Albert Malbert
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Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: February 27, 1914
Deathday: August 10, 1972
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Hôtel du Nord
1938-12-17
Hôtel du Nord
Overview: A young couple's suicide pact goes awry, leaving the woman to face her survival with a new admirer while pining for her lost love.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1938-12-17
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Vive la compagnie
1934-03-16
Vive la compagnie
Overview: Thanks to an understanding and sympathetic regimental comrade, a shy young man, very passionate about astronomy, gradually becomes more confident and manages to tell his love to his beloved.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1934-03-16
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L'Or dans la rue
1934-12-28
L'Or dans la rue
Overview: A young man is involved in a swindle to produce synthetic gold, but fortunately when the fakery is uncovered he still has his girlfriend and a ticket to America.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1934-12-28
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Second Bureau
1935-09-19
Second Bureau
Overview: Captain Benoît manages to take possession of the plans of a new German airplane. The German counter-espionage assigns one of their agents, beautiful Erna Fiedler, to seduce Benoît and to eliminate him. But the two spies fall in love.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1935-09-19
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The Pont-Biquet Family
1935-09-20
The Pont-Biquet Family
Overview: The family Pont-Biquet is composed as follows: father, the judge, afflicted by deafness; authoritarian and irascible mother; funny son-in-law; an ingenious son who has a mistress.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1935-09-20
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Return to Paradise
1935-11-15
Return to Paradise
Overview: Trying to acclimatize a group of overworked city dwellers from very different backgrounds to the open air and work in the fields, such is the unusual challenge that an original practitioner, the curious doctor Bouvard, is attempting. The trial, which involves many risks, gives unexpected but not disappointing results.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1935-11-15
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A Bombshell Night
1935-12-13
A Bombshell Night
Overview: A banker threatened by gangsters is replaced by a tramp who is his perfect double. The gangsters arrest the fake banker and take him for a madman.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1935-12-13
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Haut comme trois pommes
1936-03-06
Haut comme trois pommes
Overview: Madame Dupin is the most influential character in her village. She is at odds with her daughter because the latter married a showman.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1936-03-06
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L'Argent
1936-05-25
L'Argent
Overview: Ruined by his competitor, the banker Saccard decides to set up a new business.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1936-05-25
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Bach the Detective
1936-11-20
Bach the Detective
Overview: Narcisse is a doorman for a jeweler but dreams of becoming a private detective. The Criminas agency hires him and he comes to the aid of his former boss's nephew, accused of stealing jewelry. He first passes for the accomplice of the young man but soon discovers the culprit.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1936-11-20
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The Smart People of the 11th
1937-03-12
The Smart People of the 11th
Overview: A colonel decided to be represented at the regiment festival of a tragedy in verse by the poem written by his sister.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1937-03-12
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Nights of Fire
1937-04-16
Nights of Fire
Overview: 19th Century Russia. State prosecutor Fedor Andreiev is presiding over the trial of a man who murdered his wife's lover. Despite a robust defence from the brilliant young lawyer Serge Rostoff, the accused man is found guilty and will be deported to Siberia. Having spoken to the condemned man, Fedor Andreiev sees a disturbing parallel with his own life...
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1937-04-16
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I Accuse
1938-01-23
I Accuse
Overview: After serving in the trenches of World War I, Jean Diaz recoils with such horror that he renounces love and personal pleasure to immerse himself in scientific research, seeking a machine to prevent war. He thinks he has succeeded, but the government subverts his discovery, and Europe slides with seeming inevitability toward World War II. In desperation, Diaz summons the ghosts of the war dead from the graves and fields of France to give silent, accusing protest.
