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Jean-Louis Barrault

Jean-Louis Barrault

French actor and theatre director (1910–1994)
September 8, 1910 (January 22, 1994)
Fr. 1987. Drama by Francesca Comencini with Nicole Garcia, Wadeck Stanczak, Jean-Louis Barrault. Wanted by mobsters, a young swindler takes refuge in a mountain village and has a passionate romance with a novelist.
Runtime: 90 min.

That Night in Varennes

V.O.: La Nuit de Varennes
Fr. 1982. History by Ettore Scola with Jean-Louis Barrault, Marcello Mastroianni, Hanna Schygulla. In 1791, writer Restif de la Bretonne meets various characters in a stagecoach going to Metz.
Runtime: 150 min.
U.S. 1967. Psychological drama by Conrad Rooks with Conrad Rooks, Jean-Louis Barrault, Paula Pritchett. An alcoholic and drug addict since his adolescence, a young man painfully adheres to a detoxification treatment.
Runtime: 92 min.

La Cité de l'indicible peur

V.O.: La Grande Frousse
Fr. 1964. Police comedy by Jean-Pierre Mocky with Bourvil, Jean-Louis Barrault, Francis Blanche. A police officer pursues an escaped convict in a village terrorized by a monster.
Runtime: 95 min.
Fr. 1961. Adventures by André Hunebelle with Jean Marais, Rossanna Schiaffino, Roger Hanin. Under Louis XI, a knight defends a young girl accused of witchcraft.
Runtime: 130 min.
Fr. 1960. Religious drama by Raymond Leopold Bruckberger, Philippe Agostini with Pascale Audret, Jeanne Moreau, Alida Valli. During the French Revolution, some nuns made a vow of martyrdom.
Runtime: 105 min.

The Doctor's Horrible Experiment

V.O.: Le Testament du docteur Cordelier
Fr. 1959. Fantasy by Jean Renoir with Jean-Louis Barrault, Teddy Bilis, Michel Vitold. A psychiatrist finds a formula that turns him into a sadistic monster.
Runtime: 90 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.

With André Gide

V.O.: Avec André Gide
Fr. 1952. Documentary by Marc Allégret with André Gide, Jean-Louis Barrault, Roger Vadim. A sketch of the life and thought of French writer Andr? Gide.
Runtime: 85 min.
Runtime: 120 min.
Fr. 1950. Sketches by Max Ophüls with Anton Walbrook, Simone Signoret, Serge Reggiani. A playmaker presents a series of love stories in 1900s Vienna.
Runtime: 97 min.

Heroes in White

V.O.: D'homme à hommes
Fr. 1948. Biography by Christian-Jaque with Jean-Louis Barrault, Bernard Blier, Hélène Perdrière. Witnessing the horrors of war, Swiss man Henri Dunant founds the Red Cross to help all wounded soldiers.
Runtime: 97 min.

Children of Paradise

V.O.: Les Enfants du Paradis
Fr. 1945. Melodrama by Marcel Carné with Arletty, Jean-Louis Barrault, Pierre Brasseur. In Paris in 1827, a mime falls madly in love with a young woman who is courted by many men.
Runtime: 183 min.
Fr. 1944. Dramatic comedy by André Berthomieu with Jean-Louis Barrault, Michèle Alfa, Henri Vidal. A group of students take in a young girl dying of hunger.
Runtime: 95 min.
Fr. 1942. History by Sacha Guitry with Sacha Guitry, Gaby Morlay, Jean-Louis Barrault. The story of a young woman from Marseilles to whom Napoleon pledged eternal love.
Runtime: 110 min.
Runtime: 95 min.
Runtime: 98 min.
Fr. 1938. Drama by Abel Gance with Victor Francen, Line Noro, Jean Max.
Runtime: 125 min.

Mirages

V.O.: Si tu m'aimes...
Fr. 1937. Dramatic comedy by Alexandre Ryder with Jean-Louis Barrault, Jane Aubert, Arletty.
Runtime: 98 min.
Runtime: 90 min.
Runtime: 90 min.

Nous les jeunes

V.O.: Altitude 3.200
Runtime: 90 min.
Runtime: 88 min.
Fr. 1937. Police comedy by Marcel Carné with Michel Simon, Louis Jouvet, Françoise Rosay.
Runtime: 90 min.

Beethoven

V.O.: Un Grand Amour de Beethoven
Fr. 1936. Biography by Abel Gance with Harry Baur, Annie Ducaux, Jany Holt.
Runtime: 117 min.
Fr. 1936. Sentimental comedy by Marc Allégret with Simone Simon, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Raymond Rouleau.
Runtime: 80 min.
Runtime: 105 min.
Runtime: 95 min.

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