Michel Simon Movies

The attempt of a young hairdresser to act in a serious film with his chosen co star , recognized during the shooting as inept, is mistakenly taken by...

In the elevator of two large Parisian buildings, a telegraph operator discovers the body of an elderly woman, Madame Mathieu, the owner of both...

The illegitimate son of a music-hall star and an ambitious politician has grown up to become a journalist. He decides to get back at his father by...

A biography of the French actress Arletty.

Professor Charles Buisson, astronomer and Nobel Prize winner, has just discovered a nova. He informs the other observatories by telephone. Just as he...

The tale of a rich, flaky poet and his servant who both join the army and wind up in the same barracks.

The workers Legendre and Martinet have won a large sum in the national lottery. Instead of squandering it, they had the good idea to invest it in...

The forbidden romance between wealthy Giselle Preville and impoverished journalist Claude Dauphin. When Preville disappears, Dauphin is accused of...

A journey through history

A crude countryman sells horses and ,thanks to an old war buddy who has now become a film star, has achieved some renown. Full of himself, he...

Simon talks about himself and his career, and why he prefers the company of his many animals to that of humans.

A chamber pot manufacturer tries to impress a military official while his wife desperately tries to force their constipated young son to take a...

A short documentary tour of Paris’s Hôtel des Invalides that uses ironic narration and museum imagery to question the logic and legacy of...

The young Loris is undergoing a trial for killing his girlfriend Maria Luce. According to the reconstruction of the facts, the young man would shoot...

A young journalist who has gone reporting with the papers of a friend gets caught up in an arms smuggling operation. It is in this context that he...

A handsome but penniless young man takes a summer job as a swimming instructor in a picturesque Alpine lake resort. He falls in love with a young...

In 1932, Michel Simon plays in "Boudu sauvé des eaux" under the direction of Jean Renoir. Three years later, he was again invited to don the...