Acting
Jacques Grétillat
Born August 26, 1885 · Vitry-sur-Seine - Val-de-Marne - France
Died December 19, 1950 · aged 65
No biography available.
Known For
Le Coupable · 1917Le Coupable
★ 6.01917
MovieDrama
At trial the prosecuting attorney makes a startling confession: the defendant is his son whose pitiful fate led him to murder. The attorney left the young man's pregnant mother, and the unwed poor thing had to fight against a hostile world.
Café de Paris · 1938Café de Paris
★ 7.91938
MovieCrimeMystery
This murder mystery is set in a Parisian cafe and examines the mysterious murder of a famed journalist and extortionist who is killed at his table in the cafe. Though the prime suspects are gathered together( including his wife and her lover, the gun-runner, the creditor, and a playboy) and all of them have motives, none of them did it. So whodunit?
L'Assommoir · 1908L'Assommoir
★ 5.91908
MovieDrama
Everyman Coupeau's attempts to stop drinking are routinely thwarted by the wicked and vengeful Virginie. Based on Zola's novel, Capellani's film is about the free fall of a group of working-class French folk into degradation and tragedy due to carelessness, jealousy, and alcohol abuse. At the time of its release, L'Assommoir was hugely successful.
Marie Stuart · 1908Marie Stuart
★ 8.01908
MovieDramaHistory
The film depicts the main events in the life of Mary, Queen of Scots. She married Francis II, King of France. After her husband's death in 1560, Mary Stuart left France and returned to her native Scotland. Her father having died around the same time, she became Queen. She was about 19 years old, and her youth, great beauty, and charming manner won the hearts of the Scots. She was a devout Catholic, and when she ascended the throne, she found the country in the hands of Protestants, who caused much unrest. They revolted and imprisoned the young Queen. She escaped and sought help from Queen Elizabeth, but Elizabeth betrayed her and imprisoned her again. With the help of a page, she escaped through a window, but Elizabeth had her recaptured by her soldiers after a fierce struggle. She was therefore returned to prison once again and sentenced to death after a sham trial. It was with her gentle smile that Marie laid her head on the block.
Danton · 1932Danton
★ 10.01932
Movie
Reconstruction of Danton's political career, from the moment he had just been admitted as a lawyer and became friends with Camille Desmoulins and Fabre d'Eglantine. Until his death sentence on the charges of Robespierre.
La flambée · 1934La flambée
★ 10.01934
MovieDrama
A commander who had devised helpful defenses for his country kills a spy who'd tried to entrap him.The officer's young wife who had been thinking of leaving him for a minister, rallies to his side.
Jenny Lamour · 1947Jenny Lamour
★ 7.51947
MovieDramaMystery
Paris, France, December 1946. Jenny Lamour, an ambitious cabaret singer, and Maurice, her extremely jealous pianist husband, become involved in the thorough investigation of the murder of a shady businessman, led by Antoine, a peculiar and methodical police inspector.
Heart of Paris · 1937Heart of Paris
★ 4.91937
MovieComedyDrama
Camille Morestan serves as a jury member at a court in Paris. The attractive Natalie Roguin is accused of murder. Morestan doesn't want to believe she really killed her lover. He succeeds in convincing the other jury members she was innocent. After her acquittal he takes her into his house. While he tries to keep her identity a secret for his family her presence leads to a number of unfortunate incidents.
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David Golder · 1931David Golder
★ 6.51931
MovieDrama
David is a poor but ambitious Polish Jew who reinvents himself as a powerful New York business magnate. After gaining wealth, he relocates to Paris, only to have his selfish and demanding wife squander his fortune.
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