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Louis Seigner

Louis Seigner

French actor (1903-1991)
June 23, 1903 (January 20, 1991)
Fr. 1980. Drama by Denis Amar with Carole Laure, Jean Yanne, Georges Wilson.
Runtime: 100 min.

Special Section

V.O.: Section spéciale
Fr. 1975. Social drama by Costa-Gavras with Michael Lonsdale, Louis Seigner, Claude Piéplu. Following the assassination of a German officer in Paris during the Occupation, a special court is given the task of sentencing the supposed terrorists to death.
Runtime: 114 min.

Creezy

V.O.: La Race des seigneurs
Fr. 1973. Psychological drama by Pierre Granier-Deferre with Alain Delon, Sydne Rome, Jeanne Moreau. The leader of a left-wing political party sees his ambitions thwarted by his affair with a supermodel.
Runtime: 90 min.
Fr. 1973. Psychological drama by Denys de La Patellière with Robert Hossein, Claude Jade, Claude Piéplu. In the late 1930s, a priest has an affair that leads to his dismissal.
Runtime: 90 min.

Pasha

V.O.: Le Pacha
Fr. 1968. Crime drama by Georges Lautner with Jean Gabin, Dany Carrel, André Pousse. A police commissioner sets a trap for the murderer of one of his detectives.
Runtime: 82 min.

Black Sun

V.O.: Soleil noir
Fr. 1966. Drama by Denys de La Patellière with Michèle Mercier, Daniel Gélin, Michel de Ré. An industrialist's daughter finds her older brother in Africa who has become a human wreck.
Runtime: 96 min.
Fr. 1964. Psychological drama by Jean Delannoy with Michel Bouquet, Francis Lacombrade, Didier Haudepin. A secret friendship develops between two college students.
Runtime: 100 min.

The Eclipse

V.O.: L'Eclisse
It. 1962. Psychological drama by Michelangelo Antonioni with Monica Vitti, Alain Delon, Lilla Brignone. A young woman leaves her lover for the love of another man.
Runtime: 123 min.
Fr. 1961. Dramatic comedy by Pierre Granier-Deferre with Alain Dekock, Mireille Nègre, Marcel Dalio. An orphan wins a stay in the princely suite of a hotel.
Runtime: 90 min.
Fr. 1961. War drama by Charles Brabant with Dany Carrel, Paul Meurisse, Raymond Pellegrin. In 1942, a French squadron prevented a German regiment from crossing a bridge between Tunisia and Algeria.
Runtime: 100 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.

The President

V.O.: Le Président
Fr. 1960. Psychological drama by Henri Verneuil with Jean Gabin, Bernard Blier, Renée Faure. A president of the Council struggles to support the economy of France.
Runtime: 110 min.

The Cossacks

V.O.: I Cosacchi
It. 1960. Adventures by Viktor Tourjansky, Giorgio Rivalta with Edmund Purdom, John Drew Barrymore, Giorgia Moll. Raised in Russia, the son of a rebellious Cossack chief tries to get his father to make peace with Tsar Alexander II.
Runtime: 114 min.
Fr. 1959. Mores comedy by Jean Delannoy with Jean Gabin, Micheline Presle, Blanchette Brunoy. In need of fuel and money, a penniless baron in his fifties moors his luxurious yacht near a lock.
Runtime: 95 min.
Fr. 1959. Drama by Walter Kapps with Frank Villard, Hélène Chanel, Louis Seigner. Wanting to be a dancer, a young girl enters, without her knowledge, into the web of a White slave trade.
Runtime: 89 min.
Fr. 1959. Drama by Denys de La Patellière with Danielle Darrieux, Jean-Claude Brialy, Françoise Rosay. A resistance fighter who has gone blind is taken in by a single woman and becomes her lover.
Runtime: 98 min.

