Dora Doll

Dora Doll

May 19, 1922 · 104 years old

Dora Doll, the daughter of a Russian-Jewish banker who was expelled after the 1917 Revolution, was born in Berlin in 1922. She came to France at the end of the 1930s and aspired to become an actress. She already spoke Russian and German and soon learned French, then Italian and English. One of her…

Known For

19 titles
1
Julia

Julia

1977 · 1h 57m · Movie

At the behest of an old and dear friend, playwright Lillian Hellman undertakes a dangerous mission to smuggle funds into Nazi Germany.

7.1
2
Don't Touch the Loot

Don't Touch the Loot

1954 · 1h 36m · Movie

An aging, world-weary gangster is double-crossed and forced out of retirement when his best friend is kidnapped and their stash of eight stolen gold bars demanded as ransom.

7.7
3
The Young Lions

The Young Lions

1958 · 2h 47m · Movie

The lives of three young men, a German and two Americans, during WWII.

7.1
4
Hell

Hell

1994 · 1h 42m · Movie

Paul and Nelly have everything to be happy: a dream wedding and a hotel. Until Paul starts to doubt Nelly.

7.0
5
French Cancan

French Cancan

1955 · 1h 42m · Movie

This comedy drama from Jean Renoir chronicles the revival of Paris' most notorious dance as it tells the story of a theater producer who turns a humble washerwoman into a star at the Moulin Rouge.

7.3
6
Any Number Can Win

Any Number Can Win

1963 · 1h 58m · Movie

A career con artist reunites with his wife but has already planned his next move: one daring last heist that will set him up for life. However, there is no such thing as a foolproof plan.

7.3
7
You Are So Beautiful

You Are So Beautiful

2005 · 1h 37m · Movie

When farmer Aymé Pigrenet loses his wife, he is not exactly overwhelmed by sorrow, rather by the sheer amount of work that suddenly falls on his shoulders. In quest of a new spouse, he goes to Romania where he meets Elena.

6.7
8
That Night in Varennes

That Night in Varennes

1982 · 2h 30m · Movie

During the French Revolution, a surprising company shares a coach, trying to catch up something - the time itself, perhaps.

7.2
9
Hothead

Hothead

1979 · 1h 29m · Movie

The miserable football player becomes a town hero after bringing victory in extremely important game. He uses his fame for revenge to the team star for the previous mockeries.

7.2
10
Elena and Her Men

Elena and Her Men

1956 · 1h 38m · Movie

Polish countess Elena falls in love with a French radical party's candidate - a general - in pre-World War I Paris, but another officer pines for her. Starring Ingrid Bergman, with Mel Ferrer and Jean Marais as the rivals for her ...

6.2
11
Incorrigible

Incorrigible

1975 · 1h 40m · Movie

Victor Vautier is incorrigible: he's in constant motion, working several cons at once, using different names and changing disguises. He's charming and outrageous, incapable of uttering a sentence that isn't embellished or an outri...

6.4
12
Peppermint Soda

Peppermint Soda

1977 · 1h 37m · Movie

A year in the life of two adolescent sisters at an all-girls school in France as they experience a rapid-fire onslaught of 'firsts' during a time of political protest and social change.

7.0
13
Black and White in Color

Black and White in Color

1976 · 1h 30m · Movie

During World War I, French colonists lost in African desert decide to attack their German neighbors.

6.7
14
Femmes Fatales

Femmes Fatales

1976 · 1h 42m · Movie

Two men flee to the countryside to escape their sexual duties and settle for a quiet, rustic life.

6.4
15
Women in Cellblock 9

Women in Cellblock 9

1978 · 1h 15m · Movie

Somewhere in the jungles of South America mercenaries stop a truck which has allegedly loaded fruit. The cargo turns out to be six young women. Apprehended and handed over to the custody of the local women's prison.

4.3
16
Boomerang

Boomerang

1976 · 1h 40m · Movie

Under the influence of drugs, a teenager, Eddy, kills a policeman. His father, Jacques, pleads extenuating circumstances and nearly succeeds in gaining the confidence of the policeman's widow. But the press reveals that Jacques is...

6.1
17
The Little Rebels

The Little Rebels

1955 · 1h 33m · Movie

The world of juvenile delinquents seen through the eyes of a judge.

6.3
18
Maniac Killer

Maniac Killer

1987 · 1h 24m · Movie

A murderous cult kidnaps French prostitutes and tortures them to death to "purify" them of their evil ways. The local pimps set out after them, as does a man whose girlfriend was kidnapped by the cult and may still be held by them.

3.9
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Mademoiselle Strip-tease

Mademoiselle Strip-tease

1957 · 1h 40m · Movie

Originally titled Mademoiselle Striptease, this classic French sex comedy is a charming frolic through luscious Parisian cabarets with outstanding striptease performances. Agnes Laurent plays a spoiled young provincial girl.

4.8