Capt. Fracasse, a down-on-his-luck nobleman, gives shelter at his estate one night to a troupe of traveling actors. Read More »
Tag Archives: Pierre Blanchar
Queen of Atlantis AKA 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 AKA 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 AKA 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 AKA 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 »
La symphonie pastorale (1946) Jean Delannoy, Pierre Blanchar, Michèle Morgan, Line Noro, Drama
On Christmas Eve, Jean Martens, a Swiss minister, takes in a blind half-crippled orphan and brings her up with his four children. Read More »