Rue de Paris

V.O.: Rue des Prairies
Fr. 1959. Drama by Denys de La Patellière with Jean Gabin, Marie-José Nat, Roger Dumas. A worker finds affection only in his adopted son.
Runtime: 87 min.
Fr. 1959. Dramatic comedy by Jean Gourguet with Guy Jacquet, Françoise Vatel, Dora Doll. A lazy and unscrupulous student causes the death of an old woman.
Runtime: 103 min.
Fr. 1959. Satire by Marc Allégret with Pierre Fresnay, Darry Cowl, Anne Collette. The victim of a wrongful conviction decides to commit petty theft to compensate.
Runtime: 90 min.
Fr. 1959. Crime drama by Maurice Régamey with Françoise Saint-Laurent, Yves Massard, Louis Seigner. An intern flies to the rescue of his fianc?e, kidnapped by counterfeiters.
Runtime: 90 min.
Fr. 1958. Comedy by Jean Meyer with Louis Seigner, Jacques Charon, Marie Sabouret. A na?ve bourgeois, fond of nobility, dreams of a brilliant marriage for his daughter.

The Possessors

V.O.: Les Grandes Familles
Fr. 1958. Moral study by Denys de La Patellière with Jean Gabin, Jean Desailly, Bernard Blier. An magnate of industry and the press dominates his family members.
Runtime: 92 min.
Fr. 1958. Comedy by Jean Meyer with Jean Piat, Micheline Boudet, Georges Descrières. Figaro must overcome several obstacles before he can marry.
Runtime: 107 min.
Fr. 1958. Social drama by Pierre Chenal with Pascale Audret, François Simon-Bessy, Jean Servais. To pay for her brother's lawyer, a young girl kidnaps the son of a rich family.
Runtime: 95 min.
Fr. 1957. Police comedy by Patrice Dally with Eddie Constantine, Dominique Wilms, Mireille Granelli. An adventurer rescues a young girl he has fallen in love with from a gang of crooks.
Runtime: 93 min.

The Spies

V.O.: Les Espions
Fr. 1957. Spy drama by Henri-Georges Clouzot with Peter Ustinov, Curd Jürgens, Gérard Sety. A doctor houses a mysterious man in his psychiatric clinic.
Runtime: 125 min.
Fr. 1957. Comedy by Dimitri Kirsanoff with Sophie Desmarets, Philippe Nicaud, Gérard Sety. A young painter is in the grip of an international con artist.
Runtime: 88 min.
Fr. 1956. Melodrama by Émile Couzinet with Gaby Morlay, Louis Seigner, Lise Bourdin. In Bordeaux, a young waitress in a bastringue falls in love with an Italian who is suspected of murder and who takes off and leaves her pregnant.
Runtime: 85 min.
Fr. 1956. Comedy by Henri Verneuil with Charles Boyer, Françoise Arnoul, Tilda Thamar. A manicurist pretends to be the daughter of a rich client at the hotel where she works.
Runtime: 104 min.
Fr. 1955. Drama by Claude Autant-Lara with Michèle Morgan, Yves Montand, Jean-François Calvé. In Paris, a descendant of Faust meets a shady character who offers him the chance to renew the pact his grandfather once made.
Runtime: 125 min.
Fr. 1955. Drama by André Haguet with Jean-Claude Pascal, Louis Seigner, Simone Bach. Shortly before the fall of Louis-Philippe, Lord Seymour plots against the regime.
Runtime: 99 min.
Fr. 1955. Dramatic comedy by Jean Gourguet with Françoise Vatel, Maurice Sarfati, Rellys. Three young sisters on vacation discover love in various forms.
Runtime: 84 min.

Obsession

V.O.: Domanda di grazia
Fr. 1954. Psychological drama by Jean Delannoy with Michèle Morgan, Raf Vallone, Marthe Mercadier. Although she suspects her husband of the murder, a young trapeze artist lets a fellow circus performer be arrested.
Runtime: 103 min.
Fr. 1954. Biography by Richard Pottier with Maria Felix, Louis Seigner, Marie Sabouret. The beginnings and the glory years of a Spanish singer.
Runtime: 98 min.
Fr. 1953. Psychological drama by Yves Ciampi with Daniel Gélin, Eleonora Rossi Drago, Barbara Laage. A young pianist becomes a morphine addict after an accident.
Runtime: 99 min.
Fr. 1953. Psychological drama by Henri Calef with Georges Marchal, Nicole Courcel, Suzanne Dehelly. A man who abandons his sick wife kills a mistress who threatens him with blackmail.
Runtime: 95 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. Drama by Solange Terac with Jean-Pierre Aumont, Silvana Pampanini, Renée Faure. A young tutor gets involved in the intrigues of the Lautenberg court.
Runtime: 90 min.
Fr. 1953. Crime drama by Christian Stengel with Madeleine Robinson, Erich von Stroheim, Philippe Lemaire. When a janitor dies, the police look for the culprit among the tenants.
Runtime: 95 min.

