Claude Dauphin
Biography: Claude Dauphin (19 August 1903 – 16 November 1978) was a French actor. He appeared in over 130 films between 1930 and 1978. He was born in Corbeil-Essonnes, Essonne. His father was Maurice Étienne Legrand, a poet who wrote as Franc-Nohain, and who was the librettist for Maurice Ravel's opera L'heure espagnole. Claude Dauphin died in Paris. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ry Claude Dauphin (actor), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: August 19, 1903
Deathday: November 16, 1978
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Le Pion
1978-10-25
Le Pion
Overview: Humiliated and down on his luck, a superintendent turns his life around when he decides to write a book.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1978-10-25
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Mado
1976-10-27
Mado
Overview: A middle-aged businessman faces bankruptcy after his partner's suicide and a rival's unscrupulous offer to buy his company. Determined to avoid the trap, he finds an unexpected solution through a prostitute.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1976-10-27
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That Most Important Thing: Love
1975-02-12
That Most Important Thing: Love
Overview: Servais Mont, a freelance photographer who works taking compromising photos, gets fascinated by Nadine Chevalier, a tormented low-budget movie actress married to an eccentric film photo collector.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1975-02-12
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Rosebud
1975-03-24
Rosebud
Overview: In a bold coup a Palestinian terrorist group captures the yacht Rosebud and kidnaps the millionaires five daughters on it. At first they demand film clips to be shown on major European TV stations. Undercover agent Martin is hired to hunt the terrorists down.
Genres: Action Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-03-24
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The Tender Age
1968-06-03
The Tender Age
Overview: Twenty-year-old Henri Rebecque wants to make his dream come true: to bring Benjamin Constant's Adolphe to the screen in amateur format. Armed with a sixteen-millimeter camera and a team of friends, Henri embarks on this adventure, playing the role of Adolphe himself. Despite all the warnings, he lived through the passion and ordeal of the novel's hero, right to the end. Different times and circumstances will not change this.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1968-06-03
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Is Paris Burning?
1966-10-26
Is Paris Burning?
Overview: Near the end of World War II, Gen. Dietrich von Choltitz receives orders to burn down Paris if it becomes clear the Allies are going to invade, or if he cannot maintain control of the city. After much contemplation Choltitz decides to ignore his orders, enraging the Germans and giving hope to various resistance factions that the city will be liberated. Choltitz, along with Swedish diplomat Raoul Nordling, helps a resistance leader organize his forces.
Genres: War Drama History
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1966-10-26
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Les Misérables
1978-12-27
Les Misérables
Overview: In 19th century France, Jean Valjean, a man imprisoned for stealing bread, must flee a relentless policeman named Javert. The pursuit consumes both men's lives, and soon Valjean finds himself in the midst of the student revolutions in France.
Genres: Drama History Romance TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-12-27
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Boubouroche
1933-10-13
Boubouroche
Overview: Boubouroche, a decent guy, enjoys shopping and playing cards at the cafe with his buddies: Potasse, that he is quick to "scold" for playing the wrong card, Fouettard and Roth. For eight years, Boubouroche has been living with a woman he adores called Adele. Then one day over drinks, Boubouroche is shocked and dismayed to find out he is cuckolded... And has been for quite a while!
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1933-10-13
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Le Voyage imprévu
1935-12-31
Le Voyage imprévu
Overview: A husband orders his wife to recover a lost slipper. The wife enlists the aid of her friend, Beatrice (Betty Stockfield) to bring the slipper to her in Switzerland, and Georges (Roger Treville) follows Betty.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1935-12-31
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Two for the Road
1967-04-27
Two for the Road
Overview: On the way to a party, a British couple dissatisfied with their marriage recall the gradual dissolution of their relationship.
Genres: Drama Romance Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1967-04-27
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Barbarella
1968-10-10
Barbarella
Overview: In the far future, a highly sexual woman is tasked with finding and stopping the evil Durand-Durand. Along the way she encounters various unusual people.
Genres: Science Fiction Adventure Comedy Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1968-10-10
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Deported
1950-11-01
Deported
Overview: The real-life deportation of gangster Lucky Luciano was the inspiration for this romanticized and slightly crackbrained crime drama. Jeff Chandler plays the Luciano counterpart, who once he arrives in Italy renews his criminal activities.
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-11-01
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T'es fou Marcel
1974-01-01
T'es fou Marcel
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1974-01-01
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April in Paris
1952-12-24
April in Paris
Overview: A series of misunderstandings leads to a chorus girl traveling to Paris to represent the American theater, where she falls in love with a befuddled bureaucrat.
