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Micheline Presle

Micheline Presle

French actress
August 22, 1922 (101 years old)
Fr. 2005. Police comedy by Jean-Pierre Mocky with Michel Serrault, Charles Berling, Patricia Barzyk. With the help of a humble civil servant at the police headquarters, an old commissioner investigates a series of murders linked to the trafficking of resident visas.
Runtime: 87 min.
Fr. 2004. Dramatic comedy by Pierre Boutron with Jacques Gamblin, Micheline Presle, Florence Pernel. After returning from the trenches with amnesia, a soldier who has spent 15 years in a psychiatric institution is claimed by several families who want his generous disability pension.
Fr. 2003. Mores comedy by Merzak Allouache with Gad Elmaleh, Roschdy Zem, Alain Chabat. In Paris, the various tribulations of a na
Runtime: 105 min.
Fr. 2002. Drama by Pierre Boutron with Francis Huster, Micheline Presle, François Marthouret. A historian discovers the identity of a murderer who, during the Occupation, was responsible for the loss of his best friend's loved ones.

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V.O.: Mauvais Genres
Fr. 2001. Crime drama by Francis Girod with Richard Bohringer, Robinson Stévenin, Stéphane Metzger. In Brussels, a young transgender student sets out to unmask the serial killer who is slaughtering her classmates.
Runtime: 110 min.
Fr. 2000. Comedy by Henri Helman with Catherine Jacob, Christian Charmetant, Micheline Presle. A cab driver goes from anonymity to fame after she has a novel published based on the confidences of her clients.
Runtime: 98 min.
Fr. 1999. Psychological drama by Carole Giacobbi with Romane Bohringer, Micheline Presle, Françoise Christophe. Shattered by the death of her husband, a young woman takes refuge in Corsica in the home of her grandmother who is determined to pull her out of her despair.

Venus Beauty Institute

V.O.: Vénus Beauté (Institut)
Fr. 1998. Dramatic comedy by Tonie Marshall with Nathalie Baye, Bulle Ogier, Samuel Le Bihan. A forty-year-old single beautician is courted by a young man who has fallen in love with her at first sight.
Runtime: 105 min.

The Count of Monte-Cristo

V.O.: Le Comte de Monte-Cristo
Fr. 1998. Drama by Josée Dayan with Gérard Depardieu, Ornella Muti, Pierre Arditi. Unjustly imprisoned, a man escapes, discovers a treasure and returns to seek revenge under a false identity.
Runtime: 394 min.
Runtime: 95 min.
Fr. 1991. Drama by Jean-Louis Benoit with Micheline Presle, Michel Galabru, Claude Melki. In 1938, three young college students who meet secretly at night to plan a trip find themselves involved in a shady affair.
Runtime: 90 min.
Fr. 1990. Mores comedy by Joy Fleury with Thierry Lhermitte, Alain Souchon, Gunilla Karlzen. After failing to adopt a baby, two homosexuals living as a couple ask a young woman to be the mother of their child.
Runtime: 80 min.
Fr. 1990. Psychological drama by Pierre Lary with Ludmila Mikaël, Iliana Lolitch, Bruno Madinier. A young girl's life is turned upside down the day she learns that she was adopted.
Runtime: 90 min.
Fr. 1990. Mores comedy by Marie-Claude Treilhou with Danielle Darrieux, Paulette Dubost, Micheline Presle. Three elderly sisters gather as they do every year to spend Epiphany Sunday together.
Runtime: 92 min.
Fr. 1989. Mores drama by Claude Faraldo with Micheline Presle, Inge Meysel, Hildegard Knef. An old pianist whose career was once ruined by an accident wants to take revenge on her century-old sister, whom she holds responsible for her misfortune.
Runtime: 91 min.
Fr. 1988. Dramatic comedy by Pierre Zucca with Claude Chabrol, Valérie Allain, Fabrice Luchini. A nurse's aide and her husband take in a lonely and sick sixty-year-old man who, in return, agrees to make them his heirs.
Runtime: 93 min.
Fr. 1986. Dramatic comedy by Gérard Frot-Coutaz with Micheline Presle, Claude Piéplu, Xavier Leduc. A young man visits his parents, who are retired teachers, to announce his upcoming marriage.
Runtime: 85 min.
Fr. 1986. Dramatic comedy by Jacques Davila with Anne Wiazemsky, Tonie Marshall, Andrzej Seweryn.
Runtime: 84 min.

