La Jeunesse de Vidocq ou Comment on devient policier
This film recounts an episode in Eugène François Vidocq's life and the events that led him to escape from the Brest penal colony disguised in a uniform.
This film recounts an episode in Eugène François Vidocq's life and the events that led him to escape from the Brest penal colony disguised in a uniform.
Harry Baur
Vidocq
Paul Landrin
Lucien Callamand
Andrée Marly
This film recounts an episode in Eugène François Vidocq's life and the events that led him to escape from the Brest penal colony disguised in a uniform.
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