Dora Doll

Dora Doll

Nacimiento : 1922-05-19, Berlin, Germany

Muerte : 2015-11-15

Historia

Dorothea Hermina Feinberg, connue sous le nom de scène Dora Doll, née le 19 mai 1922 à Berlin, est une actrice française. Dora Doll fut la première épouse de l'acteur Raymond Pellegrin, dont elle eut une fille, Danielle. Elle fut mariée ensuite à François Deguelt. Elle a eu une liaison avec Jean Gabin. Elle a reçu en 1993 le Prix "Reconnaissance des cinéphiles" à Puget-Théniers décerné par l'Association Souvenance de cinéphiles pour l'ensemble de sa carrière. Elle a été nommée au grade de chevalier à l'Ordre national du Mérite, par décret du 14 novembre 2000. Elle vit aujourd'hui dans le sud de la France.   

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Dora Doll
Dora Doll

Películas

Comme t'y es belle!
Mémé
Isa, Alice, Léa and Nina, linked by their Sephardic families as much as by their friendship, share their lives between love affairs, a beauty institute under fiscal control, children to raise, an undocumented Moroccan nanny to marry, repeated diets, family and religious holidays to honor, but before being beautiful, their biggest challenge is to be themselves.
Eres muy guapo
Catherine
Aymé (Michel Blanc) acaba de perder a su esposa en un accidente en la granja. Debe encontrar lo más pronto posible otra esposa, sobre todo porque el trabajo le desborda y necesita a alguien que cuide de él y que le eche una mano con las tareas rurales. Por eso, decide acudir a una agencia matrimonial. La directora de la agencia entiende que su caso es más práctico que afectivo, y decide enviarle a Rumania, donde un gran número de chicas están dispuestas a todo por dejar la miseria en la que viven. El encuentro con Elena cambiará su vida...
Et demain, Paula ?
Andrée
Paula was a brilliant lawyer, defending the most just causes. One day, a man she had just released from prison coldly murders two children. When she realizes that she was mistaken, Paula feels her precious certainties slipping away. She now lives in the anonymity of the street, rehashing her disgust for the world and for others. Will her meeting with Serge, a social worker, give Paula back her taste for life?
Là-bas... mon pays
Paula Azera
Pierre es un periodista que presenta un programa en la televisión. Nadie sabe que vivía en Argelia cuando la guerra, y que dejó atrás un amor absoluto y desesperado. Antes de entrar en el estudio, un anciano argelino se le acerca y le transmite un mensaje misterioso...
Sapho
The tumultuous affair between a young man and a woman twenty-five years his senior.
La colline aux mille enfants
Emilienne
During the Nazi regime in France in World War II, Pastor Fontaine and the town of Chambon undertake a mission to protect and shelter the children of many of the Jews sent to concentration camps.
El infierno (L'Enfer)
Mme Chabert
Nelly y Paul son una pareja feliz. Mientras él dirige el bonito hotel que acaba de comprar en el campo, a orillas de un lago, ella cuida del hijo de ambos. Pero, como Nelly es muy guapa y atrae a todos los clientes del hotel, Paul, dominado por unos celos incontrolados y obsesivos, llega a creer que su mujer se acuesta con todo el mundo.
Pas d'amour sans amour!
Rose, la mère
Después de una ruptura difícil y tres años de abstinencia sexual, Eva parte en busca de un nuevo amor.
Morasseix!!!
Morasseix, a village hidden away in the remote depths of the French countryside, presents a gallery of astonishing portraits, characters by turn violent, absurd, occasionally touching in their innocence. “All of them cracked”, according to Lili, the hairdresser’s daughter, who dreams of leaving for America.César, however, has no desire to leave. He’s greedy for life, a jovial fellow. He loves the locals. Loves them so much that he happily pushes them around, provoking them for the sake of it. To him, despite their individual quirks, they all lack a sense of insolence. Particularly his friend Twelve, named for the calibre of his shotgun.
Once More
La mère
Louis is a family man, with a wife and young daughter, who discovers in mid-life that he is gay.
The Two Crocodiles
Félicité
Rene (Jean-Pierre Marielle) is a small-time crook who tries to shake down storekeeper Emile (Jean Carmet) in this uneven and humorless comedy. Things change when Rene starts to fall for the terminally boring and provincial Emile.
