Philippe Hersent

Acting

Philippe Hersent

Born 1912-06-26 · Écommoy, Sarthe, France

Acting credits

Beauty and the Beast poster
5.7

Decameron-style collection of entertaining short stories with such diverse themes as nymphomania, bestiality, and masochism.

Beauty and the Beast

1977

The Innocent poster
6.8

Tullio Hermil is a chauvinist aristocrat who flaunts his mistress to his wife, but when he believes she has been unfaithful he becomes enamored of her again.

The Innocent

1976

A Second Spring poster
7.3

An aging gossip columnist, tired of the social life of the Roman Dolce-vita set, goes to New York with hopes of a literary career. He marries a nurse, but succumbs to his former mistress.

A Second Spring

1975

Hell in Normandy poster
5.0

The movie is set during World War II in the days just prior to the D-Day invasion. A special parachute unit is sent to destroy a German flame thrower installation on Omaha Beach.

Hell in Normandy

1968

A Matter of Time poster
5.1

During a press conference, international star Nina remembers simpler times, flashing back to her days as a maid in a run-down Italian hotel. As a young woman, Nina befriends Contessa Sanziani, an elderly woman who entertains Nina with memories of her vibrant, wealthy life with Count Sanziani. Inspired by her tales of success, young Nina fantasizes about her own adventures and seeks to find the same excitement in her life.

A Matter of Time

1976

The Giant of Marathon poster
5.2

A Greek soldier leads the fight against an invading Persian army.

The Giant of Marathon

1959

Thunder of Battle poster
5.3

Coriolanus leads the plebians in a revolt against Roman oppression.

Thunder of Battle

1964

Conversation Piece poster
7.3

A retired professor of American origin lives a solitary life in a luxurious palazzo in Rome. He is confronted by a vulgar Italian marchesa and her lover, her daughter and her daughter's boyfriend, and forced to rent to them an apartment on the upper floor of his palazzo. From this point on his quiet routine is turned into chaos by his tenants' machinations, and everybody's life takes an unexpected but inevitable turn.

Conversation Piece

1974

The Revenge of Hercules poster
5.3

A warrior returning home to his country must battle giant bats, three-headed dogs and a vicious dragon to save his wife, and his people, from the machinations of an evil ruler.

The Revenge of Hercules

1960

Silver Saddle poster
6.5

Young boy who sees his father gunned down kills the assassin. Years later, he has grown up to be a successful bounty hunter who is feared by many. And then one day he discovers secrets to his past...

Silver Saddle

1978

No artwork available
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Joli monde

1936

Mammy poster
5.3

Mammy has a grandson she adores even though he is a good for nothing. One day Maurice disappears and Mammy becomes blind. When Maurice finally announces his return the fond old lady is overjoyed. Unfortunately, Maurice's plane crashes and catches fire. The young man is reported missing, presumably dead. Pierre, Mammy's husband, can't bring himself to announce such a shocking news. Desperate, he finds no other solution than subterfuge : he will ask a young couple to pass themselves off as Maurice and his girlfriend.

Mammy

1951

The Tomboy poster
3.9

The eponymous garçonne or flapper is Monique Lerbier, an emancipated French woman who leaves home to escape a marriage of convenience to a man she does not love which her parents have forced on her. She then falls into all sorts of carnal temptations and artificial pleasures previously unknown to her. These include her being seduced into a lesbian love affair by a chanteuse.

The Tomboy

1936

Attack of the Normans poster
6.5

An evil duke kidnaps the good king and tries to make the virtuous queen his bride and the peasants take arms.

Attack of the Normans

1962

So Sweet, So Dead poster
6.0

A serial killer is on the loose. His victims are unfaithful wives and he always leaves compromising photographs at the crime scene.

So Sweet, So Dead

1972

From the Orient with Fury poster
6.4

A scientist who has invented a weapon capable of disintegrating solid matter is kidnapped by a criminal gang, which intends to sell the scientist and his weapon to the highest bidder. A secret agent and the scientist's daughter set out to track down the kidnappers and rescue the scientist.

From the Orient with Fury

1965

The Beast poster
7.2

An experienced truck-driver is forced to become assistant to a young Sicilian driver. The Beast, the truck they drive around Europe, becomes their ground for mutual respect and trust.

The Beast

1974

Guns of the Black Witch poster
7.0

In the 17th century, a village was the refuge of several French buccaneers. One day, the Spanish under the command of Guzmán, attacked the village and killed everybody, adults and children ...

Guns of the Black Witch

1961

The Sword and the Cross poster
3.4

Mary Magdalene, a notorious harlot, must choose between her lascivious lifestyle and the love and affection of her decent-minded brother.

The Sword and the Cross

1958

Poison Ivy poster
6.1

FBI Agent Lemmy Caution is sent after a missing two million in Casablanca while mob boss mistress Carlotta plays both sides of the law.

Poison Ivy

1953

La treizième enquête de Grey poster
9.0

Grey, an elite detective, has the mission to investigate the assassination, in Paris, of a great Hollywood star. There is no real motive, and yet the suspects are numerous. The investigation promises to be long and difficult.

La treizième enquête de Grey

1937

Special Mission Lady Chaplin poster
6.5

Lady Chaplin is a beautiful woman, she is a fashion stylist and she owns an atelier in Paris. Zoltan is a rich American specialized in submarine researches. Dick Malloy is an American secret agent. What have the three in common? Perhaps a sunk American atomic submarine with sixteen missiles still on board? And why every other scene one, two, ten or more men are trying to kill Malloy in every conceivable way?

Special Mission Lady Chaplin

1966

Special Code: Assignment Lost Formula poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Special Code: Assignment Lost Formula

1966

The Dragon's Blood poster
4.5

Legendary hero Siegfried uses a magic sword to fight a huge, fire-breathing dragon.

The Dragon's Blood

1958

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