Jean Galland

Acting

Jean Galland

Born May 28, 1887 · Laval, Mayenne, France

Died July 18, 1967 · aged 80

No biography available.

Known For

Lola MontèsLola Montès · 1955
Lola Montès
6.91955
MovieDramaRomance
Lola Montes, previously a great adventuress, is reduced to being the attraction of a circus after having been the lover of various important men.
The Oil SharksThe Oil Sharks · 1933
The Oil Sharks
9.01933
MovieDramaCrime
The plot revolves around an oil swindle in a South American country.
Marchand d'amourMarchand d'amour · 1935
Marchand d'amour
8.01935
Movie
A genius director whose daring and sensual films have earned him the nickname "The Merchant of Love", claims to escape commercial contingencies and direct the film of his life on his own. It is a resounding failure that leads him to the forfeiture from which the fate of a woman's love.
AmokAmok · 1934
Amok
5.51934
MovieDrama
Dr. Holk leads an isolated and lonely existence in a small, Dutch colony in the tropics. Having fled from love and civilization, his only companions now are alcohol and his work, which takes him to villages ravaged by dirt, fever and a strange illness which turns innocent people into madmen: Amok. One day, he is called on by Helene Haviland, who asks him to abort her lover's child before her husband returns from abroad. Even though Holk is enchanted by her seductive beauty, he haughtily refuses her request. Rejected, the woman turns to a Chinese practitioner. When Holk tracks her down in a dirty dive, it's already too late for the two of them.
ChristineChristine · 1958
Christine
6.31958
MovieDramaRomance
Vienna, 1906. A passionate love story develops between Franz Lobheiner and the young Christine. Lobheiner is, however, currently seeing the married Baroness von Eggersdorf. Upon learning of his wife's infidelity, the Baron von Eggersdorf provokes a duel with Lobheiner. But the former is no longer a real threat to the Baron. Lobheiner is now passionately in love with Christine. How will this love quartet end?
Le PlaisirLe Plaisir · 1952
Le Plaisir
7.51952
MovieDramaComedy
Three stories about the pleasure. The first one is about a man hiding his age behind a mask to keep going to balls and fancying women - pleasure and youth. Then comes the long tale of Mme Tellier taking her girls (whores) to the country for attending her niece's communion - pleasure and purity. And lastly, Jean the painter falling in love with his model - pleasure and death.
The House of the SpaniardThe House of the Spaniard · 1936
The House of the Spaniard
6.51936
MovieAdventureCrime
A man ignores a warning to stay away from a sinister house on marshland near Liverpool; when someone drowns close by, he finds the evidence doesn’t add up…
On Foot, on Horse, and on WheelsOn Foot, on Horse, and on Wheels · 1957
On Foot, on Horse, and on Wheels
5.51957
MovieComedy
When he learns that his daughter is to be engaged to the son of a rich businessman, Leon Martin realizes that extreme measures are needed to create a good impression.

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The Image BookThe Image Book · 2018
The Image Book
6.32018
MovieDocumentaryDrama
In Le Livre d’Image, Jean-Luc Godard recycles existing images (films, documentaries, paintings, television archives, etc.), quotes excerpts from books, uses fragments of music. The driving force is poetic rhyme, the association or opposition of ideas, the aesthetic spark through editing, the keystone. The author performs the work of a sculptor. The hand, for this, is essential. He praises it at the start. “There are the five fingers. The five senses. The five parts of the world (…). The true condition of man is to think with his hands. Jean-Luc Godard composes a dazzling syncopation of sequences, the surge of which evokes the violence of the flows of our contemporary screens, taken to a level of incandescence rarely achieved. Crowned at Cannes, the last Godard is a shock film, with twilight beauty.

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