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Marcel Simon

Marcel Simon

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1872-08-30
Saint-Josse-ten-Noode, Belgique

Known For & Full Filmography27 Titles

#1Café de Paris

Movie - 1938, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role

7.9 / 10
CrimeMysteryThriller

This murder mystery is set in a Parisian cafe and examines the mysterious murder of a famed journalist and extortionist who is killed at his table in the cafe. Though the prime suspects are gathered together( including his wife and her lover, the gun-runner, the creditor, and a playboy) and all of them have motives, none of them did it. So whodunit?

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#2Sacré Léonce

Movie - 1936, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role

10.0 / 10

Léonce Vavin, an entomologist, marries Cecile Debienne, but the parents of the bride quickly realize that he's not just ugly but also a complete ignorant of all sexual matters.

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#3Paris-Soleil

Movie - 1933, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role

10.0 / 10

Comedy and misunderstandings around thwarted loves in Paris but which will end well in Provence.

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#4Deux de la réserve

Movie - 1939, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role

7.0 / 10

The farmer Remy has just invented a new fertilizer and spies are trying to seize his documents, taking him for the famous Remy, inventor of a device of interest to national defence.

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#5Donogoo

Movie - 2024, 2h 15m • as Margajat

7.0 / 10
Comedy

An outstanding performance featuring brilliant storytelling, high stakes drama, and unforgettable character arcs.

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#6Katia

Movie - 1938, 2h 15m • as Prince Dolgorouky

8.5 / 10
DramaHistory

In the middle of the 19th century, Tsar Alexander II made the acquaintance of a young aristocratic girl from the provinces, unruly in character. He falls in love with her and tries to see her again.

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#7With a Smile

Movie - 1936, 2h 15m • as Le directeur des Beaux-Arts

7.3 / 10
ComedyMusic

A tramp learns that even honesty won't help him overcome his struggles to prosper. After a man tells him that he needs to smile in order to succeed, he turns his attitude around and he becomes successful.

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#8Alexis gentleman chauffeur

Movie - 1938, 2h 15m • as Tabasco

7.0 / 10
Comedy

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 aviator, and to simulate a take-off, he flies to Tokyo. It is the signal of happiness for the two lovers.

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#9Mon député et sa femme

Movie - 1937, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role

7.0 / 10
Comedy

An outgoing deputy, put on ballot, experiences many political and marital difficulties before regaining his seat. Ultimately and without suspecting it, he owes his victory obtained by a withdrawal at the last minute, to his young wife who did not hesitate to seduce the opponent.

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#10Angel and Sinner

Movie - 1945, 2h 15m • as Count Hubert de Bréville

5.4 / 10
Drama

During the stagecoach trip of a frightened group of inhabitants of Rouen, Elisabeth Rousset, known as "Boule de Suif", renders these people a signal service, but comes up against their stupidity and their sufficiency. A little later, Boule de Suif assassinates the formidable Prussian lieutenant whom his friends had nicknamed Fifi and who shamelessly displayed his taste for pillage and his sadistic tendencies.

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#11Take the Road

Movie - 1937, 2h 15m • as Le comte

6.0 / 10
Comedy

Jacques is a jolly bachelor who lives a wild life with his a mistress Wanda and all he wishes is to go on living the way he does. But Father won't allow. He demands that Jacques get married. More or less reluctantly, Jacques decides to comply but on the way to his father's home - where he is to meet the bride Dad has chosen for him - the young man comes across the charming Simone and falls in love with her at first sight. He elopes her, determined to ignore his progenitor's orders. Little does he know that Simone, the girl of his heart, is none other than the one he was supposed to marry...

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#12Three Artillerymen on the Move

Movie - 1938, 2h 15m • as Colonel Chabert

4.0 / 10
Comedy

During a leave, three merry soldiers experience a series of incredible adventures.

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#13Paris - New-York

Movie - 1940, 2h 15m • as Léopold Castagnères

7.0 / 10
Romance

The forbidden romance between wealthy Giselle Preville and impoverished journalist Claude Dauphin. When Preville disappears, Dauphin is accused of kidnapping by the girl's snobbish father Rene Alexander. By the time the Normandie reaches New York, however, the "mystery" is solved and all misunderstandings blithely swept away.

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#14Le Plus Beau Gosse de France

Movie - 1938, 2h 15m • as Olivier Rose

9.0 / 10
Comedy

The wife of a Parisian municipal guardian wins a beauty contest in spite of herself and narrowly escapes more or less honest adventures.

