List of the best Pierre Fresnay movies: The Murderer Lives at Number 21(1942), A Bomb for a Dictator(1958), Grand Illusion(1937), The Raven(1943), Marius(1931), Fanny(1932), The Man Who Knew Too Much(1934) ... ...
Comedy, Mystery & Thriller
1942
83 Minutes
Pierre Fresnay Suzy Delair Jean Tissier Pierre Larquey Noël Roquevert René Génin Natol Huguette Vivier Odette Talazac Maximilienne Louis Florencie
A detective (Pierre Fresnay) poses as a clergyman and searches for a serial killer among a motley band of boardinghouse residents.
Mystery & Thriller
1958
95 Minutes
Would-be terrorists (Pierre Fresnay, Michel Auclair) with a time bomb target a South American dictator (Gregoire Aslan) returning on a crowded plane.
War, Drama
1937
117 Minutes
Pierre Fresnay Erich von Stroheim Jean Gabin Marcel Dalio Dita Parlo Julien Carette Gaston Modot Georges Peclet Jean Dasté Sylvain Itkine Jacques Becker
captain soldier captor widow powerful amusing touching p.o.w. camp castle countryside germany class distinctions world war i friendship escape sacrifice 1910s
World War I French fliers (Pierre Fresnay, Jean Gabin) become captives of a German aristocrat (Erich von Stroheim) who considers one of them his equal.
Mystery & Thriller
1943
92 Minutes
Pierre Fresnay Ginette Leclerc Pierre Larquey Noël Roquevert Antoine Belpetre Jean Brochard Louis Seigner Robert Clermont Palau Marcel Delaitre
doctor psychiatrist nurse patient wife bleak brutal dark suspenseful tense france small town abortion adultery betrayal scandal extortion mob mentality mystery pursuit
The citizens of a small French town are set on edge when a series of poison-pen letters begins circulating.
Drama
1931
125 Minutes
Marius
Raimu Pierre Fresnay Orane Demazis Fernand Charpin Alida Rouffe Paul Dullac Alexandre Mihalesco Robert Vattier Edouard Delmont
father girl boy sailor bar owner endearing heartwarming amusing marseilles, france port bar love jealousy father/son relationship dreams seafaring sacrifice temptation 1930s
Cesar's (Raimu) son, Marius (Pierre Fresnay), loves Fanny (Orane Demazis) but wants to go to sea in part one of the Marseille trilogy.
Drama
1932
128 Minutes
Marius
Raimu Orane Demazis Pierre Fresnay Fernand Charpin Mouriès Robert Vattier
fiancée mother father merchant sailor manager emotional engaging intense marseilles, france port café pregnancy love marriage family social standing illegitimate child sacrifice love
Marius (Pierre Fresnay) goes to sea, pregnant Fanny (Orane Demazis) marries, and Cesar (Raimu) is a godfather in part two of the Marseille trilogy.
Mystery & Thriller
UK
1934
75 Minutes
Louis Bernard
Leslie Banks Peter Lorre Edna Best Frank Vosper Hugh Wakefield Nova Pilbeam Pierre Fresnay Cicely Oates D.A. Clarke-Smith George Curzon Henry Oscar
mother father daughter spy assassin tense suspenseful thrilling st. moritz england hotel london albert hall government secrets espionage kidnapping family murder adventure pursuit
An ordinary British couple vacationing in Switzerland suddenly find themselves embroiled in a case of international intrigue when their daughter is kidnapped by spies plotting a political assassination.