Genres: War Drama Horror
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1938-01-23
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The Time of the Cherries
1938-01-26
The Time of the Cherries
Overview: A poor peasant family, a failed cabinet maker and an unemployed worker struggle in contrast to crooked rich businessmen. nearby.A Communist meeting gives young workers hope for a better future.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1938-01-26
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Pension Jonas
1942-03-06
Pension Jonas
Overview: A tramp has taken up residence in the belly of a museum whale.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1942-03-06
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Annette and the Blonde Woman
1942-03-16
Annette and the Blonde Woman
Overview: A scatterbrained girl harasses a lawyer in Cannes.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1942-03-16
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Tricoche and Cacolet
1938-09-06
Tricoche and Cacolet
Overview: Two friends, Tricoche and Cacolet, are partners in a detective agency. Chance has it that Cacolet is hired by Van der Pouf, a rich banker who wants him to watch over his wife Bernardine while the latter, on her part, seeks the services of Thicoche.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1938-09-06
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Two Women
1940-05-16
Two Women
Overview: Considering his wife as his property, a smuggler bullies the unfortunate woman and does not allow her to turn to another man.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1940-05-16
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Prince de mon cœur
1938-11-17
Prince de mon cœur
Overview: One of the subjects of the Prince of Slopoldavia, followed him to Paris, not out of love but to take revenge for the monarch's betrayal of one of his friends. Involuntary architect of a plot, she forces the prince to return to the throne and agrees to share the burdens of power with him.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1938-11-17
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The Enchanted Road
1938-11-25
The Enchanted Road
Overview: The son of two teachers hits the road and becomes a singing success after being taken in as a protege by a kooky countess.
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1938-11-25
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Comedy of Happiness
1940-12-23
Comedy of Happiness
Overview: Monsieur Jourdain is a dangerous madman : he wants to share his fortune! His relatives do what any sensible fellow on earth would do: they have him committed to a mental hospital. But Jourdain manages to escape and decides to make everybody happy except... his heirs!
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1940-12-23
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The Newspaper Falls at Five O'Clock
1942-05-21
The Newspaper Falls at Five O'Clock
Overview: The everyday life and activity of "La Dernière Heure", a major evening newspaper, seen through the eyes of Hélène Perrin, a cub reporter trained by Pierre Rabaud, a star in his field. Side by side they will investigate several events: an air show that ends tragically, the coming to France of a Hollywood actress, a lightship caught in a terrible storm...
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1942-05-21
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Vie privée
1942-05-29
Vie privée
Overview: Beautiful and adored by the public, the great actress Florence once faulted with Remi, a disreputable individual. A little girl was born who lives in the countryside. Dorcier, the director, would like to marry Florence and wonders about her private life and her past existence. A jealous rival unleashes slander.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1942-05-29
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L'homme qui joue avec le feu
1942-08-05
L'homme qui joue avec le feu
Overview: A do gooder hopes to cure potential romantic partners of what he considers the disease of love, by putting them up in a property and having them watched over.Things do not turn out according to his plan.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1942-08-05
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Nord-Atlantique
1939-04-13
Nord-Atlantique
Overview: Barnes, the mate of the 'Portland', is the object of the hate of the whole ship's crew. His mistress is murdered shortly before the departure and suspicion naturally falls on him. Some time later, Jeff Cooper, the skipper, falls to his death in the middle of the night. Once again Barnes is suspected and the mate has to resort to force to maintain his authority on board. During the stopover, Barnes is interrogated and finally cleared. He is even appointed captain of the 'Portland' in replacement of Jeff and can marry his best friend's daughter.
