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Jacques Sernas

Jacques Sernas

Lithuanian French actor and screenwriter (1925-2015)
July 30, 1925 (July 3, 2015)

The Skin

V.O.: La Pelle
It. 1981. War drama by Liliana Cavani with Marcello Mastroianni, Ken Marshall, Alexandra King. In Naples in 1943, an Italian writer serves as a liaison between American troops and his countrymen.
Runtime: 134 min.

Balearic Caper

V.O.: Zarabanda Bing Bing
Esp. 1965. Police comedy by José Maria Forqué with Mireille Darc, Jacques Sernas, Marilu Tolo. Various people are fighting over a valuable scepter.
Runtime: 95 min.

Last Plane to Baalbek

V.O.: F.B.I. Operazione Baalbek
It. 1963. Crime drama by Marcello Giannini with Rossana Podesta, Jacques Sernas, George Sanders. A young girl is accused of smuggling in order to get into the gangster underworld.
Runtime: 95 min.

The Son of Spartacus

V.O.: l Figlio di Spartacus
It. 1962. Adventures by Sergio Corbucci with Steve Reeves, Jacques Sernas, Gianna Maria Canale. The son of Spartacus, a Roman centurion, becomes a liberator of slaves in Egypt just like his father.
Runtime: 102 min.

Parlez-moi d'amour

V.O.: Che Femmina!! E... che Dollari!
It. 1961. Musical by Giorgio Simonelli with Dalida, Jacques Sernas, Raymond Bussières. Two American detectives are looking for an heiress.
Runtime: 95 min.

Duel of Champions

V.O.: Orazi e Curiazi
It. 1961. Adventures by Ferdinando Baldi with Alan Ladd, Franca Bettoja, Jacques Sernas.
Runtime: 79 min.

The Centurion

V.O.: Il conquistatore di Corinto
It. 1961. Adventures by Mario Costa with Jacques Sernas, Geneviève Grad, John Drew Barrymore. The city of Corinth revolts against the Roman domination.
Runtime: 78 min.

Goliath and the Vampires

V.O.: Maciste contro il vampiro
It. 1961. Adventures by Giacomo Gentilomo with Gordon Scott, Gianna Maria Canale, Jacques Sernas. A giant fights the Sultan of Salmanak who wants to dominate the world with an army of human automatons.
Runtime: 91 min.

The Queen of the Tartars

V.O.: La Regina dei tartari
It. 1960. Adventures by Sergio Grieco with Chelo Alonso, Jacques Sernas, Folco Lulli. A little girl who survived a Tartar attack is taken in by the chief of a tribe and raised as a true warrior.
Runtime: 100 min.

The Nights of Lucretia Borgia

V.O.: Le Notti di Lucrezia Borgia
It. 1959. Adventures by Sergio Grieco with Belinda Lee, Jacques Sernas, Franco Fabrizi.
Runtime: 108 min.
It. 1959. Adventures by Sergio Grieco with Jeanne Valérie, Jacques Sernas, Edmund Purdom. The daughter of a Carthaginian general falls in love with a mercenary.
Runtime: 95 min.

Venetian Honeymoon

V.O.: La Prima Notte
It. 1959. Comedy by Alberto Cavalcanti with Martine Carol, Vittorio De Sica, Jacques Sernas. A painter pretends to be a prince in order to steal the jewels of a widow who claims to be rich.
Runtime: 90 min.

La Parole est à l'épée

V.O.: Pia de' Tolomei
It. 1958. Sentimental drama by Sergio Grieco with Ilaria Occhini, Arnoldo Foa, Jacques Sernas. In fourteenth-century Siena, although she loves another man, the daughter of the leader of the Guelph party agrees to marry the leader of the Ghibelline party in order to stop the massacres.
Runtime: 95 min.

Seul survivra, un

V.O.: Vite perdute
Runtime: 85 min.

