Émile Genevois

AKA: Emile Gennevois, Émile Jean Genevois, E. Genevoix
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1918-01-01

Barlin, Pas-de-Calais, France

Biography

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Cast RolesCast Roles Played = {75}

Gavroche

1934-02-09 7.9

Les Misérables

In 19th century France, Jean Valjean, a man imprisoned for stealing bread, must flee a relentless policeman named Javert. The pursuit consumes both men's lives, and soon Valjean finds himself in the m ...
Genre :Drama, History

Un complice

1950-05-24 3.7

A Certain Mister

Documents relevant to National Defence have been concealed in a certain vase by a dangerous gang of robbers. To neutralize the criminals, a seasoned police commissioner and his clumsy assistant, young ...
Genre :Comedy, Crime

'La Souris', kid who takes a liking to Crainquebille

1934-03-16 0

Crainquebille

Crainquebille, merchant of four seasons, is sentenced to fifteen days in prison for having insulted a police officer. When he leaves, his clientele moves away from him and Crainquebille thinks of suic ...
Genre :Comedy, Drama

Pastry boy

1934-07-13 0

La cinquième empreinte

Jacques de Nisson, a rich man, has a new mistress, Lucie Cavelier. Which does not prevent him from courting Florence, the wife of his lawyer friend Forestier. One day, Jacques is found murdered and ch ...
Genre :Crime

The kid who plays at the races

1935-01-11 0

Le Billet de mille

The tribulations of a banknote, from its exit from a counter to its destruction, passing through dozens of hands. ...
Genre :Comedy

1935-10-11 0

La Fille de Madame Angot

Under the Directory, Clairette is in love with the chansonnier Ange Pitou, while the hairdresser Pomponnet is destined for her as a husband. But Ange Pitou is flighty and lets herself be seduced by Ma ...
Genre :Comedy

1935-12-20 0

Debout là-dedans !

A student monitor in a high school in the French provinces has no control over the pupils. He is in love with the caretaker's daughter but his superior, the Dean of Discipline, is also his love rival. ...
Genre :

1936-02-21 0

Rose

Genre :

1936-08-21 0

The Terrible Lovers

After a year of turbulent marriage Annette and Daniel get a divorce, and each marries again. However, they meet again on the French Riviera and are tempted to give in to their old passion... ...
Genre :Comedy

Bellboy (uncredited)

1942-08-06 6

The Marriage of Chiffon

Odette Joyeux plays an eccentric young aristocrat called "Chiffon", who is struggling to comply with the social conventions of the community. A widow, her mother (Suzanne Dantes) would like to remarry ...
Genre :Comedy

Hunter (uncredited)

1942-10-14 6.2

Midnight in Paris

On a rainy night, eccentric tramp Mr. La Souris finds a corpse. But the body soon vanishes in his car leaving only his wallet. While the police start investigating a missing person report, La Souris c ...
Genre :Mystery, Drama, Crime

Gros Charles

1941-12-02 6.3

Portrait of Innocence

A student from an elementary school accidentally breaks the glass roof of his school. His comrades decide to support it by working during the summer holidays in order to pay for reconstruction. ...
Genre :Comedy, Drama

Le vendeur de journaux

1950-03-16 5.2

Au P'tit Zouave

Au p'tit Zouave, a café, sees a colorful clientele from working-class Paris. An assassin will shake up the daily life of the regulars. ...
Genre :Comedy

Le jeune cuistot (uncredited)

1945-08-11 5

Majestic Hotel Cellars

In my “cellar” where case workers all the people of a great hotel, the head of the café, Donge, finds the corpse of Mrs Petersen, a rich client. The investigation by Maigret allows him to rub the husb ...
Genre :Crime, Drama, Mystery

Marcel

1946-05-15 0

Son of France

The crew of a tank from the 1st French army took part in the liberation of Strasbourg during the fall of 1944. ...
Genre :War, Drama

