Julien Duvivier — Playwright (21)
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Marianne of My Youth (1955) [Movie] IMDb TMDB WikiData
Marianne de ma jeunesse
director: Julien Duvivier actor: Horst Buchholz / Marianne Hold …
other title: Marianne meine Jugendliebe / Marianne de ma jeunesse …
A new teenage student arrives at a prestige boarding school in Bavaria, having not only the ability to play the guitar and sing, but also to charm animals and detect ghosts. Quickly becoming part of a secretive club of five other students, he is inadvertently stranded by them at an abandoned chateau on an island in the middle of a large lake, where he encounters an enchanting young woman who wants to escape. Also filmed in a separate French language version with largely different cast, MARIANNE DE MA JEUNESSE.
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Life Dances On (1937) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Un carnet de bal
director: Julien Duvivier actor: Harry Baur / Marie Bell …
other title: Carnet di ballo / Spiel der Erinnerung …
After the death of her husband, Christine realizes she has possibly wasted her life by marrying him instead of the man towards whom, in her youth, she had a stronger inclination. To overcome these dreary thoughts, she decides to find out about him and the other men who danced with her during a ball that was a turning point in her life, many years ago. She pays a visit to those forgotten acquaintances one after the other; Christine is not only surprised to see how they have fared, but also discovers the impact she had, unknowingly, on the feelings and the destiny of these persons.
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Here's Berlin (1932) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
Allo Berlin? Ici Paris!
director: Julien Duvivier actor: Josette Day / Germaine Aussey …
other title: Hallo hallo! Hier spricht Berlin! / Allo Berlin? Ici Paris!
Story of a rendezvous in Paris which is prepared through telephone calls between a Berlin telephonist and his female colleague in Paris.
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Moon over Morocco (1931) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
Les Cinq Gentlemen maudits
director: Julien Duvivier actor: René Lefèvre / Rosine Deréan …
other title: Les Cinq Gentlemen maudits
When one of their number tries to tear away the veil from the face of a woman of Morocco, five French tourists find themselves cursed by an Arabic sorcerer to die in a specified order before the next new moon appears - and one by one, in different ways, they begin to die as predicted...
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The Man in the Raincoat (1957) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
L'Homme à l'imperméable
director: Julien Duvivier actor: Fernandel / Bernard Blier …
other title: L'uomo dall'impermeabile / Der Mann im Regenmantel …
In the absence of his wife, a clarinet player is induced by a friend to meet a call girl, but arrived after a crime. Perceived by some people leaving the scene of the crime covered by his raincoat, he became the only suspect for the police. His only hope is to discover the murderer before is name is mentionned publicly, specially in front of his wife.
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On Trial (1954) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
L'Affaire Maurizius
director: Julien Duvivier actor: Daniel Gélin / Madeleine Robinson …
other title: Il caso Maurizius / Der Fall Maurizius …
Prosecutor Etzel discovers that his father has sentenced a man, Leonardo Maurizius, on mere presumptions. He then makes it a point of honor to trace the sources of the case to uncover the truth.
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Anna Karenina (1948) [Movie] IMDb TMDB WikiData
Anna Karenina
director: Julien Duvivier actor: Vivien Leigh / Ralph Richardson …
other title: Anna Karénine / Ana Karenina
In Imperial Russia, Anna, wife of the officer Karenin, goes to Moscow to visit her brother. On the way, she meets charming cavalry officer Vronsky, to whom she's immediately attracted. But in St. Petersburg’s high society, a relationship like this could destroy a woman’s reputation.
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Holiday for Henrietta (1952) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
La Fête à Henriette
director: Julien Duvivier actor: Dany Robin / Michel Auclair …
other title: Henriette / Auf den Straßen von Paris …
Two scriptwriters argue about the fate of Henrietta, a charming and gamine shopgirl. One favors a comical path for their heroine, who is overcome with sentimental love for a young photographer on Bastille Day. The other has a more thrilling and dastardly fate in mind for her. Among the film's irresistible conceits is Hildegarde Neff as an oversexed circus bareback rider.
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Deadlier Than the Male (1956) [Movie] IMDb TMDB WikiData
Voici le temps des assassins...
director: Julien Duvivier actor: Jean Gabin / Danièle Delorme …
other title: Ecco il tempo degli assassini / Der Engel, der ein Teufel war …
In the heart of Paris, a restaurateur's mundane life is disrupted by the arrival of his ex-wife's daughter, who claims to be in need after her mother's death. After marrying her, tensions rise when she becomes involved with a young student, leading to betrayal and murder. As secrets unfold, he uncovers the truth about her past and her manipulative nature.
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The End of the Day (1939) [Movie] IMDb TMDB WikiData
La Fin du jour
director: Julien Duvivier actor: Louis Jouvet / Michel Simon …
other title: I prigionieri del sogno / Lebensabend …
Aged penniless actors are living in a old people's home. They always talk about their past glory or failures. One day Raphael Saint-Clair comes; he has been a famous actor and had a lot of love affairs. Passions come back, and jealousies... A bitter film about aging, failure and the entertainment.
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The Impostor (1944) [Movie] IMDb TMDB WikiData
The Impostor
director: Julien Duvivier actor: Jean Gabin / Ellen Drew …
other title: L'impostore / L'Imposteur …
A condemned murderer named Clement is "liberated" when the Nazis bomb the French jail that holds him. During his escape, Clement comes across the body of a French soldier; he steals the dead man's uniform and identification papers, then hides from the law by joining the Resistance movement. Clement's new identity and purpose in life reforms him, and in due time he has sacrificed himself in service of his country.
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A Man's Head (1933) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
La Tête d'un homme
director: Julien Duvivier actor: Harry Baur / Valéry Inkijinoff …
other title: Il delitto della villa / Maigret - Um eines Mannes Kopf …
Willy Ferrière is a gambler living beyond his means, and his mistress is as greedy as he's dead broke. One day, he says out of loud in a a Montparnasse café that he would give 100,000 francs to get rid of his wealthy aunt so he could claim his inheritance. Someone secretly lets Willy know it's a deal. The old lady is murdered, and a low-life criminal is manipulated to be the perfect suspect. But Superintendant Maigret feels something is wrong.