Henri Vidal

Henri Vidal

Henri Vidal (26 November 1919 – 10 December 1959) was a French film actor. Henri Lucien Raymond Vidal was first noticed after he won the "Apollo of 1939" contest in Paris. He was spotted by Édith Piaf, and made his film debut alongside her in the movie Montmartre-sur-Seine in 1941. Vidal went on to appear in more than 30 films between 1941 and 1959. In addition to his wife, Michèle Morgan, he played opposite some of the biggest leading ladies in French films of the 1950s: Françoise Arnoul, Brigitte Bardot, Dany Carrel, Mylène Demongeot, Sophia Loren, Romy Schneider, and Marina Vlady. In May 1943 he married the actress Michèle Cordoba, and they divorced in July 1946. In 1950 he married French actress Michèle Morgan, whom he met while filming Alessandro Blasetti's 1949 film Fabiola. He died in 1959 of a heart attack. He is buried in Pontgibaud, in the Puy-de-Dôme départment. Source: Article "Henri Vidal" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

  • Title: Henri Vidal
  • Popularity: 1.222
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1919-11-26
  • Place of Birth: Clermont-Ferrand, Puy-de-Dôme, France
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  • Also Known As: Henry Vidal
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Henri Vidal Movies

  • 1959
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    Come Dance with Me!

    Come Dance with Me!

    5.9 1959 HD

    The wife of an accused murderer embarks on a dangerous masquerade to find the real culprit behind a dancer's death.

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  • 1957
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    The Gates of Paris

    The Gates of Paris

    6.583 1957 HD

    Juju, a drunken oaf who feels the need of being important to someone---anyone---and his friend The Artist are forced at gunpoint to house a fugitive, Pierre Barbier, in Juju's broken-down home. The urge for being needed is such in Juju that he gives up drinking and takes care of Pierre. But one day Juju finds out that Pierre has been making love to his girl Maria...

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  • 1957
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    La Parisienne

    La Parisienne

    5.5 1957 HD

    The spoiled daughter of the French Ambassador tricks one of his aides into marrying her.

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  • 1958
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    Be Beautiful and Shut Up

    Be Beautiful and Shut Up

    5.3 1958 HD

    A beautiful 18-year-old orphan escapes from a reformatory and hooks up with a gang of jewel smugglers, and decides on a life of crime. However, she falls for and marries a policeman, putting a crimp in her criminal career.

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  • 1957
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    To Catch a Spy

    To Catch a Spy

    5 1957 HD

    The blueprints of an aeroplane built from an ultra-secret metal are stolen from national security. French secret service agent Walder believes that the documents are now in Switzerland, in the hands of a man named Lindbaum. The latter agrees to hand over the blueprints in return for a large sum of money. Another agent, Francis Coplan, is sent to Switzerland to handle the deal, but Lindbaum only has half of the documents because he was double-crossed by Kalpannen, an international crook. With the help of Heidi, a Swiss correspondent, Coplan sets out to identify the members of Kalpannen’s gang, only to find that they have all been murdered…

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  • 1959
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    An Angel on Wheels

    An Angel on Wheels

    5.5 1959 HD

    Heralded racing driver Pierre Chaillot has never noticed the pretty young flight attendant who dotes on him adoringly. But when his fiancée's infidelity drives him to the brink of suicide, Pierre's guardian angel takes the form of this stewardess to urge him to choose life. Though the angel confesses her divinity, Pierre is skeptical of the existence of angels. But, despite their difference, the two bond during her brief sojourn in human form.

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  • 1943
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    Homeport

    Homeport

    6 1943 HD

    A discharged seaman winds up on an old man's farm: his children left the place for the broader horizons of the evil city; the walls are near decay ,the fields lie fallow.

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  • 1954
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    Attila

    Attila

    5.3 1954 HD

    Attila, the leader of the barbarian Huns and called by the Romans "The Scourge of God", sweeps onto the Italian peninsula, defeating all of the armies of Rome, until he and his men reach the gates of the city itself.

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  • 1944
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    Angel of the Night

    Angel of the Night

    1 1944 HD

    A young sculptor presides over the destinies of a student club where a miserable young girl ends up one evening. The treasurer of the association falls in love with the young girl who returns the favor. The war. The sculptor comes back blind. Out of gratitude, the young girl marries him and restores his confidence in his talent; out of discretion, the treasurer steps aside.

