Cast: Paul Meurisse

Top movies, series, and documentaries starring Paul Meurisse. Uncover the most acclaimed works, loved by fans and praised by critics.


Diabolique

1955 · Movie · 114 min. · France

Direction H.G. Clouzot

Cast Simone Signoret · Véra Clouzot · Paul Meurisse · Charles Vanel

Synopsis In Diabolique (1955), the fragile wife of a cruel headmaster and his mistreated mistress conspire to murder him at a secluded house. After executing their plan, the body mysteriously vanishes, plunging them into paranoia. Strange occurrences and eerie sightings suggest...

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8.0

10K votes

8.0

10K votes

Army of Shadows

1969 · Movie · 139 min. · France

Direction Jean-Pierre Melville

Cast Lino Ventura · Simone Signoret · Paul Meurisse · Jean-Pierre Cassel

Synopsis Army of Shadows is an intimate epic of the French Resistance in WWII. France, 1942, during the occupation. Philippe Gerbier, a civil engineer, is one of the French Resistance's chiefs. Given away by a traitor, he is interned in a...

7.6

2K votes

7.6

2K votes

Second Breath

1966 · Movie · 144 min. · France

Direction Jean-Pierre Melville

Cast Lino Ventura · Paul Meurisse · Raymond Pellegrin · Christine Fabréga

Synopsis Gustave Manda, better known as Gu, a dangerous gangster, escapes from jail. He goes to Paris to join Manouche and other friends, and get involved in a gangland killing. Before leaving the country with Manouche, Gu needs a final job...

7.5

1K votes

7.5

1K votes

Marie-Octobre

1959 · Movie · 94 min. · France

Direction Julien Duvivier

Cast Danielle Darrieux · Bernard Blier · Robert Dalban · Paul Frankeur

Synopsis Fifteen years after WWII, a group of ex-resistance fighters are brought together by Marie-Octobre, so that the former members of the network can finally relive one fateful night and find out who betrayed their murdered leader, Castille.

7.0

283 votes

7.0

283 votes

The Truth

1960 · Movie · 130 min. · France

Direction H.G. Clouzot

Cast Brigitte Bardot · Sami Frey · Charles Vanel · Marie-José Nat

Synopsis Dominique Marceau is on trial for the murder of Gilbert Tellier. The counsels duel relentlessly, elaborating explanations for why the pretty, idle and fickle girl killed the talented and ambitious conductor freshly graduated from the conservatory. Was it premeditated or...

7.0

492 votes

7.0

492 votes

Picnic on the Grass

1959 · Movie · 91 min. · France

Direction Jean Renoir

Cast Paul Meurisse · Catherine Rouvel · Charles Blavette · André Brunot

Synopsis Etienne Alexis, a candidate for president of the new Europe, is a scientist promoting artificial insemination for social betterment and therapy to eliminate passion. His wealthy household (his family owns chemical corporations that will profit from his ideas) is stiff,...

6.9

489 votes

6.9

489 votes

Crooks in Clover

1963 · Movie · 105 min. · France

Direction Georges Lautner

Cast Lino Ventura · Bernard Blier · Francis Blanche · Claude Rich

Synopsis Ex-gangster Fernand (Lino Ventura) receives a call from a dying friend, a mob boss nicknamed "The Mexican". The doomed mobster talks Fernand into taking care of some criminal business and looking after his soon-to-be-married daughter. When a longtime mobster heavy,...

6.7

287 votes

6.7

287 votes

Head Against the Wall (The Keepers)

1959 · Movie · 95 min. · France

Direction Georges Franju

Cast Pierre Brasseur · Paul Meurisse · Jean-Pierre Mocky · Anouk Aimée

Synopsis In order to get rid of his troublesome son François, Maître Gérane manages to have him committed to a mental hospital owned by Dr. Varmont, a supporter of traditional treatments, in constant conflict with Dr. Emery, whose therapy takes the...

6.7

184 votes

6.7

184 votes

Back Streets of Paris

1946 · Movie · 100 min. · France

Direction Jacques Feyder · Marcel Blistène

Cast Françoise Rosay · Andrée Clément · Simone Signoret · Paul Meurisse

Synopsis Madame Rose runs a seedy hotel in a suburb of Paris. Strong-minded but without the least moral scruple, she once killed her husband whose honesty was a hindrance to her business. Under a suspended sentence, she now indulges in smuggling....

6.5

26 votes

6.5

26 votes

The Gypsy

1975 · Movie · 102 min. · France

Direction Jose Giovanni

Cast Alain Delon · Paul Meurisse · Annie Girardot · Marcel Bozzuffi

Synopsis Hugo Sennart is a French Gypsy, wanted by the police for theft. The same inspector who's searching for him is also looking for a jewel thief, Yan Kuq, whose wife has died under suspicious circumstance just after a major burglary....

6.1

113 votes

6.1

113 votes

The Black Monocle

1961 · Movie · 88 min. · France

Direction Georges Lautner

Cast Paul Meurisse · Elga Andersen · Bernard Blier · Pierre Blanchar

Synopsis The Marquis de Villemaur reunite stranges visitors in his Castle, to meet a survivor of the 3rd Reich. There is an Italian fascist ; Heinrich, a German ; Matthias, a russian ; and Dromard, a blind French war hero, with...

6.0

21 votes

6.0

21 votes

When the Peasants Pass

1965 · Movie · 89 min. · France

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Congress of Love

1966 · Movie · 96 min. · Germany - West Germany (FRG)

Direction Géza von Radványi

Cast Lilli Palmer · Curd Jürgens · Paul Meurisse · Walter Slezak

Synopsis Vienna 1965. While visiting the Wax Museum a group of tourists stop in front of the figure of Prince Metternich. All of a sudden they find themselves brought back 150 years earlier during the Vienna Congress of 1814-1815. Before their...

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The Majordomo

1965 · Movie · 93 min. · France

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Le dessous des cartes

1948 · Movie · 90 min. · France

Direction André Cayatte

Cast Madeleine Sologne · Serge Reggiani · Paul Meurisse · Enrico Glori

Synopsis A banker responsible for a financial crisis dies, and his death is covered up.

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Direction Maurice Tourneur

Cast Paul Meurisse · Simone Signoret · Marcel Herrand · Paul Demange

Synopsis Marianne, a stage actress, has decided to give up her career in order to marry a wealthy nobleman, Marquis Antoine de Fontaines. As a wedding present Antoine gives his future wife a precious diamond necklace, which is coveted by a...

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Les nouveaux aristocrates

1961 · Movie · 95 min. · France

Direction Francis Rigaud

Cast Paul Meurisse · Maria Mauban · Yves Vincent · Charles Belmont

Synopsis Denis, a hypersensitive teenager, is revolted both against his distant, pretentious, well-to-do parents and their superficial society firends and the stiff, intolerant catholic establishment in which he studies. Fortunately,he has an open-minded philosophy teacher, Father Philippe de Maubrun, who understands...

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