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Pierre Brasseur

Pierre Brasseur

French actor (1905-1972)
December 22, 1905 (August 14, 1972)
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. Adventures by Jean-Paul Rappeneau with Jean-Paul Belmondo, Marlène Jobert, Michel Auclair. After making his fortune in America, a man returns to France in 1792 to obtain a divorce from his wife.
Runtime: 98 min.
Fr. 1970. Satire by Jacques Scandelari with Michèle Mercier, Pierre Brasseur, Henri Piégay. The misadventures of a simple worker who wins a contest organized by an advertising agency.
Runtime: 94 min.

A Little Virtuous

V.O.: La Petite Vertu
Fr. 1968. Dramatic comedy by Serge Korber with Dany Carrel, Jacques Perrin, Robert Hossein. The life of a young thief, who is married to a gangster, gets turned upside down by her encounter with a photographer.
Runtime: 90 min.
Fr. 1968. Drama by Walerian Borowczyk with Pierre Brasseur, Guy Saint-Jean, Ligia Branice. On an island separated from the rest of the world, a pardoned convict falls in love with the governor's wife.
Runtime: 90 min.

Birds in Peru

V.O.: Les Oiseaux vont mourir au Pérou
Fr. 1968. Psychological drama by Romain Gary with Jean Seberg, Maurice Ronet, Pierre Brasseur. In Peru, a young woman suffering from nymphomania is saved from suicide by a French man.
Runtime: 95 min.

Under the Sign of Monte-Cristo

V.O.: Sous le signe de Monte-Cristo
Fr. 1968. Adventures by André Hunebelle with Paul Barge, Paul Le Person, Anny Duperey. Unjustly convicted, a prisoner escapes and then returns to seek revenge once he becomes rich.
Runtime: 100 min.
Fr. 1967. Comedy by Jacques Besnard with Jean Lefebvre, Bernard Blier, Pierre Brasseur. The inventor of a euphoric gas is kidnapped by commercial spies.
Runtime: 90 min.
Fr. 1966. Crime drama by Sergio Gobbi with Pierre Brasseur, Pierre Massimi, Alain Barrière. The rivalry of two criminal gangs involved in the theft of a shipment of gold.
Runtime: 91 min.
Isr. 1966. Drama by Menahem Golan with Ahuva Goren, Pierre Brasseur, Mike Marshall. A young Israeli marries a French engineer against her father's wishes.
Runtime: 100 min.
Runtime: 85 min.
Fr. 1965. Sentimental comedy by Jean-Paul Rappeneau with Catherine Deneuve, Philippe Noiret, Pierre Brasseur. A crossroads of love in a Normandy castle during the war.
Runtime: 90 min.
Fr. 1965. Comedy by Jean Becker with Pierre Vernier, Nina Demestre, Pierre Brasseur. The theft of a microfilm leads to a series of crazy adventures.
Runtime: 101 min.

Cloportes

V.O.: La Métamorphose des cloportes
Fr. 1965. Crime drama by Pierre Granier-Deferre with Lino Ventura, Pierre Brasseur, Irina Demick. Released from prison, a mobster sets out to punish accomplices who let him down.
Runtime: 102 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.
It. 1964. Comedy by Alessandro Blasetti with Ugo Tognazzi, Pierre Brasseur, Giovanna Ralli. An electrician has affairs with several women in his village.
Fr. 1964. Crime drama by Pierre Kast with Lilli Palmer, Laurent Terzieff, Pierre Brasseur. A crossroads of criminal maneuvers within a financial consortium.
Runtime: 103 min.

Un Soir par hasard

V.O.: Un Soir... par hasard
Fr. 1964. Crime drama by Yvan Govar with Michel Le Royer, Annette Stroyberg, Jean Servais. An atomic scientist, victim of a road accident, is taken in by a mysterious couple.
Runtime: 85 min.
Fr. 1964. Police comedy by Michel Deville with Eddie Constantine, Pierre Brasseur, Françoise Arnoul. An unlucky gangster brings bad luck to those around him.
Runtime: 95 min.
Fr. 1963. Comedy by Claude Autant-Lara with Anna Magnani, Bourvil, Pierre Brasseur. The misadventures of a village grocer who made everyone believe that she received an inheritance.
Runtime: 92 min.

Les Petits Matins

V.O.: Mademoiselle Stop
Fr. 1962. Comedy by Jacqueline Audry with Agathe Aems, Jean-Claude Brialy, François Périer. The adventures of a young girl who is hitchhiking.
Runtime: 100 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. 1962. Drama by Christian-Jaque with Pierre Brasseur, Marina Vlady, Bourvil. A woman accuses a nurse of her husband's murder.
Runtime: 118 min.
Fr. 1962. Police comedy by Marc Allégret with Darry Cowl, Francis Blanche, Pierre Brasseur. A customs officer is kidnapped by gangsters who think he is a hitman.
Runtime: 85 min.

