Jean Marconi

Born in Toulouse as Jean Charles Marcon, Jean Marconi (6 June 1906 - 11 November 1971) was a French actor.

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My Love is Near You (1943)

An opera singer is stricken with amnesia and, on the evening of a premiere (in his stage costume which is that of a tramp), he goes to wander with real tramps.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard Pottier
CAST:  Tino Rossi  •  Annie France  •  Mona Goya  •  Paul Azaïs

An opera singer is stricken with amnesia and, on the evening of a premiere (in his stage costume which is that of a tramp), he goes to wander with real tramps.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard Pottier
CAST:  Tino Rossi  •  Annie France  •  Mona Goya  •  Paul Azaïs

School for Coquettes (1935)

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 world, she quickly chooses wealth over love.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Pierre Colombier
CAST:  Raimu  •  André Lefaur  •  Renée Saint-Cyr  •  Henry Roussel

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 world, she quickly chooses wealth over love.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Pierre Colombier
CAST:  Raimu  •  André Lefaur  •  Renée Saint-Cyr  •  Henry Roussel

The Hunchback (1944)

The knight Henri de Lagardère wants to avenge the death of his friend, the duke Philippe de Nevers assassinated by the prince de Gonzague, a few years before.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean Delannoy
CAST:  Pierre Blanchar  •  Yvonne Gaudeau  •  Paul Bernard  •  Lucien Nat

The knight Henri de Lagardère wants to avenge the death of his friend, the duke Philippe de Nevers assassinated by the prince de Gonzague, a few years before.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean Delannoy
CAST:  Pierre Blanchar  •  Yvonne Gaudeau  •  Paul Bernard  •  Lucien Nat

Le Capitan 1ere époque : Flamberge au vent (1946)

France under Louis XIII. 1615. The Duke of Angoulême is at the head of a group of gentlemen who are conspiring to drive the Florentines out of court, of whom Concini is the all-powerful leader. A cadet from Gascony, Adhémar de Capestang, who was later to become the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Vernay
CAST:  Pierre Renoir  •  Claude Génia  •  Jean Pâqui  •  Aimé Clariond

France under Louis XIII. 1615. The Duke of Angoulême is at the head of a group of gentlemen who are conspiring to drive the Florentines out of court, of whom Concini is the all-powerful leader. A cadet from Gascony, Adhémar de Capestang, who was later to become the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Vernay
CAST:  Pierre Renoir  •  Claude Génia  •  Jean Pâqui  •  Aimé Clariond

They Were Five (1936)

Five unemployed workers win 100,000 Francs in the national lottery. Instead of sharing the money, they buy a ruin and build an open-air cafe. But difficulties come to split their friendly group apart.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Julien Duvivier
CAST:  Jean Gabin  •  Charles Vanel  •  Viviane Romance  •  Charles Dorat

Five unemployed workers win 100,000 Francs in the national lottery. Instead of sharing the money, they buy a ruin and build an open-air cafe. But difficulties come to split their friendly group apart.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Julien Duvivier
CAST:  Jean Gabin  •  Charles Vanel  •  Viviane Romance  •  Charles Dorat

Parade in 7 Nights (1941)

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

DIRECTION:  Marc Allégret
CAST:  Jules Berry  •  Victor Boucher  •  André Lefaur  •  Elvira Popescu

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

DIRECTION:  Marc Allégret
CAST:  Jules Berry  •  Victor Boucher  •  André Lefaur  •  Elvira Popescu

Panurge (1932)

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DIRECTION:  Michel Bernheim
CAST:  Danielle Darrieux  •  Vincent Hyspa  •  Olga Lord  •  Gérard Sandoz

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DIRECTION:  Michel Bernheim
CAST:  Danielle Darrieux  •  Vincent Hyspa  •  Olga Lord  •  Gérard Sandoz

Mademoiselle Josette, ma femme (1933)

Josette needs to marry within a year to get her aunt's money.Her fiance,an Englishman, has gone away .After getting permission from her godfather to do a "white marriage," she realizes that she really loves the godfather instead.  (more)

DIRECTION:  André Berthomieu
CAST:  Annabella  •  Jean Murat  •  Edith Méra  •  Jean Marconi

