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Simone Signoret

Simone Signoret

French actress (1921-1985)
March 25, 1921 (September 30, 1985)
Fr. 1982. Crime drama by Pierre Granier-Deferre with Simone Signoret, Philippe Noiret, Fanny Cottençon. In the early 1930s, a murderer who is wanted by the police takes refuge in a boarding house.
Runtime: 120 min.
Fr. 1982. Biography by Michel Drach with Claude Brasseur, Jean Carmet, Miou-Miou. The tumultuous life of French writer Guy de Maupassant.
Runtime: 131 min.
Fr. 1980. Psychological drama by Moshé Mizrahi with Simone Signoret, Jean Rochefort, Delphine Seyrig.
Runtime: 102 min.
Fr. 1979. Dramatic comedy by Jeanne Moreau with Laetitia Chauveau, Simone Signoret, Francis Huster.
Runtime: 90 min.
Fr. 1978. Crime drama by Nadine Trintignant with Simone Signoret, Philippe Léotard, Juliet Berto. Victim of a set-up by his wife and her lover, a night watchman accused of theft flees and barricades himself with his two children.
Fr. 1978. Crime drama by Philippe Condroyer with Simone Signoret, Maurice Garrel, Jean-Claude Dauphin. A female judge investigates the arson of a large estate whose owner, an old friend, is behaving rather inexplicably.
Runtime: 92 min.
Fr. 1978. Crime drama by Claude Chabrol with Simone Signoret, Jean-Claude Dauphin, Didier Haudepin. A female judge does everything in her power to save the head of a teenager charged with patricide.
Runtime: 88 min.
Runtime: 92 min.
Fr. 1978. Social drama by Patrice Chéreau with Simone Signoret, Philippe Léotard, Robert Manuel. A retired schoolteacher accepts the management of a struggling local newspaper.
Runtime: 113 min.

Madame Rosa

V.O.: La Vie devant soi
Fr. 1977. Mores drama by Moshé Mizrahi with Simone Signoret, Samy Ben Youb, Claude Dauphin. A former prostitute earns her living by taking in the children of prostitutes.
Runtime: 105 min.
Fr. 1975. Crime drama by Alain Corneau with Yves Montand, Simone Signoret, François Périer. A police officer investigating the murder of a friend realizes that the evidence may incriminate him.
Runtime: 127 min.
Fr. 1974. Crime drama by Patrice Chéreau with Charlotte Rampling, Bruno Cremer, Edwige Feuillère. In her flight to escape her aunt, an unbalanced young woman meets a man being pursued by two killers.
Runtime: 114 min.
Fr. 1973. Psychological drama by René Allio with Simone Signoret, Jacques Debary, Olivier Perrier. A cleaning lady forgets all about her daily troubles in dreams of grandeur.
Runtime: 95 min.
Fr. 1973. Crime drama by Jean Chapot with Simone Signoret, Alain Delon, Bernard Le Coq. An examining magistrate charged with investigating the murder of a young woman finds his task made difficult by a farm girl.
Runtime: 98 min.
Fr. 1971. Psychological drama by Pierre Granier-Deferre with Jean Gabin, Simone Signoret, Annie Cordy. A cat becomes the focus of an argument between elderly spouses who can hardly stand each other.
Runtime: 83 min.

The Widow Couderc

V.O.: La Veuve Couderc
Fr. 1971. Mores drama by Pierre Granier-Deferre with Simone Signoret, Alain Delon, Ottavia Piccolo. In the 1930s, a widow hires a stranger who turns out to be an escaped convict.
Runtime: 89 min.

The Confession

V.O.: L'Aveu
Fr. 1970. Social drama by Costa-Gavras with Yves Montand, Simone Signoret, Gabriele Ferzetti. In 1951 in Prague, a senior communist official is the victim of a political purge.
Runtime: 140 min.

