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Jean Marais

Jean Marais

French actor and theatre director (1913-1998)
December 11, 1913 (November 8, 1998)
It. 1996. Psychological drama by Bernardo Bertolucci with Liv Tyler, Jeremy Irons, Sinead Cusack.
Runtime: 118 min.
Fr. 1992. Dramatic comedy by Jérôme Foulon with Brigitte Fossey, Michel Robin, Amandine Dewasmes. On a small island in Brittany, eight children, who are convinced that an old woman in the village did not die accidentally, try to discover the truth.
Runtime: 99 min.
Fr. 1985. Fantasy by Jacques Demy with Francis Huster, Keiko Ito, Marie-France Pisier. A popular singer has a disturbing experience after being drawn into the afterlife by death.
Runtime: 90 min.
Fr. 1973. Adventures by Edmond Tyborowski with Jean Marais, Gamil Ratib, Jean-Pierre Marry. A former French secret agent who has been working as a museum curator for a decade returns to duty to thwart the evil plans of a criminal.
Runtime: 81 min.

Donkey Skin

V.O.: Peau d'âne
Fr. 1970. Tale by Jacques Demy with Catherine Deneuve, Jean Marais, Jacques Perrin. To escape her father who wants to marry her, a princess runs away from the castle wearing a donkey skin.
Runtime: 90 min.

The Provocation

V.O.: La Provocation
Fr. 1969. Psychological drama by André Charpak with Jean Marais, Maria Schell, Corinne Le Poulain. During a trip to Israel, a married professor gives in to the advances of a student.
Runtime: 83 min.

Diamond Rush

V.O.: Le Paria
Fr. 1968. Crime drama by Claude Carliez with Jean Marais, Marie-José Nat, Horst Frank. The misadventures of a criminal who carries out a major diamond robbery.
Runtime: 107 min.
Fr. 1967. Police comedy by André Hunebelle with Louis de Funès, Jean Marais, Mylène Demongeot. Commissioner Juve travels to Scotland to continue his fight against super-criminal Fantomas.
Runtime: 102 min.

Operation Double Cross

V.O.: Train d'enfer
Fr. 1966. Spy drama by Gilles Grangier with Jean Marais, Marisa Mell, Gérard Tichy. A secret agent foils an attempt on the life of a head of state.
Runtime: 90 min.
Fr. 1966. Police comedy by Christian-Jaque with Jean Marais, Danièle Evenou, Jess Hahn. Detective Simon Templar is brought in to protect an adventurer's daughter pursued by the Germans and Americans.
Runtime: 98 min.

Seven Guys and a Gal

V.O.: 7 Hommes et une garce
Fr. 1966. Adventures by Bernard Borderie with Jean Marais, Marilu Tolo, Sydney Chaplin. At the end of the eighteenth century, a young Italian countess causes various inconveniences to some French soldiers separated from their regiment.
Runtime: 90 min.
Fr. 1965. Police comedy by Jean-Charles Dudrumet with Jean Marais, Nadja Tiller, André Luguet. To help a young woman, a retired secret agent embarks on a new espionage case.
Runtime: 95 min.
Fr. 1965. Police comedy by André Hunebelle with Louis de Funès, Jean Marais, Mylène Demongeot. A master criminal threatens to kidnap an eminent scholar.
Runtime: 98 min.
Fr. 1964. Psychological drama by Georges Franju with Fabrice Rouleau, Emmanuelle Riva, Jean Servais. During the 1914-1918 war, a young man pretends to be the nephew of a famous general.
Runtime: 90 min.