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  • 1949
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    The Hell of Lost Pilots

    The Hell of Lost Pilots

    1 1949 HD

    A plane flying to Dakar is caught in a storm and has to land in the desert. Deprived of a radio, he is unable to give his position and the water reserves are limited to two days. Each, among the military crew and the civilian passengers, experiences the ordeal according to his character.

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  • 1955
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    House on the Waterfront

    House on the Waterfront

    6.7 1955 HD

    Martine is searching for her sister that disappeared mysteriously. Lequévic agrees to help her.

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  • 1947
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    The Damned

    The Damned

    6 1947 HD

    A group of Nazis and sympathizers board a submarine bound for South America in the hopes of finding shelter.

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  • 1959
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    Pensione Edelweiss

    Pensione Edelweiss

    5.1 1959 HD

    A man who was injured in an accident has a visitor in his hospital. The visitor suggests a strange deal.

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  • 1955
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    Scampolo 53

    Scampolo 53

    1 1955 HD

    A young girl meets by chance an engineer who lives with an unbearable mistress. After abandoning his mistress, the engineer has to leave for Sardinia. He decides to take the girl with him, who has been waiting for this.

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  • 1957
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    A Kiss for a Killer

    A Kiss for a Killer

    5.3 1957 HD

    In Nice, a wealthy widow is charmed by a young man who marries her and manages her finances. He soon starts an affair with her secretary, who proves to be even more ruthless than he is.

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  • 1951
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    The Strange Madame X

    The Strange Madame X

    4.5 1951 HD

    Irène is the unhappy wife of a wealthy publisher, Jacques Voisin-Larive, who cares about her no more than a beautiful piece of furniture. Her meeting with Étienne, a young cabinetmaker with whom she falls in love, turns her dismal existence upside down. Not wanting to reveal her condition to her lover, she pretends to be a modest maid, employed by the Voisin-Larive. At the end of a weekend spent with her lover, Irène discovers that she is pregnant. The fragile balance of their existence is suddenly broken. Taking the initiative, she reveals her affair to Jacques and tells him about her desire to divorce. But her husband has no intention of giving her back her freedom...

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  • 1949
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    Fabiola

    Fabiola

    5.9 1949 HD

    In ancient Rome a love story blossoms between Fabiola, daughter of a senator, and Rhual, a Gallic gladiator. After Fabiola's father is killed, the Romans blame the Christians and the persecution begins. Rhual confesses to being a Christian, is accused of the murder and sentenced to fight to the death in the arena.

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  • 1955
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    The Wicked Go to Hell

    The Wicked Go to Hell

    6.2 1955 HD

    Making his directorial debut, Robert Hossein also assumes the leading role, playing an escaped convict. Hossein and his fellow escapees cross the path of Marina Vlady, with whom they all fall in love. Alas for our "heroes," Vlady intends to avenge the death of her sweetheart at the hands of Hossein and his confreres. Not only do these heels go to Hell, but they do so with a spectacular flourish. Les Salauds Vont en Enfer was adapted by Rene Wheeler from a play by Frederic Dard.

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  • 1955
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    Série noire

    Série noire

    2 1955 HD

    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. The day Léo leaves prison, the criminal entrusts him with a letter to deliver to his estranged wife. He finds her, and she falls under his spell. The problem is that he, too, has fallen in love with her.

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  • 1952
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    The Seven Deadly Sins

    The Seven Deadly Sins

    6 1952 HD

    A compilation of segments covers the seven deadly sins of greed, wrath, envy, pride, lust, sloth, and gluttony.

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  • 1957
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    Too Many Lovers

    Too Many Lovers

    5.6 1957 HD

    The charming Lulu, a cabaret singer and dancer, has no shortage of admirers. When she decides to get married, she sets her heart on Robert, a young industrialist, but he is already married. Disappointed, she sets out in search of the ideal man.

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  • 1954
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    Orient Express

    Orient Express

    7 1954 HD

    On December 24th the Orient Express gets snowbound near a little mountain village and its passengers are forced to spend some time there, mingling with the local people, upsetting their usually monotonous daily lives.

