Raimu

AKA: Jules Auguste Muraire, Jules Raimu

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1883-12-18

Toulon, France

Biography

Raimu was the stage name for the French actor Jules Auguste Muraire (18 December 1883 – 20 September 1946). He is most famous for playing César in the Marseilles trilogy (Marius, Fanny and César).

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Cast RolesCast Roles Played = {51}

César Ollivier

1931-10-09 7.387

Marius

César runs a bar along Marseilles' port, assisted by his 23-year-old son, Marius. Friends since childhood, Fanny and Marius love each other, but Marius has a secret wanderlust: every ship's whistle st ...

Genre :Comedy, Drama, Romance

César Olivier

1932-10-27 7.5

Fanny

Soon after Marius's departure, Fanny learns that she is pregnant with his child, to the disappointment of her mother and of Marius's father, César. To secure a better life for her unborn child, she ac ...

Genre :Comedy, Drama

Aimable Castanier

1938-09-07 7.4

The Baker's Wife

In this little Provencal village, a new baker, Aimable, settles down. His wife Aurelie is beautiful and much younger than he. She departs with a shepherd the night after Aimable produces his first bre ...

Genre :Comedy, Drama

César Ollivier

1936-01-01 7.6

César

Leaping forward twenty years, the trilogy continues with the death of Fanny's husband, Panisse, and the discovery of her secret by her son, Césariot. The young man resolves to track down his biologica ...

Genre :Comedy, Drama

Loulou Barbentane

1939-02-17 6.5

Cocoanut

A small town gentleman learns that his prim and proper wife was once a showgirl, and that, even worse, he had enjoyed a one night stand with her in the Orient. ...

Genre :

Marcel Desnoyers

1931-03-27 6

Black and White

A one-night stand with an entertainer threatens to destroy a woman's marriage after she gives birth to a black child. ...

Genre :Comedy

Maître Hector Loursat

1942-05-16 7

Strangers in the House

Loursat, a lawyer, lives with his daughter Nicole in a sinister and vast bourgeois residence. Abandoned for nearly twenty years by his wife, the brilliant lawyer has sunk into alcoholism and his relat ...

Genre :Drama, Crime, Mystery

Labaume

1935-09-27 5

School for Coquettes

Ginette, a Parisian seamstress, lives poorly but happily with her musician lover. When Count la Ferronnière offers to teach her the manners and behaviours that will open her the doors to a richer worl ...

Genre :

Monsieur Prosper

1934-10-15 0

Midnight, Place Pigalle

After retiring as a butler in a nightclub where he made his fortune, Prosper decides to return to his job after the death of his wife. Now ruined, he only finds a job as a dishwasher. ...

Genre :

Mr. Jouvenel

1936-02-07 0

The Secret of Polichinelle

Secret de Polichinelle roughly translates as Open Secret. The "secret" in question is an illegitimate child, the offspring of young-and-foolish Henri (Bernard Lacret). The baby is adopted by its grand ...

Genre :

Vicar Maffre

1941-09-24 4.5

Parade in 7 Nights

In the pound, Pipo the dog recounts his adventures to his fellow inmates. ...

Genre :Comedy, Drama

1939-08-04 0

Monsieur Brotonneau

A man leaves his adulterous wife for his secretary, but then the wife apologizes and wants her husband back again. ...

Genre :

Jean Vernet

1940-03-20 0

The Man Who Seeks the Truth

Jean Vernet, an unselfish banker, feels fine : he has a charming mistress, Jacqueline ; a godson, Fernand, that he took in when he was a child and that he has brought up and cherished ever since ; a f ...

Genre :Comedy

Francois Patusset

1937-09-09 6.9

Life Dances On

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 dre ...

Genre :Drama, Romance

Samplan

1935-12-18 6.8

Dawn Over France

The gratuitous murder of his father and the misery of the people, aggravated by a succession of bad harvests, lead Gaspard, a great admirer of Mandrin and blacksmith by profession, to revolt. With his ...

Genre :Drama

Nicolas Pavlovitch

1946-06-19 7.7

The Eternal Husband

An adaptation of Fyodor Dostoyevsky's "Le Eternel Mari", a somber story of marital infidelity, revenge and near madness, and starring Raimu in his last film appearance. ...