Army of Shadows

V.O.: L'Armée des ombres
Fr. 1969. War drama by Jean-Pierre Melville with Lino Ventura, Paul Meurisse, Simone Signoret. The exploits of a leader of the French Resistance.
Runtime: 137 min.
Fr. 1969. Psychological drama by Marcel Bozzuffi with Jean-Louis Trintignant, Bernard Fresson, Simone Signoret. A man from Rouen, who has spent ten years in the United States, finds his old friends transformed by life.
U.S. 1968. Drama by Sidney Lumet with James Mason, Vanessa Redgrave, Simone Signoret. The son of an actress dreams of literary fame and falls in love with a young woman who leaves him for a middle-aged writer.
Runtime: 141 min.
U.S. 1967. Thriller by Curtis Harrington with Simone Signoret, James Caan, Katharine Ross. The tragic adventures of a young couple who have fun mystifying people with extravagant jokes.
Runtime: 100 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.
Fr. 1966. Social drama by Jean-Marie Périer with François Périer, Roger Laurent, Hélène Petit. The case of a judge dealing with delinquent adolescents.
G.-B. 1966. Spy drama by Sidney Lumet with James Mason, Simone Signoret, Maximilian Schell. A British intelligence employee investigates the suicide of a senior civil servant.
Runtime: 107 min.
U.S. 1965. Social drama by Stanley Kramer with Oskar Werner, Simone Signoret, Vivien Leigh. Various intrigues arise among the passengers of a ship sailing to Germany in 1933.
Runtime: 149 min.

The Sleeping Car Murder

V.O.: Compartiment tueurs
Fr. 1965. Crime drama by Costa-Gavras with Yves Montand, Claude Mann, Jacques Perrin. A police inspector investigates the murder of a young girl killed on a train in Marseille.
Runtime: 95 min.

Sweet and Sour

V.O.: Dragées au poivre
Fr. 1963. Satire by Jacques Baratier with Guy Bedos, Sophie Daumier, Elisabeth Wiener. Young film lovers decide to make cin
Runtime: 94 min.

The Day and the Hour

V.O.: Le Jour et l'heure
Fr. 1963. War drama by René Clément with Simone Signoret, Stuart Whitman, Pierre Dux. A woman whose husband is a prisoner takes in an American pilot who has fallen in France.
Runtime: 96 min.
G.-B. 1962. Psychological drama by Peter Glenville with Laurence Olivier, Simone Signoret, Sarah Miles. Out of spite, a student accuses her professor of misconduct with her.
Runtime: 113 min.
Fr. 1962. Psychological drama by François Leterrier with Simone Signoret, Reginald Kernan, Alexandra Stewart. A strange woman with a sordid past lures a young girl into her home who falls in love with her husband, a former racing champion.
Runtime: 90 min.
Fr. 1961. Sketches by Michel Boisrond with Jean-Paul Belmondo, Philippe Noiret, Dany Robin. Four sketches featuring historical figures.
Runtime: 130 min.

Adua and Her Friends

V.O.: Adua e le compagne
It. 1960. Social drama by Antonio Pietrangeli with Simone Signoret, Emmanuelle Riva, Gina Rovere. Four prostitutes gather their savings to open a restaurant in Rome.
Runtime: 120 min.
G.-B. 1959. Psychological drama by Jack Clayton with Simone Signoret, Laurence Harvey, Heather Sears. An ambitious young man seduces a rich heiress whom he wants to marry.
Runtime: 108 min.

The Crucible

V.O.: Les Sorcières de Salem
Fr. 1956. Social drama by Raymond Rouleau with Yves Montand, Simone Signoret, Mylène Demongeot. In a town where Puritanism reigns, an incident triggers a witch hunt.
Runtime: 143 min.

Death in the Garden

V.O.: La Mort en ce jardin
Fr. 1956. Drama by Luis Bunuel with Simone Signoret, Georges Marchal, Michel Piccoli. In the middle of the Amazon jungle, a group of disparate people flee after a miners' revolt.

