A wealthy aristocrat disguises himself as a poor, deformed hunchback in order to avenge a murder. Read More »
Tag Archives: Pierre Blanchar
After Love / Après l’amour (1947) Maurice Tourneur, Pierre Blanchar, Simone Renant, Gisèle Pascal
A husband leads a double life, one for his lover Read More »
Captain Fracasse / Le capitaine Fracasse (1929) Alberto Cavalcanti, Henry Wulschleger, Pierre Blanchar, Lien Deyers, Charles Boyer
Capt. Fracasse, a down-on-his-luck nobleman, gives shelter at his estate one night to a troupe of traveling actors. Read More »
Queen of Atlantis / L’Atlantide (1932) Georg Wilhelm Pabst, Brigitte Helm, Pierre Blanchar, Tela Tchaï
Antinea. the Queen of Atlantis, rules her secret kingdom hidden beneath the Sahara Desert. Read More »
Strange M. Victor / L’étrange Monsieur Victor (1938) Jean Grémillon, Raimu, Pierre Blanchar, Madeleine Renaud
A merchant from Toulon (Raimu) of honorable appearance is in fact a receiver for a band of criminals. Read More »
Courier of Lyons / L’affaire du courrier de Lyon (1937) Claude Autant-Lara, Maurice Lehmann, Pierre Blanchar, Dita Parlo, Jacques Copeau
Historical drama based on a true case of miscarriage of justice, the “Joseph Lesurques case” of 1796. Read More »
Crime and Punishment / Crime et châtiment (1935) Pierre Chenal, Harry Baur, Pierre Blanchar, Madeleine Ozeray
Raskolnikov is a Russian man who follows an unusual moral code. Read More »
Adorable Sinner (1959) Robert Siodmak, Romy Schneider, Curd Jürgens, Pierre Blanchar
The Tsar Alexandre II meets a young student, Katia. He understands that he loves her Read More »
Wooden Crosses (1932) Raymond Bernard, Pierre Blanchar, Gabriel Gabrio, Charles Vanel
The young and patriotic student Demachy joins the French army in 1914 to defend his country. Read More »
Le Joueur d’Echecs / The Chess Player (1927) Raymond Bernard, Pierre Blanchar, Charles Dullin, Édith Jéhanne, Drama, Fantasy
In 1776, an inventor conceals a Polish nobleman in his chess-playing automaton, a machine whose fame leads it to the court of the Russian empress. Read More »