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Pierre Alcover

Pierre Alcover

Acting
1893-03-14
Châtellerault, Vienne, France

Known For & Full Filmography34 Titles

#1The Swallow and the Titmouse

Movie - 1924, 2h 15m • as Michel, The New Pilot

6.7 / 10
Drama

Herr Pierre Van Groot owns two barges. Van Groot, his wife, and his sister-in-law navigate along the north channels between Belgium and France. Herr Pierre transports construction material in his barges but he earns extra francs trafficking in diamonds, which he hides in the boat’s rudder. Pierre engages a new first mate, Michel, who gets wise to the diamond smuggling. The film was shot in 1920, but only shown once in its 80 minute entirety at a private screening in 1924.

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#2Les Roquevillard

Movie - 1922, 2h 15m • as Philippeaux - le clerc

7.0 / 10

A family of strict magistrates holds firm in protecting one of their members,who commits an error which provokes a storm of outrage.

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#3Ernest the Rebel

Movie - 1938, 2h 15m • as Tonio

6.2 / 10
ComedyWestern

In South America anything can happen: the consul might give you as a snack to the sharks, you can wind up as a working man (slave) in a banana plantation or as a recruit in the governor's navy. And there's always a fire squad waiting for you so you 'd better start a revolution! It takes all Fernandel's talent to go through this eventful journey.

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#4L'Argent

Movie - 1928, 2h 15m • as Nicolas Saccard

7.0 / 10
Drama

Adapted from the novel L'Argent by Émile Zola, the film portrays the world of banking and the stock market in Paris in the 1920s.

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#5Donogoo

Movie - 2024, 2h 15m • as Sabourin

7.0 / 10
Comedy

An outstanding performance featuring brilliant storytelling, high stakes drama, and unforgettable character arcs.

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#6Bizarre, Bizarre

Movie - 1937, 2h 15m • as l'inspecteur-chef de Scotland Yard Bray

6.9 / 10
Comedy

A French farce set in Victorian London where a botanist and his wife get into trouble when they pretend to go missing in order to hide from their sanctimonious cousin – an Anglican bishop who is leading a campaign against such writing.

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#7Second Bureau

Movie - 1935, 2h 15m • as Weygelmann

7.0 / 10
DramaRomance

Captain Benoît manages to take possession of the plans of a new German airplane. The German counter-espionage assigns one of their agents, beautiful Erna Fiedler, to seduce Benoît and to eliminate him. But the two spies fall in love.

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#8The Wedding of Miss Beulemans

Movie - 1932, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role

8.0 / 10
Comedy

The daughter of a Brussels restaurant proprietor prefers the company of a young man from Paris, to that of her compatriots.

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#9Le Million

Movie - 1931, 2h 15m • as Le policier

6.9 / 10
ComedyMusic

Debt-ridden painter Michel is overcome with joy at discovering that he has just won 1 million florins in the Dutch lottery, but almost immediately, he discovers that his softhearted girlfriend, Béatrice, has given away his jacket containing the winning ticket to an elderly petty thief. Soon Michel, Beatrice and Michel's artistic rival, Prosper, are hurtling through the streets of Paris on the trail of the missing jacket.

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#10Le Château des 4 obèses

Movie - 1939, 2h 15m • as Eugène

9.0 / 10
CrimeMystery

In a castle, one stormy evening, Doctor Carter and a whole merry company find themselves welcomed by the four brothers who hold the place. The four obese disappear one by one, without leaving a trace.

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#11Liliom

Movie - 1934, 2h 15m • as Alfred

6.5 / 10
DramaFantasy

Two women love the same man in a world of few prospects. In Budapest, Liliom is a "public figure," a rascal who's a carousel barker, loved by the experienced merry-go-round owner and by a young, innocent maid. The maid, Julie, loses her job after going out with Liliom; he's fired by his jealous employer for going out with Julie. The two lovers move in with Julie's aunt; unemployment emasculates him and a local weasel tempts him with crime. Julie, now wan, is true to Liliom even in his bad temper. Meanwhile, a stolid widower, a carpenter, wants to marry Julie. Is there any future on this earth for Julie and Liliom, whose love is passionate rather than ideal?

