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Jacque Catelain

 
 Foto: Ernst Förster (1879-1943)

1897 - 1965

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The actor Jacque Catelain could already gain a foothold in the French film in the late 10's. To his first movies belong "Le torrent" (17), "Rose-France" (18) and "Le bercail" (19).

In den 20er Jahren he became established as a silent movie star in productions like "Le carnaval des vérités" (20), "Eldorado" (21), "Don Juan et Faust" (22), "La galerie des monstres" (24), "Der Rosenkavalier" (26), "Feu Mathias Pascal" (26), "Die Apachen von Paris" (28) and "La vocation" (29).

His cinematical activities diminished a little with the rise of the talkies but he appeared in front of the camera till the end of the 50's time and again.
To his well-known movies of the 30's and 40's belong "Le bonheur" (32), "La route impériale" (35), "L'escadrille de la chance" (27), "La Marseillaise" (38), "La comédie du bonheur" (40) and "La révoltée" (47).

To his last movies count "Les derniers jours de Pompei" (50), "French Cancan" (55) and "Le testament du Docteur Cordelier" (59).
 

Other movies with Jacque Catelain: 
L'homme du large (20) Prométhée…banquier (21) Koenigsmark (23) Le marchand de plaisir (23) L'inhumaine (24) Le prince charmant (24) Le vertige (27) L'occident (27) Le diable au coeur (28) Nuits de princes (29) L'enfant de l'amour (30) Le rêve (30) In einer kleinen Konditorei (30) Monsieur de Pourceaugnac (32) Château de rêve (33) La garçonne (36) Adrienne Lecouvreur (38) Entente cordiale (39) La mode rêvée (39) This Love of Ours (45) Amour et compagnie (50) Le jeu de l'amour et du hasard (54) Eléna et les hommes (56)

Director:
Le marchand e plaisirs (23) La galerie des monstres (24)


 
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