The Most Wanted Man

V.O.: L'Ennemi public no 1
Fr. 1953. Police comedy by Henri Verneuil with Fernandel, Zsa Zsa Gabor, David Opatoshu. The misadventures of a good guy who is mistaken for a famous criminal.
Runtime: 98 min.
Fr. 1952. Melodrama by Jacques Daniel-Norman with Tino Rossi, Claude May, Georges Poujouly. A very sick girl wishes to live until Christmas, therefore the community agrees to anticipate the party.
Runtime: 104 min.
Fr. 1952. Psychological drama by Daniel Gélin with Daniel Gélin, Danièle Delorme, Louis Seigner. An ambitious journalist abandons his wife who temporarily abandons him.
Fr. 1952. Social drama by René Chanas with René Lefebvre, Madeleine Robinson, Louis Seigner. An orphanage employee founds a work where the atmosphere of a real home reigns.
Runtime: 83 min.

The Seven Deadly Sins

V.O.: Les Sept Péchés capitaux
Runtime: 120 min.
Fr. 1952. Drama by Raymond Bernard with Andrée Debar, Jean-Claude Pascal, Pierre Renoir. Having married a daughter of the people, a prince of Bavaria struggles to keep her.
Runtime: 98 min.
Fr. 1951. Sketches by Max Ophüls with Claude Dauphin, Gaby Morlay, Madeleine Renaud. The adaptation of three tales by Guy de Maupassant: ""Le Masque,"" ""Le Mod?le"" and ""La Maison Tellier.""
Runtime: 97 min.
Fr. 1951. Police comedy by Jacques Daniel-Norman with Jean Paqui, Suzy Carrier, Jacques Charon. The misadventures of a group of gangsters in search of gold bars.
Runtime: 94 min.
Runtime: 110 min.
Fr. 1950. Crime drama by Alfred Rode with Claudine Dupuis, Pierre Louis, Louis Seigner. Investigation of a crime committed in a nightclub.
Fr. 1950. Adventures by Maurice de Canonge with Pierre Brasseur, Louis Seigner, Vera Norman. In Tangier, an arms dealer falls in love with an honest young girl he kidnapped.
Runtime: 120 min.
Fr. 1950. Comedy by Henri-Georges Clouzot with Louis Jouvet, Danièle Delorme, Bourvil. A young middle-class woman from the provinces goes to Paris to do theater.
Runtime: 95 min.
Fr. 1950. Social drama by Louis Daquin with Pierre Brasseur, Jean-Pierre Grenier, Jean Mercure. A mercenary-minded ship captain is moved by the misery of Jewish refugees.
Runtime: 92 min.
Runtime: 98 min.
Fr. 1949. Moral study by Jacques Becker with Daniel Gélin, Nicole Courcel, Brigitte Auber. The clashes of some young Parisians with their parents.
Runtime: 110 min.
Fr. 1949. Psychological drama by Marcel Carné with Jean Gabin, Blanchette Brunoy, Nicole Courcel. A server in a caf? abandons her lover for a restaurant owner.
Runtime: 100 min.
Fr. 1949. Moral study by Raymond Bernard with Viviane Romance, Jean-Pierre Grenier, Marcel Dalio. A prostitute has various adventures with sailors.
Runtime: 78 min.
Fr. 1949. Police comedy by Yves Ciampi with René Dary, Hélène Perdrière, Louis Seigner. The theft of two vases, one of which contains a secret formula, leads to many complications.
Runtime: 90 min.
Runtime: 95 min.
Fr. 1949. Police comedy by Maurice Cam with Jules Berry, Denise Grey, Marcel André. A man finds a package that contains the head of a woman.
Runtime: 93 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.
Fr. 1948. Sentimental drama by René Chanas with Paul Meurisse, Michèle Martin, Louis Seigner. Wartime exploits and romantic conquests of a colonel of the Empire.
Runtime: 110 min.
Fr. 1947. Crime drama by Louis Cuny with Yves Furet, Jean Debucourt, Simone Sylvestre. A police officer seeks to track down criminals who specialize in stealing works of art.
Runtime: 90 min.
Fr. 1947. Psychological drama by Louis Daquin with Albert Préjean, Madeleine Robinson, Roger Pigaut. Married to a man who mistreats her, a provincial woman falls in love with her brother-in-law.
Runtime: 99 min.

