Gabrielle Dorziat
Biography: Gabrielle Dorziat (1880–1979) was a French stage and film actress.[Dorziat was a fashion trend setter in Paris and helped popularize the designs of Coco Chanel. The Théâtre Gabrielle-Dorziat in Épernay, France is named for her. She was born in 1880. Dorziat made her stage début in 1898 at the Théâtre Royal du Parc in Brussels. She moved to Paris and appeared in Alfred Capus' La Bourse ou la vie (1900), but it was her performance as Thérèse Herbault in Chaîne anglaise (1906) that brought her to public attention. She became known for her off-stage life as well, becoming romantically involved with actors Lucien Guitry and Louis Jouvet. She had close friendships with Jean Cocteau, Jean Giraudoux, Coco Chanel, Paul Bourget and Henri Bernstein. During World War I Dorziat left France to tour the United States where she raised money for war refugees. After the war she toured Canada, South America and the rest of Europe. In 1921 Dorziat appeared in her first film L'Infante à la rose. She went on to play in over sixty films including Mayerling, Les Parents terribles and Manon. In 1925, she married Count Michel de Zogheb, a friend of King Fuad I of Egypt. She published her memoirs Côté cour, côté jardin in 1968. She died in 1979. Source: Article "Gabrielle Dorziat" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: January 25, 1880
Deathday: November 30, 1979
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Resurrection
1958-10-21
Resurrection
Overview: Young Prince Nechljudov is summoned as a judge in a murder trial. A rich merchant was found dead in the room of the inn where he was staying and the prostitute Maslova was accused of the crime. Nechljudov recognizes in the woman the maid of the aunts he had seduced and abandoned years before and tries to convince the authorities of her of his innocence but to no avail. Convinced that he is responsible for her moral fall, he follows her to Siberia where she must serve her sentence.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1958-10-21
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Pity for the Vamps
1956-10-19
Pity for the Vamps
Overview: Paris, 1956. Three sisters, three actresses willing to do almost anything to make it big. Their lives, their loves, their dramas. A savory satire of the world of show business and cinema in particular.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1956-10-19
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The Shanghai Drama
1938-09-23
The Shanghai Drama
Overview: A Russian emigrant sings in a Shanghai nightclub under the assumed name of Kay Murphy. All she dreams of is a peaceful life with her daughter Vera. But this is only a pipe dream as she has been forced by her former lover Ivan to work for a secret criminal organization, "The Black Dragon". Vera, who studies in a Hong Kong boarding-school, knows nothing about her mother's past. When Ivan, who is also Vera's father, resurfaces and blackmails Kay, the young woman is determined to fight back...
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1938-09-23
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Monsieur
1964-04-22
Monsieur
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1964-04-22
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A Monkey in Winter
1962-07-29
A Monkey in Winter
Overview: During World War II, an innkeeper vows to abstain from alcohol for the sake of his family. Years later, as they thrive in Normandy, his resolve is tested by a charming advertising professional who loves to drink.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1962-07-29
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The Storm Within
1948-12-01
The Storm Within
Overview: Young Michel is in love with the attractive Madeleine, so he decides to tell his parents of his intention to marry her. He thinks his announcement is innocent enough; his engagement, however, threatens to reveal dark secrets lurking within his family's home. Yvonne, Michel's overbearing mother, concocts an elaborate scheme to drive Madeleine away, thus keeping uncomfortable household truths from being exposed.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1948-12-01
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The Truth About Bebe Donge
1952-02-13
The Truth About Bebe Donge
Overview: François Donge, a rich industrialist and womaniser, meets a girl nicknamed Bébé who he marries. Ten years later, poisoned by his wife and dying in hospital, he recalls his married life and understands how his wife who adored him suffered from his many affairs and indifference.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1952-02-13
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Samson
1936-03-04
Samson
Overview: An aristocratic woman is coerced by her impoverished family into marrying a wealthy business tycoon.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1936-03-04
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L'amour veille
1937-04-09
L'amour veille
Overview: Believing that her husband is cheating on her, Jacqueline decides to take revenge and goes to find Ernest, a chilled sigh. But in her bachelor apartment, she cannot decide to push her revenge to the end.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1937-04-09
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Êtes-vous jalouse ?
1938-01-05
Êtes-vous jalouse ?