Josette needs to marry within a year to get her aunt's money.Her fiance,an Englishman, has gone away .After getting permission from her godfather to do a "white marriage," she realizes that she really loves the godfather instead.  (more)

DIRECTION:  André Berthomieu
CAST:  Annabella  •  Jean Murat  •  Edith Méra  •  Jean Marconi

Les Bateliers de la Volga (1935)

In 1912, a Russian officer is wrongly accused of having stolen important papers. His only alibi being to have spent the night with the wife of a colonel, he allows himself to be condemned so as not to compromise the latter. He manages to escape and hides in the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Vladimir Strizhevsky
CAST:  Pierre Blanchar  •  Véra Korène  •  Charles Vanel  •  Valéry Inkijinoff

In 1912, a Russian officer is wrongly accused of having stolen important papers. His only alibi being to have spent the night with the wife of a colonel, he allows himself to be condemned so as not to compromise the latter. He manages to escape and hides in the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Vladimir Strizhevsky
CAST:  Pierre Blanchar  •  Véra Korène  •  Charles Vanel  •  Valéry Inkijinoff

Anne-Marie (1936)

Raymond Bernard’s film of a script by Antoine de Saint-Exupery (The Little Prince) about a young woman who aspires to become a pilot.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Raymond Bernard
CAST:  Annabella  •  Pierre Richard-Willm  •  Paul Azaïs  •  Pierre Labry

Raymond Bernard’s film of a script by Antoine de Saint-Exupery (The Little Prince) about a young woman who aspires to become a pilot.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Raymond Bernard
CAST:  Annabella  •  Pierre Richard-Willm  •  Paul Azaïs  •  Pierre Labry

Under Western Eyes (1936)

Political turmoil convulses 19th-century Russia as Razumov, a young student preparing for a career in the czarist bureaucracy, unwittingly becomes embroiled in the assassination of a public official.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marc Allégret
CAST:  Pierre Fresnay  •  Michel Simon  •  Danièle Parola  •  Jacques Copeau

Political turmoil convulses 19th-century Russia as Razumov, a young student preparing for a career in the czarist bureaucracy, unwittingly becomes embroiled in the assassination of a public official.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marc Allégret
CAST:  Pierre Fresnay  •  Michel Simon  •  Danièle Parola  •  Jacques Copeau

The Flame (1936)

A woman of easy virtue rejects a proposal of marriage made to her by a rich lover. But when her son is taken from her to be brought up in the best conditions, she keeps thinking about him. When she finds him, twenty years later, she can not adapt to the environment ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  André Berthomieu
CAST:  Line Noro  •  Charles Vanel  •  Gabriel Signoret  •  Josette Day

A woman of easy virtue rejects a proposal of marriage made to her by a rich lover. But when her son is taken from her to be brought up in the best conditions, she keeps thinking about him. When she finds him, twenty years later, she can not adapt to the environment ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  André Berthomieu
CAST:  Line Noro  •  Charles Vanel  •  Gabriel Signoret  •  Josette Day

La joueuse d'orgue (1936)

Robert Bernier murdered his brother with the complicity of a worker. The only witness to the tragedy, Veronique was injured while rescuing her boss and remains blind. Later, cured by an operation, she denounces the criminal whose voice she recognized and who had ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gaston Roudès
CAST:  Marcelle Géniat  •  Pierre Larquey  •  Jacques Varennes  •  Gaby Triquet

Robert Bernier murdered his brother with the complicity of a worker. The only witness to the tragedy, Veronique was injured while rescuing her boss and remains blind. Later, cured by an operation, she denounces the criminal whose voice she recognized and who had ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gaston Roudès
CAST:  Marcelle Géniat  •  Pierre Larquey  •  Jacques Varennes  •  Gaby Triquet

Port-Arthur (1936)

French-language remake of Port Arthur (1936): espionage, action and romance in the Russo-Japanese War, as the conflict threatens Russian naval officer Boris Ranewsky and his Japanese wife Youki.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nicolas Farkas
CAST:  Adolf Wohlbrück  •  Danielle Darrieux  •  Charles Vanel  •  Jean Worms

French-language remake of Port Arthur (1936): espionage, action and romance in the Russo-Japanese War, as the conflict threatens Russian naval officer Boris Ranewsky and his Japanese wife Youki.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nicolas Farkas
CAST:  Adolf Wohlbrück  •  Danielle Darrieux  •  Charles Vanel  •  Jean Worms