Maniac Killer
Dorine
A murderous cult kidnaps French prostitutes and tortures them to death to "purify" them of their evil ways. The local pimps, understandably upset, set out after them, as does a man whose girlfriend was kidnapped by the cult and may still be held by them.
Cloud Waltzing
Madame Solange
Journalist Meredith travels to Europe to do a story on vineyard owner Francois De Paul and won't stop until she learns his secrets.
François Villon: The Maverick Poet
Margot matroana bordelului
The film is a novelized biography of François Villon (1431-1463), known as the Wandering Poet, who led a troubled life due to the fact that he supported the free expression of people in a coercive climate.
Gros dégueulasse
La serveuse choucroute
A fat and disgusting man is rejected by society... A vitriolic adaptation of the famous comic strip by Reiser.
Le voyage à Paimpol
La mère de Maryvonne
The dream, which filled half of her life, was no longer enough for Maryvonne. She leaves her husband, child, lover and leaves for Paimpol. And there, it's a breath of fresh air in the form of real life, reality finally joins the dream.
Angel of Death
Sarah
A Jewish commando unit hunting Nazi war criminals tracks down the infamous Dr. Mengele in the jungle, and find that he is torturing nubile young virgins and performing horrible medical experiments on the locals. They prepare to battle their way past Mengele's hordes of fanatic Nazi bodyguards in order to get to him.
Ave Maria
Constance
Naive villagers find themselves duped by a pair of con artists who sweep into town proclaiming themselves "Holy Father" and "Holy Mother." Soon the pair of cons are making out like the bandits that they are, as the villagers hand over their money and their lands.
Bastille
Mw. Friedlander
Doctor Lerne, Subgod
Honorine
A mad scientist, Dr. Lerne, performs organ transplants not only between humans and animals, but also with plants and even machines ...
Le Secret des Andrônes
Rosa Chamboulive
La noche de Varennes
Nanette Precy
Siglo XVIII. Crónica de un viaje que comparten Luis XVI, María Antonieta, Casanova, el novelista francés Restif de la Bretonne, una de las damas de compañía de la reina y el estadounidense Thomas Paine.
Les Charlots contre Dracula
Le commissaire Gluck
To Take Possession of Maleficient Powers, Dracula must take control of a lady in a Flee Market, Paris , France. But without wasting any time, her friends take on Dracula to save her from this terrible curse of Vampirism.
Les givrés
Mme Gruber
El cabezazo
Head nun
A pesar de su talento innato para el fútbol, François Perrin demuestra tener un temperamento que le lleva a numerosos problemas fuera de los campos. Después de haber protagonizado la enésima juerga, la directiva del club con el que tiene contrato en vigor toma la determinación de castigarlo. La decisión adoptada por el consejo directivo es que se entrene y juegue con el equipo filial. Su enfrentamiento físico con una de las figuras del primer equipo, que actúa como ariete, supone la despedida virtual de François del club donde ha militado las últimas temporadas. Pero después de ingresar en prisión acusado de haber violado a una chica llamada Stephanie, que confunde con su amante Marie, el club decide repescarlo ya que el primer equipo se ha quedado diezmado debido a un accidente de autobús.
Monsieur Saint-Saëns
La lingère
The imaginary adventures of musician Sans-Saëns.
Prostituta de día, señorita de noche
Madame Mayeul
En 1933, Violette Nozière (Isabelle Huppert), una muchacha de 18 años, vive con sus padres en un minúsculo apartamento, en condiciones muy modestas. Sus padres sueñan para Violette una existencia diferente a la suya, una existencia que no le pueden dar, no obstante. La muchacha, ahogada por esta atmósfera, decide frecuentar estudiantes, no tardando demasiado en contraer la sífilis, lo cual, obviamente, supondrá un escándalo en el seno de la família. Violette, exasperada por la actitud floja de sus padres, tomará una decisión inesperada y sorprendente...
