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Pierre Fresnay

Pierre Fresnay

French stage and film actor
April 4, 1897 (January 9, 1975)
Fr. 1970. Fantasy comedy by Jean-Pierre Sassy with Pierre Fresnay, Claude Cerval, Sophie Grimaldi. With all the clocks stopped, students monetize the unwavering punctuality of a professor.
Fr. 1960. Comedy by Gilles Grangier with Pierre Fresnay, Jean Gabin, Noël-Noël. Three old men on their way to the hospice have some burlesque adventures.
Runtime: 85 min.
Fr. 1960. Satire by Robert Ménégoz with Pierre Fresnay, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Barbara Lass. The construction of a housing project is jeopardized by the refusal of an renter to allow himself to be evicted.
Runtime: 88 min.

The Great Secret

V.O.: Le Grand Secret
Fr. 1959. Documentary by Gérald Calderon.
Runtime: 80 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. 1958. Drama by Léo Joannon with Pierre Fresnay, Anne Doat, Franca Bettoja. Giving in to the whims of his two daughters, a widower accepts their marriage plans, even if they are ill-considered.
Runtime: 89 min.
Fr. 1957. Drama by Alex Joffé with Pierre Fresnay, Michel Auclair, Grégoire Aslan. Two terrorists are preparing to blow up a plane carrying a South American dictator.
Runtime: 90 min.
Runtime: 82 min.
Fr. 1956. Drama by Léo Joannon with Pierre Fresnay, Annie Girardot, Gil Vidal. A man finds the instigators of a plot that was once hatched against him.
Runtime: 124 min.
Fr. 1955. Mores drama by Denys de La Patellière with Pierre Fresnay, Brigitte Auber, Jacques Dacqmine. An aristocrat with traditional views sees his children rise up against him.
Runtime: 98 min.
Runtime: 110 min.
Fr. 1954. Psychological drama by Léo Joannon with Pierre Fresnay, Pierre Trabaud, Nicole Stephane. Awakened to the priestly vocation by the courageous act of a defrocked man, a young priest helps the latter to rediscover his faith.
Runtime: 119 min.
Runtime: 90 min.
Fr. 1952. Drama by André Haguet with Pierre Fresnay, Raymond Rouleau, Jean Debucourt. The war of 1914 prevents Dr. Schweitzer from continuing his humanitarian work in Gabon.

Trip to America

V.O.: Le Voyage en Amérique
Fr. 1951. Mores drama by Henri Lavorel with Pierre Fresnay, Yvonne Printemps.
Runtime: 90 min.
Fr. 1951. Biography by Henri Diamant-Berger with Pierre Fresnay, Élina Labourdette, André Randall. The life, work and tribulations of famous entomologist Jean-Henri Fabre.
Runtime: 90 min.
Fr. 1951. Drama by Yves Ciampi with Pierre Fresnay, Renée Devillers, Roland Alexandra. The day-to-day life of a great Parisian surgeon.
Runtime: 95 min.
Fr. 1950. Montage by Denise Tual, Roland Tual with Renaud Mary, Alain Quercy, Marie Daems. Retrospective of the first half of the 20th century and the main events that marked history with the help of newsreels.
Runtime: 100 min.
Fr. 1950. Musical by Marcel Achard with Pierre Fresnay, Yvonne Printemps, Jacques Charon. The thwarted love between composer Jacques Offenbach and singer Hortense Schneider.
Fr. 1950. Religious drama by Jean Delannoy with Pierre Fresnay, Madeleine Robinson, Daniel Gélin. On the island of Sein, a sacristan temporarily occupies the vacant place left by the departure of the priest.
Runtime: 95 min.
Fr. 1949. Drama by Henri Decoin with Pierre Fresnay, Georges Marchal, Félix Oudart. The story of the first pilots to fly between France and South America.
Fr. 1949. Drama by Richard Pottier with Pierre Fresnay, Simone Valère, Gérard Landry. A monk from Saint Bernard trains a dog that will help him save the daughter of the woman he once loved.
Runtime: 120 min.
Fr. 1948. Drama by Georges Lacombe with Pierre Fresnay, Yvonne Printemps, Roger Pigaut. A doctor poisons himself in such a way that his death compromises his wife.
Runtime: 100 min.
Fr. 1947. Biography by Maurice Cloche with Pierre Fresnay, Aimé Clariond, Yvonne Gaudeau. Some episodes in the life of Saint Vincent de Paul.
Runtime: 110 min.
Fr. 1946. Crime drama by Jean Dréville with Pierre Fresnay, Antoine Balpêtré, Michel Vitold. A lawyer from Paris takes refuge after a murder takes place in the provincial orphanage where he grew up.
Fr. 1944. Drama by Jean Anouilh with Pierre Fresnay, Blanchette Brunoy, Pierre Renoir. After developing amnesia since the end of the First World War, a man is welcomed into a rich family who says that they recognize him.
Runtime: 99 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. Dramatic comedy by Georges Lacombe with Pierre Fresnay, Madeleine Renaud, Suzy Carrier. A social worker tries to get a boy back on the right track.

Carnival of Sinners

V.O.: La Main du diable
Runtime: 82 min.

The Murderer Lives at 21

V.O.: L'Assassin habite au 21
Fr. 1942. Police comedy by Henri-Georges Clouzot with Pierre Fresnay, Suzy Delair, Pierre Larquey. A police officer posing as a religious man searches for a murderer in a boarding house.
Runtime: 79 min.
Fr. 1941. Crime drama by Georges Lacombe with Pierre Fresnay, André Luguet, Jean Chevrier. A detective tries to identify the killer who attacked six friends who swore to share everything once their fortune was made.
Runtime: 90 min.
Runtime: 117 min.
Runtime: 93 min.
Runtime: 84 min.
Runtime: 106 min.
Runtime: 90 min.
Runtime: 98 min.
Runtime: 100 min.
Runtime: 88 min.
Runtime: 90 min.

Grand Illusion

V.O.: La Grande Illusion
Fr. 1937. War drama by Jean Renoir with Jean Gabin, Pierre Fresnay, Erich von Stroheim.
Runtime: 111 min.
Runtime: 95 min.
Fr. 1936. Dramatic comedy by Marcel Pagnol with Pierre Fresnay, Raimu, Orane Demazis.
Runtime: 134 min.
Runtime: 115 min.
G.-B. 1934. Thriller by Alfred Hitchcock with Leslie Banks, Peter Lorre, Edna Best. After killing a man, spies kidnap the daughter of an English couple to prevent the revelation of a murderous plot.
Runtime: 84 min.
Fr. 1932. Dramatic comedy by Marc Allégret with Raimu, Orane Demazis, Fernand Charpin.
Runtime: 128 min.
Fr. 1931. Dramatic comedy by Alexander Korda with Pierre Fresnay, Raimu, Orane Demazis.
Runtime: 129 min.

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