Louis Vonelly

Acting

Louis Vonelly

Born — Died

1883-07-03 — 1963-09-05

Place of birth

Blois, Loir et Cher - France

Known for

Acting

Credits

33 titles

Known for

Napoleon poster
7.9

A biopic of former Emperor of France, Napoleon Bonaparte, tracing the Corsican's career from his schooldays (where a snowball fight is staged like a military campaign) to his flight from Corsica, through the French Revolution (where a real storm is intercut with a political storm) and the Terror, culminating in his triumphant 1797 invasion of Italy.

Napoleon

1927

Manon poster
6.8

Port of Marseille, France, recently liberated from the German yoke. Caught as stowaways aboard a ship, Manon, a young woman who was accused of collaborating with the Nazis, and Robert, a freedom fighter who saved her from reprisals, tell the captain about the many challenges they have had to face in order to survive.

Manon

1949

Edward and Caroline poster
6.5

Newlyweds Edward & Caroline are preparing for an important evening when a quarrel over Caroline's dress sets off a series of domestic brouhahas.

Edward and Caroline

1951

Lost Souvenirs poster
5.5

Suppose lost and found objects could talk... But they can! At least four of them... : -A statuette of Osiris remembers how two ex-lovers, a model and a good for nothing who claimed to be an Egyptologist, met again one Christmas Eve. -A violin has things to say about Raoul, a humble policeman who lost Solange, a widowed grocer he loved, to a god-dam seducing busker also named Raoul. -A scarf was witness to an eerie romance between a young madman and girl he had saved from suicide. -A funeral wreath lets us know how it caused a young woman to believe her lover dead. After having told their respective story, the objects return to their customary stillness.

Lost Souvenirs

1950

Clochard poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Clochard

1933

Quadrille poster
5.9

The young American actor Carl Erikson is the darling of the moment. Whilst in Paris on business, he is signing autographs, including one for Paulette Nanteuil, the actress all the rage in France but a complete stranger to Carl. Charmed by the young woman, he hopes to see her again, but she had given him a false name – that of her friend, Claudine André, a journalist. Meanwhile, Carl Erikson has an interview scheduled with Philippe de Morannes, editor-in-chief of ‘Paris-Soir’ and Paulette’s lover. To thank him for granting him the interview, Philippe unwittingly becomes an accomplice of fate by offering him a ticket to Paulette’s show. Carl sneaks into her dressing room, and Paulette, swept away, gives herself to him for a night of passion. Should she leave Philippe or break up with Carl? Will Philippe succumb to Claudine’s charms, even though she herself is not taken with Carl?

Quadrille

1938

Film credits

1950s · 3 titles

1940s · 8 titles

Manon poster
6.8

Port of Marseille, France, recently liberated from the German yoke. Caught as stowaways aboard a ship, Manon, a young woman who was accused of collaborating with the Nazis, and Robert, a freedom fighter who saved her from reprisals, tell the captain about the many challenges they have had to face in order to survive.

Manon

1949

Life of Pleasure poster
6.9

An aristocrat instigates divorce proceedings against his son-in-law, a commoner and the ex-owner of night club "La Vie de Plaisir".

Life of Pleasure

1944

The Private Life of an Actor poster
7.1

Biography of Lucien Guitry, stage comedian, by his son, movie director, and a poetic reflection on the passionate love of both men for their chosen art forms.

The Private Life of an Actor

1948

The Inevitable Mr. Dubois poster
7.2

With a hand of steel, Hélène efficiently runs a big luxury perfume factory in Grasse. There is no room for fun in her dull businesswoman's life. Then, a car accident drops Claude Dubois, a painter, into her lap. But the artist will have to deploy all his subtle wiles and clever tricks to rouse Hélène's feelings and get her to enjoy the cozy life of a cherished wife.

The Inevitable Mr. Dubois

1943

Monsignor poster
6.8

Louis Mennechain is a modest locksmith. So imagine his amazement when Professor Piétrefond approaches him and tells him he recognizes in him a descendant of the kings of France, more precisely of Louis XVII (the king who never reigned). According to him he is none other than the monarch's great grandson. Louis's life is soon turned upside down as he becomes the center of attention of a group of ardent royalists. Even a duchess "gives" him her love to make sure that he accepts his role as pretender to the throne...

Monsignor

1949

Carbon Copy poster
6.2

A smooth criminal, who turns to be Manuel Ismora, and his gang successfully and peacefully pull off con after heist. Elsewhere a timid office worker, Gabriel Dupon, is pressured by his boss...

Carbon Copy

1947

Mademoiselle X poster
10.0

A famous writer takes in a young amnesiac who, thanks to his care, remembers having tried to kill her unfaithful lover. He will know how to console her and share with her a new happiness.

Mademoiselle X

1945

No artwork available
5.5

Summoned by his mother to plead, a very young lawyer has a trio of pathetic criminals acquitted. The daughter of one of them reveals to the lawyer that the three accomplices hoped to find food and board in prison. For the beautiful eyes of the young girl, Master of La Bastide attaches the three rogues to his service. Disasters, confusion, clumsiness follow one another until the planned wedding.