Genres: Adventure Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1939-04-13
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The Fatted Calf
1939-04-12
The Fatted Calf
Overview: Jules Vachon, a pharmacist, has two sons, Gabriel, a steady-minded young man dedicated to his job in the pharmacy, and Gaston, a good for nothing whose only talent is to seduce rich women and take money from their pockets. But it is Gaston who is hailed as a great man when he returns to his native village thanks to his deep pockets.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1939-04-12
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Twisted Mistress
1942-08-14
Twisted Mistress
Overview: Guy Carbonnel, a rich industrialist, has more eyes for rugby than for his wife Hélène. René Rivals, his long-time pal, takes advantage of it to court her but Guy is becoming suspicious so René has to find a way to deflect his friend's suspicion. He finally has an idea: he asks Lilian, a circus acrobat, to pose as his mistress. Lilian accepts and they embark on a series of eventful moments.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1942-08-14
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Pontcarral, Empire Colonel
1942-01-02
Pontcarral, Empire Colonel
Overview: For 15 years after Waterloo, a baron refuses to accept the defeat. He reluctantly marries one of 2 Bourbon sisters but lands up dueling with the wife's former lover. Finally he gets a chance to prove himself again in battle.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1942-01-02
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Montmartre on the Seine
1941-11-19
Montmartre on the Seine
Overview: Maurice loves Juliet and Michael loves Lily. Romance blossoms on the hill. They are workers, artisans, and Lily has a real talent as a singer. But Claude's arrival brings trouble to their relationships. Maurice, jealous, approaches Lily. Singing in the streets, Lily quickly becomes a cabaret star.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1941-11-19
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Love Marriage
1942-12-23
Love Marriage
Overview: Pierre, who is a Fine Arts student, and Denise, who is a chemistry student, work for a department store where, wearing wedding suits, they distribute flyers to passers-by. The store manager, Bernard, falls in love with Denise and arranges to take her to an inn not far from Paris, run by the handsome Robert. This one opens Denise's eyes who ends up returning to her home. After a fight between Pierre and Bernard, Denise ends up choosing to stay with Pierre.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1942-12-23
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The Big Fight
1942-12-23
The Big Fight
Overview: The formidable K.O. Bouillon killed trainer Victor's colt during a boxing fight. Strongly affected, Victor returns to the south to find his wife and adopted daughter. He discovers in the person of Bernard a seed of champion which he ensures the training in secret...
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1942-12-23
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Threats
1940-01-11
Threats
Overview: "Menaces" deals with the months before WW2 in a hotel :t he fear of the impending war never leaves the guests of an hotel in Paris.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1940-01-11
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The Honorable Catherine
1943-02-04
The Honorable Catherine
Overview: Catherine's technique to sell her clocks is to blackmail illegitimate couples such as Jacques and Gisèle. However when Gisèle's husband Pierre walks in on them, Catherine pretends to be Jacques's lover to save the day. Jacques then gets caught up in her schemes when the next couple she deals with turn out to be jewel thieves who kidnap them.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1943-02-04
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Des jeunes filles dans la nuit
1943-04-14
Des jeunes filles dans la nuit
Overview: Six young boarding girls return home unexpectedly after their college has been destroyed by fire. Their unexpected presence arouses melodramatic reactions.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1943-04-14
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Carnival of Sinners
1943-03-21
Carnival of Sinners
Overview: A struggling artist buys a talisman that gives him love, fame and wealth. The talisman is a severed left hand, and it works perfectly, in fact, magically. But of course there is nothing free in this world, and after one year the devil comes and asks for his due.
Genres: Fantasy Drama Horror
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1943-03-21
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Fou d'amour
1943-06-16
Fou d'amour
Overview: Claude, who temporarily replaces his father at the head of a department store, falls in love at first sight with a pretty female customer. He finds out that she is named Solange and that she is the goddaughter of Professor Hauteclerc, who runs a private psychiatric hospital. To come closer to the girl of his dreams, Claude has a crazy idea: he pretends to be mad so as to be placed in Hauteclerc's institution.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1943-06-16
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Shop Girls of Paris
1943-07-20
Shop Girls of Paris
Overview: The struggles of a small business owner come to light in this film by director André Cayatte. The proprietor of a fabric shop, M. Baudu faces stiff competition when a department store moves in across the street, the first of its kind in 1860s Paris. On top of the stresses associated with the rival retailer, Baudu’s niece and two nephews take up residence with him after recently being orphaned. The niece, Denise Baudu, sees the writing on the wall for her uncle’s business so she takes a job as a shop girl with his competitor and despite her success the decision does not register well with the family.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1943-07-20
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L'Escalier sans fin
1943-08-25
L'Escalier sans fin
Overview: An untiring lady social worker, Émilienne, has as one of her charges a stableman who was wounded by his mistress. Unfortunately, Émilienne's young sister who was helping her at work decides to go away with the stableman.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1943-08-25
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Valley of Hell
1943-09-22
Valley of Hell
Overview: Noël Bienvenu, owner of a career, is a widower and lives with his parents. His son Bastien, whom he despises, was sentenced to six months in prison for theft. Noël goes to see a dying friend, Romieux, who asks him to take care of his daughter Marthe, who has settled in Paris (Batignolles district). Noël goes there and discovers that Marthe is destitute (her lover Gaston being an incarcerated mobster): he then offers her to come and live with him and soon, marries her.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1943-09-22
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Tornavara
1943-10-06
Tornavara
Overview: In a lost village in Lapland, Gérard comes to the aid of his friend Anders, in conflict with his father, a rich owner of gold mines.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1943-10-06
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Feu Nicolas
1943-11-17
Feu Nicolas
Overview: Nicolas, the owner of a small café, has had enough of his current life. Business-wise, customers are more and more scarce. As for the love side, the situation is not any better as Jacqueline, his charming wife, not content to be spendthrift, might well be cheating on him.. To escape this harrowing reality Nicolas decides to simulate his suicide and disappears. Lucky or unlucky draw? Both in fact as, on the one hand, Nicolas finds serenity but, on the other he wins a huge sum of money in a lottery. How will he manage to get the money now?
