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Michel Simon

Michel Simon

Swiss French language actor (1895-1975)
April 9, 1895 (May 30, 1975)
Fr. 1975. Police comedy by Jean-Pierre Mocky with Michel Simon, Michel Serrault, Michel Galabru. Various incidents caused by the crimes of a lady strangler.
Runtime: 81 min.
It. 1972. Comedy by Ettore Scola with Alberto Sordi, Michel Simon, Pierre Brasseur. An Italian industrialist visiting Switzerland spends a strange evening in the company of former magistrates.
Fr. 1971. Poetic drama by Walerian Borowczyk with Michel Simon, Georges Wilson, Ligia Branice. Admirers are drawn to the young wife of an old feudal lord.
Runtime: 92 min.
Fr. 1970. Comedy by Gérard Brach with Michel Simon, Patricia d'Arbanville, Paul Préboist. An elderly professor, living alone with a servant, has his habits disrupted by the unexpected arrival of a young stranger.
Runtime: 99 min.
Fr. 1968. Mores comedy by Jacques Poitrenaud with Michel Simon, Marie Dubois, Yves Lefebvre. An elderly grandfather commits himself to mending his grandson's household.
Runtime: 88 min.

The Two of Us

V.O.: Le Vieil Homme et l'enfant
Fr. 1967. Dramatic comedy by Claude Berri with Michel Simon, Alain Cohen, Luce Fabiole. Threatened by Nazi persecution, a Jewish child is entrusted to the care of an old peasant couple.
Runtime: 90 min.
Fr. 1965. Crime drama by Yvan Govar with Pierre Brasseur, Michel Simon, Catherine Sauvage. While waiting for a train, a journalist investigates the actions of a maniac.
Runtime: 83 min.
U.S. 1964. War drama by John Frankenheimer with Burt Lancaster, Jeanne Moreau, Paul Scofield. French railway workers try to prevent the transport of artworks to Germany at the end of the war.
Runtime: 133 min.
Fr. 1964. Adventures by Abel Gance with Jose Ferrer, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Sylva Koscina.
Runtime: 145 min.
Fr. 1962. Psychological drama by Denys de La Patellière with Lino Ventura, Annie Girardot, Pierre Brasseur. A simple, hard-working man has to deal with the machinations of an industrialist.
Runtime: 90 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. 1960. Comedy by Norbert Carbonnaux with Jean-Pierre Cassel, Pierre Brasseur, Dahlia Lavi. A naive young man maintains his optimism despite the difficult events he has gotten mixed up in.
Runtime: 90 min.
Fr. 1960. Police comedy by François Villiers with Michel Simon, Dany Saval, Claude Brasseur. When a young gangster is released from prison, he is met by an elderly hired killer whose mission is to eliminate him after making him talk.
Runtime: 80 min.

It Happened in Broad Daylight

V.O.: Es geschah am hellichten Tag
Suis. 1959. Crime drama by Ladislao Vajda with Heinz Rühmann, Michel Simon, Gert Fröbe.
Runtime: 97 min.

The Head

V.O.: Die Nackte und der Satan
All. 1959. Horror by Victor Trivas with Horst Frank, Michel Simon, Karin Kernke.
Runtime: 95 min.
Runtime: 105 min.
Fr. 1957. Police comedy by Sacha Guitry, Clément Duhour with Michel Simon, Sophie Desmarets, Darry Cowl. While investigating a murder case, a commissioner finds that the criminal exists in three copies: the perpetrator himself, his double, and his double?s twin brother.
Runtime: 82 min.
Fr. 1956. Crime drama by Pierre Foucaud with Michel Simon, Suzy Prim, Michel Jourdan. A commissioner fighting gangsters seeks to recover one of the gang members.
Runtime: 75 min.
Fr. 1956. Comedy by André Berthomieu with Michel Simon, Ded Rysel, Paulette Dubost. Thanks to the benevolence of the head warden, the residents of a prison lead a happy life.
Runtime: 99 min.
Fr. 1955. Comedy by André Hunebelle with Michel Simon, Gaby Morlay, Etchika Choureau. The thwarted love of a janitor's daughter with a young doctor.
Runtime: 85 min.
Fr. 1953. Satire by Sacha Guitry with Michel Simon, Marguerite Pierry, Lana Marconi. A rich industrialist replaces his twin brother who died in poverty.

The Anatomy of Love

V.O.: Tempi Nostri
It. 1953. Sketches by Alessandro Blasetti, Paul Paviot with Michel Simon, Vittorio De Sica, Marcello Mastroianni. Six anecdotes borrowed from contemporary Italian authors.
Runtime: 134 min.
It. 1953. Drama by Pierre Billon with Michel Simon, Andrée Debar, Massimo Serato. To help his friend Bassanio, Antonio commits himself to an ignoble condition demanded by a usurer.
Runtime: 102 min.
Fr. 1953. Musical by Jean Boyer with Michel Simon, Brigitte Auber, Henri Génès. An astronomy professor tries to save a suicidal woman.
Fr. 1953. Drama by Geza von Radvanyi with Michel Simon, Yves Deniaud, Geneviève Page. An ugly, rich bachelor pays a young girl to give him a child.
Runtime: 108 min.
Fr. 1952. Biblical drama by Max Glass with Jean-Marc Tennberg, Michel Simon, Claude Laydu. Struck blind on his way to Damascus, Saul of Tarsus has a divine revelation that reveals his true mission on Earth.
Runtime: 108 min.
Fr. 1952. Drama by André Barsac with Michel Simon, Pierre Brasseur, Noël Roquevert. Two actors murder their director and cast suspicion on a third party.
Fr. 1952. Comedy by André Hunebelle with Michel Simon, Roland Alexandre, Monique Darbaud. An honest cab driver gets in trouble looking for a customer who has left her purse full of money in her vehicle.
Runtime: 75 min.
Fr. 1952. Melodrama by Jean Dréville with Michel Simon, Véronique Deschamps, Gaby Morlay. A woman forces her daughter to pretend to be a boy to get an inheritance.
Runtime: 82 min.
Fr. 1952. Sketches by Henri Verneuil with Raymond Rouleau, John Van Dreelen, Michel Simon. Three classic examples of detective literature: ""The Dead Man in the Elevator,"" by S.A. Steeman, ""I've got a soft heart,"" by P. Cheyney and ""The Testimony of an Altar Boy,"" by G. Simenon.
Runtime: 118 min.
Fr. 1951. Dramatic comedy by Sacha Guitry with Michel Simon, Jean Debucourt, Pauline Carton. A man finds a way to get rid of his wife, who also wants to murder him, with impunity.