Grandison
Attendant
Women in Cellblock 9
Loba
A group of female freedom-fighters led by Karine Levere is caught by the warden of a women's prison, located somwhere in the South American jungle. None of them will reveal the secrets of their organisation or the names of their collaborators in the cities, so they are handed over to Dr. Costa who, after four years inactivity in Europe, is delighted to be able to practice his torture techniques once more. Laverne fails to resist the inhuman treatments and reveals all. The only hope of saving the organization is for the girls to warn the city cell before it's too late. They trick the prison guard into having sex with them, knock him out and break out of prison. The warden and Dr. Costa must prevent them from revealing the practices inside the prison. The hunt is on and it's shoot to kill...
Peppermint Soda
The Gymnastics Teacher
En el otoño de 1963, Ana se está convirtiendo en un adolescente. Vive en París con su madre y su hermana mayor, Frédérique. Acaban de regresar del verano en la playa con su padre. La escuela comienza. Para Frédérique es el año de su primer amor serio, su primera incursión en la política, su primer beso con un hombre mayor, su primer amigo que se va, y su primera derrota de la amistad por encima de valores. Para Ana, que mira a su hermana de cerca, es el año de su primer periodo y de aprender a hablar con los chicos, de tratar con los profesores injustos, y de arreglar las cosas con su madre después de meterse en problemas
Julia
Woman Passenger
En los años 20, la escritora norteamericana Lillian Hellman conoce a Julia, la hija de una acaudalada familia escocesa. Entre ellas surge una profunda amistad, pero se ven obligadas a separarse en plena adolescencia. Mientras que Julia se va a estudiar a Oxford y Viena, donde es discípula de Freud, Lily se convierte en una famosa escritora, pero añora la amistad de Julia, por lo que decide ir a verla a Viena. Pero corren malos tiempos para Europa, pues el nazismo está en pleno apogeo.
Shattered Dreams
Lisa
A young Viennese policeman can not free himself from his mistress and is also extorted over his illegal arms business.
La última esperanza
Ginette
Eddy Batkin, en una fiesta en la que se consume droga, mata a un policía. El suceso acaba con la tranquilidad de su familia. Pero su padre Jacques, un importante industrial, se las arregla para hacer valer las circunstancias atenuantes y llega incluso a ganarse la confianza de la viuda del policía.
Femmes Fatales
Simone, captain of the soldiers
Jean-Pierre Marielle y Jean Rochefort interpretan a un ginecólogo y un gigoló agotados de cualquier sugerencia sexual femenina. El doctor no soporta ver una vagina más, mientras que el gigoló está exhausto de la exigencia sexual de las mujeres. Ambos deciden refugiarse en una villa con la única compañía de los sacerdotes del lugar, pero el casto encierro se torna en pesadilla al presentarse un regimiento de mujeres armadas.
La victoria en Chantant (Negros y blancos en color)
Maryvonne
Después de estar varios meses a la espera de noticias, las tropas francesas de las colonias africanas se verán obligados a batallar con sus vecinos alemanes. Con tal de aumentar el número de tropas, los franceses comienzan a reclutar soldados entre los nativos, proveyéndoles de rifles, botas y uniformes necesarios para que puedan combatir.
Catherine & Co.
Mère de Catherine
Catherine, una joven prostituta que vive en París, decide hacer una empresa de sí misma después de aprender los conceptos básicos de las grandes empresas con sus clientes. Encontrará interés y reveses en su búsqueda de inversores.
El incorregible
Thérèse, la caissière du bar
A Victor Vauthier parece que la suerte le ha vuelto la espalda. El día que sale de prisión, después de tres meses de arresto, sólo se encuentra con desgracias: vende el apartamento de su ex amante y pierde el dinero en las carreras, trata de vender un yate, que se hunde con el comprador a bordo; intenta consolar a la mujer del presunto ahogado y el marido los encuentra en la cama. Marie-Charlotte, la asistenta social que debe ayudarle a integrarse en la sociedad es, casualmente, la hija del conservador de un museo que alberga un valiosísimo tríptico de El Greco. Víctor llega a la conclusión de que sólo poseyendo tan valiosa obra de arte podrá alcanzar la reinserción social.
Godefinger ou Certaines chattes n'aiment pas le mou
Rose, Brother mistress
En el lejano país africano de Tagabombo ha muerto un aventurero millonario. Su ex esposa y un detective privado están más que interesados ​​en su dinero.
