Jean Choux

Directing

Jean Choux

Born — Died

1887-03-06 — 1946-03-06

Place of birth

Geneva, Switzerland

Known for

Directing

Credits

35 titles

Jean Choux (1887–1946) was a French-Swiss film director, screenwriter and producer born in Geneva. He was active in French and Italian cinema from the silent era until his death in 1946.

Known for

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10.0

Marthe, a robust peasant, is a single mother. For her child to be happy, she abandons him to the Duchemin household, eager for an impossible motherhood. Later, the young man is still unaware of the obscure sacrifice of his real mother.

Maternité

1935

The Servant poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

The Servant

1930

A Dog That Pays Off poster
4.0

Josyane Plaisir, a rather idle singer, who is waiting for the man of her heart,handsome and rich if possible, accepts the offer of a dog handler. The clever man has worked out a scheme to snare rich men. The trick is simple: "Pantoufle", the little dog he lets for 5,000 francs a week, will run off, climb into a luxurious car with only one man inside and "retrieve" him to Josyane, since her address is stuck to the dog's collar. René, the first man who rings her door-bell, is single (or nearly so!), good-looking but ... broke.

A Dog That Pays Off

1932

Miarka poster
7.0

Cattion d'Urville takes in a gypsy, Sarah, and her granddaughter Miarka, in an outbuilding of her chateau. Miarka, while growing up, attracts the attention of Luigi, Cattion's nephew who, little by little, falls in love with her. Sarah raised her daughter in the tradition of gypsies who curse anyone who marries a man who is not a gypsy. Miarka ends up loving Luigi and he wants to marry her. The law of race opposes it. Fortunately, a well-conducted genealogical investigation will discover that Luigi is of the gypsy race. They will marry.

Miarka

1937

The Wedding of Miss Beulemans poster
8.0

The daughter of a Brussels restaurant proprietor prefers the company of a young man from Paris, to that of her compatriots.

The Wedding of Miss Beulemans

1932

The Lost Woman poster
9.0

Marie, a young bourgeois and Jean, a cargo sailor have an affair, she becomes pregnant but he has to go back to the sea. Marie leaves for Paris where she meets Pierre and marries him. War breaks out, Jean and Pierre will befriend each other on the front.

The Lost Woman

1942

Film credits

Behind the camera

No artwork available
10.0

Marthe, a robust peasant, is a single mother. For her child to be happy, she abandons him to the Duchemin household, eager for an impossible motherhood. Later, the young man is still unaware of the obscure sacrifice of his real mother.

Maternité

1935

The Servant poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

The Servant

1930

A Dog That Pays Off poster
4.0

Josyane Plaisir, a rather idle singer, who is waiting for the man of her heart,handsome and rich if possible, accepts the offer of a dog handler. The clever man has worked out a scheme to snare rich men. The trick is simple: "Pantoufle", the little dog he lets for 5,000 francs a week, will run off, climb into a luxurious car with only one man inside and "retrieve" him to Josyane, since her address is stuck to the dog's collar. René, the first man who rings her door-bell, is single (or nearly so!), good-looking but ... broke.

A Dog That Pays Off

1932

A Dog That Pays Off poster
4.0

Josyane Plaisir, a rather idle singer, who is waiting for the man of her heart,handsome and rich if possible, accepts the offer of a dog handler. The clever man has worked out a scheme to snare rich men. The trick is simple: "Pantoufle", the little dog he lets for 5,000 francs a week, will run off, climb into a luxurious car with only one man inside and "retrieve" him to Josyane, since her address is stuck to the dog's collar. René, the first man who rings her door-bell, is single (or nearly so!), good-looking but ... broke.

A Dog That Pays Off

1932

Miarka poster
7.0

Cattion d'Urville takes in a gypsy, Sarah, and her granddaughter Miarka, in an outbuilding of her chateau. Miarka, while growing up, attracts the attention of Luigi, Cattion's nephew who, little by little, falls in love with her. Sarah raised her daughter in the tradition of gypsies who curse anyone who marries a man who is not a gypsy. Miarka ends up loving Luigi and he wants to marry her. The law of race opposes it. Fortunately, a well-conducted genealogical investigation will discover that Luigi is of the gypsy race. They will marry.

Miarka

1937

Miarka poster
7.0

Cattion d'Urville takes in a gypsy, Sarah, and her granddaughter Miarka, in an outbuilding of her chateau. Miarka, while growing up, attracts the attention of Luigi, Cattion's nephew who, little by little, falls in love with her. Sarah raised her daughter in the tradition of gypsies who curse anyone who marries a man who is not a gypsy. Miarka ends up loving Luigi and he wants to marry her. The law of race opposes it. Fortunately, a well-conducted genealogical investigation will discover that Luigi is of the gypsy race. They will marry.

Miarka

1937

The Wedding of Miss Beulemans poster
8.0

The daughter of a Brussels restaurant proprietor prefers the company of a young man from Paris, to that of her compatriots.

The Wedding of Miss Beulemans

1932

The Lost Woman poster
9.0

Marie, a young bourgeois and Jean, a cargo sailor have an affair, she becomes pregnant but he has to go back to the sea. Marie leaves for Paris where she meets Pierre and marries him. War breaks out, Jean and Pierre will befriend each other on the front.

The Lost Woman

1942

Jean of the Moon poster
6.5

Marceline, the young wife of the florist Jean, can't help flirting with other men, but her brother Clo-Clo takes the poor husband's side against his sister.

