Andrée Brabant

Marie Thérèse "Andrée" Brabant (1901–1989) was a French film actress. She played a number of leading roles during the silent era.

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Les Ombres Qui Passent (1924)

Directed by Alexandre Volkoff, 1924  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alexandre Volkoff
CAST:  Ivan Mosjoukine  •  Nathalie Lissenko  •  Henry Krauss  •  Andrée Brabant

Directed by Alexandre Volkoff, 1924  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alexandre Volkoff
CAST:  Ivan Mosjoukine  •  Nathalie Lissenko  •  Henry Krauss  •  Andrée Brabant

Au Bonheur des Dames (1930)

Denise, an orphaned girl, moves to Paris where she hopes to find work at her uncle's store. But the glamorous department store 'Aux Bonheur des Dames' across the street crunches all the little businesses around. She finds a position there.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Julien Duvivier
CAST:  Dita Parlo  •  Pierre de Guingand  •  Ginette Maddie  •  Germaine Rouer

Denise, an orphaned girl, moves to Paris where she hopes to find work at her uncle's store. But the glamorous department store 'Aux Bonheur des Dames' across the street crunches all the little businesses around. She finds a position there.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Julien Duvivier
CAST:  Dita Parlo  •  Pierre de Guingand  •  Ginette Maddie  •  Germaine Rouer

The Right to Life (1917)

A young girl marries a financier knowing he has only a short time to live, so she can inherit his money.Her lover, who has made a fortune away in America, returns and wants to hasten the financier's death.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Abel Gance
CAST:  Paul Vermoyal  •  Léon Mathot  •  Andrée Brabant  •  Georges Paulais

A young girl marries a financier knowing he has only a short time to live, so she can inherit his money.Her lover, who has made a fortune away in America, returns and wants to hasten the financier's death.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Abel Gance
CAST:  Paul Vermoyal  •  Léon Mathot  •  Andrée Brabant  •  Georges Paulais

La zone de la mort (1917)

Film by Abel Gance.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Abel Gance
CAST:  Andrée Brabant  •  Julien Clément  •  Anthony Gildès  •  Andrée Lionel

Film by Abel Gance.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Abel Gance
CAST:  Andrée Brabant  •  Julien Clément  •  Anthony Gildès  •  Andrée Lionel

That Tender Age (1964)

Antoine and Marie decided to introduce their parents before the wedding. Summer vacation looks like a good time, so the Lartigue family prepares to host Malhouin family. But it turns out that the harsh Emil Malhouin is not too happy to get acquainted with his ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gilles Grangier
CAST:  Jean Gabin  •  Fernandel  •  Marie Dubois  •  Paulette Dubost

Antoine and Marie decided to introduce their parents before the wedding. Summer vacation looks like a good time, so the Lartigue family prepares to host Malhouin family. But it turns out that the harsh Emil Malhouin is not too happy to get acquainted with his ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gilles Grangier
CAST:  Jean Gabin  •  Fernandel  •  Marie Dubois  •  Paulette Dubost

Fire in the Straw (1939)

Antoine Vautier is a failed actor. A director hires Christian, Antoine's son, for a film. He immediately becomes a star. Antoine suffers from it. Christian's second film is a disaster and faced with the collapse of his son, Antoine forgets his jealousy.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean Benoît-Lévy
CAST:  Lucien Baroux  •  Orane Demazis  •  Gaby Basset  •  Jean Fuller

Antoine Vautier is a failed actor. A director hires Christian, Antoine's son, for a film. He immediately becomes a star. Antoine suffers from it. Christian's second film is a disaster and faced with the collapse of his son, Antoine forgets his jealousy.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean Benoît-Lévy
CAST:  Lucien Baroux  •  Orane Demazis  •  Gaby Basset  •  Jean Fuller

The Marriage of Mademoiselle Beulemans (1927)

Set in Brussels, where Suzanne Beulemans, the daughter of a rich brewer is promised to marry Séraphin Meulemeester, the son of a rival brewer. The young man and his father both seem particularly motivated by the dowry of the young fiancée. But Séraphin has a rival ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Julien Duvivier
CAST:  Andrée Brabant  •  Jean Dehelly  •  Gustave Libeau  •  René Lefèvre

Set in Brussels, where Suzanne Beulemans, the daughter of a rich brewer is promised to marry Séraphin Meulemeester, the son of a rival brewer. The young man and his father both seem particularly motivated by the dowry of the young fiancée. But Séraphin has a rival ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Julien Duvivier
CAST:  Andrée Brabant  •  Jean Dehelly  •  Gustave Libeau  •  René Lefèvre

Work (1920)

Luc Froment, a reform-minded engineer, starts working at a steel mill in a small town. There he founds small groups of workers (and their families) under miserable conditions. Under the influence of Fourier's ideas, Froment tries to turn the mill into a workers' ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Henri Pouctal
CAST:  Léon Mathot  •  Huguette Duflos  •  Simone Genevois  •  Olinda Mano

Luc Froment, a reform-minded engineer, starts working at a steel mill in a small town. There he founds small groups of workers (and their families) under miserable conditions. Under the influence of Fourier's ideas, Froment tries to turn the mill into a workers' ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Henri Pouctal
CAST:  Léon Mathot  •  Huguette Duflos  •  Simone Genevois  •  Olinda Mano