Chantaje a un adulterio
Pascale Effront
Es la historia de un amor imposible, de un triángulo que lleva a sus protagonistas a buscar los caminos más llenos de obstaculos, a entrar en un callejón sin salida.
La Liberté en croupe
Suzanne
Paris, in the spring of 1968. Albin Cérès, 23, the son of a bourgeois couple on the verge of breakdown, seeks happiness in life. Disappointed by Laurent, the leader of a small group of revolutionary students ; disappointed by Paméla, a girl he half-heartedly makes love to ; refusing the friendship of Moss, a refined fifty-year-old who is secretly in love with him, Albin returns to his parents'home for a while. Shortly afterward he meets Lore, a lovely young lady, who dreams of revolution... A great love is born!
Les Eaux mêlées
La serveuse
Un ratón entre los hombres
Catherine
Dos hombres honrados durante el día, por la noche se transforman en ladrones expertos. Sin embargo, serán sorprendidos por la jovencita Lucila, y estarán obligados a admitirla en la banda. Ella les propondrá robar en casa de su tía rica. (FILMAFFINITY)
Gran jugada en la Costa Azul
Countess Doublianoff
Charles acaba de salir de la cárcel. Su mujer le propone que inviertan sus ahorros para montar un chiringuito en la Costa Azul y comenzar una nueva vida. Pero Charles ya no es joven y lo que desea es dar un último y gran golpe que le permita retirarse a lo grande. Tiene un plan perfecto para acceder a la cámara acorazada de un casino en Cannes, que contiene cien millones de francos. Para llevar a cabo el trabajo cuenta con la complicidad de Francis, un joven compañero de prisión.
Gran jugada en la Costa Azul
Comtesse Doublianoff
Charles acaba de salir de la cárcel. Su mujer le propone que inviertan sus ahorros para montar un chiringuito en la Costa Azul y comenzar una nueva vida. Pero Charles ya no es joven y lo que desea es dar un último y gran golpe que le permita retirarse a lo grande. Tiene un plan perfecto para acceder a la cámara acorazada de un casino en Cannes, que contiene cien millones de francos. Para llevar a cabo el trabajo cuenta con la complicidad de Francis, un joven compañero de prisión.
Le dernier quart d'heure
Première brigade criminelle
Julia Manton
Cocagne
Hélène
La reina del Tabarín
Cabaret Singer
En el año 1913, una familia de músicos ambulantes va a parar a la casa de una rica marquesa. La hija del músico, Lolita, salta la tapia de la casa y se topa con el hijo de la pudiente señora, de quien pronto se enamora pensando que es el camarero.
Les frangines
Jeanine - la servante
The owner of a suburban boarding school is found murdered. The culprit will be unmasked thanks to the ingenuity and courage of the good Janine and a student, named Nadine.
The Enigma of the Folies-Bergère
Clara
The Raffin Commissioner investigates the murder of an industrialist and it soon becomes apparent that the activities of the relatives of the deceased all revolve around the Folies-Bergere.
125, rue Montmartre
Germaine Montillier, dite Mémène
Didier está desesperado y se lanza al Sena. Pascal, un vendedor de periódicos de carácter severo, cáustico, y carente de compasión, se arroja al río y le salva. Entre los dos hombres nace una amistad. Pero Pascal, sin darse cuenta, al evitar la tentativa de suicido de Didier, se verá inmerso en una trama de engaños y apariencias y pronto será acusado de un asesinato.
Sólo un testigo
Une prostituée (uncredited)
Un hombre traumatizado por el asesinato de su esposa, se aboca a la búsqueda del asesino, que resulta ser un amante de su mujer. En su pesquisa, encuentra y mata al sujeto, siendo su crimen presenciado por un taxista. En su afán de quedar impune, el protagonista se pone tras la pista de este eventual testigo.
Arquímedes, el vagabundo
Mme Lucette Pichon
El vagabundo Arquímedes quiere pasar el invierno en la cárcel, pero su propósito resulta no ser tan fácil como parece.
