Duplessis (1978)
• February 8th, 1978
War & Politics, Drama
Overview
Duplessis was a historical television series in Quebec, Canada, that aired in 1978. It tells the story of Maurice Duplessis, the controversial premier of Quebec from 1936 to 1939 and 1944 to 1959. It is one of the most famous mini-series in Quebec television history. The series was written by Oscar-winning film director Denys Arcand, and based in large part on Conrad Black's popular biography. The series contains 7 episodes, each one containing a different historic moment in Duplessis's life and path into power. Duplessis is portrayed by Jean Lapointe. It is distributed by Radio-Canada and is available on DVD.
TV Shows Link coming soon!!!
Trailer
Similar Movies
Towards Zero
Released on:
Drama, Crime
An elderly widow is murdered at a clifftop seaside house. What is the connection between a failed su...
Brideshead Revisited
Released on:
Drama
Charles Ryder, an agnostic man, becomes involved with members of the Flytes, a Catholic family of ar...
Jenny's War
Released on: 1985-06-03
Drama
Jenny's War is a 1985 war television serial set during World War II, made by HTV in association with...
Ivanhoe
Released on: 1997-01-12
Drama, Action & Adventure
The epic tale of the idealistic young knight Ivanhoe and his battle against the evil Templar Bois-Gu...
The Borgias
Released on: 2011-04-03
Drama, Crime
Set in 15th century Italy at the height of the Renaissance, The Borgias chronicles the corrupt rise ...
Mapp & Lucia
Released on: 1985-04-14
Drama, Comedy
Comedy, set during the 1930s, of social rivalry between two women in a small English town. New arriv...
To the Ends of the Earth
Released on: 2005-07-06
Drama
From Nobel Laureate William Golding's (Lord of the Flies) epic sea-voyage trilogy comes the story of...
Lord Mountbatten: The Last Viceroy
Released on: 1986-01-26
Drama
Lord Mountbatten: The Last Viceroy was a British television series which first aired on ITV in 1986....
The Life You Wanted
Released on: 2024-05-29
Drama
Gloria is finally happy after transitioning and settling down — until a longtime friend reappears wi...
Chiefs
Released on: 1983-11-13
Drama, Crime, Mystery
Three different police chiefs in three different eras become involved in a growing mystery -- who is...
The Pursuit of Love
Released on: 2021-05-09
Drama
Longing for love, obsessed with sex, Linda is on the hunt for the perfect lover. But finding Mr. Rig...
The Good Mothers
Released on: 2023-04-05
Drama, Crime
The true story of three courageous women inside the notorious Calabrian ‘Ndrangheta mafia, working w...
The Dream Merchants
Released on: 1980-05-12
Drama
This star-laden adaptation of Harold Robbins' best-selling 1949 novel about the birth of the movies ...
The Englishman's Boy
Released on: 2008-03-02
Drama, Western
Haunting Film recalls a tragic journey that culminates in one of the most brutal historical events i...
Secret History of Kangxi
Released on: 2006-11-29
Drama
Secret History of Kangxi is a 2006 Chinese television series produced by You Xiaogang. The series is...
David Copperfield
Released on: 1974-12-01
Drama
The 1974 BBC adaptation of Charles Dickens' timeless classic - David Copperfield starring David Yell...
Apocalypse: The Second World War
Released on: 2009-09-08
Documentary, War & Politics
A six-part French documentary about the Second World War composed exclusively of actual footage of t...
Napoleon and Love
Released on: 1974-03-05
Drama
Napoleon and Love was a 1974 British television series originally aired on ITV and lasting for 9 epi...