Armand Mestral
Armand Mestral (born Armand Serge Zelikson; 25 November 1917 - 17 September 2000) was a French actor and singer. He appeared in more than seventy films from 1945 to 1992. Source: Article "Armand Mestral" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA.
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Le grand pardon II
The mobster Raymond Bettoun gets out of prison and joins his son Maurice in Miami, a drug trafficker who is about to launch a huge operation. But he falls into a trap and a war begins in which Raymond will fight a last battle to try to save his son and what remains of his family.
Le grand pardon
The Bettoun clan: Raymond (the patriarch), Maurice (the son), Jacky (the nephew), Roland (the nephew), Albert (Raymond's cousin), Pépé (Raymond's friend), Samy (the bodyguard) are a family clan of Jewish Blackfoot kingpins of French organized crime.
Deux hommes dans la ville
A former bank robber is released after 10 years in prison. He gets help from a social-worker, but gets harassed by an old cop from his past.
Mon oncle Benjamin
In the amorous mid 18th century under Louis XV, a country doctor risks danger and prison to pursue his seduction of the women of the bourgeoisie.
La bande à Bonnot
The story of a notorious French criminal gang of the 1910s.
That Riviera Touch
Eric and Ernie decide to take a holiday to the South of France and unwittingly become mixed up with a band of jewel thieves.
Lost Command
French Army colonel Raspeguy leads his paratroopers in battle against the Communist Viet Minh in Indochina and against Algerian guerrillas during the Algerian War.
Chair de poule
In this French crime drama, two safe-crackers are breaking into a safe when they are caught in the act by a guard. One of the crooks kills the guard and flees leaving his partner behind. The abandoned accomplice is captured and convicted. One year passes before the convict is able to escape from prison and set out to exact his revenge.
Morgan il pirata
A Welsh pirate raids up and down the Caribbean, battling the Spanish, the English and other pirates.
Les amants de demain
A man throws a revolver in the Seine and checks into a hotel run by an unhappy Turkish couple. The wife falls for the mysterious guest, and kills her husband to prevent him from the turning the man in to the police.
Enigme aux Folies-Bergère
The Raffin Commissioner investigates the murder of an industrialist and it soon becomes apparent that the activities of the relatives of the deceased all revolve around the Folies-Bergere.
La fille de feu
Shipwreck. Stranded on a deserted island. It begins for them a life like in paradise. But then gangsters emerge to destroy this idyll.
L'étrange Monsieur Steve
Georges Villard, a minor bank employee, is won over by Mr Steve who does him favours, treats him to the high life and introduces him to his wife Florence, with whom he falls in love. Georges is unaware that these generous gifts will cost him dearly.
Gervaise
An adaptation of Émile Zola’s 1877 masterpiece L’assommoir, the film is an uncompromising depiction of a lowly laundress’s struggles to deal with an alcoholic husband while running her own business.
Pas de coup dur pour Johnny
Robert Lanier, a man with a doubtful past, disembarks clandestinely in Le Havre decided to rebuild his life. Johnny, an orphaned young acrobat, takes him for his father and presents him to the seductive Gaby, his best friend.
Napoléon
The film follows the life of Napoleon from his early life in Corsica to his death at Saint Helena. The film is notable for its use of location shooting for numerous scenes, especially at the French estates of Malmaison and Fontainebleau, the Palace of Versailles, and sites of Napoleonic battles including Austerlitz and Waterloo.