Georges Marchal

Georges Marchal

January 10, 1920 · 106 years old

Georges Marchal was one of the most important lead actors in French cinema in the '50s, together with Jean Marais. He was the lead in various costume dramas and swashbuckling films before taking part in some of the films of Luis Buñuel, a close friend of his

Known For

8 titles
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The Milky Way

The Milky Way

1969 · 1h 45m · Movie

Two drifters go on a pilgrimage from France to Santiago de Compostela in Spain. Along the way, they hitchhike, beg for food, and face the Christian dogmas and heresies from different Ages.

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The Colossus of Rhodes

The Colossus of Rhodes

1961 · 2h 7m · Movie

While holidaying in Rhodes, an Athenian war hero becomes involved in two plots to overthrow the tyrannical king: one from Rhodian patriots, and the other from sinister Phoenician agents.

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Death in the Garden

Death in the Garden

1956 · 1h 44m · Movie

Adventurer Shark comes to a small village near a diamond-miners' camp, and local police arrest him, accusing him of having committed a bank robbery in a neighboring town. The police also confiscate the diamond mine for the state, ...

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The Dacians

The Dacians

1967 · 1h 50m · Movie

The Dacian kingdom lies at the eastern border of the Roman Empire.Only the river Danube separates the two mortal enemies.The Dacian king Decebalus knows that soon the vastly superior Roman legions will cross the river and attack D...

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The Battle of Austerlitz

The Battle of Austerlitz

1960 · 2h 2m · Movie

Another of Napoleon's adventures in this epic reconstruction of the battle of Austerlitz, where he had the greatest victory of his career, over the Russians.

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Lumière d'été

Lumière d'été

1943 · 1h 52m · Movie

A shimmering glass hotel at the top of a remote Provençal mountain provides the setting for a tragicomic tapestry about an obsessive love pentangle.

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Faustine et le bel été

Faustine et le bel été

1972 · 1h 38m · Movie

Faustine who is just 16 years old makes the most of her youth during a beautiful summer when she learns a lot about love.

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Vautrin the Thief

Vautrin the Thief

1943 · 1h 28m · Movie

Michel Simon vehicle and Balzac adaptation: An escaped convict, putting on priest's garb, manoeuvres his way into 19th century French society and pressures his young protege to marry for money, not love.

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