Louis Arbessier
Louis Arbessier (9 April 1907 – 23 March 1998) was a French film and television actor. He played Napoleon III in the 1952 musical film Imperial Violets. Amongst his television roles was that of Maigret.
Arbessier was married and divorced four times, and had four children born between 1929 and 1964. His youngest son, Arnaud (born 1964), is a professional voice actor.
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| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 0.4415 |
| Birthday | 1907-04-09 |
| Place of Birth | Vienne, Isère, France |
| Also Known As | Louis Arbeissier, |
1966
To Skin a Spy
5.806/18
A French secret agent gets a license to kill when he is sent to Vienna to plug a security leak in this routine spy saga. He is caught in the crossfire...
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To Skin a Spy
1968
Pasha
6.732/112
Six months before his retirement from the criminal police, inspector Joss finds his colleague Gouvion dead, in a poorly faked suicide attempt. Joss lo...
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Pasha
1941
Little Nothings
7.667/3
Following a broadcast on the radio, each of the listeners remembers these "little nothings" (the title is borrowed from a play by Mozart), which have...
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Little Nothings
1961
The President
7.309/76
At 73, a former President of the French Council reflects on his political career while writing his memoirs, delving into his relationships with key fi...
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The President
1965
God's Thunder
6.313/32
Veterinarian Léandre Brassac lives with his wife Marie on a remote estate. One day, he decides to shelter a young woman with no bearings.
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God's Thunder
1949
Paysans Noirs
10/2
In Ivory Coast, an administrator is appointed to replace a colleague who has just been assassinated. The newly appointed administrator, Guillon, clash...
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Paysans Noirs
1950
Thirst of Men
7/1
During the colonial period in Algeria, Sergeant Bouvard helps Broussole and his two daughters, Alise and Julie, settle in Hassi Ben Okba. Demobilized,...
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Thirst of Men
1984
Mesrine
6.133/15
Mesrine was the foremost criminal, public enemy N°1, the man most wanted in France, guilty of 39 crimes. "In the police or newspaper history, Mesrine...
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Mesrine
1956
Michael Strogoff
6.338/34
When Emir Feofar Khan, leader of the Tartar hordes, takes up arms and invades the steppes of Eastern Siberia, Czar Alexander II of Russia entrusts the...
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Michael Strogoff
1949
Suzanne and Her Brigands
7/1
Suzanne is a lawyer, she's just got her degree and she is married to a cop. We follow her through three investigations.
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Suzanne and Her Brigands
1952
The Happiest of Men
9/1
An industrialist who prefers painting to business is cheated on by his wife with a painter who prefers business to painting.
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The Happiest of Men
1969
Under the Sign of the Bull
6.529/17
Albert is an eccentric inventor of missiles who comes under fire from his investors when his first prototype explodes. Even his sympathetic mistress h...
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Under the Sign of the Bull
1954
The Beautiful Otero
5.5/2
An Italo-French biopic about one of the most famous women of Belle Époque, Spanish-born dancer and actress, star of Folies-Bèrgere: Carolina Otero.
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The Beautiful Otero
1958
End of Desire
5.545/22
Normandy, second half of the nineteenth century. Jeanne Dandieu lives in a manor house with her parents and their servant Rosalie. She gets to know Ju...
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End of Desire
1952
We Are All Murderers
6.66/25
Originally titled Nous Sommes Tout des Assassins, We Are All Murderers was directed by Andre Cayette, a former lawyer who detested France's execution...
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We Are All Murderers
1953
Royal Affairs in Versailles
6.656/32
Witty narration follows the history of Versailles Palace; founded by Louis XIII, enlarged by autocratic Louis XIV, whose personal affairs and amours,...
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Royal Affairs in Versailles
1947
Télévision, œil de demain
10/1
Télévision, oeil de demain predicted smartphones and video calling. The film was based on a premise from the science fiction author René Barjavel, cal...
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Télévision, œil de demain
1958
Les Misérables
7.18/122
In 19th century France, Jean Valjean, a man imprisoned for stealing bread, must flee a relentless policeman named Javert. The pursuit consumes both me...
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Les Misérables
1953
Mandat d'amener
9/1
Appointed public prosecutor in a small provincial town, Gérard Latour befriends Delanglade, whose young wife becomes his mistress. Shortly afterwards,...
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Mandat d'amener
1975
Les Rosenberg ne doivent pas mourir
8/1
A French film about a famous American trial - that of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, who became the first people in American history to receive the death...
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Les Rosenberg ne doivent pas mourir
1958
Les Violents
5.2/5
Pierre Tercelin who used to be a prosperous industrialist is now ruined and embittered, having become a mere lock keeper. A widower, he lives with his...
