Paul Bonifas

Paul Bonifas

Paul Bonifas (3 June 1902 – 9 November 1975) was a French actor, born in Paris. In the 1920s, while working for the French customs service, Bonifas took classes in acting at the Conservatoire de Paris in his spare time. He left with the first prize for comedy, which allowed him to join the Odéon Theatre in 1933, then the Comédie-Française in 1938. He made his first film appearance in 1935 in a version of Dostoyevsky's Crime and Punishment, directed by Pierre Chenal. During World War II he served as a lieutenant in the artillery, was badly wounded, and evacuated from Dunkirk with his unit. In London he joined the Free French, and worked for Radio Londres broadcasting to occupied France. In 1942 he appeared in the film The Foreman Went to France. In 1943 he formed "The Molière Players", who staged a repertoire of mainly Molière works in London theatres, as well as in regional towns and at French army barracks. In 1944 "The Molière Players" appeared in the short film Aventure malgache directed by Alfred Hitchcock. This was written by, and based on the experiences of, Jules Francois Clermont, an actor in Bonifas' troupe working under the name of Paul Clarus, who had operated an illegal radio station Madagascar Libre in Madagascar while the island was under Vichy control. Bonifas then appeared in a number of other British films, including Two Fathers with Bernard Miles, directed by Anthony Asquith, and had minor roles in the musicals Heaven Is Round the Corner and Champagne Charlie, the action adventure film The Man from Morocco, the comedy-drama Johnny Frenchman and the horror film Dead of Night. Bonifas returned to France in 1946 and resumed his career in theatre, specializing in comedy, but also taking dramatic roles. His later film career included appearances in Trapeze (1956), The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1956), Fanny (1961), Charade (1963), Greed in the Sun (1964), The Train (1964), Is Paris Burning? (1966), Triple Cross (1966), and The Return of the Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe (1974). Bonifas died on 9 November 1975 at Vernouillet, Yvelines, France. Source: Article "Paul Bonifas" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.  

  • Title: Paul Bonifas
  • Popularity: 3.208
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1902-06-03
  • Place of Birth: Paris, France
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  • Also Known As: The Molière Players, Henri Paul Bonifas, Paul Boniface, Victor Boniface, Bonifas, Bonifas de la Comédie Française
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Paul Bonifas Movies

  • 1964
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    The Train

    The Train

    7.5 1964 HD

    As the Allied forces approach Paris in August 1944, German Colonel Von Waldheim is desperate to take all of France's greatest paintings to Germany....

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  • 1963
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    Charade

    Charade

    7.7 1963 HD

    After Regina Lampert falls for the dashing Peter Joshua on a skiing holiday in the French Alps, she discovers upon her return to Paris that her...

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  • 1973
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    The Last Train

    The Last Train

    6.6 1973 HD

    Two people, a Frenchman and a Jewish German woman, meet on a train while escaping the German army entering France.

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  • 1964
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    Greed in the Sun

    Greed in the Sun

    7.056 1964 HD

    Marec, a truck driver is sent by his boss to track down through the Morroccan desert a reckless youngster who stole a brand-new truck and its...

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  • 1970
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    Cold Sweat

    Cold Sweat

    5.6 1970 HD

    During the Korean War, Joe Moran, is convicted for striking a colonel. Imprisoned in Germany he encounters his former company commander Captain Ross,...

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  • 1960
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    The Truth

    The Truth

    7.6 1960 HD

    As Dominique Marceau is being tried for the murder of Gilbert Tellier, accounts by different witnesses paint a picture of the kind of relationship...

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  • 1952
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    The Green Glove

    The Green Glove

    6.2 1952 HD

    In World War II France, American soldier Michael Blake captures, then loses Nazi-collaborator art thief Paul Rona, who leaves behind a gem studded...

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  • 1944
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    Madagascar Landing

    Madagascar Landing

    5.4 1944 HD

    A former leader of the French Resistance finds that one of his fellow actors looks like a detestable official he knew in Madagascar during the war....

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  • 1957
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    Love in the Afternoon

    Love in the Afternoon

    7 1957 HD

    Lovestruck conservatory student Ariane pretends to be just as much a cosmopolitan lover as the worldly mature Frank Flannagan hoping that...

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  • 1939
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    Maxim's Porter

    Maxim's Porter

    1 1939 HD

    The hunter at Maxim's, whose family is unaware of the profession, turns around and plans to marry his daughter to a marquis when he recognizes a...

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  • 1963
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    La parole est au témoin

    La parole est au témoin

    10 1963 HD

    Mustapha, a cab driver in Paris, charges a customer in a hurry, without realizing that he is in a hurry to escape his pursuers after robbing a...

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  • 1953
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    Their Last Night

    Their Last Night

    5.438 1953 HD

    Arriving in Paris, Madeleine Marsan rents a room in a guesthouse where she makes the acquaintance of Pierre Ruffin, a respectable municipal...