(uncredited)

1946-12-03 7.1

Gates of the Night

In post-Liberation Paris, a man reunites with a friend and meets the woman of his dreams, only to discover her brother's dark past. ...
Genre :Drama, Romance

The second man

1949-06-28 6.6

Wear His Heart on His Sleeve

Léon Ménard, the village verger, is a decent young man whose hobby is to play the accordion. One day he is fired for having accompanied Mary Pinson, a singer deemed scandalous by the right-minded pari ...
Genre :Comedy

Carrel

1949-02-09 0

Les Dieux du dimanche

A soccer enthusiast like his father, Martin Lambert is the (gifted) goalkeeper of the local team. He falls in love with Jeanette and soon marries her. Alongside a happy marital life, Martin becomes a ...
Genre :

Server of the Roi Soleil (uncredited)

1950-09-20 6.5

Justice Is Done

Elsa Lundenstein is accused of having murdered her lover. The jury discusses the case vividly. All members are somehow prejudiced because of personal life experience and subsequently each member reads ...
Genre :Drama, Mystery

The newspaper vendor

1949-03-04 0

Jo la Romance

For love, the singer Georges Hyverlin gives up his profession to work with his father-in-law in his car factory. When the passion for song takes him back, he manages to resume his career thanks to the ...
Genre :Music

Robert

1949-03-23 4.8

Five Red Tulips

During the Tour de France, five riders are found murdered with a red tulip near their bodies. A journalist and a police inspector lead the investigation to unmask the murderer. ...
Genre :Crime

Newspaper seller

1950-11-25 5.2

The Strollers

Jean-Louis forgets to use the pedestrian crossing;Who could have believed then where it would lead the unfortunate guy to? ...
Genre :Drama

The concierge

1950-11-02 0

Paris Incident

Story is primarily based on the adventures of Antoine, a young telegraph messenger on his second night of work. He is given three telegrams, one of which is for the president of the Camber of Deputies ...
Genre :

Newspaper crier (uncredited)

1950-11-11 5.5

Lost Souvenirs

Suppose lost and found objects could talk... But they can! At least four of them... : -A statuette of Osiris remembers how two ex-lovers, a model and a good for nothing who claimed to be an Egyptologi ...
Genre :Fantasy, Drama

Le laitier (uncredited)

1949-06-30 5

I Love Only You

Ronaldo, a singer with the growing reputation dedicating himself body and soul to his art, sacrificing his marriage. ...
Genre :Comedy, Romance, Music

The photograph

1951-01-05 3.5

The Straw Lover

The wife of gunsmith Gaston Sarazin cheats on him with his salesman. The husband, informed, wants revenge. The culprits try to divert suspicion on the dashing Stanislas. The husband forces the straw l ...
Genre :Comedy

Contact

1949-11-30 6.4

At the Grand Balcony

World War I aviator Carbot attempts to establish a commercial airline after the war, for the purpose of delivering the mail to the outermost regions of France. ...
Genre :Drama

Un consommateur au bar (uncredited)

1951-11-14 4.5

The Cape of Hope

Lyria, a faded beauty who runs a seedy waterfront bar, is madly in love with Bob, a crooked attorney. Bob can't bring himself to confess his love for Minnie, the pretty daughter of Simon, a safe crack ...
Genre :Crime, Drama

Gaston's friend

1951-11-28 6.2

Perfectionist

Professor Louis Delage is a kidney transplant specialist. He is so good in his field that his peers nickname him the "great man". But one day, one of his patients die during surgery and Delage starts ...
Genre :Drama

(uncredited)

1950-02-10 5.6

The Ferret

A mysterious figure signing himself "The Ferret" keeps sending letters to the police, tipping them off about murders that are to be committed around Paris. Among those caught up in the police manhunt ...
Genre :Crime

