Jean Jacquinet
Acting
Biography
No biography available for Jean Jacquinet.
Born: March 9, 1874
Place of Birth: Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France
Known For
The Reign of Terror
The scene takes place in Paris in March 1793 during the Reign of Terror. The Knight of Maison-Rouge, posing as Citizen Morand, is organizing the escape of Queen Marie-Antoinette. He is assisted in his undertaking by Dixmer, a master tanner who passes himself off as an ardent revolutionary and his wife Geneviève, who also happens to be the Knight's sister. While on mission with her brother, she is saved from arrest thanks to the intervention of Lieutenant Maurice Lindey. Geneviève, who is married without love to Dixmer, falls for the young man, who requites her love. A tunnel is dug between a house rented by Dixmer and the Tower of the Temple but the various attempts to rescue the queen attempts fail. Marie-Antoinette risks the guillotine/ Moreover, Lindey finds himself involved in the plot...
Germinal
Based on Emile Zola's novel, an uncompromisingly harsh and realistic story of a coalminers' strike in northern France in the 1860s.
La Passion
An early film depicting the life of Jesus Christ
Athalie
“The Queen of Judah has gained her throne by eliminating the Royal Princes, but one is still alive and protected by the high priest. In a dream the Queen sees the young Prince as a king. She orders an assault on the Temple but when the Priest draws back a curtain to reveal the child king on his throne, she rushes from the scene believing it to be the fulfilment of her dream (incomplete).” - BFI.
A Thief of Hearts
The life of the rich Pierre de Brézieux is turned upside down when he meets Ida Bianca, famous for her bewitching dance.
Madame Sans-Gêne
A French washerwoman becomes a duchess and a friend of Napoleon.
Filmography
as Berthier
as Le général Santerre
as Judas (as Jacquinet)
as Chaval