Miss Pigalle
Pascaline
A young woman has been run over by the car of Carlos, a brilliant embassy attaché. Feeling sorry for her, Carlos drives her to his place and decides to take her in. The young lady accepts his offer but refuses to tell Carlos her name, wanting to be called Miss Pigalle, after the Paris district where she was born. It does not take long before Yvonne (Miss Pigalle's true name) and Carlos fall in love. Life is like a dream and, when Yvonne gets pregnant, their happiness is at their peak. Unfortunately, a revolution breaks out and Carlos returns to his country in secret. Feeling forsaken and at a loss, Yvonne, who is now penniless, has no other solution but prostitute herself.
El baile de los malditos
Simone
Christian Diestl (Marlon Brando) es un teniente del ejército alemán que ama a su país, pero guarda serias dudas con la guerra que comienza a abrirse camino. Noah Ackerman (Montgomery Clift) es un soldado americano que sufre las presiones de sus propios compañeros y jefes, pero está dispuesto a defender lo que es justo a como dé lugar. Ambos se enamoran de chicas con carácter, y esto también sirve de acicate para mantener el impulso de preservar sus principios.
The Fast Set
Rita
Originally titled Mademoiselle Striptease, this classic French sex comedy is a charming frolic through luscious Parisian cabarets with outstanding striptease performances. Agnes Laurent plays a spoiled young provincial girl.
Quelle sacrée soirée
Lola Wander
Jean Duclos has extraordinary adventures after taking the train and mistakenly taking the luggage of a young dancer, Lola Wanda. An oil tycoon appoints him as a proxy for his future company, and then he marries his beautiful cousin, Suzy.
Adorables Démons
L'Amour Descend du Ciel
Véra
Le colonel est de la revue
Cora, la Sanglante
What a Team!
Vicky
Hubert Franier, an honest hospital extern, should never had got into trouble had he not been infatuated with Véra, a beautiful but stupid creature, who led him down the wrong path. Because of her and her friends, Hubert, who naively thought he was taking part in a practical joke, was actually a party to a car theft. Because of him, Monsieur Pierre, a good-natured caretaker, is in hospital. Racked with remorse, Hubert decides to hide from the police and finds refuge at his friend Louis'. Louis is a very sociable artist and his flat is the meeting place of many a colorful character. There, Hubert gets to know Candy, a Black American saxophonist, as well as Boubou, a Black little boy. He also meets Marie-Lou, a bar girl who dreams of becoming a nurse.
Soupçons
Angèle Amélie Jeanne Mersch
"Poisoner" - After her fiancé is arrested Claire finds herself alone and forced to find work. She is hired by a country squire, Etienne de Montenoy, as the tutor of his goddaughter. It does not take long before Montenoy falls for her but a little longer before the young woman, reluctant at first, understands Etienne loves her truly and then requites his love. Etienne lives so happily with her that he decides to make her his heir. Shortly after, he is murdered by poison...
Calle Mayor
Tonia
Una pequeña ciudad de España, octubre de 1955. Isabel, una soñadora de treinta y cinco años que se siente fracasada porque aún no se ha casado, se convierte en el nuevo objetivo de un grupo de bromistas sin alma.
Elena y los hombres
Rosa la Rose
Antes de la I Guerra Mundial (1914-1918), Elena (Ingrid Bergman), una bella princesa polaca, se enamora en París de un político francés miembro de un partido radical y de un general. Al mismo tiempo un oficial suspira también por el amor de su alteza.
Fernand cow-boy
Mae Marlene
On déménage le colonel
Flora
No Mercy for the Cellers
Jessy
In Montmartre, prostitutes and neighborhood pimps meet in Victor's bar. One of them, Charly, one day falls in love with the beautiful Laurence, a girl who honestly earns her life as a singer. But Fernand, the local boss, sees a bad eye his acolyte out of the ranks to lead a quiet life in the company of his sweetheart. He provokes the jealousy of Jessy, mistress of Charly. The latter, stung, does not intend to leave without fighting his lover take the tangent. She ruminates her revenge so much that she ends up shooting Charly ...
The Little Rebels
Mme Lecarnoy
Judge Julien Lamy regularly deals with the welfare of children, namely down on their luck delinquents. When an orphan named Alain Robert burns down a barn belonging to his abusive foster family, Judge Lamy has no choice but to send him to a juvenile jail. There he meets an older boy named Francis Lanoux, who is desperate to escape and be reunited with his girlfriend Sylvette. The boys eventually flee the institution, as Francis goes in search of his lost love and Alain continues looking for his parents. Unfortunately, the little rebels run into some big problems once on the outside.