Genre :Drama

Pascal Amoretti

1940-12-20 7

The Well-Digger's Daughter

A rural maiden's two suitors go off to war, leaving her pregnant. ...

Genre :Drama, Romance, Comedy

Le Mari

1936-12-31 6.7

Let's Make a Dream

A husband who has just cheated on his wife returns home in the early morning, puzzled. He finds there, without knowing it, the lover of his wife, to whom he confesses his infidelity. ...

Genre :Comedy, Romance

Uncle Jules Froment

1943-04-07 5.1

The Heart of a Nation

The story of how the people of Paris cope with the strains and struggles of war, from the siege of the city by the Prussians during the Franco-Prussian War of 1871 to the invasion by the Germans in Wo ...

Genre :Drama, War

Charpillon

1941-04-11 7

Little Nothings

Following a broadcast on the radio, each of the listeners remembers these "little nothings" (the title is borrowed from a play by Mozart), which have often changed their lives. Each of these stories t ...

Genre :Comedy

Captain Hurluret

1932-09-18 6.2

Fun in the Barracks

The life of disorderly soldiers in the barracks dealing with daily routines. ...

Genre :Comedy, Drama

Tartarin de Tarascon

1934-11-10 7

Tartarin of Tarascon

Tartarin is the local hero in the small provincial town of Tarascon. He shows off about imaginary adventures in Africa, where he has never been, as a Lion Hunter, which he is only in his imagination. ...

Genre :Adventure, Comedy

Victor Agardanne

1938-05-04 6.9

The Strange Monsieur Victor

Outwardly, Monsieur Victor would appear to be the model citizen. A respectable Toulon shopkeeper, he has a devoted wife and is courteous and considerate to all who know him. However, beneath this ve ...

Genre :Crime, Drama

Gédéon - Jules Taffard

1934-03-23 7.214

Ces messieurs de la Santé

Banker Jules Taffard, a true financier, is a shrewd money-handler. Imprisoned for an alleged swindle, his trial seems to be upsetting those in the government, who may not be so far removed from Taffar ...

Genre :Comedy, Drama

Marc

1942-09-04 6.8

L'Arlésienne

In the Camargue a local young playboy named Frédéri falls in love with a young woman from Arles. His family thinks she is unsuitable as a wife because she had a fling with a soldier. His entourage att ...

Genre :Drama, Comedy

Camille Morestan

1937-09-10 4.75

Gribouille

Camille Morestan serves as a jury member at a court in Paris. The attractive Natalie Roguin is accused of murder. Morestan doesn't want to believe she really killed her lover. He succeeds in convincin ...

Genre :Comedy, Drama

Acteur

1937-09-17 6.3

The Kings of Sport

Jules and Fernand are two boys from the Café des sports in Marseille who take part in their corporation's annual race. ...

Genre :Comedy

Juste Auguste Theillard

1937-01-01 5.25

Armchair 47

A young man marries the daughter of a famous actress, but is visibly more attracted to his stepmother. She manages, not without difficulty, to reconnect the bonds of a vacillating household. ...

Genre :Comedy

Antonin Ramatuel / Monsieur La Souris

1942-10-14 6.214

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

L'industriel du midi

1937-05-12 6.2

The Pearls of the Crown

The story of the seven pearls of the English Crown, from Henry VIII to 1937 – three of them missing. ...

Genre :Comedy, History

Colonel Hyacinthe Chabert

1943-12-01 6.9

Colonel Chabert

The story of a French officer who is assumed dead during the Napoleonic Wars, but returns ten years later to a very different France, both on a political and personal level. The film is based on the n ...

Genre :Drama

Clodomir

1933-04-01 0

Theodore and Company

Chénérol, a wealthy merchant, one day discovers that his wife is having an affair and that his nephew is playing with him. Indeed, the latter, Théodore, does not work but earns money by using a few di ...

Genre :Comedy

Monsieur des Aubrays

1937-05-27 0

La Chaste Suzanne

Madame Pomarel becomes the winner of a prize of virtue awarded by the Academy of Moral Sciences which Monsieur des Aubrais is a prominent member. In reality she walks the cabarets, including the Mouli ...