Genres: Comedy Music Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-12-24
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Le Plaisir
1952-02-29
Le Plaisir
Overview: Three stories about the pleasure. The first one is about a man hiding his age behind a mask to keep going to balls and fancying women - pleasure and youth. Then comes the long tale of Mme Tellier taking her girls (whores) to the country for attending her niece's communion - pleasure and purity. And lastly, Jean the painter falling in love with his model - pleasure and death.
Genres: Drama Comedy Romance
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1952-02-29
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Phantom of the Rue Morgue
1954-03-27
Phantom of the Rue Morgue
Overview: When several women are found mutilated and murdered, the Paris police are baffled as to who the killer may be. All evidence points to Dupin, but soon it becomes apparent that it is someone (or something) stronger and deadlier than a human.
Genres: Thriller Crime Mystery Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1954-03-27
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The Wild Goose Chase
1975-10-08
The Wild Goose Chase
Overview: The whole intrigue is centered around carte-blanche documents kept in a vault. Whoever fills in the blank becomes the owner of a revue. Big money is involved. The nephew of the owner of the vault is trying to cheat his uncle and have his name in the documents. Everything is even more complicated because the manager of the bank has a finger in the pie, too. Who but a humble bank-teller (Pierre Richard) will ruin the scheme?
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1975-10-08
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The Curtain Rises
1938-10-06
The Curtain Rises
Overview: 1938, France, Paris, at the Superior Conservatory of Dramatic Art ("Conservatoire Supérieur d'Art Dramatique"). The first-year entrance exams are in full swing. Many applicants, few accepted. Isabelle (Janine Darcey) is one of the few chosen. She joins former students from the second and third years, including François (Claude Dauphin) and Cécilia (Odette Joyeux). They attend the drama class run by Professor Lambertin (Louis Jouvet). The young people, passionate and eager to become comedians, clash in tumultuous love affairs, because by dint of acting, they imagine that life is a farce. François, for example, is in love with Isabelle, who also loves him, but is pursued by Cecilia, his former mistress... "Put art in your life and life in your art!"
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1938-10-06
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The Other One
1967-11-15
The Other One
Overview: Anne, an unhappily married actress, temporarily assumes the identity of her sister Simone, the successful director of a London fashion house.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1967-11-15
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Hard Contract
1969-04-30
Hard Contract
Overview: A cold hearted American hit man goes to Europe for "one last score". His encounter with a beautiful young woman casts self doubt on his lifeblood, and influences him to resist carrying out the contract.
Genres: Crime Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1969-04-30
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Casque d'Or
1952-03-13
Casque d'Or
Overview: At the end of the 19th century, during a ball in Joinville, on the outskirts of Paris, Georges, a former delinquent working as a carpenter, meets Marie, a young woman connected to a criminal gang.
Genres: Drama Crime Romance
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1952-03-13
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We Want the Colonels
1973-03-02
We Want the Colonels
Overview: Italy 1973. Giuseppe Tritoni (Ugo Tognazzi) is an ultra-right-wing congressman that doesn't agree anymore with his fascist party policy. He contacts many Italian Army officers and built a net of relationship in order to organize a Coup d'Etat (Golpe). Something goes wrong and the Interior Minister (Home Secretary) Mr. Li Masi (Lino Pugliesi) got the all information about the attempted Golpe. So the Minister organizes a counter-Golpe. Tritoni desperately, to save his project, kidnaps the Italian Republic President (Claude Dauphin) that immediately dies for heartache. Now Minister Mr. Li Masi is free to lay down the law to the rest of the country, realizing basically the actual Golpe! Tritoni surrenders and will spend rest of his time trying to sell his ideas about managing Golpe in Africa!
