Pierre Brasseur
8 titles
Filmography
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Eyes Without a Face
(1960)After causing an accident that disfigures his daughter face, a Paris surgeon’s futile plan to fix it involves transplanting skin from kidnapped women.

Gates of the Night
(1946)
The Curious Adventures of Mr. Wonderbird
(1953)Wonderbird aids a chimney sweep and his beloved shepherdess in this incredible animated classic adventure for the whole family to enjoy.
Summer Light
(1943)
King of Hearts
(1966)During World War I, Scottish soldier Private Plumpick is sent on a mission to a village in the French countryside to disarm a bomb set by the retreating German army. Plumpick encounters a strange town occupied by the former residents of the local psychiatric hospital who escaped after the villagers deserted.

Children of Paradise
(1945)Poetic realism reached sublime heights with Children of Paradise, widely considered one of the greatest French films of all time. This nimble depiction of nineteenth-century Paris's theatrical demimonde, filmed during World War II, follows a mysterious woman loved by four different men: an actor, a criminal, a count, and, most poignantly, a mime.

Il bell'Antonio
(1960)
Le Plaisir
(1952)Roving with his dazzlingly mobile camera around the decadent ballrooms, bucolic countryside retreats, urban bordellos, and painter's studios of late nineteenth-century French life, Max Ophuls brings his astonishing visual dexterity and storytelling bravura to this triptych of tales by Guy de Maupassant about the limits of spiritual and physical pleasure. Featuring a stunning cast of French stars (including Danielle Darrieux, Jean Gabin, and Simone Simon), Le plaisir pinpoints the cruel ironies and happy compromises of life with a charming and sophisticated breeziness.