The Charterhouse of Parme

V.O.: La Chartreuse de Parme
Fr. 1947. Melodrama by Christian-Jaque with Gérard Philipe, Maria Casarès, Renée Faure. Sentenced to twenty years in a fortress, a young aristocrat escapes with the help of his jailer's daughter.
Runtime: 166 min.

Opération Jéricho

V.O.: Jéricho
Fr. 1946. Drama by Henri Calef with Louis Seigner, Pierre Brasseur, Pierre Larquey. Men are held hostage by the Germans in a fortress so as to prevent an attack by the resistance.
Runtime: 117 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. 1946. Melodrama by Louis Daquin with Pierre Blanchar, Maria Mauban, Jean Desailly. In the sixteenth century in the Netherlands, an aristocrat organizes the resistance against Spanish occupiers.
Runtime: 95 min.
Fr. 1946. Psychological drama by Christian-Jaque with Louis Jouvet, François Périer, Gaby Morlay. Chased away by his fianc?e's family, a man returns twenty years later to seek revenge.
Runtime: 100 min.
Fr. 1946. Drama by Pierre Billon with Raimu, Aimé Clariond, Gisèle Casadesus. A widower driven by hatred pursues his wife's former lover.
Runtime: 95 min.
Fr. 1945. War drama by René Chanas with Jean Desailly, Michèle Martin, Raymond Bussières. In Central Europe, patriots rise up against the German occupiers.
Runtime: 105 min.
Fr. 1944. Comedy by Jean Faurez with Gaby Morlay, Jacques Dumesnil, Vivi Gioi. Thanks to the maneuvers of a village telephone operator, many problems are solved.
Runtime: 96 min.
Fr. 1944. Drama by Pierre Billon with Michel Simon, Georges Marchal, Madeleine Sologne. An escaped convict poses as a high ranking individual.
Runtime: 120 min.
Fr. 1943. Sports drama by Louis Daquin with André Le Gall, Irène Corday, Yves Furet. A mountain guide becomes prone to vertigo after an accident.
Runtime: 106 min.
Fr. 1943. Crime drama by Henri-Georges Clouzot with Pierre Fresnay, Pierre Larquey, Ginette Leclerc. A small provincial town is troubled by an influx of anonymous letters.
Runtime: 91 min.
Fr. 1943. Drama by Louis Daquin with Assia Noris, Jean Desailly, Jules Berry. A young heir tries to unravel the mystery surrounding his uncle's death.
Runtime: 102 min.
Fr. 1943. Mores drama by Jacques Becker with Fernand Ledoux, Georges Rollin, Blanchette Brunoy. Dramatic events occur in a peasant family.
Runtime: 104 min.
Runtime: 93 min.
Fr. 1943. Religious drama by Robert Bresson with Renée Faure, Jany Holt, Sylvie. The spiritual journey of a young nun, eager to convert a murderer.
Runtime: 85 min.
Runtime: 103 min.
Runtime: 117 min.
Fr. 1941. Dramatic comedy by Louis Daquin with Louise Carletti, Gilbert Gil, Pierre Larquey. Kids work to earn money to fix a broken skylight.
Runtime: 95 min.
Runtime: 110 min.
Runtime: 100 min.

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