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1973-03-02
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The Fortune
1932-01-22
The Fortune
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Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1932-01-22
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A Happy Man
1933-02-17
A Happy Man
Overview: Claude, shy, instructs Michel to declare his love to Simone, the young girl he loves. But Michel seduces her and becomes engaged to her. She surprises him in the arms of another, breaks off her engagement and marries Claude, whom she has come to know and love.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1933-02-17
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Paris-Soleil
1933-02-15
Paris-Soleil
Overview: Comedy and misunderstandings around thwarted loves in Paris but which will end well in Provence.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1933-02-15
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It's all arranged
1931-07-03
It's all arranged
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1931-07-03
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We Are Not Children
1934-01-25
We Are Not Children
Overview: In the spring of 1913, Jean Servin, a son of a family, became friends with Roberte, a little midinette. He leaves her a few months later to marry Cécile Breton. The years go by. Jean becomes an important businessman. One evening, he meets Roberte, who has become the wife of a wealthy American. She does not love her husband any more than he loves his wife. They recall their memories. They seem to still love each other. They plan to rebuild their lives. Together, they will spend a few days in Dieppe, as they did in the past after their first meeting. They feel so different from what they were twenty years ago that they understand that the past cannot live again.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1934-01-25
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Les Surprises du sleeping
1933-12-08
Les Surprises du sleeping
Overview: Prince Philippe of Bracowa must join his fiancée by train. The young and pretty Gisèle is on the same train, for her too to join her fiancé.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1933-12-08
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Le Billet de mille
1935-01-11
Le Billet de mille
Overview: The tribulations of a banknote, from its exit from a counter to its destruction, passing through dozens of hands.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1935-01-11
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Dédé
1934-12-20
Dédé
Overview: Dédé is a young wealthy man who buys a shoe store, owned by his friend Robert, in order to receive more conveniently his mistress. Everything seems fine and Dédé seems to be enjoying all of this. But the man barely knew that he would fall in love with one of the many pretty vendors of his new "acquisition", favoring this new girl over the previous one.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1934-12-20
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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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The Happy Road
1936-02-14
The Happy Road
Overview: It is only the prospect of having a child that draws the otherwise strictly urban new wife, Suzanne, to a family farm, she really doesn't care for the countryside of for her in laws.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1936-02-14
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The Devil and the Ten Commandments
1962-09-14
The Devil and the Ten Commandments
Overview: The film consists of seven roughly 15 minute episodes, each showing what will happen if one or more of the Ten Commandments will be broken: Jérome Chambard is warned that he will lose his job if he continues to swear; Françoise Beaufort enamored of a stripper calls on her only to find her married to a janitor who doesn't know what kind of dancing his wife performs; Denis, a Jesuit novice, leaves the order to avenge his sister's suicide, which was provoked by Garigny, who seduced her into prostitution and drug addiction; Philip buys a necklace for Micheline though he is bored with her; a young man find out that his real mother is not Madeleine, but actress Clarisse Ardant; Didier Marin, cashier of a bank, was fired by his boss; the Devil appears as a serpent for Jérome Chambard and the bishop are eating.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1962-09-14
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The Spanking
1937-11-10
The Spanking
Overview: A husband, exasperated by his wife, spanks her without paying attention to the open window in front of which he is. He is annoyingly surprised to discover the next day that the scene has been photographed by a neighbor, and that the image is circulating in Paris. A debate then ensues: is this an opportunity to call for revolt or a welcome manifestation of marital authority?
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1937-11-10
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The Tale of the Fox
1941-04-10
The Tale of the Fox
Overview: In the kingdom of animals, Master Fox is used to trick and fool everyone. So the King, the Lion, receives more and more complaints about him. He orders that Master Fox is arrested and brought to him.
Genres: Animation Comedy Fantasy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1941-04-10
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Promise to the Unknown One
1942-10-02
Promise to the Unknown One
Overview: A young woman is in love with a young writer, winner of the Prix Goncourt. Married to a banker, she must face her husband's anger and the blackmail of a former suitor.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1942-10-02
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Strange Suzy
1941-08-29
Strange Suzy
Overview: To prevent her husband from starting a divorce procedure, a wife simulates madness.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1941-08-29
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Little Nothings
1942-12-16
Little Nothings
Overview: Following a broadcast on the radio, each of the listeners remembers these "little nothings" (the title is borrowed from a play by Mozart), which have often changed their lives. Each of these stories told will prove that a tiny detail in life can change an entire destiny.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1942-12-16
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The Beautiful Adventure
1942-12-20
The Beautiful Adventure
Overview: On the very day of his wedding, Valentin Le Barroyer sees the one he was to marry fly away. Hélène has always loved her cousin André, to the great displeasure of her aunt who had combined the failed marriage. The two lovers take refuge in the Dordogne at the home of Hélène's grandmother who believes them to be really husband and wife. Valentin finds the young couple too late, he only has to console himself with a friend of Hélène's.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1942-12-20
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Radio Surprises
1940-05-08
Radio Surprises
Overview: The Bontemps family, like all the inhabitants of the village of Coussy la Chapelle, are passionate about radio. Coco, the fiancé of Jacqueline Bontemps, participates in all the contests and under the name of Mr. Bontemps wins a beautiful Sunday. All arrive in Paris and in the premises of the Parisian Post Office attend popular broadcasts.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1940-05-08
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Dorothy Looks for Love
1945-11-09
Dorothy Looks for Love
Overview: To be able to win paradise, a selfish old billionaire, who has just died, must make someone happy. He will have to guide a young girl through the intricacies of love.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1945-11-09
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The Quiet American
1958-02-08
The Quiet American
Overview: Cynical British journalist Fowler falls in love with a young Vietnamese woman but is dismayed when a naïve U.S. official also begins vying for her attention. In retaliation, Fowler informs the communists that the American is selling arms to their enemy.
