Jacques Charby

Acting

Jacques Charby

Born 1929-06-13 · Paris

Acting credits

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10.0

A queen lives secluded in her chambers, mourning the loss of her husband on their wedding day ten years from then. Stanislas, a suicidal poet and anarchist, enters her apartments with the intent of killing her. When he appears, wounded, fleeing the guards, she is struck by his resemblance to the late king...

L'aigle à deux têtes

1975

The Taking of Power by Louis XIV poster
7.1

Cardinal Mazarin dies, leaving a power vacuum in which the young Louis asserts his intention to govern as well as rule. Mazarin's fiscal advisor, Colbert, warns against Fouquet, the Superintendant who has been systematically looting the treasury and wants to be prime minister. Fouquet believes Louis will soon tire of exercizing power and overplays his hand by offering a bribe to Louis' mistress to be his ally. She reports this to the king who arrests Fouquet. Louis and Colbert design a brilliant strategy to keep merchants making money, nobles in debt, the urban poor working and fed, and peasants untaxed.

The Taking of Power by Louis XIV

1966

Brothers in Arms poster
10.0

From 1954 to 1962, during the Algerian War, French citizens provided concrete assistance to the FLN in France: sheltering refugees, forging documents, facilitating border crossings, and transporting funds. Whether committed to the ideals of the Republic or driven by Third Worldist revolutionaries, they sought to build a bridge of friendship between nations. They paid for their commitment with imprisonment and exile. Four veterans of the Jeanson network recall this period. Today, they are no longer seen as traitors or heroes, but as witnesses recounting "their" war... Silent for 30 years, the "Jeanson network" now bears witness to this history.

Brothers in Arms

1992

When the Child Appears poster
7.0

Charles Fouquet, the Minister of Family Affairs, is having a hard time. His wife Olympe, although not that young, is expecting a baby. His daughter Annie, as for her, is pregnant by her fiance. And let's not forget Georges, Fouquet's son, who has seduced Natacha, his close (too close!) collaborator. As if that were not enough, a former mistress of Charles' comes and reveals to him the existence of a son he knew nothing about. But Charles is a man of action and he is not so easily deterred: he WILL take action against this abundance of offspring.

When the Child Appears

1956

Héloïse and Abélard poster
NR

The love affair between Abélard and Héloïse, or the extraordinary passion between a brilliant 37-year-old professor and his young student, has left its mark on their lives. While their uncle Fulbert's criminal jealousy dogged them and tragedy separated them, these events made their romantic adventure all the more unusual and famous. And it is the strength of the bond between these two extraordinary heroes that will overcome all obstacles, whatever they may be.

Héloïse and Abélard

1973

Femmes de personne poster
4.3

Cécile, a single mother, contrives to meet Gilquin, the married father of a classmate of her nearly-adolescent son. An affair ensues. Isabelle, approaching middle age with two children, discovers she's pregnant, goes into a funk, and arranges for a younger woman to seduce her husband. Adeline is distraught at her ex-lover's plan to leave France. The three women are colleagues at a radiology clinic. They come to each other's aid, but each must decide on her own what course to take: Cécile with Gilquin, Isabelle with her husband, and Adeline with her solitude.

Femmes de personne

1984

The Algerian War poster
8.5

A French historical documentary that retraces the events leading up to Algeria's war of independence from 1954 to 1962, based on archive footage and testimonies from key players of the period.

The Algerian War

1972

L'Inconnue de la Seine poster
8.0

The mysterious events in the life of a young girl found murdered on the banks of the Seine are gradually elucidated by a police investigation. Will the culprit be unmasked?

L'Inconnue de la Seine

1973

The Question poster
5.7

1957. For several months, Henri Charlègue, the ex-director of the newspaper "Alger democratic", banned, has been living in hiding. Suspected of belonging to the FLN, he is actively sought by paratroopers.

The Question

1977

Un Balcon en forêt poster
3.7

An adaptation of the novel of the same name by Julien Gracq. Four soldiers await a possible German attack on a fortified house in the forest of the Ardennes.

Un Balcon en forêt

1978

Behind the camera