Henri Desfontaines
Known For & Full Filmography8 Titles
Movie - 1912, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
Marguerite is a courtesan in Paris. She falls deeply in love with a young man of promise, Armand Duval. When Armand's father begs her not to ruin his hope of a career and position by marrying Armand, she acquiesces and leaves her lover. However, when poverty and terminal illness overwhelm her, Marguerite discovers that Armand has not lost his love for her.
Movie - 1908, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
Pathé's version of José Zorrilla's play, Don Juan Tenorio.
Movie - 1931, 2h 15m • as Metternich
An adaptation of the play L'Aiglon by Edmond Rostand, which portrays the life of Napoleon I.
Movie - 1908, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
M. Rasta, a high society con man, is accused of a crime he didn't commit.
Movie - 1908, 2h 15m • as Mitifio
The young hero, Frederick, is leaving his country home and going to the city to attend the bull fight, and while there he meets and woos a beautiful maiden, forgetting his own little sweetheart at home.
Movie - 1913, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
A considered lost film from 1913
Movie - 1912, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
Episodes from the life of Elizabeth I, Queen of England (1533-1603), focusing on her ill-fated love affair with Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex.
Movie - 1930, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
After a rich English lady is killed in a Dijon house, the only person there who doesn't have a solid alibi is about to be arrested.Will a detective from Paris be able to help?