Genres: Drama Romance War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-02-08
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We Are Not Married
1946-11-08
We Are Not Married
Overview: They have been living together for some time in a bohemian environment. The boy is attracted to a friend of his mistress and he frankly acknowledges his feeling. His companion favors meetings and even multiplies them: satiety, habituation, weariness set in very quickly. It is the shrewd mistress who will be married.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1946-11-08
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Rendezvous in Paris
1947-03-12
Rendezvous in Paris
Overview: When she sets sail for Lisbon, Catherine Laurence, a famous classical singer has but one wish: to be left alone. Unfortunately she soon gets bothered by a rude, invading man. Later she gets to know him better and becomes susceptible to his charm. She realizes that Michel is in love with her and it is not long before she goes beyond her disastrous first impression. Although not quite sure he is a perfectly honest man she entrusts him with a delicate assignment: keep her precious pearl necklace coveted by Van Coolart, a fake Dutch diamond-merchant, and give it back to her in Paris. If he is a robber himself, so much the worse for her. But if Michel keeps the Paris rendezvous love is in store for both of them. Nevertheless there is a crucial factor she regrettably disregards, composer Raymond Aubour, a faithful friend who has been her suitor for ten years.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1947-03-12
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La Parade du rire
1948-03-26
La Parade du rire
Overview: A debate on the definition of the word laughter, organized by Madame de Saint-Jules and two academicians, illustrated by film extracts, turns into a huge battle of cream pies.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1948-03-26
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Impeccable Henri
1948-08-13
Impeccable Henri
Overview: Henri, a basically honest fellow, accepts to work for a gang of burglars only to revenge himself on Fournier-Salville, a wealthy businessman who once ruined him. His role will be to become Fournier-Saville's majordomo and at the same time to inform the burglars so as to facilitate their work. But once in the house he performs his task so well and so stylishly that he becomes indispensable. Moreover, Eve, the businessman's capricious daughter, does not remain insensible to his charms.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1948-08-13
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Cruise for the Unknown One
1948-09-01
Cruise for the Unknown One
Overview: Kohlman, the attorney for the Fournil bank, diverts money from the institution. To hide his malpractices, he imagines to remove the director, the young and overconfident Clement Fournil, during a cruise at sea on the yacht Emile Frechisse.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1948-09-01
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Little Boy Lost
1953-09-21
Little Boy Lost
Overview: A war correspondent who was stationed in Paris during WW II married a French girl who was murdered by the Nazis. After the war he returns to to try to find his son, whom he lost during a bombing raid but has been told is living in an orphanage in Paris.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-09-21
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Road Blocked
1948-01-21
Road Blocked
Overview: Jacques Audoin falls in love with a pianist, Evelyne Clery, and marries her. In reality, he had wanted to approach her, because he imagined that she had witnessed the murder of the lover of his first wife. Evelyne learns what has happened and, revolted by what she thinks is her husband's plot, commits suicide. Jacques confesses his crime.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1948-01-21
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The Most Wonderful Evening of My Life
1972-12-22
The Most Wonderful Evening of My Life
Overview: A successful businessman whose destiny leads him to a secluded Swiss chalet where his life is put on trial by a group of retired law professionals. The men assemble to analyze Sordi's rise to power and his increasingly immoral behavior as he attained success, and the warped perceptions of right and wrong he has adopted to remain successful.
Genres: Comedy Drama Mystery
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1972-12-22
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L'inconnu d'un soir
1949-04-08
L'inconnu d'un soir
Overview: Edith, a young orphan, is exploited as a waitress and bullied by her adoptive father. But she has a dream: she wants to become a star. One day the Orient Express, which never stops at the little station across the café she works in, is forced to pull up due to a technical incident. And out of a carriage gets ... a company of dancers, who start rehearsing before Edith's amazed eyes. She meets the director of the company, handsome dancing star Harry Belmont, who takes an interest in her beauty and in her natural talent. When she leaves her obnoxious father for Vienna, Harry is absent. She nearly gets seduced by a libidinous man but, after a narrow escape, she gets a job from Treberg, the owner of the restaurant she had dined in. Treberg finds her there, hires her as a dancer and the pair soon meets tremendous success. A star is born but, realizing that he comes second to her, he prefers to vanish.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1949-04-08
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Thus Finishes the Night
1949-08-17
Thus Finishes the Night
Overview: In the train that takes her back home, Catheine Beryl meets concert pianist André Fuger, a childhood friend of her husband's. The musician is both good-looking and seductive and Catherine soon falls for his charms. The two young people spend the evening and the following night together. The next day, a lost powder compact gives the affair away. At a loss, Catherine runs away from her husband but she has an accident. When she regains consciousness in her hospital bed, Catherine finds Georges, her husband, by her side, pretending nothing has happened.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1949-08-17
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The Full Treatment
1960-10-01
The Full Treatment
Overview: Race car driver Alan Colby and his new wife Denise are involved in a car crash where he sustains a serious head injury, causing him to have murderous feelings toward Denise. After Denise persuades him to honeymoon with her on the Cote D'Azur in France, they enlist the aid of a French psychiatrist who offers to regress Alan back to the time of the accident and cure him.