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  • 1959
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    Too Late to Love

    Too Late to Love

    5.6 1959 HD

    Walter, a reporter and photographer, meets Catherine in a train. The young lawyer recently gained an acquittal for a man who killed his alcoholic father to save his mother. Campaigning against alcoholism, she asks Walter to help her unmask a wine merchant engaged in shady practices.

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  • 1950
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    Here Is the Beauty

    Here Is the Beauty

    1 1950 HD

    Melodrama of two struggling artists whose love for each other is thwarted.She has some success as a ballerina despite being wounded by him in a fit of jealousy. His career as a sculptor is stymied when he is arrested.

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  • 1952
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    It Happened in Paris

    It Happened in Paris

    1 1952 HD

    Wealthy American Patricia comes to spend some time at her uncle's place in Paris. While out on her own for the evening she meets pseudo-Russian prince Vladimir in a bistro.

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  • 1959
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    Beast at Bay

    Beast at Bay

    4.7 1959 HD

    Melun, on 1959. On the return to an auction, a young and attractive widow, Elisabeth Vernon, finds at her home(with her) a wounded escapee of prison. The fugitive, Daniel Morane, is a handsome boy and justifies himself crimes(murders) of which we accuse it. The young woman is allowed convince, seduce, feels sorry, and agrees to help him(it). But during their escape(mare), the doubt seizes her …

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  • 1959
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    The Wreckers

    The Wreckers

    5.5 1959 HD

    In 1852, the famine on a desolate Britanny's island named Blaz-Mor, off the coast of Finistère. Some residents exalted hold responsible the young Moira, equivalent to a witch. The old Marnez, "head" of the island, is trying to restore calm and opposes Yann Le Heart, the fiancé of his daughter Louise Kermelen, who wants causing a shipwreck to save the island from famine.

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  • 1952
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    Desperate Decision

    Desperate Decision

    5.3 1952 HD

    Ireland, 1922. In the midst of a national uprising, Catherine, a young orphan employed in household chores, goes in search of her brother whom she has heard in a dream calling for help.

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  • 1941
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    Montmartre on the Seine

    Montmartre on the Seine

    6 1941 HD

    Maurice loves Juliet and Michael loves Lily. Romance blossoms on the hill. They are workers, artisans, and Lily has a real talent as a singer. But Claude's arrival brings trouble to their relationships. Maurice, jealous, approaches Lily. Singing in the streets, Lily quickly becomes a cabaret star.

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  • 1950
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    The Strollers

    The Strollers

    5.2 1950 HD

    Jean-Louis forgets to use the pedestrian crossing;Who could have believed then where it would lead the unfortunate guy to?

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  • 1946
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    Strange Fate

    Strange Fate

    1 1946 HD

    Patrica is the wife of Alain de Saulieu, a handsome engineer. She unfortunately loses her husband, who is killed in action during a battle of the First World War. At least, this is only the official truth, for Alain is not dead. Patricia indeed recognizes him one day. But the inverse does not work the other way around: Alain has become amnesiac and he does not remember her. And worst of all, he lives in a conjugal relationship with Germaine, his dedicated nurse, who is now pregnant by him. What has the future in store then for the three (not to say four) of them?

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  • 1951
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    The Passerby

    The Passerby

    4.7 1951 HD

    A woman who has a terrible secret to conceal takes refuge on a barge.

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  • 1955
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    Napoleon

    Napoleon

    6.3 1955 HD

    The film follows the life of Napoleon from his early life in Corsica to his death at Saint Helena. The film is notable for its use of location shooting for numerous scenes, especially at the French estates of Malmaison and Fontainebleau, the Palace of Versailles, and sites of Napoleonic battles including Austerlitz and Waterloo.

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  • 1947
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    The Fan

    The Fan

    1 1947 HD

    Martine is a lonely girl in an exclusive boarding school who conjures up a glamorous existence in order to make her dull life tolerable and to impress the other girls. One of her flights of fancy is a love affair with Brevannes, a famous composer. She leaves the school and goes to the French Alps to find the life she's only dreamed about, where she meets Brevannes and a December-May romance develops until she meets a young mountain guide, Henri Vidal.

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  • 1956
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    Cinépanorama

    Cinépanorama

    8 1956 HD

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