Jean of the Moon

1931

Jean of the Moon poster
6.5

Marceline, the young wife of the florist Jean, can't help flirting with other men, but her brother Clo-Clo takes the poor husband's side against his sister.

Jean of the Moon

1931

Box of Dreams poster
7.0

Nicole tries to seduce a young man who lead a bohemian life in an untidy flat with his three pals.

Box of Dreams

1945

A Woman of No Importance poster
10.0

A young lord who has abandoned his pregnant mistress hires his son, twenty years later, as secretary. He will try to fix his mistake.

A Woman of No Importance

1937

Blood Red Rose poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Blood Red Rose

1939

Homeport poster
8.0

A discharged seaman winds up on an old man's farm: his children left the place for the broader horizons of the evil city; the walls are near decay ,the fields lie fallow.

Homeport

1943

Peace on the Rhine poster
8.5

During the lead up to a second World War, one of several French films hoping for peace,specifically between Germany and France as shown by a border family in Alsace trying to resolve their differences.

Peace on the Rhine

1938

The Vocation of André Carel poster
5.6

At the urging of his over-protective father, André Carel, a young bourgeois from Paris, travels to Lake Geneva to rejuvenate his health. There, he falls in love with Reine, the beautiful daughter of a simple boatsman. In order to impress her solely through his personality and character, he conceals his wealthy origins and, disguising himself as a migrant laborer, takes up work on board her father's ship.

The Vocation of André Carel

1925

The Vocation of André Carel poster
5.6

At the urging of his over-protective father, André Carel, a young bourgeois from Paris, travels to Lake Geneva to rejuvenate his health. There, he falls in love with Reine, the beautiful daughter of a simple boatsman. In order to impress her solely through his personality and character, he conceals his wealthy origins and, disguising himself as a migrant laborer, takes up work on board her father's ship.

The Vocation of André Carel

1925

The Vocation of André Carel poster
5.6

At the urging of his over-protective father, André Carel, a young bourgeois from Paris, travels to Lake Geneva to rejuvenate his health. There, he falls in love with Reine, the beautiful daughter of a simple boatsman. In order to impress her solely through his personality and character, he conceals his wealthy origins and, disguising himself as a migrant laborer, takes up work on board her father's ship.

The Vocation of André Carel

1925

La nascita di Salomè poster
9.0

Comedy freely inspired by the Gospel story of Salome's dance before King Herod, here it is the king of Prati who offers 4 provinces of his kingdom to another monarch, in exchange for the seductive dancer.

La nascita di Salomè

1940

La nascita di Salomè poster
9.0

Comedy freely inspired by the Gospel story of Salome's dance before King Herod, here it is the king of Prati who offers 4 provinces of his kingdom to another monarch, in exchange for the seductive dancer.

La nascita di Salomè

1940

L'ange qu'on m'a donné poster
9.0

During the 1940 exodus, a young girl takes in a baby to whom she becomes deeply attached.

L'ange qu'on m'a donné

1946

No artwork available
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Chacun porte sa croix

1929

Espionnage ou la guerre sans armes poster
6.0

This is the romanticized story of Louise de Bettignies, who was a spy and heroin of the First World War. In October 1914, in Roubaix, Geneviève de Vandeville delivers mail in secret. Brilliant and effective, she is soon contacted by the Intelligence Service who asks her to lead a team of spies. Geneviève, who is responsible for delivering intelligence from dangerous regions, enlists the help of Maria, a young girl who becomes her friend. Maria and her lover ask Geneviève to plan their escape into Holland. This mission will prove fatal for Geneviève. She is detected by the German counterespionage, arrested, and imprisoned in Brussels. She becomes sick and dies in prison before the war ends. Some time later, Maria and her lover pay their respects to the monument in effigy of Louise de Bettignies.

Espionnage ou la guerre sans armes

1928

White as snow poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

White as snow

1931

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Records 37

1937

Le café du port poster
7.0

Following a heartbreak, Aimée, a young girl is taken in by the owners of a café for whom she starts working, and falls in love with René, a sailor who gave her a taste for life.

Le café du port

1940

Lovers of Vienna poster
8.0

Pierre and Georges both love Gretel who, in turn, is in love with Georges. Georges falls in love with another, Dolly, but the lover of the latter threatens to stop supporting him. Georges ends up finding Gretel, who forgives him, while Pierre steps aside to ensure their happiness.

Lovers of Vienna

1931

Lovers of Vienna poster
8.0

Pierre and Georges both love Gretel who, in turn, is in love with Georges. Georges falls in love with another, Dolly, but the lover of the latter threatens to stop supporting him. Georges ends up finding Gretel, who forgives him, while Pierre steps aside to ensure their happiness.

Lovers of Vienna

1931

La Glu poster
10.0

A young Breton sailor falls in love with a visiting stranger called 'La Glu'. He drops his betrothed, mother and friends so that he can live with her. La Glu is murdered. Who did it? Relatives and friends are all suspects.

La Glu

1938

Paris poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Paris

1937

No artwork available
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Le baiser qui tue

1928

No artwork available
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

The Land That Dies

1927

L'Ange gardien poster
7.0

On the advice of his impressario, the singer André Soral resumes his former job as a sailor. He falls in love with Pola, the daughter of the owner of the barge, whom he marries after many adventures.

L'Ange gardien

1934

No artwork available
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Le greluchon délicat

1934