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#12La Chèvre aux pieds d'or

Movie - 1926, 2h 15m • as le baron Friedrich

9.0 / 10
Drama

Spy drama about a young dancer from a poor background in Poland who is forced by a baron to spy for him.

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#13Parade in 7 Nights

Movie - 1941, 2h 15m • as Unhappy customer

5.7 / 10
ComedyDrama

In the pound, Pipo the dog recounts his adventures to his fellow inmates.

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#14All for Nothing

Movie - 1933, 2h 15m • as Landry

9.0 / 10
Comedy

An honest but naive young man is manipulated by a gang of crooks who use him as as a cover for their misdeeds. His honesty will be rewarded though and he will find the way to the heart of his beloved.

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#15Bourrasque

Movie - 1935, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role

9.0 / 10
Drama

A young settler from Algeria is in love with the boss's niece. Of course, the father of the young man is formally opposed to the marriage. But helped by his mother and by the kingpin himself, the boy achieves his goals.

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#16L'Étrange Nuit de Noël

Movie - 1939, 2h 15m • as Monsieur Rafet

10.0 / 10
Crime

Taking advantage of their uncle's absence, André and Raymond Rafet organize a New Year's Eve party at his house. The uncle returns unexpectedly, disturbs the party, threatens his nephews to disinherit them and then locks himself in his office. A few minutes later, he is found dead, poisoned.

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#17The Man from Nowhere

Movie - 1937, 2h 15m • as Malagna, l'ancien prétendant et notaire de Madame Pascal

6.8 / 10
Drama

Mathias Pascal, saddled with a stupid wife and a nagging mother-in-law, leaves home and is extremely lucky at several gambling resorts. He returns home and discovers that a drowned man, fished out of the river, bears an uncanny likeness to him and is being buried by his family as him. This, to him, is a pleasant turn of events and he goes to Rome, where he falls in love with Louise Paleari. Count Papiano, a jealous suitor of Louise's, threatens him with arrest unless he produces credentials to prove his identity.

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#18Sous la Terreur

Movie - 1936, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role

10.0 / 10
DramaHistory

During the French Revolution in 1793, a member of the Convention, seduced by the Comtesse de Beaulieu, helps her to discover the truth about the relationship between Agnès de Fitz-James and the count who was guillotined.

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#19Life Dances On

Movie - 1937, 2h 15m • as Teddy Mélanco

7.0 / 10
DramaRomance

After the death of her husband, Christine realizes she has possibly wasted her life by marrying him instead of the man towards whom, in her youth, she had a stronger inclination. To overcome these dreary thoughts, she decides to find out about him and the other men who danced with her during a ball that was a turning point in her life, many years ago. She pays a visit to those forgotten acquaintances one after the other; Christine is not only surprised to see how they have fared, but also discovers the impact she had, unknowingly, on the feelings and the destiny of these persons.

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#20The Citadel of Silence

Movie - 1937, 2h 15m • as The Governor of Warsaw

10.0 / 10
Drama

During the students ' rebellion against Nicholas the Second in Russia, Viana tries to kill the governor but it's her lover who is arrested and sent to a sinister fortress : hence the title. To help the prisoner,Vania marries the officer who commands the place. There the convicts have really a bad time, but Vania manages to communicate with her dear captive. But beware of informers.

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#21Saturnin de Marseille

Movie - 1941, 2h 15m • as Father Morgan

10.0 / 10
Comedy

A student, who wishes to become an opera singer, is helped by a good boy, Saturnin, who improvises as a manager. The student succeeds and becomes famous, without ever forgetting little Denise whom he no longer believes worthy of his love. His guardian angel definitely fixes things.