Diabolique

V.O.: Les Diaboliques
Fr. 1955. Thriller by Henri-Georges Clouzot with Simone Signoret, Vera Clouzot, Paul Meurisse. The wife and the mistress of an odious man are determined to eliminate him.
Runtime: 110 min.
Fr. 1953. Drama by Marcel Carné with Simone Signoret, Raf Vallone, Jacques Duby. A truck driver kills the husband of the woman he loves and is blackmailed.
Runtime: 105 min.
Fr. 1951. Mores drama by Jacques Becker with Simone Signoret, Serge Reggiani, Claude Dauphin. In the underworld, at the beginning of the 20th century, two men fight over a woman nicknamed ""Golden Helmet.""
Runtime: 96 min.
Fr. 1950. Sketches by Max Ophüls with Anton Walbrook, Simone Signoret, Serge Reggiani. A playmaker presents a series of love stories in 1900s Vienna.
Runtime: 97 min.
Fr. 1950. Psychological drama by Yves Allégret with Bernard Blier, Simone Signoret, Jane Marken. At the bedside of his sick wife, a man learns that she has always scorned him.
Runtime: 91 min.
Fr. 1950. Psychological drama by Henri Calef with Maria Casarès, Simone Signoret, Jacques Berthier. Unable to accept that her former lover has fallen in love with her half-sister, a young woman makes terrible revelations to break their budding love.
Runtime: 92 min.
Fr. 1950. Crime drama by Borys Lewin, Frank Tuttle with Simone Signoret, Dane Clark, Robert Duke. With the help of his former mistress, a bandit tries to escape from the police.
Runtime: 93 min.
Fr. 1948. Drama by Yves Allégret with Simone Signoret, Bernard Blier, Marcello Pagliero. With the help of a sailor, a prostitute tries to escape her pimp.
Runtime: 100 min.

Impasse des 2 anges

V.O.: Impasse des deux anges
Fr. 1948. Drama by Maurice Tourneur with Paul Meurisse, Simone Signoret, Marcel Herrand. On the eve of her wedding, an actress reunites with her former husband.
Runtime: 85 min.
G.-B. 1948. War drama by Charles Crichton with Simone Signoret, Robert Beatty, Jack Warner. The actions of a Belgian resistance network during the last war.
Fr. 1947. Crime drama by Jean Sacha with Marcel Herrand, Simone Signoret, Alexandre Rignault.
Runtime: 95 min.

Dawn Devils

V.O.: Les Démons de l'aube
Runtime: 100 min.
Fr. 1946. Drama by Marcel Blistène, Jacques Feyder with Françoise Rosay, Paul Meurisse, Andrée Clément. In order to get hold of some loot, the boss of a disreputable hotel turns in a former accomplice to the police.
Runtime: 100 min.
Fr. 1946. Comedy by Bernard Roland with Raymond Rouleau, Hélène Perdrière, Yves Deniaud. The rivalry between two film companies in 1912.
Runtime: 92 min.
Runtime: 97 min.
Fr. 1944. Comedy by Jean Faurez with Gaby Morlay, Jacques Dumesnil, Vivi Gioi. Thanks to the maneuvers of a village telephone operator, many problems are solved.
Runtime: 96 min.
Fr. 1944. Dramatic comedy by André Berthomieu with Jean-Louis Barrault, Michèle Alfa, Henri Vidal. A group of students take in a young girl dying of hunger.
Runtime: 95 min.
Fr. 1944. Comedy by Yves Allégret with Viviane Romance, Frank Villard, Marguerite Pierry. A young girl infiltrates a group of bohemians to win the heart of the one she loves.
Runtime: 100 min.
Fr. 1943. Crime drama by Jean Tarride with Jules Berry, Gérard Landry, Jacqueline Gauthier. Supposedly dead in the United States, a man returns to France, accompanied by a gangster who is his look-alike.
Runtime: 90 min.

The Devil's Envoys

V.O.: Les Visiteurs du soir
Fr. 1942. Poetic drama by Marcel Carné with Arletty, Alain Cuny, Jules Berry. A minstrel, a servant of the devil, falls in love with the daughter of a baron.
Runtime: 120 min.
Fr. 1942. Comedy by Jean Boyer with Arletty, André Luguet, Jacques Dumesnil.
Runtime: 96 min.

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