Sofía y el crimen
Louise Richter
Las aventuras de una joven periodista que se enamora de un hombre acusado del asesinato de su esposa.
Nana
Rose Mignon
Nana or Nanà is a French-Italian film by Christian-Jaque starring Charles Boyer. It is an adaptation of Émile Zola's novel Nana.
Le Crâneur
Betty Bell
A singer tries to rescue a man drawn into the drug trade.
French Cancan
La Génisse
Tanto Nini, una guapa chica que trabaja en una lavandería, como otras atractivas jóvenes son contratadas por Monsieur Danglard para unirse a su compañía de teatro. Danglar tiene previsto abrir un nuevo cabaret en París, el Moulin Rouge, donde la gran atracción será el cancán. A pesar de que tiene novio, Nini es seducida por Danglard, pero su principal admirador es el príncipe Alexandre. Tras 15 años de estancia en los Estados Unidos, "French Cancan" supone el regreso de Renoir a su país.
Napoleón
'Une Merveilleuse' (uncredited)
Talleyrand, el gran político francés de finales del siglo XVIII y primer cuarto del XIX, rememora en una reunión de amigos, la vida del Emperador de los franceses, desde su nacimiento en Córcega, pasando por sus gestas militares, hasta su muerte en el destierro. La cinta es una pequeña lección de la historia de Francia.
Yours Truly, Blake
Isabelle
Larry Blake is an American airline pilot who loves women and ... trouble! Wherever he goes troubles indeed follow, like this time in Paris. On vacation in the French capital, the happy American decides to discover Paris by Night. As of his first night out, he gets to know Michèle Marley, a beautiful entertainer, and looks forward to a wonderful night of pleasure. But things do not go according to plan. Indeed, Laurent, Michèle's partner is found dead and not only is Michèle accused of killing him but Larry is suspected of being her accomplice as well ...
Obsession
L'entraîneuse
Hélène and Aldo Giovanni are a circus trapeze double act and a couple. Aldo is temporarily replaced by former-partner Alexandre when the former is injured. The two get into a fight and the following day Alexandre is discovered dead. Hélène suspects her husband is responsible for the murder.
Les impures
Lili, une fille
When Mario, a bad boy, is released from prison, he plans to live honestly with his wife Geneviève. But the latter has not waited for him and Mario, out of spite, accepts to work as a tout for Mr. Charlie, the boss of a white slave trade gang. His first assignment consists in seducing Michèle, a Montmartre nightclub singer and hostess, into signing a contract for Tangier. The young woman, however, who does this job only to support her young sister Danièle, falls for him and he for her. From then on Mario, without betraying himself, does his utmost to save Michèle -and Danièle for that matter - from the clutches of the gang...
No toquéis la pasta
Lola
El viejo gángster Max y un amigo suyo tienen un plan que les permitirá obtener cerca de 50 millones de francos. La ex-novia de Max, que lo ha dejado por Angelo, el jefe de otra banda, pretende obtener información sobre ese plan para quedarse con el dinero. Con este fin ella y sus amigos secuestran al socio de Max y piden un rescate por su vida.
Tres destinos de mujer
Une fille (segment "Jeanne")
Tres episodios: un hombre al que nunca vemos presenta a las tres protagonistas del film. Elizabeth, una víctima de la II Guerra Mundial; Juana, que hizo la guerra, y Lisístrata, que luchó contra la guerra.
Illicit Motherhood
Anita, la sœur de Doudou
Other Side of Paradise
Michèle
Set in a tiny village near the Riviera, the story concerns a diverse group of has-beens and losers.The Countess (played by Denise Vernac,Von Stroheim's secretary and constant companion in real life) entertains her jaded guests by screening dirty movies. Failed writer Blaise (Jacques Sernas) is saddled with an alcoholic wife (Dora Doll). And idealistic young Violaine (Etchika Choureau) is slowly dying of tuberculosis. The lives of all these people become intertwined through a sudden -- but not unexpected -- act of violence.
