Jean Vilar
Know for: Acting
Born: 1912-03-25
Place of birth: Sète, Hérault, France
Also know as:
Raphael or the Debauched One (1971)
In 1830s France, a virtuous widow falls for a self-destructive debauchee obsessed with death. Initial resistance gives way to a desperate and cynical...
Gates of the Night (1946)
In post-Liberation Paris, a man reunites with a friend and meets the woman of his dreams, only to discover her brother's dark past.
Thirst of Men (1950)
The establishment of a French family who came to cultivate vines in Algeria.
Jean Vilar, le rêve du théâtre pour tous (2021)
Carrefour du crime (1948)
Suffering from mental disorders, a detective is trapped by his own associate who compromises him in a heinous crime.
The Bouquinquant Brothers (1948)
A provincial, Julie Moret, is hired as a servant in a Parisian bourgeois residence. She is courted by one of the Bouquinquant brothers, Léon,...
The Sharks of Gibraltar (1947)
In order for important British admiralty papers to pass into the hands of the Germans, the spy Gordon has the ingenious idea of...
Justice Is Done (1950)
Elsa Lundenstein is accused of having murdered her lover. The jury discusses the case vividly. All members are somehow prejudiced because of personal...
Troubled Waters (1949)
A woman returns to her hometown along the French coast, seeking answers about the death of her brother.
Jocelyn (1952)
In 1786, Jocelyn entered the Seminary. He leaves his share of the inheritance to his younger sister Julie. In 1793, on the point of being ordained a...
Bold Adventure (1956)
In the 16th century, as Flanders is invaded by the Spanish, Till the Mischievous uses stratagems to enter the service of Ferdinand Alvare de Toledo,...
Happy Arenas (1958)
A watchman with a sensitive heart, Fernand falls in love with Violette and Pervenche, two of the daughters of his boss, Maître Arno. At a...
Le Petit Matin (1971)
Nina lives with her family in a superb property in the French region of Landes. She loves her cousin Jean who is overprotected by his possessive...
Bagarres (1948)
A proud femme fatale who works at a mountainous farm property manages, after being prodded by her lover, to become the heiress, but she plays the...
The Farm of Seven Sins (1949)
In 1825, Paul-Louis Courier, a Republican writer known for publishing pamphlets against the French monarchy, was killed in the farm where he had...
Casabianca (1951)
In November of 1942, the French submarine, the "Casabianca,", escapes from German-held Toulon, and, upon joining the Free French forces at Algiers,...
Enclosure (1961)
In a Nazi concentration camp, Karl, a German political prisoner, and David, a Jewish watchmaker, are confined in a small enclosure from which only...