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Acting
Maurice Teynac
Born August 8, 1915 · Paris, France
Died March 28, 1992 · aged 76
Maurice Teynac (1915–1992) was a French actor. In 1948 he starred in the film The Lame Devil under Sacha Guitry. In 1954 he appeared in London's West End in J.B. Priestley's poorly reviewed play The White Countess. Source: Article "Maurice Teynac" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Known For
The Day of the Jackal · 1973The Day of the Jackal
★ 7.51973
MovieActionThriller
An international assassin known as ‘The Jackal’ is employed by disgruntled French generals to kill President Charles de Gaulle, with a dedicated gendarme on the assassin’s trail.
The Trial · 1962The Trial
★ 7.41962
MovieCrimeDrama
Arrested for an unnamed crime, Josef K. is trapped in a surreal bureaucratic maze where justice is unknowable and guilt is assumed.
The Devil and the Ten Commandments · 1962The Devil and the Ten Commandments
★ 5.71962
MovieComedy
The film consists of seven roughly 15 minute episodes, each showing what will happen if one or more of the Ten Commandments will be broken: Jérome Chambard is warned that he will lose his job if he continues to swear; Françoise Beaufort enamored of a stripper calls on her only to find her married to a janitor who doesn't know what kind of dancing his wife performs; Denis, a Jesuit novice, leaves the order to avenge his sister's suicide, which was provoked by Garigny, who seduced her into prostitution and drug addiction; Philip buys a necklace for Micheline though he is bored with her; a young man find out that his real mother is not Madeleine, but actress Clarisse Ardant; Didier Marin, cashier of a bank, was fired by his boss; the Devil appears as a serpent for Jérome Chambard and the bishop are eating.
The Night of the Generals · 1967The Night of the Generals
★ 6.81967
MovieThrillerMystery
A German intelligence officer investigates a prostitute's killing in Warsaw during World War II. He lands on three major Nazi generals as suspects, two of whom are also involved in a plot to kill Adolf Hitler.
Captain Fracasse · 1961Captain Fracasse
★ 5.41961
MovieAdventure
A ruined Baron Philippe de baron, meets one day a troupe of traveling actors led by Herod. Attracted by the one who plays the role of the ingenue: Isabella, and by the dynamism and enthusiasm of his companions, he takes the place of the deceased poet of the troupe. And during performances, Philippe became the captain Sunder. For his part, Isabelle loves Philip, but does not consider marriage, nobility him missing, she refuses to harm the career of Baron. And one day, the Duke of Vallombrosa, seduced by Isabella, finds himself challenged to a duel by Philippe for touching the girl. Defeated, he launched his men against Sunder, then removes Isabelle. The actors throw themselves then to storm the castle where she is being held. This time Vallombrosa was seriously injured, and the duke's own father, rushed to the scene, Isabelle discovers the girl he had once been an actress. Nothing stands now the union of Sunder and Isabella, under the tender gaze of the actors Herod and Scapin.
Mayerling · 1968Mayerling
★ 6.21968
MovieDramaRomance
Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria clashes with his father, Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria, over implementing progressive policies for their country. Rudolf soon feels he is a man born at the wrong time in a country that doesn't realize the need for social reform. The Prince of Wales, later to become Britain's King Edward VII, provides comic relief. Rudolf finds refuge from a loveless marriage with Princess Stéphanie by taking a mistress, Baroness Maria Vetsera. Their untimely demise at Mayerling, the imperial family's hunting lodge, is cloaked in mystery.
Sans famille · 1958Sans famille
★ 6.11958
MovieAdventureFamily
The Remi abandoned by his foster father sold to the troubadour Vasalis, in his living through the rural villages the people to entertain, gehoplen his three dogs and a monkey. In the beginning Remi takes its new master, but a demanding and hard man, and the animals have not been too much with the clumsy boy. But gradually creates a bond between Remi and his new comrades, until their friendship is suddenly disrupted when Vasalis is arrested for vagrancy and sentenced. Then Remi, alone in the world, along with his animal friends in position to try to keep ...
Holy Year · 1976Holy Year
★ 6.81976
MovieComedy
Two bank robbers, an old and a young, escape from prison to get to the hidden loot.
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Holy Year · 1976Holy Year
★ 6.81976
MovieComedy
Two bank robbers, an old and a young, escape from prison to get to the hidden loot.
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