Roger Pigaut

Acting

Roger Pigaut

Born 1919-04-08 · Vincennes, Seine [now Val-de-Marne], France

Acting credits

Angelique and the Sultan poster
6.4

Angélique is in a North African Muslim kingdom where she is now part of the Sultan's harem. She refuses to be bedded as her captors try to beat sense into her. She finally decides to escape with the help of two Christian prisoners.

Angelique and the Sultan

1968

La Peau d’un homme poster
10.0

Simone's friend is murdered and the young woman is implicated. A journalist, Bernard Landry, succeeds in proving her innocence before being himself unmasked by an investigator.

La Peau d’un homme

1951

Twilight poster
6.7

At the beginning of the 20th century, the destiny of Félicie Nanteuil, a young girl from the provinces who became a big star on the stage thanks to a comedian who committed suicide out of love for her.

Twilight

1944

Demain à Nanguila poster
9.0

"Demain à Nanguila" follows Moussa, a young man who leaves his village for Bamako in search of opportunity but instead encounters hardship and disillusionment. His return home becomes a reflection on rural exodus, tradition, and the challenges facing Mali in the early years of independence.

Demain à Nanguila

1960

Napoleon poster
6.3

The film follows the life of Napoleon from his early life in Corsica to his death at Saint Helena. The film is notable for its use of location shooting for numerous scenes, especially at the French estates of Malmaison and Fontainebleau, the Palace of Versailles, and sites of Napoleonic battles including Austerlitz and Waterloo.

Napoleon

1955

Mayerling poster
6.2

Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria clashes with his father, Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria, over implementing progressive policies for their country. Rudolf soon feels he is a man born at the wrong time in a country that doesn't realize the need for social reform. The Prince of Wales, later to become Britain's King Edward VII, provides comic relief. Rudolf finds refuge from a loveless marriage with Princess Stéphanie by taking a mistress, Baroness Maria Vetsera. Their untimely demise at Mayerling, the imperial family's hunting lodge, is cloaked in mystery.

Mayerling

1968

The Count of Monte Cristo poster
6.7

Young 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.

The Count of Monte Cristo

1954

Douce poster
7.2

In Paris in 1887, Irène works as a governess to Douce, the grand-daughter of the dowager Countess de Bonafé. Douce believes she is in love with Fabien, the handsome manager of the estate. However she cannot hope to marry him because of their class difference. Douce's widowed father, the Count de Bonafé, has a wooden leg, and is infatuated with Irène. Douce discovers that Fabien is planning to flee to Quebec with Irène, and also finds out that the Count has asked Irène to marry him. So Douce tells Fabien this and convinces him to run away with her, causing consternation in the family.

Douce

1943

Theodora, Slave Empress poster
6.3

Teodora, a Roman courtesan and former slave girl, marries the Roman emperor Justinian and assumes the throne as Empress of Rome. But the divide between nobility and slave is too great. Teodora seeks justice for her people, and revolution and armed conflict erupt in both Byzantium and Rome.

Theodora, Slave Empress

1954

Untamable Angelique poster
6.5

Angelique goes in search of her husband Joffrey de Peyrac who did not die on the stake.

Untamable Angelique

1967

Valparaiso poster
7.0

In 1962 Joris Ivens was invited to Chile for teaching and filmmaking. Together with students he made …A Valparaíso, one of his most poetic films. Contrasting the prestigious history of the seaport with the present the film sketches a portrait of the city, built on 42 hills, with its wealth and poverty, its daily life on the streets, the stairs, the rack railways and in the bars. Although the port has lost its importance, the rich past is still present in the impoverished city. The film echoes this ambiguous situation in its dialectical poetic style, interweaving the daily life reality (of 1963) with the history of the city and changing from black and white to colour, finally leaving us with hopeful perspective for the children who are playing on the stairs and hills of this beautiful town.

Valparaiso

1964

No artwork available
10.0

After losing her only child and falling for another man, a wife no longer loves her husband, but he thinks if he takes her back to some of the places they enjoyed in earlier years, it might rekindle their doomed marriage.

Convicted

1948

No artwork available
10.0

Two Congolese men and three Europeans are thrown together as they try to avoid the political turmoil of the Congo.

Konga Yo

1962

I Killed Rasputin poster
4.4

Grigori Rasputin becomes a fixture of Russia's Imperial Court after saving the life of Alexei Nikolaevich, Tsarevich of Russia, the haemophiliac heir to the throne. However as war breaks out, Rasputin's enemies see him as a cause and plot fatal revenge against the Russian mystic.

I Killed Rasputin

1967

A Simple Story poster
6.0

A middle-aged woman leaves her partner and drifts back to her ex-husband, while the lives of her middle class friends intersect with her own.

