Firmin Gémier

Acting

Firmin Gémier

Born 1869-02-21 Aubervilliers, Seine [now Seine-Saint-Denis, Île-de-France], France 7 films

Firmin Gémier (1869–1933) was a French actor and director. Internationally, he is most famous for originating the role of Père Ubu in Alfred Jarry’s play Ubu Roi. He is known as the principal architect of the popular theatre movement in France. Gémier began his career as an actor in melodramas for working class actors, before going on to direct six different theaters, including the Théâtre Antoine and the Odéon.

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Filmography

7 films
Paris 1900 poster

Nicole Védrès' chronicle of Paris from 1900 to 1914 is brought to life through the use of original…

Paris 1900

★ 5.7 1948

Le simoun poster

Abandoned by his wife for twenty years, a colonist brings his daughter whom he has never seen and f…

Le simoun

★ 8.0 1933

La fusée poster

The rise of a canning maker and then his abandonment of the factory because his ideal of social pro…

La fusée

★ 8.0 1933

The Magician poster

A young woman, Margaret Dauncey, is caught between the forces of a charlatan magician, Oliver Haddo…

The Magician

★ 6.1 1926