The Blood of Others

V.O.: Le Sang des autres
Can. 1983. Drama by Claude Chabrol with Jodie Foster, Michael Ontkean, Sam Neill. Out of love for a communist militant, a young designer joins the resistance.
Runtime: 135 min.
Fr. 1983. Psychological drama by Paul Vecchiali with Danielle Darrieux, Hélène Surgère, Nicolas Silberg. After years of absence, a woman returns to her hometown to avenge her husband who was mysteriously killed at the end of the war.
Runtime: 92 min.
Runtime: 106 min.
Fr. 1978. Social drama by Pascal Vidal with Yves Beneyton, Christine Pascal, Bernard Fresson. A leftist journalist comes to the aid of a friend pursued by the police for her affair with a terrorist.
Runtime: 107 min.
Fr. 1978. Satire by Jean Yanne with Jean Yanne, Mimi Coutelier, Jacques François. A police commissioner is assigned to investigate the disappearance of a star TV host.
Runtime: 99 min.
Fr. 1978. Crime drama by Jean Chapot with Jacques Debary, Marc Eyraud, Jean-Marc Thibault.
Runtime: 90 min.
Fr. 1978. Dramatic comedy by Jacques Davila with Micheline Presle, Bernadette Lafont, Roger Hanin.
Runtime: 97 min.

Your Turn, My Turn

V.O.: Va voir maman, papa travaille
Fr. 1977. Sentimental drama by François Leterrier with Marlène Jobert, Philippe Léotard, Vladimir Andrès. Although married and mother of a young boy, a woman begins a romance with the divorced father of a little girl.
Runtime: 101 min.
Fr. 1976. Psychological drama by Nelly Kaplan with Ann Zacharias, Sami Frey, Micheline Presle. A sixteen-year-old girl is more interested in erotic literature than in her studies.
Runtime: 106 min.

Don't Bite, We Love You

V.O.: Mords pas, on t'aime!
Fr. 1976. Dramatic comedy by Yves Allégret with Bernard Fresson, Yves Coudray, Catherine Allégret. A truck driver has difficulties with his young son, born from an affair with a student.
Runtime: 97 min.
Fr. 1976. Satire by Pierre Lary with Jean Rochefort, Michael Lonsdale, Dominique Labourier. A fired manager occupies his office and goes on a hunger strike.
Runtime: 107 min.
Runtime: 96 min.
Fr. 1973. Satire by Jean-Claude Brialy with Micheline Presle, Anny Duperey. A valet, sought after for his efficiency and class, becomes the confidant of an old writer who has become disillusioned after many love affairs.
Runtime: 85 min.
Fr. 1973. Psychological drama by Jean-Pierre Marchand with Agathe Deschamps, Micheline Presle, Mélane Brevan. An ex-movie star lives alone with her daughter in an isolated house.

A Slightly Pregnant Man

V.O.: L'Événement le plus important depuis que l'homme a marché sur la Lune
Fr. 1973. Comedy by Jacques Demy with Marcello Mastroianni, Catherine Deneuve, Claude Melki. A driving instructor shows all the symptoms of pregnancy.
Runtime: 94 min.

Devil in the Brain

V.O.: Il Diavolo nel cervello
Runtime: 106 min.

The Legend of Frenchie King

V.O.: Les Pétroleuses
Fr. 1971. Western by Christian-Jaque with Brigitte Bardot, Claudia Cardinale, Micheline Presle. Two rival gangs led by women fight over a Texas ranch.
Runtime: 93 min.
Fr. 1970. Psychological drama by Marc Allégret with Jean-Claude Brialy, Sylvie Fennec, Bruno Garcin. Preparations for a masked ball prevent an aristocrat from paying attention to the budding romance between his wife and a friend.
Runtime: 95 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.

Earth Light

V.O.: Le Clair de terre
Fr. 1969. Psychological drama by Guy Gilles with Patrick Jouané, Edwige Feuillère, Annie Girardot. A Tunisian who is feeling uprooted in Paris returns home in search of his roots.
Runtime: 100 min.