A Simple Story

1978

Chicago Digest poster
9.0

This comedy short subject satirizes the Hollywood genre which the French had given the name to of Film Noir.

Chicago Digest

1951

Antoine & Antoinette poster
6.2

1947, in France, Antoine and Antoinette, a young couple living in Paris, lead a monotonous existence: he works in a print shop while she is a shop assistant. But one evening, they regain hope: Antoine finds a winning lottery ticket in his girlfriend's handbag. He decides to cash it in, but loses his wallet. What follows is a series of twists and turns that redefine the couple's priorities while forcing them to remain optimistic.

Antoine & Antoinette

1947

The Light Across the Street poster
6.1

Traumatised 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

Mon chien poster
7.3

A family goes on holiday, abandoning the little girl’s dog.

Mon chien

1955

The Mistral poster
7.2

Dutch documentary filmmaker Joris Ivens follows the course of the famous wind as it originates in the Alps and finds its way to the Mediterranean Sea. Natural sounds and creative camera work provide a mood film showing the effect of the fury of the wind on the life of southern France.

The Mistral

1966

Vire-vent poster
8.0

The Donadieu family lives in the Provençal sun in a happy letting go, The father, the mother, the son and the three daughters. One of them, Claire, falls in love with a mountain dweller, Chapus, whom she marries Chapus, rough and austere, undertakes to educate the Donadieu family. The joy disappears and only returns in the absence of Chapus.

Vire-vent

1949

The Bellman poster
6.9

The bell ringer at a way station in the French Alps, murders a passing horse trader with a thrown rock and relieves him of his bankroll, in order to bribe the daughter of his only friend, a head injury victim considered the village simpleton, into marrying him, despite her love for a lowly woodsman who is, in turn, being cajoled into marriage by the daughter of the wealthy innkeeper.

The Bellman

1945

The Blonde Gypsy poster
8.0

As in a Hollywood western, rice growers and bull cultivators come into conflict in the Camargue.

The Blonde Gypsy

1953

The Bouquinquant Brothers poster
7.0

A provincial, Julie Moret, is hired as a servant in a Parisian bourgeois residence. She is courted by one of the Bouquinquant brothers, Léon, who does not take long to ask her to marry him. Alas, Léon turns out to be violent, alcoholic and lazy. Faced with her misfortune, Julie gets closer to her brother-in-law Pierre, the opposite of Léon, serious and hardworking, and they become lovers. The drama will rush when Julie becomes pregnant with Pierre.

The Bouquinquant Brothers

1948

Behind the camera

No artwork available
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Coma dépassé

1990

The Magic of the Kite poster
7.2

Come fly with Peter and Nicole and the Chinese wizard on an exciting adventure to the ends of the earth.

The Magic of the Kite

1958

The Magic of the Kite poster
7.2

Come fly with Peter and Nicole and the Chinese wizard on an exciting adventure to the ends of the earth.

The Magic of the Kite

1958

3000 Million Without an Elevator poster
5.6

Seven small rogues dream of stealing the beautiful jewels which are in Paris for an exhibition.

3000 Million Without an Elevator

1972

3000 Million Without an Elevator poster
5.6

Seven small rogues dream of stealing the beautiful jewels which are in Paris for an exhibition.

3000 Million Without an Elevator

1972

Countdown to Vengeance poster
5.8

10 years ago, François Nolan and his brother have been betrayed by one of their accomplices after a break-in. During the fight with the police, Francois's brother was killed, and a cop disfigured by François. Now, François is back for revenge. As nobody knows who the traitor was, the former accomplices lose their head. The disfigured cop is also waiting for the right moment to take his revenge on François.

Countdown to Vengeance

1970

Countdown to Vengeance poster
5.8

10 years ago, François Nolan and his brother have been betrayed by one of their accomplices after a break-in. During the fight with the police, Francois's brother was killed, and a cop disfigured by François. Now, François is back for revenge. As nobody knows who the traitor was, the former accomplices lose their head. The disfigured cop is also waiting for the right moment to take his revenge on François.

Countdown to Vengeance

1970

No artwork available
NR

A man who goes out from jail tries to understand the death of his wife.

La jeune morte

1965

The Hornet's Nest poster
6.5

A compulsive gambler must steal a suitcase full of money, which is also coveted by Melba, a cabaret singer. A getaway ensues.

The Hornet's Nest

1976

The Hornet's Nest poster
6.5

A compulsive gambler must steal a suitcase full of money, which is also coveted by Melba, a cabaret singer. A getaway ensues.

The Hornet's Nest

1976