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  • 1975
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    The Common Man

    The Common Man

    7 1975 HD

    Georges Lajoie is a Parisian café owner. As every summer, Georges, his wife Ginette and grown-up son Léon go on holiday to Loulou's...

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  • 1970
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    An Artistic Couple

    An Artistic Couple

    5.1 1970 HD

    A young student meets an elderly antiques-loving couple looking for a help. They like her very much, and she's hired on the spot.

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  • 1939
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    The Five Cents of Lavarede

    The Five Cents of Lavarede

    5.3 1939 HD

    Some try to travel around the world with a time constraint, but Lavarède has to perform an even harder task than Phineas Fogg. His assignment...

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  • 1951
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    Duel à Dakar

    Duel à Dakar

    1 1951 HD

    Robert Vernier is assigned by the Secret Service to unmask a band of gangsters determined to get their hands on the plans for a new plane. They...

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  • 1952
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    The Truth About Bebe Donge

    The Truth About Bebe Donge

    7.1 1952 HD

    François Donge, a rich industrialist and womaniser, meets a girl nicknamed Bébé who he marries. Ten years later, poisoned by his...

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  • 1952
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    Piédalu fait des miracles

    Piédalu fait des miracles

    1 1952 HD

    The inhabitants of Marboue-Chambourcy want a swimming pool, and the difficulties in realizing this expensive dream divide the village into two clans:...

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  • 1951
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    Clara de Montargis

    Clara de Montargis

    1 1951 HD

    Renaud, a young student who is camping alone at the moment, has a dream one night, in which the woman of his dreams appears. When he wakes up the...

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  • 1952
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    Ils sont dans les vignes...

    Ils sont dans les vignes...

    5 1952 HD

    In 1935, in the Burgundian village of Valromey, Commissioner Desbordes was the very unpopular leader of the anti-alcoholic league. His own brother,...

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  • 1951
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    Amazing Monsieur Fabre

    Amazing Monsieur Fabre

    7 1951 HD

    It centres on the life of the entomologist Jean-Henri Fabre and his total devotion to studying insect behavior, travelling from Avignon to Paris,...

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  • 1952
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    Holiday for Henrietta

    Holiday for Henrietta

    7 1952 HD

    Two scriptwriters argue about the fate of Henrietta, a charming and gamine shopgirl. One favors a comical path for their heroine, who is overcome...

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  • 1953
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    Lettre ouverte

    Lettre ouverte

    2 1953 HD

    Martial, Colette 's husband, is madly jealous. One day, he catches his wife writing a letter and he does want to know what this message contains, to...

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  • 1965
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    Le naïf amoureux

    Le naïf amoureux

    1 1965 HD

    Paul is an accomplished teacher at Janson-de-Sailly. A "good guy" who, having returned for the holidays to the provincial town where he was raised,...

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  • 1975
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    Le père Amable

    Le père Amable

    1 1975 HD

    Celeste has failed with Victor and has a little boy. Césaire would still like to marry Céleste, a beautiful and hard-working girl. His...

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  • 1962
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    Les Célibataires

    Les Célibataires

    1 1962 HD

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  • 1956
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    The Hunchback of Notre Dame

    The Hunchback of Notre Dame

    6.6 1956 HD

    Paris, 1482. Today is the festival of the fools, taking place like each year in the square outside Cathedral Notre Dame. Among jugglers and other...

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  • 1969
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    Secret World

    Secret World

    7 1969 HD

    Wendy is the British guest of a French couple and the daughter of the man who saved the host's life during World War II. Living with the couple is...

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  • 1945
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    The Man from Morocco

    The Man from Morocco

    5 1945 HD

    With the ending of the Spanish Civil War, a dispirited band of volunteers from the International Brigades seeks refuge in France. But on reaching the...

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  • 1961
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    Fanny

    Fanny

    6.8 1961 HD

    Almost 19-year-old Marius feels himself in a rut in Marseille, his life planned for him by his cafe'-owning father, and he longs for the sea. The...

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  • 1964
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    Lucky Jo

    Lucky Jo

    6.7 1964 HD

    Lucky Jo and his three friends are little criminals, who try to live from small burglaries. But they never have luck - ever so often something...

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  • 1944
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    Two Fathers

    Two Fathers

    7 1944 HD

    An Englishman and Frenchman sharing a hotel room discover their children are fighting on the same side, French Resistance and R.A.F.

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  • 1974
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    The Return of the Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe

    The Return of the Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe

    6.6 1974 HD

    With "little captain" Cambrai raising serious doubts about the reality of the so-called "super spy," Colonel Toulouse kidnaps Christine and forces...