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1943-11-17
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Vautrin the Thief
1943-12-13
Vautrin the Thief
Overview: A famous convict Jacques Collin, alias Trompe la mort, or abbot Carlos Herrera, also called Vautrin, escapes from prison. Chance makes him meet Lucien de Rubempré, an impetuous and eternal lover who, when he is dismissed, collapses. Moved by this fragility, he takes him under his wing, and will do everything possible to ensure that his creature reaches happiness, even if it means imagining the worst shenanigans and other scams, with the help of a band of clever villains.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1943-12-13
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The Traveler Without Luggage
1944-02-23
The Traveler Without Luggage
Overview: Having lost his memory due to serving in World War I, Gaston has spent the past 15 years in a psychiatric hospital. Due to his large disability pension fund, several families claim him as their missing son. Gaston is introduced to the Renaud family by the Duchess Dupont-Dufort and her lawyer. The Renaud family attempt to revive Gaston's memory with stories of his past, but he is apalled by some of the things he hears and dislikes the man he is supposed to be.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1944-02-23
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Sowing the Wind
1944-03-16
Sowing the Wind
Overview: A child is rejected by his father and sister when his mother dies giving birth to him. The family is falling apart; the father takes to drinking, the child is placed with a nurse. However, the little girl will take the initiative to bring the child back to the family home which she decides to take care of, thus encouraging the father to change his behavior.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1944-03-16
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The Ménard Collection
1944-04-12
The Ménard Collection
Overview: Renée Ménard, a young mixed-race Indochinese, arrives in France to find her French father, whom she only knows is called Paul Ménard. In the hope of identifying her father, she meets a series of men with that name.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1944-04-12
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Faut ce qu'il faut
1946-02-12
Faut ce qu'il faut
Overview: In 1939, in a maternity ward, a young man visits his mistress who has just given birth to a little girl. He tells her that he is married and that for him the outcome of this adventure was not really planned. The mobilization separates them but the young man will end up divorcing and with the relentless help of a friend, will find his mistress and his child and will be able to marry her in spite of the chaos of the war.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1946-02-12
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Mademoiselle X
1945-06-27
Mademoiselle X
Overview: A famous writer takes in a young amnesiac who, thanks to his care, remembers having tried to kill her unfaithful lover. He will know how to console her and share with her a new happiness.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1945-06-27
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Ils étaient cinq permissionnaires
1945-07-18
Ils étaient cinq permissionnaires
Overview: Four French conscripts are going to go on leave with their godmother, in Provence, in the company of a comrade from the British army. But, in the absence of the godmother, the five leavers end up at a mineral water merchant.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1945-07-18
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Angel and Sinner
1945-10-13
Angel and Sinner
Overview: During the stagecoach trip of a frightened group of inhabitants of Rouen, Elisabeth Rousset, known as "Boule de Suif", renders these people a signal service, but comes up against their stupidity and their sufficiency. A little later, Boule de Suif assassinates the formidable Prussian lieutenant whom his friends had nicknamed Fifi and who shamelessly displayed his taste for pillage and his sadistic tendencies.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1945-10-13
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The Revenge of Roger
1946-10-23
The Revenge of Roger
Overview: Roger Laroque is now a rich man. He returns to France under the name of William Farnell. There, he discovers that on the one hand his wife has died of a broken heart and on the other that his daughter Suzanne is in love with Raymond de Noirville, the son of his former mistress. With the help of a few friends, Roger coldly prepares his revenge.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1946-10-23
