Jean Mercanton Movies

  • 1932
    He Is Charming

    He Is Charming

    He Is Charming

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    A French musical comedy film, one of the many operetta films made in the 1930s. Rejected for the law after cheating with his fellow students, a...

    He Is Charming
  • 1943
    Départ à zéro

    Départ à zéro

    Départ à zéro

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    Two young people, cousins to each other, inherit a domain where three comrades come to camp. The castle serves as a reserve for a black market band...

    Départ à zéro
  • 1939
    The Phantom Wagon

    The Phantom Wagon

    The Phantom Wagon

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    French version of the Selma Lagerlof story, most famously filmed in 1921 by Victor Sjostrom, about a poor sinner who only realizes what misery he's...

    The Phantom Wagon
  • 1942
    Little Nothings

    Little Nothings

    Little Nothings

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    Following a broadcast on the radio, each of the listeners remembers these "little nothings" (the title is borrowed from a play by Mozart), which have...

    Little Nothings
  • 1931
    Halfway Up the Sky

    Halfway Up the Sky

    Halfway Up the Sky

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    Halfway Up the Sky
  • 1943
    Immortal France

    Immortal France

    Immortal France

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    The story of how the people of Paris cope with the strains and struggles of war, from the siege of the city by the Prussians during the...

    Immortal France
  • 1939
    Three from St. Cyr

    Three from St. Cyr

    Three from St. Cyr

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    Three students from Saint-Cyr are sent to Syria to fight the rebels in the desert.

    Three from St. Cyr
  • 1938
    The Little Thing

    The Little Thing

    The Little Thing

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    Now that their parents are ruined, Jacques Eyssette and his younger brother Daniel, are driven to fend for themselves. Jacques becomes the secretary...

    The Little Thing
  • 1944
    Children of Chaos

    Children of Chaos

    Children of Chaos

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    An officer, two of his comrades and a social worker want to create the "Carrefour", a place for lost children and teens to give them a chance not to...

    Children of Chaos
  • 1947
    Distress

    Distress

    Distress

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    Martine discovers, on the eve of her wedding, that her mother, whom she believed to be dead, leads an adventurous life. Pierre, her fiancé,...

    Distress
  • 1943
    Lucrèce

    Lucrèce

    Lucrèce

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    Lucrèce, a famous actress, is bothered first, then flattered by the passionate testimonies of love given to her by François, a 12th...

    Lucrèce
  • 1932
    Stupéfiants

    Stupéfiants

    Stupéfiants

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    When an up-and-coming singer's career is jeopardized by morphine addiction, her brother takes on the ruthless dope pushers who are intent on keeping...

    Stupéfiants
  • 1940
    The Man Who Seeks the Truth

    The Man Who Seeks the Truth

    The Man Who Seeks the Truth

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    Jean Vernet, an unselfish banker, feels fine : he has a charming mistress, Jacqueline ; a godson, Fernand, that he took in when he was a child and...

    The Man Who Seeks the Truth
  • 1928
    Le Passager

    Le Passager

    Le Passager

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    At the time of the departure of a freighter, a man runs on the pier, begging that he be taken aboard. The captain agrees. The only passengers are the...

    Le Passager
  • 1930
    The mystery of the pink villa

    The mystery of the pink villa

    The mystery of the pink villa

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    The mystery of the pink villa
  • 1932
    To have known

    To have known

    To have known

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    An opinionated and cocky bookkeeper is certain he can rum his employer's business better than his employer can. The latter dive the bookkeeper a...

    To have known
  • 1931
    Princess, At Your Orders!

    Princess, At Your Orders!

    Princess, At Your Orders!

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    Simultaneously made French version of "Ihre Hoheit Befiehlt": An officer, posing as a deli clerk, and a princess, posing as a manicurist, meet at a...

    Princess, At Your Orders!
  • 1946
    Son of France

    Son of France

    Son of France

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    The crew of a tank from the 1st French army took part in the liberation of Strasbourg during the fall of 1944.

    Son of France
  • 1945
    Destitute Mary

    Destitute Mary

    Destitute Mary

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    Marie is one of her kind. While the other girls are after gold, diamonds and jewels, she swears by ... poverty! She does not remain the companion of...

    Destitute Mary
  • 1942
    Soyez les bienvenus

    Soyez les bienvenus

    Soyez les bienvenus

    01942HD

    Before the war. Mr. and Mrs. Boisleroi, well off, lived in their castle while their son Jacques courted Geneviève, the manager's daughter. On...

    Soyez les bienvenus