
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
6.4In 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
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
6.9Young 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 synopsis available yet.
Les grands
1924
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Son passé
1913
8.0A 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
Behind the camera
6.4In 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
6.4In 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
6.4In 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
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
6.9Young 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 synopsis available yet.
Les grands
1924
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Son passé
1913
8.0A 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
9.0The 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
10.0Directed by Henri Fescourt.
Mandrin
1924
7.5No synopsis available yet.
Rouletabille chez les bohémiens
1922
10.0In 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 synopsis available yet.
La bambola del miliardario
1922
7.0Théodore 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
10.0After the death of her trapeze artist father, a little girl is taken in by two clowns.
Vous seule que j'aime
1939
No synopsis available yet.
Karina the Dancer
1928
No synopsis available yet.
Karina the Dancer
1928
8.0After 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
9.0The 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
9.0Two 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
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Child's Play
1913
10.0Baron 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 synopsis available yet.
Suzanne et les vieillards
1912
7.5Sarkani, 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
7.5Sarkani, 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 synopsis available yet.
The Prince's Daughter
1914
No synopsis available yet.
A Son from America
1926
No synopsis available yet.
Le vrai bonheur
1914
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Fantaisie de milliardaires
1912