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Le Bateau à soupe
1947-02-19
Le Bateau à soupe
Overview: Hervé is a tough sea captain in command of the "Duchesse Anne", a rum-trading ship. But the sea dog hides a tender heart and he allows Marie-Douce, a poor slum girl who dreams of seeing the wide world,on board. To have her accepted by the crew, he passes her off as his niece. A seasoned master like him, wise enough to ban alcohol use on his ship, should have known better : a beautiful girl on the deck cannot but unleash the savage instincts of all those men without women.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1947-02-19
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Eternal Conflict
1948-05-26
Eternal Conflict
Overview: Janvier, an embittered teacher, is fed up with his colorless, monotonous life. One day he breaks away and ends up becoming a circus clown. In his new world, he meets a beautiful acrobat nicknamed Lili and grows fonder and fonder of her every day of his life. The trouble is that the lady bestows her favors to two different lovers : wealthy married man Chardeuil and good-looking but listless young Antonio. He now considers his duty to make Lili recover her dignity.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1948-05-26
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Noah's Ark
1947-08-20
Noah's Ark
Overview: Bitru is a carefree fellow who, one day, decides to buy a houseboat on the River Seine. He moves there and starts living surrounded by a circle of colorful friends. Among them, the daughter of an auto maker but also a group of scientists who have developed "Aqua Simplex", a device that could enable motorists to fill their tanks with... water ! Panic sets in in the automobile industry and Bitru is appointed his friends' middle man to represent them on the various car makers directors' boards.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1947-08-20
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Le 84 prend des vacances
1950-02-22
Le 84 prend des vacances
Overview: Gaston Bernod is a Parisian bus driver. Honest, upright and hard-working, he is held in high esteem by his superiors. Gaston has always pampered "his" bus, going as far as to equip it with a fuel-saving device of his invention. Very close to his vehicle, he may have somewhat neglected his wife Paulette, who lets herself got round by the smooth words of Pierrot. The gigolo has indeed managed to persuade her to follow him to the Mont Saint-Michel, "a wonderful nest for their burgeoning love" as he says. The trouble is that Gaston, while driving his dear 84, catches sight of the car, and suddenly aware of his misfortune, sees red. He immediately sets off in pursuit of the culprits, involving his load of helpless passengers in the chase.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1950-02-22
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No More Vacation for the Good Lord
1950-04-12
No More Vacation for the Good Lord
Overview: Montmartre in the summertime. A group of street urchins idles outside while the other kids of the neighborhood are away on holiday.To keep the gang busy, Pivolo, their leader, has an idea : they are going to kidnap Aunt Faguet's doggy. Just for the fun of it. A few days pass after the crime is accomplished and one of them suddenly realizes that a reward is being offered by the aunt to anyone who would bring her her pet back. Mademoiselle Hélène, the kind-hearted social worker, does it for them and gives them the reward money, which is instantly exchanged for lollipops, nougat and merry-go-round and cinema tickets. So, why not continue? That's what they do, abducting several dogs, until they realize they are becoming ... too rich! They can't buy themselves luxurious gifts or else their parents are bound to suspect something. Instead, they decide to do good by helping poor people around them. One day, Pierrot, a member of the gang, gets run down by a cyclist and becomes blind.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1950-04-12
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The Crime of the Just
1950-04-19
The Crime of the Just
Overview: Arnal, nicknamed 'Counselor' is the head of a family held in high esteem by the people of a Cevennes village. Now, the dignified man, who is the respected arbitrator of local disputes, has adopted Clémence, a deaf-mute girl. The day when Maurice, Arnal's son, starts a love affair with his stepsister, trouble begins...
