Personal Info
Birth date
1883-10-19 (141 Years)
Day of death
1974-12-28
Gender
Male
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Bucarest, Romania
Also known as
Alessandro Mihalesco
Alexandru Mihailescu
Alexandre Mihalesco
Biography
Alexandre Mihalesco (1883–1974) was a Romanian film actor who largely appeared in French productions.
Filmography
The Passion of Joan of Arc
7.987
Overview:
A classic of the silent age, this film tells the story of the doomed but ultimately canonized 15th-century teenage warrior. On trial for claiming she'd spoken to God, Jeanne d'Arc is subjected to inhumane treatment and scare tactics at the hands of church court officials. Initially bullied into changing her story, Jeanne eventually opts for what she sees as the truth. Her punishment, a famously brutal execution, earns her perpetual martyrdom.Dear Caroline
5.9
Overview:
France, July 1782. During her birthday, the beautiful young Marchioness Caroline meets the attractive soldier Gaston. It's love at first sight but Gaston does not wish to make a commitment because a military career waits for him. Caroline marries then a politician but the French Revolution bursts and Caroline has to run away to escape the guillotine. By running away she meets Gaston again who decides to help her.The Adventures of Arsène Lupin
6.4
Overview:
Arsène Lupin is extremely popular among the population, because he allows the needy to share in his acquired wealth. Before entering the service of the German Emperor Wilhelm II, he removes his vault in Alsace, steals two paintings of old masters, steals valuable gems and calls out to the police prefect to avoid his arrest. But this time he risks being seriously recognized. Lupin must once again use his fine intellect to deftly escape the situation.Marius
7.371
Overview:
César runs a bar along Marseilles' port, assisted by his 23-year-old son, Marius. Friends since childhood, Fanny and Marius love each other, but Marius has a secret wanderlust: every ship's whistle stirs a longing for foreign lands. When M. Panisse seeks Fanny's hand in marriage and when a departing clipper needs a deckhand, Marius and Fanny must decide who and what they love most. César, with his generous, wise spirit, tries to guide his son.The Strange Monsieur Victor
6.9
Overview:
Outwardly, Monsieur Victor would appear to be the model citizen. A respectable Toulon shopkeeper, he has a devoted wife and is courteous and considerate to all who know him. However, beneath this veneer of respectability hides a notorious receiver of stolen goods, who trades with hardened criminals. Victor manages to keep up his double life without any difficulty until the fateful day when one of his partners in crime threatens to expose him. Fearing a scandal, Victor kills the crook in a moment of panic, using a shoemaker's tool. Naturally, the murder is blamed on a local shoemaker, who is sentenced to ten years' hard labour. Seven years later, the former shoemaker reappears in Toulon, having escaped from prison. The first person to recognise him is Monsieur Victor...Golden Venus
NYR
Overview:
La Venus D'Or (Golden Venus) was based on Business, a play by Pierre Sabatier. Mirielle Balin stars as Judith, the mistress of ruthless oil magnate Harfstrong. What Harfstrong doesn't know is that Judith is a spy for his hated business rival. When he does find out, he cannot get rid of her because she knows too much about his own crooked dealings. After several more reels of mutual betrayal and recriminations, the story suddenly shifts to the "good" characters, clean-limned young pilot Andre and his sweetheart Michelle. Set up as a fall guy for the villains, Andre somehow emerges from the experience none the worse for wear.Bargekeepers Daughter
9
Overview:
Prince Sacha studies in Paris and cares more for Marianne than about Silistrie, the country his family was exiled from. But Chautard, a French financier, who has business there (the country is rich in oil), wouldn't mind a little political stability. So why not restore the ancient royal family to the throne? But is Prince Sacha up to his role ? And will Marianne make a suitable princess?The Duel
NYR
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A widow is loved by a doctor whose brother, an ecclesiastic unconsciously in love with the young woman, persuades her to enter a convent. Brought back on the straight and narrow by a missionary, the priest blesses his brother's marriage.Rasputin
5
Overview:
Gregory Iefommovich Raspoutine is a monk with healing powers and a liking for debauchery who manages to insinuate himself into the court of the Romanoffs thanks to Princess Dikvona. Being the only person able to heal he son of Czar Nicolas II and Czarina Alexandra from his hemophilia, he becomes a very powerful man, which infuriates many.A group of nobles, determined to save the monarchy, start conspiring to murder him.Barry
NYR
Overview:
