jericho is the true story of the bombing of the Nazi-held prison at Amiens. It is argued that, while the RAF took an enormous public-relations risk in the bombing, the end result was largely salutary, resulting Read More

1945
Le Pays Sans Etoiles

Actors: Jany Holt, Pierre Brasseur, Gérard Philipe

Synopsis: Having been forced to put his directorial career on hold during WWII, Georges Lacombe returned to the screen with Le Pays Sans Etoilles (Land Without Stars). Based on a novel by Pierre Vary, the film utilizes the old gimmick of featuring the same cast of characters in two different Read More

1945
La Femme Fatale

Actors: Gaby Sylvia, Pierre Brasseur, Jacqueline Gauthier

1945
Adieu Léonard

Actors: Pierre Brasseur, Charles Trenet, Jacqueline Bouvier

Synopsis: Pierre Prevert directed this amusing comedy, one of three which he co-wrote with his better-known brother Jacques Prevert. Pop singer Charles Trenet stars as a rich moron who is targeted for murder by a shady enemy (Pierre Brasseur). Brasseur blackmails a criminal (Julien Carette) into killing Trenet Read More

1943
Lumière d'Été

Actors: Madeleine Renaud, Paul Bernard, Pierre Brasseur, Madeleine Robinson

Synopsis: The French upper class is chastised in this socially conscious drama that centers on a naive young woman who travels to a mountain resort to be with her fiancé. She is expecting a romantic weekend, but she is terribly disappointed to discover that the wealthy patrons are naught but soulless Read More

1943
La Croisee Des Chemins

Actors: Josette Day, Madeleine Robinson, Pierre Brasseur, Pierre Richard-Willm

1942
Le Soleil A Toujours Raison

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

1941
Confessions of a Newlywed

Actors: Raimu, Sylvia Bataille, Pierre Brasseur, Pauline Carton

Synopsis: Based on a stage play by D'Hennequin and Veber, the saucy 1936 sex farce Avez Vous N'Avez Rien a Declarer? was released in the US five years later as Confessions of a Newlywed. The original title translates as Having You Nothing to Declare, a double-entendre referring to the sexual Read More

1941
Les Deux Timides

Actors: Jacqueline Laurent, Giselle Preville, Claude Dauphin, Pierre Brasseur

1941
Claudine

Actors: Blanchette Brunoy, Max Dearly, Margo Lion, Suzet Mais, Pierre Brasseur

Synopsis: Based on a novel by Colette, Claudine stars Blanchette Brunoy as the title character. The 16-year-old heroine finds herself the romantic bone of contention between two of her schoolteachers. Eventually tiring of the tug of war, Claudine finds happiness in the arms of handsome young doctor Dubois (Pierre Brasseur Read More

1940
Trois Argentins A Montmartre

Actors: Milly Mathis, Georges Rigaud, Pierre Brasseur

1940
Derniere Jeunesse

Actors: Raimu, Pierre Brasseur, Jacqueline Delubac, Felicien Tramel

Synopsis: Derniere Jeunesse (Second Childhood) attempts to translate the Irish sentiments of Liam O'Flaherty's novel Mr. Gilhooley into purely Gallic terms. Raimu plays the central character, a middle-ager of the "old school" who offers shelter and comfort to sluttish Jacqueline Delubac. Despite his own Read More

1939
Le Schpountz

Actors: Fernandel, Orane Demazis, Robert Vattier, Fernand Charpin

Synopsis: Le Schpountz (Heartbeat) stars Fernandel as a feckless country boy named Saturnin. Convinced that he's a great lover (if only he could find someone to love), Saturnin is derisively labelled a "schpountz" by his friends and neighbors. He eventually proves that he's got a lot more compassion than Read More

4/15/38
Grisou

Actors: Madeleine Robinson, Odette Joyeux, Pierre Brasseur

1938
Port of Shadows

Actors: Michèle Morgan, Jean Gabin, Michel Simon, Pierre Brasseur

Synopsis: Adapted from a novel by Jacques Prevert, Port of Shadows (Quai des brumes) stars that eternal victim of society, Jean Gabin. Having deserted the French army, Gabin ducks into a back alley and meets the lovely Michelle Morgan. He becomes her champion by taking on her evil "protectors" (Michel Read More

