The best Henri Vidal’s movies

Henri Vidal

Henri Vidal

26/11/1919- 10/12/1959
Today we present the best Henri Vidal’s movies. If you are a great movie fan, you will surely know most of them, but we hope to discover a movie that you have not yet seen … and that you love! Let’s go there with the best Henri Vidal’s movies.
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Attila

Attila
5.4/10
  • Genre: DramaWar
  • Release: 01/04/1955
  • Character: Aetius
Attila, the leader of the barbarian Huns and called by the Romans "The Scourge of God", sweeps onto the Italian peninsula, defeating all of the armies of Rome, until he and his men reach the gates of the city itself.

Napoleon

Napoleon
6/10
The film follows the life of Napoleon from his early life in Corsica to his death at Saint Helena. The film is notable for its use of location shooting for numerous scenes, especially at the French estates of Malmaison and Fontainebleau, the Palace of Versailles, and sites of Napoleonic battles including Austerlitz and Waterloo.

The Damned

The Damned
7.1/10
A group of Nazis and sympathizers board a submarine bound for South America in the hopes of finding shelter.

Be Beautiful But Shut Up

Be Beautiful But Shut Up
5.7/10
  • Genre: ComedyCrime
  • Release: 07/05/1958
  • Character: l'inspecteur Jean Morel
A beautiful 18-year-old orphan escapes from a reformatory and hooks up wth a gang of jewel smugglers, and decides on a life of crime. However, she falls for and marries a policeman, putting a crimp in her criminal career.

La Parisienne

La Parisienne
6.2/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 16/12/1957
  • Character: Michel Legrand
The spoiled daughter of the French Ambassador tricks one of his aides into marrying her.

The Seven Deadly Sins

The Seven Deadly Sins
6.3/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 27/03/1952
  • Character: Dr. Henri (in La gourmandise / Gluttony)
A French/Italian motion picture drama covering the seven deadly sins in seven separate sections.

Fabiola

Fabiola
6.5/10

Charmants garçons

Charmants garçons
5.5/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 11/12/1957
  • Character: Jo aka Kid Chabanne, le boxeur

Pensione Edelweiss

Pensione Edelweiss
5.7/10
  • Genre: Thriller
  • Release: 10/03/1959
  • Character: Jean Monnier
A man who was injured in an accident has a visitor in his hospital. The visitor suggests a strange deal.

Série noire

Série noire
6.6/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 04/03/1955
  • Character: L'inspecteur Léo Fardier

House on the Waterfront

House on the Waterfront
6.2/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 15/04/1955
  • Character: Michel
Martine is searching for her sister that disappeared mysteriously. Lequévic agrees to help her.

Orient Express

Orient Express
5.3/10

Montmartre sur Seine

Montmartre sur Seine
6.3/10
  • Genre: ComedyDrama
  • Release: 19/11/1941
  • Character: Maurice Cazaux

The Gates of Paris

The Gates of Paris
7.1/10
  • Genre: ComedyDrama
  • Release: 27/09/1957
  • Character: Pierre Barbier
Juju, a drunken oaf who feels the need of being important to someone---anyone---and his friend The Artist are forced at gunpoint to house a fugitive, Pierre Barbier, in Juju's broken-down home. The urge for being needed is such in Juju that he gives up drinking and takes care of Pierre. But one day Juju finds out that Pierre has been making love to his girl Maria...

Come Dance with Me!

Come Dance with Me!
6.3/10
Herve argues with his wife, after which he meets an appealing woman at a nightclub. A subsequent one-night stand with her turns into a tragedy when the woman is killed.

To Catch a Spy

To Catch a Spy
5.5/10
  • Genre: Action
  • Release: 15/03/1957
  • Character: Francis Coplan
The blueprints of an aeroplane built from an ultra-secret metal are stolen from national security. French secret service agent Walder believes that the documents are now in Switzerland, in the hands of a man named Lindbaum. The latter agrees to hand over the blueprints in return for a large sum of money. Another agent, Francis Coplan, is sent to Switzerland to handle the deal, but Lindbaum only has half of the documents because he was double-crossed by Kalpannen, an international crook. With the help of Heidi, a Swiss correspondent, Coplan sets out to identify the members of Kalpannen’s gang, only to find that they have all been murdered…

An Angel on Wheels

An Angel on Wheels
5.5/10
This romantic comedy pairs Romy Schneider with French star Henry Vidal, and they make quite a sweet couple in this love story. Schneider plays Vidal's guardian angel who tries to convince him not to marry his rich but mean fiance, but rather fall in love with a stewardess who is secretly in love with him. Things are beginning to become complicated when Schneider herself is robbed of her angelic powers and seems to fail in her mission.

The Wicked Go to Hell

The Wicked Go to Hell
6.5/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 07/12/1955
  • Character: Pierre Macquart
Making his directorial debut, Robert Hossein also assumes the leading role, playing an escaped convict. Hossein and his fellow escapees cross the path of Marina Vlady, with whom they all fall in love. Alas for our "heroes," Vlady intends to avenge the death of her sweetheart at the hands of Hossein and his confreres. Not only do these heels go to Hell, but they do so with a spectacular flourish. Les Salauds Vont en Enfer was adapted by Rene Wheeler from a play by Frederic Dard.

Pourquoi viens-tu si tard...

Pourquoi viens-tu si tard...
6/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 05/05/1959
  • Character: Walter Hermelin
Walter, a reporter and photographer, meets Catherine in a train. The young lawyer recently gained an acquittal for a man who killed his alcoholic father to save his mother. Campaigning against alcoholism, she asks Walter to help her unmask a wine merchant engaged in shady practices.

The Fan

The Fan
  • Release: 18/06/1947
Martine (Dany Robin) is a lonely girl in an exclusive boarding school who conjures up a glamorous existence in order to make her dull life tolerable and to impress the other girls. One of her flights of fancy is a love affair with Brevannes (Claude Dauphin), a famous composer. She leaves the school and goes to the French Alps to find the life she's only dreamed about, where she meets Brevannes and a December-May romance develops until she meets a young mountain guide, Henri Vidal.

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