The Man From Cocody

V.O.: Le Gentleman de Cocody
Fr. 1964. Adventures by Christian-Jaque with Jean Marais, Liselotte Pulver, Philippe Clay. An embassy attach
Runtime: 90 min.
Fr. 1964. Police comedy by André Hunebelle with Jean Marais, Louis de Funès, Mylène Demongeot. Fantomas, a clever bandit, takes on a police officer and a journalist.
Runtime: 100 min.
Fr. 1964. Comedy by Robert Thomas with Pierre Dux, Jean Marais, Danielle Darrieux. A man tries to take revenge on a former student who called him by a nickname.
Runtime: 95 min.
Fr. 1963. Police comedy by Jean-Charles Dudrumet with Jean Marais, Geneviève Page, Jean Galland. The adventures of a publicist drawn into an espionage case against his will.
Runtime: 90 min.
Fr. 1962. Melodrama by André Hunebelle with Jean Marais, Jill Haworth, Dany Robin. A noble tries to repair the harm he has done to a poor family by protecting a young girl kidnapped by a villain.
Runtime: 110 min.

Pontius Pilate

V.O.: Ponzio Pilato
It. 1962. Biblical drama by Irving Rapper with Jean Marais, Basil Rathbone, Jeanne Crain. The story of the Roman procurator who condemned Jesus.
Runtime: 102 min.
Fr. 1962. Adventures by Henri Decoin with Jean Marais, Claudine Auger, Sylva Koscina. D'Artagnan is charged by Mazarin to bring to court a masked prisoner who is none other than the twin brother of Louis XIV.
Runtime: 125 min.
Fr. 1961. Adventures by Pierre Gaspard-Huit with Jean Marais, Geneviève Grad, Gérard Barray. Penniless, a baron abandons his castle to follow a travelling theatre troupe and falls in love with a young actress who turns out to be the biological daughter of a noble.
Runtime: 104 min.
Fr. 1961. Adventures by André Hunebelle with Jean Marais, Rossana Schiaffino, Roger Hanin. Under Louis XI, a knight defends a young girl accused of witchcraft.
Runtime: 130 min.
Fr. 1961. Biography by Claude Boissol with Bernard Verley, Marianne Koch, Jean Marais. The brief and dreary existence of Napoleon's son who always kept the cult of his father.
Runtime: 100 min.

Romulus and the Sabines

V.O.: Il Ratto delle Sabine
It. 1961. Adventures by Richard Pottier with Roger Moore, Mylène Demongeot, Folco Lulli. Having no women, a band of Roman brigands seize young Sabine girls by force.
Runtime: 100 min.
Fr. 1960. Sentimental drama by Jean Delannoy with Marina Vlady, Jean-François Poron, Jean Marais. Troubled by her attraction to a duke, a virtuous princess asks her husband to keep her away from the court.
Runtime: 101 min.
Fr. 1960. Adventures by André Hunebelle with Jean Marais, Bourvil, Elsa Martinelli. A valiant knight puts his sword at the service of the young king of France to protect him from a plot.
Runtime: 115 min.
Fr. 1960. History by Abel Gance, Roger Richebé with Pierre Mondy, Martine Carol, Jack Palance. At the beginning of the nineteenth century, the First Consul Napoleon Bonaparte became emperor of the French and triumphed at the battle of Austerlitz.
Runtime: 166 min.
Fr. 1959. Adventures by André Hunebelle with Jean Marais, Bourvil, Sabina Selman. A knight becomes the protector of a murdered noble?s daughter.
Runtime: 112 min.

Testament of Orpheus

V.O.: Le Testament d'Orphée
Fr. 1959. Poetic drama by Jean Cocteau with Jean Cocteau, Édouard Dermithe, Maria Casarès. A poet evokes the myths through which he portrayed himself.
Runtime: 80 min.

Life as a Couple

V.O.: La Vie à deux
Fr. 1958. Sketches by Clément Duhour with Pierre Brasseur, Lilli Palmer, Fernandel. A writer decides to leave his fortune to a happy couple.
Runtime: 102 min.
Fr. 1958. Crime drama by Claude Boissol with Danièle Delorme, Jean Marais, Françoise Fabian. A young woman investigates the death of her husband.
Runtime: 93 min.

