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Michel Simon is a Actor, Director, Scriptwriter and Producer Suisse born on 9 april 1895 at Geneva (Suisse)

Michel Simon

Michel Simon
Michel Simon participated to 108 films (as actor, director or script writer).
Among those, 8 have good markets following the box office.

Here are the best films classified by number of entries :

Actor

The Train
The Train (1964)
, 2h7
Directed by John Frankenheimer, Arthur Penn, Bernard Farrel
Origin France
Genres Drama, War, Thriller, Action
Themes Transport films, Rail transport films, Political films, Histoire de France, L'Occupation allemande en France
Actors Burt Lancaster, Paul Scofield, Jeanne Moreau, Michel Simon, Wolfgang Preiss, Howard Vernon
Roles Papa Boul
Rating77% 3.896933.896933.896933.896933.89693
In 1944, art masterpieces stolen by the Wehrmacht from French museums are being shipped to Germany; the officer in charge of the operation, Colonel Franz von Waldheim (Paul Scofield), is an ardent art lover and is determined to take the art to Germany, no matter the cost. After the Germans remove the art chosen by Waldheim from the Jeu de Paume Museum, curator Mademoiselle Villard (Suzanne Flon) seeks help from the French Resistance. Given the imminent liberation of Paris by the Allies, they need only delay the train for a few days—still, it is a dangerous operation and it must be done in such a way that does not risk damaging the priceless cargo.
A Friend Will Come Tonight, 2h5
Directed by Raymond Bernard
Origin France
Genres Drama, War, Comedy-drama
Themes Histoire de France, L'Occupation allemande en France
Actors Michel Simon, Paul Bernard, Madeleine Sologne, Louis Salou, Saturnin Fabre, Marcel André
Roles Michel Lemaret
Rating64% 3.221783.221783.221783.221783.22178
Le commandant Gérard et sa troupe de maquisards ont déniché la planque idéale : une maison de santé dans les Alpes où, mêlés à des aliénés mentaux, se cachent également une jeune juive ainsi qu'un médecin suisse qui pourrait bien être un espion à la solde des Allemands…
Fabiola
Fabiola (1949)
, 3h7
Directed by Sergio Leone, Alessandro Blasetti
Origin France
Genres Drama, Historical, Peplum
Themes Films set in Africa, Films about religion
Actors Michèle Morgan, Michel Simon, Henri Vidal, Elisa Cegani, Massimo Girotti, Louis Salou
Roles Senator Fabius Severus
Rating65% 3.277363.277363.277363.277363.27736
In ancient Rome a love story blossoms between Fabiola, daughter of a senator, and Rhual, a gallic gladiator. When Fabiola's father is killed, the Romans blame the Christians and the persecution begins. Rhual confesses to be a christian and is accused of the murder and sentenced to fight to death in the arena.
The Impossible Mr. Pipelet, 1h27
Directed by André Hunebelle
Origin France
Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors Michel Simon, Louis de Funès, Gaby Morlay, Etchika Choureau, Mischa Auer, Maurice Baquet
Roles Maurice Martin, concierge d'immeuble
Rating57% 2.8650252.8650252.8650252.8650252.865025
Maurice Martin s'occupe avec fermeté de la loge de concierge qu'il tient avec sa femme, l'aimable Germaine. Leur fille, Jacqueline, travailleuse et sage, leur donnerait toute satisfaction si une idylle ne s'établissait entre elle et Georges Richet, le fils des propriétaires. Ceux-ci ne veulent à aucun prix de ce mariage, pas plus que les Martin. Après une brouille passagère, les amoureux disparaissent. Les pères, d'abord dressés l'un contre l'autre, se désespèrent et les mères se lamentent. Au retour des jeunes gens, tout le monde se réconcilie et on célèbre le mariage dans la plus franche gaieté.
The Devil and the Ten Commandments, 2h7
Directed by Julien Duvivier
Origin France
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Crime
Themes Films about animals, Films about religion, Demons in film
Actors Michel Simon, Louis de Funès, Micheline Presle, Françoise Arnoul, Lucien Baroux, Charles Aznavour
Roles Jérôme Chambard
Rating66% 3.333333.333333.333333.333333.33333
The film consists of seven roughly 15 minute episodes, each showing what will happen if one or more of the Ten Commandments will be broken. The episodes are either mini-dramas. The version available in Germany and Japan has eight episodes.
The Beauty of the Devil, 1h33
Directed by René Clair
Origin France
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Fantasy
Themes Films about religion, Demons in film, Films based on plays
Actors Michel Simon, Gérard Philipe, Carlo Ninchi, Simone Valère, Nicole Besnard, Gaston Modot
Roles Mephistopheles / Old Prof. Henri Faust
Rating73% 3.6921553.6921553.6921553.6921553.692155
Le mythe de Faust revisité par le réalisme poétique français... Au seuil de la mort, le professeur d'université Faust est plein de regrets. Méphistophélès lui propose alors un pacte : vendre son âme en échange de la jeunesse et de la richesse, il lui montrera aussi l'avenir.
The Two of Us, 1h30
Directed by Claude Berri
Origin France
Genres Drama, Comedy
Themes L'adolescence, Films about education, Films about children, Vieillesse, Political films, Films about school violence, Histoire de France, L'Occupation allemande en France, La condition juive en France sous l'Occupation allemande
Actors Michel Simon, Charles Denner, Luce Fabiole, Alain Cohen, Roger Carel, Paul Préboist
Roles Pépé
Rating75% 3.79443.79443.79443.79443.7944
Claude (Alain Cohen) is an 8-year-old Jewish boy living in France during the Nazi occupation. To reduce the chance that he would be sent to Auschwitz or a similar fate, his parents send him to live with a farm family, the elderly parents of Catholic friends of his parents. (In reality, many French urban Jews made similar choices for their children.) The elderly couple honestly think that the boy has been sent to live with them because Paris is dangerous; it never crosses their mind that Claude is a Jew.
Emile's Boat, 1h38
Directed by Denys de La Patellière
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Crime
Actors Lino Ventura, Annie Girardot, Pierre Brasseur, Michel Simon, Jacques Monod, Étienne Bierry
Roles Charles-Edmond Larmentiel
Rating61% 3.097543.097543.097543.097543.09754
Charles-Edmond, l'aîné des frères Larmentiel, décide de revenir à La Rochelle, sa ville natale pour y mourir. Quarante ans plus tôt, il en avait été chassé par son père. Avant de trépasser, le vieil original annonce qu'il a un fils caché, Émile, marin-pêcheur auquel il souhaite léguer ses biens. François, le frère cadet, que Charles-Edmond déteste, lorgne sur l'héritage pour renflouer la puissante entreprise familiale, véritable trust de la pêche, et va tenter de s'approprier l'affection et les biens de cet héritier inopportun. Émile, quant à lui, est trop occupé à se disputer avec Fernande, chanteuse de beuglant, pour se douter de ce qui l'attend.