Émile Genevois
notum enim: Acting
dies natalis: 1918-01-01
Locus Natus: Barlin, Pas-de-Calais, France
Et ut: Emile Gennevois, Émile Jean Genevois, E. Genevoix, Emile Genevois
Les Misérables
In 19th century France, Jean Valjean, a man imprisoned for stealing bread, must flee a relentless policeman named Javert. The pursuit consumes both...
release : 1934.02.09popularis : 2.616
A Certain Mister
Documents relevant to National Defence have been concealed in a certain vase by a dangerous gang of robbers. To neutralize the criminals, a seasoned...
release : 1950.05.24popularis : 1.98
Crainquebille
Crainquebille, merchant of four seasons, is sentenced to fifteen days in prison for having insulted a police officer. When he leaves, his clientele...
release : 1934.03.16popularis : 1.354
La cinquième empreinte
Jacques de Nisson, a rich man, has a new mistress, Lucie Cavelier. Which does not prevent him from courting Florence, the wife of his lawyer friend...
release : 1934.07.13popularis : 0.438
Le Billet de mille
The tribulations of a banknote, from its exit from a counter to its destruction, passing through dozens of hands.
release : 1935.01.11popularis : 1.818
La fille de Madame Angot
Under the Directory, Clairette is in love with the chansonnier Ange Pitou, while the hairdresser Pomponnet is destined for her as a husband. But Ange...
release : 1935.10.11popularis : 1.137
Debout là-dedans!
A student monitor in a high school in the French provinces has no control over the pupils. He is in love with the caretaker's daughter but his...
release : 1935.12.20popularis : 0.868
The Terrible Lovers
After a year of turbulent marriage Annette and Daniel get a divorce, and each marries again. However, they meet again on the French Riviera and are...
release : 1936.08.21popularis : 3.641
The Marriage of Chiffon
Odette Joyeux plays an eccentric young aristocrat called "Chiffon", who is struggling to comply with the social conventions of the community. A...
release : 1942.08.06popularis : 2.264
Midnight in Paris
On a rainy night, eccentric tramp Mr. La Souris finds a corpse. But the body soon vanishes in his car leaving only his wallet. While the police start...
release : 1942.10.14popularis : 1.968
Portrait of Innocence
A student from an elementary school accidentally breaks the glass roof of his school. His comrades decide to support it by working during the summer...
release : 1941.12.02popularis : 1.04
Au p'tit zouave
Au p'tit Zouave, a café, sees a colorful clientele from working-class Paris. An assassin will shake up the daily life of the regulars.
release : 1950.03.16popularis : 2.724
Majestic Hotel Cellars
In my “cellar” where case workers all the people of a great hotel, the head of the café, Donge, finds the corpse of Mrs Petersen,...
release : 1945.08.11popularis : 4.484
Son of France
The crew of a tank from the 1st French army took part in the liberation of Strasbourg during the fall of 1944.
release : 1946.05.15popularis : 0.792
Gates of the Night
Paris, during the winter after its Liberation: Jean Diego meets up with his friend Raymond Lecuyer again. A tramp predicts Jean will meet the most...
release : 1946.12.03popularis : 3.235
Wear His Heart on His Sleeve
Léon Ménard, the village verger, is a decent young man whose hobby is to play the accordion. One day he is fired for having accompanied...
release : 1949.06.28popularis : 1.47
Les Dieux du dimanche
A soccer enthusiast like his father, Martin Lambert is the (gifted) goalkeeper of the local team. He falls in love with Jeanette and soon marries...
release : 1949.02.09popularis : 1.246
Justice Is Done
Elsa Lundenstein is accused of having murdered her lover. The jury discusses the case vividly. All members are somehow prejudiced because of personal...
release : 1950.09.20popularis : 4.88
Jo la Romance
For love, the singer Georges Hyverlin gives up his profession to work with his father-in-law in his car factory. When the passion for song takes him...
release : 1949.03.04popularis : 1.423
Five Red Tulips
During the Tour de France, five riders are found murdered with a red tulip near their bodies. A journalist and a police inspector lead the...
release : 1949.03.23popularis : 0.795
Paris Incident
Story is primarily based on the adventures of Antoine, a young telegraph messenger on his second night of work. He is given three telegrams, one of...
release : 1950.11.02popularis : 2.269
The Strollers
Jean-Louis forgets to use the pedestrian crossing;Who could have believed then where it would lead the unfortunate guy to?
release : 1950.11.25popularis : 1.819
Lost Souvenirs
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...
release : 1950.11.11popularis : 2.897
I Love Only You
Ronaldo, a singer with the growing reputation dedicating himself body and soul to his art, sacrificing his marriage.
