Search results for "Michel Simon"
Vautrin the Thief

Vautrin the Thief

Vautrin the Thief
IMDb: 6.8
120

A famous convict Jacques Collin, alias Trompe la mort, or abbot Carlos Herrera, also called Vautrin, escapes from prison. Chance makes him meet Lucien de Rubempré, an impetuous and eternal…

Genre: Drama
The Crowned Fish Tavern

The Crowned Fish Tavern

The Crowned Fish Tavern
IMDb: 5.6
104

Captain Palmer’s daughter, Maria, is neglected by her husband, the cynical Leo, who lives with the beautiful Sylvia. To defeat his son-in-law, Palmer has the idea of ​​putting Sylvia back…

Genre: Drama
The Marriage Came Tumbling Down

The Marriage Came Tumbling Down

The Marriage Came Tumbling Down
IMDb: 5.7
88

Jacques spends his summer vacation with his grandfather, Jericho, in the company of his wife Marie. The malicious ancestor quickly realizes that his grandson’s marriage is on the brink of…

Genre: Comedy, Drama
Blanche

Blanche

Blanche
IMDb: 6.5
94

Blanche is the young, pure, beautiful wife of the Master of the castle, in a secluded land. Every man is in love with her, including the King and his servant…

Genre: Drama, History
The Two of Us

The Two of Us

The Two of Us
IMDb: 7.6
90

A story of the caring friendship formed between a crusty, old anti-Semite and an eight-year-old Jewish boy who goes to live with him during World War II.

Genre: Comedy, Drama
The Train

The Train

The Train
IMDb: 7.8
133

As the Allied forces approach Paris in August 1944, German Colonel Von Waldheim is desperate to take all of France’s greatest paintings to Germany. He manages to secure a train…

Genre: Thriller, War
The Battle of Austerlitz

The Battle of Austerlitz

The Battle of Austerlitz
IMDb: 6.3
166

Napoleon Bonaparte crowns himself emperor and fights the English, Austrians and Russians in 1802.

Genre: Drama, History, War
The Head

The Head

The Head
IMDb: 5.3
91

A scientist invents a serum that keeps a dog’s head alive after its body dies. When the scientist dies of a heart attack, his crazed assistant cuts off his head…

The Merchant of Venice

The Merchant of Venice

The Merchant of Venice
IMDb: 5.3
102

A rich merchant, Antonio is depressed for no good reason, until his good friend Bassanio comes to tell him how he’s in love with Portia. Portia’s father has died and…

Genre: Drama
The Beauty of the Devil

The Beauty of the Devil

The Beauty of the Devil
IMDb: 7.3
96

Henri Faust, retiring after 50 years as a professor in a circa-1700 French university, despairs at the ravages of old age … whereupon Mephistopheles, agent of Lucifer, appears as a…

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Panic

Panic

Panic
IMDb: 7.9
99

Proud, eccentric, and antisocial, Monsieur Hire has always kept to himself. But after a woman turns up dead in the Paris suburb where he lives, he feels drawn to a…

Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
A Friend Will Come Tonight

A Friend Will Come Tonight

A Friend Will Come Tonight
IMDb: 6.4
125

Commander Gerard and his band of guerrillas have found the ideal hideout: a nursing home in the Alps where, along with the mentally ill, are also hiding a Jewish girl…

Genre: Drama, War
Fric-Frac

Fric-Frac

Fric-Frac
IMDb: 6.9
105

An employee at a jewelry store falls in love with a woman who secretly plans to rob the store.

Genre: Comedy, Drama
Port of Shadows

Port of Shadows

Port of Shadows
IMDb: 7.7
93

Down a foggy, desolate road to the port city of Le Havre travels Jean, an army deserter looking for another chance to make good on life. Fate, however, has a…

Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance
Boys’ School

Boys’ School

Boys’ School
IMDb: 7.3
98

In a college, three friends form a secret society. Their objective – going to America. One night, after one of their secret meetings, one of them sees a man coming…

Let’s Make a Dream

Let’s Make a Dream

Let’s Make a Dream
IMDb: 7
86

A husband who has just cheated on his wife returns home in the early morning, puzzled. He finds there, without knowing it, the lover of his wife, to whom he…

Genre: Comedy, Romance
L’Atalante

L’Atalante

L’Atalante
IMDb: 7.7
89

Capricious small-town girl Juliette and barge captain Jean marry after a whirlwind courtship, and she comes to live aboard his boat, L’Atalante. As they make their way down the Seine,…

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Boudu Saved from Drowning

Boudu Saved from Drowning

Boudu Saved from Drowning
IMDb: 7.2
84

Michel Simon gives one of the most memorable performances in screen history as Boudu, a Parisian tramp who takes a suicidal plunge into the Seine and is rescued by a…

Genre: Comedy
Baby’s Laxative

Baby’s Laxative

Baby’s Laxative
IMDb: 6
56

A little boy won’t go to the bathroom, which leads to all sorts of complications for his parents and their friends.

Genre: Comedy
La Chienne

La Chienne

La Chienne
IMDb: 7.5
96

Cashier Maurice Legrand is married to Adele, a terror. By chance, he meets Lucienne, “Lulu”, and make her his mistress. He thinks he finally met love, but Lulu is nothing…

Genre: Crime, Drama
The Passion of Joan of Arc

The Passion of Joan of Arc

The Passion of Joan of Arc
IMDb: 8.1
82

A classic of the silent age, this film tells the story of the doomed but ultimately canonized 15th-century teenage warrior. On trial for claiming she’d spoken to God, Jeanne d’Arc…

Genre: Drama, History
The Late Mathias Pascal

The Late Mathias Pascal

The Late Mathias Pascal
IMDb: 7
170

Mathias Pascal, only son of a once-rich family, marries beautiful Romalinda, who has a terrible mother-in-law. She controls her daughter, and soon his home life becomes a nightmare. His only…

Genre: Drama