René Navarre

Acting

René Navarre

Born 1877-07-08 · Limoges, Haute-Vienne, Limousin, France

René Navarre (8 July 1877 – 8 February 1968) was a French actor of the silent era. He appeared in 109 films between 1910 and 1946, and was often credited simply as Navarre. His most famous role was probably the master criminal Fantômas.

Acting credits

Bécassine poster
6.0

A little Breton tries to save her boss's daughter an unhappy marriage.

Bécassine

1940

Méphisto poster
6.6

On his wedding night with Hilda Bergmann, the daughter of a swedish chemist, the young and rich american Willy Keanton is stabbed by an unidentified masked man. He kidnaps the young woman, who is found later on by the count Robert d'Arbel. The detective Jacques Miral, nicknamed « the pointed tower's ferret » is put in charge of the case. Soon, he discovers that an international bandit, Méphisto, seeks to seize the formula of a process against asphyxiating gas, invented by professor Bergmann. The struggle is tough between Miral and the uncatchable Méphisto. Monique Aubray, Keanton's secretary and engaged to the detective, the Nostradamus stallholders and the « mastiff of Bordeaux », and the famous novelist Fortuné Bidon are also involved in the case...

Méphisto

1931

Tragic Error poster
6.1

When he goes to Paris an aristocrat steps into a cinema and is shocked by something he sees on screen.

Tragic Error

1913

No artwork available
8.0

On his way to visit his mistress, a man has a serious car accident. His wife cares for him with such devotion that he rediscovers his love for her.

L'Accident

1912

Monsieur Coccinelle poster
4.4

An average worker who feels downtrodden at work and home, dreams of becoming a dictator. His aunt has her own fantasy that the love-of-her-life, a fairground magician, will return to her once more.

Monsieur Coccinelle

1938

Ferragus poster
10.0

An adaptation of the first part of Balzac's History of the Thirteen, centered on the secret society of the Thirteen and helmed by René Navarre in the titular role of the former convict who became a sublime father.

Ferragus

1923

At the Hour of Dawn poster
8.0

When a bandit captures a medieval Italian city, he imprisons and threatens to execute the betrothed of the city's absent ruler, who must return in time to rescue his beloved and save the city.

At the Hour of Dawn

1914

L'Intruse poster
6.8

A child is kidnapped and forced to sell flowers on the street.

L'Intruse

1913

No artwork available
8.0

Part of the series La Vie telle qu'elle est.

Le Poison

1911

No artwork available
7.0

A newly married couple moves into a house. But the bride disappears.

The Dungeon

1912

The Obsession poster
5.8

A mother (Renee Carl) goes to see a palm reader who informs her that a loved one is about to die. The woman doesn't know if it's her son or her husband (Rene Navarre) but history buffs will know who it is as it's April 10, 1912 and the husband is about to board the Titanic.

The Obsession

1912

Belphégor poster
8.0

Belphégor deals with a series of mysterious appearances by a masked-and-robed figure in the Louvre; a security guard is murdered, and a later police trap is foiled when the phantom—“Belphégor” (the name of a legendary demon)—uses knock-out gas. Journalist Jacques Bellegarde of “Le Petit Parisien” (the real-life newspaper which published the original story in serial installments), investigates, and eventually discovers famous detective Chantecoq and his vivacious daughter Colette are also on the case.

Belphégor

1927

Manon de Montmartre poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Manon de Montmartre

1914

No artwork available
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Mon oncle

1925

No artwork available
9.0

Part of the series La Vie telle qu'elle est

A General Strike

1911

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Bébé veut payer ses dettes

1912

The Cavalry poster
7.0

A French silent film directed by Louis Feuillade.

The Cavalry

1914

La Cassette de l'émigrée poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

La Cassette de l'émigrée

1912

No artwork available
8.0

Part of the series La Vie telle qu'elle est.

Le Mariage de l'aînée

1911

No artwork available
5.8

The life of French poet André Chénier, precursor of the Romantic movement, who was guillotined during the Revolution aged only 31.

André Chénier

1910

No artwork available
9.0

Part of the series La Vie telle qu'elle est

Les Braves Gens

1912

Vidocq poster
9.0

François Vidocq has deserted to go back to his wife and kids, so he becomes a thief. Unfortunately, he finds she had become Manon-la-blonde, mistress of a rich man named Ouvrard, and his children have disappeared. He offers his services to the chief of intelligence service and begins a fight against the Aristo, chief of the gang of the children of the sun. After a few years, he dismantles the gang, and finds both his sons. One has become a blackguard, the other a famous organist who is about to be knighted and will soon get married to his beloved.

Vidocq

1923

No artwork available
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Le gardien du feu

1924

No artwork available
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

The Way Through the Night

1929

Behind the camera