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#22Colonel Chabert

Movie - 1943, 2h 15m • as Director of the asylum

6.9 / 10
Drama

The story of a French officer who is assumed dead during the Napoleonic Wars, but returns ten years later to a very different France, both on a political and personal level. The film is based on the novel Colonel Chabert by Honoré de Balzac.

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#23The Messenger

Movie - 1937, 2h 15m • as Morel

7.3 / 10
Drama

Nick, a Parisian businessman, divorces his rich American wife, marries his new secretary Marie, but is prevented from success in France so travels without his wife to an African outpost. He tells his young assistant Gilbert about his wife. When Gilbert takes sick and returns to Paris, he begins to fall in love with Marie.

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#24Le Billet de mille

Movie - 1935, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role

9.0 / 10
Comedy

The tribulations of a banknote, from its exit from a counter to its destruction, passing through dozens of hands.

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#25Criminal

Movie - 1933, 2h 15m • as Chief Warden

8.0 / 10
Drama

A wrongfully convicted man finds himself suspected of a crime committed in his prison.

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#26Street Without Joy

Movie - 1938, 2h 15m • as Antoine Molasson

7.0 / 10
Drama

Jeanne supports supports his family on his modest salary. Her boss is arrested for fraud. Jeanne is forced, out of poverty, in the street.

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#27Autour de l'argent

Movie - 1929, 2h 15m • as Himself

8.0 / 10
Documentary

A documentary about the making of L'argent, the epic silent film directed by Marcel L'Herbier. The film shows the details of many of the more complicated moving camera shots.

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#28Courier of Lyons

Movie - 1937, 2h 15m • as Valentin Durochat

7.3 / 10
DramaHistory

A courier carrying a large sum of money intended for Bonaparte's army is attacked. A miscarriage of justice will lead an innocent person to the guillotine.

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#29Coup de vent

Movie - 1936, 2h 15m • as Mastro Poque

8.0 / 10
ComedyDrama

In Pisa, chance forces an old bookseller out of his isolation. He unleashes the fury of the tenants of his building, he undergoes the rigors of the law and he is involved in the adventure of two lovers whose marriage he arranges.

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#30Little Lise

Movie - 1930, 2h 15m • as Victor Berthier

5.7 / 10
Drama

Victor Berthier, a good man but also a very jealous one, killed his wife in a fit of jealousy. After serving a few years in a chain gang, he is released for good behavior. He feels very happy to be able to return to Paris and to meet Lise, his daughter, again. But, to his dismay, he finds that Lise, through the fault of André, her lover and pimp, has unwillingly committed a murder.

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#31In the Service of the Tsar

Movie - 1936, 2h 15m • as General Platoff

10.0 / 10
DramaHistory

At the turn of the last century, a beautiful spy takes advantage of a handsome officer to get across the Russian border without her passport. They fall in love. But the Grand Duke also falls in love with the young woman, who has in fact been assigned to kill him. A jealous mistress kills the spy before she can commit the crime.

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#32La Griffe du hasard

Movie - 1937, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role

8.8 / 10

A likeable young man, reduced to living by expediency, is launched in spite of himself into an adventure of stealing jewels. With the help of a brave, rough-looking but actually very clear-sighted policeman, the jewels are recovered, the stolen young woman is reassured and the main culprit is forced into exile.

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#33Nuits de princes

Movie - 1938, 2h 15m • as Rizine

9.0 / 10
Drama

In the Parisian Russian émigré community, an attractive young woman, Hélène, is torn between her husband, her lover, and the love she feels for a new suitor.

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#34L'Heureuse Aventure

Movie - 1935, 2h 15m • as Broïdo

8.0 / 10
Adventure

A problem forces a plane carrying passengers bound for the Far East to land on a desert island. Couples forms and they are happy. They are finally located, rescued and repatriated. A few months of 'civilization' are enough to pit them against each other. Then they decide to return to their paradise lost.

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