Julien Verdier
notum enim: Acting
dies natalis: 1910-01-13
Locus Natus: Vanves, Seine [now Hauts-de-Seine], France
Et ut:
Muriel, or the Time of Return
In the seaside town of Boulogne, no one seems to be able to cope with their past, least of all Hélène, an antique furniture saleswoman,...
release : 1963.10.01popularis : 4.426
Three Women
The short stories of Guy de Maupassant enjoyed a renaissance in the early 1950s, thanks in great part to the Max Ophuls production Le Plaisir. In...
release : 1952.08.13popularis : 1.521
Desperate Decision
Ireland, 1922. In the midst of a national uprising, Catherine, a young orphan employed in household chores, goes in search of her brother whom she...
release : 1952.10.01popularis : 1.684
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 : 2.041
Dr. Petiot
A true story shot in a German Impressionistic style. In France during the Nazi occupation, Dr. Petiot (Michel Serrault) offered to help Jews escape...
release : 1990.09.19popularis : 3.882
François le Champi
A young miller takes under her protection an orphan brought up by an old woman.
release : 1976.12.15popularis : 1.205
Black Dossier
In the 1950s, in a small provincial town, a young inexperienced judge clashes with an influential notable during an investigation into a suspicious...
release : 1955.05.10popularis : 1.135
We Are All Murderers
Originally titled Nous Sommes Tout des Assassins, We Are All Murderers was directed by Andre Cayette, a former lawyer who detested France's execution...
release : 1952.05.21popularis : 1.166
The Wreckers
In 1852, the famine on a desolate Britanny's island named Blaz-Mor, off the coast of Finistère. Some residents exalted hold responsible the...
release : 1959.01.27popularis : 1.707
Escapade
Some gangsters use a young girl to get to a recently released convict who hid $10 million from a robbery just before he was caught.
release : 1957.06.07popularis : 0.791
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 : 4.449
Police Judiciaire
The detectives of the Paris Judicial Police, based at the Quai des Orfèvres, are mobilized by four criminal cases. A double murder,...
release : 1958.02.28popularis : 0.739
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 : 1.133
The Cold Soup
Two young pretty Parisiennes sell their place and leave behind the capital and its pollutions to live a healthy and bucolic life in a small village...
release : 1975.01.20popularis : 0.644
Tamango
A Dutch slave captain, on a voyage to Cuba, faces a revolt fomented by a newly captured African slave, Tamango. The slaves capture the captain's...
release : 1958.01.24popularis : 4.438
The Dialogue of the Carmelites
This drama about the Carmelite order of nuns is set during the French Revolution. A young woman seeks refuge with the Carmelites because she is...
release : 1960.06.01popularis : 3.492
Good Luck, Charlie
Charlie Pattison, a wealthy American, lands at Athens airport, where he has just received an emergency phone call from his friend Maurice. The two...
release : 1962.07.11popularis : 0.792
Jeunes mariés
Jacques and Gisèle, who are just married, are starting their honeymoon. But at nightfall, on their way to marital bliss, their car chooses to...
release : 1953.06.03popularis : 0.915
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 : 2.163
The Wages of Sin
Bourgeois melodrama about the family of a wealthy businessman in La Rochelle, who dismisses the marriage of his only daughter with a journalist.
release : 1956.07.10popularis : 0.665
The Star Ship
Onboard a spaceship sailing into infinity, generations of travelers are subject to dictatorial rules imposed by the central computer "Psycho."...
release : 1962.12.11popularis : 1.515
A Trap for Cinderella
Based on Sébastien Japrisot's novel, the story revolves around a young girl who suffers from amnesia after surviving a terrible fire.
release : 1965.10.22popularis : 2.099
Diamond Safari
Raphaël, a former paratrooper, is unable to adapt to the constraints of social life. One day, he becomes the unwilling accomplice of jewel...
release : 1966.06.28popularis : 1.854
Handsome Face
Pierrette, an active labor activist, marries Mario. He had little sympathy for his wife's political activities. Nevertheless, he takes part in a...
release : 1972.11.29popularis : 0.429
Un Adolescent d'autrefois
At the beginning of the twentieth century, a young man from the upper middle class tries to escape the constraints of his family.
release : 1983.01.01popularis : 0.363
Sans rires
An old man, former clown, comes back in the neighborhood where he used to lived for the funeral of his ex-wife, and finds old friends with whom he...
release : 1990.01.01popularis : 0.949
Anatomy of a Marriage: My Days with Jean-Marc
The story of the couple from the very first meeting to break up told from a view of a man, Jean-Marc. The film shares the same plot with...
release : 1964.01.31popularis : 2.245
Weekend at Dunkirk
In June 1940, during the Dunkirk evacuation of Allied troops to England, French sergeant Julien Maillat and his men debate whether to evacuate to...
release : 1964.12.18popularis : 6.899
Anatomy of a Marriage: My Days with Françoise
The story of the couple from the very first meeting to break up told from a view of a woman, Francoise. The film shares the same plot with "Jean-Marc...
release : 1964.01.31popularis : 3.745
Pillaged
Over the course of one night, a gang of twelve criminals carry out a commando-like raid on a small town.
release : 1967.11.15popularis : 3.258
Before the Deluge
The title of this French "reality" drama, which translates to Before the Deluge, is a play on Louis XVI's famous prognostication, "Apres moi, le...
release : 1954.02.26popularis : 3.504
Murder at 45 R.P.M.
Danielle Darrieux stars in this French thriller as a singer having an affair with her accompanist. When her husband dies in an automobile accident,...
release : 1960.05.24popularis : 0.84
The Mark Of The Day
In a settlement in the northern mining country. The Marles, Bréhard and Gohelle families wake up and prepare for a new day at work. The young...
release : 1949.04.06popularis : 0.541
The Call of Destiny
Young conductor Roberto Lombardini has never known his father who is actually a former musician, a failed piano player who has sunk into alcoholism.
release : 1953.02.15popularis : 1.177
Paris Pick-Up
On Christmas night, an ex-convict meets a beautiful, married Italian woman who has a lot of things to hide.
release : 1962.05.04popularis : 3.242
Dom Juan
This telefilm in black and white is diffused on the first French chain the November 6th 1965. It undoubtedly remains the most known adaptation of the...
release : 1965.11.06popularis : 1.292
Hi Doc
24 hours in the life of a humble general practitioner. A very busy life to say the least... Like every other day, Dr. Forget works from morning till...
release : 1957.03.06popularis : 0.363
The Bear and the Doll
A quiet cellist living in the countryside has his life disrupted when he accidentally bumps into a wealthy, temperamental woman in a Rolls-Royce....
release : 1970.02.04popularis : 1.154
The Question
1957. For several months, Henri Charlègue, the ex-director of the newspaper "Alger democratic", banned, has been living in hiding. Suspected...
release : 1977.05.04popularis : 1.68