Genres: Crime
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1950-04-19
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The Lost Village
1947-11-26
The Lost Village
Overview: In the peaceful alpine village of Granges-de-Mortes, a tragedy has just taken place: Gustave Boeuf, the local Casanova, has mysteriously died at the foot of a wayside cross. Shortly afterwards, a peasant, who is suspected of having murdered him, hangs himself from a branch of the calvary. But was he the real culprit? Angélique Barrodet, an old maid , who had been Gustave's fiancée before he abandoned her on the very day of their wedding, leads the investigation in her own way.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1947-11-26
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Cartouche, King of Paris
1950-08-02
Cartouche, King of Paris
Overview: The romantic life of the head of a bandit gang, wanted by the police. Cartouche gets away with being deported to Louisiana after unmasking a plot by a Duke against the throne.
Genres: Adventure
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1950-08-02
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Véronique
1950-09-01
Véronique
Overview: The king orders viscount Florestan to take mademoiselle de Solanges for his wife. But the viscount doesn't know the young lady at all. The latter decides to seduce her future husband by introducing herself to him with the name Veronique...
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1950-09-01
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The Elders of Saint-Loup
1950-09-08
The Elders of Saint-Loup
Overview: Due to financial problems, the boarding-school of Saint-Loup is on the verge of closing its doors. In desperation, Jacquelin, the headmaster, has the idea to invite former students to a fund-raising reunion. Among the alumni, three men whose common point is to have been in love at the time with the headmaster's niece. One is a banker, the second a priest and the last one a globetrotter. All of a sudden, the peace of the assembly is disturbed: Jacquelin's niece has just been murdered.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1950-09-08
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Justice Is Done
1950-09-20
Justice Is Done
Overview: Elsa Lundenstein is accused of having murdered her lover. The jury discusses the case vividly. All members are somehow prejudiced because of personal life experience and subsequently each member reads something different into the presented facts.
Genres: Drama Mystery
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1950-09-20
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A Smile in the Storm
1950-11-24
A Smile in the Storm
Overview: In the Canadian Far North, a couple is looking for a gold mine. They meet a sergeant and his friend. But the man is killed during a fight with an adventurer.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1950-11-24
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The Farm of Seven Sins
1949-09-16
The Farm of Seven Sins
Overview: In 1825, Paul-Louis Courier, a Republican writer known for publishing pamphlets against the French monarchy, was killed in the farm where he had retired. Was it a political assassination or a vicious crime? Those who have known him loved him or hated him are interrogated by the police. Will the guilty person(s) be ferreted out?
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1949-09-16
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Rendezvous in July
1949-12-06
Rendezvous in July
Overview: Hopes and love and ambitions and friendship in a group of young jazz-loving Parisians.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1949-12-06
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The Heroic Mr. Boniface
1949-10-19
The Heroic Mr. Boniface
Overview: A simple man gets involved in an implausible story of gangsters in the wake of the discovery of a criminal's dead body in his own bed.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1949-10-19
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Without Leaving an Address
1951-01-17
Without Leaving an Address
Overview: A woman in Paris hires a taxi driver to locate her ex-lover, father to her newborn child, who left her without leaving an address.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1951-01-17
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Farewell Mister Grock
1950-01-19
Farewell Mister Grock
Overview: The life of Adrien Wettach, famous in the annals of the circus under the name of Grock, world famous Swiss clown. A series of images from Épinal, retracing the career of a European artist, within the framework of world history. Lots of children, wars, an eccentric Russian countess, Countess Barinoff, who grows old admiring the clown, and a very long quibble about a party wall, all serve to highlight the star's final number.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1950-01-19
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Love and Companionship
1950-01-27
Love and Companionship
Overview: The accountant of an insurance company, rather eccentric and quick to push the song, is responsible for monitoring the actions of an alluring South American whose suicide would mean the collapse of the company. Finally, the accountant discovers an attempted insurance scam and marries the surly and charming interpreter who was the liaison between the South American and himself.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1950-01-27
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Under the Paris Sky
1951-03-28
Under the Paris Sky
Overview: Fates of multiple otherwise disconnected characters intertwine miraculously under the sky of Paris. And it all happens in one day.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1951-03-28
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Trois artilleurs à l'opéra
1939-05-10
Trois artilleurs à l'opéra
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1939-05-10
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The Murderer Lives at Number 21
1942-08-07
The Murderer Lives at Number 21
Overview: Paris, France. Commissaire Wens follows the lead of a ruthless murderer to an unexpected place.
