Georges Marchal

Georges Marchal was one of the most important lead actors in French cinema in the '50s, together with Jean Marais. He was the lead in various costume dramas and swashbuckling films before taking part in some of the films of Luis Buñuel, a close friend of his

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Belle de Jour (1967)

Beautiful young housewife Séverine Serizy cannot reconcile her masochistic fantasies with her everyday life alongside dutiful husband Pierre. When her lovestruck friend Henri mentions a secretive high-class brothel run by Madame Anais, Séverine begins to work there ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Luis Buñuel
CAST:  Catherine Deneuve  •  Michel Piccoli  •  Jean Sorel  •  Geneviève Page

Beautiful young housewife Séverine Serizy cannot reconcile her masochistic fantasies with her everyday life alongside dutiful husband Pierre. When her lovestruck friend Henri mentions a secretive high-class brothel run by Madame Anais, Séverine begins to work there ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Luis Buñuel
CAST:  Catherine Deneuve  •  Michel Piccoli  •  Jean Sorel  •  Geneviève Page

The Colossus of Rhodes (1961)

While on holiday in Rhodes, Athenian war hero Darios becomes involved in two different plots to overthrow the tyrannical king, one from Rhodian patriots and the other from sinister Phoenician agents.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sergio Leone
CAST:  Rory Calhoun  •  Lea Massari  •  Georges Marchal  •  Conrado San Martín

While on holiday in Rhodes, Athenian war hero Darios becomes involved in two different plots to overthrow the tyrannical king, one from Rhodian patriots and the other from sinister Phoenician agents.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sergio Leone
CAST:  Rory Calhoun  •  Lea Massari  •  Georges Marchal  •  Conrado San Martín

The Contessa's Secret (1954)

The lover of an Italian revolutionary offers herself to Napoleon in exchange for her sweetheart's life.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Georges Combret
CAST:  Yvonne De Carlo  •  Georges Marchal  •  Paul Meurisse  •  Rossano Brazzi

The lover of an Italian revolutionary offers herself to Napoleon in exchange for her sweetheart's life.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Georges Combret
CAST:  Yvonne De Carlo  •  Georges Marchal  •  Paul Meurisse  •  Rossano Brazzi

Check on the King (1945)

Jeanne De Pincret refuses to marry Viscount Haussy De Villefort, having discovered his frivolity. After a duel against the Duke De Montgobert, whom Louis XIV recommended to Jeanne, the king forced De Villefort to marry Jeanne, then sent her to war. Separated from ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean-Paul Paulin
CAST:  Odette Joyeux  •  Lucien Baroux  •  Georges Marchal  •  Gabrielle Dorziat

Jeanne De Pincret refuses to marry Viscount Haussy De Villefort, having discovered his frivolity. After a duel against the Duke De Montgobert, whom Louis XIV recommended to Jeanne, the king forced De Villefort to marry Jeanne, then sent her to war. Separated from ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean-Paul Paulin
CAST:  Odette Joyeux  •  Lucien Baroux  •  Georges Marchal  •  Gabrielle Dorziat

The Four-Poster Bed (1942)

In his prison cell, the composer Remi Bonvent composed an opera, The columns bed. The director of the prison, Porey Cave, succeeds made believe he is the author of this work. The death of the two protagonists will prevent the discovery of the truth.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Roland Tual
CAST:  Fernand Ledoux  •  Jean Marais  •  Odette Joyeux  •  Valentine Tessier

In his prison cell, the composer Remi Bonvent composed an opera, The columns bed. The director of the prison, Porey Cave, succeeds made believe he is the author of this work. The death of the two protagonists will prevent the discovery of the truth.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Roland Tual
CAST:  Fernand Ledoux  •  Jean Marais  •  Odette Joyeux  •  Valentine Tessier

Faustine and the Beautiful Summer (1972)

Faustine suffers the wounds of first love. During a summer when she is staying with her grandmother, she comes to know the nearby neighbors. Two brothers live in the large house. One is divorced and one has recently remarried, both of them live there with their ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nina Companéez
CAST:  Muriel Catalá  •  Claire Vernet  •  Jacques Spiesser  •  Francis Huster

Faustine suffers the wounds of first love. During a summer when she is staying with her grandmother, she comes to know the nearby neighbors. Two brothers live in the large house. One is divorced and one has recently remarried, both of them live there with their ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nina Companéez
CAST:  Muriel Catalá  •  Claire Vernet  •  Jacques Spiesser  •  Francis Huster

The Milky Way (1969)

