Henri Fescourt

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Henri Fescourt

Born November 23, 1880 · Béziers, Hérault, France

Died August 9, 1966 · aged 85

Henri Fescourt (1880–1966) was a French film director and screenwriter active during the silent film era. Fescourt's work is noted for its faithful representation of literary works and significant contributions to early French cinema.

Known For

Les MisérablesLes Misérables · 1925
Les Misérables
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MovieDramaCrime
In 19th century France, Jean Valjean, a man imprisoned for stealing bread, must flee a relentless policeman named Javert. The pursuit consumes both men's lives, and soon Valjean finds himself in the midst of the student revolutions in France.
Monte CristoMonte Cristo · 1929
Monte Cristo
6.91929
MovieAdventure
Young sailor Edmond Dantès is wrongfully imprisoned, escapes, finds treasure, and reinvents himself as the wealthy Count of Monte Cristo to exact revenge on those who betrayed him.
Son passéSon passé · 1913
Son passé
1913
MovieDrama
Rouletabille chez les bohémiensRouletabille chez les bohémiens · 1922
Rouletabille chez les bohémiens
8.01922
MovieDrama
MandrinMandrin · 1924
Mandrin
10.01924
MovieAdventureDrama
Directed by Henri Fescourt.
The WestThe West · 1938
The West
9.01938
MovieDrama
The film portrays the relationship between a female Moroccan student, who has been forced to leave her studies at the Sorbonne for financial reasons and works as a dancer in a Paris nightclub, and a French naval officer. However, on returning to Casablanca she is tricked into believing that he had the led attack on her village that wiped out her family. She begins to plot her revenge.
La GluLa Glu · 1927
La Glu
8.01927
Movie
A young Parisian woman nicknamed La Glu settles in a Breton fishing village with the intention of seducing Marie-Pierre, the only boy of the 9 children of Marie des Agnes.
OathsOaths · 1931
Oaths
10.01931
MovieDrama
In the eighteenth century, during a revolution in Karelia, an aristocrat, Armas de Murnau, fought alongside the revolutionaries. Captured, sentenced to death, he will try everything to see the woman he loves.

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The Isle of ZordaThe Isle of Zorda · 1921
The Isle of Zorda
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MovieAdventureDrama
Sarkani, an adventurer, finds a trusted carrier pigeon, takes possession of the code message and, teaming up with the unscrupulous banker Torenthal, gets the position of secretary from Matthias Sandorff. After deciphering the message, he discovers a conspiracy against the government. By law, Thorenthal and Sarkani receive half of Sandorff's fortune. His kidnapped daughter was raised by Thorenthal as his own child, and in order to keep her share of the fortune, he tries to marry her off to Sarkani, but she is in love with the son of one of Sandorff's friends and refuses. Sandorff takes over the fisherman who betrayed him, as well as the banker who lost his fortune in Monte Carlo. Together with Sava's beloved, whom he cured, they save Sava and take Sarkani into their own hands. Sandorf surrenders them to the legitimate authorities, unites his daughter and her lover, and everyone lives happily on the island of Zord.

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