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Orson Welles

Orson Welles

American actor, director, writer and producer (1915-1985)
May 6, 1915 (October 10, 1985)
Fr. 2018. Drama by Orson Welles with John Huston, Oja Kodar, Peter Bogdanovich. Back in Hollywood after years of exile, an old American filmmaker meets friends and enemies at a party to raise the money needed to finish his next film.
Runtime: 122 min.
Fr. 1993. Documentary by Richard Wilson, Myron Meisel, Bill Krohn, Orson Welles. A report on the difficulties incurred by director Orson Welles during the shooting of a film, in Brazil in 1942, that remained unfinished .
U.S. 1987. Mores comedy by Henry Jaglom with Henry Jaglom, Orson Welles, Andrea Marcovicci. Suffering from sentimental problems himself, a director brings together various lovesick people to discuss human relationships.
Runtime: 109 min.
U.S. 1981. Documentary by Robert Guénette.
Runtime: 88 min.
All. 1978. Documentary by Orson Welles.
Runtime: 84 min.
U.S. 1977. Fantasy comedy by Donald Wrye with Marlo Thomas, Orson Welles, Wayne Rogers. An angel helps a suicidal woman regain the will to live.
Runtime: 109 min.
Fr. 1973. Documentary by Orson Welles, François Reichenbach. Presentation of information on two famous forgers.
Runtime: 89 min.
G.-B. 1972. Adventures by John Hough with Orson Welles, Kim Burfield, Walter Slezak. A young boy and a pirate chief are part of the same expedition in search of treasure.
Runtime: 93 min.
Bel. 1972. Fantasy by Harry Kümel with Mathieu Carrière, Susan Hampshire, Michel Bouquet. A young sailor has strange experiences in the mansion of an uncle with a mysterious past.
Runtime: 104 min.
U.S. 1971. Horror by Bert I. Gordon with Pamela Franklin, Orson Welles, Michael Ontkean. A young couple, newly settled in a small town, becomes involved in witchcraft.
Runtime: 82 min.
Fr. 1971. Crime drama by Claude Chabrol with Orson Welles, Michel Piccoli, Anthony Perkins. A rich Alsatian
Runtime: 110 min.

Twelve Plus One

V.O.: 12 + 1
It. 1969. Comedy by Nicolas Gessner with Vittorio Gassman, Sharon Tate, Orson Welles. A hairdresser seeks to find a treasure hidden in the seat of a chair that was sold to an antique dealer.
Runtime: 94 min.
U.S. 1968. Crime drama by John Guillermin with George Peppard, Inger Stevens, Orson Welles. An American, hired as a tutor in Paris, has to struggle with a criminal gang.
Runtime: 103 min.

The Last Roman

V.O.: Kampf um Rom I
All. 1968. History by Robert Siodmak with Laurence Harvey, Orson Welles, Sylva Koscina. After the fall of Rome, a patrician seeks to bring the emperor of Byzantium to fight against the Goths.
Runtime: 103 min.

The Immortal Story

V.O.: Une Histoire immortelle
Fr. 1967. Drama by Orson Welles with Orson Welles, Jeanne Moreau, Roger Coggio. A rich merchant wants to bring a legend to life.
Runtime: 57 min.
G.-B. 1967. Satire by Michael Winner with Oliver Reed, Orson Welles, Carol White. A talented publicist is dissatisfied with the job he holds.
Runtime: 97 min.
Esp. 1966. Dramatic comedy by Orson Welles with Orson Welles, Keith Baxter, John Gielgud. A companion of the crown prince's fredaines, Sir John Falstaff is rejected by him when he becomes king.
Runtime: 116 min.
G.-B. 1966. History by Fred Zinnemann with Paul Scofield, Wendy Hiller, Robert Shaw. Evoking the life and martyrdom of Thomas More, chancellor of England under Henry VIII.
Runtime: 118 min.

Is Paris Burning?

V.O.: Paris brûle-t-il?
Fr. 1966. War drama by René Clément with Gert Fröbe, Orson Welles, Bruno Cremer. At the beginning of August 1944, the new commander of Paris receives orders from Hitler to destroy the City of Light.
Runtime: 165 min.

Marco the Magnificient

V.O.: La Fabuleuse Aventure de Marco Polo
It. 1964. Adventures by Denys de La Patellière, Noël Howard with Horst Buchholz, Anthony Quinn, Orson Welles. The extraordinary tribulations of a Venetian on his way to China.
Runtime: 122 min.

The Trial

V.O.: Le Procès
Fr. 1962. Drama by Orson Welles with Orson Welles, Anthony Perkins, Jeanne Moreau. A man under arrest can?t figure out what crime he is being accused of.
Runtime: 115 min.

The Tartars

V.O.: I tartari
It. 1960. Adventures by Ferdinando Baldi with Victor Mature, Orson Welles, Liana Orfei. Rivalries and fights between Vikings and Tartars in the early Middle Ages.
Runtime: 83 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.

