Jean Degrave
Acting
Biography
No biography available for Jean Degrave.
Born: June 5, 1921
Place of Birth: Janville-sur-Juine, Essonne, France
Known For
La parole est au témoin
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 jewelry store. The next day, reading the newspapers, Mustapha becomes aware of the role he has played in this affair, and would gladly assist the police if a fortuitous incident didn't make him fear the criminals' vengeance. It's a cruel dilemma in which he is both suspected by some and threatened by others. Weak but honest, he manages to get out of this predicament at the risk of his life!
Le Bougnoul
A construction worker on a construction site in the Paris suburbs, Mehdi takes the bus to return home after work. Wishing to get off while the vehicle is stationary in a traffic jam, the driver refuses: while restarting, the bus hits the car in front of it. The bus driver attacks Mehdi whom he holds responsible for the incident, claiming that it is forbidden to “talk to the stagehand”. Mehdi is implicated in court and his lawyer tries to draw attention to the living conditions of immigrant workers.
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 Earrings of Madame de...
In late 19th century France, the Countess Louise, wife of a wealthy general, sells the earrings her husband gave her on their wedding day to pay off her secret debts, then claims to have lost them. Her husband quickly learns of the deceit, which is the beginning of many tragic misunderstandings, all involving the earrings, the general, the countess, and her new lover, the Italian Baron Donati.
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.
Casque d'Or
At the end of the 19th century, during a ball in Joinville, on the outskirts of Paris, Georges, a former delinquent working as a carpenter, meets Marie, a young woman connected to a criminal gang.
Two Men in Town
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.
Police Commissioner Moulin
The series follows the adventures of lighthearted Jean-Paul Moulin, a police Commissaire, and his team as they solve crimes.
Revolver
An Italian prison official's wife is kidnapped, and the kidnappers demand that a notorious prisoner be released in order for the man to get his wife back. He gets the man released - but then kidnaps him himself, in order to ensure that the man's colleagues don't kill his wife. Enraged, the gang sets out to free their compatriot and kill the man who took him.
Judex
Georges Franju's Judex is an arch, playful tribute to the serials of the influential silent filmmaker Louis Feuillade. Franju shuffles through the plot of Feuillade's lengthy serial of the same name, about an adventurer named Judex whose revenge against the corrupt banker Favraux unleashes a complicated series of schemes.
Filmography
as André, le ministre de l'économie (uncredited)
as Monsieur Vaudel
as Le maître d'hôtel
as Le Préfet
as Le présisent du tribunal
as Raynouard
as Léon Vermanstein
as Julian
as Educator (uncredited)
as Harmakolas
as Colleville
as (uncredited)
as St. Paul's Clinic Director (uncredited)
as Rober
as Lamoral
as Le domestique d'Angélique
as Prosecutor (uncredited)
as Notary
as Le commissaire
as Games room employee (uncredited)
as Le lieutenant de gendarmerie chez Clémenti
as Duke of Noailles
as M. de la Porte
as Bligny
as Félicien
as Un invité de la surboum (uncredited)
as Cyprien
as (uncredited)
as Le valet de chambre des Sellier
as Pharmacy Technician
as Alfred Léonard
as Réceptionniste de l'hôtel
as Le bijoutier
as The bachelor
as Guest (uncredited)
as (uncredited)
as Hotel manager
as Un notable aux courses (uncredited)
as Le maître d'hôtel
as Officer (uncredited)
as Le clubman (uncredited)
as Le docteur à l'hôpital (uncredited)