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  • 1958
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    A Woman Like Satan

    A Woman Like Satan

    5.2 1958 HD

    Handsome and rich Spanish gentleman abandons his wife and riches for his love of a young girl of poor stock who taunts and degrades him.

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  • 1960
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    Love and the Frenchwoman

    Love and the Frenchwoman

    4.9 1960 HD

    The seven stages in the life of the modern Frenchwomen are disclosed by seven directors in a witty way: 1 - Childhood, 2 - Adolescence, 3 -...

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  • 1957
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    Mademoiselle and Her Gang

    Mademoiselle and Her Gang

    6 1957 HD

    Author of the best-selling crime novel Le Poulet se mange froid (Chicken Eats Cold) under the pseudonym Sam O'Connor, Inspector Bourdieux's daughter,...

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  • 1958
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    Les Misérables

    Les Misérables

    7.1 1958 HD

    In 19th century France, Jean Valjean, a man imprisoned for stealing bread, must flee a relentless policeman named Javert. The pursuit consumes both...

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  • 1960
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    The Gigolo

    The Gigolo

    1 1960 HD

    Agathe Perrin, a wealthy widow in her forties, lives with her ailing father in an estate on the shores of Lac du Bourget, not far from Aix-les-Bains....

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  • 1952
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    Dans la vie tout s'arrange

    Dans la vie tout s'arrange

    5 1952 HD

    A Boston school teacher fights with a group of impoverished Frenchmen for possession of an inherited château. Elizabeth Rockwell is indignant...

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  • 1971
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    Love Me Strangely

    Love Me Strangely

    4.2 1971 HD

    Alain Revent, a seductive and refined man, derives a peculiar satisfaction from debasing his wives. The first, driven to the brink of despair, throws...

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  • 1958
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    Sinners of Paris

    Sinners of Paris

    5 1958 HD

    Michel Piccoli plays a police inspector whose best friend is murdered on the orders of gang boss Charles Vanel. The inspector knows full well that...

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  • 1961
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    Keep Talking, Baby

    Keep Talking, Baby

    5.6 1961 HD

    Ex-boxer Eddie is framed for murder. While serving time, he tries to clear his name and uncover the real culprit behind the deadly setup.

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  • 1966
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    The Sleeping Sentinel

    The Sleeping Sentinel

    4.7 1966 HD

    In 1812, Napoleon I set off for the Russian Campaign and planned to spend a night in Châlons-sur-Marne. However, as the police were aware of a...

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  • 1963
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    The Trip to Biarritz

    The Trip to Biarritz

    6.7 1963 HD

    Guillaume Dodut is a stationmaster in rural France at a station where trains no longer stop. His dream has always been to holiday in the famous...

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  • 1968
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    La séparation

    La séparation

    1 1968 HD

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  • 1958
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    A Legitimate Defense

    A Legitimate Defense

    5.5 1958 HD

    Two friends from the last war, Pierrot, a bar owner, and Gustave, a police inspector, are in contact with a notorious gang of racketeers in...

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  • 1951
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    Pardon My French

    Pardon My French

    5 1951 HD

    A Boston school teacher fights with a group of impoverished Frenchmen for possession of an inherited château. Elizabeth Rockwell is indignant...

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  • 1960
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    The Enemy General

    The Enemy General

    5.5 1960 HD

    OSS agent, working with the French underground, ambushes Nazi convoy with high-ranking general, who escapes. Later they take him from a Nazi prison...

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  • 1963
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    The Depths

    The Depths

    6.1 1963 HD

    A bourgeois family, who is harassed and humiliated, ruins their young maids without pay for several years.

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  • 1962
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    Sundays and Cybele

    Sundays and Cybele

    7.1 1962 HD

    The tragic story of a young orphan girl who is befriended by an innocent but emotionally disabled veteran of the French Indochina War.

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  • 1946
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    Lisbon Story

    Lisbon Story

    5.7 1946 HD

    A musical cabaret singer meets a British agent and goes with him to Nazi occupied France to save an atomic scientist.

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  • 1961
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    Goodbye Again

    Goodbye Again

    7.1 1961 HD

    Middle-aged businesswoman Paula Tessier rejects the advances of her client's amusing 25-year-old son, Philip Van der Besh, but reconsiders when her...

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  • 1961
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    Blood on His Sword

    Blood on His Sword

    5.7 1961 HD

    Charles le Temeraire asks in marriage Jeanne de Beauvais, daughter of King Louis XI, wishing to get her valuable lands in dowry. The King is wise to...

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  • 1944
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    Champagne Charlie

    Champagne Charlie

    5 1944 HD

    A man from the countryside becomes London’s newest music hall sensation, and competes with a rival music hall performer for the...

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  • 1942
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    The Foreman Went to France

    The Foreman Went to France

    6.2 1942 HD

    Based on the true story of Melbourne Johns, an aircraft factory foreman sent to France to prevent the Nazis getting hold of some vital equipment.

