Directing
Maurice de Canonge
Born March 18, 1894 · Toulon, Var, France
Died December 29, 1978 · aged 84
No biography available.
Known For
Special Mission · 1946Special Mission
★ 7.01946
MovieDramaWar
The exploits of Chief Police Inspector Chabrier, first before the invasion of France in May 1940 as he fights against spies preparing the coming the Germans, particularly Emmy de Welder, the alleged manager of the Rouen hospital. Later, Chabrier and his men go underground and resist the occupiers whatever the price to pay. When the Liberation comes Chabrier resumes his activities at the French National Police.
Grisou · 1938Grisou
★ 8.01938
MovieDrama
Femme fatale Madeleine Robinson is married to Raymond Aimos, a coal miner with a face like a pickled walnut and a libido to match. She wants some action, and what she can’t get from her impotent husband, she looks for elsewhere, first with his best friend Pierre Brasseur, then with his boss Lucien Gallas, who is also dating Brasseur’s kid sister Odette Joyeux.
Happy Arenas · 1958Happy Arenas
★ 7.01958
MovieComedyMusic
A watchman with a sensitive heart, Fernand falls in love with Violette and Pervenche, two of the daughters of his boss, Maître Arno. At a bullfight starring three attractive Spaniards, the girls and their sister Marguerite - with whom Fernand's companion Rémy is in love - compete in charm, to the despair of both suitors. Followed by Marina, a pretty girl who seems to take a keen interest in Fernand, the two friends decide to retire to Les Martigues, far from their belles. But soon annoyed by Marina's insistence, Fernand returns to Maître Arno's manade, while Rémy decides to become a bullfighter to win back Marguerite.
Le avventure e gli amori di Miguel Cervantes · 1967Le avventure e gli amori di Miguel Cervantes
★ 7.71967
MovieAdventure
This epic Spanish biopic chronicles the life of Cervantes, Spain's great novelist, playwright and poet, during the 16th-century, when as a young man he goes to Italy to become a soldier for the Pope. Later he helps the Pope's emissary wage war against the Spanish Moors. His exploits win him great favor. He falls in love with a famous Italian courtesan and she with him. Unfortunately, the Pope splits them apart with his newest decree which demands that all prostitutes leave the city. Upset, Cervantes goes to fight in the famed sea battle of Lepanto and comes back a hero. Later he is captured by Barbary pirates and ransomed by Trinitarian friars.
Judicial Error · 1948Judicial Error
★ 9.01948
MovieDrama
After a banker is driven to suicide by his wife's reckless spending, an innocent cashier is wrongly implicated in a crime.
The Last Metro · 1945The Last Metro
★ 7.01945
MovieCrimeDrama
Leaving the station after having caught the last Paris Metro, a man comes to the rescue of a woman who is being assaulted and finds himself drawn into her affairs.
Trilby · 1923Trilby
★ 10.01923
MovieDrama
The hypnotist Svengali makes an artist's model sing, but cannot force her love.
Price of Love · 1955Price of Love
★ 5.41955
MovieCrime
Because he loved a trainer named Suzy too much, honest Pierre Menard wasted his life and died. Innocent, but implicated in the ransacking of a jewelry store, he receives a five-year residence ban, which he ignores, only to find himself reduced to joining Paulo's sinister gang. The police finally arrest him and force him to become an informer if he doesn't want to leave Paris. He accepts and signs his death warrant.
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