Genres: Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1960-10-01
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At the Meeting with Joyous Death
1973-01-25
At the Meeting with Joyous Death
Overview: The premise deals with a family living in a country-house which turns out to be 'alive' – to the point where a TV crew is brought in to 'capture' the paranormal phenomena
Genres: Horror Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1973-01-25
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Paris Nineteen Hundred
1948-02-25
Paris Nineteen Hundred
Overview: Nicole Védrès' chronicle of Paris from 1900 to 1914 is brought to life through the use of original material, all authentic, secured from more then 700 films belonging to public and private collections. A few of the celebrities of the time shown are Enrico Caruso, Sarah Bernhardt, and Maurice Chevalier.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1948-02-25
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English Without Tears
1944-07-28
English Without Tears
Overview: While Lady Christabel Beauclark, a bird fancier, is scurrying about demanding certain territorial rights for British birds from other countries, Her Ladyship's niece is falling in love with the family butler, Tom Gilbey. The birds are forgotten when war breaks out, and Gilbey now finds himself in love with the niece whose love was previously unrequited. Written by Les Adams
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1944-07-28
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The Madwoman of Chaillot
1969-10-12
The Madwoman of Chaillot
Overview: An eccentric Parisian woman's optimistic perception of life begins to sound more rational than the traditional beliefs of others. The story is set in a 20th-century society endangered by power and greed and imagines the rebellion of the "little people" against corrupt and soulless authority.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1969-10-12
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The World Will Shake
1939-05-10
The World Will Shake
Overview: In this sci-fi film, a scientist invents a prescient machine that can tell people when they will die. Oddly enough, the people do not want to know and therefore begin to riot…
Genres: Science Fiction
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1939-05-10
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Spy Pit
1967-11-22
Spy Pit
Overview: Julien Saint Dominique, an agent of the French counter-espionage service in Berlin, investigates the kidnapping of a functionary taken by German communists into East Germany.
Genres: Thriller Action
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1967-11-22
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Beating Heart
1940-02-01
Beating Heart
Overview: Tells the story of a young woman escaping from reform school who tries to steal a foreign ambassador's watch but ends up falling in love with him.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1940-02-01
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The Visit
1964-05-06
The Visit
Overview: Carla Zachanassian had a child by Serge Miller as a teenager. When Serge refused to marry her, she was driven out of town. By her own wit and cunning, she has returned as a multi-millionaire for a visit. The town lays out the red carpet expecting big things from Carla, only to learn that her sole purpose is to see Serge Miller killed...
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1964-05-06
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Van Gogh
1948-09-01
Van Gogh
Overview: Oscar Winning 1948 short film by Alain Resnais, not to be confused with either the Short 1966 TV doc or the 1991 feature film by Maurice Pialat, both of which shared the same name.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1948-09-01
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Twilight
1944-12-20
Twilight
Overview: At the beginning of the 20th century, the destiny of Félicie Nanteuil, a young girl from the provinces who became a big star on the stage thanks to a comedian who committed suicide out of love for her.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1944-12-20
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Le Roman de Renard
Le Roman de Renard
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Original Language: fr
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The Tenant
1976-05-26
The Tenant
Overview: A quiet and inconspicuous man rents an apartment in Paris where he finds himself drawn into a rabbit hole of dangerous paranoia.
Genres: Thriller Horror Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-05-26
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Paris - New-York
1940-04-03
Paris - New-York
Overview: The forbidden romance between wealthy Giselle Preville and impoverished journalist Claude Dauphin. When Preville disappears, Dauphin is accused of kidnapping by the girl's snobbish father Rene Alexander. By the time the Normandie reaches New York, however, the "mystery" is solved and all misunderstandings blithely swept away.
Genres: Romance
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1940-04-03
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Grand Prix
1966-12-21
Grand Prix
Overview: The most daring drivers in the world have gathered to compete for the 1966 Formula One championship. After a spectacular wreck in the first of a series of races, American wheelman Pete Aron is dropped by his sponsor. Refusing to quit, he joins a Japanese racing team. While juggling his career with a torrid love affair involving an ex-teammate's wife, Pete must also contend with Jean-Pierre Sarti, a French contestant who has previously won two world titles.
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1966-12-21
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The Pearls of the Crown
1937-05-12
The Pearls of the Crown
Overview: The story of the seven pearls of the English Crown, from Henry VIII to 1937 – three of them missing.