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Les Violents
1959
Tonight We Kill
4/2
In Antwerp, Belgium, in 1959, a succession of Interpol agents are gunned down without obtaining what they're looking for: a list of all the influentia...
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Tonight We Kill
1960
The Crab Basket
9/1
Charles is a student in Strasbourg. Abandoned by Liliane, his fiancée, who has inexplicably given up on marriage, he moves to Paris, where he decides...
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The Crab Basket
1958
Women's Prison
4.571/7
Alice Rémon, a pharmacist, is a prostitute who managed to leave the streets by getting married. Her husband dies one day, poisoned. Her mother-in-law,...
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Women's Prison
1965
Rope Around the Neck
9/1
Arthur can no longer stand married life. He wants to get rid of his wife and live with his mistress. In doing so, he makes a mistake and kills his mis...
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Rope Around the Neck
1971
The Lion's Share
5.5/4
A writer is reunited with an old childhood friend, who gives him the opportunity to devise a heist.
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The Lion's Share
1972
La Station Champbaudet
8/0
The widow Champbaudet believes herself loved by an architect. But the young man actually has views on the neighbor upstairs. Cunning, he multiplies hi...
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La Station Champbaudet
1974
Charlotte
4/5
Starting as an investigation, the film begins with the discovery of a murdered young woman. Gradually we go back in time to realize that this crime is...
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Charlotte
1953
The Three Musketeers
6.366/41
The umpteenth adaptation of Dumas' novel finds d'Artagnan and his friends promoting the love affairs of Anne of Austria and the Duke of Buckingham, in...
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The Three Musketeers
1954
Queen Margot
7.125/8
Marguerite de Valois, daughter of Catherine de Médicis, celebrates her wedding with Henri de Navarre. Officially, it's a rapprochement between the Lea...
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Queen Margot
1981
La Dame de chez Maxim
0/0
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La Dame de chez Maxim
1952
Imperial Violets
5.692/13
Violeta, an Andalusian gypsy, foretells a lady she will become empress. The lady is Eugenia de Montijo, and when she marries emperor Luis Napoleón of...
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Imperial Violets
1978
Les Femmes savantes
0/0
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Les Femmes savantes
1976
La Poudre aux yeux
0/0
Created in 1861, this comedy by Eugène Labiche depicts two bourgeois families obsessed with appearances who intend to marry off their children. Labich...
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La Poudre aux yeux
1961
Blood on His Sword
5.935/23
Charles le Temeraire asks in marriage Jeanne de Beauvais, daughter of King Louis XI, wishing to get her valuable lands in dowry. The King is wise to t...
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Blood on His Sword
1957
To Catch a Spy
6/5
The blueprints of an aeroplane built from an ultra-secret metal are stolen from national security. French secret service agent Walder believes that th...
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To Catch a Spy
1956
Mémoires d'un flic
7/1
In Marseille, crime squad captain Dominique fights against racketeers and tries to put a young man back on the right track.
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Mémoires d'un flic
1971
La visite de la vieille dame
7/1
Adaptation for TV of the play by Friedrich Durrenmatt. A very rich old lady arrives in her nearly bankrupt native village. She is ready to come to the...
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La visite de la vieille dame
1964
The Great Spy Chase
6.857/161
A cold-war spy parody. After the death of an armaments manufacturer, an international group of spies is drawn into a high-stakes battle of wits to obt...
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The Great Spy Chase
1960
Liberty Bar
8/2
Superintendent Maigret is sent to Antibes to elucidate the murder of William Brown, a rich Australian who regularly disappeared to indulge in formidab...
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Liberty Bar
1959
The Coin
5/2
Bob recruits Jacques, a desperate blacksmith, to "recover" smuggled diamonds from de Belar. The heist goes badly wrong. The crooks kill each other for...
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The Coin
1955
Série noire
6.333/3
Léo Fardier is a police inspector who goes to prison undercover as a convict. He shares a cell with Mariani, a Corsican mafioso, whose trust he earns....
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Série noire
1960
The Truth
7.605/205
As Dominique Marceau is being tried for the murder of Gilbert Tellier, accounts by different witnesses paint a picture of the kind of relationship the...
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The Truth
1973
The End of the Tether
8/1
An experienced but aging captain in command of the Sofala must hide the fact that he is becoming blind.
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The End of the Tether
1960
Elizabeth la femme sans homme
0/0
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Elizabeth la femme sans homme
1965
The Dirty Game
5.955/11
A U.S. intelligence general recalls three Cold War cases of Soviet, French and Italian spies.
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The Dirty Game
1957
Demoniac
6.286/7
Gervais escapes from a German concentration camp and assumes the identity of a recently deceased fellow prisoner. Knowing that the dead man has been c...
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Demoniac
1962
Monsieur IL
0/0
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