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Valentine Tessier

Valentine Tessier

French actress
August 5, 1892 (August 11, 1981)
Fr. 1974. Mores comedy by Sergio Gobbi with Bibi Andersson, Jean Piat, Geneviève Fontanel. After discovering on their thirteenth wedding anniversary that her husband has a mistress, a young woman devises a strategy to get rid of her rival.
Runtime: 95 min.
Fr. 1972. Dramatic comedy by Jean-Claude Brialy with Valentine Tessier, Frédéric, Laure Jeanson. The affectionate relationship between a grandmother and her grandchildren at the end of the nineteenth century.
Runtime: 90 min.

Inspector Maigret and the Saint Fiacre Affair

V.O.: Maigret et l'affaire Saint-Fiacre
Fr. 1959. Crime drama by Jean Delannoy with Jean Gabin, Valentine Tessier, Robert Hirsch. Inspector Maigret clarifies the enigma surrounding the death of the countess of Saint-Fiacre.
Runtime: 101 min.

The Hunchback of Notre-Dame

V.O.: Notre-Dame de Paris
Fr. 1956. Drama by Jean Delannoy with Anthony Quinn, Gina Lollobrigida, Alain Cuny. In the Middle Ages, a young dancer accused of witchcraft is defended by a hunchback.
Runtime: 115 min.

La Fille Élisa

V.O.: Élisa
Fr. 1956. Drama by Roger Richebé with Dany Carrel, Serge Reggiani, Marthe Mercadier. The love between a prostitute and a young blind man blossoms, until the day he learns the truth about her.
Runtime: 90 min.
It. 1954. Religious drama by Augusto Genina with Marta Toren, Gino Cervi, Charles Vanel. To get revenge, a rich landlord convinces a prostitute to volunteer as the Madonna during the Good Friday procession.
Runtime: 99 min.

The Snow Was Black

V.O.: La Neige était sale
Runtime: 110 min.

Children of Love

V.O.: Les Enfants de l'amour
Fr. 1953. Social drama by Léonide Moguy with Etchika Choureau, Jean-Claude Pascal, Lise Bourdin. Dedicated people are working to reach out to young single mothers to help them raise their children.
Runtime: 112 min.
Fr. 1952. Comedy by René Jayet with Valentine Tessier, Maurice Escande, Armand Bernard. The discovery of five babies in a boarding school for young girls causes a scandal.
Runtime: 89 min.
Fr. 1952. Drama by Yves Allégret with Jean Marais, Françoise Christophe, Jean Debucourt. Disfigured during the wars of the Empire and forced to wear a leather mask, a handsome country gentleman throws himself headlong into love affairs.
Runtime: 92 min.
Fr. 1950. Court drama by André Cayatte with Michel Auclair, Raymond Bussières, Valentine Tessier. In a court of assizes, seven jurors must judge a woman guilty of euthanasia.
Runtime: 95 min.
Fr. 1942. Drama by Roland Tual with Fernand Ledoux, Jean Marais, Odette Joyeux. A prison warden poses as a composer by appropriating the work of an inmate.
Runtime: 107 min.

Ambush

V.O.: L'Embuscade
Fr. 1941. Psychological drama by Fernand Rivers with Pierre Renoir, Valentine Tessier, Georges Rollin.
Runtime: 78 min.
Runtime: 93 min.
Runtime: 115 min.
Fr. 1936. Dramatic comedy by René Guissart with Pierre Larquey, Gabriel Signoret, Josette Day.
Runtime: 89 min.
Runtime: 101 min.

An Italian Straw Hat

V.O.: Un Chapeau de paille d'Italie
Runtime: 114 min.

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