Léon Mathot

Léon Mathot (5 March 1886, Roubaix, Nord-Pas-de-Calais - 6 March 1968, in Paris) was a French film actor and film director best known perhaps for playing Edmond Dantes in The Count of Monte Cristo film serial in 1918. He appeared in the 1923 silent film Coeur fidèle, directed by Jean Epstein. He starred in some 60 films mostly in silent film between 1906 and 1939. He turned director in 1927 whilst still appearing in several films and retired in 1953 directing well over 20 films.

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Fromont Young and Risler Elder (1941)

An ambitious and perverse adventurer sows dissension and ruin in a wealthy family of industrialists.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Léon Mathot
CAST:  Mireille Balin  •  Bernard Lancret  •  René Génin  •  Marguerite Pierry

An ambitious and perverse adventurer sows dissension and ruin in a wealthy family of industrialists.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Léon Mathot
CAST:  Mireille Balin  •  Bernard Lancret  •  René Génin  •  Marguerite Pierry

Cartacalha, reine des gitans (1942)

The gypsy dancer Cartacalha is elected queen of the gypsies. She loves a horse breeder, the Galejon, but following misunderstandings and perfidy, she leaves for Paris, invited by a playwright who predicts a total success on stage. Having become a star, she returns ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Léon Mathot
CAST:  Viviane Romance  •  Georges Flamant  •  Georges Grey  •  Gaby André

The gypsy dancer Cartacalha is elected queen of the gypsies. She loves a horse breeder, the Galejon, but following misunderstandings and perfidy, she leaves for Paris, invited by a playwright who predicts a total success on stage. Having become a star, she returns ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Léon Mathot
CAST:  Viviane Romance  •  Georges Flamant  •  Georges Grey  •  Gaby André

Forte tête (1942)

René, a bank employee, is suspected of theft and fired from his job. It borders on the worst by following in the footsteps of a misfit, Alexandre. A series of circumstances lead him to save little Gérard, the bank manager's grandson, from a fire. The child becomes ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Léon Mathot
CAST:  René Dary  •  Paul Azaïs  •  Guillaume de Sax  •  Aline Carola

René, a bank employee, is suspected of theft and fired from his job. It borders on the worst by following in the footsteps of a misfit, Alexandre. A series of circumstances lead him to save little Gérard, the bank manager's grandson, from a fire. The child becomes ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Léon Mathot
CAST:  René Dary  •  Paul Azaïs  •  Guillaume de Sax  •  Aline Carola

L'homme sans nom (1943)

Monsieur Vincent is the respected healer of a Basque village. But nobody knows that Vincent Berteaux used to be a surgeon in Paris. When Assomption, a young holidaymaker, arrives in the village in the company of her mother, little does Vincent know that the past ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Léon Mathot
CAST:  Jean Galland  •  André Alerme  •  Sylvie  •  Anne Laurens

Monsieur Vincent is the respected healer of a Basque village. But nobody knows that Vincent Berteaux used to be a surgeon in Paris. When Assomption, a young holidaymaker, arrives in the village in the company of her mother, little does Vincent know that the past ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Léon Mathot
CAST:  Jean Galland  •  André Alerme  •  Sylvie  •  Anne Laurens

La route du bagne (1945)

Paris, 1865. In a music-hall Manon accidentally kills her partner who was trying take sexual advantage of her. She is condemned to twenty years of hard labor first and then to be deported to marry a released convict. On the ship where she sails with her female ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Léon Mathot
CAST:  Viviane Romance  •  Lucien Coëdel  •  Clément Duhour  •  Paulette Élambert

Paris, 1865. In a music-hall Manon accidentally kills her partner who was trying take sexual advantage of her. She is condemned to twenty years of hard labor first and then to be deported to marry a released convict. On the ship where she sails with her female ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Léon Mathot
CAST:  Viviane Romance  •  Lucien Coëdel  •  Clément Duhour  •  Paulette Élambert

Alert Nights (1946)

