Maurice Desfassiaux

Nacimiento : 1886-02-01, Paris, France

Muerte : 1956-12-22

Películas

Arsène Lupin, Detective
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Arsène Lupin decides to run a detective agency in addition to being a gentleman thief. As a detective he happens to cooperate with police in order to unveil the criminal activities of a villain. When he succeeds the villain returns the favour. The unmasked Arsène Lupin manages to escape with the villain's gangster moll as his new companion.
Miquette and Her Mother
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The irresistible rise of a young provincial, Miquette, who, having risen to Paris, will experience success in the theater and love in Hollywood with a very attractive tennis player.
Paris by night
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The young Countess Rita wishes to visit the slums of Paris. A matchmaker decides to arrange for her a little staging that allows the young dazed to believe that she has really spent an evening among the men in the middle. Things go wrong through the fault of a genuine apache.
The New Gentlemen
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The plot focuses on Gaillac (Albert Prejean), an electrician employed by the Paris Opera. In love with gorgeous ballerina Suzanne (Gaby Morlay), Gaillac must play second fiddle to Suzanne's wealthy "protector," powerful politician Count Montoire (Henry Roussell). When the Opera personnel go on strike, Gaillac is appointed leader of the strikers, doing his job so well that he is ultimately elected Secretary of Labor in the French cabinet. Now on equal footing with Montoire, Gaillac is at last a "worthy" suitor for Suzanne -- who can't make up her mind between her two well-connected admirers, leading to a political rivalry the likes of which Paris has never seen. This harmless political satire ended up being banned by the French government for undermining "the dignity of Parliament and its ministers". (moviefone.com)
Cagliostro
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Paris, France, 1784. After living many tribulations, Joseph Balsamo, known as Count Cagliostro, an infamous adventurer, enigmatic magician and necromancer, experienced physician and ruthless swordsman, triumphs among the members of the decadent French aristocracy. But a bold foretelling about a very prominent noblewoman causes his fall in disgrace… (Partially lost film.)
Maxim's Porter
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A man lives a normal family life during the day, but late evening he becomes a different person, taken to night-clubs and their attractions of songs and bohemia.
Gribiche
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Gribiche, a young boy whose mother is a war widow, gets adopted by a rich woman. She wants to turn him into a perfect gentleman, but soon he feels unhappy.
Carmen
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Versión del mito de Carmen, rodada en España, alejada de pintoresquismos, seca y trágica. “No me han pedido hacer una película sobre Carmen con Raquel Meller, sino hacer con Raquel Meller algo sobre Carmen” (Jacques Feyder).
Double Love
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Jacques Prémont-Solène is a degenerate gambler and his losses at baccarat have bankrupted his lover, Laure Maresco. When he steals four hundred thousand francs and loses that at the gambling tables, he flees to the United States, and Nathalie takes the blame. Twenty years later, she has a flourishing career as a nightclub singer, but their son is just as inept a gambler as his father had been.
París que duerme
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El guarda nocturno de la Torre Eiffel, después de una noche de trabajo, se encuentra París totalmente vacío; desconcertado, explora las calles y descubre algunas personas paralizadas como si se hubieran quedado congeladas. Poco después, encuentra a un grupo de viajeros procedentes de Marsella que han llegado en avión esa mañana. Juntos, prosiguen la vana búsqueda de individuos en movimiento.
The Poster
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A mother sells a photo of her daughter to the press for publicity, and a daughter suddenly dies leaving the mother desperate surrounding by portraits of her daughter all around town.
Gonzague
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The Three Musketeers
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A 14-episode silent adaptation of Alexandre Dumas' The Three Musketeers.