Genre :

Monsieur Moulinet

1942-12-11 7.2

The Benefactor

A kind and generous village noble, specializing in good works, actually leads a double existence and carries out dishonest activities. ...

Genre :Comedy, Drama

M. Bourdier

1936-10-29 0

The King

King John IV of Cerdania, who knows monarchs are a vanishing race but who plays his royalty role in state council or boudoir to the hilt, is in Paris to sign a treaty, and becomes enmeshed in intrigue ...

Genre :Comedy

Legendre

1938-06-15 7

The New Rich

The workers Legendre and Martinet have won a large sum in the national lottery. Instead of squandering it, they had the good idea to invest it in industry. Happy in business, they soon find themselves ...

Genre :Comedy

Jules Papillot

1937-02-26 5

Confessions of a Newlywed

A timid young man marries the daughter of the entomologist he works for. On the train for their honeymoon, he takes his young wife in his arms when a customs officer suddenly enters the compartment. T ...

Genre :Comedy

Félicien Bédarride

1932-02-12 0

The Chocolate Girl

A bureaucratic civil servant is annoyed by the spoiled daughter of a rich chocolate maker, but lands up marrying her. ...

Genre :

Bernard Lefrançois

1938-10-30 6

Heroes of the Marne

Bernard Lefrancois is a prosperous farmer on the River Marne, while his neighbor is impoverished. Lefrancois objects strongly to the romance between his son and the neighbor's daughter, but it continu ...

Genre :War

Beaugérard père et les deux fils Achille

1936-10-29 7

The Twins of Brighton

Slapstick inheritance comedy based on the confusion between twin brothers, both played by the great Raimu who also plays their father. ...

Genre :Comedy

Father Bolène

1941-01-11 0

The Duel

A widow is loved by a doctor whose brother, an ecclesiastic unconsciously in love with the young woman, persuades her to enter a convent. Brought back on the straight and narrow by a missionary, the ...

Genre :Comedy, Drama

Boule

1945-07-15 7

Hoboes in Paradise

In a Provençal village, two jolly good fellows, Boule and Pons, decide to dress as Saint Anthony and Saint Nicholas for the distribution of presents to the children on the feast of Saint Nicholas. The ...

Genre :Comedy

Aubrey Harrington

1934-12-13 0

I Have an Idea

Aubrey is a debt-ridden man. One day, he has the idea of faking his death and taking on the role of a deceased cousin about to receive a beautiful inheritance. This idea will, however, lead him to v ...

Genre :Comedy

1912-03-22 4

Godasse Fumiste

A bourgeois couple, noticing a smoke leak in their heating system, called on Godasse to repair the problem. ...

Genre :Comedy

Self (archive footage)

1957-05-07 0

Stars Never Die

For Les étoiles ne meurent jamais, director/archivist Max De Vaucorbeil has assembled precious film clips of such Gallic greats as Louis Jouvet, Raimu, Harry Baur, Louis Salou and Marguerite Moreno. F ...

Genre :Documentary

Self / C. Olivier / A. Castanier / ... (archive footage)

2019-06-05 8

Les Trésors de Marcel Pagnol

The works of Marcel Pagnol are a veritable monument of French cultural heritage. Based on previously unseen archive material, film extracts, novels, plays, interviews and letters, the film pays tribut ...

Genre :Documentary

Charlemagne

1933-12-22 0

Charlemagne

After the sinking of their boat, seven passengers from a wealthy background find themselves on a desert island. The man who saves them from drowning then proposes to the sailor Charlemagne to become t ...

Genre :Comedy, Drama

Cesare

1939-08-28 0

Last Desire

Caesar, a senior French colonist returned home after many years of absence, knows a girl, Marcella, who is in full depression because she was abandoned by her lover. Caesar welcomes her into his home ...

Genre :Drama

Georges

1939-08-11 0

Second Childhood

Middle-aged Georges of the "old school" who offers shelter and comfort to Marcelle. Despite his own reservations, Georges falls in love with the much-younger girl, remaining faithful to her even after ...

Genre :Drama

Célestin / Floridor

1931-10-09 5.5

Mam'zelle Nitouche

Célestin, the organist of a convent, has written and composed a light operetta under the name of Floridor. One day, the Mother Superior asks him to chaperone one of the boarders, Denise de Flavigny, w ...