
Acting
Antonin Berval
Born 1891-09-12 · Avignon, Vaucluse, France
Acting credits
7.1Portrait of a two-faced man. By day he is rich, brilliant and respectable financial officer Lussac; at night, he becomes "Mirror", a ruthless gang leader in Marseilles.
Mirror
1947
10.0Commissioner Thomas simultaneously investigates the actions of an oil company, a theft and an assassination, and the kidnapping of a child with look-alikes.
Triple enquête
1948
6.1Traumatised by a serious accident, truck driver Georges Moreau knows that he must avoid strong emotions and any kind of stress. Recently wed, he hopes to start anew by opening a restaurant on the National 7 highway, although he's none too pleased when the truckers start flirting with his lovely wife. Opposite the restaurant is a petrol station owned by Pieri, whom Georges begins to suspect of having an affair with his wife. Doubtful of her fidelity, Georges realises that he's heading for a nervous breakdown.
The Light Across the Street
1955
8.0The wife of a Marseille industrialist is murdered. An inspector and a young journalist investigate together, and suspect the husband, then the lover, before finding the real culprit.
Un soir à Marseille
1938
6.9A small village is torn apart by a quarrel between the baker and the italian grocery tenant, mother of a pregnant young girl. She accuses the baker's son, doing his military service in Algeria, to be the father of the would be child. Offended, the baker refuses to deliver bread to the villagers standing on the mother's side.
The Wild Oat
1953
10.0When Vernonet learns that Chourinette is to marry another man, he is so upset that he decides to commit suicide on her wedding day. The young woman gets wind of his intention and is so moved by his act of love that she drops everything and runs away with Vernonet. But the groom's family and hers are on their trail to settle a few scores.
Chourinette
1934
6.4Louis Bertain is the owner of a Paris garage which is the front for a robbery gang. He and his accomplices are careful to keep up a civic veneer by day, indulging in criminal activities only when "the red light is on" at night. This status quo is upset when one of the gang members becomes convinced that Louis' younger brother is a police informer.
Speaking of Murder
1957
8.0After a Parisian haute couture house is robbed and jewels stolen, Commissaire Legrand leads the investigation. His suspicions fall on Linda, the great couturier. He decides to follow her to Nice to present her next collection.
L’aventurière des Champs-Élysées
1957
10.0Superintendent Thomas is investigating a cabaret owner with suspicious actions.
Le Cabaret du Grand Large
1946
7.1Martine is searching for her sister that disappeared mysteriously. Lequévic agrees to help her.
House on the Waterfront
1955
8.0No synopsis available yet.
Beauty Cult
1931
9.0A Parisian baker boy, tired of his monotonous and hopeless life, kills the owner of a hotel to rob him. A woman of questionable morals noticed his absence. To buy his silence, he makes her his friend. Rivaled by their secret and not really loving each other, they indulge in imprudences which throw them into the hands of the police.
L'Homme traqué
1947
9.0No synopsis available yet.
Temptation
1936
8.0As in a Hollywood western, rice growers and bull cultivators come into conflict in the Camargue.
The Blonde Gypsy
1953
9.0In the Camargue, a herdsman has just become engaged to a young local girl when his heart is troubled by a stranger who is playing the comedy of love for him. After this disappointment, he resumes the interrupted idyll.
Notre-Dame d'amour
1936
7.0In Marseille, a customs inspector falls in love with a young woman involved in dubious traffic.
Oriental Port
1950
7.0In a small village, a farmer discovers his wife has committed suicide, but suspicions of murder arise, dividing the community. Amidst the conflict, he develops feelings for a young woman who is the sister of a man harboring a personal grudge against him.
The Hunting Ground
1951
8.0Monsieur Fred is a friendly Southerner who recruits pretty girls down on their luck to send to South America. After some dramatic incidents and an eventful chase, a policeman manages to lock up the gang he runs.
Franco de port
1937
9.0No synopsis available yet.
The tough PTT
1931
5.6In Nice, a wealthy widow is charmed by a young man who marries her and manages her finances. He soon starts an affair with her secretary, who proves to be even more ruthless than he is.
A Kiss for a Killer
1957
5.7"Thieves We Are" - In flashback, the audience learns why 104-year-old Amedee steals the watch belonging to the town mayor. The story develops into a history of the watch-thievery business, told in anecdotal fashion.
Les Truands
1956
7.0The adventures of Daniele as he tries to find love with Lucienne despite being framed for murder and cocaine smuggling.
Dangerous Turning
1954
7.2The 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
Maurin, an accomplished lady seducer, has acknowledged Césariot as his son. Tonia, Maurin's mistress, is jealous of his love for the boy and follows him one night as he attempts to protect Césariot from the customs officers. But Maurin is shot and dies in Tonia's arms. Based on Jean Aicard's novel.
The Illustrious Maurin
1933