Acting

Maurice Jacquemont

Born February 24, 1910 · Paris, France

Died May 31, 2004 · aged 94

Extrait de Wikipedia, l'Encyclopedie libre. Comédien amateur dans la troupe des Comédiens Routiers de Léon Chancerel à partir de 1930, il intègre les Copiaus de Jacques Copeau en 1935 et fonde avec Jean Dasté et André Barsacq l'année suivante le Théâtre des Quatre saisons. Il y développe un idéal de décentralisation dramatique et populaire, confiant décors et costumes aux jeunes peintres de sa gé…

Known For

That Night of Varennes

That Night of Varennes · 1982

That Night of Varennes

MovieHistoryComedy

During the French Revolution, a surprising company shares a coach, trying to catch up something - the time itself, perhaps.

The Return of Martin Guerre

The Return of Martin Guerre · 1982

The Return of Martin Guerre

MovieDramaHistory

Village of Artigat, southern France, summer 1542, during the reign of Francis I. Martin Guerre and Bertrande de Rols marry. A few years later, accused of having committed a robbery, Martin suddenly disappears. When, almost a decade later, a man arrives in Artigat claiming to be Martin, the Guerre family recognizes him as such; but doubts soon arise about his true identity.

State of Siege

State of Siege · 1972

MovieThrillerDrama

Assigned to South America, US official Philip Michael Santore is employed by a counterinsurgency agency. His position makes him a target for a local band of guerrillas, and, before long, Santore is kidnapped. As a prisoner, he undergoes interrogation, shedding light on the violent situation in the country. Once the insurgents are done with their questioning, they must decide whether Santore lives or dies.

The Body of My Enemy

The Body of My Enemy · 1976

The Body of My Enemy

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.

Stavisky...

Stavisky... · 1974

MovieCrimeDrama

Biarritz, 1933. Charm and talent assist small-time swindler Serge Alexandre, alias Stavisky, to bribe his way into the centre of French politics. But when his great scam involving millions is exposed, he brings the government to the verge of collapse and the country to the brink of civil war.

The Confession

The Confession · 1970

MovieDramaThriller

In 1950s communist Czechoslovakia, a government minister, a war veteran long a loyal party man, leads a relatively comfortable life with his wife. However, he soon finds himself under surveillance, then under arrest. Unclear what his offense is, agents for the totalitarian regime interrogate and torture him, aiming to use their unending power to gain a false confession for these supposed crimes against the state.

Deep Water

Deep Water · 1981

MovieDramaThriller

On the island of Jersey, off the French coast, Mélanie, a beautiful woman gifted with a captivating personality, enjoys having unimportant love affairs that her husband Victor, a perfumer older than her, seems to endure with total indifference.

I Married a Shadow

I Married a Shadow · 1983

I Married a Shadow

MovieCrimeDrama

After a train accident, a woman survives and is mistaken for an other woman she just met on a train before the accident.

Filmography

Sort

That Night of Varennes

That Night of Varennes · 1982

That Night of Varennes

MovieHistoryComedy

During the French Revolution, a surprising company shares a coach, trying to catch up something - the time itself, perhaps.

Innkeeper at Chaintrix

The Return of Martin Guerre

The Return of Martin Guerre · 1982

The Return of Martin Guerre

MovieDramaHistory

Village of Artigat, southern France, summer 1542, during the reign of Francis I. Martin Guerre and Bertrande de Rols marry. A few years later, accused of having committed a robbery, Martin suddenly disappears. When, almost a decade later, a man arrives in Artigat claiming to be Martin, the Guerre family recognizes him as such; but doubts soon arise about his true identity.

Judge Rieux

State of Siege

State of Siege · 1972

MovieThrillerDrama

Assigned to South America, US official Philip Michael Santore is employed by a counterinsurgency agency. His position makes him a target for a local band of guerrillas, and, before long, Santore is kidnapped. As a prisoner, he undergoes interrogation, shedding light on the violent situation in the country. Once the insurgents are done with their questioning, they must decide whether Santore lives or dies.

Dean of the Law School

The Body of My Enemy

The Body of My Enemy · 1976

The Body of My Enemy

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.

Rene

Stavisky...

Stavisky... · 1974

MovieCrimeDrama

Biarritz, 1933. Charm and talent assist small-time swindler Serge Alexandre, alias Stavisky, to bribe his way into the centre of French politics. But when his great scam involving millions is exposed, he brings the government to the verge of collapse and the country to the brink of civil war.

Gauthier

The Confession

The Confession · 1970

MovieDramaThriller

In 1950s communist Czechoslovakia, a government minister, a war veteran long a loyal party man, leads a relatively comfortable life with his wife. However, he soon finds himself under surveillance, then under arrest. Unclear what his offense is, agents for the totalitarian regime interrogate and torture him, aiming to use their unending power to gain a false confession for these supposed crimes against the state.