1952-05-09 1

Hello… I love you

Since he met Odette, Pierre thinks only of her. Every day, he calls her saying only "Hello...I love you". Then he manages to get hired in the factory where Odette works... ...
Genre :Comedy

1951-05-02 0

Les Mémoires de la vache Yolande

A drama teacher works as an extra in the cinema: he has to milk a cow. Left alone with the animal in the studio, he is forced to bring it up to his apartment. The police, the Humane Society and the go ...
Genre :Comedy

The bellhop (uncredited)

1951-08-29 6

The Prettiest Sin in the World

Zoé, a pretty penniless girl, decides on the advice of her neighbor to embark on gallantry. After a brief failure, she meets a young boy, Jacques Lebreton who is about to get married. After causing th ...
Genre :Comedy

Bellboy (uncredited)

1952-10-31 5

Ils sont dans les vignes...

In 1935, in the Burgundian village of Valromey, Commissioner Desbordes was the very unpopular leader of the anti-alcoholic league. His own brother, Pimpin, is an unconditional defender of the vineyard ...
Genre :Comedy

Le camelot (uncredited)

1953-01-09 5.3

One Hundred Francs Per Second

Philippe, an employee at the Bourdinet firm, having been caught kissing Jacqueline, his boss's daughter, is fired. Some time later, Bourdinet launches a radio quiz show to boost his business. Philippe ...
Genre :Comedy

(uncredited)

1952-12-17 7

Holiday for Henrietta

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 Bast ...
Genre :Comedy

Groom

1952-12-26 0

It Happened in Paris

Wealthy American Patricia comes to spend some time at her uncle's place in Paris. While out on her own for the evening she meets pseudo-Russian prince Vladimir in a bistro. ...
Genre :Comedy

Worker

1951-10-26 0

The High Life

Jojo is a seventeen-year-old factory worker living poorly in Aubervilliers with his grandmother. Dissatisfied with his lackluster everyday life, Jojo dreams of the high life. He starts mixing with sha ...
Genre :Drama

Le facteur

1951-10-31 6

Trip to America

As part of the fascination in post World War II France with American culture, a young French couple here travel to the US to see for themselves the prosperity they have heard about. ...
Genre :Comedy

L'homme du paquet au chauffeur de M. Walter (uncredited)

1953-03-15 5.4

Les Dents longues

A young, talented and ambitious journalist, Louis heads off to try his luck in Paris. He's spotted by Walter, editor-in-chief for a major daily newspaper, who takes to him and furthers his career. Wha ...
Genre :Drama

Mechanic (uncredited)

1953-02-27 6.1

Follow That Man

While celebrating his birthday, police inspector Basquier recalls two of his most celebrated cases. The first involves duplicitous moneylender Olga. The second concerns the brutal broad daylight murde ...
Genre :Crime

Station-master

1957-06-20 5.6

The Happy Road

Two children run away from a Swiss boarding school and set out for Paris, with their frantic parents in hot pursuit. ...
Genre :Comedy

Le garçon de course (uncredited)

1956-08-20 6.3

Blood to the Head

François Cardinaud is one of the richest shipowners in the region. But this success arouses resentment and jealousy. When Marthe, his wife, leaves the home without warning, Cardinaud sees her life cra ...
Genre :Drama

Margis

1955-03-18 0

Oasis

Two female agents from a rival gang are sent to disrupt the operations of a gold-smuggler's caravan in Africa. ...
Genre :Adventure

Siegella's Henchman

1953-11-22 5.8

This Man Is Dangerous

On the run from international police, Special Agent Lemmy Caution arrives in the South of France and soon becomes embroiled in a scheme with the infamous gangster Siegella. Whilst seeming to co-operat ...
Genre :Crime, Thriller, Action

1952-03-13 7.366

Casque d'Or

At the end of the 19th century, during a ball in Joinville, on the outskirts of Paris, Georges, a former delinquent working as a carpenter, meets Marie, a young woman connected to a criminal gang. ...
Genre :Drama, Crime, Romance

