Pierre Blanchar
Acting
Biography
Pierre Blanchar (30 June 1892 – 21 November 1963) was a French actor. He appeared in more than 50 films between 1922 and 1961. Blanchar was married to actress Marthe Vinot, with whom he had a daughter, actress Dominique Blanchar. He played Napoleon in the 1938 British film A Royal Divorce alongside Ruth Chatterton as Josephine. He later appeared alongside Michèle Morgan in the 1946 film Pastoral Symphony. Source: Article "Pierre Blanchar" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Born: June 30, 1892
Place of Birth: Philippeville, Constantine, France [now Skikda, Algeria]
Known For
Le Journal de la Résistance
Shot primarily by twelve French cameramen (led by filmmakers Jean Painlevé and Jean Grémillon), in August 1944, this film captures the final French insurrection in German-occupied Paris, the surrender of the Germans, and the mass celebration in the streets. (There is an English-language version narrated by Noel Coward.)
My Friend Sainfoin
The honeymoon in Italy of Guillaume and Eugénie de Puycharmois escorted by friend Sainfoin, a second-hand driver. Sainfoin's humor displeases Eugenie. Guillaume takes the wheel in such a way that it is necessary to hire a "driver", Yolande. Jealous, Eugenie asks Sainfoin to conquer Yolande. In the working car, two happy couples drive through the Italian landscapes.
Wooden Crosses
The young and patriotic student Demachy joins the French army in 1914 to defend his country. But he and his comrades soon experience the terrifying, endless trench war in Champagne, where more and more wooden crosses have to be erected for this cannon fodder.
Culprit
A man from a wealthy family falls in love with a florist, but the lover has to go to war and to leave his darling crying... and giving birth to a child.
Jocelyn
Adaptation of a romantic Lamartine poem. A youth leaves a monastery where he has stayed, after the anti-religious terror of the Revolution. He befriends a youth who turns out to be a girl. But his former bishop calls Jocelyn back to duty.
Secrets
A penniless private tutor is hired by a wealthy family in Provence. The brat is a reluctant pupil, but Michel, without any magic power, turns out to be a wonderful teacher and he wins them all over,not only the student but everyone, from the grumpy dowager to the clueless gorgeous blonde girl. But the best is yet to come:the boy's mother -a married woman- falls in love with the newcomer. And she becomes jealous of her young blonde goddaughter who has a romance with Michel
Two Women
Considering his wife as his property, a smuggler bullies the unfortunate woman and does not allow her to turn to another man.
Life Dances On
After the death of her husband, Christine realizes she has possibly wasted her life by marrying him instead of the man towards whom, in her youth, she had a stronger inclination. To overcome these dreary thoughts, she decides to find out about him and the other men who danced with her during a ball that was a turning point in her life, many years ago. She pays a visit to those forgotten acquaintances one after the other; Christine is not only surprised to see how they have fared, but also discovers the impact she had, unknowingly, on the feelings and the destiny of these persons.
The Strange Monsieur Victor
Outwardly, Monsieur Victor would appear to be the model citizen. A respectable Toulon shopkeeper, he has a devoted wife and is courteous and considerate to all who know him. However, beneath this veneer of respectability hides a notorious receiver of stolen goods, who trades with hardened criminals. Victor manages to keep up his double life without any difficulty until the fateful day when one of his partners in crime threatens to expose him. Fearing a scandal, Victor kills the crook in a moment of panic, using a shoemaker's tool. Naturally, the murder is blamed on a local shoemaker, who is sentenced to ten years' hard labour. Seven years later, the former shoemaker reappears in Toulon, having escaped from prison. The first person to recognise him is Monsieur Victor...
Zero for Conduct
In a repressive boarding school with rigid rules of behavior, four boys decide to rebel against the director on a celebration day.
Filmography
as Le marquis de Villemaur
as Koubaroff
as Le Pirate
as Self
as Sainfoin
as Dr. Laennec
as Flip
as François Mésaule
as Captain Ferane
as Le comte de Rysoor
as Pastor John Martens
as Knight Henri de Lagardère
as Himself - Narrator
as (voice)
as Gérard de Clergue
as René
as Pontcarral
as Pierre Darmont
as Pierre Florent
as Pierre Florent
as Domitien Van Bergen
as Napoléon Bonaparte
as Alexeï Nikitine
as Bastien Robineau
as Pierre-Joseph Lesurques
as Thierry Raynal
as Hermann
as Grégor Courdane alias : Condoyan
as Mathias Pascal / Adrien Meis
as Jérôme Lescuyer
as Claude Brévin
as Lieutenant Vadime Borzin
as Raskolnikov
as Keave
as Kalaf
as François Berthier
as Jean Arnaud
as Supervisor (uncredited)
as Jean Trapeau
as Sylvestre
as Pierre, le mari
as Le capitaine de Saint-Avit
as Adjudant Gilbert Demachy
as Captain Fracasse
as Boleslas Vorowski
as David
as Voix