Marika Green

Marika Nicolette Green (born 21 June 1943) is a Swedish-French actress. She is mostly famous for appearing in Pickpocket (1959) and Emmanuelle (1974). Born in Södermalm, Stockholm, Stockholm County, she left Sweden for France in 1953. She played the lead female role in Robert Bresson's Pickpocket at the age of 16. She is the aunt of Eva Green and older sister of Walter Green, husband of Marlène Jobert. Green married Austrian cinematographer Christian Berger, regular collaborator of Michael Haneke. Description above from the Wikipedia article Marika Green, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Pickpocket (1959)

Michel takes up pickpocketing on a lark and is arrested soon after. His mother dies shortly after his release, and despite the objections of his only friend, Jacques, and his mother's neighbor Jeanne, Michel teams up with a couple of petty thieves in order to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Bresson
CAST:  Martin LaSalle  •  Marika Green  •  Jean Pélégri  •  Dolly Scal

Michel takes up pickpocketing on a lark and is arrested soon after. His mother dies shortly after his release, and despite the objections of his only friend, Jacques, and his mother's neighbor Jeanne, Michel teams up with a couple of petty thieves in order to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Bresson
CAST:  Martin LaSalle  •  Marika Green  •  Jean Pélégri  •  Dolly Scal

Rider on the Rain (1970)

A US Army colonel in France tries to track down an escaped sex maniac.  (more)

DIRECTION:  René Clément
CAST:  Marlène Jobert  •  Charles Bronson  •  Annie Cordy  •  Jill Ireland

A US Army colonel in France tries to track down an escaped sex maniac.  (more)

DIRECTION:  René Clément
CAST:  Marlène Jobert  •  Charles Bronson  •  Annie Cordy  •  Jill Ireland

The Girl Across the Way (1968)

A young student visits the home of a friend who has all the good looks, women and luck. Every day, through binoculars from his friend's window, he sees a young girl in front of her home. Although attractive, the woman's face has been badly scarred. He finds out her ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean-Daniel Simon
CAST:  Bernard Verley  •  Joël Barbouth  •  Marika Green  •  Albane Navizet

A young student visits the home of a friend who has all the good looks, women and luck. Every day, through binoculars from his friend's window, he sees a young girl in front of her home. Although attractive, the woman's face has been badly scarred. He finds out her ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean-Daniel Simon
CAST:  Bernard Verley  •  Joël Barbouth  •  Marika Green  •  Albane Navizet

The Crazy Capo Affair (1973)

French gangster movie  (more)

DIRECTION:  Patrick Jamain
CAST:  Maurice Ronet  •  Jean-Pierre Marielle  •  Jean Servais  •  Antonio Cantafora

French gangster movie  (more)

DIRECTION:  Patrick Jamain
CAST:  Maurice Ronet  •  Jean-Pierre Marielle  •  Jean Servais  •  Antonio Cantafora

La croix des vivants (1962)

Yan, who has just been acquitted of a crime he has not committed, returns to his Flemish village, where he meets hostility, particularly from Franz, the garage owner. Fortunately, Gus, his childhood friend refuses to follow the pack and talks his mother, the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ivan Govar
CAST:  Karlheinz Böhm  •  Pascale Petit  •  Giani Esposito  •  Madeleine Robinson

Yan, who has just been acquitted of a crime he has not committed, returns to his Flemish village, where he meets hostility, particularly from Franz, the garage owner. Fortunately, Gus, his childhood friend refuses to follow the pack and talks his mother, the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ivan Govar
CAST:  Karlheinz Böhm  •  Pascale Petit  •  Giani Esposito  •  Madeleine Robinson

Emmanuelle (1974)

Emmanuelle, a svelte, naive young woman, is en route to Bangkok where she'll join her new husband. He works for the French Embassy and has a lovely home, several dedicated servants, and an expensive car at his disposal. Once Emmanuelle arrives, her husband and a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Just Jaeckin
CAST:  Alain Cuny  •  Sylvia Kristel  •  Marika Green  •  Daniel Sarky

Emmanuelle, a svelte, naive young woman, is en route to Bangkok where she'll join her new husband. He works for the French Embassy and has a lovely home, several dedicated servants, and an expensive car at his disposal. Once Emmanuelle arrives, her husband and a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Just Jaeckin
CAST:  Alain Cuny  •  Sylvia Kristel  •  Marika Green  •  Daniel Sarky

Singapore, Singapore (1967)

Singapore, Singapore  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bernard Toublanc-Michel
CAST:  Marika Green  •  Terry Downes  •  Sean Flynn  •  Marc Michel

Singapore, Singapore  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bernard Toublanc-Michel
CAST:  Marika Green  •  Terry Downes  •  Sean Flynn  •  Marc Michel

By the Sea (2015)

Set in France during the mid-1970s, Vanessa, a former dancer, and her husband Roland, an American writer, travel the country together. They seem to be growing apart, but when they linger in one quiet, seaside town they begin to draw close to some of its more ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Angelina Jolie
CAST:  Angelina Jolie  •  Brad Pitt  •  Mélanie Laurent  •  Melvil Poupaud

