Acting
René-Jean Chauffard
Born August 24, 1920 · Paris, France
Died October 30, 1972 · aged 52
No biography available.
Known For
Spray of the Days · 1968Spray of the Days
★ 4.91968
MovieComedyDrama
Chick fell in love with Alise because of a shared passion for writer Jean-Sol Partre who gradually devoured their relationship. Soon after, Colin, the main character, also falls in love with a young girl, Chloe, but after their marriage she soon suffers from a strange illness: a water lily grows in her lungs.
French Cancan · 1955French Cancan
★ 7.21955
MovieComedyDrama
Nineteenth-century Paris comes vibrantly alive in Jean Renoir’s exhilarating tale of the opening of the world-renowned Moulin Rouge. Jean Gabin plays the wily impresario Danglard, who makes the cancan all the rage while juggling the love of two beautiful women—an Egyptian belly-dancer and a naive working girl turned cancan star.
Sans famille · 1958Sans famille
★ 6.11958
MovieAdventureFamily
The Remi abandoned by his foster father sold to the troubadour Vasalis, in his living through the rural villages the people to entertain, gehoplen his three dogs and a monkey. In the beginning Remi takes its new master, but a demanding and hard man, and the animals have not been too much with the clumsy boy. But gradually creates a bond between Remi and his new comrades, until their friendship is suddenly disrupted when Vasalis is arrested for vagrancy and sentenced. Then Remi, alone in the world, along with his animal friends in position to try to keep ...
The Stud · 1970The Stud
★ 4.91970
MovieComedy
Veterinary surgeon William Chaminade is having a peaceful holiday in the South of France when he is witness to an event that will change not only his life but the destiny of France! A young woman tries to kill herself by jumping from the upstairs window of the hotel where he is staying. Thanks to the services of a passing athlete, the woman is unharmed, and she reveals that her distress is down to her husband’s apparent lack of interest in her. Immediately, Chaminade has a brainwave. He will open a special centre for people like this unfortunate young woman, who will be able to satisfy their romantic needs, at the tax payers’ expense. All is well until this innovative ’pleasure centre’ draws the attention of an over-zealous tax inspector, Dupuis...
The Ideal Couple · 1946The Ideal Couple
★ 6.51946
MovieComedy
Diavalo is the popular hero of French serials circa 1912. Diana is an actress who falls in love with Diavalo. Diavalo is forced to wear a series of disguises to elude the police so he can attend a Gala for the President.
The War Is Over · 1966The War Is Over
★ 6.51966
MovieDrama
On his way from Madrid to Paris, Diego, a chief of the Spanish Communist Party, is arrested at the border for an ID check but manages to flee. When he arrives in Paris, he searches for one of his comrades to prevent him from going to Madrid where he could be arrested.
Paris Vice Squad · 1951Paris Vice Squad
★ 5.41951
MovieCrime
Identite Judiciare stars Raymond Souplex as wily French police inspector Basquier. The villain is Berthet (Jean Debucourt), a high-ranking government official. Basquier suspects that Berthet is a vicious murderer, but is unable to prove anything thanks to bureaucratic interference. Thus, the good inspector plays a waiting game a la Columbo, hoping for that one fatal slip on the part of the killer. Certain portions of Identite Judiciare proved a bit too intense for American audiences, and were accordingly snipped by the censors.
The Albatross · 1971The Albatross
★ 7.21971
MovieCrimeThriller
A prisoner escapes and kidnaps a woman with her he falls in love. He's involved in a bad business where politicians and underworld are leading the dance. He'll die like the albatross in Baudelaire's poem.
Filmography
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Frou-Frou · 1955Frou-Frou
★ 6.01955
MovieRomanceComedy
A story of the love of Frou-Frou - an actress and singer in the in the beginning of her career.
Un homme au vernissage (uncredited)
Beauties of the Night · 1952Beauties of the Night
★ 6.21952
MovieComedyRomance
A daydreaming French composer sees himself as a fine figure dashing through history.
M. de Villebois, le mari d'Edmée (uncredited)
Thank Heaven for Small Favors · 1963Thank Heaven for Small Favors
★ 6.61963
MovieComedy
Bad financial conditions compel an aristocratic family to do strange work.
Inspector guarding Raoul












