Jean Joffre (1872–1944) often styled simply as Joffre was a French

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. Crisp p.192 A

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he played a variety of supporting roles in theatre and the cinema during his career. His final screen appearance was in the 1943 film ''

The Count of Monte Cristo ''The Count of Monte Cristo'' (french: Le Comte de Monte-Cristo) is an adventure novel written by French author Alexandre Dumas (''père'') completed in 1844. It is one of the author's more popular works, along with ''The Three Musketeers''. Li ...

''.

Selected filmography

* '' The Little Cafe'' (1919) * ''

Les Trois Mousquetaires ''Les Trois Mousquetaires'' (The Three Musketeers) is a 1921 French silent adventure film serial directed by Henri Diamant-Berger based on the 1844 novel by Alexandre Dumas, père. Plot summary Cast * Aimé Simon-Girard ... d'Artagnan * ...

'' (1921) * '' My Aunt from Honfleur'' (1923) * '' Le Miracle des loups'' (1924) * '' Education of a Prince'' (1927) * ''

When Love Is Over ''When Love Is Over'' (French: ''Après l'amour'') is a 1931 French drama film directed by Léonce Perret and starring Gaby Morlay, Victor Francen and Tania Fédor.The A to Z of French Cinema p.339 It is based on the 1924 play '' After Love'' by ...

'' (1931) * '' The Dream'' (1931) * ''

Moonlight Moonlight consists of mostly sunlight (with little earthlight) reflected from the parts of the Moon's surface where the Sun's light strikes. Illumination The intensity of moonlight varies greatly depending on the lunar phase, but even the ful ...

'' (1932) * ''

The Three Musketeers ''The Three Musketeers'' (french: Les Trois Mousquetaires, links=no, ) is a French historical adventure novel written in 1844 by French author Alexandre Dumas. It is in the swashbuckler genre, which has heroic, chivalrous swordsmen who fight f ...

'' (1932) * ''

L'Aventurier ''L'Aventurier'' (; The Adventurer) is the debut studio album An album is a collection of audio recordings issued on compact disc (CD), Phonograph record, vinyl, audio tape, or another medium such as Digital distribution#Music, digital ...

'' (1934) * '' Little Jacques'' (1934) * ''

The Assault ''The Assault'' (original title in Dutch language, Dutch: ''De aanslag'') is a 1982 novel by Netherlands, Dutch author Harry Mulisch. Random House published an English translation by Claire Nicolas White in 1985. It covers 35 years in the life o ...

'' (1936) * '' Samson'' (1936) * ''

Culprit A culprit, under English law properly the prisoner at the bar, is one accused of a crime. The term is used, generally, of one guilty of an offence. In origin the word is a combination of two Anglo-French legal words, culpable: guilty, and prit or ...

'' (1937) * '' Marthe Richard'' (1937) * ''

Abused Confidence ''Abused Confidence'' (french: Abus de confiance) is a 1938 French drama film directed by Henri Decoin and starring Danielle Darrieux and Charles Vanel. Plot A female law student pretends to be the daughter of a famous historian. Selected cast ...

'' (1938) * '' Adrienne Lecouvreur'' (1938) * '' Rasputin'' (1938) * '' Orage'' (1938) * '' Behind the Facade'' (1939) * ''

The End of the Day ''The End of the Day'' (french: La fin du jour) is a 1939 French drama film directed by Julien Duvivier and starring Victor Francen, Michel Simon and Louis Jouvet. It was shot at the Epinay Studios in Paris and on location around the city as w ...

'' (1939) * ''

Thérèse Martin Therese or Thérèse is a variant of the feminine given name Teresa. It may refer to: Persons Therese *Duchess Therese of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1773–1839), member of the House of Mecklenburg-Strelitz and a Duchess of Mecklenburg *Therese of Br ...

'' (1939) * ''

The Phantom Wagon ''The Phantom Carriage'' or ''The Phantom Wagon'' (French: ''La charrette fantôme'') is a 1939 French drama film directed by Julien Duvivier and starring Pierre Fresnay, Marie Bell and Micheline Francey. It is based on the novel '' Thy Soul Shal ...

'' (1939) * '' Beating Heart'' (1940) * ''

Narcisse Narcisse can be both a given name and surname. Notable people with the name include: Given name * Narcisse Bambara (born 1989), Burkinabé footballer * Narcisse Blais (1812–1888), Canadian farmer and political figure in Quebec * Narcisse Bona ...

'' (1940) * '' The Black Diamond'' (1941) * '' The Benefactor'' (1942) * ''

'' (1943)

References

Bibliography

* Crisp, Colin. ''French Cinema—A Critical Filmography: Volume 1, 1929-1939''. Indiana University Press, 2015. * Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.

External links

* 1872 births 1944 deaths French male film actors French male stage actors people from Pyrénées-Orientales {{France-film-bio-stub