Adolf Anton Wilhelm Wohlbrück was an Austrian actor who settled in the United Kingdom under the name Anton Walbrook. A popular performer in Austria and pre-war Germany, he left in 1936 out of concerns for his own safety and established a career in British cinema. Walbrook is perhaps best known for his roles in the original British film of Gaslight, The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp, The Red Shoes and Victoria the Great.
Victor and Victoria is a 1933 German musical comedy film written and directed by Reinhold Schünzel, starring Renate Müller as a woman pretending to be a female impersonator. The following year, Schünzel directed a French-language version of the film titled George and Georgette, starring Meg Lemonnier and a French cast.
Le Miroir à deux faces is a 1958 French crime drama film directed by André Cayatte who co-wrote screenplay with Gérard Oury, Jean Meckert and Denis Perret. The film stars Michèle Morgan, Bourvil and Ivan Desny. It was called The Mirror Has Two Faces in English, but this is not the literal translation; the word is à ("with") not a ("has"), and so would be better translated as The Two-Sided Mirror.
Julien Henri Carette was a French film actor. He appeared in more than 120 films between 1931 and 1964.
On Trial is a 1954 Franco-Italian crime drama film directed by Julien Duvivier and starring Daniel Gélin, Madeleine Robinson and Anton Walbrook. It was based on a 1928 novel by Jakob Wassermann.
The Green Mare is a 1959 French comedy-drama historical film directed by Claude Autant-Lara and starring Bourvil, Francis Blanche, Sandra Milo and Yves Robert. The story is set during the latter half of the 19th century and follows two feuding peasant families. It is based on the novel The Green Mare by Marcel Aymé.
Fanfare of Love is a 1935 French comedy film directed by Richard Pottier and starring Fernand Gravey, Betty Stockfeld and Julien Carette. The film's art direction was by Max Heilbronner. The story was remade in West Germany in 1951 as Fanfares of Love and then in 1959 as the American film Some Like It Hot.
Marguerite Gabrielle Lemonnier was a British-born French singer and film actress. Lemonnier played the female lead in the comedy George and Georgette (1933).
Transit Camp or Temporary Shelter is a 1932 French-German drama film directed by Max Reichmann and starring Ivan Koval-Samborsky, Berthe Ostyn and Meg Lemonnier. It was made as a polyglot film with each actor speaking in their own language. It is set amongst the travelling circus community.
Beautiful Star is a 1938 French comedy drama film directed by Jacques de Baroncelli and starring Michel Simon, Meg Lemonnier, and Jean-Pierre Aumont. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Paul-Louis Boutié and Georges Wakhévitch.
The Gypsy Baron is a 1935 German operetta film directed by Karl Hartl and starring Anton Walbrook, Hansi Knoteck and Fritz Kampers. It is an adaptation of the 1885 operetta The Gypsy Baron. It was made at the Babelsberg Studios of UFA in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art director Werner Schlichting. It was shot on location in Brandenburg and the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. A separate French-language version, Le baron tzigane, was also produced.
Salto Mortale is a 1931 German drama film directed by Ewald André Dupont and starring Anna Sten, Anton Walbrook and Reinhold Bernt. A circus film, it has been described as being "in all but name a sound film remake of Variety" and was a box office success.
The Five Accursed Gentlemen is a 1932 French mystery drama film directed by Julien Duvivier and starring Anton Walbrook, Camilla Horn and Jack Trevor. It was made as the German-language version of Moon Over Morocco.
Michel Strogoff is a 1936 French historical adventure film directed by Jacques de Baroncelli and Richard Eichberg and starring Anton Walbrook, Colette Darfeuil and Armand Bernard. It is an adaptation of the 1876 novel Michael Strogoff by Jules Verne. A separate German version The Czar's Courier was also made.
The Czar's Courier is a 1936 German historical drama film directed by Richard Eichberg and starring Anton Walbrook, Lucie Höflich, and Maria Andergast. It is an adaptation of Jules Verne's 1876 novel Michael Strogoff.
My Childish Father is a 1930 French drama film directed by Jean de Limur and starring Adolphe Menjou, Roger Tréville and Alice Cocéa. It is based on the 1925 play of the same title by Léopold Marchand which was later remade in 1953 as My Childish Father. The film's sets were designed by the art director Jacques Colombier. It was one of twelve sound films produced by Pathé-Natan that year following the conversion from silent film. A separate English-Language version The Parisian was produced, also starring Menjou.
The Hortensia Sisters is a 1935 French musical comedy film directed by René Guissart and starring Meg Lemonnier, Lucien Baroux and Adrien Lamy. It was based on the operetta of the same title. The film's sets were designed by the art director René Renoux.
Simone Is Like That is a 1933 French comedy film directed by Karl Anton and starring Meg Lemonnier, Henri Garat and Pierre Etchepare. It was produced by the French subsidiary of Paramount Pictures at the company's Joinville Studios in Paris. It was voted as one of the most popular releases of the year by readers of Pour Vous film magazine.
Messieurs Ludovic is a 1946 French comedy drama film directed by Jean-Paul Le Chanois and starring Odette Joyeux, Bernard Blier and Marcel Herrand. It is based on the 1932 play Ludo by Pierre Scize. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Paul Bertrand and Auguste Capelier.
Sideral Cruises is a 1942 French science fiction adventure film directed by André Zwobada and starring Madeleine Sologne, Jean Marchat and Julien Carette. It was shot at the Epinay Studios of Eclair outside Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art director Henri Mahé.