François 1er (1937)

Honorin is the simple and naive stage manager of a traveling theatre troupe, whose one ambition is to once play the role of the cavalier in the opera "Francis I, or the Loves of the Beautiful Ferroniere". A hypnotist puts him to sleep and in his dreams he is ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Christian-Jaque
CAST:  Fernandel  •  Mona Goya  •  Alice Tissot  •  Aimé Simon-Girard

Honorin is the simple and naive stage manager of a traveling theatre troupe, whose one ambition is to once play the role of the cavalier in the opera "Francis I, or the Loves of the Beautiful Ferroniere". A hypnotist puts him to sleep and in his dreams he is ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Christian-Jaque
CAST:  Fernandel  •  Mona Goya  •  Alice Tissot  •  Aimé Simon-Girard

Chéri-Bibi (1938)

An innocent young man, burglar Cheri-Bibi, and his gangsters are sent to a penal colony.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Léon Mathot
CAST:  Pierre Fresnay  •  Jean-Pierre Aumont  •  Suzet Maïs  •  Marcel Dalio

An innocent young man, burglar Cheri-Bibi, and his gangsters are sent to a penal colony.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Léon Mathot
CAST:  Pierre Fresnay  •  Jean-Pierre Aumont  •  Suzet Maïs  •  Marcel Dalio

Alexis gentleman chauffeur (1938)

Alexis, a former war pilot, attempted the Paris-Tokyo raid and failed. He became a taxi driver. The film actress, Margot Fontane, forgets her bag in the taxi and Alexis thus meets her. He goes to see the great actress shoot, he is hired for a small role as an ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Max de Vaucorbeil  •  René Guissart
CAST:  Suzy Prim  •  André Luguet  •  Raymond Cordy  •  Marcel Simon

Alexis, a former war pilot, attempted the Paris-Tokyo raid and failed. He became a taxi driver. The film actress, Margot Fontane, forgets her bag in the taxi and Alexis thus meets her. He goes to see the great actress shoot, he is hired for a small role as an ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Max de Vaucorbeil  •  René Guissart
CAST:  Suzy Prim  •  André Luguet  •  Raymond Cordy  •  Marcel Simon

Durand bijoutier (1938)

Mr. Durand is bored in his relationship. He takes a mistress but does not take long to return to his wife, a little because he is sad, a little also because he has affection for her, but above all out of selfish habit.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean Stelli
CAST:  Blanche Montel  •  Jacques Baumer  •  Jean Wall  •  Monique Rolland

Mr. Durand is bored in his relationship. He takes a mistress but does not take long to return to his wife, a little because he is sad, a little also because he has affection for her, but above all out of selfish habit.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean Stelli
CAST:  Blanche Montel  •  Jacques Baumer  •  Jean Wall  •  Monique Rolland

L'Esprit de Sidi-Brahim (1939)

In the thirties, a Chasseur Alpin commander is accused of spying and sentenced to death. At the last minute, he is saved from the firing squad by a female spy's confession.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marc Didier
CAST:  René Dary  •  Colette Darfeuil  •  Abel Jacquin  •  Raymond Aimos

In the thirties, a Chasseur Alpin commander is accused of spying and sentenced to death. At the last minute, he is saved from the firing squad by a female spy's confession.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marc Didier
CAST:  René Dary  •  Colette Darfeuil  •  Abel Jacquin  •  Raymond Aimos

Paradis perdu (1940)

In pre-World Ward I in Paris, a budding artist, Pierre LeBlanc, falls in love and marries Janine, a dressmaker's assistant. Pierre has a flair for designing clothes, and he and his bride live in a blissful paradise, until the war breaks out and he becomes a soldier ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Abel Gance
CAST:  Fernand Gravey  •  Micheline Presle  •  Robert Le Vigan  •  Elvira Popescu

In pre-World Ward I in Paris, a budding artist, Pierre LeBlanc, falls in love and marries Janine, a dressmaker's assistant. Pierre has a flair for designing clothes, and he and his bride live in a blissful paradise, until the war breaks out and he becomes a soldier ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Abel Gance
CAST:  Fernand Gravey  •  Micheline Presle  •  Robert Le Vigan  •  Elvira Popescu
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