Georges Douking

Acting

Georges Douking

Born August 6, 1902 · Paris, France

Died October 20, 1987 · aged 85

Georges Douking (born Georges Ladoubée; 6 August 1902 – 20 October 1987) was a French stage, film, and television actor. He also directed stage plays such as the premier presentation of Jean Giraudoux's Sodom and Gomorrah at the Théâtre Hébertot in 1943. He is perhaps best known for his role in the surreal 1972 comedy The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie. He was one of the favorite actors of the …

Known For

The Discreet Charm of the BourgeoisieThe Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie · 1972
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
★ 7.41972
MovieComedy
In Luis Buñuel’s deliciously satiric masterpiece, an upper-class sextet sits down to dinner but never eats, their attempts continually thwarted by a vaudevillian mixture of events both actual and imagined.
DaybreakDaybreak · 1939
Daybreak
★ 7.61939
MovieCrimeDrama
After committing a murder, a man locks himself in his apartment and recollects the events that led him to the killing.
The Hunchback of Notre DameThe Hunchback of Notre Dame · 1956
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
★ 6.71956
MovieDramaHorror
In 1482 Paris, Frollo, Chief Justice of benevolent King Louis XI, becomes infatuated by the beauty of Esmeralda, a young Romani girl. The hunchback Quasimodo, Frollo's protégé and bell-ringer of Notre Dame, lives in peace among the bells in the heights of the immense cathedral until he's involved by the twisted magistrate in his malicious plans to free himself from Esmeralda's alleged spell, which he believes to be the Devil's work.
The Charge of the Light BrigadeThe Charge of the Light Brigade · 1968
The Charge of the Light Brigade
★ 6.21968
MovieDramaHistory
During the Crimean War between Britain and Russia in the 1850s, a British cavalry division, led by the overbearing Lord Cardigan, engages in an infamously reckless strategic debacle against a Russian artillery battery.
The Right to LoveThe Right to Love · 1972
The Right to Love
★ 7.51972
MovieDramaRomance
The tragedy of Helene and her husband Pierre, whose life is shattered when Pierre is kept as a political prisoner, while Helene is denied the right to visit him. A growing fear of losing her husband to tuberculosis takes over Helene, who does all she can to meet him, even for one last time.
Triple CrossTriple Cross · 1966
Triple Cross
★ 6.11966
MovieAdventureWar
Safecracker Eddie Chapman is languishing in prison on the island of Jersey when the Nazis arrive. An adept manipulator of situations, Chapman convinces the Germans to use him to spy on the British. And when the would-be traitor arrives home, he convinces the English to use him as a double agent -- in exchange for a full pardon.
Rookies Go to WarRookies Go to War · 1974
Rookies Go to War
★ 6.11974
MovieComedy
A Grand Slapstick comedy about four buddies serving in the army. Their long-suffering sergeant attempts to whip them into shape but the conflict spirals out of control.
The Milky WayThe Milky Way · 1969
The Milky Way
★ 7.11969
MovieComedyDrama
Two men, part tramp, part pilgrim, are on their way from France to Santiago de Compostela in Spain. On their way, they meet a vast assortment of characters—some truculent, some violent, and some bizarre; they experience many adventures—some mysterious, some erotic, some even supernatural.

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The Hunchback of ParisThe Hunchback of Paris · 1959
The Hunchback of Paris
★ 6.71959
MovieAdventureHistory
Duke Philippe de Nevers is an influential and popular man who is married to a beautiful wife called Aurore. His rival Philippe de Gonzague hates him enough to organise an attempt on him. The Duke is accompagnied by Henri de Lagardère when de Gonzague's henchmen altogether attack him. Lagardère cannot save his friend because the both of them are hopelessly outnumbered. He has to escape in order to save the Duke's daughter and swears revenge. Together with his old buddy Passepoil he raises the little girl in Spain. At the same time he returns frequently to France where he detects confronts his friend's murderers and puts them to the sword one by one until only their former leader is left. Finally he discovers that Philippe de Gonzague is the man for whom he is looking.

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