Crime Doesn't Pay

V.O.: Le Crime ne paie pas
Fr. 1961. Sketches by Gérard Oury with Edwige Feuillère, Michèle Morgan, Annie Girardot. Four criminal cases set in different times.
Runtime: 158 min.
Fr. 1961. Sketches by Michel Boisrond with Jean-Paul Belmondo, Philippe Noiret, Dany Robin. Four sketches featuring historical figures.
Runtime: 130 min.
Fr. 1961. Comedy by Claude Autant-Lara with Francis Claude, Danielle Gaubert, Jean Sorel. Henry IV is looking for a complaisant husband for a young girl he wants to make his mistress.
Runtime: 83 min.

Meetings

V.O.: Rencontres
Fr. 1961. Crime drama by Philippe Agostini with Michèle Morgan, Pierre Brasseur, Gabriele Ferzetti. After becoming disabled, a man tries to fake his death to collect on his insurance.
Runtime: 95 min.
Fr. 1961. Crime drama by Robert Siodmak with Nadja Tiller, Pierre Brasseur, Walter Giller. The young wife of a shady financier seeks to escape the grip of her husband.
Runtime: 100 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. Religious drama by Raymond Leopold Bruckberger, Philippe Agostini with Pascale Audret, Jeanne Moreau, Alida Valli. During the French Revolution, some nuns made a vow of martyrdom.
Runtime: 105 min.

Le Bel Antonio

V.O.: Bell' Antonio
It. 1960. Moral study by Mauro Bolognini with Marcello Mastroianni, Claudia Cardinale, Pierre Brasseur. A Sicilian man, married out of interest, soon falls in love with his wife to then become impotent.
Runtime: 90 min.
Fr. 1960. Crime drama by Georges Franju with Dany Saval, Marianne Koch, Jean-Louis Trintignant. The old Count of Keraudren is dying and according to doctors, he should not last the night but, the next morning, his body is gone.
Runtime: 90 min.

Eyes Without a Face

V.O.: Les Yeux sans visage
Fr. 1959. Horror by Georges Franju with Pierre Brasseur, Édith Scob, Alida Valli. A doctor tries to give a new face to his disfigured daughter.
Runtime: 88 min.

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. Social drama by Georges Franju with Pierre Brasseur, Paul Meurisse, Jean-Pierre Mocky. A man believes his son to be a dangerous madman and has him committed.
Runtime: 95 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. Mores drama by Jules Dassin with Gina Lollobrigida, Yves Montand, Marcello Mastroianni. A strange game allows its winner to subjugate all the inhabitants of a small Italian port.
Runtime: 110 min.
Fr. 1958. Comedy by Henri Diamant-Berger with Pierre Brasseur, Jean Poiret, Michel Serrault. Around 1900, the daily life of various ministry employees.
Runtime: 90 min.
Fr. 1958. Drama by Marcel Blistène with Édith Piaf, Michel Auclair, Armand Mestral. While thinking of killing her cheating husband, an alcoholic woman is prevented from doing so by a stranger with whom she befriends.
Runtime: 80 min.

The Runaway

V.O.: Sans famille
Fr. 1957. Melodrama by André Michel with Joël Flateau, Gino Cervi, Pierre Brasseur. An abandoned child becomes an acrobat before finding his mother.
Runtime: 100 min.

Gates of Paris

V.O.: Porte des lilas
Fr. 1957. Dramatic comedy by René Clair with Pierre Brasseur, Henri Vidal, Dany Carrel. For a few days, a poor man shelters a bandit being hunted by the police.
Runtime: 98 min.
Fr. 1955. Drama by Abel Gance with Pierre Brasseur, Silvana Pampanini, Paul Guers. Captain Buridan puts an end to the orgies and murders of Marguerite de Bourgogne.
Runtime: 123 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. 1955. Adventures drama by Yves Allégret with Pierre Brasseur, Michèle Morgan, Cornell Borchers. Two women who have been hired to spy on a crook fall in love with the man and become rivals.
Runtime: 104 min.
Fr. 1954. History by Georges Combret with Pierre Brasseur, Claude Laydu, Isa Miranda. A healer becomes all-powerful at the Tsar's court.
Runtime: 96 min.

Vêtir ceux qui sont nus

V.O.: Vestire gli ignudi
Fr. 1954. Drama by Marcello Pagliero with Pierre Brasseur, Eleonora Rossi Drago, Gabriele Ferzetti. Fallen in body and soul, a young woman is looking for a reason to live.
Runtime: 84 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. Melodrama by Georges Combret with Pierre Brasseur, Monique Mélinand, François Patrice. Wrongly suspected of having poisoned her husband, a woman seeks to bring the truth to light.
Runtime: 92 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. Drama by Fernand Rivers, Simone Berriau with Pierre Brasseur, Daniel Gélin, Claude Nollier. In an imaginary country occupied by the Germans, a young bourgeois member of the communist party is charged with assassinating one of the leaders, accused of treason.
Runtime: 103 min.
Fr. 1950. Sentimental drama by Jacques Manuel with Edwige Feuillère, Pierre Brasseur, Jacques Dumesnil. A penniless aristocrat falls victim to the greed of her ex-husband, whom she never stopped loving.
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.
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. 1949. Comedy by André Hunebelle with Gaby Morlay, Pierre Larquey, Pierre Brasseur. The joy and disappointment of people in solidarity with a lottery ticket falsely announced as a winner.
Runtime: 82 min.

