Pierre Blanchar (30 June 1892 – 21 November 1963) was a French actor. He appeared in more than 50 films between 1922 and 1961. Blanchar was married to actress Marthe Vinot, with whom he had a daughter, actress Dominique Blanchar. He played Napoleon in the 1938 British film A Royal Divorce alongside Ruth Chatterton as Josephine. He later appeared alongside Michèle Morgan in the 1946 film Pastoral Symphony.
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Venice International Film Festival
Volpi Cup for Best Actor
Known For
Katia
(1959)
Koubaroff
Full Filmography
Acting
Jocelyn
(1922)
Geneviève
(1923)
Alphonse de Lamartine
Heritage
(1923)
Xavier
The Thruster
(1924)
La terre promise
(1925)
David
The Chess Player
(1927)
Boleslas Vorowski
La valse de l'adieu
(1928)
Captain Fracasse
(1929)
Captain Fracasse
Wedding March
(1929)
Wooden Crosses
(1932)
Adjudant Gilbert Demachy
The Dreamy Mouth
(1932)
Pierre, le mari
The Beautiful Sailor
(1932)
Sylvestre
The Mistress of Atlantis
(1932)
Le capitaine de Saint-Avit
The Old Devil
(1933)
Jean Trapeau
L'or
(1934)
François Berthier
At the End of the World
(1934)
Jean Arnaud
Iris perdue et retrouvée
(1934)
Les Bateliers de la Volga
(1935)
Le lieutenant Vadime Borzine
Turandot, princesse de Chine
(1935)
Kalaf
Crime and Punishment
(1935)
Raskolnikov
Le diable en bouteille
(1935)
Keave
Lovers and Thieves
(1935)
Claude Brévin
The Man from Nowhere
(1937)
Mathias Pascal / Adrien Meis
The Queen of Spades
(1937)
Hermann
Culprit
(1937)
Jérôme Lescuyer
Street of Shadows
(1937)
Grégor Courdane alias : Condoyan
Courier of Lyons
(1937)
Pierre-Joseph Lesurques
Un carnet de bal
(1937)
Thierry Raynal
A Woman of No Importance
(1937)
A Royal Divorce
(1938)
Napoléon Bonaparte
Strange M. Victor
(1938)
Bastien Robineau
Le joueur
(1938)
Alexeï Nikitine
Two Women
(1940)
Domitien Van Bergen
Night in December
(1941)
Pierre Darmont
La Prière aux étoiles
(1941)
Pierre Florent
Pontcarral, Empire Colonel
(1942)
Pontcarral
La Neige sur les pas
(1942)
Marc Romanay
Secrets of a Ballerina
(1943)
Gérard de Clergue
Secrets
(1943)
René
The Hunchback
(1944)
Knight Henri de Lagardère
Le Journal de la Résistance
(1945)
Himself - Narrator
Homeland
(1946)
Le comte de Rysoor
Pastoral Symphony
(1946)
Pastor John Martens
Sky Battalion
(1947)
Captain Ferane
After Love
(1948)
François Mésaule
The Cupid Club
(1949)
Flip
Dr. Laennec
(1949)
Dr. Laennec
My Friend Sainfoin
(1950)
Sainfoin
Riff Raff Girls
(1959)
Le Pirate
Katia
(1959)
Koubaroff
The Black Monocle
(1961)
Le marquis de Villemaur
Directing
Camera