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Charles Vanel

Charles Vanel

French actor and director
August 21, 1892 (April 15, 1989)
Runtime: 88 min.
Suis. 1987. Moral study by Claude Goretta with Charles Vanel, Catherine Mouchet, Philippe Léotard. Mountaineers react differently when an old man considered to be a sorcerer tells them that the sun will disappear permanently.
Runtime: 118 min.
Fr. 1982. Drama by Georges Folgoas with Charles Vanel, Michel Aumont, Pierre Destailles. Unjustly accused of causing a fire, an elderly man is faced with the hostility of his fellow citizens.
Fr. 1980. Comedy by Roger Kay with Bruno Cremer, Catherine Alric, Charles Vanel.
Runtime: 113 min.
Runtime: 107 min.
Fr. 1977. Drama by Jacques Ertaud with Sylvain Joubert, Xavier Labouze, Charles Vanel. A young boxer is the victim of an accident that leaves him immobilized on a hospital bed.
Runtime: 110 min.
Fr. 1976. Mores drama by Serge Moati with Klaus Kinski, Bernard Blier, Jean-Luc Bideau. A man once wrongly accused of murdering a child returns for revenge.
Runtime: 83 min.
Fr. 1976. Crime drama by José Giovanni with Alain Delon, Louis Julien, Charles Vanel. A former mobster turned industrialist comes to the defense of his teenage son accused of murdering a police officer.
Runtime: 102 min.
Fr. 1976. Fantasy by Claude Chabrol with Sylvia Kristel, Charles Vanel, Jean Carmet. Following an accident, a young woman seeks help in a mansion inhabited by strange characters.
Runtime: 93 min.

Cadavres exquis

V.O.: Cadaveri eccellenti
It. 1975. Crime drama by Francesco Rosi with Lino Ventura, Tino Carraro, Max von Sydow. A detective believes he sees a pattern in a series of assasination attempts on judges.
Runtime: 121 min.
Fr. 1975. Psychological drama by Jacques Rouffio with Michel Piccoli, Charles Vanel, Gérard Depardieu. Ten years apart, disputes between doctors have tragic consequences in a provincial town.
Runtime: 109 min.
Fr. 1973. Mores drama by Jean-Pierre Gallo with Charles Vanel, Henri Marteau, Françoise Prévost. In the Vercors, a lonely old man faces the villagers
Fr. 1972. Drama by Claude-Jean Bonnardot with Charles Vanel, Étienne Bierry, Yves Arcanel. Although he is almost blind, an old sea captain gets one last command.
Runtime: 90 min.

The Bulgarian Night

V.O.: La Nuit bulgare
Fr. 1971. Psychological drama by Michel Mitrani with Henri Garcin, Marina Vlady, Charles Vanel. A technocrat leads an important economic negotiation with Bulgarians.
Runtime: 90 min.

Them

V.O.: Ils...
Fr. 1970. Fantasy by Jean-Daniel Simon with Michel Duchaussoy, Charles Vanel, Alexandra Stewart. A painter is disoriented by the death of a colleague whom he thought of as his spiritual father.
Runtime: 100 min.
Fr. 1968. Psychological drama by Maurice Cazeneuve with Charles Vanel, Paul Bonifas, Catherine Coste. The reactions of an elderly, retired civil servant who has just lost his wife.
Runtime: 80 min.
Fr. 1968. Psychological drama by Henri-Georges Clouzot with Laurent Terzieff, Elisabeth Wiener, Bernard Fresson. The young wife of a painter falls under the influence of a pervert.
Runtime: 105 min.

Ballad for a Dog

V.O.: Ballade pour un chien
Fr. 1968. Psychological drama by Gérard Vergez with Charles Vanel, Julien Guiomar, Claude Génia. The tribulations of an elderly retired bookbinder.
Runtime: 100 min.

The World Song

V.O.: Le Chant du monde
Fr. 1965. Poetic drama by Marcel Camus with Hardy Krüger, Charles Vanel, Catherine Deneuve. A man goes in search of his son in the mountains.
Runtime: 90 min.

Symphony for a Massacre

V.O.: Symphonie pour un massacre
Fr. 1964. Crime drama by Jacques Deray with Jean Rochefort, Charles Vanel, Claude Dauphin. In order to obtain a large quantity of drugs, a trafficker sets out to kill his four partners one after the other.
Runtime: 110 min.
Fr. 1963. Psychological drama by François Leterrier with Claude Giraud, Colette Renard, Charles Vanel. A police officer is looking for a sadistic criminal.
Runtime: 85 min.
Fr. 1963. Psychological drama by Jean-Pierre Melville with Jean-Paul Belmondo, Charles Vanel, Michèle Mercier. A strange friendship develops between a villainous banker and his secretary.
Runtime: 102 min.