Lovers since childhood, Sylvain and Angelina do not see their lives separated from each other. However, Sylvain is sent to war and the young woman desperately awaits his return. Years pass and the latter is forced by her father to marry Jean-Marie, a man she does not love. One day, while Angelica and her family are climbing in the Alps, an avalanche sweeps them away. Safe and sound, she comes face to face with her childhood sweetheart, Sylvain.Woman of Malacca
5.625
Overview:
Unhappy with her humdrum life as a provincial schoolteacher, Audrey Greenwood marries Major Carter, an officer in the British Army whom she does not love. Not long after the wedding Carter is on his way to Malaysia, accompanied by his wife, to take up a post in the British colony. During the long sea voyage, Audrey becomes acquainted with the handsome Prince Selim, the heir to the Malaysian throne. Life in the province of Malacca soon proves disagreeable to the free-spirited Englishwoman and she becomes a social outcast when her amorous affair with the prince is discovered.My Crimes After Mein Kampf
3
Overview:
The film shows the seizure of power by the Nazis and Hitler wants a trial, at a time when France has just declared war on Germany (Sept. 3, 1939). Hybrid composition, it alternates originals and reconstructions performed by actors (docudrama). A not-so-subtle condemnation of Hitler, Nazism and Germany by the movie's French film makers, which conveniently makes no mention of how the policies of Great Britain and France created Hitler and allowed him to go as far as he did prior to the beginning of the Second World War.Little Lise
5.8
Overview:
Victor Berthier, a good man but also a very jealous one, killed his wife in a fit of jealousy. After serving a few years in a chain gang, he is released for good behavior. He feels very happy to be able to return to Paris and to meet Lise, his daughter, again. But, to his dismay, he finds that Lise, through the fault of André, her lover and pimp, has unwillingly committed a murder.L'homme sans nom
NYR
Overview:
Monsieur Vincent is the respected healer of a Basque village. But nobody knows that Vincent Berteaux used to be a surgeon in Paris. When Assomption, a young holidaymaker, arrives in the village in the company of her mother, little does Vincent know that the past returns to his life.The Levy Department Stores
NYR
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Now that they have inherited a huge sum of money Moïse Lévy and his brother Salomon are the prosperous owners of a a department store, the Galeries Lévy & Cie. Life is sweet but unexpectedly sours the day a fake Lévy cousin gets into their lives, claiming that the business is his, not theirs.The Five Cents of Lavarede
5.3
Overview:
Some try to travel around the world with a time constraint, but Lavarède has to perform an even harder task than Phineas Fogg. His assignment is to go around the globe with a mere five cents coin. Worse, he can't even spend it or else he will not come into the money of his inheritance. To make sure Lavarède plays by the rules of the game, two supervisors stick to him like a shadow. Will the young man meet this unbelievable challenge?Le Chant de l'exilé
NYR
Overview:
In the French Basque Country, Ramon, the son of a farmer and fruit and vegetable merchant with a beautiful voice, has the good life. He is engaged to his charming cousin Maria. But his daily life is called into question when, during a fight, he believes he has killed a bad boy. He flees to Algeria where, with a friend, he joins the Saharan Pioneers.Accused, Stand Up!
6.667
Overview:
Paris, 30's declared professional rivalry between two stars of the musical, Yvonne and Gaby leads to dire consequences. Yvonne's body is found in the theater. Gaby's future is threatened against the judgment to which it is subjected, with a probable prison sentence.La voie sans disque
NYR
Overview:
Toward the close of World War I, European railroads in Djibouti are under siege by bands of indigenous warriors, while one of the white employees falls for a mysterious woman tied to the rebels.Farewell Mister Grock
5.2
Overview:
The life of Adrien Wettach, famous in the annals of the circus under the name of Grock, world famous Swiss clown. A series of images from Épinal, retracing the career of a European artist, within the framework of world history. Lots of children, wars, an eccentric Russian countess, Countess Barinoff, who grows old admiring the clown, and a very long quibble about a party wall, all serve to highlight the star's final number.Pontcarral, Empire Colonel
6.5
Overview:
For 15 years after Waterloo, a baron refuses to accept the defeat. He reluctantly marries one of 2 Bourbon sisters but lands up dueling with the wife's former lover. Finally he gets a chance to prove himself again in battle.Piédalu fait des miracles
NYR
Overview:
The inhabitants of Marboue-Chambourcy want a swimming pool, and the difficulties in realizing this expensive dream divide the village into two clans: on one side the women, on the other the men. Piedalu, whom this conflict desolates, discovers by chance, as part of a found bicycle, a fortune in gold coins.The Mystery of the Eiffel Tower
5.3
Overview:
