Jean Martinelli
notum enim: Acting
dies natalis: 1909-08-15
Locus Natus: Paris, France
Et ut: Jean Siegfried Martinet
To Catch a Thief
An ex-thief is accused of enacting a new crime spree, so to clear his name he sets off to catch the new thief, who’s imitating his signature...
release : 1955.08.03popularis : 32.714
The Count of Monte Cristo
Edmund Dantes is falsely accused by those jealous of his good fortune, and is sentenced to spend the rest of his life in the notorious island prison,...
release : 1961.12.06popularis : 7.678
Ballad for a Hoodlum
Vincent Vivant agrees to Stephan the spy's proposal: he is to cross the border with a mysterious suitcase.
release : 1963.03.27popularis : 1.079
The Last Waltz
Count Dimitri is sentenced to death for hitting Prince Paul who was trying to steal a kiss from Countess Vera. Prince Paul pardons him because of a...
release : 1936.01.01popularis : 0.862
The Twelve Tasks of Asterix
Asterix and Obelix depart on an adventure to complete twelve impossible tasks to prove to Caesar that they are as strong as the Gods. You'll roar...
release : 1976.06.26popularis : 15.774
All for Love
A famous tenor manages to charm away a lovely young lady who was just about to be married to the opera director.
release : 1933.09.15popularis : 0.956
The Gentleman from Epsom
The story takes place in the racecourses around Paris. A so-called major sells his tips to naive characters.
release : 1962.10.03popularis : 4.469
The Beast
The head of a failing French family thinks that fate has smiled down on him when the daughter of a wealthy man agrees to be married to his son. The...
release : 1975.08.20popularis : 21.137
The Two Orphans
A more small scale version of the story Griffin used for his epic Orphans Of The Storm: a doctor tries to reunite two sisters who have become...
release : 1933.03.03popularis : 3.622
Blanchette
Blanchette, unable to find a job, prostitutes herself in Paris. She then finds the man she loves when her morale is at its lowest.
release : 1937.03.12popularis : 1.803
La Danseuse rouge
Tania, a young girl from Central Europe, leaves her home because of her abusive father. Trained, in spite of herself, in the nets of the secret...
release : 1937.05.21popularis : 0.591
Death Threat
André Garnier, a young pianist, who was sent to deportation following a denunciation, absolutely wants to find his informer. He falls in love...
release : 1950.02.22popularis : 0.959
Last Hour, Special Edition
A journalist who deals with the column "courier du cœur" has the absurd idea of launching an investigation into the death of a...
release : 1949.09.30popularis : 2.421
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
Life Is a Game
Evanella, who writes the “Horoscope” section of a major newspaper, and her brother Méristo, create with the help of a young...
release : 1951.06.13popularis : 0.801
Wonderful Mentality
Honoré, a valet, has an extremely logical mind and is unable to tell a lie. This comes in very fortunate for the family he works for.
release : 1953.03.14popularis : 0.588
Street Singer
A father allows himself to be accused of the murder of a blackmailer to save his son who is the real murderer. But he is forced to confess, and...
release : 1938.10.28popularis : 0.901
Club of Women
A remake of a pre-war French film success, Club de femmes is a seriocomedy centralized in an all-female boarding house. Forced to band together...
release : 1956.05.18popularis : 0.889
Le Rouge et le Noir
It's no holds barred for Julian in pursuit of upward mobility. Although expected to channel career aspirations into the Church of the post-Napoleonic...
release : 1954.10.29popularis : 4.602
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
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 : 2.075
Les Rosenberg ne doivent pas mourir
A French film about a famous American trial - that of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, who became the first people in American history to receive the...
release : 1975.05.24popularis : 0.59
The Angels
Larry, who is awaiting a large inheritance, lives with his uncle who hopes to receive part of the hefty sum. He meets another specimen of its kind,...
release : 1973.08.23popularis : 0.301
Milady
Commandant Gardefort, horseman at the Cadre Noir Riding Academy in Saumur, having given up hope of promotion decides to retire. To fill his time...
release : 1976.01.01popularis : 1.435
The Three Musketeers
The umpteenth adaptation of Dumas' novel finds d'Artagnan and his friends promoting the love affairs of Anne of Austria and the Duke of Buckingham,...
release : 1953.10.07popularis : 7.716
Abbot Constantine
A rich American lady has bought the Castle of Longueval. Her sister is being courted by two young villagers, one that fell in love with her, and the...
release : 1933.10.19popularis : 0.661
Black Sun
A young Gallic heiress Christine is looking for her long-lost brother in Algeria. She's not looking for danger, but that's what comes in her way from...
release : 1966.12.10popularis : 1.399
Last Hour, Special Edition
A journalist who deals with the column "courier du cœur" has the absurd idea of launching an investigation into the death of a...
release : 1949.09.30popularis : 2.421
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 : 2.075
Black Humor
A unique black comedy consisting of three episodes on the same theme: death. In a circus, trapeze artist Wilma is going to get rid of a rival during...
release : 1965.04.12popularis : 1.343
Le bonheur est pour demain
Alain is a young man who has just left his parents and finds himself lost in Saint-Nazaire, a French coastal town whose main industry is...
release : 1961.06.03popularis : 0.425
La Loupiote
Little Germaine Valcour, an adulterine child, is abandoned and taken in by a showman, Father Ballot. She becomes the consolation of the good man...
release : 1937.01.22popularis : 0.429
Hot and Blue
The relationship of a married couple takes an unexpected turn when the husband's boss gets the idea that their ad campaigns need spicing up with...
release : 1972.10.25popularis : 5.86
If Paris Were Told to Us
Historical film directed and written by Sacha Guitry follows the the history of Paris from its founding through the significant events in the city's...
release : 1956.01.27popularis : 5.025
Le Curé de Tours
Father Birotteau and Father Troubert, both of whom are priests at Tours, have separate lodgings in the house belonging to the crabby spinster Sophie...
release : 1980.12.02popularis : 0.832
Immoral Women
The first episode – featuring frequent Borowczyk muse Marina Pierro – is the longest and, in a way, most substantial: it’s set in...
release : 1979.03.07popularis : 10.091