
Acting
Jacques Chevalier
Born 1928-12-28 · Paris, France
Acting credits
6.8A German intelligence officer investigates a prostitute's killing in Warsaw during World War II. He lands on three major Nazi generals as suspects, two of whom are also involved in a plot to kill Adolf Hitler.
The Night of the Generals
1967
7.6A quiet and inconspicuous man rents an apartment in Paris where he finds himself drawn into a rabbit hole of dangerous paranoia.
The Tenant
1976
7.4In 1950s communist Czechoslovakia, a government minister, a war veteran long a loyal party man, leads a relatively comfortable life with his wife. However, he soon finds himself under surveillance, then under arrest. Unclear what his offense is, agents for the totalitarian regime interrogate and torture him, aiming to use their unending power to gain a false confession for these supposed crimes against the state.
The Confession
1970
5.6A man returns to Rouen, after fifteen years in the United States, and feels like a stranger among old friends.
The American
1969
6.3A Paris flea market vendor is transformed into a vigilante after his fiancée is murdered by three vicious thugs on a commuter train. As the revenge-minded young man tracks the killers, a veteran police inspector leads a parallel investigation.
Shot Pattern
1982
4.1Claire de La Tour Picquet shares her life between her husband, the successful novelist William Brandeis, and her lover, Jacques Lalouet, William's publisher. Then she discovers that her lover has a mistress, Charlie, who is also that of her husband...
The Twist
1976
4.6Alain Revent, a seductive and refined man, derives a peculiar satisfaction from debasing his wives. The first, driven to the brink of despair, throws herself out of a window. Enlisting the help of an equally perverse casual acquaintance, Dino, the "handsome brute" proceeds to emotionally torture his second wife, Nathalie. The sadistic plan is picked up on by Officer Leroy who suspects the truth. Will he be able to snatch the unfortunate woman from the evil Alain's clutches?
Love Me Strangely
1971
7.0Because they brought her back a lost piece of jewelry, a very rich lady accedes to the request of three old people and transforms a vacant lot into a park for the neighborhood children.
Ménilmontant
1936
7.0A sexually repressed school teacher releases her pent up passions in a series of shocking crimes.
Mademoiselle
1966
5.8A young, talented and ambitious journalist, Louis heads off to try his luck in Paris. He's spotted by Walter, editor-in-chief for a major daily newspaper, who takes to him and furthers his career. What he doesn't realise is that Louis is ready to betray anyone to achieve his ends...
Les Dents longues
1953
5.0An acting couple is forced to assess their life together when the wife falls for a wealthy horse-breeder while shooting a film.
Josepha
1982
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La petite enfance du cinéma
1979
7.0A deputy with higher political aspirations is annoyed that, as visitors come to see him, his wife insists on staying in her nightie because it is such a hot day.
Mais n'te promène donc pas toute nue
1936
10.0A highly qualified worker, exercising his trade as an artist, sees his family and professional life turned upside down by the installation of a robot machine in his workshop.
De la belle ouvrage
1970
4.9Adrien Chautard, a major industrialist from Abidjan, has been chosen to replace an expert on the official Ivory Coast delegation sent to Paris to discuss the country's association with the Common Market. Chautard is delighted at the prospect of this trip, where he will be reunited with the woman of his dreams: Elisabeth. Alas, at Abidjan airport, a nasty surprise awaits him: Berthe, his lawful wife, has decided to leave with him to consult a leading cardiologist in the capital.
Salut Berthe !
1968
10.0The son of an industrialist is in love with a saleswoman employed by his father. The latter coos with an ingenue from whom he hides the age of his son. A department manager involved in all this has his sentimental disappointments. A double marriage puts a happy ending to the plot.
Un scandale aux Galeries
1937
10.0Director of a music hall, the dubious Ribero, to save himself from bankruptcy, only hopes for the victory of his horse. An English lord enlists his crack Master Love in the race. Ribero will try to prevent its departure. He is thwarted in his dark projects by the lord's daughter, captain of a troop of girls, and by a wise and determined sportsman who does not hesitate, for the occasion, to become a jockey. Master Love wins the race, Ribero is confused, a few weddings are celebrated.
Master Love
1946
6.3Former prostitute Renée dite Guinguette has earned enough on the Parisian sidewalk to buy her dream: a waterfront guinguette. Her new lover, Marco, offers the use of an unused adjoining barn to store the secondhand cars he trades in. But the 'used' cars are actually stolen, and charming Marco is a crook. With a few deaths and various vicissitudes, can love triumph in the end?
Guinguette
1959
5.9"Menaces" deals with the months before WW2 in a hotel :t he fear of the impending war never leaves the guests of an hotel in Paris.
Threats
1940