Philippe Hériat

Philippe Hériat

Born Raymond Gérard Payelle, he studied with film director René Clair and in 1920 made his debut in silent film. Over the next fifteen years, he appeared in secondary roles in another twenty-five films including the 1927 Abel Gance masterpiece, Napoleon. In 1949 Hériat collaborated with film director Jean Delannoy to write the screenplay for the film Le Secret de Mayerling. Philippe Hériat won the 1931 Prix Renaudot for his book L'Innocent. In 1939 he won the Prix Goncourt for Les Enfants gâtés, and the 1947 Grand Prix du roman de l'Académie française for Famille Boussardel. In 1949 he was made a member of the Académie Goncourt, a position he held until his death in 1971. Hériat is buried in Père Lachaise Cemetery in Paris

  • Title: Philippe Hériat
  • Popularity: 0.118
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1898-09-15
  • Place of Birth: Paris, France
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  • Also Known As: Raymond Gérard Payelle
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Philippe Hériat Movies

  • 1935
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    Lucrezia Borgia

    Lucrezia Borgia

    5.333 1935 HD

    French silent film pioneer Abel Gance directs this 1935 classic about Lucrezia Borgia, her brother, Cesare. and her father, Pope Alexander VI -- one...

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  • 1924
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    L'Inhumaine

    L'Inhumaine

    6.8 1924 HD

    A famous singer Claire Lescot, who lives on the outskirts of Paris, is courted by many men, including a maharajah, Djorah de Nopur, and a young...

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  • 1921
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    Prometheus, Banker

    Prometheus, Banker

    5.7 1921 HD

    A vamp seduces a banker and breaks with him when she's obtained all that she wanted.

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  • 1924
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    The Gallery of Monsters

    The Gallery of Monsters

    8 1924 HD

    The whimsical Riquet's has kidnapped and married a well-born young girl, Ralda. They travel around Spain performing their act in a circus but Ralda's...

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  • 1926
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    La chaussée des géants

    La chaussée des géants

    1 1926 HD

    When he was a child, François Gérard got to know Antiope, a little foreigner, in a Paris park. As an adult, he sees her again in her...

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  • 1924
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    The Flood

    The Flood

    5 1924 HD

    In a village on the banks of the Rhone river, Alban, a young farmer, is about to marry Margot. Monsieur Broc, a town hall employee, discovers his...

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  • 1926
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    Nothing But Time

    Nothing But Time

    7.278 1926 HD

    The life of a great city (Paris) from dawn until dusk, including the beautiful and the ragged, the rich and the poor.

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  • 1935
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    Divine

    Divine

    6.5 1935 HD

    A country girl (Simone Berriau) finds work as a chorus girl in Paris, gets embroiled with a bad egg, and then finds true love with a good-looking...

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  • 1929
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    Napoleon at St. Helena

    Napoleon at St. Helena

    4.833 1929 HD

    Napoleon at Saint Helena (German: Napoleon auf Sankt Helena) is a 1929 German silent historical film directed by Lupu Pick and starring Werner...

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  • 1972
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    Bonaparte et la révolution

    Bonaparte et la révolution

    1 1972 HD

    Abel Gance's 1971 sound edition of his epic 1927 'Napoleon', which contains much of the silent original, with new material shot and added in both...

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  • 1927
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    Napoleon

    Napoleon

    7.849 1927 HD

    A biopic of Napoleon Bonaparte, tracing the Corsican's career from his schooldays (where a snowball fight is staged like a military campaign) to his...

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  • 1920
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    The Man of the Sea

    The Man of the Sea

    6.3 1920 HD

    Nolff, a tough Breton fisherman is happy: his wife has just given birth to a son, Michel. His only wish is to make him a fisherman like him. But when...

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  • 1925
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    The Late Mathias Pascal

    The Late Mathias Pascal

    6.9 1925 HD

    Mathias Pascal, only son of a once-rich family, marries beautiful Romalinda, who has a terrible mother-in-law. She controls her daughter, and soon...

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  • 1929
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    Saint Joan the Maid

    Saint Joan the Maid

    6.3 1929 HD

    This relatively straightforward dramatic biography was one of two films commissioned to honor Joan of Arc on the 500th anniversary of her death, but...

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  • 1920
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    Le Carnaval des vérités

    Le Carnaval des vérités

    1 1920 HD

    Comtesse Della Gentia and her lover Paul attempt to seduce and blackmail a rich neighbour Juan, who is in love with a naïve young friend of...

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  • 1921
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    El Dorado

    El Dorado

    6.6 1921 HD

    In Granada in Spain, Sibilla works as a dancer in a squalid cabaret called El Dorado, struggling to earn enough to care for her sick child. The boy's...

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  • 1927
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    Sea Fever

    Sea Fever

    6.2 1927 HD

    The ill-fated romance of a brow-beaten seaport slum café waitress and a young man with a possessive mother, who dreams of going out to sea.

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  • 1924
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    Miracle of the Wolves

    Miracle of the Wolves

    5.4 1924 HD

    King Louis XI tries to unify France by all means fair or foul, which does not please his powerful rival Charles the Bold. It is against this troubled...

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  • 1922
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    Don Juan et Faust

    Don Juan et Faust

    1 1922 HD

    Crazy scientist Faust tries to take Don Juan's lover away.

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  • 1923
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    Le marchand de plaisirs

    Le marchand de plaisirs

    1 1923 HD

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  • 1927
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    La jalousie du barbouillé

    La jalousie du barbouillé

    1 1927 HD

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  • 1935
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    Napoléon Bonaparte

    Napoléon Bonaparte

    8 1935 HD

    A second version of Gance's Napoléon, with sound.

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  • 1934
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    Rothchild

    Rothchild

    6 1934 HD

    An ex-businessman, ruined and reduced to living under bridges, uses the name of one of his companions in misfortune, Rothchild, to organize a vast...

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  • 1928
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    Mon coeur au ralenti

    Mon coeur au ralenti

    1 1928 HD

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  • 1933
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    Le sexe faible

    Le sexe faible

    1 1933 HD

    The story of Madame Leroy-Gomez, a wealthy divorcee living in Paris. Together with her servant Antoine she schemes to marry off her unmarried...

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  • 2024
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    Napoléon vu par Abel Gance - Première partie : La jeunesse de Bonaparte

    Napoléon vu par Abel Gance - Première partie : La jeunesse de Bonaparte

    1 2024 HD

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  • 2024
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    Napoléon vu par Abel Gance - Deuxième partie : Napoléon et la Révolution française

    Napoléon vu par Abel Gance - Deuxième partie : Napoléon et la Révolution française

    1 2024 HD

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  • 1955
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    Fruits of Summer

    Fruits of Summer

    7 1955 HD

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  • 1924
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    L'Inhumaine

    L'Inhumaine

    6.8 1924 HD

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  • 1967
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    Rosie!

    Rosie!

    1 1967 HD

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