Pierre Fresnay
Acting
Biography
Pierre Fresnay was a French stage and film actor.
Born: April 3, 1897
Place of Birth: Paris, France
Known For
Cinépanorama
Grand Illusion
A group of French soldiers, including the patrician Captain de Boeldieu and the working-class Lieutenant Maréchal, grapple with their own class differences after being captured and held in a World War I German prison camp. When the men are transferred to a high-security fortress, they must concoct a plan to escape beneath the watchful eye of aristocratic German officer von Rauffenstein, who has formed an unexpected bond with de Boeldieu.
César
Leaping forward twenty years, the trilogy continues with the death of Fanny's husband, Panisse, and the discovery of her secret by her son, Césariot. The young man resolves to track down his biological father, Marius, whose life has been fraught with calamity and poverty.
The Fugitives
During the Second World War, in 1943, two French prisoners, François and Michel, escape from Stalag B377 in northern Germany near the Baltic Sea. They meet another escaped compatriot, Pierre, who has donned the uniform of a German officer and joins them. Their goal: to reach neutral Sweden. To get there, they'll have to walk part of the way, then take a train to the coast and, from there, find a way to cross the sea to the shores of Sweden.
Le Corbeau
Remy Germain is a doctor in a French town who becomes the focus of a vicious smear campaign, as letters accusing him of having an affair and performing unlawful abortions are mailed to village leaders. The mysterious writer, who signs each letter as "Le Corbeau" (The Raven) soon targets the whole town, exposing everyone's dark secrets.
Fanny
Soon after Marius's departure, Fanny learns that she is pregnant with his child, to the disappointment of her mother and of Marius's father, César. To secure a better life for her unborn child, she accepts a marriage proposal from the aging widower Honoré Panisse.
Marius
César runs a bar along Marseilles' port, assisted by his 23-year-old son, Marius. Friends since childhood, Fanny and Marius love each other, but Marius has a secret wanderlust: every ship's whistle stirs a longing for foreign lands. When M. Panisse seeks Fanny's hand in marriage and when a departing clipper needs a deckhand, Marius and Fanny must decide who and what they love most. César, with his generous, wise spirit, tries to guide his son.
The Murderer Lives at Number 21
Paris, France. Commissaire Wens follows the lead of a ruthless murderer to an unexpected place.
The Phantom Wagon
French version of the Selma Lagerlof story, most famously filmed in 1921 by Victor Sjostrom, about a poor sinner who only realizes what misery he's wrought when he dies on New Year's Eve and is collected by Death in his carriage.
The Traveler Without Luggage
Having lost his memory due to serving in World War I, Gaston has spent the past 15 years in a psychiatric hospital. Due to his large disability pension fund, several families claim him as their missing son. Gaston is introduced to the Renaud family by the Duchess Dupont-Dufort and her lawyer. The Renaud family attempt to revive Gaston's memory with stories of his past, but he is apalled by some of the things he hears and dislikes the man he is supposed to be.
Filmography
as Tête d'horloge
as Narrator
as Baptiste Talon, retired SNCF employee
as Armand Vallin
as César Dandieu
as Joseph Andrieu
as Bastien
as Luis Vargas
as Hippolyte Barjus
as Antoine Fournier
as Self
as Marquis de Maubrun et maire
as Lieutenant Pierre Keller, instituteur
as Maurice Morand
as Edouard Martel
as Dr. Albert Schweitzer
as Professor Louis Delage
as Gaston Fournier
as M. Fabre
as Thomas Gourvennec
as Narrator (uncredited)
as Jacques Offenbach
as Narrator (voice)
as Carbot
as Moscat
as Le père Théotime
as Vincent de Paul
as Sauval
as Ludovic Mercier / Saget
as Gaston
as François Laferrière
as Le docteur Rémy Germain
as Pierre
as Roland Brissot
as Commissaire Wens
as Pierre Rabaud
as Le narrateur (uncredited)
as Marcus
as Commissaire Wens
as Abbot Daniel Maurey
as David Holm
as Octave, Philippe & Gérard de Chalencey
as Commander Lestailleur
as Francis aka 'Chéri-Bibi'
as Le commissaire Lavan
as Bordier
as Le capitaine de Boëldieu
as le capitaine Georges Carrère
as Razumov
as Marius Ollivier
as Raoul Vignerte
as Maxime Hauterive de Champcey
as Louis Bernard
as Armand Duval
as Jack
as Marius Olivier
as Marius Ollivier, fils de César
as Bouvier