Vidocq
5.8
A film based upon the life of Vidocq, the famous adventurer, who, after numerous prison escapes ceased being a crook, a thief and a counterfeiter, and was employed by Pasquier’s government’istry as director of the crime-fighting Sûreté Nationale.
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Cast
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André Brulé
Vidocq
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Nadine Vogel
Annette
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Bizarre, Bizarre
René Ferté
Salembier
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The Three-Sided Mirror
Mauprat
Jean Worms
Prefect Henry
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The Orderly
Heart of Paris
Henri Bosc
Chevalier
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Hôtel du Nord
Maurice Lagrenée
Saint-Germain
Also in
The Child of Paris
La Bandera
Rognoni
Known for
Children of Paradise
Alexandre Mihalesco
Known for
Marius
Georges Paulais
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Gervaise
Jeanne Lion
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The Fear
Mother Love
Clary Monthal
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Quadrille
Crimson Dynasty
Monette Dinay
Known for
La Traversée de Paris
Neither Seen Nor Recognized
Jacques Daroy Director
First release March 18, 1939 · Produced in France
Production
Société de Production du Film Vidocq
Production
France
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Languages
Original language
French
Spoken on screen
French
Release dates
France · March 18, 1939
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Mexico
May 18, 1940 · Theatrical
Portugal
May 11, 1940 · Theatrical
Sweden
August 10, 1940 · Theatrical
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