Hélène, a young waitress working in a bar frequented by German soldiers, saves the life of Pierre, a Resistance fighter. Her jealous lover has her arrested first and then released. Later on, Hélène is wounded while walking in the streets. Pierre has her transported ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Léon Mathot
CAST:  Hélène Perdrière  •  Roger Pigaut  •  Pierre Dudan  •  Philippe Hersent

Hélène, a young waitress working in a bar frequented by German soldiers, saves the life of Pierre, a Resistance fighter. Her jealous lover has her arrested first and then released. Later on, Hélène is wounded while walking in the streets. Pierre has her transported ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Léon Mathot
CAST:  Hélène Perdrière  •  Roger Pigaut  •  Pierre Dudan  •  Philippe Hersent

La dernière chevauchée (1947)

A jealous wealthy landlord intercepts a letter to his wife written by her cousin. He decides to take revenge by drugging the young man's horse, but it is his own son who will be the victim of the accident.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Léon Mathot
CAST:  Jacques Dumesnil  •  Mireille Balin  •  Philippe Hersent  •  Paulette Dubost

A jealous wealthy landlord intercepts a letter to his wife written by her cousin. He decides to take revenge by drugging the young man's horse, but it is his own son who will be the victim of the accident.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Léon Mathot
CAST:  Jacques Dumesnil  •  Mireille Balin  •  Philippe Hersent  •  Paulette Dubost

Le dolmen tragique (1948)

Chatelard, one of Viscount de Kerlec's guests, has died in mysterious conditions. The police initiates an investigation and sends detective-inspector Pauc to de Kerlec's manor. Pauc decides to mingle with the viscount's guests , who are all likely to have committed ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Léon Mathot
CAST:  André Alerme  •  Germaine Rouer  •  Paulette Dubost  •  Roland Armontel

Chatelard, one of Viscount de Kerlec's guests, has died in mysterious conditions. The police initiates an investigation and sends detective-inspector Pauc to de Kerlec's manor. Pauc decides to mingle with the viscount's guests , who are all likely to have committed ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Léon Mathot
CAST:  André Alerme  •  Germaine Rouer  •  Paulette Dubost  •  Roland Armontel

L'homme aux mains d'argile (1949)

The fictionalized life, and interpreted by himself, of the popular boxing champion Marcel Cerdan. Training sessions, matches, victories, flight to the U.S.A. where the title of world champion is disputed, form the whole subject of the film.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Léon Mathot
CAST:  Marcel Cerdan  •  Alfred Adam  •  Jimmy Gaillard  •  Blanchette Brunoy

The fictionalized life, and interpreted by himself, of the popular boxing champion Marcel Cerdan. Training sessions, matches, victories, flight to the U.S.A. where the title of world champion is disputed, form the whole subject of the film.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Léon Mathot
CAST:  Marcel Cerdan  •  Alfred Adam  •  Jimmy Gaillard  •  Blanchette Brunoy

La danseuse de Marrakech (1950)

A little Métis girl, Kalina is saved from a massacre by Taraor, a black man from Sudan. Having become a great and beautiful dancer from the South, she meets Captain Portal, in garrison in Marrakech. This is the beginning of a great love story. But that's counting ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Léon Mathot
CAST:  Sirena Adgemova  •  Roland Armontel  •  Yves Vincent  •  Aimé Clariond

A little Métis girl, Kalina is saved from a massacre by Taraor, a black man from Sudan. Having become a great and beautiful dancer from the South, she meets Captain Portal, in garrison in Marrakech. This is the beginning of a great love story. But that's counting ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Léon Mathot
CAST:  Sirena Adgemova  •  Roland Armontel  •  Yves Vincent  •  Aimé Clariond

Mon gosse de père (1953)

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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 Red Inn (1923)

Two young doctors, surprised by the storm, take refuge in an inn. A diamond broker joins them and, for lack of space, shares their room. At dawn he is found dead. A few years later justice is done.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean Epstein
CAST:  Léon Mathot  •  Gina Manès  •  Pierre Hot  •  Clairette de Savoye

Two young doctors, surprised by the storm, take refuge in an inn. A diamond broker joins them and, for lack of space, shares their room. At dawn he is found dead. A few years later justice is done.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean Epstein
CAST:  Léon Mathot  •  Gina Manès  •  Pierre Hot  •  Clairette de Savoye