Beauty and the Devil

V.O.: La Beauté du diable
Fr. 1949. Fantasy by René Clair with Gérard Philipe, Michel Simon, Nicole Besnard. A disillusioned scientist sells his soul to the devil in exchange for youth, fame and wealth.
Runtime: 96 min.
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It. 1949. History by Alessandro Blasetti with Michèle Morgan, Henri Vidal, Michel Simon. The daughter of a Roman patrician falls in love with a Christian gladiator.
Runtime: 164 min.
Fr. 1947. Drama by Henri Decoin with Michel Simon, Gaby Morlay, Nadine Alari.
Runtime: 92 min.
Fr. 1947. Psychological drama by Henri Decoin with Michel Simon, Jany Holt, Jean Dubucourt.

Panic

V.O.: Panique
Fr. 1946. Drama by Julien Duvivier with Michel Simon, Viviane Romance, Paul Bernard. A strange and unsympathetic character is wrongly suspected of a murder.
Runtime: 91 min.
Runtime: 125 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. Drama by André Cayatte with Michel Simon, Albert Préjean, Blanchette Brunoy. During the Second Empire, a small shopkeeper struggles against the ambitious manager of a modern department store, who is competing unfairly with him.
Runtime: 88 min.

La Tosca

V.O.: Tosca
It. 1942. Drama by Carl Koch with Imperio Argentina, Michel Simon, Rossano Brazzi. Two men are in love with a singer.
Runtime: 90 min.
Fr. 1942. Comedy by Marcel L'Herbier with Michel Simon, Ramon Novarro, Jacqueline Delubac. A man escapes from an asylum and tries to make his fellow man happy.
Runtime: 89 min.
Runtime: 90 min.

The End of the Day

V.O.: La Fin du jour
Runtime: 99 min.
Runtime: 92 min.
Fr. 1939. Mores drama by Pierre Chenal with Fernand Gravey, Michel Simon, Corinne Luchaire.
Runtime: 87 min.
Runtime: 85 min.
Fr. 1939. Comedy by Jean Boyer with Raimu, Marie Bell, Michel Simon.
Runtime: 75 min.
Runtime: 98 min.
Fr. 1939. Mores comedy by Jean Boyer with Michel Simon, Arletty, Dorville.
Runtime: 85 min.
Fr. 1938. Comedy by Jean Boyer with Arletty, Gabrielle Dorziat, Jeanne Lion.
Runtime: 74 min.
Runtime: 98 min.
Fr. 1938. Sentimental comedy by Jacques de Baroncelli with Michel Simon, Meg Lemonnier, Jean-Pierre Aumont.
Runtime: 87 min.

Port of Shadows

V.O.: Le Quai des brumes
Fr. 1938. Melodrama by Marcel Carné with Jean Gabin, Michèle Morgan, Michel Simon.
Runtime: 90 min.
Runtime: 100 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: 94 min.
Fr. 1937. Police comedy by Marcel Carné with Michel Simon, Louis Jouvet, Françoise Rosay.
Runtime: 90 min.

The Kiss of Fire

V.O.: Naples au baiser de feu
Fr. 1937. Sentimental comedy by Augusto Genina with Tino Rossi, Mireille Balin, Michel Simon.
Runtime: 92 min.
Runtime: 85 min.
Runtime: 95 min.
Runtime: 80 min.
Runtime: 90 min.
Runtime: 98 min.
Fr. 1934. Dramatic comedy by Marc Allégret with Jean-Pierre Aumont, Simone Simon, Rosine Derean.
Runtime: 106 min.
Fr. 1934. Sentimental drama by Jean Vigo with Jean Dasté, Dita Parlo, Michel Simon.
Runtime: 85 min.
Fr. 1932. Comedy by Jean Mamy with Michel Simon, Pierre Pradier, Josseline Gaël. A period film starring a simpleton hairdresser chosen by competition achieves unexpected success, with audiences mistakenly believing it to be a comedy.
Runtime: 74 min.

Boudu Saved from Drowning

V.O.: Boudu sauvé des eaux
Runtime: 87 min.

Baby's Laxative

V.O.: On purge bébé
Runtime: 46 min.
Fr. 1931. Melodrama by Jean Renoir with Michel Simon, Janie Marèse, Georges Flamant.
Runtime: 95 min.
Fr. 1931. Sentimental comedy by Jean Choux with Madeleine Renaud, René Lefebvre, Michel Simon.
Runtime: 85 min.
Runtime: 90 min.

The Passion of Joan of Arc

V.O.: La Passion de Jeanne d'Arc
Runtime: 81 min.
Runtime: 132 min.

The Late Mathias Pascal

V.O.: Feu Mathias Pascal
Runtime: 170 min.

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