Madeleine Damien

Acting

Madeleine Damien

Born — Died

1901-06-29 — 1981-06-28

Place of birth

Paris, France

Known for

Acting

Credits

32 titles

Known for

Film credits

1970s · 15 titles

The Day of the Jackal poster
7.5

An international assassin known as ‘The Jackal’ is employed by disgruntled French generals to kill President Charles de Gaulle, with a dedicated gendarme on the assassin’s trail.

The Day of the Jackal

1973

Bilitis poster
5.4

A coming of age story centering on the exploits of a teenage girl during summer vacation.

Bilitis

1977

Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo poster
5.9

Herbie, the Volkswagen Beetle with a mind of its own, is racing in the Monte Carlo Rally. But thieves have hidden a cache of stolen diamonds in Herbie's gas tank, and are now trying to get them back.

Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo

1977

Themroc poster
6.4

Themroc, a bachelor house painter living at home with his mother, leads a sad and colorless life. One day, after a run-in with his boss, he rebels. He wrecks his apartment, rejects every facet of bourgeois life, and begins acting like an urban, modern-day Neanderthal.

Themroc

1973

Love at the Top poster
6.1

A shy bank employee unexpectedly invites a young woman to a café, leading to a one-night stand. When he shares this with his disillusioned friend, the writer helps him navigate a dazzling social ascent.

Love at the Top

1974

To Die of Love poster
6.4

A love story between a teacher, Danièle, 32 years and one of her students Gérard, 17 during the heated atmosphere of May 68. Danièle is a fiery young woman, very involved politically. Gérard's parents accuse Danièle of statutory rape and complain. Danièle is trapped and the drama begins...

To Die of Love

1971

Run After Me Until I Catch You poster
5.2

A love story between the pets hairdresser and accountant - both with significant life history.

Run After Me Until I Catch You

1976

Et la tendresse ?… Bordel ! poster
5.4

Francois, seducer very misogynist, directs an Eros Club, that from which suffers his Carole wife silently. Julie, saleswoman in a clock industry, as for it is taken of an access of madness after having surprised her husband, Léo, future

Et la tendresse ?… Bordel !

1979

A Murder Is a Murder poster
5.4

Murder mystery involving a man and his relationship with twin sisters.

A Murder Is a Murder

1972

A Police Officer Without Importance poster
7.0

Camille, Dov and Joëlle live on the edge of society and are involved in petty theft helping them to buy their drug doses and to survive as best they can. One day, while attempting to rob a movie theater, they activate the alarm signal and it is Pierre, Camille's brother, who is doing a heist in the same building, who is arrested red-handed. The three young people decide to kidnap a police officer and exchange him for Pierre.

A Police Officer Without Importance

1973

Le pont japonais poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Le pont japonais

1978

La Femme rompue poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

La Femme rompue

1978

La Mandarine poster
4.8

Paris, seventies. In a hotel in the glittering Rue de Rivoli an English boy falls in love with the two young grandchildren of the owner. Based on the novel "La Mandarine" by Christine de Rivoyre.

La Mandarine

1972

La Voyante poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

La Voyante

1972

The Eagle and the Dove poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

The Eagle and the Dove

1977

1960s · 13 titles

Diary of a Chambermaid poster
7.1

Celestine has a new job as a chambermaid for the quirky M. Monteil, his wife and her father. When the father dies, Celestine decides to quit her job and leave, but when a young girl is raped and murdered, Celestine believes that the Monteils' groundskeeper, Joseph, is guilty, and stays on in order to prove it. She uses her sexuality and the promise of marriage to get Joseph to confess -- but things do not go as planned.

Diary of a Chambermaid

1964

The Christmas Tree poster
6.2

A French-American millionaire, his girlfriend and his war buddy try to grant his dying son's every wish.

The Christmas Tree

1969

A Quiet Place in the Country poster
6.3

A painter facing a creative block arranges to spend the weekend in the country at his mistress's villa. While staying there, his sanity begins to disintegrate.

A Quiet Place in the Country

1968

The Diary of an Innocent Boy poster
6.0

Set in 18th century France, a naive 17-year-old orphan named Benjamin is taken in by his wealthy aunt, the Countess de Valandry. There, he is seduced by a variety of women, including a few flirtatious maidservants and neighboring countesses who all want to be Benjamin's "first".

The Diary of an Innocent Boy

1968

Rue du Havre poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Rue du Havre

1962

Very Happy Alexander poster
6.9

Alexandre, a young and honest farmer, is oppressed by an authoritarian wife, who makes him work like a dog. When she dies in a car crash, he decides to stay in bed, absolutely free and inactive. Just a dog is occupied to carry food and newspapers to him.

Very Happy Alexander

1968

The Thief of Paris poster
6.7

In turn-of-the-century Paris, Georges Randal is brought up by his wealthy uncle, who steals his inheritance. Georges hopes to marry his cousin Charlotte, but his uncle arranges for her to marry a rich neighbour. In retaliation, Georges steals the fiancé's family jewels, and enjoys the experience so much that he embarks upon a lifetime of burglary.

The Thief of Paris

1967

Le temps des copains poster
6.0

Three young students, who met on the train, arrive in Paris and decide to find accommodation together.

Le temps des copains

1963

The Sunday of Life poster
5.7

After five years in the army, Valentin Brû marry a haberdasher. They move to Paris, where Valentin sells frames, while his wife becomes fortune teller. One day, Valentin replaces her, and predict a terrible event which will happen.

The Sunday of Life

1967

Don't Play with Martians poster
2.0

These space people have cat eyes and a disintegrating pistol; and when they touch a woman 's lips with their magic kiss.

Don't Play with Martians

1968

Little Claus and Big Claus poster
6.9

Once upon a time there lived in the same village two men bearing the very same name. One of them chanced to possess four horses, the other had only one horse, so, by way of distinguishing them from each other, the proprietor of four horses was called "Great Claus," and he who owned but one horse was known as "Little Claus"...

Little Claus and Big Claus

1964

Trique, gamin de Paris poster
7.0

An old Montmartre building with countless tenants: on the seventh floor, a Russian painter, Igor, lives in his art and dreams, whose paintings express kindness and indulgence; two floors below, a poor cabaret singer, Seraphita, poses for her neighbor when she feels too lonely and abandoned; further down, the Prunelle family lives, where the father and mother, inveterate drunks, indulge in drink and give their eleven-year-old son. Tique, who seems to have become indifferent, the spectacle of atrocious domestic scenes. By the time the film begins, Father Prunelle, drunker than ever, has chased Tique's mother away with insults...

Trique, gamin de Paris

1962

Paris Does Not Exist poster
5.4

In this film, an artist attending a party smokes some dope and develops the ability to see into the future and the past. He returns to his apartment where he sees the vision of a woman who had lived there 30 years ago. His psychedelic hallucinations increase with time. Starring Richard Leduc and Danièle Gaubert with Serge Gainsbourg who also did the score.

Paris Does Not Exist

1969

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