Square of Knaves

1947

1930s · 15 titles

Clochard poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Clochard

1933

Quadrille poster
5.9

The young American actor Carl Erikson is the darling of the moment. Whilst in Paris on business, he is signing autographs, including one for Paulette Nanteuil, the actress all the rage in France but a complete stranger to Carl. Charmed by the young woman, he hopes to see her again, but she had given him a false name – that of her friend, Claudine André, a journalist. Meanwhile, Carl Erikson has an interview scheduled with Philippe de Morannes, editor-in-chief of ‘Paris-Soir’ and Paulette’s lover. To thank him for granting him the interview, Philippe unwittingly becomes an accomplice of fate by offering him a ticket to Paulette’s show. Carl sneaks into her dressing room, and Paulette, swept away, gives herself to him for a night of passion. Should she leave Philippe or break up with Carl? Will Philippe succumb to Claudine’s charms, even though she herself is not taken with Carl?

Quadrille

1938

A Picnic on the Grass poster
10.0

A rich young woman asks a poor man to play for her the role of a generous friend. He ends up falling in love.

A Picnic on the Grass

1937

Let’s Go Up the Champs-Élysées poster
5.4

The history of one of France's most famous streets is retold, featuring multiple performances from Guitry himself.

Let’s Go Up the Champs-Élysées

1938

Good Luck poster
6.3

A girl, Marie, who got engaged to a boy who is leaving for military training (thirteen days) wins two million on the raffle, thanks to an older man, Claude, whom she calls her good luck …

Good Luck

1935

Port Arthur poster
8.5

French-language version of Port Arthur (1936), a German language film (q.v.) co-produced by German, French and Czechoslovakian film interests. About espionage, action and romance in the Russo-Japanese War, as the conflict threatens Russian naval officer Boris Ranewsky and his Japanese wife Youki.

Port Arthur

1936

Deux de la réserve poster
7.0

The farmer Remy has just invented a new fertilizer and spies are trying to seize his documents, taking him for the famous Remy, inventor of a device of interest to national defence.

Deux de la réserve

1939

Ultimatum poster
8.0

About the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and the beginning of the First World War. Focuses on the relationship between a Serbian officer and his Austrian-born wife and their involvement in espionage between the countries.

Ultimatum

1938

Nine Bachelors poster
6.5

Nine Bachelors is a 1939 French comedy film directed by Sacha Guitry and starring Guitry, Max Dearly and Elvire Popesco.[1] An opportunist dreams up a new scheme to make money when the French government passes a law forbidding foreigners from living in France. It's French title is Ils étaient neuf célibataires.

Nine Bachelors

1939

No artwork available
8.0

A young man in love with a married woman takes the husband's place in the barracks and finds his rival there. But the fact that there are two Champignols in the ranks gives rise to many misunderstandings. But the husband preferring his painting, willingly abandons his pretty wife to the lover.

Champignol malgré lui

1933

Gosse de riche poster
10.0

The daughter of an industrialist takes an interest in the workers and tries to improve their lot. She avoids a strike, and falls in love with an engineer.

Gosse de riche

1938

Un fichu métier poster
8.0

Because of the escapades of Alexis, the Crown Prince of Vodenia, the kingdom is likely to lose the loan lent to them by a rich foreign banker. Baron Patcheff, a minister, decides then to replace the Prince by a double. The man chosen is Castin, a Parisian haberdasher, who looks like Alexis feature for feature.

Un fichu métier

1938

Mr. Duke poster
7.0

The Duc de Latour-Maubert falls in love with an intriguer when he had better think about the business of the ruined family, by marrying a rich American!

Mr. Duke

1931

The Midnight Gentleman poster
7.0

A young reveler, heavily in debt, finds a job in Pondicherry, but he must be married, and he has only twenty-four hours to do so. After an evening of revelry, he finds himself locked in with his friend's fiancée, leading to a marriage made possible by a miraculous inheritance.

The Midnight Gentleman

1931

No artwork available
7.0

The error of an examining magistrate forever tears apart a happy and united family.

La Robe rouge

1933

1920s · 7 titles

Napoleon poster
7.9

A biopic of former Emperor of France, Napoleon Bonaparte, tracing the Corsican's career from his schooldays (where a snowball fight is staged like a military campaign) to his flight from Corsica, through the French Revolution (where a real storm is intercut with a political storm) and the Terror, culminating in his triumphant 1797 invasion of Italy.

Napoleon

1927

No artwork available
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

In Order to Rule

1926

Mister Mustard's Millions poster
9.0

When bored American billionaire Charles Vanel is amused by the happiness of poor railroad man Nicolas Koline, he offers him a wager: if Koline and his family can spend 20,000 francs a day (about $11,000 in current American money) for a year, then he'll give him a nice pension. The rest of the movie is about the poor man and his family's efforts to win the bet.

Mister Mustard's Millions

1926

The Death of the Sun poster
7.0

A young doctor is asked by her husband to choose between her profession and her family.

The Death of the Sun

1922

No artwork available
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Karina the Dancer

1928

Bibi-la-Purée poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Bibi-la-Purée

1926

Jim the Cracksman, the King of Thieves poster
9.0

Philibert Bretonneau signs novels which are actually written by Moluchet, his secretary, secretly in love with Bretonneau's charming wife, Pauline... One day, Jim la houlette, the king of thieves, resurfaces in France. He steals jewels from Madame Clisson, the wife of a lawyer. Saint-Lévy, Bretonneau's publisher, has an idea : to simulate the theft of a manuscript by Jim la houlette, in fact by Moluchet posing as the criminal. But Moluchet, confronted by the real Jim, lets him run away and is arrested...

Jim the Cracksman, the King of Thieves

1926