The best Jacques Varennes’s movies

Jacques Varennes

Jacques Varennes

08/11/1894- 06/09/1958
We present our ranking of the best Jacques Varennes’s movies. Do you love cinema? Or are you looking for a movie of your favorite actor to watch tonight? Surely you have some to see or that you did not know yet about Jacques Varennes.
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Diabolique

Diabolique
8.1/10
The cruel and abusive headmaster of a boarding school, Michel Delassalle, is murdered by an unlikely duo -- his meek wife and the mistress he brazenly flaunts. The women become increasingly unhinged by a series of odd occurrences after Delassalle's corpse mysteriously disappears.

Poison

Poison
7.4/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 30/11/1951
  • Character: Le procureur
Paul Braconnier and his wife Blandine only have one thing in mind: to find a way to kill each other without risk. After listening to a radio show, Paul decides to go to Paris to meet a famous lawyer in the acquittal of the murderers. He tells the lawyer that he killed his wife. The lawyer asks Paul to reconstruct the circumstances of the drama. Without knowing it, he explains, in spite of himself, the way for Paul to murder his wife by putting the odds on his side to avoid death penalty or even be released...

If Paris Were Told to Us

If Paris Were Told to Us
6.3/10
Historical film directed and written by Sacha Guitry follows the the history of Paris from its founding through the significant events in the city's history.

Le Rouge et le Noir

Le Rouge et le Noir
6.7/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 29/10/1954
  • Character: Le président du tribunal
It's no holds barred for Julian in pursuit of upward mobility. Although expected to channel career aspirations into the Church of the post-Napoleonic era, his intensely romantic liaisons propel him forward at a pace he cannot control.

Dear Caroline

Dear Caroline
5.9/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 28/02/1951
  • Character: Le marquis de Bièvre
France, July 1782. During her birthday, the beautiful young Marchioness Caroline meets the attractive soldier Gaston. It's love at first sight but Gaston does not wish to make a commitment because a military career waits for him. Caroline marries then a politician but the French Revolution bursts and Caroline has to run away to escape the guillotine. By running away she meets Gaston again who decides to help her.

Three Sinners

Three Sinners
6.7/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 10/10/1950
  • Character: Hervé Annequin
A man assists his gravely ill wife to die and wants to face justice for this, but his brothers try everything to keep the family's name clean.

The Eagle with Two Heads

The Eagle with Two Heads
6.6/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 22/09/1948
  • Character: Comte de Foehn
Political intrigue and psychological drama run parallel. The queen is in seclusion, veiling her face for the ten years since her husband's assassination, longing to join him in death. Stanislas, a poet whose pen name is Azrael, is a suicidal anarchist, his imagination haunted into hate by longing for this queen who's drawn apart. He enters her private quarters intent on killing her then himself, but they fall in love, in part because he looks like the king. Stanislas wants her to regain political power by appearing to the public, and she tries to convince him to find hope and escape. All the while, the queen's enemies plot to keep the lovers together but to thwart their plans.

Paméla

Paméla
6.3/10
  • Genre: DramaHistory
  • Release: 02/05/1945
  • Character: Rochecotte
A (very) fictionalized vision of the Temple enigma.

Fric-Frac

Fric-Frac
6.9/10
  • Genre: ComedyDrama
  • Release: 15/06/1939
  • Character: Tintin
An employee at a jewelry store falls in love with a woman who secretly plans to rob the store.

La Malibran

La Malibran
6.4/10
  • Genre: ComedyDrama
  • Release: 03/05/1944
  • Character: le général de La Fayette

Personal Column

Personal Column
6.9/10
To try solving the strange disappearances of 11 young Parisian women, the police obtain the services of Adrienne Charpentier, friend of the latest missing person.

L’étrange monsieur Steve

L’étrange monsieur Steve
6.4/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 26/06/1957
  • Character: Arthur
Georges Villard, a minor bank employee, is won over by Mr Steve who does him favours, treats him to the high life and introduces him to his wife Florence, with whom he falls in love. Georges is unaware that these generous gifts will cost him dearly.

Maid in Paris

Maid in Paris
4.6/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 28/03/1956
A young boarder meets a captain.

Le Patriote

Le Patriote
5.7/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 05/06/1938
  • Character: Panine

Mlle. Desiree

Mlle. Desiree
6.4/10
  • Genre: ComedyDrama
  • Release: 03/07/1941
  • Character: Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte / le Roi Charles XIV de Suède

On Trial

On Trial
6.7/10
  • Genre: Crime
  • Release: 04/06/1954
  • Character: Judge
Prosecutor Etzel discovers that his father has sentenced a man, Leonardo Maurizius, on mere presumptions. He then makes it a point of honor to trace the sources of the case to uncover the truth.

Jim la houlette

Jim la houlette
6.6/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 01/11/1935
  • Character: Maitre Clisson

When Love Is Over

When Love Is Over
6.8/10
  • Release: 04/12/1931
  • Character: Robert Fournier

Le prince Bouboule

Le prince Bouboule
  • Release: 11/01/1939

Les Roquevillard

Les Roquevillard
6.6/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 28/07/1943
  • Character: Maître Frasne

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