Portrait of an Assassin

V.O.: Portrait d'un assassin
Fr. 1949. Drama by Bernard Roland with Maria Montez, Erich von Stroheim, Arletty. A woman who works in the circus industry puts an acrobat in grave danger.
Runtime: 100 min.
Fr. 1949. Sentimental drama by André Cayatte with Serge Reggiani, Anouk Aimée, Pierre Brasseur. The love of two young people collides with the wickedness of their surroundings.
Runtime: 105 min.
Fr. 1948. Crime drama by Richard Pottier with Claude Farell, Pierre Brasseur, Arlette Merry. A tight investigation recreates the drama recently lived by a young woman found inanimate in the mountains.
Runtime: 100 min.
Fr. 1948. Melodrama by Jacques de Baroncelli with Pierre Brasseur, Sophie Desmarets, Lucien Nat. In the nineteenth century, a thug from the Parisian underworld poses as a young aristocrat, but is exposed by a would-be socialite from the same background.
Runtime: 105 min.
Fr. 1948. Melodrama by Jacques de Baroncelli with Pierre Brasseur, Sophie Desmarets, Lucien Nat. The adventurer Baccarat seeks to expose the bandit Rocambole, who has assumed the identity of a noble.
Runtime: 95 min.
Fr. 1947. Drama by Pierre de Hérain with Pierre Brasseur, Maria Casarès, Claude Larue. A young woman sequesters her sister, until the day she kills her and goes mad.
Runtime: 100 min.
Fr. 1946. Fantasy by Georges Lacombe with Jany Holt, Pierre Brasseur, Gérard Philipe. A young notary clerk relives the events that haunt his imagination, this time in real life.
Fr. 1946. Drama by Marcel Carné with Yves Montand, Nathalie Nattier, Jean Vilar. In Paris for one night, two strangers experience a fleeting romance in the post-war environment.
Runtime: 100 min.
Fr. 1946. Crime drama by Marc Allégret with Fernandel, Simone Simon, Marcel Dalio.
Runtime: 95 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. Dramatic comedy by Jean Boyer with Pierre Brasseur, Gaby Sylvia, Jacqueline Gauthier. Jealousy of two women who are in love with the same man.
Runtime: 85 min.

Children of Paradise

V.O.: Les Enfants du Paradis
Fr. 1945. Melodrama by Marcel Carné with Arletty, Jean-Louis Barrault, Pierre Brasseur. In Paris in 1827, a mime falls madly in love with a young woman who is courted by many men.
Runtime: 183 min.
Runtime: 104 min.
Fr. 1943. Moral study by Maurice Cloche with Janine Darcey, Pierre Brasseur, Florelle. The joys and miseries of the inhabitants of a building in a Parisian neighbourhood.
Runtime: 96 min.

Two Shy Ones

V.O.: Les Deux Timides
Fr. 1942. Comedy by Yves Allégret with Claude Dauphin, Pierre Brasseur, Jacqueline Laurent. A shy man doesn't know how to declare his love to the one he has fallen for.
Runtime: 83 min.
Fr. 1942. Sentimental drama by Jean Grémillon with Madeleine Renaud, Pierre Brasseur, Madeleine Robinson. Various love affairs take place during the construction of a dam in the mountains.
Runtime: 112 min.
Fr. 1941. Comedy by André Hugon with Georges Rigaud, Pierre Brasseur, Milly Mathis. Three young artists from Buenos Aires, who arrive in Paris illegally in order to make a career for themselves, must deal with various situations, sometimes comic, sometimes tragic.
Runtime: 92 min.
Runtime: 105 min.
Fr. 1939. Sentimental comedy by Jean de Limur with Ruggero Ruggeri, Madeleine Sologne, Jean Murat.
Runtime: 90 min.
Fr. 1939. Drama by Jeff Musso with Raimu, Jacqueline Delubac, Tramel.
Runtime: 88 min.
Runtime: 130 min.
Fr. 1938. Comedy by Alexander Esway with Fernandel, Gaby Morlay, Jules Berry.
Runtime: 105 min.
Runtime: 87 min.
Runtime: 91 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.
Fr. 1937. Dramatic comedy by Serge de Poligny with Blanchette Brunoy, Max Dearly, Pierre Brasseur.
Runtime: 109 min.
Fr. 1936. Sentimental comedy by Jean Grémillon with Renée Saint-Cyr, Pierre Brasseur, Claude May.
Runtime: 85 min.
Runtime: 100 min.
Runtime: 101 min.
Runtime: 90 min.
Runtime: 84 min.

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