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  • 1970
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    The Horse

    The Horse

    6.95 1970 HD

    Auguste Maroilleur, an elderly farmer, exploits 400 hectares of crop land with the help of his family, over which he rules with an iron hand. Things...

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  • 1946
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    Bedelia

    Bedelia

    5.2 1946 HD

    Bedelia Carrington is living happily, it appears, in Monte Carlo with her husband Charlie Carrington. But a cultivated young artist, Ben Chaney,...

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  • 1969
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    The Christmas Tree

    The Christmas Tree

    6.4 1969 HD

    A French-American millionaire, his girlfriend and his war buddy try to grant his dying son's every wish.

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  • 1945
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    Johnny Frenchman

    Johnny Frenchman

    6 1945 HD

    The fisherman from a Cornish village have a friendly rivalry with the fishermen (and one formidable woman) from a French port. Then war comes and...

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  • 1944
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    English Without Tears

    English Without Tears

    5.7 1944 HD

    While Lady Christabel Beauclark, a bird fancier, is scurrying about demanding certain territorial rights for British birds from other countries, Her...

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  • 1951
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    Juliette, or Key of Dreams

    Juliette, or Key of Dreams

    7.1 1951 HD

    Michel has stolen from his employer, Mr Bellanger, for the love of Juliette. He is now in jail. One night, while sleeping in his cell, he wakes up...

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  • 1956
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    The Terror with Women

    The Terror with Women

    1 1956 HD

    Aimé Morin, a good-natured bookseller, is also one of the candidates in the local elections of his small town. He is well-liked by most but he...

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  • 1945
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    Dead of Night

    Dead of Night

    7.2 1945 HD

    Architect Walter Craig, seeking the possibility of some work at a country farmhouse, soon finds himself once again stuck in his recurring nightmare....

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  • 1964
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    Jeff Gordon, Secret Agent

    Jeff Gordon, Secret Agent

    4.4 1964 HD

    Jeff Gordon, FBI agent, infiltrates a gang and finds himself in the midst of a gang war.

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  • 1955
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    Frou-Frou

    Frou-Frou

    5.9 1955 HD

    A story of the love of Frou-Frou - an actress and singer in the in the beginning of her career.

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  • 1974
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    Antigone

    Antigone

    1 1974 HD

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  • 1966
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    Triple Cross

    Triple Cross

    6 1966 HD

    A safecracker turns double agent during WWII.

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  • 1944
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    Candlelight in Algeria

    Candlelight in Algeria

    5.7 1944 HD

    Candlelight in Algeria is a 1944 British war film directed by George King and starring James Mason, Carla Lehmann and Raymond Lovell. This drama...

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  • 1957
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    The Case of Dr. Laurent

    The Case of Dr. Laurent

    7.2 1957 HD

    Le Cas Du Dr. Laurent (The Case of Dr. Laurent) stars Jean Gabin as a Paris-based doctor who tries to spread the gospel of Natural Childbirth....

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  • 1966
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    Who Are You, Polly Maggoo?

    Who Are You, Polly Maggoo?

    6.4 1966 HD

    In this excoriating satire of the fashion industry, Polly Maggoo is a 20-year-old Brooklyn-born fashion model in Paris, on the runway at the big...

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  • 1973
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    La Duchesse d'Avila

    La Duchesse d'Avila

    1 1973 HD

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  • 1954
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    Sherlock Holmes

    Sherlock Holmes

    7.1 1954 HD

    The first American television series of Sherlock Holmes adventures aired in syndication in the fall of 1954. The 39 half-hour mostly original stories...

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  • 1951
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    Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

    Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

    7 1951 HD

    Schlitz Playhouse of Stars is an anthology series that was telecast from 1951 until 1959 on CBS. Offering both comedies and drama, the series was...

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  • 1968
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    Les Dossiers de l'Agence O

    Les Dossiers de l'Agence O

    10 1968 HD

    L’Agence O is a famous Parisian private detective firm. Its premises are located in the Passage Choiseul. In front, Torrence leads the shop. In...

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  • 1966
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    At Theatre Tonight

    At Theatre Tonight

    7.5 1966 HD

    At Theater tonight is a TV show broadcasted from 25th August 1966 to 21st September 1985. The show is broadcast plays recorded in two or three days,...

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  • 1966
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    Illusions perdues

    Illusions perdues

    1 1966 HD

    1819, Angouleme, France, a young ambitious poet, Lucien Chardon is introduced in the salon of Mme de Bargeton where meets the high society of the...

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  • 1964
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    Bayard

    Bayard

    1 1964 HD

    At the end of the 15th century and the beginning of the next, the great deeds of the "Knight without Fear and without Reproach", Bayard, faithful...

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  • 1970
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    Maurin des Maures

    Maurin des Maures

    1 1970 HD

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