Dans la vie tout s'arrange
Yvette
A Boston school teacher fights with a group of impoverished Frenchmen for possession of an inherited château. Elizabeth Rockwell is indignant when she finds her château filled with squatters, a widower with five messy children, who have no regard for private property rights.
Savage Triangle
La blonde amie de Paul
Based on the novel of the same name by writer Edouard Peisson, this Jean Delannoy film display one boy’s unconditional love for his mother, despite her tragic mistreatment of him. After being raised by a shepherd for the past 12 years, Simon (Pierre-Michel Beck) is reunited with his mother Marie (Madeleine Robinson). Marie is a prostitute in Marseilles and is now stable enough to welcome Simon back into her life. Unaware of her profession at first, Simon is happy to have his mom back, but in time he learns how she makes her living. This troubles Simon but he continues to love her, despite not loving her chosen profession. His anger toward this issue gets directed toward Marie’s louse of a boyfriend, Paul (Frank Villard), and the result is a heartfelt tale about love and family.
Pardon My French
Yvette
A Boston school teacher fights with a group of impoverished Frenchmen for possession of an inherited château. Elizabeth Rockwell is indignant when she finds her château filled with squatters, a widower with five messy children, who have no regard for private property rights.
The Passerby
Irma
A woman who has a terrible secret to conceal takes refuge on a barge.
Paris Vice Squad
Dora Bourbon, une victime du sadique
Identite Judiciare stars Raymond Souplex as wily French police inspector Basquier. The villain is Berthet (Jean Debucourt), a high-ranking government official. Basquier suspects that Berthet is a vicious murderer, but is unable to prove anything thanks to bureaucratic interference. Thus, the good inspector plays a waiting game a la Columbo, hoping for that one fatal slip on the part of the killer. Certain portions of Identite Judiciare proved a bit too intense for American audiences, and were accordingly snipped by the censors.
The Red Rose
Evelyne Dorsey, la star de cinéma
The Jacques Brothers, their temporary replacements, Yves Gérard and his troupe, as well as a famous movie star looking for a new partner, Evelyne Dorsey, are causing disruption at the "La Rose rouge" cabaret, the most famous cellar in Saint-Germain-des-Prés, to the delight of regulars.
Bed for Two
Miss Paulette
Robert Bobin has been an assistant accountant for twenty years now and, although meek and obedient, is getting weary of his monotonous, limited life. He tries marriage but, unfortunately, Blanche, the nurse he marries, proves to be a shrew. One day, a miracle happens : Michèle, a young orphan and fellow-worker gradually develops tender feelings for him. But will Robert be able to overcome his mediocrity and grasp this unexpected opportunity to find happiness?
A Man Walks in the City
La fille
Le Havre, France, in 1949. In a town that still shows the scars of war, several friends meet up in Albert's café. One of them, Laurent, has lost his job on the docks and his marriage to Madeleine is falling apart. He knows that his wife wants to start an affair with friend, Jean Sauviot. Jean is a lonely man who is attracted to Madeleine but doesn't want to commit himself to the wife of a friend. On the day that Madeleine tells her husband that she is seeing Jean, Laurent goes looking for Jean to find an explanation. Arriving on the docks in the evening, he attacks an American sailor who looks like Jean, but the man fights back and runs away after killing Laurent accidentally. Madeleine thinks that Laurent was killed by Jean and believes that she can start a new life with her lover. The police have other ideas...
The Passenger
Colette Mouche
When her godmother dies, Nicole's happiness collapses and her fiancé leaves her because she is ruined.
Thus Finishes the Night
In the train that takes her back home, Catheine Beryl meets concert pianist André Fuger, a childhood friend of her husband's. The musician is both good-looking and seductive and Catherine soon falls for his charms. The two young people spend the evening and the following night together. The next day, a lost powder compact gives the affair away. At a loss, Catherine runs away from her husband but she has an accident. When she regains consciousness in her hospital bed, Catherine finds Georges, her husband, by her side, pretending nothing has happened.
Manon
Juliette
Puerto de Marsella, Francia, recién liberada del yugo alemán. Sorprendidos como polizones a bordo de un barco, Manon, una joven que fue acusada de colaborar con los nazis, y Robert, un soldado de la Resistencia que la salvó de sufrir represalias, hablan al capitán de los muchos desafíos que han tenido que afrontar para sobrevivir.
