José Davert

José Davert

Birth : 1874-09-06, Marseille, Bouches du Rhône, France

Death : 1934-04-01

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José Davert

Movies

Justin de Marseille
L'Ancien
A respected gangster, Justin, finds himself in a deadly feud with his rival, the unscrupulous Esposito. The latter plans to steal a cargo of opium bound for China and to have Justin killed.
Maurin of the Moors
Poacher, bon vivant and womanizer, Maurin falls in love with the fiancée of a policeman. And despite all the principles, he easily triumphs over his rival.
Nights in Port Said
The niece of a shady tavern-keeper of Port Said, surrounded by dangerous men who haunt the ports, meets a man whom she will love and with whom she flees.
Storm of Marrakech
In 1318, in Morocco, a bandit kidnapped the marabout's daughter as a hostage, demanding that the gates of the city be opened to her. The boss, fiance of the young girl, learns that she is safe and sound and organizes the resistance. He puts the bandit and his band to flight and brings back the young girl.
Verdun, memories of history
A visitor from the western front tells young children, in a sober commentary, about the battle of Verdun.
Figaro
Basile
A silent adaptation of the 1778 Beaumarchais play The Marriage of Figaro, with material also used from its two sequels.
Verdun: Visions of History
The farmer
A dramatized re-enactment and documentary of the Battle of Verdun as seen by both French and German soldiers, shot on site of the actual battle.
The Secret Courier
Mayor Rénal
A silent adventure based on the classic novel by Stendhal "The Red and the Black".
La grande amie
Adventure in the Night Express
Zigano
Filmarchiv Austria holds a non-access master print and a nitrate duplicate negative of the film.
The Phantom of the Moulin-Rouge
Gauthier, journaliste
A young man, unsuccessful in love, manages to leave his body and tours Paris, disembodied and invisible, playing practical jokes: a row of coats walks off from a hotel cloakroom; an unattended taxi drives itself away; a row of top hats appears on the pavement.
La Brière
Aoustin
La Garçonne
Baron de Plombino
Monique is an ingenue, a clueless girl who believes in true love. A marriage is the only thing a decent girl must long for. When she discovers that her future husband has a lover, she rebels against her bourgeois family. --IMDB
La loupiote
The New Dawn