Genres: Comedy History
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1937-05-12
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A Salute to France
1944-01-02
A Salute to France
Overview: Directed by Garson Kanin and Jean Renoir.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1944-01-02
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Adorable Creatures
1952-01-02
Adorable Creatures
Overview: Andre Noblet, a 21-year-old French artist falls madly in love with Christine, the mother of two children. He tells Chistine he will tell all to her husband and demand her freedom. Christine learns that her husband has been carrying on a romance of his own and they have a meeting.
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1952-01-02
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Matisse ou Le talent de bonheur
1960-01-01
Matisse ou Le talent de bonheur
Overview: From his childhood in the lowlands of northern France to his death in Nice, a look at the life of painter Matisse: his early education, his apprenticeship at the Beaux-Arts and his decades-long career as a painter, sculptor, and draftsman.
Genres: Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1960-01-01
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Figuration
1931-12-31
Figuration
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1931-12-31
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My Darned Father
1958-06-25
My Darned Father
Overview: Roger, editor of a women's magazine, meets Roberte, his friend Jean's former mistress, at a major couturier's during a collection presentation. Roberte, who now lives in Florence with her niece Maria, asks Roger to arrange a student exchange so that Maria can come to Paris to perfect her French. Roger approaches Jean's son Philippe, a student at the Beaux-Arts, who agrees to go to Florence. Maria and Philippe meet on the platform at Pisé station. They miss their respective trains and take a walk together. A flirtation begins, then each goes back to the other. Jean finds Maria charming and, like an unrepentant Don Juan, decides to win her over, but thanks to his old maid, his intrigues come to nothing and Maria can marry Philippe.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1958-06-25
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A Woman in the Night
1943-01-13
A Woman in the Night
Overview: A theater troupe is touring Manon Lescaut, starring Denise, whose husband is a sick alcoholic. Tired of his violent outbursts, and wanting to rebuild her life, she runs away and finds refuge with a doctor who hires her as a nurse in his clinic. However, another jealous nurse commissions a detective to investigate, and ends up uncovering Denise's past.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1943-01-13
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Cavalcade of Love
1939-11-06
Cavalcade of Love
Overview: Cavalcade D'Amour is divided into three sections, each depicting a romance occurring within the walls of the Chateau de Champs. Legend has it that whoever marries in the Chateau is doomed to an unhappy life. This proves to be the case in 1639 and 1839, but the heroine of the 1939 segment, Corinne Luchaire, is determined to break the jinx. She is convinced that she will prove an unsuitable bride for Claude Dauphin, and he is likewise convinced that he will turn out to be an inadequate groom. But the couple's respective families will not be dissuaded, and the marriage takes place as scheduled? with unexpectedly happy results!
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1939-11-06
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Focal Point
1977-10-25
Focal Point
Overview: Reporter renowned photographer, Danièle Gaur is conducting an investigation into the alleged accident of her husband Michel. Her research is gradually leading her to discover the workings of a plot to assassinate US Foreign Secretary John W. Maxwell.
Genres: Thriller Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1977-10-25
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Églantine
1972-02-25
Églantine
Overview: Léopold, a young schoolboy, returns from boarding school to spend the summer vacations with his family. He is delighted to see his grandmother Eglantine again. The good times spent with all those close to him make him forget the stress of school. But with the start of the new school year fast approaching, Léopold learns of Eglantine's death.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1972-02-25
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Love and Cool Water
1933-12-01
Love and Cool Water
Overview: A young man is hit by a car on a zebra crossing. The pretty driver drives him home, takes care of him and falls in love with him. She has a fat, selfish, boorish husband whom she abandons to her imaginary illnesses to marry her nice wounded man.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1933-12-01
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Lamiel
1967-08-30
Lamiel
Overview: Lamiel is a poor orphan girl who climbs to the social elite in this 19th-century costume drama. Sansfin, provincial doctor, lives vicariously through her, as he oversees the progress of his female protégé. Defiant and rebellious, Lamiel goes to Paris to escape boredom and to know love.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1967-08-30
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Firemen's Ball
1949-03-13
Firemen's Ball
Overview: 1944, France experiences its last days of German occupation. A microcosm representative of the various attitudes adopted during this troubled period, some heroic, others less brilliant, the Grégeois family, scattered by the war, will strengthen its ties according to the Allied advance on the territory and the liberation of Paris, with its joys but also its sorrows, because not all of its members will survive the relative chaos that will characterize this end of the world war.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1949-03-13
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Innocents in Paris
1953-07-22
Innocents in Paris
Overview: Romantic comedy about a group of Britons flying to Paris for the weekend.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-07-22
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Portrait of a Woman
1944-01-17
Portrait of a Woman
Overview: A woman disappears after visiting her daughter and realizing her presence was unwelcome by her in-laws. Some time later, a body is found in a nearby lake.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1944-01-17
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Two Shy Ones
1943-03-03
Two Shy Ones
Overview: Jules Frémissin is shy and in love. The father of the object of his flame is also shy. The marriage proposal is very laborious, because before marrying Cécile Thibaudier, Jules must fight a duel with the arrogant Vancouver, convinced that all this eager and awkward courtship was intended for his own wife, also named Cécile.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1943-03-03
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Tiara Tahiti
1962-07-01
Tiara Tahiti
Overview: James Mason and John Mills star in this comedy-drama about a tough colonel and a refined captain who clashed during the war, and continue their personal battle in peace-time Tahiti.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1962-07-01
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The Three Musketeers
1953-10-07
The Three Musketeers
Overview: The umpteenth adaptation of Dumas' novel finds d'Artagnan and his friends promoting the love affairs of Anne of Austria and the Duke of Buckingham, incurring the wrath of the Cardinal and exposing themselves to the cold cruelty of Milady de Winter. Also featured are the tender Mme Bonacieux, the hilarious Planchet, the Queen's ferrets and Bethune's executioner, against a backdrop of clanging swords.