The Cradle of God (1926)

A young intellectual, J. Powers, loses his faith in God after the untimely death of his wife. He devotes his great talents to writing a shockingly blasphemous book, debunking all religion, and then embarks on a trip to Jerusalem. Far from reconciling him to God, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fred LeRoy Granville
CAST:  Léon Mathot  •  Annette Benson  •  Joë Hamman  •  Gabriel Signoret

A young intellectual, J. Powers, loses his faith in God after the untimely death of his wife. He devotes his great talents to writing a shockingly blasphemous book, debunking all religion, and then embarks on a trip to Jerusalem. Far from reconciling him to God, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fred LeRoy Granville
CAST:  Léon Mathot  •  Annette Benson  •  Joë Hamman  •  Gabriel Signoret

L'Empereur des pauvres (1922)

Marc Anavan, a rich young man, leads a profligate life and when he understands his fortune is about to evaporate he decides to change his life, to become a vagabond and to do good around him. The task is not easy but his faith in his mission and the love of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  René Leprince
CAST:  Léon Mathot  •  Gina Relly  •  Henry Krauss  •  Gilbert Dalleu

Marc Anavan, a rich young man, leads a profligate life and when he understands his fortune is about to evaporate he decides to change his life, to become a vagabond and to do good around him. The task is not easy but his faith in his mission and the love of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  René Leprince
CAST:  Léon Mathot  •  Gina Relly  •  Henry Krauss  •  Gilbert Dalleu

The Bridge That Failed (1914)

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DIRECTION:  Henri Andréani
CAST:  Jean Dax  •  Léon Mathot

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DIRECTION:  Henri Andréani
CAST:  Jean Dax  •  Léon Mathot

L'Ami Fritz (1920)

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DIRECTION:  René Hervil  •  Suzanne Devoyod
CAST:  Léon Mathot  •  Huguette Duflos  •  Thérèse Kolb  •  Édouard de Max

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DIRECTION:  René Hervil  •  Suzanne Devoyod
CAST:  Léon Mathot  •  Huguette Duflos  •  Thérèse Kolb  •  Édouard de Max

Yasmina (1927)

Yasmina, a rich Tunisian Princess, daughter of a French lady and a Muslim gentleman, is betrothed by a father to a rich fifty year old man named Afsen. She reluctantly accept the marriage but soon becomes ill from boredom and she falls in love with the French ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  André Hugon
CAST:  Huguette Duflos  •  Camille Bert  •  Léon Mathot  •  Thérèse Kolb

Yasmina, a rich Tunisian Princess, daughter of a French lady and a Muslim gentleman, is betrothed by a father to a rich fifty year old man named Afsen. She reluctantly accept the marriage but soon becomes ill from boredom and she falls in love with the French ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  André Hugon
CAST:  Huguette Duflos  •  Camille Bert  •  Léon Mathot  •  Thérèse Kolb

The Wig Chase (1906)

Child prank causes chase for few ballons and one lady's wig  (more)

DIRECTION:  Georges Hatot
CAST:  André Deed  •  René Gréhan  •  Léon Mathot  •  Romeo Bosetti

Child prank causes chase for few ballons and one lady's wig  (more)

DIRECTION:  Georges Hatot
CAST:  André Deed  •  René Gréhan  •  Léon Mathot  •  Romeo Bosetti

The Empire of Diamonds (1920)

Shot on location in Paris, Monte Carlo and the Riviera with both American and French actors. When Matthew Versigny discovers that the jewels his diamond company has been buying are fake, he travels to Europe to track down the counterfeiter. With him are his sister, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Léonce Perret
CAST:  Robert Elliott  •  Lucy Fox  •  Henry G. Sell  •  Léon Mathot

Shot on location in Paris, Monte Carlo and the Riviera with both American and French actors. When Matthew Versigny discovers that the jewels his diamond company has been buying are fake, he travels to Europe to track down the counterfeiter. With him are his sister, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Léonce Perret
CAST:  Robert Elliott  •  Lucy Fox  •  Henry G. Sell  •  Léon Mathot
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