Girl in His Pocket

V.O.: Amour de poche
Fr. 1957. Fantasy comedy by Pierre Kast with Jean Marais, Geneviève Page, Agnès Laurent. A biologist develops a chemical substance that petrifies living things and reduces their volume.
Runtime: 82 min.
Fr. 1957. Drama by Georges Rouquier with Jean Marais, Daniel Ivernel, Yves Massard. Radio station operators get into trouble with a gang of convicts.
Runtime: 100 min.

White Nights

V.O.: Le Notti bianche
It. 1957. Poetic drama by Luchino Visconti with Maria Schell, Marcello Mastroianni, Jean Marais. A man falls in love with a young girl waiting for the return of the one she loves.
Runtime: 101 min.
Fr. 1957. Adventures by Georges Lampin with Jean Marais, Cathia Caro, Eleonora Rossi Drago. Under Louis XV, the adventures of La Tour, joyful comedian and bold fighter.
Runtime: 84 min.

Paris Does Strange Things

V.O.: Elena et les hommes
Fr. 1956. Satire by Jean Renoir with Ingrid Bergman, Mel Ferrer, Jean Marais. A Polish princess fails in her attempt to lead a general to the position of dictator.
Runtime: 98 min.
Fr. 1956. Adventures drama by Robert Darène with Jean Marais, Delia Scala, Kerima. A young Dalmatian peasant falls in love with a bohemian woman promised in marriage to a gypsy.
Runtime: 94 min.
Fr. 1956. Comedy by Claude Boissol with Jean Marais, Etchika Choureau, Noël Roquevert. Every morning, a young, penniless novelist finds a bag of money at his door.
Runtime: 84 min.
Fr. 1956. Sentimental drama by Yves Ciampi with Jean Marais, Danielle Darrieux, Keiko Kishi. A French engineer falls in love with a Japanese woman.
Runtime: 111 min.
Fr. 1955. Historic chronicle by Sacha Guitry with Sacha Guitry, Jean Marais, Gérard Philipe. Some of the main events that took place in Paris from the time of Julius Caesar's occupation to the present day.
Runtime: 126 min.

Napoleon

V.O.: Napoléon
Fr. 1955. History by Sacha Guitry with Daniel Gélin, Raymond Pellegrin, Michèle Morgan. A few moments in the life of Napoleon.
Runtime: 183 min.

Joy of Loving

V.O.: Futures Vedettes
Fr. 1955. Mores drama by Marc Allégret with Jean Marais, Brigitte Bardot, Isabelle Pia. At the Vienna Conservatory, two young girls fall madly in love with their singing teacher.
Runtime: 96 min.
Fr. 1954. Adventures by Robert Vernay with Jean Marais, Lia Amanda, Roger Pigaut. Imprisoned as a result of a plot, a man escapes, becomes very rich, and then returns to exact his revenge.
Runtime: 100 min.
Fr. 1954. Adventures by Robert Vernay with Jean Marais, Lia Amanda, Roger Pigaut. Imprisoned as a result of a plot, a man escapes, becomes very rich, and then returns to exact his revenge.
Runtime: 100 min.
Fr. 1953. Fantasy comedy by Marc Allégret with Dany Robin, Jean Marais, Jeanne Moreau. Although engaged, a young girl falls in love with a handsome stranger she met on a train.
Runtime: 92 min.
Fr. 1953. Sentimental drama by Roger Richebé with Dany Robin, Jean Marais, Louis Seigner. In Paris, a young salesperson in an elegant boutique falls in love with a ""Prince Charming"" who turns out to be a fugitive from the police.
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.
Fr. 1953. Social drama by Yves Ciampi with Jean Marais, Danièle Delorme, Dieter Borsche. In Dinan, a young doctor who has given up practicing medicine, pretends to be a healer for the sake of money.
Runtime: 98 min.
Fr. 1953. Comedy by Henri Decoin with Jean Marais, Françoise Arnoul, Noël Roquevert. A police officer investigates a boarding school where a student was strangled.

