Acting
Michèle Alfa
Born August 19, 1911 · Gujan-Mestras, Gironde, France
Died August 24, 1987 · aged 76
No biography available.
Known For
Dark Sunday · 1949Dark Sunday
★ 7.01949
Movie
Shortly before the War, Jan Lazlo, a Hungarian musician who has emigrated to France, falls for a young woman. Alas, the lady forsakes him and the poor man tries to overcome his grief by writing "Gloomy Sunday", a song so desperate that it can drive its listeners to suicide. Max, a music publisher, likes the song and decides to launch it by all means, foul or fair. Bob, his accomplice, manages to talk his mistress Michèle into committing a fake suicide. She obeys him and the scheme is a success as a result. On this occasion, Jan gets to know Michèle and the two young people fall in love. Happiness seems to be in store for Jan again but this is without counting with Bob. Jealous of Jan, the naughty fellow indeed tells him that Michèle's attempted suicide was nothing but an advertising pretense.
Lights of Paris · 1938Lights of Paris
★ 5.51938
MovieMusicRomance
A celebrated singer in Paris meets a young woman and courts her by pretending to be a driving instructor.
Adrienne Lecouvreur · 1938Adrienne Lecouvreur
★ 5.71938
MovieDrama
Adrienne Lecouvreur is an acclaimed actress who falls in love with Polish prince Maurice de Saxe, only to be poisoned by a jealous rival while Maurice is away at war. The film was a co-production between the two countries, and was made at UFA's Berlin Studios. It was based on the 1849 play Adrienne Lecouvreur by Eugène Scribe and Ernest Legouvé about the life of the eighteenth century actress Adrienne Lecouvreur.
Ramuntcho · 1938Ramuntcho
★ 9.01938
MovieRomanceDrama
Ramuntcho is a young man who has fallen in with a gang of smugglers, led by Itchoua, who carry their contraband across the border into Spain. He is in love with Gracieuse whose mother, Dolorès, bitterly dislikes Ramuntcho because he was born an illegitimate child. His smuggling activities force him to join the army and he is sent to Saigon and, because of her mother's desire to marry her off to someone else, Gracieuse joins a convent.
Judicial Error · 1948Judicial Error
★ 9.01948
MovieDrama
After a banker is driven to suicide by his wife's reckless spending, an innocent cashier is wrongly implicated in a crime.
The Last One of the Six · 1941The Last One of the Six
★ 6.01941
MovieDramaMystery
Paris, France. Commissaire Wens is put in charge of the investigation into the murder of one of six friends who, in the past, made a very profitable promise.
The Man Who Sold His Soul to the Devil · 1943The Man Who Sold His Soul to the Devil
★ 7.21943
MovieThrillerDrama
A banker who lost everything in the stock market is on the verge of committing suicide when the Devil appears to him and offers to give him a fortune every day on one condition: he must do evil things with the money! Will the banker keep his end of the deal...
The Count of Monte Cristo Part 2 - The Retaliation · 1943The Count of Monte Cristo Part 2 - The Retaliation
★ 6.01943
MovieAdventureDrama
Having found the fabulous treasure of which Abbé Faria had spoken to him, Dantès has only one idea left: revenge. He will succeed patiently, but will not however have the heart to break the poor Mercedes. Then he will leave for the East, accompanied by a lovely Levantine, Haydé, who served him to accomplish his revenge.