René Lefèvre

Acting

René Lefèvre

Born March 6, 1898 · Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, France

Died May 23, 1991 · aged 93

René Lefèvre, born René Paul Louis Lefèvre, (March 6, 1898 in Nice - May 23, 1991 in Poissy) was a French actor and writer. Throughout his career, he worked with several notable directors, like Jean Renoir, Jean-Pierre Melville, Jules Dassin, and René Clair. Description above from the Wikipedia article René Lefèvre (actor), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia

Known For

The Mask of the GorillaThe Mask of the Gorilla · 1958
The Mask of the Gorilla
6.11958
MovieActionDrama
Géo Paquet, aka The Gorilla, breaks from jail. Now an escaped convict, the elite agent must infiltrate a dangerous gang working for a foreign embassy as their leader, a spy enjoying diplomatic immunity, can't be arrested by regular police.
Le RuisseauLe Ruisseau · 1930
Le Ruisseau
10.01930
MovieDrama
A famous painter loves Madeleine Granval, a rich and divorced society woman, who cheats on him. To console himself, he goes to Montmartre where he meets Denise Fleury, a young woman who has fallen into poverty.
La GarçonneLa Garçonne · 1957
La Garçonne
5.51957
MovieDrama
La Garçonne is a 1957 French film directed by Jacqueline Audry. It follows Monique, an ingenue and a clueless girl who believes in true love. When she discovers her future husband has a lover, she rebels against her bourgeois life:s he will lead a free and wild life and she will live like a man. Soon she becomes the toast of Gay Paris, sleeping with all the men around, and even with a woman.
The Two WorldsThe Two Worlds · 1930
The Two Worlds
9.01930
MovieDramaWar
Be Beautiful and Shut UpBe Beautiful and Shut Up · 1958
Be Beautiful and Shut Up
5.51958
MovieComedyCrime
A beautiful 18-year-old orphan escapes from a reformatory and hooks up with a gang of jewel smugglers, and decides on a life of crime. However, she falls for and marries a policeman, putting a crimp in her criminal career.
Angelique and the KingAngelique and the King · 1966
Angelique and the King
6.51966
MovieAdventureHistory
Soon after her latest husband death, the King himself (Louis XIV) meets with our heroine and begs her to help convince the Persian Ambassador to agree to a treaty. However, what they didn't realize was that the handsome Persian was in fact a sexual sadist. So, it is up to the King's half- brother, some Hungarian prince, to save Angélique from the evil troll's clutches.
Lady KillerLady Killer · 1937
Lady Killer
6.81937
MovieWarDrama
Lucien Bourrache, a good looking non-commissioned officer at the Spahis, is used to charm many women. He met Madeleine Courtois at Cannes. She is beautiful and lives in luxury. He lends her a large amount of money, which she loses gambling. Then she drops him. But Lucien is now in love, and once demobilized, he goes to Paris to find her again. But he's not so sexy without his uniform, and Madeleine and him do not belong to the same milieu.
Un gosse de la butteUn gosse de la butte · 1964
Un gosse de la butte
7.61964
MovieDramaComedy
A young boy lives in a popular part of Paris with his mother...