Genres: Comedy Mystery Thriller
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1942-08-07
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Daybreak
1939-06-09
Daybreak
Overview: After committing a murder, a man locks himself in his apartment and recollects the events that led him to the killing.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1939-06-09
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Crossroads
1938-01-01
Crossroads
Overview: A wealthy industrialist, Roger de Vetheuil, married, feels assured of aging in peace. Then appears a blackmailer who accuses him of being a usurper, actually called Jean Pelletier, a mobster well known to police. Vetheuil, judging himself slandered, refuses to listen to his tormentor and goes to the police. The man speaks. The scandal is public soon ...
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1938-01-01
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Boys' School
1938-04-05
Boys' School
Overview: In a college, three friends form a secret society. Their objective - going to America. One night, after one of their secret meetings, one of them sees a man coming out from a wall. The next day, after he talks about it, he disappears. Then, the second one vanishes. Are they gone to their dreams? That's when the art teacher is murdered. Suspicions now are too high so the third one decides to investigate.
Genres: Adventure Drama Mystery
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1938-04-05
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A Night of Madness
1934-04-27
A Night of Madness
Overview: Jacqueline took one of her friends to a place where tourists, informants, girls, pimps and Apaches rub shoulders. Her husband, who watches over her, after having corrected Julot and Frize, is considered an ace at the Bal des Terreurs. He thus finds the love of his wife.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1934-04-27
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The Lafleur Cavalryman
1934-12-20
The Lafleur Cavalryman
Overview: The reservist Lafleur, having a wife, a mistress and still running after the first petticoat that comes along, his namesake, an active soldier, finds himself embroiled in the vengeance or intrigues that all these women are plotting. Eventually, the entanglements will unravel in a final party.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1934-12-20
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The Last One of the Six
1941-09-16
The Last One of the Six
Overview: Paris, France. Commissaire Wens is put in charge of the investigation into the murder of one of six friends who, in the past, made a very profitable promise.
Genres: Drama Mystery Thriller
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1941-09-16
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Forfaiture
1937-11-24
Forfaiture
Overview: Denise Moret joins her husband, Pierre, in Mongolia where he works as a civil engineer. One night she loose a lot of money on the roulette and therefore is forced to borrow money from Prince Lee-Lang. The Prince immediately begins to flirt and make advances towards Denise. Advances she rejects.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1937-11-24
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Tabusse
1949-09-28
Tabusse
Overview: In the Cévennes, Tabusse is a figure of the village. Angry and but also in love, he goes through many adventures.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1949-09-28
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Scandals of Clochemerle
1948-06-09
Scandals of Clochemerle
Overview: A little town erupts in turmoil about the construction of a public urinal. The army is sent in to restore order, but the military add to the confusion by getting involved with the local women.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1948-06-09
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Let’s Go Up the Champs-Élysées
1938-12-02
Let’s Go Up the Champs-Élysées
Overview: The history of one of France's most famous streets is retold, featuring multiple performances from Guitry himself.
Genres: Comedy Drama History
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1938-12-02
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Les Gaîtés de la finance
1936-02-07
Les Gaîtés de la finance
Overview: The banker Marivol looks like a tailor, Lambinet. Gangsters threaten the first, who hires the second as a double. The latter accepts ignoring everything. When he learns that he will be the target of killers, the unfortunate man begins to live in terror.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1936-02-07
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The Strange Madame X
1951-05-24
The Strange Madame X
Overview: Irène is the unhappy wife of a wealthy publisher, Jacques Voisin-Larive, who cares about her no more than a beautiful piece of furniture. Her meeting with Étienne, a young cabinetmaker with whom she falls in love, turns her dismal existence upside down. Not wanting to reveal her condition to her lover, she pretends to be a modest maid, employed by the Voisin-Larive. At the end of a weekend spent with her lover, Irène discovers that she is pregnant. The fragile balance of their existence is suddenly broken. Taking the initiative, she reveals her affair to Jacques and tells him about her desire to divorce. But her husband has no intention of giving her back her freedom...
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1951-05-24
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