Voice of Silence

V.O.: La Voce del silenzio
It. 1952. Drama by Georg Wilhelm Pabst with Jean Marais, Aldo Fabrizi, Daniel Gélin. In a closed retirement home, four people try to solve their problems.
Fr. 1952. Melodrama by Georges Lacombe with Roberto Benzi, Jean Marais, Jacqueline Porel. A fallen pianist is rehabilitated by his young conductor prodigy son.
Fr. 1952. Drama by Yves Allégret with Jean Marais, Françoise Christophe, Jean Debucourt. Disfigured during the wars of the Empire and forced to wear a leather mask, a handsome country gentleman throws himself headlong into love affairs.
Runtime: 92 min.
Fr. 1951. Psychological drama by Yves Allégret with Alida Valli, Jean Marais, Marcelle Arnold. Two lovers are separated by war.
Runtime: 98 min.
Fr. 1950. Sentimental drama by René Clément with Michèle Morgan, Jean Marais, Jean Servais. Neglected by her judge husband in Bern, a young woman falls in love with a fickle man while on vacation, whom she goes to Paris to meet.
Runtime: 90 min.
Fr. 1949. History by Jean Delannoy with Jean Marais, Dominique Blanchar, Claude Farell. The thwarted love affairs of Archduke Rudolf of Habsburg, son of Franz Joseph, and the young Marie Vetsera.
Runtime: 90 min.

Orpheus

V.O.: Orphée
Fr. 1949. Poetic drama by Jean Cocteau with Jean Marais, Maria Casarès, François Périer. A poet has an amazing adventure after being carried into the afterlife by Death.
Runtime: 95 min.

The Terrible Parents

V.O.: Les Parents terribles
Fr. 1948. Mores drama by Jean Cocteau with Jean Marais, Yvonne de Bray, Gabrielle Dorziat. A young man falls in love with his father's mistress and wants to marry her.
Runtime: 100 min.

The Eagle With Two Heads

V.O.: L'Aigle à deux têtes
Fr. 1948. Psychological drama by Jean Cocteau with Edwige Feuillère, Jean Marais, Jean Debucourt. An anarchist who arrives to kill a queen becomes her lover.
Runtime: 93 min.
Fr. 1948. Sentimental drama by Jean Delannoy with Jean Marais, Michèle Morgan, Jean Chevrier. A flight attendant reunites with her former fianc?, who has become an airline pilot.
Runtime: 105 min.
Fr. 1948. Drama by Pierre Billon with Jean Marais, Danielle Darrieux, Marcel Herrand. A student falls in love with the Queen of Spain, whom he was tasked with compromising.
Runtime: 93 min.

Beauty and the Beast

V.O.: La Belle et la Bête
Fr. 1946. Fantasy by Jean Cocteau with Jean Marais, Josette Day, Marcel André. A young girl feels pity, then love, for a monster who turns into a charming prince.
Runtime: 92 min.
Fr. 1946. History by Henri Calef with Jean Marais, Madeleine Robinson, Marcel Herrand. The aristocratic leader of the Bretons, rebelling against the young French republic, allows himself to be seduced by a spy.
Runtime: 109 min.
Fr. 1943. Poetic drama by Jean Delannoy with Jean Marais, Madeleine Sologne, Jean Murat. The odds are against a young couple that a love potion has bound together forever.
Runtime: 120 min.
Fr. 1942. Drama by Roland Tual with Fernand Ledoux, Jean Marais, Odette Joyeux. A prison warden poses as a composer by appropriating the work of an inmate.
Runtime: 107 min.

Bizet's Carmen

V.O.: Carmen
Fr. 1942. Sentimental comedy by Christian-Jaque with Viviane Romance, Jean Marais, Bernard Blier. A beautiful gypsy leads a young officer to his doom.
Runtime: 152 min.
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