Set in France during the mid-1970s, Vanessa, a former dancer, and her husband Roland, an American writer, travel the country together. They seem to be growing apart, but when they linger in one quiet, seaside town they begin to draw close to some of its more ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Angelina Jolie
CAST:  Angelina Jolie  •  Brad Pitt  •  Mélanie Laurent  •  Melvil Poupaud

The Models of 'Pickpocket' (2003)

A documentary that follows up on what happened to the three principle actors in Robert Bresson's "Pickpocket."  (more)

DIRECTION:  Babette Mangolte
CAST:  Marika Green  •  Martin LaSalle  •  Pierre Leymarie

A documentary that follows up on what happened to the three principle actors in Robert Bresson's "Pickpocket."  (more)

DIRECTION:  Babette Mangolte
CAST:  Marika Green  •  Martin LaSalle  •  Pierre Leymarie

The Story of Rebecca (1964)

An adaptation of Jan Potocki's The Manuscript Found in Saragossa.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paul Vecchiali
CAST:  Marika Green  •  Jean-Pierre Bonnefous  •  Jean-Paul Cisife  •  Youri Rytel

An adaptation of Jan Potocki's The Manuscript Found in Saragossa.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paul Vecchiali
CAST:  Marika Green  •  Jean-Pierre Bonnefous  •  Jean-Paul Cisife  •  Youri Rytel

The Golem (1967)

French TV adaptation of the Golem myth  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean Kerchbron
CAST:  André Reybaz  •  Georges Douking  •  François Vibert  •  Magali Noël

French TV adaptation of the Golem myth  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean Kerchbron
CAST:  André Reybaz  •  Georges Douking  •  François Vibert  •  Magali Noël

Playmates (1968)

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DIRECTION:  Louis Soulanes  •  Jean-Claude Dague
CAST:  Jean-Claude Bercq  •  Donna Michelle  •  Marc Briand  •  Roland Lesaffre

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DIRECTION:  Louis Soulanes  •  Jean-Claude Dague
CAST:  Jean-Claude Bercq  •  Donna Michelle  •  Marc Briand  •  Roland Lesaffre

Bruno: Sunday's Child (1969)

The weekend of August 15th gives the opportunity to Michel Fauvet, a recently divorced father, to spend two full days with Bruno, his thirteen-year-old son, that he can normally see only one Sunday a month. Feeling guilty, he tries to compensate for the trauma ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Louis Grospierre
CAST:  Roger Hanin  •  Christian Mesnier  •  Mary Marquet  •  Léna Skerla

The weekend of August 15th gives the opportunity to Michel Fauvet, a recently divorced father, to spend two full days with Bruno, his thirteen-year-old son, that he can normally see only one Sunday a month. Feeling guilty, he tries to compensate for the trauma ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Louis Grospierre
CAST:  Roger Hanin  •  Christian Mesnier  •  Mary Marquet  •  Léna Skerla

Hanna Monster, Darling (1989)

Hanna and Leo are expecting a child. They live near Innsbruck where the mountains touch the sky and where absolute bliss seems to reign. But things turn out quite differently.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Christian Berger
CAST:  Marika Green  •  Hagnot Elischka  •  Peter Turrini  •  Claudia Holldack

Hanna and Leo are expecting a child. They live near Innsbruck where the mountains touch the sky and where absolute bliss seems to reign. But things turn out quite differently.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Christian Berger
CAST:  Marika Green  •  Hagnot Elischka  •  Peter Turrini  •  Claudia Holldack

Tollgate (1994)

Georg works up at the highway. He collects the toll from the tourists; he collects the toll from the truck drivers. All of Europe has to go by him. Below, in the shadow of the mighty bridge, Georg lives with his parents in an old farmhouse with its empty stall. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Christian Berger
CAST:  Markus Hering  •  Magdalene Artelt  •  Yoshi Oida  •  Gertraud Jesserer

Georg works up at the highway. He collects the toll from the tourists; he collects the toll from the truck drivers. All of Europe has to go by him. Below, in the shadow of the mighty bridge, Georg lives with his parents in an old farmhouse with its empty stall. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Christian Berger
CAST:  Markus Hering  •  Magdalene Artelt  •  Yoshi Oida  •  Gertraud Jesserer

Emmanuelle: Queen of French Erotic Cinema (2021)

France, 1974. The erotic film Emmanuelle, directed by Just Jaeckin, breaks all records for cinema attendance: the story of the creation of a sensual epic that marked a turning point in the struggle for sexual emancipation.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Clélia Cohen
CAST:  Sylvia Kristel  •  Just Jaeckin  •  Yves Rousset-Rouard  •  Ovidie

France, 1974. The erotic film Emmanuelle, directed by Just Jaeckin, breaks all records for cinema attendance: the story of the creation of a sensual epic that marked a turning point in the struggle for sexual emancipation.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Clélia Cohen
CAST:  Sylvia Kristel  •  Just Jaeckin  •  Yves Rousset-Rouard  •  Ovidie