Coachman of the omnibus

1958-03-12 7.162

Les Misérables

In 19th century France, Jean Valjean, a man imprisoned for stealing bread, must flee a relentless policeman named Javert. The pursuit consumes both men's lives, and soon Valjean finds himself in the m ...
Genre :Drama

P'tit Louis

1953-04-14 5.2

Rue de l'estrapade

While Henri Laurent speeds along on the racing circuits, his pretty wife Françoise goes from luxury boutique to luxury boutique with her best friend Denise. One day, Denise lets her know that Henri ha ...
Genre :Comedy, Romance

Soldier Alfred

1955-10-28 4.3

La Madelon

1914, a small village of the Marne. Charming and woken up, Madeleine, said the Madelon, who works in the coffee(café) of his father, Tourlourou, account of numerous pretenders. To the rich Antoine Pic ...
Genre :Comedy

1955-08-08 4.5

Nights of Montmartre

Bobby earns his living in Montmartre by duping naïve provincials, along with his pal Julien, as well as crooks and drug dealers, replaced by bicarbonate. His friend Monique, who dances at Le Paradou, ...
Genre :Comedy, Crime, Drama

'Petit Louis', burglar inmate

1956-06-29 0

La joyeuse prison

Benoit, the head guard of Clouville Prison, prefers to be liked than feared. This basic principle transforms the jail-house into a joyful prison, where all the inmates live amicably together. Among th ...
Genre :Comedy

Filot

1955-02-23 7

The Ragpickers of Emmaus

The Emmaüs community opened and functioned thanks to the generous impetus of Abbé Pierre Groues, bringing together a cross-section of the underprivileged: unemployed truck drivers, former paratroopers ...
Genre :Comedy, Drama

Coffee boy

1956-12-20 0

I'll Get Back to Kandara

One evening, professor André Barret sees the author of a murder in the darkness; cafe owner Cordelec is the victim. From then on, his suspicions fall on one of his students who had just arrived in his ...
Genre :Drama

1958-10-15 0

Madame et son auto

Sophie Dirondel, history teacher at the Saint-Cloison-sur-Ermoise, wins the jackpot of a lottery, a 2CV. The good-natured woman is both happy and slightly upset, as she doe not have her driving-licens ...
Genre :Comedy

1956-04-25 7

Law of the Streets

Yves Tréguier, a young orphan, escapes from a reform school in Brittany to join "Dédé la Glace" in Paris, an old-timer with whom he has a sincere friendship. The love of Zette, a young girl he has met ...
Genre :Drama

Tout

1958-04-09 3.2

Incognito

Bob Stanley was an American secret agent during World War II in France. After the war Stanley returns to France as a consul. In reality, he works for the FBI, to roll up the organization that manufact ...
Genre :Action, Crime

1961-04-28 0

Skin and Bones

Convicted of murdering his wife, a crime of which he declares himself innocent, Jacques Mazur is serving a long sentence in a prison where his presence causes disruption. ...
Genre :Drama

Charlie

1955-04-13 7.785

Rififi

Out of prison after a five-year stretch, jewel thief Tony turns down a quick job his friend Jo offers him, until he discovers that his old girlfriend Mado has become the lover of local gangster Pierre ...
Genre :Crime, Thriller, Drama

Tit-Bé Chapdelaine

1934-12-14 8

Maria Chapdelaine

A young woman has three suitors on her father's logging ranch on the Quebec frontier. ...
Genre :Romance, Drama

L'homme qui repêche Raoul de l'eau

1958-03-19 5

Hardboiled Egg Time

A shy, penniless employee of the garage owner Grillot, the gentle Louis wins $10 million in the lottery. Flitting along the banks of the Seine, he takes in Raoul Grandvivier, an unknown, untalented pa ...
Genre :Comedy

