François Maistre
Acting
Biography
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Born: May 14, 1925
Place of Birth: Demigny, Saône-et-Loire, France
Known For
The Duchess of Avila
An epic six-hour adaptation of Potocki's The Manuscript Found in Saragossa. Most famously filmed by Wojciech Has, this four part adaptation has the advantage of a vastly expanded running time, allowing for more of the novel to be incorporated >> shot on film, it was clearly a very expensive production and is equally spectacular in its own way.
Les Dossiers de l'Agence O
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 fact, the agency's team is complemented by Émilie le Roux, Mademoiselle Berthe and Barbet, who scrutinize clients through a one-way mirror located behind the desk. Getting hold of a man disguised as an old lady, solving the mystery of the Prisoner of Lagny or discovering who is blackmailing the painter Tigrane Alban does not worry the experts at the O Agency. Les Dossiers de l’Agence O is a French-Canadian television series in thirteen episodes of approximately 55 minutes created by Marc Simenon and broadcast first in Quebec from December 14, 1967 to March 13, 1968 on Télévision de Radio-Canada, then in France from March 11 to June 3, 1968 on the first channel of the ORTF.
Joseph Balsamo
Balsamo, a scoundrel with the gift of mesmerism, seeks to gain power in the French court in the days before the Revolution.
OSS 117: Mission for a Killer
A secret agent is dispatched to find a rare and valuable drug.
Les Brigades du Tigre
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
In Luis Buñuel’s deliciously satiric masterpiece, an upper-class sextet sits down to dinner but never eats, their attempts continually thwarted by a vaudevillian mixture of events both actual and imagined.
The Phantom of Liberty
This Surrealist film, with a title referencing the Communist Manifesto, strings together short incidents based on the life of director Luis Buñuel. Presented as chance encounters, these loosely related, intersecting situations, all without a consistent protagonist, reach from the 19th century to the 1970s. Touching briefly on subjects such as execution, pedophilia, incest, and sex, the film features an array of characters, including a sick father and incompetent police officers.
Belle de Jour
Beautiful young housewife Séverine Serizy cannot reconcile her masochistic fantasies with her everyday life alongside dutiful husband Pierre. When her lovestruck friend Henri mentions a secretive high-class brothel run by Madame Anais, Séverine begins to work there during the day under the name Belle de Jour. But when one of her clients grows possessive, she must try to go back to her normal life.
Story of Women
France, World War II. In order to somehow make ends meet, the mother of two children, Marie Latour, does underground abortions and rents a room to a familiar prostitute. She doesn't pay any attention to her husband, who returned from the war because of his injury, and lives her own life. Abortions gradually begin to bring a good income, and boredom can be easily dispelled by starting up with a young lover.
Special Section
In Nazi-occupied France, a German officer is assassinated. The Germans demand justice, and the Vichy government is quick to capitulate. Unable to apprehend the actual culprits, Minister of Justice Joseph Barthélémy decides the execution of token Frenchmen will suffice, but the problem is finding judges and jurors eager to participate in a sham trial of innocent men. The solution is a Special Section, a court comprised of individuals handpicked for this exact purpose.
Filmography
as Jules Labière
as Lieuvain
as le père Rouget
as president Lamarre-Coudray
as La voix du Commandeur
as Courteline - André
as Minister of the Interior
as François Dalbion
as Monsieur Dumoulin
as Corbert
as Monsieur Laurence
as The public prosecutor
as Don Diègue
as Philippe VI
as Monsieur Mayeul
as Albert Rémy-Michault
as L'abbé Poulain
as Don Pasquale
as José Vierne
as Louis Adolphe Thiers
as Le contremaître de la carrière
as Marquis de Brinon
as Commissaire Lamy
as Le Chef
as Claude Faivre
as The Professor
as L'ermite
as L'ermite
as inspecteur Joss
as Comte Sartines
as Fulbert
as Inspector Delecluze
as Comte de Monsoreau
as Monsieur Gastier
as Vamos
as French Priest
as Le Comte Vatsi
as Davenport
as 'Dragon'
as Baron Wagenheim
as The Teacher
as Hakim Gregory
as Larsan
as Le prince de Condé
as Carlos
as Gaston
as Le prince de Condé
as Doctor
as Sammy Bradford
as Tulle
as Gregson
as le commissaire Michel
as Esteban
as Patrice de Laborde
as Pierre Goupil
as le commissaire Massot
as Prince Metternich
as André Laroche
as Lawyer
as L'homme élégant
as Self