La Steppe

V.O.: La steppa
It. 1962. Chronicle by Alberto Lattuada with Daniele Spallone, Charles Vanel, Marina Vlady. The journey of a child who crosses the steppe to get to the city.
Runtime: 110 min.
It. 1962. Drama by Silvio Siano with Gérard Blain, Charles Vanel, Giordana Miletic. A young man joins a band of robbers, but after being faced with their crimes, rebels against them.
Runtime: 84 min.

Rififi in Tokyo

V.O.: Rififi à Tokyo
Fr. 1962. Crime drama by Jacques Deray with Karlheinz Böhm, Barbara Lass, Charles Vanel. An international gang brings in a specialist from France to rob a bank in Tokyo.
Runtime: 100 min.

The Golden Treasure

V.O.: Tintin et le mystère de la toison d'or
Fr. 1961. Adventures by Jean-Jacques Vierne with Jean-Pierre Talbot, Georges Wilson, Georges Loriot. Tintin helps Captain Haddock to get rid of bandits who want to seize a ship he inherited.
Runtime: 94 min.

The Truth

V.O.: La Vérité
Fr. 1960. Psychological drama by Henri-Georges Clouzot with Brigitte Bardot, Paul Meurisse, Sami Frey. A young girl goes to trial for killing her lover.
Runtime: 126 min.
Fr. 1959. Spy drama by Bernard Borderie with Roger Hanin, Charles Vanel, Suzanne Dehelly. A German scientist with a formula on missiles is kidnapped.
Runtime: 104 min.
Fr. 1959. Drama by Pierre Schoendoerffer with Jean-Claude Pascal, Juliette Mayniel, Charles Vanel. A boat seems to bring bad luck to its crews.
Runtime: 87 min.

Prisoner of the Volga

V.O.: I Battellieri del Volga
It. 1958. Melodrama by Viktor Tourjansky with John Derek, Dawn Addams, Elsa Martinelli. Imprisoned for having beaten his superior that had abused his wife, a young officer escapes and sets out to take revenge.
Runtime: 95 min.
Fr. 1958. Crime drama by Bernard Borderie with Lino Ventura, Charles Vanel, Bella Darvi. A French intelligence agent investigates the theft of secret plans.
Runtime: 104 min.
Fr. 1958. Melodrama by Charles Brabant with Henri Vidal, Dany Carrel, Charles Vanel. In the nineteenth century, the misadventures of a lonely young girl who lives on a lost island in the Atlantic where famine and superstition are rampant.
Runtime: 87 min.
Fr. 1957. Crime drama by Charles Brabant with Raf Vallone, Magali Noël, Charles Vanel. A young widow living with her father-in-law who covets her falls in love with an Italian worker wanted for murder by the police.
Runtime: 98 min.
Fr. 1957. Crime drama by Jean Dréville with Charles Vanel, Yves Massard, Anne Vernon. A young detective is kidnapped and used as a hostage in exchange for the life of a notorious assassin.
Runtime: 124 min.

Sinners of Paris

V.O.: Rafles sur la ville
Fr. 1957. Crime drama by Pierre Chenal with Charles Vanel, Michel Piccoli, Mouloudji. A police officer searches for the murderer of a colleague.
Runtime: 69 min.

Diabolique

V.O.: Les Diaboliques
Fr. 1955. Thriller by Henri-Georges Clouzot with Simone Signoret, Vera Clouzot, Paul Meurisse. The wife and the mistress of an odious man are determined to eliminate him.
Runtime: 110 min.
It. 1955. Adventures by Gian Gaspare Napolitano with Charles Vanel, Pedro Armendariz, Jacques Berthier. In Africa, a doctor combating sleeping sickness faces many obstacles.

Je défends mon amour

V.O.: Difendo il mio amore
Runtime: 90 min.
U.S. 1955. Police comedy by Alfred Hitchcock with Cary Grant, Grace Kelly, Charles Vanel. An ex-thief tries to prove his innocence after a series of sensational robberies.
Runtime: 105 min.
Fr. 1955. Religious drama by Maurice Cloche with Yves Massard, Charles Vanel, Albert Préjean. A young missionary, dreaming of heroic deeds, soon experiences disillusionment.
Runtime: 102 min.

Les Gaietés de l'escadron

V.O.: Allegro Squadrone
It. 1954. Comedy by Paolo Moffa with Daniel Gélin, Vittorio De Sica, Charles Vanel. Life in the French cavalry barracks at the beginning of the twentieth century.
Runtime: 83 min.
Fr. 1954. Drama by Julien Duvivier with Daniel Gélin, Charles Vanel, Eleonora Rossi Drago. The son of a Swiss prosecutor seeks to correct a miscarriage of justice.
It. 1954. Religious drama by Augusto Genina with Marta Toren, Gino Cervi, Charles Vanel. To get revenge, a rich landlord convinces a prostitute to volunteer as the Madonna during the Good Friday procession.
Runtime: 99 min.
Fr. 1953. Historic chronicle by Sacha Guitry with Sacha Guitry, Jean Marais, Georges Marchal. Evoking three centuries of French history, from Louis XIII to Cl?menceau.
Runtime: 165 min.