The Nun

V.O.: La Religieuse
Fr. 1966. Psychological drama by Jacques Rivette with Anna Karina, Liselotte Pulver, Francine Bergé. The story of a forced vocation in the eighteenth century.
Runtime: 140 min.
Fr. 1964. Burlesque by Jean-Claude Chambon with Charles Denner, Michel Galabru, Jean Rochefort. Three tramps start to swindle.
Runtime: 81 min.
U.S. 1963. Spy drama by Mark Robson with Paul Newman, Edward G. Robinson, Elke Sommer. A Nobel Prize-winning novelist unmasks a conspiracy, based on imposture.
Runtime: 156 min.

Imperial Venus

V.O.: Venere imperiale
It. 1962. History by Jean Delannoy with Gina Lollobrigida, Stephen Boyd, Raymond Pellegrin. The gallant adventures of Paulette, one of Napoleon's sisters.
Runtime: 122 min.
U.S. 1962. Comedy by Henry Levin with Sandra Dee, Bobby Darin, Micheline Presle. The wife of a young photographer wants to transform her husband according to her mother's advice.
Runtime: 102 min.
Fr. 1962. Comedy by Jean Boyer with François Périer, Micheline Presle, Jean Richard. A woman loses a large sum of money and feigns madness to avoid her husband's wrath.
Runtime: 84 min.

Seven Capital Sins

V.O.: Les 7 Péchés capitaux
Runtime: 110 min.
Fr. 1961. Crime drama by Charles Gérard with Micheline Presle, Philippe Leroy, Pierre Mondy. A police officer pursues a young woman he believes to be guilty of a hold-up.
Runtime: 90 min.

L'Assassin

V.O.: L'Assassino
It. 1961. Psychological drama by Elio Petri with Marcello Mastroianni, Micheline Presle, Salvo Randone. An antique dealer in Rome is suspected of having murdered a former mistress.
Runtime: 95 min.

Mistress of the World

V.O.: Die Herrin der Welt - Teil I
All. 1960. Spy drama by William Dieterle with Carlos Thompson, Micheline Presle, Lino Ventura. The secret service is looking for a scientist kidnapped after a discovery.
Runtime: 125 min.

Time Out for Love

V.O.: Les Grandes Personnes
Fr. 1960. Drama by Jean Valère with Micheline Presle, Maurice Ronet, Jean Seberg. A young girl falls in love with the lover of a woman she saved from suicide.
Runtime: 95 min.
Fr. 1959. Drama by Édouard Molinaro with Pascale Petit, Michel Auclair, Micheline Presle. The summer romance between a painter and a young girl he met in a bar.
Fr. 1959. Comedy by Étienne Périer with François Périer, Micheline Presle, Jacques Jouanneau. The story of an actor temporarily abandoned by his wife.
Runtime: 94 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.
G.-B. 1959. Crime drama by Joseph Losey with Hardy Krüger, Stanley Baker, Micheline Presle. A painter is accused of the murder of a strange young woman whose house he was in when the police arrived.
Runtime: 94 min.
Fr. 1958. Sentimental drama by Pierre Gaspard-Huit with Romy Schneider, Alain Delon, Fernand Ledoux. In Vienna, the romance between an officer and a young singer comes to a tragic end.
Runtime: 96 min.

Demoniac

V.O.: Les Louves
Fr. 1957. Psychological drama by Luis Saslavsky with François Périer, Micheline Presle, Jeanne Moreau. A French soldier who impersonated someone else escapes from Germany and finds himself trapped by his own scheme.
Runtime: 101 min.
Fr. 1957. Comedy by André Hunebelle with Micheline Presle, Yves Robert, Marthe Mercadier. After marrying a friend to a provincial cousin, a woman is wrongly convinced that the new husband is not happy in his marriage.
Runtime: 79 min.

