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Léonide Moguy

Born July 14, 1899 · Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire [now Russia]

Died April 21, 1976 · aged 76

Léonide Moguy (14 July 1899 – 21 April 1976) was a Ukrainian, French and Italian film director, screenwriter and film editor. Moguy was born Leonid Mohylevskyi (Леонід Могилевський) in Odesa, Russian Empire in 1899 in a Jewish family. He lived in Soviet Ukraine until 1929, in the United States in the 1940s, and in Italy from 1949 until his death. He was active in film between 1927 and 1961. His w…

Known For

Whistle StopWhistle Stop · 1946
Whistle Stop
★ 4.41946
MovieCrimeDrama
When beautiful Mary returns to her "whistle stop" hometown, long-standing feelings of animosity between two of her old boyfriends leads to robbery and murder.
BaccaraBaccara · 1935
Baccara
★ 7.51935
MovieComedyCrime
A rich banker is actually a crook. His mistress, an alien, wants to become French and the only way is to marry a Frenchman.
Give Me My ChanceGive Me My Chance · 1957
Give Me My Chance
★ 6.51957
MovieDrama
17 year-old small-town girl Nicole Noblet comes to Paris dreaming of becoming a world-famous actress.
ConflitConflit · 1938
Conflit
★ 7.31938
MovieDrama
Claire Buisson becomes enamored with Gerard and soon afterwords she becomes pregnant. Gerard advises her to abort the child but, at the last moment, Claire decides to keep her child and leaves for her sister's place in the province.
Tomorrow Is Too LateTomorrow Is Too Late · 1950
Tomorrow Is Too Late
★ 6.41950
MovieDrama
Progressive schoolteachers Landi and Anna have a profound influence on two of their young students, Mirella and Franco. The two kids are enamored with one another and decide to experiment with some of the knowledge they've gleaned in the classroom.
Action in ArabiaAction in Arabia · 1944
Action in Arabia
★ 6.01944
MovieDramaThriller
Reporter Michael Gordon uncovers intrigue in Damascus, where the Allies and Nazis struggle for control of Arab sympathies.
100 Little Mothers100 Little Mothers · 1952
100 Little Mothers
★ 7.01952
MovieDrama
BethsabéeBethsabée · 1947
Bethsabée
★ 4.61947
MovieDrama
Danielle Darrieux stars as Arabella Delvaire in this baroque adaptation of Pierre Benoit's novel Bethshabee. Arabella is a woman of the world who arrives at a remote Foreign Legion outpost for a rendezvous with her current lover, Captain Duveuil. It so happens that one of Arabella's previous amours, Captain Somerville (Paul Meurisse), is also serving at the same post. So much for joining the Foreign Legion to forget. A climactic knife duel "solves" the film's various plot complications. Despite its Foreign Legion background, Bethsabee has next to no action, which must have made things difficult when the film was distributed to the U.S.

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