Two drifters go on a pilgrimage from France to Santiago de Compostela in Spain. Along the way, they hitchhike, beg for food, and face the Christian dogmas and heresies from different Ages.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Luis Buñuel
CAST:  Paul Frankeur  •  Laurent Terzieff  •  Alain Cuny  •  Édith Scob

Two drifters go on a pilgrimage from France to Santiago de Compostela in Spain. Along the way, they hitchhike, beg for food, and face the Christian dogmas and heresies from different Ages.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Luis Buñuel
CAST:  Paul Frankeur  •  Laurent Terzieff  •  Alain Cuny  •  Édith Scob

That Is the Dawn (1956)

In a small town in southern France, on the seafront and not far from Italy, Dr. Valerio is working to heal the poor. His young wife, could no longer stand the place, encouraged him to go and settle in Nice but the doctor does not want to leave before having found a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Luis Buñuel
CAST:  Georges Marchal  •  Lucía Bosè  •  Julien Bertheau  •  Jean-Jacques Delbo

In a small town in southern France, on the seafront and not far from Italy, Dr. Valerio is working to heal the poor. His young wife, could no longer stand the place, encouraged him to go and settle in Nice but the doctor does not want to leave before having found a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Luis Buñuel
CAST:  Georges Marchal  •  Lucía Bosè  •  Julien Bertheau  •  Jean-Jacques Delbo

The Three Musketeers (1953)

Alexandre Dumas's classic tale is one of the most filmed epic adventures...  (more)

DIRECTION:  André Hunebelle
CAST:  Georges Marchal  •  Gino Cervi  •  Yvonne Sanson  •  Bourvil

Alexandre Dumas's classic tale is one of the most filmed epic adventures...  (more)

DIRECTION:  André Hunebelle
CAST:  Georges Marchal  •  Gino Cervi  •  Yvonne Sanson  •  Bourvil

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DIRECTION:  Claude Boissol
CAST:  Bernard Verley  •  Danièle Gaubert  •  Jean Marais  •  François Maistre

Theodora, Slave Empress (1954)

Teodora, a Roman courtesan and former slave girl, marries the Roman emperor Justinian and assumes the throne as Empress of Rome. But the divide between nobility and slave is too great. Teodora seeks justice for her people, and revolution and armed conflict erupt in ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Riccardo Freda
CAST:  Georges Marchal  •  Gianna Maria Canale  •  Renato Baldini  •  Irene Papas

Teodora, a Roman courtesan and former slave girl, marries the Roman emperor Justinian and assumes the throne as Empress of Rome. But the divide between nobility and slave is too great. Teodora seeks justice for her people, and revolution and armed conflict erupt in ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Riccardo Freda
CAST:  Georges Marchal  •  Gianna Maria Canale  •  Renato Baldini  •  Irene Papas

The Dacians (1967)

The great King of Dacia, Decebal (Decebalus), is disposed to make the ultimate sacrifice in order to keep the integrity of his people. His own son, Cotyso, is given to the god Zamolxis to the dismay of the King and his daughter Meda. Septimius Severus, a young ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sergiu Nicolaescu
CAST:  Pierre Brice  •  Marie-José Nat  •  Georges Marchal  •  Amza Pellea

The great King of Dacia, Decebal (Decebalus), is disposed to make the ultimate sacrifice in order to keep the integrity of his people. His own son, Cotyso, is given to the god Zamolxis to the dismay of the King and his daughter Meda. Septimius Severus, a young ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sergiu Nicolaescu
CAST:  Pierre Brice  •  Marie-José Nat  •  Georges Marchal  •  Amza Pellea

Sign of the Gladiator (1959)

Zenobia, Queen of Palmira, revolts against Rome and defeats the Roman troops, but she makes a big mistake when she falls in love with enemy officer Marco Valerio.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Guido Brignone
CAST:  Anita Ekberg  •  Georges Marchal  •  Folco Lulli  •  Gino Cervi

Zenobia, Queen of Palmira, revolts against Rome and defeats the Roman troops, but she makes a big mistake when she falls in love with enemy officer Marco Valerio.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Guido Brignone
CAST:  Anita Ekberg  •  Georges Marchal  •  Folco Lulli  •  Gino Cervi

Ulysses Against the Son of Hercules (1962)

Ulysses offends the gods so they send Hercules to capture him and bring him to them.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mario Caiano
CAST:  Georges Marchal  •  Mike Lane  •  Alessandra Panaro  •  Dominique Boschero

Ulysses offends the gods so they send Hercules to capture him and bring him to them.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mario Caiano
CAST:  Georges Marchal  •  Mike Lane  •  Alessandra Panaro  •  Dominique Boschero