Her Bridal Night

V.O.: La Mariée est trop belle
Fr. 1956. Comedy by Pierre Gaspard-Huit with Brigitte Bardot, Louis Jourdan, Micheline Presle. A young villager becomes the cover girl for a women's magazine.
Runtime: 80 min.
It. 1956. History by Riccardo Freda with Gino Cervi, Micheline Presle, Frank Villard. The scandalous dissension within the Cenci family in the sixteenth century in Rome.
Fr. 1955. Comedy by André Hunebelle with Micheline Presle, Fernand Gravey, Germaine Montero. During a New Year's Eve party, the hostess realizes that there are thirteen people at the table and tries to find one more guest.
Runtime: 92 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.
Fr. 1954. Mores drama by Pierre Chevalier with Raymond Pellegrin, Micheline Presle, Dora Doll. After his release from prison, a young deviant is found by his former companions who force him to resume trafficking women.
Runtime: 86 min.
Fr. 1953. Psychological drama by Jean Grémillon with Micheline Presle, Massimo Girotti, Marc Cassot. A young doctor sacrifices her love for her vocation.
Runtime: 105 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.
It. 1953. Sketches by Vittorio De Sica, Gianni Franciolini with Vittorio De Sica, Gérard Philipe, François Périer. Lovers meet in the park of the Villa Borghese.
Runtime: 98 min.
Runtime: 111 min.
U.S. 1950. Drama by Jean Negulesco with John Garfield, Micheline Presle, Luther Adler. A dishonest jockey rehabilitates himself in the eyes of his son.
Runtime: 86 min.
U.S. 1950. Melodrama by William Marshall with Errol Flynn, Micheline Presle, Vincent Price. A proud Creole dreams of becoming a great lady.
Runtime: 95 min.
U.S. 1950. War drama by Fritz Lang with Tyrone Power, Micheline Presle, Tom Ewell. In the Philippines in 1942, an American officer trains natives to resist the Japanese occupiers.

The Sins of Pompeii

V.O.: Gli Ultimi Giorni di Pompei
It. 1949. Drama by Marcel L'Herbier, Paolo Moffa with Micheline Presle, Georges Marchal, Marcel Herrand. The high priest of Isis compromises the lover of a woman he covets.
Runtime: 110 min.
Fr. 1947. Sentimental drama by Claude Autant-Lara with Micheline Presle, Gérard Philipe, Jean Debucourt.
Runtime: 110 min.

The Chips Are Down

V.O.: Les Jeux sont faits
Runtime: 105 min.

Paris Frills

V.O.: Falbalas
Fr. 1945. Sentimental drama by Jacques Becker with Raymond Rouleau, Micheline Presle, Jean Chevrier. A womanizing fashion designer falls madly in love with his best friend's fianc?e, a young woman who inspires him to create his new collection.
Runtime: 111 min.

Angel and Sinner

V.O.: Boule de Suif
Fr. 1945. Satirical drama by Christian-Jaque with Micheline Presle, Alfred Adam, Jean Brochard. In 1870 in the middle of the Prussian occupation, a prostitute suffers the contempt of nobles who travel with her on a stagecoach.
Runtime: 103 min.
Runtime: 99 min.
Fr. 1943. Sentimental drama by Pierre Blanchar with Pierre Blanchar, Micheline Presle, Julien Bertheau. After ten years of happy marriage with a diplomat, a former dancer sees a former lover reappear in her life, who exerts an odious blackmail against her.
Runtime: 101 min.

The Fantastic Night

V.O.: La Nuit fantastique
Fr. 1942. Fantasy comedy by Marcel L'Herbier with Fernand Gravey, Micheline Presle, Saturnin Fabre. Haunted every night by a veiled young girl, a student realizes after various adventures that the dream has become reality.
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.
Fr. 1941. Satire by Marcel L'Herbier with Fernand Gravey, Marie Déa, Micheline Presle. A man, who cheats on his wife, discovers the fragility of the feelings that bind him to his mistress.
Runtime: 117 min.
Runtime: 75 min.
Fr. 1939. Melodrama by Abel Gance with Fernand Gravey, Micheline Presle, Elvire Popesco.
Runtime: 103 min.
Runtime: 95 min.
Runtime: 88 min.
Fr. 1937. Mores comedy by Pierre Caron with Albert Préjean, Mireille Perrey, Claude Dauphin.
Runtime: 88 min.

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