Henri Fescourt

Directing

Henri Fescourt

Born — Died

1880-11-23 — 1966-08-09

Place of birth

Béziers, Hérault, France

Known for

Directing

Credits

29 titles

Henri Fescourt (1880–1966) was a French film director and screenwriter active during the silent film era. Fescourt's work is noted for its faithful representation of literary works and significant contributions to early French cinema.

Known for

Behind the camera

Les Misérables poster
6.4

In 19th century France, Jean Valjean, a man imprisoned for stealing bread, must flee a relentless policeman named Javert. The pursuit consumes both men's lives, and soon Valjean finds himself in the midst of the student revolutions in France.

Les Misérables

1925

Les Misérables poster
6.4

In 19th century France, Jean Valjean, a man imprisoned for stealing bread, must flee a relentless policeman named Javert. The pursuit consumes both men's lives, and soon Valjean finds himself in the midst of the student revolutions in France.

Les Misérables

1925

Les Misérables poster
6.4

In 19th century France, Jean Valjean, a man imprisoned for stealing bread, must flee a relentless policeman named Javert. The pursuit consumes both men's lives, and soon Valjean finds himself in the midst of the student revolutions in France.

Les Misérables

1925

The West poster
8.0

"L'Occident" presents a story of the reaction of East and West in contact. It is based on a novel of Henry Kistemaeckers, produced for the screen by M. Henri Fescourt. The story is of the love of Hassina, daughter of a Moroccan chief, and Lieutenant Cadière, who lands from his ship to get information for the fleet about the position of an army of rebel tribesmen.

The West

1928

Monte Cristo poster
6.9

Young sailor Edmond Dantès is wrongfully imprisoned, escapes, finds treasure, and reinvents himself as the wealthy Count of Monte Cristo to exact revenge on those who betrayed him.

Monte Cristo

1929

No artwork available
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Les grands

1924

Son passé poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Son passé

1913

La Glu poster
8.0

A young Parisian woman nicknamed La Glu settles in a Breton fishing village with the intention of seducing Marie-Pierre, the only boy of the 9 children of Marie des Agnes.

La Glu

1927

The West poster
9.0

The film portrays the relationship between a female Moroccan student, who has been forced to leave her studies at the Sorbonne for financial reasons and works as a dancer in a Paris nightclub, and a French naval officer. However, on returning to Casablanca she is tricked into believing that he had the led attack on her village that wiped out her family. She begins to plot her revenge.

The West

1938

Mandrin poster
10.0

Directed by Henri Fescourt.

Mandrin

1924

Rouletabille chez les bohémiens poster
7.5

No synopsis available yet.

Rouletabille chez les bohémiens

1922

Oaths poster
10.0

In the eighteenth century, during a revolution in Karelia, an aristocrat, Armas de Murnau, fought alongside the revolutionaries. Captured, sentenced to death, he will try everything to see the woman he loves.

Oaths

1931

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

La bambola del miliardario

1922

Service de nuit poster
7.0

Théodore Beudraves works at night in a hotel and sleeps during the day. His salary allows him (unbeknownst to his wife Rose) to pay for singing lessons to Gaby Beauchamp, his young friend. But she falls in love with her son, Darius Beudraves, and vice versa.

Service de nuit

1932

Vous seule que j'aime poster
10.0

After the death of her trapeze artist father, a little girl is taken in by two clowns.

Vous seule que j'aime

1939

No artwork available
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Karina the Dancer

1928

No artwork available
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Karina the Dancer

1928

The house of La Fleche poster
8.0

After a rich English lady is killed in a Dijon house, the only person there who doesn't have a solid alibi is about to be arrested.Will a detective from Paris be able to help?

The house of La Fleche

1930

Retour de flamme poster
9.0

The professional and sentimental misadventures of Maurice, a young engineer who works unsuccessfully on the development of a new model of airplane.

Retour de flamme

1943

Face au destin poster
9.0

Two modest young employees, Jean and Madeleine, dream of leading the way, but the experience turns out badly. Madeleine marries a German aristocrat who turns out to be a spy, and finds Jean who had joined the Legion.

Face au destin

1941

Child's Play poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Child's Play

1913

Southern Bar poster
10.0

Baron Arnold, a businessman, takes his young wife to Africa where he instructs her to seduce Captain Olivier, an intelligence officer. But Olivier illuminates the baroness on the unsavory activities of her husband as a weapons dealer and entrepreneur of revolutions.

Southern Bar

1938

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Suzanne et les vieillards

1912

The Isle of Zorda poster
7.5

Sarkani, an adventurer, finds a trusted carrier pigeon, takes possession of the code message and, teaming up with the unscrupulous banker Torenthal, gets the position of secretary from Matthias Sandorff. After deciphering the message, he discovers a conspiracy against the government. By law, Thorenthal and Sarkani receive half of Sandorff's fortune. His kidnapped daughter was raised by Thorenthal as his own child, and in order to keep her share of the fortune, he tries to marry her off to Sarkani, but she is in love with the son of one of Sandorff's friends and refuses. Sandorff takes over the fisherman who betrayed him, as well as the banker who lost his fortune in Monte Carlo. Together with Sava's beloved, whom he cured, they save Sava and take Sarkani into their own hands. Sandorf surrenders them to the legitimate authorities, unites his daughter and her lover, and everyone lives happily on the island of Zord.

The Isle of Zorda

1921

The Isle of Zorda poster
7.5

Sarkani, an adventurer, finds a trusted carrier pigeon, takes possession of the code message and, teaming up with the unscrupulous banker Torenthal, gets the position of secretary from Matthias Sandorff. After deciphering the message, he discovers a conspiracy against the government. By law, Thorenthal and Sarkani receive half of Sandorff's fortune. His kidnapped daughter was raised by Thorenthal as his own child, and in order to keep her share of the fortune, he tries to marry her off to Sarkani, but she is in love with the son of one of Sandorff's friends and refuses. Sandorff takes over the fisherman who betrayed him, as well as the banker who lost his fortune in Monte Carlo. Together with Sava's beloved, whom he cured, they save Sava and take Sarkani into their own hands. Sandorf surrenders them to the legitimate authorities, unites his daughter and her lover, and everyone lives happily on the island of Zord.

The Isle of Zorda

1921

No artwork available
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

The Prince's Daughter

1914

No artwork available
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

A Son from America

1926

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Le vrai bonheur

1914

Fantaisie de milliardaires poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Fantaisie de milliardaires

1912