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#15La Chanson du Souvenir

Movie - 1937, 2h 15m • as D'Arnegg

10.0 / 10
ComedyDrama

A French-language remake of Douglas Sirk's "The Court Concert" (1936).

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#16Moulin Rouge

Movie - 1940, 2h 15m • as Funeral director

6.5 / 10
ComedyMusic

A poor wretch, who has just been hired as a music-hall artist, in spite of himself becomes the tenant of a particular Parisian building.

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#17Behind the Facade

Movie - 1939, 2h 15m • as Jules, government minister and Gaby's lover

7.7 / 10
CrimeComedy

In the elevator of two large Parisian buildings, a telegraph operator discovers the body of an elderly woman, Madame Mathieu, the owner of both buildings. Boucheron, the local superintendent, is dispatched to investigate, along with his rival, Inspector Lambert of the "Sûreté". To solve the enigma, they scour staircases and corridors, visiting every floor of both buildings, courtyard and facade. Their gruff rivalry allows them to complement each other in discovering who committed the crime among a gallery of characters, humble or rich, who all have something to be ashamed of... A rare, fast-paced, picturesque comedy set against the backdrop of a police mystery.

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#18He has lost a bride

Movie - 1932, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role

7.0 / 10

A young bank employee is engaged to the manager's daughter. He is very much in love but she thinks she is married for her dowry and breaks off her engagement on the wedding day...

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#19Trois artilleurs au pensionnat

Movie - 1937, 2h 15m • as Colonel

6.5 / 10
Comedy

Three happy reservists are doing a military period. One evening out and about, thinking they were going back to the barracks, they enter a boarding school for young girls. They exchange their uniforms for the dresses of three teachers, which launches them into a series of incredible adventures for a few days.

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#20He

Movie - 1932, 2h 15m • as M. Corollaire, pharmacien et maire de la ville

6.1 / 10
ComedyDrama

In her village, Ms. Husson seeks to put a price under a rosiere but finding no worthy young pretty girl, hands it has Isidore, the village idiot, who becomes rosier

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#21The Virgin Bride

Movie - 1937, 2h 15m • as Gustave Vignol, père de Jacqueline

6.1 / 10
Comedy

Jacqueline Vignol, a flighty young woman, marries a womanizing widower, Albert Letournel, out of spite, but their marriage remains loveless and passionless.

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#22The Midnight Gentleman

Movie - 1931, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role

7.0 / 10
Comedy

A young reveler, heavily in debt, finds a job in Pondicherry, but he must be married, and he has only twenty-four hours to do so. After an evening of revelry, he finds himself locked in with his friend's fiancée, leading to a marriage made possible by a miraculous inheritance.

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#23Le Club des Aristocrates

Movie - 1937, 2h 15m • as Le conservateur des Musées nationaux

8.0 / 10
Comedy

Serge loves living it up but painting the town red has a price... too high for him! What to do then? Alfred, his servant and former pickpocket, has the solution : steal of course! No sooner said than done ! Or rather: No sooner said than tried... For when Serge, assisted by his mistress Gloriane acting as bait, he tries to rob a jeweler on the Place VendĂ´me of a precious diamond bracelet, he realizes that a gang of thieves have preceded him. Later on, he will learn that the boss of the gang is a Polish noblewoman, Countess Waldapowska.

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#24La Griffe du hasard

Movie - 1937, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role

8.8 / 10

A likeable young man, reduced to living by expediency, is launched in spite of himself into an adventure of stealing jewels. With the help of a brave, rough-looking but actually very clear-sighted policeman, the jewels are recovered, the stolen young woman is reassured and the main culprit is forced into exile.

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#25The Treasure of Cantenac

Movie - 1950, 2h 15m • as The centenary

6.3 / 10
Comedy

While he was about to end his life, Baron de Cantenac wanted to return one last time to the land of his ancestors. He then discovers a treasure that he will strive to use to revive his village.

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#26La marraine du régiment

Movie - 1938, 2h 15m • as Cascarel

9.0 / 10
Comedy

A wealthy old maid offers to be the godmother of a regiment in order to find a fiancé for her niece who must come into possession of a large inheritance the day she marries a private.

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#27Monsieur Breloque a disparu

Movie - 1938, 2h 15m • as Count of Brazeuil

7.0 / 10
Comedy

The brave Monsieur Breloque has a friend, Pierre Martel, a private detective. When the latter asks him to replace him for a while, Breloque, although having no competence in the matter, accepts. He anticipates adventures and misadventures but also happy surprises.

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