René Génin

1890-1967

Biography: life and films

René Génin was a French actor. He was born in Aix-en-Provence, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France on 25th January 1890 and died in Paris, France on 24th October 1967, aged 77.

His best films as an actor include Jean Dréville's La Cage aux rossignols (1945), René Lucot's Les dieux du dimanche (1949), Marcel Carné's Juliette ou La clef des songes (1951), Sacha Guitry's comedy Tu m'as sauvé la vie (1951) and Jean Giono's Crésus (1960).

René Génin appeared in 131 films.

He has most frequently worked with the following directors: Henri Verneuil (6 films), Marcel Carné (5), Julien Duvivier (5), Jean Delannoy (5), Christian-Jaque (5), Richard Pottier (4), André Cayatte (4), Pierre-Jean Ducis (3), Jean-Devaivre (3), Sacha Guitry (2), René Barberis (2), Pierre Caron (2), Paul Mesnier (2), Maurice Cloche (2), Maurice Cam (2), Marcel L'Herbier (2), Marc Allégret (2), Jeff Musso (2), Jean Renoir (2), Jean Loubignac (2), Jean Gourguet (2), Jacques Daniel-Norman (2), Henri Decoin (2), Henri Calef (2), Gilles Grangier (2), Georges Franju (2), Claude Heymann (2), Christian Stengel (2) and Albert Valentin (2).

His most frequent genres include: drama (66 films), comedy (41), comedy-drama (17), romance (13), Thriller (9), crime-thriller (6), comedy-thriller (4), comedy-romance (4), history (2), Horror (2) and Fantasy (2).

Our average rating for René Génin over all films is: 2.8

Filmography

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L'Amour à l'américaine (1931) [a]

La Fusée (1933) [a]

Le Cavalier Lafleur (1934) [a]

Un petit trou pas cher (1934) [a]

Ferdinand le noceur (1935) [a]

Haut comme trois pommes (1935) [a]

Jim la houlette (1935) [a]

L'Auberge du Petit-Dragon (1935) [a]

Les Gaîtés de la finance (1935) [a]

Jenny (1936) [a]

Le Crime de Monsieur Lange (1936) [a]

Le Vertige (1936) [a]

Les Bas-fonds (1936) [a]

Les Jumeaux de Brighton (1936) [a]

27 rue de la Paix (1937) [a]

Drôle de drame (1937) [a]

François Premier (1937) [a]

Gribouille (1937) [a]

L'Homme de nulle part (1937) [a]

La Danseuse rouge (1937) [a]

Le Choc en retour (1937) [a]

Nuits de feu (1937) [a]

Ramuntcho (1937) [a]

Un carnet de bal (1937) [a]

Vous n'avez rien à déclarer? (1937) [a]

Ernest le rebelle (1938) [a]

L'Accroche coeur (1938) [a]

L'Innocent (1938) [a]

Le Paradis de Satan (1938) [a]

Le Quai des brumes (1938) [a]

Les Disparus de Saint-Agil (1938) [a]

Nuits de princes (1938) [a]

Orage (1938) [a]

Sommes-nous défendus? (1938) [a]

Dernière jeunesse (1939) [a]

Fric-Frac (1939) [a]

Jeunes filles en détresse (1939) [a]

La Charrette fantôme (1939) [a]

Le Jour se lève (1939) [a]

Mon oncle et mon curé (1939) [a]

Raphaël le tatoué (1939) [a]

L'Entraîneuse (1940) [a]

L'Homme qui cherche la vérité (1940) [a]

Pour le maillot jaune (1940) [a]

Retour au bonheur (1940) [a]

Sur le plancher des vaches (1940) [a]

Fromont jeune et Risler aîné (1941) [a]

Le Valet maître (1941) [a]

Fièvres (1942) [a]

L'Assassin habite au 21 (1942) [a]

La Comédie du bonheur (1942) [a]

La Loi du printemps (1942) [a]

Le Journal tombe à cinq heures (1942) [a]

Le Moussaillon (1942) [a]

Mademoiselle Swing (1942) [a]

Patricia (1942) [a]

À la belle frégate (1943) [a]

Adémaï bandit d'honneur (1943) [a]

Goupi mains rouges (1943) [a]

L'Homme de Londres (1943) [a]

La Bonne étoile (1943) [a]

La Chèvre d'or (1943) [a]

Mon amour est près de toi (1943) [a]

Pierre et Jean (1943) [a]

Untel père et fils (1943) [a]

L'Aventure est au coin de la rue (1944) [a]

La Collection Ménard (1944) [a]

Le Voyageur sans bagages (1944) [a]

L'Invité de la onzième heure (1945) [a]

La Cage aux rossignols (1945) [a]

Le Roi des resquilleurs (1945) [a]

Les Caves du Majestic (1945) [a]

Paméla (1945) [a]

Au pays des cigales (1946) [a]

Jericho (1946) [a]

La Rose de la mer (1946) [a]

Le Dernier sou (1946) [a]

Le Bateau à soupe (1947) [a]

Le Beau voyage (1947) [a]

Le Village perdu (1947) [a]

Les Amants du pont Saint-Jean (1947) [a]

Les Gosses mènent l'enquête (1947) [a]

La Maison sous la mer (1947) [a]

Il fiacre N. 13 (1948) [a]

L'Atomique Monsieur Placido (1949) [a]

L'Inconnu d'un soir (1949) [a]

La Ferme des sept péchés (1949) [a]

La Passagère (1949) [a]

Les Amants de Vérone (1949) [a]

Les Dieux du dimanche (1949) [a]

Les Vagabonds du rêve (1949) [a]

Tête blonde (1949) [a]

Amour et compagnie (1950) [a]

Dieu a besoin des hommes (1950) [a]

Le Trésor de Cantenac (1950) [a]

Juliette ou La clef des songes (1951) [a]

L'Aiguille rouge (1951) [a]

Le Clochard milliardaire (1951) [a]

Le Garçon sauvage (1951) [a]

Les Amants de Bras-Mort (1951) [a]

Piédalu à Paris (1951) [a]

Sous le ciel de Paris (1951) [a]

Tu m'as sauvé la vie (1951) [a]

Brelan d'as (1952) [a]

La Minute de vérité (1952) [a]

La Table aux crevés (1952) [a]

Le Fruit défendu (1952) [a]

Le Secret d'une mère (1952) [a]

La Route Napoléon (1953) [a]

Le Boulanger de Valorgue (1953) [a]

Le Chemin de la drogue (1953) [a]

Quand te tues-tu? (1953) [a]

Cadet-Rousselle (1954) [a]

Le Mouton à cinq pattes (1954) [a]

Casse-cou, mademoiselle! (1955) [a]

Le Dossier noir (1955) [a]

Paris, Palace Hôtel (1956) [a]

La Loi c'est la loi (1958) [a]

Le Désir mène les hommes (1958) [a]

Classe tous risques (1960) [a]

Crésus (1960) [a]

Les Yeux sans visage (1960) [a]

Cocagne (1961) [a]

La Chambre ardente (1962) [a]

La Salamandre d'or (1962) [a]

Mon oncle du Texas (1962) [a]

Judex (1963) [a]

Cent briques et des tuiles (1965) [a]



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