Acting
Apr 26, 1925
Paris, France
Brigitte Auber
Acting
Biography
Brigitte Auber (born April 27, 1925) is a French actress who has worked extensively on film and TV in Europe, but is little-known in the United States. Her best known role, and a rare English-speaking part, was opposite Cary Grant in Alfred Hitchcock's To Catch a Thief, released in 1955. Ms. Auber had a small role in the 1998 remake of The Man in the Iron Mask (which starred Leonardo DiCaprio). Description above from the Wikipedia article Brigitte Auber, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
Feature Films (23)
When a string of jewel robberies hits the French Riviera, suspicion falls on retired thief John “The Cat” Robie. To clear his name, he sets out to trap the copycat himself—entangling a wealthy widow and her beguiling daughter in a seductive game of pursuit, deception, and desire.
To Catch a Thief
Years have passed since the Three Musketeers, Aramis, Athos and Porthos, have fought together with their friend, D'Artagnan. But with the tyrannical King Louis using his power to wreak havoc in the kingdom while his twin brother, Philippe, remains imprisoned, the Musketeers reunite to abduct Louis and replace him with Philippe.
The Man in the Iron Mask
Serge Menessier has been paid to shoot a reportage on his ex-wife's depression. Now remarried, he has accepted the job to pay his debts and maybe because he is still in love with her, a famous actress whose career he contributed to launch.
The Mad Heart
Professor Charles Buisson, astronomer and Nobel Prize winner, has just discovered a nova. He informs the other observatories by telephone. Just as he thinks one of them is calling back, he finds himself on the line with a young woman threatening suicide at the Ruban Bleu cabaret, if her lover hasn't joined her by midnight. Intrigued, the professor decides to go and prevent the unfortunate woman from committing suicide. One of his students, who earns her living as an understudy in a knife act, helps him in his investigation, while the school principal and a policeman suspect him of being a prankster or even of selling drugs. For the scientist, it's an opportunity to discover a world of music-hall that he'd never known before: "I thought I knew the sky chart by heart, but there's one planet that was totally unknown to me: Earth. I'll be back!
Femmes de Paris
Fates of multiple otherwise disconnected characters intertwine miraculously under the sky of Paris. And it all happens in one day.
Under the Paris Sky
In post-Liberation Paris, a man reunites with a friend and meets the woman of his dreams, only to discover her brother's dark past.
Gates of the Night
Five college comrades are gathered in the property of one of them, Claude, whose parents have gone on a cruise. Despite minor domestic difficulties, the five boys get along well. Until the day when Anita, Claude's childhood friend, appears, whom he has not seen for ten years. He is still in love with her.
Love Always Love
Hopes and love and ambitions and friendship in a group of young jazz-loving Parisians.
Rendezvous in July
Gérard Favier is a famous composer who is deeply in love with his wife Sylvia. The couple meet Monelle, a pretty, talented young pianist and ardent admirer of Gérard Favier. The musician takes the young woman under his wing and launches her to success. But a tabloid reveals an affair between the composer and his protégée.
Monelle
A novel by Michel De Saint Pierre was the source for Les Aristocrates. Pierre Fresnay stars an aging Marquis, who tries his best to uphold the traditions of nobility in an ever-changing world. The Marquis' children prefer the trappings of modern society and pop culture and regard their father as a relic. This cultural clash nearly results in tragedy when two of the Marquis' offspring substitute recklessness for common sense.
The Aristocrats
Secretly in love with Françoise, the companion of his best friend Marc, Victor decides to go to prison in his place.
Victor
Television & Series (3)
Upon his return from Louisiana in 1865, Maxence de Mettray decides to use the profits from his last commercial trip to buy the castle of Mauregard in Touraine, the castle of his ancestors. From there, his story and that of his descendants is told over six different periods. A French mini-series in six 60-minute episodes.