release : 1949.06.30popularis : 0.691
The Straw Lover
The wife of gunsmith Gaston Sarazin cheats on him with his salesman. The husband, informed, wants revenge. The culprits try to divert suspicion on...
release : 1951.01.05popularis : 1.856
At the Grand Balcony
World War I aviator Carbot attempts to establish a commercial airline after the war, for the purpose of delivering the mail to the outermost regions...
release : 1949.11.30popularis : 1.548
The Cape of Hope
Lyria, a faded beauty who runs a seedy waterfront bar, is madly in love with Bob, a crooked attorney. Bob can't bring himself to confess his love for...
release : 1951.11.14popularis : 4.732
Perfectionist
Professor Louis Delage is a kidney transplant specialist. He is so good in his field that his peers nickname him the "great man". But one day, one of...
release : 1951.11.28popularis : 3.924
The Ferret
A mysterious figure signing himself "The Ferret" keeps sending letters to the police, tipping them off about murders that are to be committed around...
release : 1950.02.10popularis : 2.533
Hello… I love you
Since he met Odette, Pierre thinks only of her. Every day, he calls her saying only "Hello...I love you". Then he manages to get hired in the factory...
release : 1952.05.08popularis : 0.952
Les Mémoires de la vache Yolande
A drama teacher works as an extra in the cinema: he has to milk a cow. Left alone with the animal in the studio, he is forced to bring it up to his...
release : 1951.05.02popularis : 1.407
The Prettiest Sin in the World
Zoé, a pretty penniless girl, decides on the advice of her neighbor to embark on gallantry. After a brief failure, she meets a young boy,...
release : 1951.08.29popularis : 1.035
Ils sont dans les vignes...
In 1935, in the Burgundian village of Valromey, Commissioner Desbordes was the very unpopular leader of the anti-alcoholic league. His own brother,...
release : 1952.10.31popularis : 0.848
One Hundred Francs Per Second
Philippe, an employee at the Bourdinet firm, having been caught kissing Jacqueline, his boss's daughter, is fired. Some time later, Bourdinet...
release : 1953.01.09popularis : 1.455
It Happened in Paris
Wealthy American Patricia comes to spend some time at her uncle's place in Paris. While out on her own for the evening she meets pseudo-Russian...
release : 1952.12.26popularis : 0.885
Holiday for Henrietta
Two scriptwriters argue about the fate of Henrietta, a charming and gamine shopgirl. One favors a comical path for their heroine, who is overcome...
release : 1952.12.17popularis : 2.195
Trip to America
As part of the fascination in post World War II France with American culture, a young French couple here travel to the US to see for themselves the...
release : 1951.10.31popularis : 1.254
The High Life
Jojo is a seventeen-year-old factory worker living poorly in Aubervilliers with his grandmother. Dissatisfied with his lackluster everyday life, Jojo...
release : 1951.10.26popularis : 0.358
Follow That Man
While celebrating his birthday, police inspector Basquier recalls two of his most celebrated cases. The first involves duplicitous moneylender Olga....
release : 1953.02.27popularis : 1.702
Les Dents longues
A 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...
release : 1953.03.15popularis : 2.725
The Happy Road
Two children run away from a Swiss boarding school and set out for Paris, with their frantic parents in hot pursuit.
release : 1957.06.20popularis : 4.994
Blood to the Head
François Cardinaud is one of the richest shipowners in the region. But this success arouses resentment and jealousy. When Marthe, his wife,...
release : 1956.08.10popularis : 1.45
Oasis
Two female agents from a rival gang are sent to disrupt the operations of a gold-smuggler's caravan in Africa.
release : 1955.03.18popularis : 1.716
This Man Is Dangerous
On the run from international police, Special Agent Lemmy Caution arrives in the South of France and soon becomes embroiled in a scheme with the...
release : 1953.11.22popularis : 3.007
Casque d'Or
At the end of the 19th century, during a ball in Joinville, on the outskirts of Paris, Georges, a former delinquent working as a carpenter, meets...
release : 1952.03.13popularis : 13.446
Les Misérables
In 19th century France, Jean Valjean, a man imprisoned for stealing bread, must flee a relentless policeman named Javert. The pursuit consumes both...
release : 1958.03.11popularis : 12.838
Rue de l'Estrapade
While Henri Laurent speeds along on the racing circuits, his pretty wife Françoise goes from luxury boutique to luxury boutique with her best...
release : 1953.04.14popularis : 5.779
La Madelon
1914, a small village of the Marne. Charming and woken up, Madeleine, said the Madelon, who works in the coffee(café) of his father,...
