Samson Fainsilber
notum enim: Acting
dies natalis: 1904-05-18
Locus Natus: Iasi, Romania
Et ut:
End of the World
The plot concerns a comet hurling toward Earth on a collision course and the different reactions to people on the impending disaster.
release : 1931.01.23popularis : 3.997
Mater Dolorosa
One of the most popular melodrama films directed by Abel Gance. A paranoide, fanatical and obsessively jealous husband obducts his own son to bully...
release : 1933.01.06popularis : 1.13
Charles and Lucie
Charles and Lucie, an old and poor couple, inherits a luxurious house in the South of France.
release : 1979.09.05popularis : 3.355
Marie des angoisses
A neglected young woman comes up against the equivocal feelings of a steward.
release : 1935.07.24popularis : 0.691
Stavisky...
Irresistible charm and talent helps Serge Alexandre alias Stavisky, small-time swindler, to make friends with even most influential members of French...
release : 1974.05.15popularis : 8.234
The Queen and the Cardinal
A hero of the Paris streets is recruited for a conspiracy against Mazarin in the court of the King, but he reveals the subversive plot to Anne of...
release : 1935.11.22popularis : 0.707
Don Juan or If Don Juan Were a Woman
Jeanne lives in Paris and believes she is the reincarnation of Don Juan. She visits a priest and tells him she has killed a man. He comes to her...
release : 1973.02.22popularis : 6.821
Roger la Honte
1871. Roger Laroque accuses himself of a crime he did not commit to save his mistress, Julia de Noirville, from dishonor. He escapes from prison and...
release : 1933.03.10popularis : 2.341
Jocelyn
The youthful loves of a young seminarian Jocelyn and the young and gentle aristocrat Laurence, refugees in the mountains to escape the...
release : 1933.08.25popularis : 1.099
The Bread Peddler
A brave woman is sentenced to prison on false testimony. She escapes twenty years later and takes refuge in Paris where she carries bread while...
release : 1934.03.23popularis : 0.729
Gangster malgré lui
The crazy adventures of a character forced by circumstances to take on such dangerous professions as those of gangster, burglar, Chinese chiropodist...
release : 1935.05.03popularis : 1.73
Dorothy Looks for Love
To be able to win paradise, a selfish old billionaire, who has just died, must make someone happy. He will have to guide a young girl through the...
release : 1945.11.09popularis : 0.531
The Village of Wrath
A young man and an alleged witch get married despite the prejudices of their fellow citizens.
release : 1947.05.07popularis : 0.432
Whirlwind of Paris
A gang of broke student musicians travel to Paris to take exams. But very quickly, the lack of money pushes young people to pass themselves off as...
release : 1939.12.15popularis : 1.366
One Must Live Dangerously
Richard is a private detective. He makes a good money from marital infidelity: the deceived husband and wife generously paid him for proof of their...
release : 1975.09.03popularis : 2.194
Royal Affairs in Versailles
Witty narration follows the history of Versailles Palace; founded by Louis XIII, enlarged by autocratic Louis XIV, whose personal affairs and amours,...
release : 1954.02.10popularis : 5.466
Clandestine
A resistance leader is wounded when the Germans raid his underground print shop. He escapes to the home of a German-friendly Parisian and is helped...
release : 1946.04.16popularis : 0.344
No Pockets in a Shroud
In the newspaper he has just founded, journalist Dolannes exposes all the wheeling and dealing and scandals that go on in his town. But the day he...
release : 1974.10.25popularis : 2.323
Return at Dawn
Married to Karl Ammer, the station master of Thaya, a Hungarian quiet village, Anita is a pretty young peasant who feels deeply bored. She dreams of...
release : 1938.11.18popularis : 0.56
Escale
An officer of a passenger ship falls in love with the mistress of a Marseille racketeer, with unexpected results.
release : 1935.05.24popularis : 0.388
Life Is a Bed of Roses
In this whimsical fable, Resnais deftly interweaves three story lines: the creation of an early-20th-century utopia; romantic high jinks at a school...
release : 1983.04.20popularis : 6.217
Le Bossu
Lagardère protects Aurore, the granddaughter of the Duke of Nevers whose deceitful Philippe de Gonzague covets the inheritance.
release : 1934.12.28popularis : 0.63
Providence
On the eve of his 78th birthday, the ailing, alcoholic writer Clive Langham spends a painful and sleepless night mentally composing and recomposing...
release : 1977.01.25popularis : 5.792