Roger Blin

Roger Blin

March 22, 1907 · 119 years old

Roger Blin (Neuilly-sur-Seine, France, 22 March 1907 – Évecquemont, France, 21 January 1984) was a French actor and director. He staged world premieres of Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot in 1953 and Endgame in 1957. Blin was the son of a doctor; however, despite his father's wishes, Blin forged…

Known For

11 titles
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Orpheus

Orpheus

1950 · 1h 52m · Movie

A poet in love with Death follows his unhappy wife into the underworld.

7.8
2
Le Corbeau

Le Corbeau

1943 · 1h 32m · Movie

A French village doctor becomes the target of poison-pen letters sent to village leaders, accusing him of affairs and practicing abortion.

7.8
3
The King and the Mockingbird

The King and the Mockingbird

1980 · 1h 23m · Movie

A chimney sweep and a shepherdess seek to escape from the clutches of a tyrannical king.

7.7
4
Paris Blues

Paris Blues

1961 · 1h 38m · Movie

During the 1960s, two American expatriate jazz musicians living in Paris meet and fall in love with two American tourist girls.

6.7
5
The Devil's Envoys

The Devil's Envoys

1942 · 1h 55m · Movie

In medieval France, the Devil intervenes when one of his two envoys, sent to seduce and deceive mortals, falls instead for a victim.

7.2
6
Douce

Douce

1943 · 1h 30m · Movie

In Paris in 1887, Irène works as a governess to Douce, the grand-daughter of the dowager Countess de Bonafé. Douce believes she is in love with Fabien, the handsome manager of the estate. However she cannot hope to marry him becau...

7.1
7
Adventures of Captain Fabian

Adventures of Captain Fabian

1951 · 1h 40m · Movie

A sea captain becomes involved with a servant girl in early New Orleans. She sees him as a way to gain access into wealthy households.

5.6
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The Alibi

The Alibi

1937 · 1h 24m · Movie

Paris, 1937. Winckler kills his enemy Gordon, a Chicago mobster, from the stage of a Parisian music hall, where he performs telepathy. He pays another artist, Helene, so that she tells the police they've spent the night together, ...

6.8
9
The Trump Card

The Trump Card

1942 · 1h 45m · Movie

A man is shot In the hotel of an imaginary South American country. Clarence and Montès, two inspector students, must solve this murder, but they don't know that dead guy is the USA public enemy No.1.

5.8
10
Passionnelle

Passionnelle

1947 · 1h 26m · Movie

Julien, a modest postal worker, admires and hopelessly loves Thérèse, the lovely daughter of the local squire. But, quite unexpectedly, on the very night of her engagement with Count of Vétheuil, Thérèse asks Julien for help. In f...

6.7
11
Premier de cordée

Premier de cordée

1944 · 1h 46m · Movie

Zian Servettaz is a dedicated mountain man. His Italian-born wife Bianca does not adjust well to his mountain village in France, and to the ever life-threatening dangers presented by his mountain guiding and climbing.

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