Léon Mathot

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Léon Mathot

Born March 5, 1886 · Roubaix, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France

Died March 6, 1968 · aged 82

Léon Mathot (5 March 1886, Roubaix, Nord-Pas-de-Calais - 6 March 1968, in Paris) was a French film actor and film director best known perhaps for playing Edmond Dantes in The Count of Monte Cristo film serial in 1918. He appeared in the 1923 silent film Coeur fidèle, directed by Jean Epstein. He starred in some 60 films mostly in silent film between 1906 and 1939. He turned director in 1927 whil…

Known For

The Devil in the CityThe Devil in the City · 1925
The Devil in the City
★ 6.01925
MovieMystery
The story is about a superstitious village, where the mayor has sold a tower to an unknown, who is soon suspected of being the devil.
Kiss MeKiss Me · 1932
Kiss Me
★ 10.01932
Movie
A Man to KillA Man to Kill · 1937
A Man to Kill
★ 10.01937
MovieThriller
Captain Benoit successfully completes a mission in Berlin, but when he returns to Paris he escapes attacks by German agents.
Chéri-BibiChéri-Bibi · 1938
Chéri-Bibi
★ 5.01938
MovieDrama
An innocent young man, burglar Cheri-Bibi, and his gangsters are sent to a penal colony.
The Empire of DiamondsThe Empire of Diamonds · 1920
The Empire of Diamonds
★ 9.01920
MovieDramaCrime
Shot on location in Paris, Monte Carlo and the Riviera with both American and French actors. When Matthew Versigny discovers that the jewels his diamond company has been buying are fake, he travels to Europe to track down the counterfeiter. With him are his sister, Marguerite and her sweetheart, Paul Bernac, who is an agent in the French Secret Service.
The mystery of the pink villaThe mystery of the pink villa · 1930
The mystery of the pink villa
★ 7.01930
Movie
The MascotThe Mascot · 1935
The Mascot
★ 10.01935
MovieComedy
The turkey keeper, Bettina, brings good luck to those who make her work. She becomes the mascot of the good King Laurent XVII whose finances are in bad shape. In order for her to retain her beneficial power, an attempt is made to separate her from her lover, but in vain.
L'instinctL'instinct · 1930
L'instinct
★ 9.01930
MovieDocumentary
Between the feelings of the man who believes himself to be deceived and of the surgeon's instinct, it is the latter which triumphs in Doctor Bernon, who saves the man presumed to be his wife's lover. He then realizes that this is not the case and that she is still worthy of him.

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My Childish FatherMy Childish Father · 1953
My Childish Father
★ 10.01953
MovieDrama
A middle-aged man, an architect by trade, decides to make an end run around getting married. He marries a charming young woman, tenderly in love, who proves incapable of holding him back and, above all, of making him work. But a young American arrives in Paris and reveals that he is the architect's natural son. At first reluctant, the latter and his young wife quickly adapt to the new situation, until the son, a businessman through and through, wants to share with his father his ideas on life, which can be summed up in one sentence: hard work, with no time for pleasure. The father is quick to balk, and the son is forced to unwillingly participate in the fickle architect's nightlife. Eventually, the father is able to settle down, while the son, having acquired a taste for love, has a good time.

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