Jean Champion

Jean Champion

Birthday: 1914-03-09

Place of Birth: Chalon-sur-Saône, Saône-et-Loire, France

Biography: Jean Champion (9 March 1917 – 23 May 2001) was a French film actor. He appeared in 60 films between 1962 and 1996. Source: Article "Jean Champion" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA.

Movies

Day for Night
Day for Night

A committed filmmaker struggles to complete his latest project while coping with a myriad of crises,...

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The Blood of Others
The Blood of Others

In the German-occupied Paris, Helene is torn between the love for her boyfriend Jean, working for th...

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The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg

This simple romantic tragedy begins in 1957. Guy Foucher, a 20-year-old French auto mechanic, has fa...

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Le Cercle Rouge
Le Cercle Rouge

When French criminal Corey gets released from prison, he resolves to never return. He is quickly pul...

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March or Die
March or Die

Just after World War I, Major Foster is incorporating new recruits into his French Foreign Legion pl...

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Mais qui donc m'a fait ce bébé ?
Mais qui donc m'a fait ce bébé ?

Three weeks before his wedding to Virginie, Vincent receives a letter from Magasins Réunis telling h...

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I Want to Go Home
I Want to Go Home

Joey Wellman, an American cartoonist from Cleveland now largely forgotten at home, visits France wit...

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The School Teacher
The School Teacher

After having lost his job for having saved a child accused of shop lifting, Frédéric Barbier decides...

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Muriel, or the Time of Return
Muriel, or the Time of Return

In the seaside town of Boulogne, no one seems to be able to cope with their past, least of all Hélèn...

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The Hatter's Ghost
The Hatter's Ghost

A hatter in a provincial town (Michel Serrault) leads the life of a respectable citizen but is in fa...

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Le naïf amoureux
Le naïf amoureux

Paul is an accomplished teacher at Janson-de-Sailly. A "good guy" who, having returned for the holid...

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The Invitation
The Invitation

Rémi, a confirmed bachelor and model bureaucrat, invites his colleagues and superiors to a magnifice...

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Sugar
Sugar

Civil servant Adrien Courtois comes to Paris in order to make his money bear fruits....

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Pierrot mon ami
Pierrot mon ami

Pierrot, a short-sighted, indolent and distracted young boy gets involved in a carnival at the Palai...

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Drummer-Crab
Drummer-Crab

"Le Crabe Tambour" ("Drummer Crab") is the nickname for the mysterious central character, Willsdorff...

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Coup de Torchon
Coup de Torchon

A pathetic police chief, humiliated by everyone around him, suddenly wants a clean slate in life, an...

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Mon père avait raison
Mon père avait raison

After being abandoned by his wife, a man raises his son alone for twenty years....

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Mr. Klein
Mr. Klein

Paris, France, 1942, during the Nazi occupation. Robert Klein, a successful art dealer who benefits ...

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On the Lam
On the Lam

A young couple of burglars, waiting for trial, marry in jail. Annick writes down her observations of...

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The Blockhead Fair
The Blockhead Fair

On prize-giving day, a few dunces recall various incidents that marked their school year....

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Guardian Angels
Guardian Angels

A sleazy Paris nightclub owner and ex-detective flies to Hong Kong to rescue the young son of a frie...

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Monsieur
Monsieur

Left heartbroken by the death of his beloved wife, a rich banker tries to commit suicide. When he le...

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Le journal d’un fou
Le journal d’un fou

Pascal Canteloup is a proofreader at a newspaper. He is bitter and irritable towards his bosses and ...

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The Big Shots
The Big Shots

Thia and Murelli, who live from car stunt shows, make ends meet by carrying out small burglaries....

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Love Unto Death
Love Unto Death

A man is haunted after waking up from his sleep, during which he was pronounced dead by his doctor....

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Milady
Milady

Commandant Gardefort, horseman at the Cadre Noir Riding Academy in Saumur, having given up hope of p...

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The Thief of Paris
The Thief of Paris

In turn-of-the-century Paris, Georges Randal is brought up by his wealthy uncle, who steals his inhe...

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The Phantom of Liberty
The Phantom of Liberty

This Surrealist film, with a title referencing the Communist Manifesto, strings together short incid...

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Une robe noire pour un tueur
Une robe noire pour un tueur

The "black robe" in the title of this suspense film belongs to a female lawyer, Florence Nat who has...

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Cléo from 5 to 7
Cléo from 5 to 7

Agnès Varda eloquently captures Paris in the sixties with this real-time portrait of a singer set ad...

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Félicité
Félicité

After a bout of intense jealousy, Félicité finds herself alone. For one night, as her family dissipa...

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Pillaged
Pillaged

Over the course of one night, a gang of twelve criminals carry out a commando-like raid on a small t...

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Life and Nothing But
Life and Nothing But

In 1920, Major Dellaplane, a man of honor and ethics, searches for missing French soldiers. He meets...

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The Royal Chase
The Royal Chase

Two friends, who go hunting meet a woman who questions their practice....

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Come to My Place, I Live at a Girlfriend's
Come to My Place, I Live at a Girlfriend's

Guy is fired from is job, and asks to stay with his friend and his girlfriend in their apartment. Th...

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The Games of Countess Dolingen
The Games of Countess Dolingen

This complex and puzzling French drama walks the fine wavering line between the fictional and the ve...

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