Émile Drain
Acting
Biography
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Born: February 1, 1890
Place of Birth: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
Known For
Panic
Proud, eccentric, and antisocial, Monsieur Hire has always kept to himself. But after a woman turns up dead in the Paris suburb where he lives, he feels drawn to a pretty young newcomer to town and discovers that his neighbors are only too ready to suspect the worst of him.
Gates of the Night
In post-Liberation Paris, a man reunites with a friend and meets the woman of his dreams, only to discover her brother's dark past.
The Revenge of Roger
Roger Laroque is now a rich man. He returns to France under the name of William Farnell. There, he discovers that on the one hand his wife has died of a broken heart and on the other that his daughter Suzanne is in love with Raymond de Noirville, the son of his former mistress. With the help of a few friends, Roger coldly prepares his revenge.
Royal Affairs in Versailles
Witty narration follows the history of Versailles Palace; founded by Louis XIII, enlarged by autocratic Louis XIV, whose personal affairs and amours, and those of his two successors, are followed in more detail to the start of the Revolution, after which the story is brought rapidly up to date. A huge cast plays mainly historical persons who appear briefly.
The Devil Who Limped
The film is a 125-minute, black-and-white biography of French priest and diplomat Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord (1754–1838), who served for 50 years under five different French regimes: the Absolute Monarchy, the Revolution, the Consulate, the Empire, and the Constitutional Monarchy. Its title comes from one of the main historical nicknames for Talleyrand, that he shares with demon king Asmodeus and English poet Lord Byron.
Monelle
A beautiful young pianist falls for her mentor.
Life Is Ours
A propaganda film of the communist party of France, showing how the comrades help the proletariat against the capitalists.
Cruise for the Unknown One
Kohlman, the attorney for the Fournil bank, diverts money from the institution. To hide his malpractices, he imagines to remove the director, the young and overconfident Clement Fournil, during a cruise at sea on the yacht Emile Frechisse.
Justice Is Done
Elsa Lundenstein is accused of having murdered her lover. The jury discusses the case vividly. All members are somehow prejudiced because of personal life experience and subsequently each member reads something different into the presented facts.
The Pearls of the Crown
The story of the seven pearls of the English Crown, from Henry VIII to 1937 – three of them missing.
Filmography
as Victor Hugo
as Napoléon Ier
as Professor Dutoit
as Doctor
as Critic
as A shareholder
as Emperor Napoléon I
as Jeweler
as Le père du marié
as The Dominican Reverend
as Monsieur Breteuil dit le petit caporal
as (uncredited)
as Surgeon
as Doctor Baudouin
as Napoléon Premier
as President
as L'empereur Napoléon Ier (1815)
as Un ouvrier
as Napoléon III
as Napoléon
as Napoleon