Michel Simon
Acting
Biography
Michel Simon (9 April 1895 – 30 May 1975) was a Swiss actor. He appeared in the notable films La Chienne (1931), Boudu Saved from Drowning (1932), L'Atalante (1934), Port of Shadows (1938), The Head (1959), and The Train (1964).
Born: April 9, 1895
Place of Birth: Geneva, Switzerland
Known For
Jean Renoir, le patron, 2e partie: La direction d'acteur
Second in the documentary trilogy from mastermind Jacques Rivette, featuring a conversation between Jean Renoir and Michel Simon, who celebrate their reunion by discussing, among other things, La Chienne (1931) and Boudu Saved from Drowning (1932).
The Two Truths
The young Loris is undergoing a trial for killing his girlfriend Maria Luce. According to the reconstruction of the facts, the young man would shoot his mistress making it then end up under the wheels of a tram. On the remains of the woman's body, however, there is no trace of a gunshot wound and, during the trial, the accused, who appears hypnotized, refuses to answer. The arrival of the ex-lawyer Cidoni, who takes the place of the defense, overturns the thesis of the prosecution and instead demonstrates that the victim was not a naive girl as had been believed up to then.
Belmondo: The Incorrigible
Charismatic and resourceful, seducer and daredevil, Jean-Paul Belmondo has always played his roles as he lived, at a thousand miles an hour. He had only one passion: to entertain the public with his smile, his naturalness, his energy, his stunts. But contrary to appearances, his destiny was full of pitfalls. This film lifts the veil on a founding childhood that allowed him to overcome many obstacles throughout his life thanks to the tutelary figures of his father and mother. Told from the inside with the help of his autobiography, interviews and unpublished archives, this epic story traces the career of this turbulent young actor who launched the New Wave in Breathless before becoming the popular Bebel, an indestructible and provocative vigilante. From film to film, this documentary paints an intimate portrait of a man who built himself up to reach the top: his triumphs but also his trials, his doubts, his secrets, his angers, his clowning, his disappointments or his personal dramas.
Beautiful Star
Meg decides to commit suicide to escape the marriage to which her father intends her. She is saved by Jean-Pierre, another candidate for suicide, and Léon, a tramp who was just trying to reason with him. The trio then becomes inseparable and organizes a new life based on friendship and freedom.
Le Grand Échiquier
Cinépanorama
The Passion of Joan of Arc
A classic of the silent age, this film tells the story of the doomed but ultimately canonized 15th-century teenage warrior. On trial for claiming she'd spoken to God, Jeanne d'Arc is subjected to inhumane treatment and scare tactics at the hands of church court officials. Initially bullied into changing her story, Jeanne eventually opts for what she sees as the truth. Her punishment, a famously brutal execution, earns her perpetual martyrdom.
Behind the Facade
In the elevator of two large Parisian buildings, a telegraph operator discovers the body of an elderly woman, Madame Mathieu, the owner of both buildings. Boucheron, the local superintendent, is dispatched to investigate, along with his rival, Inspector Lambert of the "Sûreté". To solve the enigma, they scour staircases and corridors, visiting every floor of both buildings, courtyard and facade. Their gruff rivalry allows them to complement each other in discovering who committed the crime among a gallery of characters, humble or rich, who all have something to be ashamed of... A rare, fast-paced, picturesque comedy set against the backdrop of a police mystery.
Vautrin the Thief
A famous convict Jacques Collin, alias Trompe la mort, or abbot Carlos Herrera, also called Vautrin, escapes from prison. Chance makes him meet Lucien de Rubempré, an impetuous and eternal lover who, when he is dismissed, collapses. Moved by this fragility, he takes him under his wing, and will do everything possible to ensure that his creature reaches happiness, even if it means imagining the worst shenanigans and other scams, with the help of a band of clever villains.
The Two of Us
A story of the caring friendship formed between a crusty, old anti-Semite and an eight-year-old Jewish boy who goes to live with him during World War II.
Filmography
as Self (archive footage)
as Self (archive footage)
as Le père Jules (archive footage)
as Self (archive footage)
as Zizi
as Erotologist
as Self (archive footage)
as Attorney Zorn
as Master
as Self
as Louis Compiegne
as Cavazza
as Le vieux Jéricho
as Pépé
as Self - Interviewee
as Locker Attendant
as Self
as Le Grognard
as Papa Boul
as Self
as Jérôme Chambard
as Charles-Edmond Larmentiel
as Colonel Nanar, du cadre de réserve
as Pierrot
as Alboise
as Prof. Dr. Abel
as Self
as Jacquier
as Joseph "Jo" Guardini
as Commissaire Bernard
as Benoit, chief guard
as Self
as Principal Commissioner Henri Dominique
as Maurice Martin, concierge d'immeuble
as Prince de Sayn-Wittgenstein
as General von Sayn-Wittgenstein
as Self
as Padre Silvio
as Auguste Bard
as Bou Rezza
as Shylock
as Professor Charles Buisson
as Albert Ménard-Lacoste / Alain Ménard-Lacoste
as Récitant / Narrator (voice)
as Caïphe
as Lucien Bertal / Léonard, his understudy / Banquo
as Commissioner Jules Maigret (segment "Le témoignage d'un enfant de choeur")
as Le tuteur
as Pierre Verger
as Cidoni
as Paul Louis Victor Braconnier
as Mephistopheles / Old Prof. Henri Faust
as Senator Fabius Severus
as Joseph Ferdinand Anselme Midot,aka 'Le tord-cou'
as Alcide Garonne
as Doctor Michel Ancelin
as Captain Palmer
as Monsieur Hire
as Michel Lemaret
as Vautrin
as Baudu
as Butler
as Rigoletto
as Il barone Scarpia
as Monsieur Jourdain
as Le capitaine Simon
as Inspector Boucheron
as Diogène, Monseigneur de Beaupré & Lacouret
as Mr. Gaetan Le Sentencier
as Jo
as Nick Marino
as Ernest Cabrissade, eternal understudy
as Picking, knife-throwing artist
as Eusèbe Bonbonneau
as Josserand
as Michel Quercy
as Counr Edouard de Bourgogne, aka 'L'Escargot'
as Léon
as Martinet
as Zabel
as Lemel, le professeur de dessin
as Michel
as Michel
as Irwin Molyneux, alias Félix Chapel
as Sauvin
as Baron Gobèche
as Laverdac
as Un Invité (Prologue)
as Baron de Beaupoil / his brother
as Labrosse
as Frècheville
as Lespara
as Achille Baluchet
as Perrot-Joly
as Doizeau
as Noël Malpiaz
as Oscar Lyssenhop
as Père Jules
as M. Bodeletz
as Monchablon, un médiocre acteur de tournées, qui fait la cour à Miquette
as Priape Boudu
as Maurice Legrand
as Chouilloux
as Jean de la Lune
as Lorédan
as Joseph Turlot
as Jean Lemaître
as Jérôme Pomino
as Gaston Lebeau