René Génin
Acting
Biography
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Born: January 25, 1890
Place of Birth: Aix-en-Provence, France
Known For
Glamador
Fafai, a young boy, lives with his grandfather on the island of Glamador in the Camargue. To help the old man who can no longer work, Fafai finds a job as a caretaker. He must tame wild horses. But during a storm, they escape and swim to the island of Glamador. Fafai leaves for the island to bring back the herd... Glamador is none other than the island on which Folco and Crin-Blanc end up arriving after their escape, told in Crin-Blanc. This film is the sequel to “Crin Blanc”.
The Beautiful Trip
She dragged out a more than mediocre life in the port of Antwerp; he is a renowned pianist-virtuoso. These two solitary beings, totally different, meet by chance on a liner and gradually realize that they complement each other harmoniously.
L'Enquête du 58
A train driver has not slowed down at a signal and caused an accident whose victim is a gatekeeper. Two inspectors come to investigate the affair. During his interrogation, the driver refuses to provide an explanation for his action and is charged with malpractice. The only one he will tell the truth to is the gatekeeper's wife.
L'Accroche-cœur
A seasoned con-man devises an elaborate plan to relieve a rich socialite of a hefty chunk of her fortune but her falling in love with him complicates matters.
Retour au bonheur
Wanting to complete the research of her doctor husband, a former actress returns to the stage and therefore abandons her home. Badly supervised, her little boy runs away. We find him ill in the Alps. He is saved by his father and the parents' union is sealed again.
Daybreak
After committing a murder, a man locks himself in his apartment and recollects the events that led him to the killing.
Eyes Without a Face
Dr. Génessier is riddled with guilt after an accident that he caused disfigures the face of his daughter, the once beautiful Christiane, who outsiders believe is dead. Dr. Génessier, along with accomplice and laboratory assistant Louise, kidnaps young women and brings them to the Génessier mansion. After rendering his victims unconscious, Dr. Génessier removes their faces and attempts to graft them on to Christiane's.
Port of Shadows
Down a foggy, desolate road to the port city of Le Havre travels Jean, an army deserter looking for another chance to make good on life. Fate, however, has a different plan for him, as acts of both revenge and kindness render him front-page news.
A Cage of Nightingales
In France, in 1930, a supervisor of a boarding school for young offenders seeks to awaken the music by forming a choir, despite the skepticism of his boarding school director.
Boys' School
In a college, three friends form a secret society. Their objective - going to America. One night, after one of their secret meetings, one of them sees a man coming out from a wall. The next day, after he talks about it, he disappears. Then, the second one vanishes. Are they gone to their dreams? That's when the art teacher is murdered. Suspicions now are too high so the third one decides to investigate.
Filmography
as Shopkeeper
as Pierre Kerjean
as Peasant
as Frédéric Henderson
as Mathias
as Burie
as Mr. Chapuis
as Emile Tessot
as Donadieu
as The grandfather (voice)
as Mignien
as Le greffier
as Le curé
as Le maire
as Vicar
as Mayor
as Arnaud, town hall secretary
as Father with dogs
as Guardian of the church of Assy
as Concierge (segment "L'alibi de monsieur Wens")
as Le docteur Marchandeau
as Vicar
as le curé
as Le premier client de Marie
as Henri
as Father Lajeunesse / Clerk
as Old tramp
as Camille
as Coachman
as Yvon's father
as Victor
as Mayor / Vicar
as The gravedigger
as Violinist
as Duchemin
as Firmin
as Le maire d'Azay
as Guardian of the Tomb
as Doctor Schaefer
as Labique, second-hand clothes dealer
as Toubredin
as Captain
as The owner of the lingerie store
as Kerroët
as Néel
as Camille Duroc
as Perrin
as Ernest
as Simon l'aiguilleur
as Father Maxence
as Calixte
as Ramuel
as Gourlet
as Tramp
as Vicar
as Louis
as Pascaud
as 'La Coule'
as Priest
as Maënnec
as Goupi-Dicton
as Gabrielle's father
as Photographer
as Abbot
as Vicar Agnel
as Jouset
as Alfred
as Durieu
as Firmin
as Octave
as Louis Martet
as Delobelle
as Milou
as Specialist
as Boisselot
as Le père Éternel
as Il padrone della pensione
as Guesthouse Proprietor
as Blain
as Le concierge
as Le vieux professeur
as Le curé
as Roméo
as Le concierge du ministère
as Démosthène
as Le prêtre
as Controller
as The Doctor
as Donnadieu, prof. de musique
as Vicar
as (uncredited)
as Mr. Vigouroux, station master
as Gendarme
as le balayeur
as L'adjoint du maire
as A laborer
as Le second du professeur
as l'ivrogne
as Cascaroni / L'aubergiste
as Lukas, le philosophe
as Jules Fouillard
as l'encaustiqueur
as le pêcheur du bistrot
as The stutterer
as Le cabaretier
as L'aubergiste
as Client at the Auberge
as le deuxième valet
as Le maréchal des logis Bellare
as L'huissier