Worker

1955-12-30 6.8

The Best Part

Philippe Perrin, a young engineer passionate about his work, leads the construction of a huge dam in the High Alps. Like all the men who work on the building site, he gives the best part of himself. U ...
Genre :Drama

Monsieur Grino (uncredited)

1952-04-16 5

The Man in My Life

L'homme de ma vie stars Madeleine Robinson as Madeleine, who after being abandoned by her lover is forced to raise her baby all by herself. Supporting herself and her child as a prostitute, Madeleine ...
Genre :Drama

Fred, régisseur de la troupe de théâtre (uncredited)

1957-05-24 6.5

Sénéchal the Magnificent

Sénéchal, an actor touring the provinces with the "Tournées Carlini" does not meet the success he thinks he deserves. One night in Dreux, he finds himself without his luggage and dressed up as a Forei ...
Genre :Comedy

The waiter (uncredited)

1957-03-20 5.6

Until the Last One

Just released from prison after serving a six-month sentence, Fernand Bastia goes into hiding. He has indeed double-crossed his gang by keeping part of the product of a robbery for himself. Thanks to ...
Genre :Thriller

1959-12-22 0

Without Trumpet or Drum

Summer 1870. Following the French defeat at Sedan. Léon, a soldier in a detachment isolated in the Ardennes forest, is sent in search of water. When he discovers the most peaceful of rivers, he decide ...
Genre :Comedy, War

Jojo

1958-09-24 5.3

Et ta sœur…

Bastien du Boccage is a repeat offender: hasn't he been sent to jail no fewer than six times? But he is no ordinary criminal mind you. As a matter of fact he is a newspaper editor and should have no p ...
Genre :Comedy

Guest of the hostel

1960-04-13 6.3

The Baron of the Locks

The lucky Baron wins a boat in a card game and takes off with his former lover to find new adventures. Adverse circumstances land them in a small town, where the Baron's seafaring companion leaves for ...
Genre :Comedy

Le livreur

1950-12-08 0

L'homme de joie

A boudoir adventure during which the seductive Madame Jolivet, shocked by the behavior of her husband who appears with an actress, calls on the services of a young man, known as "the man of joy". ...
Genre :Comedy

1951-01-01 5.5

Champions Juniors

Even back in 1951, boys knew more about cars than their dads. ...
Genre :Comedy

Young cyclist

1952-10-22 6.1

The Moment of Truth

After attending to a suicidal young man, Dr Richard learns that his wife has been unfaithful for years. This comes as a shock after 10 years of supposedly happy marriage. Back home, he demands answers ...
Genre :Drama

Le blessé de la main

1955-05-09 0

Les Hommes en blanc

Jean Nerac completes his medical studies, sure of a successful career, but less sure of his attempts with fellow student Marianne, who refuses to accept him. Nerac leaves for the Auvergne. An old doct ...
Genre :Drama

1935-09-05 10

Dark Eyes

In 1913, in Russia, a widower hides from his daughter that he is a butler in a meeting restaurant. She meets a banker who is trying to seduce her and takes her to this restaurant. The father, knowing ...
Genre :Drama

Un coureur cycliste (uncredited)

1955-10-18 5.8

Papa, Mama, My Wife and Me

Robert Langlois is now married to Catherine, the former housemaid. And they would live happily ever after if the housing crisis did not force them to live together with Gabrielle and Fernand, Robert's ...
Genre :Comedy

Un soldat (uncredited)

1953-09-16 7.502

The Earrings of Madame de...

In late 19th century France, the Countess Louise, wife of a wealthy general, sells the earrings her husband gave her on their wedding day to pay off her secret debts, then claims to have lost them. He ...
Genre :Drama, Romance

1956-02-15 6

People of No Importance

During a stay at a roadside inn, long-distance lorry driver Jean Viard meets a young woman Clothilde who works there. Their friendship soon develops into a passionate love affair, even though Jean is ...
Genre :Drama