Jacques Becker
Date of Birth: 15 Sep 1906
Country: France
Biography: Jacques Becker (15 September 1906 – 21 February 1960) was a French film director and screenwriter. His films, made during the 1940s and 1950s, encompassed a wide variety of genres, and they were admired by some of the filmmakers who led the French New Wave movement.
Total Credits at Criticker: 4 (Actor), 14 (Director), 11 (Writer)
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Four convicts in a French prison share a single cell. As all are incarcerated for serious crimes, including, perhaps, execution, they decide to escape and have collected materials for the purpose. Before they can begin carrying out their carefully prepared plan, another inmate is moved to their cell... (imdb)
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In an open-air dance hall, the members of Leca's gang are relaxing with their ladies.One of them, Marie, aka "Casque d'Or" (Golden Helmet) meets Manda, a carpenter (imdb)
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Max, an old gangster, and his buddy Riton have got away with 50-million francs in gold bars, who think they ought to retire now... (imdb)
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Biographic movie about the last year of the famous Italian painter Modigliani. Modigliani, a poor painter in Paris of 1919, falls in love with a daughter from a wealthy family. Her parents are against their relation and stop financial help. (imdb)
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Kaiser Wilhelm II. wants to capture Lupin, so he can stresstest the safety of the royal treasures.
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She's working in a big store, he's a typographer and they lost their winning lottery ticket. (imdb)
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Hopes and love and ambitions and friendship in a group of young jazz-loving Parisians. (imdb)
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When a woman finds out her husband is cheating on her she moves into a room on the rue de l'Estrapade.
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Rich oriental lord Cassim's cheeky servant Ali Baba was sent to buy a meaty girl-slave, but brings dancer Morgiane, whom he is enamored with. When he's part of a caravan robbed by Abdel's 40 thieves, Ali hides in a camel hive and thus learns the secret of Sesame cave. (imdb)
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Eduard, a pianist married to Caroline, is hounded by her uncle and cousin who dislike him because he's poor.
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Philippe Clarence, a famous Parisian dressmaker, seduces his friend's fiancee. But, for the 1st time in his life, this is for real. (imdb)
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When a woman is robbed and killed in a small french village, her family members are all suspects.
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A couple of police cadets are tasked with solving a real murder to see who will graduate, but they're in for more than they bargained for.
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In reaction to the Fascism spreading through Europe, the French communist party commissioned this film extolling the virtues of collectivism.
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