The Cigarette (1919)

A Parisian museum director believes his wife is cheating on him and so places a poisoned cigarette in the box on his desk, thus allowing chance to decide the moment of his death.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Germaine Dulac
CAST:  Andrée Brabant  •  Gabriel Signoret  •  Jules Raucourt  •  Genevieve Williams

A Parisian museum director believes his wife is cheating on him and so places a poisoned cigarette in the box on his desk, thus allowing chance to decide the moment of his death.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Germaine Dulac
CAST:  Andrée Brabant  •  Gabriel Signoret  •  Jules Raucourt  •  Genevieve Williams

Tao (1923)

Jacques Chauvry, the new government delegate for a French protectorate in Cambodia, meets the young Soun who, due to a series of circumstances, will become heir to land that houses a large oil field. Tao , an evil mestizo, along with his minions, tries to get hold ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gaston Ravel
CAST:  Joë Hamman  •  Mary Harald  •  Andrée Brabant  •  Tony Lekain

Jacques Chauvry, the new government delegate for a French protectorate in Cambodia, meets the young Soun who, due to a series of circumstances, will become heir to land that houses a large oil field. Tao , an evil mestizo, along with his minions, tries to get hold ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gaston Ravel
CAST:  Joë Hamman  •  Mary Harald  •  Andrée Brabant  •  Tony Lekain

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DIRECTION:  Charles Burguet
CAST:  Andrée Brabant  •  Berthe Jalabert  •  Andrée Lionel  •  André Luguet

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DIRECTION:  Dominique Bernard-Deschamps
CAST:  Henry Houry  •  Max Charlier  •  Raoul Praxy  •  Lilian Greuze

Les Travailleurs de la mer (1918)

Adapted from Hugo's eponym novel, the story concerns a Guernseyman named Gilliatt, a social outcast who falls in love with Deruchette, the niece of a local shipowner, Mess Lethierry. When Lethierry's ship is wrecked on the Roches Douvres, a perilous reef, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  André Antoine  •  Léonard Antoine
CAST:  Armand Tallier  •  Marc Gérard  •  Charles Mosnier  •  Andrée Brabant

Adapted from Hugo's eponym novel, the story concerns a Guernseyman named Gilliatt, a social outcast who falls in love with Deruchette, the niece of a local shipowner, Mess Lethierry. When Lethierry's ship is wrecked on the Roches Douvres, a perilous reef, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  André Antoine  •  Léonard Antoine
CAST:  Armand Tallier  •  Marc Gérard  •  Charles Mosnier  •  Andrée Brabant

L'âme de Pierre (1918)

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DIRECTION:  Charles Burguet
CAST:  Andrée Brabant  •  Maurice Mariaud  •  Suzanne Delvé  •  Gaston Modot

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DIRECTION:  Charles Burguet
CAST:  Andrée Brabant  •  Maurice Mariaud  •  Suzanne Delvé  •  Gaston Modot

La Maison vide (1921)

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DIRECTION:  Raymond Bernard
CAST:  Pierre Alcover  •  Jacques Roussel  •  Henri Debain  •  Andrée Brabant

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DIRECTION:  Raymond Bernard
CAST:  Pierre Alcover  •  Jacques Roussel  •  Henri Debain  •  Andrée Brabant

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DIRECTION:  Henri Fescourt
CAST:  Andrée Brabant  •  Stewart Rome  •  Henriette Delannoy

Le secret de Polichinelle (1923)

Based on the play by Pierre Wolff.  (more)

DIRECTION:  René Hervil
CAST:  Andrée Brabant  •  Gabriel Signoret  •  Maurice de Féraudy  •  Jeanne Cheirel

Based on the play by Pierre Wolff.  (more)

DIRECTION:  René Hervil
CAST:  Andrée Brabant  •  Gabriel Signoret  •  Maurice de Féraudy  •  Jeanne Cheirel

Beyond Death (1924)

Raimundo Davidson is a young man in love with Florence, the niece of Dr. Belforger, master of hypnotics, who takes advantage of this faculty to intervene in a series of illegal business with his friend Burner. Aware of the fortune of Davidson, they accelerate their ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Benito Perojo
CAST:  Andrée Brabant  •  Georges Lannes  •  Frank Dane  •  Gaston Modot

Raimundo Davidson is a young man in love with Florence, the niece of Dr. Belforger, master of hypnotics, who takes advantage of this faculty to intervene in a series of illegal business with his friend Burner. Aware of the fortune of Davidson, they accelerate their ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Benito Perojo
CAST:  Andrée Brabant  •  Georges Lannes  •  Frank Dane  •  Gaston Modot

Maternity (1930)

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DIRECTION:  Jean Benoît-Lévy
CAST:  Rachel Devirys  •  Alex Bernard  •  Pierre Hot  •  Andrée Brabant

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DIRECTION:  Jean Benoît-Lévy
CAST:  Rachel Devirys  •  Alex Bernard  •  Pierre Hot  •  Andrée Brabant
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