1938
Le Pere Lebonnard

Actors: Ruggero Ruggeri, Madeleine Sologne, Pierre Brasseur, Jean Murat

1938
Giuseppe Verdi

Actors: Fosco Giachetti, Germana Paolieri, Gaby Morlay, Maria Cebotari, Camillo Pilotto

Synopsis: Giuseppe Verdi was also released as The Life of Verdi for the benefit of filmgoers who had trouble grasping the obvious. Fosco Giachetti stars as the title character, aging nearly 30 years in the course of the film. The story begins when the teenaged Verdi leaves his hometown behind to study music Read More

1938
Freres Corses

Actors: Jean Aquistapace, Pierre Brasseur

1938
Cafe De Paris

Actors: Jules Berry, Vera Korene, Pierre Brasseur, Jacques Baumer, Julien Carette

Synopsis: This murder mystery is set in a Parisian cafe and examines the mysterious murder of a famed journalist and extortionist who is killed at his table in the cafe. Though the prime suspects are gathered together( including his wife and her lover, the gun-runner, the creditor, and a playboy) and all of Read More

1938
Gosse De Riche

Actors: Madeleine Robinson, Pierre Brasseur, Gina Manès

1938
Mademoiselle Ma Mere

Actors: Danielle Darrieux, Pierre Brasseur, Pierre Larquey

Synopsis: Mademoiselle Ma Mere was adapted for the screen from the stage farce by Louis Verneuil. The title translates as My Mother is a Miss, and thereby hangs the tale. Spoiled rich girl Jacqueline (Danielle Darrieux) vows to marry the seventh man who proposes to her, no matter who he may be. The lucky Read More

1937
Claudine A L'Ecole

Actors: Blanchette Brunoy, Jeanne Fusier-Gir, Pierre Brasseur, Max Dearly

1937
Les Pattes De Mouche

Actors: Renée Saint-Cyr, Pierre Brasseur

1936
La Reine Des Resquilleuses

Actors: Suzanne Dehelly, Suzy Prim, Pierre Brasseur, Max Dearly

1936
Le Mari Reve

Actors: Simone Heliard, Pierre Brasseur, Arletty, Marcel Vallee

1936
Prete Moi Ta Femme

Actors: Suzanne Dehelly, Mady Berry, Pierre Brasseur, Pierre Larquey

1936
Vous N'avez Rien A Declarer

Actors: Raimu, Sylvia Bataille, Pauline Carton, Pierre Brasseur

1936
Une Femme Qui Se Partage

Actors: Jeanne Aubert, Pierre Brasseur, Paul Pauley

1936
Passe A Vendre

Actors: Jeanne Aubert, Therese Dorny, Pierre Brasseur

1936
Valse Eternelle

Actors: Jean Servais, Pierre Brasseur, Renée Saint-Cyr, Vera Baranovskaya

1936
Bout De Chou

Actors: Tania Fedor, Pierre Brasseur

1935
Un Oiseau Rare

Actors: Max Dearly, Pierre Brasseur, Pierre Larquey, Madeleine Guitty

Synopsis: Un Oiseau Rare (Rare Bird) is a wide-ranging satire of several mid-1930s aberrations, including giveaway contests, advertising campaigns and pretentious summer resorts. In a virtual repeat of his role in Rene Clair's Last Billionaire, Max Dearly plays Melleville, an eccentric millionaire who wants Read More

1935
Jeunesse D'Abord

Actors: Josette Day, Pierre Brasseur, Jean Aquistapace

1935
Caravan

Actors: Annabella, Conchita Montenegro, Loretta Young, Jean Parker, Charles Boyer, Pierre Brasseur, Phillips Holmes, Louise Fazenda

Synopsis: Charles Boyer played his first major Hollywood role (and gets to sing in the bargain!) in the oddball musical romance Caravan. A miscast Loretta Young stars as young Countess Wilms, who is forced to wed by midnight or lose her inheritance. She impulsively chooses gypsy vagabond Latzi (Boyer) Read More