The Wizard of Heaven
Benoîte
The Wizard of Heaven tells the compelling and remarkable story of St. John Marie Baptist Vianney, the humble pastor of Ars, France, who battled with the devil himself, not only for the faith of his parish, but even for that of his country. Starting with the Saint's arrival at Ars, this film brings to life the hardships, indifference, ridicule and opposition he encountered, as well as the zeal with which he strove to overcome them.
The House Under the Sea
La fille
A stranger named Constant disrupts the life of Flora, who is seemingly happy with her husband Lucien. But she suddenly experiences a passionate love, taking refuge with Constant in a cave they call “home under the sea.”
Inspector Sergil
Sandra Grégoriff
Inspector Sergil is a detective comedy. Sergil, inspector of the P.J., investigates three crimes, helped by two pretty women, Bijou and Nadège.
Devil and the Angel
Lenoir's secretary
The Director of an international banknote printing institute, mutilated by the face of the Great War, Frank Davres, falls in love with a young woman, Jeanne, admirably beautiful, but blind. He marries her. For her, he ruins himself and comes to issue counterfeit banknotes. The young woman does everything to make people forget her infirmity. One day, following an operation, she recovers her sight and notices the physical and moral ugliness of her husband. She hides her cure until the day when Frank, taken by the police, kills one of his accomplices and commits suicide. Jeanne leaves to join a friend with whom she was performing in a circus.
Immortal France
The story of how the people of Paris cope with the strains and struggles of war, from the siege of the city by the Prussians during the Franco-Prussian War of 1871 to the invasion by the Germans in World War II.
Parade in 7 Nights
Monique, friend of Irène (uncredited)
In the pound, Pipo the dog recounts his adventures to his fellow inmates.
Night in December
In 1919, Pierre Darmont, a handsome, much-loved piano virtuoso, falls in love with Anne Morris, a young woman who shares his tender feelings. But, quite inexplicably, after an unforgettable night, Anne vanishes without trace. Twenty years later, Pierre, at the peak of his glory, has become embittered. Unable to recover his unhappy love affair, he has collected women without ever committing himself to any. Until some night he meets the eyes of a beautiful young lady, who happens to be the spitting image of his great love...
Paradis perdu
In pre-World Ward I in Paris, a budding artist, Pierre LeBlanc, falls in love and marries Janine, a dressmaker's assistant. Pierre has a flair for designing clothes, and he and his bride live in a blissful paradise, until the war breaks out and he becomes a soldier. Janine dies in childbirth and, no longer desiring to live, Pierre volunteers for a dangerous patrol behind German lines. While recuperating in the hospital from a wound he received on the mission, Pierre spends his time drawing sketches of dresses. He becomes rich and famous after the war. Years later, after devoting himself to his daughter, Pierre seeks a marriage with a girl no older than his daughter. A conflict develops and to ensure his daughter's happiness, Pierre sacrifices his own plans.
Moulin Rouge
A poor wretch, who has just been hired as a music-hall artist, in spite of himself becomes the tenant of a particular Parisian building.
Beating Heart
La secrétaire
Tells the story of a young woman escaping from reform school who tries to steal a foreign ambassador's watch but ends up falling in love with him.
Cordial Agreement
Extra (uncredited)
The film depicts events between the Fashoda crisis in 1898 and the 1904 signing of the Entente Cordiale creating an alliance between Britain and France and ending their historic rivalry. It was based on the book King Edward VII and His Times by André Maurois. It was made with an eye to its propaganda value, following the Munich Agreement of September 1938 and in anticipation of the outbreak of a Second World War which would test the bonds between Britain and France in a conflict with Nazi Germany.
Hotel del Norte
En un modesto hotel de un barrio popular de París, Renée (Annabella) y Pierre (Jean-Pierre Aumont), una joven pareja de enamorados, alquilan una habitación para una sola noche. Ambos jóvenes tiene intención de suicidarse: Pierre matará a Renée de un tiro, y luego disparará contra sí mismo. Pero el plan no sale como tenían planeado...