Movies

The Mask of the GorillaThe Mask of the Gorilla · 1958
The Mask of the Gorilla
6.11958
MovieActionDrama
Géo Paquet, aka The Gorilla, breaks from jail. Now an escaped convict, the elite agent must infiltrate a dangerous gang working for a foreign embassy as their leader, a spy enjoying diplomatic immunity, can't be arrested by regular police.
Le RuisseauLe Ruisseau · 1930
Le Ruisseau
10.01930
MovieDrama
A famous painter loves Madeleine Granval, a rich and divorced society woman, who cheats on him. To console himself, he goes to Montmartre where he meets Denise Fleury, a young woman who has fallen into poverty.
La GarçonneLa Garçonne · 1957
La Garçonne
5.51957
MovieDrama
La Garçonne is a 1957 French film directed by Jacqueline Audry. It follows Monique, an ingenue and a clueless girl who believes in true love. When she discovers her future husband has a lover, she rebels against her bourgeois life:s he will lead a free and wild life and she will live like a man. Soon she becomes the toast of Gay Paris, sleeping with all the men around, and even with a woman.
The Two WorldsThe Two Worlds · 1930
The Two Worlds
9.01930
MovieDramaWar
Be Beautiful and Shut UpBe Beautiful and Shut Up · 1958
Be Beautiful and Shut Up
5.51958
MovieComedyCrime
A beautiful 18-year-old orphan escapes from a reformatory and hooks up with a gang of jewel smugglers, and decides on a life of crime. However, she falls for and marries a policeman, putting a crimp in her criminal career.
Angelique and the KingAngelique and the King · 1966
Angelique and the King
6.51966
MovieAdventureHistory
Soon after her latest husband death, the King himself (Louis XIV) meets with our heroine and begs her to help convince the Persian Ambassador to agree to a treaty. However, what they didn't realize was that the handsome Persian was in fact a sexual sadist. So, it is up to the King's half- brother, some Hungarian prince, to save Angélique from the evil troll's clutches.
Lady KillerLady Killer · 1937
Lady Killer
6.81937
MovieWarDrama
Lucien Bourrache, a good looking non-commissioned officer at the Spahis, is used to charm many women. He met Madeleine Courtois at Cannes. She is beautiful and lives in luxury. He lends her a large amount of money, which she loses gambling. Then she drops him. But Lucien is now in love, and once demobilized, he goes to Paris to find her again. But he's not so sexy without his uniform, and Madeleine and him do not belong to the same milieu.
Un gosse de la butteUn gosse de la butte · 1964
Un gosse de la butte
7.61964
MovieDramaComedy
A young boy lives in a popular part of Paris with his mother...
Shock TroopsShock Troops · 1967
Shock Troops
6.71967
MovieWarDrama
A French resistance group free twelve soldiers from a German prison camp, but apparently there's an additional detainee among them suspected of being an enemy spy.
Rue de ParisRue de Paris · 1959
Rue de Paris
6.61959
MovieDramaComedy
While Henri was a POW during the war, his wife passed away, and he returned to face the challenges of bringing up three children alone. Henri may get drunk and angry at times, but he also has a better side that will not stay buried.
Le coup de troisLe coup de trois · 1936
Le coup de trois
7.01936
MovieComedy
Popolka takes advantage of the absence of his shrew of a wife to indulge in the delights of single life. His manager showers him with favors because he is in love with a young woman whom he believes to be Popolka's wife. When Madame Popolka returns, the situation becomes confused...
Twelve Hours by the ClockTwelve Hours by the Clock · 1959
Twelve Hours by the Clock
4.41959
MovieDramaThriller
Three criminals escape from a French prison and hide in a coastal village where they have to wait for 12 hours until the boat that is supposed to take them to freedom arrives.
La Bonne PeintureLa Bonne Peinture · 1967
La Bonne Peinture
10.01967
MovieComedy
A light philosophical movie about a painter who has the ability to produce paintings that can feed people's stomach by watching them.
Jean of the MoonJean of the Moon · 1931
Jean of the Moon
6.51931
MovieComedy
Marceline, the young wife of the florist Jean, can't help flirting with other men, but her brother Clo-Clo takes the poor husband's side against his sister.
Le DoulosLe Doulos · 1962
Le Doulos
7.41962
MovieDramaThriller
Enigmatic gangster Silien may or may not be responsible for informing on Faugel, who was just released from prison and is already involved in what should be a simple heist. By the end of this brutal, twisting, and multilayered policier, who will be left to trust?
Feux de joieFeux de joie · 1939
Feux de joie
5.71939
MovieMusic
Once their military service is over, the instrumentalists of a regimental orchestra find themselves in civilian life and decide to run a hotel themselves on the Côte d'Azur.
PivoinePivoine · 1929
Pivoine
6.81929
MovieComedyDrama
Pivoine, a tramp living on the docks near Notre Dame, Macaroni and Georgette are his companions in misfortune. Could no longer bear the insults of passersby and stone throwing children, Pivoine decided to move...
Les Époux scandaleuxLes Époux scandaleux · 1935
Les Époux scandaleux
9.01935
MovieComedyDrama
A couple get married, not out of love, but to get away from their families. When they run out of gas and have to stop at a mountain hotel, they discover their love is now real.
He Who Must DieHe Who Must Die · 1957
He Who Must Die
6.11957
MovieDrama
Greece, in the 1920s, is occupied by the Turks. The country is in turmoil with entire villages uprooted. The site of the movie is a Greek village that conducts a passion play each year. The leading citizens of the town, under the auspices of the Patriarch, choose those that will play the parts in the Passion. A stuttering shepherd is chosen to play Jesus. The town butcher (who wanted to be Jesus) is chosen as Judas. The town prostitute is chosen as Mary Magdalene. The rest of the disciples are also chosen. As the movie unfolds, the Passion Play becomes a reality. A group of villagers, uprooted by the war and impoverished, arrive at the village led by their priest. The wealthier citizens of the town want nothing with these people and manipulate a massacre. In the context of the 1920s, each of the characters plays out their biblical role in actuality.
Sommes-nous défendus?Sommes-nous défendus? · 1938
Sommes-nous défendus?
9.01938
Movie
In a café, sitting around a table, a journalist is explaining to three fellow-compatriots what he saw on the Maginot Line at the borders between France and Nazi Germany.
Ces dames aux chapeaux vertsCes dames aux chapeaux verts · 1929
Ces dames aux chapeaux verts
7.01929
MovieComedy
Le MillionLe Million · 1931
Le Million
6.91931
MovieComedyMusic
Debt-ridden painter Michel is overcome with joy at discovering that he has just won 1 million florins in the Dutch lottery, but almost immediately, he discovers that his softhearted girlfriend, Béatrice, has given away his jacket containing the winning ticket to an elderly petty thief. Soon Michel, Beatrice and Michel's artistic rival, Prosper, are hurtling through the streets of Paris on the trail of the missing jacket.
The Body of My EnemyThe Body of My Enemy · 1976
The Body of My Enemy
6.41976
MovieCrimeDrama
A man accused of murder discovers a trail of corruption leading to the powerful family of his former love. Going underground, he seeks allies in a town where trust is scarce.
A Blonde Like ThatA Blonde Like That · 1963
A Blonde Like That
8.71963
MovieMysteryComedy
Myra, daughter of the circus king, has been kidnapped in South America. Or so her father believes. In reality, Miss Shumway has escaped into the Indian jungle in the company of a conjurer. Millan, a mischievous and adventurous journalist, tracks down the young woman in the Indian sector of Tamazunchale. They get to know each other and Myra tells the young man what drove her to flee her father. But she's run out of money and expects her adventure to come to an end soon. Then she meets a man named Doc, who suggests she contact an old Indian sorcerer.

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