Genres: Adventure
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1953-10-07
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Let's Make a Dream
1936-12-31
Let's Make a Dream
Overview: A husband who has just cheated on his wife returns home in the early morning, puzzled. He finds there, without knowing it, the lover of his wife, to whom he confesses his infidelity.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1936-12-31
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Berlin Affair
1970-11-02
Berlin Affair
Overview: Spy suspense drama set in 1960's Berlin. Intrigue and double-cross lead Killian on a twisting path through love and loss.
Genres: Drama Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1970-11-02
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Conflit
1938-12-21
Conflit
Overview: Claire Buisson becomes enamored with Gerard and soon afterwords she becomes pregnant. Gerard advises her to abort the child but, at the last moment, Claire decides to keep her child and leaves for her sister's place in the province.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1938-12-21
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Too Late to Love
1959-05-05
Too Late to Love
Overview: Walter, a reporter and photographer, meets Catherine in a train. The young lawyer recently gained an acquittal for a man who killed his alcoholic father to save his mother. Campaigning against alcoholism, she asks Walter to help her unmask a wine merchant engaged in shady practices.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1959-05-05
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Abbot Constantine
1933-10-19
Abbot Constantine
Overview: A rich American lady has bought the Castle of Longueval. Her sister is being courted by two young villagers, one that fell in love with her, and the other one that fell in love with the Castle.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1933-10-19
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Lady L
1965-12-17
Lady L
Overview: Lady L is an elegant 80-year-old woman who recalls her amorous life story, including past loves and lusty, scandalous adventures she has lived through.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1965-12-17
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De force avec d'autres
1993-04-24
De force avec d'autres
Overview: Actor and singer on the decline, Sergio, alcoholic, goes adrift. His son, Simon, undertakes to make a film with and on him, to try to bring him back to life, "by force with others"
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1993-04-24
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Cyrano de Bergerac
1946-08-29
Cyrano de Bergerac
Overview: Cyrano, poet and cadet from Gascony, is afflicted with an excessively long nose which makes the beauties smile. He is no less in love with his cousin Roxane.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1946-08-29
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Don't Need Money
1933-04-20
Don't Need Money
Overview: Thomas Hoffmann arrives totally penniless from the megalopolis of Chicago and settles in the small village of Groditzkirchen. He soon forged a solid reputation there and established himself in the world of business and finance thanks to his charm and his bluff, interpreting with brio and relaxation the role of the nice millionaire.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1933-04-20
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The Chocolate Girl
1950-03-03
The Chocolate Girl
Overview: Benjamine, the daughter of the chocolate maker Lapistole, has broken down in her car, spends a night at Paul Norman's, imposes herself casually and causes the break-up of the engagement of this peaceful civil servant with the daughter of his department head. A friend maintains contact between Paul and Benjamine, becomes the head of publicity at Lapistole and when Norman is dismissed through Benjamine's fault, brings his two friends closer and proves to them that they are made for each other.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1950-03-03
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Symphony for a Massacre
1963-08-02
Symphony for a Massacre
Overview: A band of gangsters devise a plan to steal a game contested between two drug gangs of drug traffickers: the five fraudsters will face bigger problems than them.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1963-08-02
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Men Without Fear
1942-10-07
Men Without Fear
Overview: 1895. Discovery of X-rays. Researchers and scholars are true martyrs, because they do not know how to protect themselves against radiation dermatitis. Professor Belcour has to have one hand amputated, his assistant Henri Vermont, aware of the danger, has the courage to break up with his fiancée. Withdrawn to the countryside, they eventually recover.
