Paul Bernard

Acting

Paul Bernard

Born September 21, 1898 · Villeneuve-sur-Lot - Lot-et-Garonne - France

Died May 4, 1958 · aged 59

Paul Bernard (21 December 1898 – 4 May 1958) was a French actor. He appeared in thirty-five films, including A Friend Will Come Tonight (1946).

Known For

The Sleeping Car MurdersThe Sleeping Car Murders · 1965
The Sleeping Car Murders
★ 6.91965
MovieCrimeThriller
Six people travel by overnight train from Marseilles to Paris. When they arrive, one of them, a young woman, is found dead in a sleeping berth. The police, led by Inspector Grazzi, investigate the other five passengers, suspecting that one among them was responsible. However, as the investigation is stepped up, the others start turning up dead. It's up to the remaining two to solve the case, lest they become the next victims.
The DamnedThe Damned · 1947
The Damned
★ 5.91947
MovieDramaWar
In April 1945, a group of Nazis and collaborators gather in Oslo to board a submarine headed for South America, aiming to avoid justice. Kidnapped Doctor Guilbert is forced to accompany them.
Summer LightSummer Light · 1943
Summer Light
★ 7.01943
MovieDrama
A shimmering glass hotel at the top of a remote Provençal mountain provides the setting for a tragicomic tapestry about an obsessive love pentangle, whose principals range from an artist to a hotel manager to a dam worker.
The HunchbackThe Hunchback · 1944
The Hunchback
★ 8.01944
MovieAdventure
The knight Henri de Lagardère wants to avenge the death of his friend, the duke Philippe de Nevers assassinated by the prince de Gonzague, a few years before.
Les Dames du bois de BoulogneLes Dames du bois de Boulogne · 1945
Les Dames du bois de Boulogne
★ 6.91945
MovieDramaRomance
A love story that follows the maneuverings of a society lady as she connives to initiate a scandalous affair between her aristocratic ex-lover and a prostitute.
White PawsWhite Paws · 1949
White Paws
★ 5.41949
MovieDrama
An eccentric man endangers himself when he makes advances toward the girlfriend of a saloon keeper.
Dear CarolineDear Caroline · 1951
Dear Caroline
★ 5.51951
MovieComedy
France, July 1782. During her birthday, the beautiful young Marchioness Caroline meets the attractive soldier Gaston. It's love at first sight but Gaston does not wish to make a commitment because a military career waits for him. Caroline marries then a politician but the French Revolution bursts and Caroline has to run away to escape the guillotine. By running away she meets Gaston again who decides to help her.
The Man Who Returns from AfarThe Man Who Returns from Afar · 1950
The Man Who Returns from Afar
★ 9.01950
MovieCrimeDrama
A man, after a fight, believes he has killed his cousin, and hides the body. The dead man had only passed out, but when he regained consciousness, he became amnesiac. When she sees him again, the woman who loved him takes him for a ghost.

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Dark SundayDark Sunday · 1949
Dark Sunday
★ 7.01949
Movie
Shortly before the War, Jan Lazlo, a Hungarian musician who has emigrated to France, falls for a young woman. Alas, the lady forsakes him and the poor man tries to overcome his grief by writing "Gloomy Sunday", a song so desperate that it can drive its listeners to suicide. Max, a music publisher, likes the song and decides to launch it by all means, foul or fair. Bob, his accomplice, manages to talk his mistress Michèle into committing a fake suicide. She obeys him and the scheme is a success as a result. On this occasion, Jan gets to know Michèle and the two young people fall in love. Happiness seems to be in store for Jan again but this is without counting with Bob. Jealous of Jan, the naughty fellow indeed tells him that Michèle's attempted suicide was nothing but an advertising pretense.

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