Georges Dorival

Acting

Georges Dorival

Born — Died

1871-12-26 — 1939-07-16

Place of birth

Orival-lès-Elbeuf, Seine-Inférieure [now Seine-Maritime], France

Known for

Acting

Credits

15 titles

Known for

Film credits

1930s · 4 titles

Life Dances On poster
7.0

After the death of her husband, Christine realizes she has possibly wasted her life by marrying him instead of the man towards whom, in her youth, she had a stronger inclination. To overcome these dreary thoughts, she decides to find out about him and the other men who danced with her during a ball that was a turning point in her life, many years ago. She pays a visit to those forgotten acquaintances one after the other; Christine is not only surprised to see how they have fared, but also discovers the impact she had, unknowingly, on the feelings and the destiny of these persons.

Life Dances On

1937

Le tampon du capiston poster
9.0

Cochu, a simple soldier, is mistakenly believed to be a rich heir which causes many problems.

Le tampon du capiston

1930

Let’s Go Up the Champs-Élysées poster
5.4

The history of one of France's most famous streets is retold, featuring multiple performances from Guitry himself.

Let’s Go Up the Champs-Élysées

1938

Dawn Over France poster
7.2

The gratuitous murder of his father and the misery of the people, aggravated by a succession of bad harvests, lead Gaspard, a great admirer of Mandrin and blacksmith by profession, to revolt. With his companion Samplan, he finds himself at the head of a handful of soldiers dissatisfied with their fate and a band of brigands. They steal money from the rich to give it to the poor, like highwaymen, vindicators with a big heart. In their eyes, things cannot go on like this, in this country which seems given over to the decadence of the nobility and the whims of an indolent king. Gaspard and his troupe are responsible for making it known.

Dawn Over France

1935

1910s · 9 titles

The Queen's Necklace poster
10.0

Based on the novel by Alexandre Dumas.

The Queen's Necklace

1912

No artwork available
7.0

A crude washerwoman in the military entourage of Napoleon is snubbed by the new aristocrats in his court.

Madame Sans-Gêne

1911

The Siege of Calais poster
NR

Historical film set during the Hundred Year War.

The Siege of Calais

1911

The Reign of Terror poster
5.5

The scene takes place in Paris in March 1793 during the Reign of Terror. The Knight of Maison-Rouge, posing as Citizen Morand, is organizing the escape of Queen Marie-Antoinette. He is assisted in his undertaking by Dixmer, a master tanner who passes himself off as an ardent revolutionary and his wife Geneviève, who also happens to be the Knight's sister. While on mission with her brother, she is saved from arrest thanks to the intervention of Lieutenant Maurice Lindey. Geneviève, who is married without love to Dixmer, falls for the young man, who requites her love. A tunnel is dug between a house rented by Dixmer and the Tower of the Temple but the various attempts to rescue the queen attempts fail. Marie-Antoinette risks the guillotine/ Moreover, Lindey finds himself involved in the plot...

The Reign of Terror

1914

No artwork available
8.0

An early adaptation of Henryk Sienkiewicz's landmark 1896 novel, Quo Vadis?

Au temps des premiers chrétiens

1910

The End of Robespierre poster
6.5

This film is not exceedingly well acted, but has the additional charm of being taken from the actual history of the man whose personality dominated the Committee of Safety in the early days of the French Revolution. It's tragic but enthralling, and full of the atmosphere of those more than troublous times of the French Revolution, when blood was shed like water and men seemed turned to beasts.

The End of Robespierre

1912

No artwork available
10.0

The Allure of Paris. A 1912 romantic silent short film from Pathé.

The Allure of Paris

1912

Les Deux orphelines poster
10.0

Diane de Vaudrey gives birth to an illegitimate, blind daughter named Louise, who is stolen and abandoned on church steps by Diane's stepfather. Raised by a poor family alongside her adoptive sister, Henriette, Louise is later orphaned. After a tragic accident separates them, Louise is captured by the cruel Mother Frochard and forced to beg. Henriette eventually rescues Louise from Frochard's hovel. Thanks to a recovered childhood locket, Diane reunites with her long-lost daughter, while Henriette marries the noble knight Roger de Vaudrey.

Les Deux orphelines

1910

La Guerre du Feu poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

La Guerre du Feu

1915