Biography: life and films
Pierre Blanchar was a French actor whose birth name was Gustave Pierre Blanchard. He was born in Philippeville, Algeria on 30th June 1892 and died in Suresnes, Hauts-de-Seine, France on 21st November 1963, aged 71.His best films as an actor include Raymond Bernard's Le Joueur d'échecs (1927), Les Croix de bois (1932), Pierre Chenal's Crime et châtiment (1935), Jean Grémillon's L'Étrange Monsieur Victor (1937) and Jean Delannoy's La Symphonie pastorale (1946), and whose best work as a film director include Secrets (1943).
Pierre Blanchar appeared in 55 films and directed 2 films.
He has most frequently worked with the following directors: Raymond Bernard (4 films), Jean Delannoy (3), Pierre Chenal (2), Marc-Gilbert Sauvajon (2), Léon Poirier (2), Henry Roussel (2), Harry Lachman (2), Gerhard Lamprecht (2), Georg Wilhelm Pabst (2) and André Hugon (2).
His most frequent genres include: drama (35 films), comedy-drama (14), romance (7), history (4), War (4), comedy (3) and Thriller (3).
Our average rating for Pierre Blanchar over all films is: 2.7
Filmography
Key: a = actor; d = director
Jocelyn (1922) [a]
Aux jardins de Murcie (1923) [a]
Geneviève (1923) [a]
Le Juge d'instruction (1923) [a]
L'Arriviste (1924) [a]
La Terre promise (1925) [a]
La Marche nuptiale (1928) [a]
La Valse de l'adieu (1928) [a]
Diane - Die geschichte einer Pariserin (1929) [a]
Le Capitaine Fracasse (1929) [a]
L'Atlantide (1932) [a]
La Belle marinière (1932) [a]
La Couturière de Lunéville (1932) [a]
Mélo (1932) [a]
Au bout du monde (1933) [a]
Cette vieille canaille (1933) [a]
Iris perdue et retrouvée (1934) [a]
L'Or (1934) [a]
Turandot, princesse de Chine (1934) [a]
Le Diable en bouteille (1935) [a]
Les Bateliers de la Volga (1936) [a]
The Road to Glory (1936) [a]
L'Étrange Monsieur Victor (1937) [a]
L'Affaire du courrier de Lyon (1937) [a]
L'Homme de nulle part (1937) [a]
Mademoiselle Docteur (1937) [a]
Une femme sans importance (1937) [a]
A Royal Divorce (1938) [a]
Le Joueur (1938) [a]
L'Empreinte du Dieu (1940) [a]
La Prière aux étoiles (1941) [a]
La Neige sur les pas (1942) [a]
Pontcarral, colonel d'empire (1942) [a]
Secrets (1943) [a,d]
Un seul amour (1943) [a,d]
Le Bossu (1944) [a]
La Symphonie pastorale (1946) [a]
Patrie (1946) [a]
Le Bataillon du ciel (1947) [a]
Docteur Laennec (1949) [a]
Mon ami Sainfoin (1950) [a]
Du rififi chez les femmes (1959) [a]
Katia (1959) [a]
The very best fantasy films in French cinema
The very best of French film comedy
The very best of Italian cinema
