Samson Fainsilber
Acting
Biography
Samson Fainsilber (18 June 1904, Iași – 19 December 1983, Paris) was a Romanian-born French film actor. During his career he appeared in around sixty films and television series. He featured in the 1933 historical drama Roger la Honte. Source: Article "Samson Fainsilber" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Born: May 18, 1904
Place of Birth: Iasi, Romania
Known For
Les Héritiers
Les Aventures de Papa Poule
The Accursed Kings
It is the start of the 14th century and Philip IV the Fair reigns supreme over France. His three sons would rule after him. Isabelle, his only daughter, is married to King Edward II of England. Under Philip's reign, France is great but its people are unhappy. Only one power dares to stand up to him: the order of the Knights Templar. When the last Grand Master of the Temple, Jacques de Molay, is burned at the stake, he curses Philip and so begins a dark period, full of blood and violence, death and tears ...
The Bread Peddler
A brave woman is sentenced to prison on false testimony. She escapes twenty years later and takes refuge in Paris where she carries bread while looking for her children Georges and Lucie who will find her and exonerate her.
Return at Dawn
Married to Karl Ammer, the station master of Thaya, a Hungarian quiet village, Anita is a pretty young peasant who feels deeply bored. She dreams of another life while watching the daily express trains to Budapest. An incident will force her to leave her province: she has to go to Budapest to attend the funeral of an aunt and receive a share of the inheritance. After completing the formalities, Anita misses the train to go back home and then she finds herself alone in the capital.
Janique Aimée
Providence
On the eve of his 78th birthday, the ailing, alcoholic writer Clive Langham spends a painful and sleepless night mentally composing and recomposing scenes for a novel in which characters based on his own family are shaped by his fantasies and memories, alongside his caustic commentary on their behaviour.
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.
Whirlwind of Paris
A gang of broke student musicians travel to Paris to take exams. But very quickly, the lack of money pushes young people to pass themselves off as professionals during the performance. They will then win the victory!
Animal
Mike (Jean-Paul Belmondo) is a stuntman who works with his girlfriend Jane (Raquel Welch). On their wedding day Mike and Jane are forced by producers to do a stunt for a film they are working on. Mike, annoyed doesn't look on the road and crashes the car causing them to end up in a hospital. After they come out Jane doesn't want to talk to Mike so he decides to get her a job in a film in which he is a stunt double for his double who is a star in action pictures but is in fact a wimp.
Filmography
as Zoltán Forbek
as M. Pera
as Le gobeur d'oeufs
as Petit rôle
as Le vieux maquilleur
as Igor
as Old Man
as L'homme aux oiseaux
as Gonzague
as L'employé au fichier
as Roger Mortimer le Vieux
as Mangenstein
as Lord Clinton
as Arsène Molivant, father of Alice
as Charles
as Grichka
as Mazarin
as Dr. Netter
as Sylvain
as L'inspecteur Veber
as Conti
as Paco
as Dario d'Alhucemas
as Dario
as Marc
as Monsieur de Peyrolles
as Castel
as Jocelyn
as Lucien de Noirville
as Schomburg
as Lawyer