1934
Quadrille D'Amour

Actors: Mady Berry, Pierre Brasseur

1934
Le Miroir Aux Alouettes

Actors: Edwige Feuillère, Jessie Vihrog, Pierre Brasseur

1934
La Garnison Amoureuse

Actors: Betty Stockfeld, Pierre Brasseur, Fernandel

1933
Le Sexe Faible

Actors: Jeanne Cheirel, Marguerite Moreno, Pierre Brasseur

1933
Incognito

Actors: Renée Saint-Cyr, Margo Lion, Pierre Brasseur

1933
Le Vainqueur

Actors: Jean Murat, Pierre Brasseur

1932
Papa Sans Le Savoir

Actors: Françoise Rosay, Noël-Noël, Pierre Brasseur

Synopsis: The "unaware papa" of the title is played by French comedian Noel-Noel. Ordered by his father to marry a wealthy heiress, our hero changes his mind when he discovers that his former sweetheart has given birth to his child. Noel-Noel sneaks into the maternity hospital and swipes the baby, leading Read More

1932
Das Lied Einer Nacht

Actors: Jan Kiepura, Magda Schneider, Pierre Brasseur, Charles Lamy, Ida Wuest, Otto Wallburg

Synopsis: He was known as Anatole Litvak during his Hollywood directorial career, but he was still Anatole Litwak when he helmed the German musical Das Lied Einer Nacht (The Song of Night). Famed Polish tenor Jan Kiepura stars as famed Italian tenor Ferraro. Escaping from his tyrannical manager, Ferraro Read More

1932
Quick

Actors: Lilian Harvey, Jeanne Fusier-Gir, Jules Berry, Pierre Brasseur

Synopsis: Though Lillian Harvey is the star of Quick, the title character is played by the versatile French character actor Jules Berry. The story is set among an acting troupe, with leading lady Harvey falling in love with a clown. However, she loves him only when they're on stage together; offstage, Harvey Read More

1932
I.F.1 Ne Repond Plus

Actors: Daniele Parola, Charles Boyer, Jean Murat, Pierre Brasseur

1932
Un Reve Blond

Actors: Henri Garat, Lilian Harvey, Willy Fritsch, Pierre Brasseur, Willi Forst, Paul Hoerbiger, Trude Hesterberg

Synopsis: The internationally popular screen team of Lillian Harvey and Willy Fritsch scored another box-office bull's-eye with Ein Blonder Traum (A Blonde Dream). Harvey plays a Jou-Jou, a struggling artist who is deceived and victimized by a man posing as an American millionaire. Taking pity on the poor Read More

1932
Moi Et L'Imperatrice

Actors: Lilian Harvey, Charles Boyer, Pierre Brasseur

1932
Circulez

Actors: Dorville, Germaine Aussey, Pierre Brasseur, Marcel Carpentier

Synopsis: Circulez (Move On) was directed by Jean De Limur, whose apprenticeship in Hollywood served him well while guiding this Gallic romance through its paces. Dorville stars as a middle-aged cop who'd been a non-commissioned officer in WWI. During that period, Dorville enjoyed the rare opportunity of Read More

1931
Mon Ami Victor

Actors: Pierre Brasseur, Gabrielle Fontan, Rene Lefebvre, Simone Bourday

Synopsis: Victor de Fleury (Rene Lefebvre), a handsome young nobleman, has fallen upon hard times. Victor is hired by wealthy but uneducated industrialist Edgar Flachon (Pierre Brasseur), who is in love with an aristocratic young lady (Alice Ael). Feeling inadequate in his sweetheart's presence, Edgar Read More

1931
Un Trou Dans Le Mur

Actors: Dolly Davis, Jean Murat, Marguerite Moreno, Pierre Brasseur, Leon Belieres

Synopsis: Un Trou dans le Muir (The Hole In the Wall) is based on the play by Yves Mirande. The plot is set in motion by the discovery of an ancient document, indicating that a doomed nobleman during the French Revolution had hidden a fortune in gold within a wall in his palace. Keeping this information to Read More

1930
Feu

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

1927
Catherine

Actors: Catherine Hessling, Albert Dieudonné, Pierre Brasseur

1924

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