David and Goliath

V.O.: David e Golia
It. 1960. Biblical drama by Richard Pottier, Ferdinando Baldi with Orson Welles, Ivo Payer, Eleonora Rossi Drago. The young shepherd David faces a gigantic Philistine warrior alone.
Runtime: 92 min.
U.S. 1960. Drama by Richard Fleischer with Orson Welles, Juliette Gréco, Bradford Dillman. Parallel story of two love stories based on the classic triangle.
Runtime: 90 min.
U.S. 1959. Court drama by Richard Fleischer with Dean Stockwell, Orson Welles, Bradford Dillman. Two students are brought to trial for committing a gratuitous crime.
Runtime: 103 min.
G.-B. 1959. Adventures by Lewis Gilbert with Curd Jurgens, Orson Welles, Sylvia Syms. A wanderer turned away from everywhere settles on a Chinese ferry.
Runtime: 100 min.
U.S. 1958. Adventures by Richard Fleischer with Kirk Douglas, Tony Curtis, Janet Leigh. Unbeknown to him, a Viking chief?s main adversary is his half-brother.
Runtime: 115 min.
U.S. 1958. Adventures by John Huston with Errol Flynn, Juliette Gréco, Trevor Howard. In the heart of Africa, a man becomes the protector of elephants.
Runtime: 126 min.
U.S. 1958. Psychological drama by Martin Ritt with Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, Orson Welles. A bold young man enlists with a tyrannical planter in the American South.
Runtime: 115 min.
U.S. 1958. Crime drama by Orson Welles with Orson Welles, Charlton Heston, Janet Leigh. A Mexican police officer unmasks the unorthodox methods of an American colleague.
Runtime: 105 min.
U.S. 1957. Western by Jack Arnold with Jeff Chandler, Orson Welles, Coleen Miller. A sheriff tries to rid a region of a man ruling as a dictator.
Runtime: 80 min.
U.S. 1956. Adventures by John Huston with Gregory Peck, Richard Basehart, Léo Genn. The fantastic adventures of a crew hunting a monstrous white whale.
Runtime: 115 min.
G.-B. 1955. Sketches by David Eady, George More O'Ferrall, Wendy Toye with Orson Welles, Alan Badel, John Gregson. Three tales that approach the theme of death in mysterious ways.
Runtime: 99 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.

Mr. Arkadin

V.O.: Confidential Report
Esp. 1955. Thriller by Orson Welles with Orson Welles, Robert Arden, Paola Mori. A powerful man commissions a detective to track down a series of people from his past.
Runtime: 98 min.
G.-B. 1954. Comedy by Anthony Wilcox with Orson Welles, Margaret Lockwood, Victor McLaglen. A man returns to live in the castle of his ancestor's castle in Scotland.
Runtime: 91 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.
G.-B. 1952. Crime drama by Herbert Wilcox with Michael Wilding, Margaret Lockwood, Orson Welles. A journalist investigates the mysterious death of a billionaire.
Runtime: 90 min.
U.S. 1951. Drama by Orson Welles with Orson Welles, Suzanne Cloutier, Michéal MacLiammoir. A schemer seeks to cause the downfall of a Moorish officer in the service of Venice by making him wrongly jealous of his wife.
Runtime: 93 min.
G.-B. 1949. Crime drama by Carol Reed with Joseph Cotten, Alida Valli, Orson Welles. In Vienna, just after the Second World War, a journalist defends the memory of a friend accused of black market.
Runtime: 104 min.
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U.S. 1949. Melodrama by Irving Pichel with Claudette Colbert, Orson Welles, George Brent. A man, previously thought to be dead, reappears after twenty years to find his remarried wife and son.
U.S. 1949. History by Henry King with Tyrone Power, Orson Welles, Wanda Hendrix. A captain of Caesar Borgia sides with his master's enemies.
Runtime: 107 min.
U.S. 1949. Adventures by Henry Hathaway with Tyrone Power, Orson Welles, Cécile Aubry. In the 13th century, two Scotish set out on an adventure to India, then to China to escape the Norman influence.
Runtime: 116 min.
U.S. 1948. Drama by Orson Welles with Orson Welles, Jeanette Nolan, Dan O'Herlihy. Count Macbeth murders the King of Scotland in order to take his place.
Runtime: 107 min.
U.S. 1948. Adventures by Gregory Ratoff with Orson Welles, Nancy Guild, Valentina Cortese. In eighteenth century France, a hypnotist seeks revenge against a viscount who had him convicted of witchcraft.
Runtime: 1948

The Lady From Shanghai

V.O.: The Lady from Shanghai
U.S. 1947. Crime drama by Orson Welles with Orson Welles, Rita Hayworth, Everett Sloane. An Irish sailor meets a woman who leads him into a series of villainous adventures.
Runtime: 90 min.
U.S. 1945. Spy drama by Orson Welles with Orson Welles, Loretta Young, Edward G. Robinson. A police officer finds a Nazi war criminal, who is hiding under a false identity in a small American town.
Runtime: 96 min.
U.S. 1944. Musical by A. Edward Sutherland with George Raft, Vera Zorina, Charley Grapewin. A couple organizes shows to promote a fundraising campaign for the war effort.
Runtime: 111 min.
U.S. 1943. Psychological drama by Robert Stevenson with Orson Welles, Joan Fontaine, Margaret O'Brien. A deep love develops between a young governess and the wealthy owner of a manor.
Runtime: 96 min.
U.S. 1943. Spy drama by Norman Foster with Joseph Cotten, Dolores del Rio, Orson Welles. During a trip to Turkey, an American is pursued by German agents.
Runtime: 68 min.
U.S. 1941. Mores drama by Orson Welles with Orson Welles, Joseph Cotten, Dorothy Comingore. A journalist investigates the private life of a deceased millionaire.
Runtime: 116 min.
U.S. 1941. Mores drama by Orson Welles with Joseph Cotten, Tim Holt, Dolores Costello. The proud heir of a rich family experiences setbacks that come to humanize him.
Runtime: 88 min.

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