The Wages of Fear

V.O.: Le Salaire de la peur
Fr. 1952. Adventures by Henri-Georges Clouzot with Yves Montand, Charles Vanel, Peter Van Eyck. In Central America, four fallen men agree to convoy two truckloads of nitroglycerin.
Runtime: 140 min.
Fr. 1951. Drama by Gilbert Dupé with Andrée Debar, Charles Vanel, Arturo Marin. A father and son are both in love with the same young girl.
Runtime: 80 min.

Brigades volantes

V.O.: Il Bivio
It. 1951. Crime drama by Fernando Cerchio with Raf Vallone, Claudine Dupuis, Charles Vanel. A bandit joins the police force to plan his blows.
Runtime: 100 min.

Son dernier verdict

V.O.: L'Ultima Sentenza
It. 1951. Drama by Mario Bonnard with Charles Vanel, Eleonora Rossi Drago, Jacques Sernas. The daughter of a judge, a law student, falls in love with a debt-ridden swindler and finds herself involved in a burglary.
Runtime: 90 min.

Les Mousquetaires de la mer

V.O.: Cuori sul Mare
It. 1950. Dramatic comedy by Giorgio Bianchi with Jacques Sernas, Doris Dowling, Charles Vanel. In the Italian Naval School, the adventures of two cadets.

Au nom de la loi

V.O.: In Nome della Legge
It. 1949. Mores drama by Pietro Germi with Massimo Girotti, Charles Vanel, Jone Salinas. A young judge is sent to a region where the mafia reigns.

Le Pain des pauvres

V.O.: Vertigine d'amore
Fr. 1948. Melodrama by Luigi Capuano with Charles Vanel, Elli Parvo, Piero Lulli.
Fr. 1947. Psychological drama by Edmond T. Gréville with Charles Vanel, Jean Chevrier, Héléna Bossis. A misanthrope falls in love with a young girl whom he has taken in.
Runtime: 95 min.
Runtime: 105 min.
Fr. 1945. Drama by Jean Dréville with Charles Vanel, Alfred Adam, Guy Decomble. When their father dies, the eldest of four sons takes over the family farm and forbids the other three to marry so as not to split up the property.
Runtime: 87 min.
Fr. 1944. Dramatic comedy by Jean Grémillon with Madeleine Renaud, Charles Vanel, Jean Debucourt. With the help of her husband, a young woman tries to break an aviation record.
Runtime: 105 min.
Fr. 1943. Mores drama by Jean Dréville with Charles Vanel, Mila Parély, Charpin. A young apprentice notary sees his reputation tarnished by a case of theft.
Runtime: 95 min.
Fr. 1942. Drama by Jean Dréville with Charles Vanel, Aimé Clariond, Renée Devillers. The misdeeds of a kooky businessperson.
Runtime: 82 min.

La Piste du Nord

V.O.: La Loi du Nord
Fr. 1942. Psychological drama by Jacques Feyder with Michèle Morgan, Pierre Richard-Willm, Charles Vanel. A murderer runs away with his mistress in the Canadian Great North.
Runtime: 110 min.
Fr. 1942. Sentimental comedy by André Berthomieu with Charles Vanel, Claude Dauphin, Madeleine Robinson. A writer finds the subject for a novel when he meets an enigmatic woman.
Runtime: 81 min.
Runtime: 98 min.
Runtime: 95 min.
Runtime: 87 min.
Fr. 1938. Melodrama by Kurt Bernhardt with Charles Vanel, Suzy Prim, Jules Berry.
Runtime: 84 min.
Runtime: 91 min.
Runtime: 78 min.
Runtime: 100 min.
Runtime: 96 min.
Runtime: 90 min.
Fr. 1937. Dramatic comedy by Pierre Billon with Pierre Richard-Willm, Charles Vanel, Jany Holt.
Runtime: 91 min.
Runtime: 85 min.
Fr. 1936. Dramatic comedy by Julien Duvivier with Jean Gabin, Charles Vanel, Raymond Aimos.
Runtime: 100 min.
Runtime: 91 min.
Runtime: 73 min.
Runtime: 105 min.
Runtime: 111 min.
Runtime: 120 min.
Runtime: 282 min.
Runtime: 51 min.

Wooden Crosses

V.O.: Les Croix de bois
Runtime: 114 min.
Fr. 1931. Melodrama by Raymond Bernard with Gaby Morlay, Line Noro, Charles Vanel.
Runtime: 115 min.
Fr. 1931. Crime drama by Maurice Tourneur with Charles Vanel, Marcelle Chantal, Jean Marchat.
Runtime: 95 min.
Runtime: 85 min.
Runtime: 85 min.
Fr. 1930. Court drama by Maurice Tourneur with Gaby Morlay, André Roanne, Suzanne Delvé.
Runtime: 110 min.
Runtime: 93 min.

In the Spider's Web

V.O.: Tempêtes

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