release : 1955.12.02popularis : 2.709
Nights of Montmartre
Bobby earns his living in Montmartre by duping naïve provincials, along with his pal Julien, as well as crooks and drug dealers, replaced by...
release : 1955.08.08popularis : 0.952
La joyeuse prison
Benoit, the head guard of Clouville Prison, prefers to be liked than feared. This basic principle transforms the jail-house into a joyful prison,...
release : 1956.06.29popularis : 0.441
The Ragpickers of Emmaus
The Emmaüs community opened and functioned thanks to the generous impetus of Abbé Pierre Groues, bringing together a cross-section of the...
release : 1955.02.23popularis : 3.852
I'll Get Back to Kandara
One evening, professor André Barret sees the author of a murder in the darkness; cafe owner Cordelec is the victim. From then on, his...
release : 1956.12.20popularis : 1.682
Law of the Streets
Yves Tréguier, a young orphan, escapes from a reform school in Brittany to join "Dédé la Glace" in Paris, an old-timer with whom...
release : 1956.04.25popularis : 3.839
Madame et son auto
Sophie Dirondel, history teacher at the Saint-Cloison-sur-Ermoise, wins the jackpot of a lottery, a 2CV. The good-natured woman is both happy and...
release : 1958.10.15popularis : 0.732
Incognito
Bob Stanley was an American secret agent during World War II in France. After the war Stanley returns to France as a consul. In reality, he works for...
release : 1958.04.09popularis : 2.19
Skin and Bones
Convicted of murdering his wife, a crime of which he declares himself innocent, Jacques Mazur is serving a long sentence in a prison where his...
release : 1961.04.28popularis : 4.591
Rififi
Out of prison after a five-year stretch, jewel thief Tony turns down a quick job his friend Jo offers him, until he discovers that his old girlfriend...
release : 1955.04.13popularis : 14.371
Maria Chapdelaine
A young woman has three suitors on her father's logging ranch on the Quebec frontier.
release : 1934.12.14popularis : 2.335
Hardboiled Egg Time
A shy, penniless employee of the garage owner Grillot, the gentle Louis wins $10 million in the lottery. Flitting along the banks of the Seine, he...
release : 1958.03.19popularis : 1.413
The Best Part
Philippe Perrin, a young engineer passionate about his work, leads the construction of a huge dam in the High Alps. Like all the men who work on the...
release : 1955.12.30popularis : 3.066
The Man in My Life
L'homme de ma vie stars Madeleine Robinson as Madeleine, who after being abandoned by her lover is forced to raise her baby all by herself....
release : 1952.04.16popularis : 1.312
Sénéchal the Magnificent
Sénéchal, an actor touring the provinces with the "Tournées Carlini" does not meet the success he thinks he deserves. One night...
release : 1957.05.24popularis : 4.333
Until the Last One
Just released from prison after serving a six-month sentence, Fernand Bastia goes into hiding. He has indeed double-crossed his gang by keeping part...
release : 1957.03.20popularis : 5.002
Without Trumpet or Drum
Summer 1870. Following the French defeat at Sedan. Léon, a soldier in a detachment isolated in the Ardennes forest, is sent in search of...
release : 1959.12.22popularis : 2.054
Et ta sœur...
Bastien du Boccage is a repeat offender: hasn't he been sent to jail no fewer than six times? But he is no ordinary criminal mind you. As a matter of...
release : 1958.09.24popularis : 2.551
The Baron of the Locks
The lucky Baron wins a boat in a card game and takes off with his former lover to find new adventures. Adverse circumstances land them in a small...
release : 1960.04.13popularis : 5.866
Champions Juniors
Even back in 1951, boys knew more about cars than their dads.
release : 1951.01.01popularis : 1.47
L'homme de joie
A boudoir adventure during which the seductive Madame Jolivet, shocked by the behavior of her husband who appears with an actress, calls on the...
release : 1950.12.08popularis : 2.044
The Moment of Truth
After attending to a suicidal young man, Dr Richard learns that his wife has been unfaithful for years. This comes as a shock after 10 years of...
release : 1952.10.22popularis : 7.011
Les hommes en blanc
Jean Nerac completes his medical studies, sure of a successful career, but less sure of his attempts with fellow student Marianne, who refuses to...
release : 1955.05.09popularis : 1.128
Dark Eyes
In 1913, in Russia, a widower hides from his daughter that he is a butler in a meeting restaurant. She meets a banker who is trying to seduce her and...
release : 1935.09.05popularis : 0.682
Papa, Mama, My Wife and Me
Robert Langlois is now married to Catherine, the former housemaid. And they would live happily ever after if the housing crisis did not force them to...
release : 1955.10.18popularis : 4.187