Vautrin the Thief (1943)

A famous convict Jacques Collin, alias Trompe la mort, or abbot Carlos Herrera, also called Vautrin, escapes from prison. Chance makes him meet Lucien de Rubempré, an impetuous and eternal lover who, when he is dismissed, collapses. Moved by this fragility, he ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Pierre Billon
CAST:  Georges Marchal  •  Michel Simon  •  Madeleine Sologne  •  Line Noro

A famous convict Jacques Collin, alias Trompe la mort, or abbot Carlos Herrera, also called Vautrin, escapes from prison. Chance makes him meet Lucien de Rubempré, an impetuous and eternal lover who, when he is dismissed, collapses. Moved by this fragility, he ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Pierre Billon
CAST:  Georges Marchal  •  Michel Simon  •  Madeleine Sologne  •  Line Noro

Bethsabée (1947)

Danielle Darrieux stars as Arabella Delvaire in this baroque adaptation of Pierre Benoit's novel Bethshabee. Arabella is a woman of the world who arrives at a remote Foreign Legion outpost for a rendezvous with her current lover, Captain Duveuil. It so happens that ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Léonide Moguy
CAST:  Danielle Darrieux  •  Georges Marchal  •  Jean Murat  •  Paul Meurisse

Danielle Darrieux stars as Arabella Delvaire in this baroque adaptation of Pierre Benoit's novel Bethshabee. Arabella is a woman of the world who arrives at a remote Foreign Legion outpost for a rendezvous with her current lover, Captain Duveuil. It so happens that ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Léonide Moguy
CAST:  Danielle Darrieux  •  Georges Marchal  •  Jean Murat  •  Paul Meurisse

Closet Children (1977)

A young man who seems lost, Nicolas, has an appointment with her sister Juliette. They are bound by a heavy childhood secret: their mother committed suicide when their father had instructed Nicolas to keep it. Since the father chased him and forbade Juliette to see him.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Benoît Jacquot
CAST:  Brigitte Fossey  •  Lou Castel  •  Jean Sorel  •  Georges Marchal

A young man who seems lost, Nicolas, has an appointment with her sister Juliette. They are bound by a heavy childhood secret: their mother committed suicide when their father had instructed Nicolas to keep it. Since the father chased him and forbade Juliette to see him.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Benoît Jacquot
CAST:  Brigitte Fossey  •  Lou Castel  •  Jean Sorel  •  Georges Marchal

The Last Days of Pompeii (1950)

In Pompeii in the year 79, Lycias and Helen fall in love. Helen's guardian, the high priest of Isis, wants to separate them. To do so, he tries to make Lycias drink a love potion, but a young slave threatens to reveal everything. The high priest, unable to silence ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marcel L'Herbier  •  Paolo Moffa
CAST:  Micheline Presle  •  Georges Marchal  •  Marcel Herrand  •  Jaque Catelain

In Pompeii in the year 79, Lycias and Helen fall in love. Helen's guardian, the high priest of Isis, wants to separate them. To do so, he tries to make Lycias drink a love potion, but a young slave threatens to reveal everything. The high priest, unable to silence ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marcel L'Herbier  •  Paolo Moffa
CAST:  Micheline Presle  •  Georges Marchal  •  Marcel Herrand  •  Jaque Catelain

The Seven Dwarfs to the Rescue (1951)

Having been warned in dreams that Snow White is in danger, the Seven Dwarfs set out to rescue the princess from the evil Prince of Darkness.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paolo William Tamburella
CAST:  Rossana Podestà  •  Georges Marchal  •  Roberto Risso  •  Ave Ninchi

Having been warned in dreams that Snow White is in danger, the Seven Dwarfs set out to rescue the princess from the evil Prince of Darkness.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paolo William Tamburella
CAST:  Rossana Podestà  •  Georges Marchal  •  Roberto Risso  •  Ave Ninchi

Winter Holidays (1959)

Alberto Moretti arrives in Cortina D'Ampezzo, with daughter Marcella,who has just won a TV contest, the prize of which is a free stay in a luxury hotel.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Camillo Mastrocinque
CAST:  Michèle Morgan  •  Georges Marchal  •  Vittorio De Sica  •  Eleonora Rossi Drago

Alberto Moretti arrives in Cortina D'Ampezzo, with daughter Marcella,who has just won a TV contest, the prize of which is a free stay in a luxury hotel.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Camillo Mastrocinque
CAST:  Michèle Morgan  •  Georges Marchal  •  Vittorio De Sica  •  Eleonora Rossi Drago
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