Deep Water

Deep Water · 1981

MovieDramaThriller

On the island of Jersey, off the French coast, Mélanie, a beautiful woman gifted with a captivating personality, enjoys having unimportant love affairs that her husband Victor, a perfumer older than her, seems to endure with total indifference.

Dr. Franklin

I Married a Shadow

I Married a Shadow · 1983

I Married a Shadow

MovieCrimeDrama

After a train accident, a woman survives and is mistaken for an other woman she just met on a train before the accident.

Maître Jacques Bassot - le notaire

Let Joy Reign Supreme

Let Joy Reign Supreme · 1975

Let Joy Reign Supreme

MovieWarHistory

A look at 18th-century France, when the depravity of the authorities contributed to social oppression, and the uprisings flared up one after another.

Priest who initiates Dubois

A Star for Two

A Star for Two · 1991

MovieRomanceDrama

Love between a man and a woman that endures the ravages of time.

Trip to America

Trip to America · 1951

Trip to America

As part of the fascination in post World War II France with American culture, a young French couple here travel to the US to see for themselves the prosperity they have heard about.

Le curé

Rene the Cane

Rene the Cane · 1977

MovieCrimeDrama

"René la Canne" was the second collaboration between Francis Girod and Ennio Morricone, coming after "Le Trio Infernal" (1974) and before "La Banquière" (1980). His film is an adaptation of a story by Roger Borniche about the gangster René Girier and relates the fantastic adventures of a flamboyant mobster (René/Gérard Depardieu) and a maverick police inspector (Fernand la Sournoise/Michel Piccoli), through the 1940s.

Ça n'arrive qu'à moi

Ça n'arrive qu'à moi · 1985

Ça n'arrive qu'à moi

A particularly unlucky man meets a beautiful young woman, daughter of a rich businessman. This one, pursued by blackmailers, is going to take him along in her galleys.

Le curé

The Ones That Got Away

The Ones That Got Away · 1981

The Ones That Got Away

In a train compartment, 6 people who do not know each other tell the story of their troubles in love. Only one of those seems to be a positive one.

Christine's grandfather

Monsieur Albert

Monsieur Albert · 1976

Monsieur Albert

In this poetic slice-of-life film that reveals the problems and needs of a group of lowlife characters, unwed mother Vivaine (Dominique Labourier) falls in love with working-class youth Francois (Patrick Chesnais) who has a shady past. Albert (Philippe Noiret), a no-good insurance con-artist, poses for many years as Francois' friend, but tragedy ensues when Albert comes between the lovers, and Francois and Albert resort to physical violence to settle their differences.

Mr. Masure

Two Pennies Worth of Violets

Two Pennies Worth of Violets · 1951

Two Pennies Worth of Violets

MovieDramaComedy

Thérèse, a young flower girl, tries hard to remain virtuous but the whole world seems to conspire against her, whether her petty Paris family, or her relatives in the province bristling with false respectability, or her lustful employer, or the boy she loves who seduces her and abandons her. But at the end of the day there is Yvon, her childhood friend. Will he be the one that will love her truly?

Le père de Solange (uncredited)

The Passion of Bernadette

The Passion of Bernadette · 1990

The Passion of Bernadette

MovieDramaHistory

Chronicles Bernadette's years with the Sisters of Charity of Nevers convent, from age 22 until her untimely death from tuberculosis at age 35.

Monsignor Fourcade

La Folle de Chaillot

La Folle de Chaillot · 1976

La Folle de Chaillot

Le baron

Le Crime du Bouif

Le Crime du Bouif · 1952

Le Crime du Bouif

MovieComedyCrime

A poacher nicknamed "Le Bouif" is accused of having murdered his son-in-law, trainer of a horse stable in Maisons-Laffitte.

Boubou

Fatal Affair

Fatal Affair · 1953

Didier's wife is ill, and he does the best he can to take care of her. But he's often absent and he has casual love affairs. But Leone he meets in Bruxelles wants to become his one and only mistress.

An inspector

The Judge

The Judge · 1984

MovieCrimeMystery

A courageous judge tries to dismantle a drug traffickers ring.

Camoin

Les Bons Bourgeois

Les Bons Bourgeois · 1981

Les Bons Bourgeois

MovieDramaComedy

In May of 1968, a well-off family from the XVIth district in Paris lives through the revolutionary fever of the Latin District in its own idiosyncratic way. The play harks back to Molière's plays 'Femmes savantes' and 'Précieuses ridicules'

Firmin, the valet

Histoire du Chevalier Des Grieux et de Manon Lescaut

Histoire du Chevalier Des Grieux et de Manon Lescaut · 1981

Histoire du Chevalier Des Grieux et de Manon Lescaut

SeriesAction & Adventure

Le supérieur de Saint-Lazare

Intrigues

Intrigues · 1988

SeriesCrimeMystery

A French crime anthology show, and one of two entires (with "Mésaventures") in the "Drôles d'histoires" umbrella title that ran for 10 years.