The Goddess of Love

V.O.: La Venere di Cheronea
It. 1957. History by Viktor Tourjansky with Massimo Girotti, Jacques Sernas, Belinda Lee. A Greek sculptor, jealous that his young model has fallen in love with a Macedonian soldier, denounces him and has him arrested.
Runtime: 69 min.
Fr. 1957. Comedy by Jacqueline Audry with Dany Robin, Jacques Sernas, Noël Roquevert. Numerous misunderstandings prevent a fifty-year-old man from tying the knot.
Runtime: 96 min.
U.S. 1955. Epic by Robert Wise with Rossana Podesta, Jacques Sernas, Cedric Hardwicke. Under the pretext of delivering the wife of a king, the Greeks go to war against Troy.
Runtime: 110 min.

Les Anges du faubourg

V.O.: Gli Angeli dei Quartiere
It. 1954. Dramatic comedy by Carlo Borghesio with Rossana Podesta, Jacques Sernas.
Runtime: 78 min.
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.

L'Enfant du péché

V.O.: Amarti è il mio peccato
It. 1954. Melodrama by Sergio Grieco with Luisa Rossi, Jacques Sernas, Elisa Cegani. Believing that the father of her child is dead, a young girl enters a convent.
Runtime: 90 min.
Runtime: 96 min.

Les Enfants ne sont pas à vendre

V.O.: I Figli non si vendono
It. 1953. Melodrama by Mario Bonnard with Lea Padovani, Jacques Sernas, Antonella Lualdi. A family son refuses to marry a young girl of modest background with whom he has a child.
Runtime: 104 min.

La Crucifiée

V.O.: Ti ho sempre amato
It. 1952. Melodrama by Mario Costa with Amedeo Nazzari, Myriam Bru, Jacques Sernas.
Runtime: 94 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.
G.-B. 1950. Adventures by Ronald Neame with Trevor Howard, Anouk Aimée, Jacques Sernas. In North Africa, an archaeologist tries to unmask a gang of arms dealers.

Le Moulin du Pô

V.O.: Il Mulino del Po
It. 1949. Social drama by Alberto Lattuada with Carla Del Poggio, Jacques Sernas, Leda Gloria. The tribulations of a family of millers involved in social conflicts in the 19th century.
Runtime: 97 min.

Le Loup de la Sila

V.O.: Il Lupo della Sila
It. 1949. Melodrama by Duilio Coletti with Silvana Mangano, Amedeo Nazzari, Jacques Sernas. A young girl seeks to avenge the death of her brother.
Runtime: 102 min.

The Sky Is Red

V.O.: Il Cielo è rosso
It. 1949. Melodrama by Claudio Gora with Marina Berti, Jacques Sernas, Anna-Maria Ferrero. In the ravaged post-war Italy, a young boy runs away from his school and ends up in a deviant environment.

Le Faucon rouge

V.O.: Il Falco Rosso
It. 1949. Adventures by Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia with Jacques Sernas, Tamara Lees, Paul Muller. At the time of the Norman invasion in Italy, the son of a deceased count triumphs over a usurper.
Fr. 1948. Sentimental comedy by Marcel Achard with Danielle Darrieux, Claude Dauphin, François Périer. Despite her husband's love, a woman cannot resist the allure of adventure.
Runtime: 94 min.

Lettre à l'aube

V.O.: Una lettera all'alba
It. 1948. Melodrama by Giorgio Bianchi with Fosco Giachetti, Lea Padovani, Jacques Sernas. A man discovers that his son, the result of a fling in his youth, has been compromised during a crime.
Fr. 1948. Drama by Marcel L'Herbier with Victor Francen, Josette Day, Charles Dechamps. Abandoned by her husband, a woman falls in love with another man who soon cheats on her.
Runtime: 95 min.

Lost Youth

V.O.: Gioventù perduta
It. 1947. Social drama by Pietro Germi with Carla Del Poggio, Massimo Girotti, Jacques Sernas. The son of a university professor becomes the leader of a gang of criminals.
Runtime: 80 min.

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