Denis Manuel

Acting

Denis Manuel

Born 1934-07-15 · Paris, France

Acting credits

The Assassination poster
6.6

Darien, a left-wing police informant, is forced to lure his old friend Sadiel to Paris, allegedly to film a television special about the Third World. Sadiel, the exiled leader of a North African state, is being hunted by the ruthless Colonel Kassar, who will stop at nothing to capture his political rival. Once Sadiel arrives in Paris, Darien realizes he has been manipulated. He tries to turn back the clock, not realizing what or who he’s truly dealing with.

The Assassination

1972

Flic Story poster
6.4

The film story depicts Emile Buisson, following the death of his wife and child, escaping from a psychiatric institution in 1947 and returning to Paris. Buisson, who three years later would become France's public enemy number one, begins a murderous rampage through the French capital.

Flic Story

1975

The Monk poster
5.8

Ambrosio is a monk who is sexually tempted by an emissary of the Devil, a young girl in monk's robes. After he has committed numerous crimes, it appears that he will be caught and punished by the Inquisition. Instead, he signs up on the Devil's team and wins his freedom.. and eventually, the papacy.

The Monk

1972

The City of Silences poster
5.9

Creuzeville, a small provincial town with its woods, its countryside, its ramparts, its mass and its little Sunday cakes. A stranger arrives. He's a private investigator in Creuzeville, over which an old family of industrialists reigns, a murder has just been committed. The victim is the founding ancestor of this small empire that has outgrown one man. In Creuzeville, we hardly like foreigners, especially if they are vegetarians, perhaps homosexuals, undoubtedly anarchists like, precisely, this detective. However the detective by whom the scandal broke broke the silence of the city by going to the heart of family secrets hitherto well hidden behind purple shutters. The murders follow one another. We strike on the left - a young ecologist - as on the right - a cynical playboy. Continuing to dissect the mobiles and the characters, the detective dropped the masks one by one. And, little by little, fear and violence are settling in the small town.

The City of Silences

1979

Le Deuxième Souffle poster
7.7

A gangster escapes jail and quickly makes plans to continue his criminal ways elsewhere, but a determined inspector is closing in.

Le Deuxième Souffle

1966

The Margin poster
6.1

A businessman leaves his country home, and wife and young son for a business trip to Paris. While there he develops a sexual and spiritual bond with a call girl.

The Margin

1976

Killing in the Sun poster
6.7

The murder of a Parisian mobster starts a war within the world of organized crime.

Killing in the Sun

1973

Pétain poster
6.3

During second world war,Philippe Pétain gets absolute powers.The war ends with the arrival of allied forces by Petainism has not been put on trial.

Pétain

1993

The Milky Way poster
7.1

Two men, part tramp, part pilgrim, are on their way from France to Santiago de Compostela in Spain. On their way, they meet a vast assortment of characters—some truculent, some violent, and some bizarre; they experience many adventures—some mysterious, some erotic, some even supernatural.

The Milky Way

1969

No artwork available
7.2

In Paris, the student protests of December 1986. Alice Lazard is having her own revolution, expressing herself and trying to confront a world whose aggression and hatred ignite her fierce will to live and her madness. Or so we imagine. Swept away by her colorful language, her youth, her vivacity, her humor, we remain fascinated, and yet she expresses so much despair in the slow destruction of her relationship with a man... Romain, the creator of this character, is overwhelmed by her. He projects himself into another woman, Alice Lazard, brunette, warm, and aggressive. She comes to present herself to Romain for a role in his next film, but she doesn't understand his reactions at all. All of this unfolds under the sometimes amused, sometimes irritated gaze of Jean, the film's editor.

Alice

1988

Le Portrait de Dorian Gray poster
5.5

Basil Hallward is a mediocre painter. His exhibitions owe their success to his social position and nothing more. But one day Basil meets Dorian Gray, symbol of youth and a certain beauty.

Le Portrait de Dorian Gray

1977

Ho Chi Minh: A Sketch for a Political Portrait poster
NR

A political portrait of Ho Chi Minh, tracing his revolutionary journey, his commitment to Vietnamese independence, and his role in the struggle for the reunification of Vietnam. The documentary examines the ideas, political influences, and historical events that shaped Ho Chi Minh as a revolutionary leader and explores his place within the wider history of anti-colonialism and communism.

Ho Chi Minh: A Sketch for a Political Portrait

1973

Monsieur Balboss poster
9.0

Inspector Balboss, a corrupt police officer with a criminal streak, takes under his wing a young vagrant he meets by chance and sets about teaching him the tricks of the trade.

Monsieur Balboss

1975

Jeu de vilains poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Jeu de vilains

1988

Terror and Virtue: Robespierre poster
9.0

From April to July 1794, Robespierre forms a triumvirate with Saint-Just and Couthon. He plans to instate his ideal based on virtue and in times of revolutionary crisis, on terror. In May, he establishes the Cult of the Supreme Being. However, he still has numerous enemies...

Terror and Virtue: Robespierre

1964

No artwork available
9.5

From November 1793 to April 1794, in order to reinforce the power of the Revolution, Robespierre strikes right and left. He successively sends the Hébertists to the guillotine, followed by Danton, the chief of the Indulgents, and Camille Desmoulins, who asked the new regime for clemency in his journal, Le Vieux Cordelier. Robespierre triumphs, but he is alone...

La terreur et la vertu - Première partie: Danton

1964

Car Cemetery poster
5.1

The plot is set in a post apocalyptic Junkyard where people take refuge from authority and are able to practice their fantasies and fetishes without being stopped by the police. These people are led by Emanou who is a sort of Messiah, who promises music rather than salvation.

Car Cemetery

1983

The Two Orphans poster
9.0

A story about two girls who grew up as sisters, were separated and finally met again.

The Two Orphans

1965

L'Atlantide poster
7.0

Two young French officers get lost in the Sahara desert and find themselves prisoners of Antinéa, who rules over the lost city of Atlantis. Under her evil influence, one of them, blinded by his love for her, loses his mind and goes so far as to murder his comrade... Jean Kerchbron adapts Pierre Benoît's book for this film, which is more concerned with social reflection than fantasy.

L'Atlantide

1972

Les Poules bleues de l'automne poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Les Poules bleues de l'automne

1974

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

La Mort de Danton

1970

Marceau ou Les enfants de la république poster
NR

Set during the bloody and turbulent years of the French Revolution, it follows the life and exploits of François-Séverin Marceau, an idealistic and courageous young man who would become one of the most famous generals of the First Republic.

Marceau ou Les enfants de la république

1961