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, France.

Partial filmography

* '' When Do You Commit Suicide?'' (1931) * ''

Luck Luck is the phenomenon and belief that defines the experience of improbable events, especially improbably positive or negative ones. The Naturalism (philosophy), naturalistic interpretation is that positive and negative events may happen at a ...

'' (1931) * ''

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'' (1932) * '' Monsieur Albert'' (1932) * '' Knock'' (1933) * '' La dame de chez Maxim's'' (1933) * '' Zouzou'' (1934) * '' The Typist Gets Married'' (1934) * ''

The Midnight Prince ''The Midnight Prince'' (French: ''Prince de minuit'') is a 1934 French musical comedy film directed by René Guissart and starring Henri Garat, Edith Méra and Monique Rolland.The A to Z of French Cinema p.196 The film's sets were designed b ...

'' (1934) * '' Hotel Free Exchange'' (1934) * '' If I Were Boss'' (1934) * '' Fanfare of Love'' (1935) * '' Tovaritch'' (1935) * '' Girls of Paris'' (1936) * '' The Heart Disposes'' (1936) * ''

The Green Jacket ''The Green Jacket'' (French: ''L'habit vert'') is a 1937 French comedy film directed by Roger Richebé and starring Elvire Popesco, Victor Boucher and Jules Berry. It is based on a play by Gaston Arman de Caillavet and Robert de Flers.Forman ...

'' (1937) * '' The Beauty of Montparnasse'' (1937) * '' The Man from Nowhere'' (1937) * ''

Rasputin Grigori Yefimovich Rasputin ( – ) was a Russian mystic and faith healer. He is best known for having befriended the imperial family of Nicholas II, the last Emperor of Russia, through whom he gained considerable influence in the final ye ...

'' (1938) * '' Crossroads'' (1938) * '' The Lafarge Case'' (1938) * '' Paid Holidays'' (1938) * '' The Duraton Family'' (1939) * ''

The Phantom Carriage ''The Phantom Carriage'' (, literally "The Wagoner") is a 1921 Swedish silent film directed by and starring Victor Sjöström, based on the 1912 novel '' Thy Soul Shall Bear Witness!'' (''Körkarlen'') by Swedish author Selma Lagerlöf. In the ...

'' (1939) * '' Annette and the Blonde Woman'' (1942) * '' Eight Men in a Castle'' (1942) * '' I Am with You'' (1943) * ''

La Main du diable ''La Main du diable'' ("The Devil's Hand"), also known as ''Carnival of Sinners'', is a 1943 French horror film directed by Maurice Tourneur and starring Pierre Fresnay as a struggling artist who acquires a supernatural talisman. Eventually, ho ...

'' (1943) * '' Picpus'' (1943) * '' Florence Is Crazy'' (1944) * '' Box of Dreams'' (1945) * '' Mademoiselle X'' (1945) * '' Boule de suif'' (1945) * '' Messieurs Ludovic'' (1946) * '' The Queen's Necklace'' (1946) * ''

Jericho Jericho ( ; , ) is a city in the West Bank, Palestine, and the capital of the Jericho Governorate. Jericho is located in the Jordan Valley, with the Jordan River to the east and Jerusalem to the west. It had a population of 20,907 in 2017. F ...

'' (1946) * '' The Uncatchable Mr. Frederic'' (1946) * '' The Sea Rose'' (1946) * '' Messieurs Ludovic'' (1946) * '' The Grand Hotel Affair'' (1946) *'' Rumours'' (1947) * '' The Royalists'' (1947) * '' The Eleven O'Clock Woman'' (1948) * '' The Dance of Death'' (1948) * '' The Farm of Seven Sins'' (1949) * ''

Dakota 308 ''Dakota 308'' is a 1951 French crime film directed by Jacques Daniel-Norman and starring Suzy Carrier, Jean Pâqui and Louis Seigner.Rège p.910 The film's sets were designed by the art director Lucien Carré. Synopsis The plot concerns a Da ...

'' (1951) * ''

Gigolo A gigolo ( ) is a male escort, call boy or social companion who is supported by a person in a continuing relationship. The term ''gigolo'' usually implies a man who adopts a lifestyle consisting of a number of such relationships serially rat ...

'' (1951) * '' The Road to Damascus'' (1952) * '' On Trial'' (1954) * '' Nana'' (1955) * ''

Marguerite de la nuit ''Marguerite de la nuit'' (US title: ''Marguerite of the Night'') is a 1955 French language motion picture fantasy drama directed by Claude Autant-Lara, and written by Ghislaine Autant-Lara (screenplay & dialogue) and Gabriel Arout (adaptation), ...

'' (1955) * '' If Paris Were Told to Us'' (1956) * '' King of Hearts'' (1966)

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