The Mironton Brothers are part of a fairground attraction. One of them comes into a large inheritance, but the Friends of the Antenna association try to keep him from accessing the money. This formidable brotherhood, whose headquarters are in the Eiffel Tower, send the Mironton Brothers on impossible adventures and countless traps.L'Argent
6.923
Overview:
Adapted from the novel L'Argent by Émile Zola, the film portrays the world of banking and the stock market in Paris in the 1920s.Rasputin
5
Overview:
Story of the Siberian monk Gregory Rasputin and the hold he exerted over the court of the last Russian czar, Nicholas.Just Me
3.8
Overview:
Maurice Vallier, nicknamed "Ma Pomme"(which means "myself" in slang), is a cheerful man, well aware that money does not make happiness and who, of all things, prices freedom. Which is why he has become a tramp and he has never regretted his choice of life. Things go smoothly until the day he inherits a huge amount of money. He first refuses it but changes his mind when he realizes that thanks to the inheritance he can help others. Even more enticing is the fact that he must share the big money with a charming air hostess. However once he deems he has done enough good he gives up the money left and resumes his old lifestyle singing along "Ma pomme c'est moi, j'suis plus heureux qu'un roi..."Le valet maître
NYR
Overview:
Some, like Ravier de l'Orne are born... masters, but ,like him, do not live up to their rank. Others, like Gustave Morillon, are... born masters, even if, like him, they are valets. Morillon will indeed prove better at bridge than his master and will eventually win the affection of Antonia, a lively foreigner Ravier also coveted.Le Ruisseau
NYR
Overview:
A famous painter loves Madeleine Granval, a rich and divorced society woman, who cheats on him. To console himself, he goes to Montmartre where he meets Denise Fleury, a young woman who has fallen into poverty.Secret Document: Vienna
NYR
Overview:
During the Great War, in Austria, an officer was shot on the orders of his superior von Pennwitz. Out of revenge, his widow becomes a spy in the pay of France, preoccupied with removing the person responsible for her husband's death. In charge of a mission to von Pennwitz, she suddenly finds herself face to face with her husband, who is still alive. It was a ruse of war to deceive the enemy. It is only at the armistice that the couple will be able to live in peace.Acting
1957The Adventures of Arsène Lupin as Grand father
1954Rasputin as Unknown
1952The Road to Damascus as Unknown
1952Piédalu fait des miracles as Unknown
1951Les Mémoires de la vache Yolande as Unknown
1951Dear Caroline as L'aubergiste
1950Just Me as Conciege
1950Secret Document: Vienna as The innkeeper
1950A Certain Mister as M. Alexandre Lecorduvent, antiquaire
1950Round of Hours as Detective
1950Farewell Mister Grock as Clown Auguste (uncredited)
1949Barry as L'aubergiste
1949Bonheur en location as un actionnaire
1947Anger of the Gods as Mayor
1946Alert Nights as Unknown
1943Finance noire as Mathias
1943Feu Nicolas as Doctor
1943Le Chant de l'exilé as Ali
1943L'homme sans nom as Unknown
1942Gambling Hell as Yassouda
1942Pension Jonas as Unknown
1942Pontcarral, Empire Colonel as A conspirator
1941Le valet maître as Unknown
1941Face au destin as An officer
1941The Duel as (uncredited)
1940My Crimes After Mein Kampf as le tailleur
1939Ma tante dictateur as Unknown
1939His Uncle from Normandy as Unknown
1939Deux de la réserve as Unknown
1939Vidocq as Unknown
1939The Five Cents of Lavarede as Hindu auctioneer
1938Captain Benoit as Adhémar
1938Bargekeepers Daughter as Selim (uncredited)
1938Tricoche and Cacolet as Le régisseur
1938Ça... c'est du sport as Unknown
1938Clodoche as Unknown
1938Golden Venus as Ibrahim
1938The Strange Monsieur Victor as Unknown
1938Rasputin as Unknown
1937Sisters-in-Arms as Unknown
1937Woman of Malacca as Sirdae Raman
1937The Secrets of the Red Sea as Unknown
1937L'empreinte rouge as Le fou
1937Francis the First as Cagliostro
1936Bach the Detective as The extra
1936Le Secret de l'émeraude as Mysterious man
1936Mercadet as Unknown
1936Inspecteur Grey as Brown
1936The Call as Unknown
1936The Phantom Gondola as Ibrahim
1935Lune de miel as Unknown
1935Moïse et Salomon parfumeurs as Unknown
1934Sidonie Panache as Salomon
1934L'Oncle de Pékin as Chinese servant
1934Judex as Unknown
1933La voie sans disque as Dikrane Mamoullian
1933Il trattato scomparso as Jackie
1932Buridan's Donkey as Unknown
1932The Night of Temptation as Abi, Araber
1932Southern Cross as Arbi
1932The Levy Department Stores as Unknown
1932The Sandman as Haïoub
1931Marius as Piquoiseau
1931Méphisto as Nostradamus
1931La Femme et le rossignol as Doctor
1930Little Lise as L'usurier
1930Lévy et Cie as Simon Lévy
1930The Sweetness of Loving as Unknown
1930Accused, Stand Up! as Le Concierge
1930Le Ruisseau as Unknown
1930Illegitimate Child as Le secrétaire de Rantz
1929Princely Nights as Stéphane
1928L'Argent as Unknown
1928Minuit... place Pigalle as Unknown
1928The Passion of Joan of Arc as Judge
1928The Mystery of the Eiffel Tower as Unknown