2 Movies Starring Marie Bell

Le grand jeu

Le grand jeu

Basic Info:

Languages:

French

Countries:

France

Runtime:

120 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.3 (244 Reviews)

Director:

Jacques Feyder

Genres:

DramaRomance

Cast:

Writer:

Jacques Feyder (screenplay)

Charles Spaak (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Pierre (Pierre Richard-Willm), a young lawyer, has enormous debts due to his mistress Florence (Marie Bell), and her whims of luxury life. Pierre has gone too far and put the family firm in jeopardy. They ask him to expatriate. To avoid scandal, Pierre joins the Foreign Legion. In Morocco, near the desert, Pierre goes with his comrades of the Legion to a bar-restaurant-brothel, owned by a shady character, Mr. Clement (Charles Vanel). Clement lives more or less with Ms.Blanche (Franèoise Rosay) who is a fortune teller with cards, as a hobby. But Clement is also after his girls now and then. Pierre is still obsessed with Florence but he meets Irma (Marie Bell), one of Clement's girls, who is the double of Florence except for hair color. Irma has had an accident and has lost part of her memory at a certain point of her recent past, and Pierre slowly persuades himself she is Florence, but cannot remember it. Advised by Ms.Blanche, Irma finally accepts to act as if she was Florence because she is falling in love with Pierre. Near the end of his contract with the Legion, Pierre receives news from France. He has inherited a fortune. He asks Irma to come to France with him, and they make plans. But Clement tries to rape Irma and Pierre has to kill him.

Dance Program

Dance Program

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1938-03-25

Languages:

French

Countries:

France

Runtime:

144 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.4 (281 Reviews)

Director:

Julien Duvivier

Genres:

Drama

Cast:

Writer:

Julien Duvivier

Henri Jeanson

Yves Mirande

Jean Sarment

Pierre Wolff

Bernard Zimmer

Fullplot:

After the death of her husband, Christine realizes she has possibly wasted her life by marrying him instead of the man towards whom, in her youth, she had a stronger inclination. To overcome these dreary thoughts, she decides to find out about him and the other men who danced with her during a ball that was a turning point in her life, many years ago. She pays a visit to those forgotten acquaintances one after the other; Christine is not only surprised to see how they have fared, but also discovers the impact she had, unknowingly, on the feelings and the destiny of these persons.

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