Georges Wilson

Georges Wilson

October 16, 1921 · 105 years old

Georges Wilson (né Willson; 16 October 1921 – 3 February 2010) was a French actor and director of stage and screen. He was a significant figure in French theatre during the latter 20th-century, serving as director of the Theatre National Populaire from 1963 and 1972, while his film work earned him b…

Known For

21 titles
1
Mesrine: Public Enemy No. 1

Mesrine: Public Enemy No. 1

2008 · 2h 13m · Movie

The story of the notorious French gangster Jacques Mesrine, with the focus on his life and death as France's Public Enemy No. 1 in the 1970s.

7.4
2
The Three Musketeers

The Three Musketeers

1973 · 1h 46m · Movie

A young swordsman comes to Paris and faces villains, romance, adventure and intrigue with three Musketeer friends.

7.1
3
Don't Torture a Duckling

Don't Torture a Duckling

1972 · 1h 45m · Movie

When a southern Italian town is rocked by a string of child murders, the police and two urban outcasts search for the culprit amid scapegoating within the superstitious community.

7.0
4
My Mother's Castle

My Mother's Castle

1990 · 1h 38m · Movie

Every holiday Marcel and his family go to their cottage near Marseilles. During one of these holidays he meets Isabelle, a pretty but conceited girl... Adapted from the cult classic novel from Marcel Pagnol.

7.6
5
Gandahar

Gandahar

1987 · 1h 18m · Movie

An evil force begins to destroy the idyllic paradise of Gandahar, where the citizens are in perfect harmony with nature.

7.0
6
Let's Rob the Bank

Let's Rob the Bank

1964 · 1h 28m · Movie

A grouchy shopkeeper made an unsuccessful financial investment, and now he is on the verge of bankruptcy. In order to avenge oneself he engages his own family into a plan to rob a next door bank.

6.7
7
Love at the Top

Love at the Top

1974 · 1h 45m · Movie

A cynical tragicomedy focusing on the different ways of love in the times of the sexual revolution.

6.8
8
Fruits of Passion

Fruits of Passion

1981 · 1h 23m · Movie

A girl loves an older man. He demands that she goes in a brothel, as evidence that she loves him.

5.4
9
More Than a Miracle

More Than a Miracle

1967 · 1h 55m · Movie

In 17th-century Italy, a Spanish prince searching for a bride falls in love with a beautiful local peasant girl.

6.0
10
Marquise

Marquise

1997 · 2h 0m · Movie

The rise and fall of a beauteous actress. She rises from an impoverished background to become a favorite of the Sun King, Louis XIV.

5.9
11
The Conspiracy of Torture

The Conspiracy of Torture

1969 · 1h 24m · Movie

In 16th century Italy, a young noblewoman plots with her lover and her family to murder her abusive father, leading to an uproar in the community and the Catholic Church.

6.6
12
The Long Absence

The Long Absence

1961 · 1h 34m · Movie

A Parisian café owner believes her long lost husband has returned but the man suffers from amnesia.

6.9
13
Blanche

Blanche

1972 · 1h 33m · Movie

Blanche is the young, pure, beautiful wife of the Master of the castle, in a secluded land. Every man is in love with her, including the King and his servant Bartolomeo, visiting the Master.

6.5
14
The Devil and the Ten Commandments

The Devil and the Ten Commandments

1962 · 2h 6m · Movie

1) Jerôme Chambard, a retired man, taken in by nuns in a convent, swears like a trooper. 2) Françoise takes a lover because he has promised her a diamond necklace. 3) Denis, a seminarist, decides to renounce his vows to avenge his...

6.7
15
The Case Is Closed, Forget It

The Case Is Closed, Forget It

1971 · 1h 46m · Movie

An architect jailed for a traffic violation discovers the grim reality of life behind bars, including corrupt staff and inmates, an inhuman judicial system, and the power of the Mafia.

7.2
16
Lady Oscar

Lady Oscar

1979 · 2h 4m · Movie

The story of Lady Oscar, a female military commander who served during the time of the French Revolution.

5.8
17
The Seven Deadly Sins

The Seven Deadly Sins

1962 · 1h 53m · Movie

Seven directors each dramatize one of the seven deadly sins in a short film. In "Anger," a domestic argument over a fly in the Sunday soup escalates into nuclear war. In "Sloth," a movie star would rather pay someone to tie his sh...

6.3
18
Lucky Jo

Lucky Jo

1964 · 1h 30m · Movie

Jo the gangster has the formidable gift of bringing down the worst kind of catastrophes on the heads of his best friends. Thus everything would be perfect if Simon hadn't lent his car to Jo.

6.6
19
Le dialogue des Carmélites

Le dialogue des Carmélites

1960 · 1h 52m · Movie

This is about the execution of 21 carmelite nuns in the latter stages of the terror during the French Revolution.

7.0
20
The Joker

The Joker

1961 · 1h 28m · Movie

Edouard Berlon (Jean-Pierre Cassel) is a happy-go-lucky rogue who takes nothing seriously and flits irresponisbly from one affair to another. When he meets Helene Larouch (Anouk Aimee), he woos her although she is married to Andre...

6.5
21
La tribu

La tribu

1991 · 1h 40m · Movie

Olivier Rohan, a young doctor, has just opened a general practice. However, having only a small clientele, he continues to work in the hospital's emergency room. One night, he will witness the unnatural death of a young man.

5.5