Genres: Drama Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1942-10-07
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How to Make a French Dish
1964-01-29
How to Make a French Dish
Overview: In this romantic drama, a middle-aged gambler tells a casino croupier her life story. The story is told in flashback and chronicles the woman's romantic exploits with men. Though she was involved with many men, only one really touched her heart. He was a bartender who was tragically shot and killed during an attempted robbery. She later marries and has a daughter. Unfortunately she alienates herself from her daughter when she has an affair with her daughter's fiance. Her remorse is short lived. The film jumps back to the present with the woman leaving the casino on the arm of a handsome millionaire.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1964-01-29
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Jean de la Lune
1949-01-26
Jean de la Lune
Overview: Marceline is pretty but inconstant. She has a brother, eccentric as well as invading, who serves as a go-between between the fickle young woman and her lovers. She has been the mistress of Richard for a while when Jeff, an engaging but but unrepentant dreamer, falls madly in love with her. Marceline first turns him down but finally accepts him after she breaks up with Richard. But the coquette has not given up her escapades to which the young florist, nicknamed "Jean de la Lune" for his naivety, turns a blind eye. Little time after their wedding , Marceline becomes infatuated with the good looks of a superficial young man, Alexandre. But Jeff, who has developed a fondness for Jean, intervenes to save the couple.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1949-01-26
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A Girl and a Million
1932-10-07
A Girl and a Million
Overview: The French language version of Sehnsucht 202 (1932).
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1932-10-07
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Moonlight
1932-11-14
Moonlight
Overview: While sailing on a yacht off the French Riviera a shy young man and the owner's daughter are shipwrecked on an island.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1932-11-14
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To the Polls, Citizens
1932-03-11
To the Polls, Citizens
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1932-03-11
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Une femme coupée en morceaux
1946-05-29
Une femme coupée en morceaux
Overview: Four men in love with the same woman put on a music-hall show and travel the world in search of the beauty. They will find success and fortune, but their sentimental quest will be a failure.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1946-05-29
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Dropped from Heaven
1946-11-20
Dropped from Heaven
Overview: Gaby, the singer of the "Raymond's Jazz" band, leads Maurice, one of the musicians, to believe that, following a night he spent with her in the hay, he is the father of her child. In fact, the baby is neither his nor hers. He is the son of Madeleine, a young war widow who has entrusted him to her friend Gaby until she is allotted a flat. One day, Maurice happens to meet Madeleine and falls in love with her but he does not dare to confess his "paternity" to her. Fortunately the misunderstanding is clarified and Maurice can at the same time marry Madeleine and adopt her kid.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1946-11-20
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The Fan
1947-06-18
The Fan
Overview: Martine is a lonely girl in an exclusive boarding school who conjures up a glamorous existence in order to make her dull life tolerable and to impress the other girls. One of her flights of fancy is a love affair with Brevannes, a famous composer. She leaves the school and goes to the French Alps to find the life she's only dreamed about, where she meets Brevannes and a December-May romance develops until she meets a young mountain guide, Henri Vidal.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1947-06-18
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The Anchorite
1976-10-27
The Anchorite
Overview: Eleven years ago Fernando Tobajas, a man of a certain age, decided to live in the bathroom, in which he created a small apartment, and never leaves it. Tobajas has given up everything except vanity, and his contacts with the world are reduced to visits from friends and messages sent through the toilet inside aspirin tubes in the hope that someone will receive them and know about his existence. Arabel Lee, a beautiful girl, finds one of those messages.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1976-10-27
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The Sleeping Car Murder
1965-11-17
The Sleeping Car Murder
Overview: Six people travel by train overnight from Marseilles to Paris. When the train arrives at its destination, one of the passengers, a girl, is found dead in a sleeping berth. The police led by Inspector Grazzi investigate the other five passengers, suspecting that one of them was responsible. However, as the investigation is stepped up, the other passengers start turning up dead. It is then up to the last remaining two to solve the case, before they become the next victims.
Genres: Crime Thriller Mystery
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1965-11-17
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Madame Rosa
1977-11-02
Madame Rosa
Overview: Madame Rosa lives in a sixth-floor walkup in the Pigalle; she's a retired prostitute, Jewish and an Auschwitz survivor, a foster mom to children of other prostitutes. Momo is the oldest and her favorite, an Algerian lad whom she raises as a Muslim. He asks about his parents; she answers evasively. As she ages and takes fewer children, Momo must do more for her; as money is tight, he tries to earn pennies on the street with a puppet. He's a beautiful man-child, and Madame Rosa makes him promise never to sell himself or become a pimp. A film editor, Nadine, befriends him, and his father appears as well. Madame Rosa reaches her last days in fear of hospitals, and Momo must act.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1977-11-02
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Pilote de guerre… pilote de ligne
1949-06-27
Pilote de guerre… pilote de ligne
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Genres: Documentary War
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1949-06-27
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