Arthur Devère
Acting
Biography
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Born: June 23, 1883
Place of Birth: Bruxelles, Belgium
Known For
Café de Paris
This murder mystery is set in a Parisian cafe and examines the mysterious murder of a famed journalist and extortionist who is killed at his table in the cafe. Though the prime suspects are gathered together( including his wife and her lover, the gun-runner, the creditor, and a playboy) and all of them have motives, none of them did it. So whodunit?
Daybreak
After committing a murder, a man locks himself in his apartment and recollects the events that led him to the killing.
Le Plaisir
Three stories about the pleasure. The first one is about a man hiding his age behind a mask to keep going to balls and fancying women - pleasure and youth. Then comes the long tale of Mme Tellier taking her girls (whores) to the country for attending her niece's communion - pleasure and purity. And lastly, Jean the painter falling in love with his model - pleasure and death.
Carnival in Flanders
Flanders, Hispanic Monarchy, 1616. The inhabitants of the small town of Boom are busy organizing the annual local festivities when the arrival of the Duke of Olivares, who rules the country on behalf of the King Philip III of Spain, is announced. While the male citizens cowardly surrender to panic like rats on a sinking ship, the brave female citizens, led by the bold wife of the burgomaster, decide to become the best hosts the Spaniards can ever meet.
Hatred
Captain Justin Mollenard works for a company that sells armaments to the Far East. After an eventful stay in Shanghai, where he and his cargo are the victim of a malicious attack, he returns to his hometown of Dunkirk. Mollenard receives a frosty welcome from his wife Mathilde, who resents the way in which he has neglected his family for so many years. Mollenard’s only wish is to get back to sea as soon as he can, but a sudden heart-attack leaves him paralysed and entirely in his wife’s power...
Two Women
Considering his wife as his property, a smuggler bullies the unfortunate woman and does not allow her to turn to another man.
Juliette, or Key of Dreams
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 all of a sudden, the gates open and he finds himself in a strange village where all the inhabitants have lost their memory. There, meets Juliette again who seems to agree to marry a powerful man, who might well be Bluebeard...
Strangers in the House
Loursat, a lawyer, lives with his daughter Nicole in a sinister and vast bourgeois residence. Abandoned for nearly twenty years by his wife, the brilliant lawyer has sunk into alcoholism and his relationship with his daughter is virtually non-existent. However, one day the corpse of a stranger is discovered in the residence of Loursat. Nicole, who frequents a gang of young people who escape boredom by stealing cars and other objects, is immediately suspected.
It Happened at the Inn
An old woman living in an inn is killed and her family members seem like the likely culprits.
The End of the Day
Aged penniless actors are living in a old people's home. They always talk about their past glory or failures. One day Raphael Saint-Clair comes; he has been a famous actor and had a lot of love affairs. Passions come back, and jealousies... A bitter film about aging, failure and the entertainment.
Filmography
as le marinier
as Mr. Forgeat
as Gus
as Le contrôleur du train
as César
as The Commissioner (uncredited)
as Souvenir merchant
as The coachman
as Le père Aubin, le croque-mort
as Jeff Lambick
as Father Jacques
as Frémont
as Father Jacques
as Lock keeper
as Guardian
as Napoléon
as Goupi-Mes sous
as Le docteur (uncredited)
as Stage manager
as Bailiff
as M. Gerbois
as Raymond, le domestique
as Stage manager
as The general
as Le père d'Alice
as Admiral
as Gingembre
as Barbette
as Joseph
as Schumbe, l'ordonnance
as Vandercleef
as The Fishmonger
as Blind man
as Van Putzeboum