Overview: Germaine Moreuil's insane jealousy triggers such violent marital quarrels that the spouses file for divorce. When Germaine's parents find out, they sham a fierce spat to disgust their daughter and her husband with the pathetic spectacle of a couple at loggerheads. But just as their farce is on the brink of becoming a tragedy, events combined with the blunders of all four happily reconcile everyone.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1938-01-05
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Monsieur Breloque a disparu
1938-03-30
Monsieur Breloque a disparu
Overview: The brave Monsieur Breloque has a friend, Pierre Martel, a private detective. When the latter asks him to replace him for a while, Breloque, although having no competence in the matter, accepts. He anticipates adventures and misadventures but also happy surprises.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1938-03-30
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Traviata 53
1953-10-07
Traviata 53
Overview: An engineer has a romance with the mistress of a rich banker but she sacrifices herself,returning to the rich man, for the best interests of the lover and his family.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1953-10-07
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A Foolish Maiden
1938-11-24
A Foolish Maiden
Overview: A middle-aged Parisian lawyer meets a young girl and falls in love with her. The girl's mother discovers the affair and the couple must flee.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1938-11-24
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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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Soyez les bienvenus
1942-07-08
Soyez les bienvenus
Overview: Before the war. Mr. and Mrs. Boisleroi, well off, lived in their castle while their son Jacques courted Geneviève, the manager's daughter. On mobilization, the manager becomes flight captain, Boisleroi a simple waykeeper and Jacques wants to enlist. Refugees arrive: an actress, a player, an old marquis, former owner of the castle and who will die there. All this life together culminates in the marriage of Jacques and Geneviève.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1942-07-08
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Behind the Facade
1939-03-14
Behind the Facade
Overview: In the elevator of two large Parisian buildings, a telegraph operator discovers the body of an elderly woman, Madame Mathieu, the owner of both buildings. Boucheron, the local superintendent, is dispatched to investigate, along with his rival, Inspector Lambert of the "Sûreté". To solve the enigma, they scour staircases and corridors, visiting every floor of both buildings, courtyard and facade. Their gruff rivalry allows them to complement each other in discovering who committed the crime among a gallery of characters, humble or rich, who all have something to be ashamed of... A rare, fast-paced, picturesque comedy set against the backdrop of a police mystery.
Genres: Crime Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1939-03-14
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Her First Affair
1941-08-14
Her First Affair
Overview: Micheline Chevassu is a young, naive woman living in an orphanage. Through classified ads, she has a date with an unknown man. She escapes from the orphanage to go to it, dreaming of the Prince Charming. But comes Nicolas Rougemont, an unattractive middle-aged man... He pretends not to be the author of the letters, who could not come...
Genres: Romance
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1941-08-14
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L'Appel du bled
1942-10-18
L'Appel du bled
Overview: A famous singer and a settler love each other. She lives only for her home and the child she is expecting. At birth, she suffered an accident and could no longer be a mother. Desperate, she wants to leave her husband but the war breaks out and he is missing. She faces, courageously, alone the life of the bled.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1942-10-18
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Patricia
1942-10-27
Patricia
Overview: Mademoiselle Bressac is a bossy spinster who manages "Le Clos", her estate, with an iron hand. But is she really a bad person? Her manners are abrupt but they only hide a heart of gold. Doesn't she bring up four orphans, Dominique, Fabien, Chantal and Jean? And as if it were not enough, she has accepted to educate another child, her niece Patricia, entrusted to her care by her irresponsible father. Thanks to her, the five young people have grown up in harmony and now they are about to find their place in society. Two of them, Jean and Patricia, who love each other, live only for the estate.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1942-10-27
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The Man Who Seeks the Truth
1940-03-20
The Man Who Seeks the Truth
Overview: Jean Vernet, an unselfish banker, feels fine : he has a charming mistress, Jacqueline ; a godson, Fernand, that he took in when he was a child and that he has brought up and cherished ever since ; a faithful friend, Lamblin ; and an adorable dog. But things are not so rosy as they look. Adrienne, Jean's sister, hates Jacqueline and is prepared to do everything to separate the couple. Worse, it looks as though Fernand has betrayed his godfather by sleeping with Jacqueline. To know more about those around him, Jean, a modern Volpone, decides to fake deafness.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1940-03-20
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Hatred
1938-01-26
Hatred
Overview: Captain Justin Mollenard works for a company that sells armaments to the Far East. After an eventful stay in Shanghai, where he and his cargo are the victim of a malicious attack, he returns to his hometown of Dunkirk. Mollenard receives a frosty welcome from his wife Mathilde, who resents the way in which he has neglected his family for so many years. Mollenard’s only wish is to get back to sea as soon as he can, but a sudden heart-attack leaves him paralysed and entirely in his wife’s power...
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1938-01-26
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The Phantom Baron
1943-06-16
The Phantom Baron
Overview: Elfy, Countess of Saint-Hélié's daughter, was brought up with her foster sister Anne, in an old dilapidated castle whose landlord, Baron Julius Carol, disappeared mysteriously some day. The two girls had a playmate, Hervé, the son of the gamekeeper. Now that they are adult, Anne is in love with Hervé while Elfy thinks she loves the young man. One day, the baron's mummified body is found in an oubliette and the secret of the estate is revealed...
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1943-06-16
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Distress
1947-04-16
Distress
Overview: Martine discovers, on the eve of her wedding, that her mother, whom she believed to be dead, leads an adventurous life. Pierre, her fiancé, unable to overcome his family's opposition to the revelation of this news, decides to kidnap Martine. The adventurer, who is not recognized by her daughter, agrees to leave France. The family of the young man will no longer put obstacles in the way of marriage.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1947-04-16
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Mirror
1947-05-02
Mirror
Overview: Portrait of a two-faced man. By day he is rich, brilliant and respectable financial officer Lussac; at night, he becomes "Mirror", a ruthless gang leader in Marseilles.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1947-05-02
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Just a Big Simple Girl
1948-06-09
Just a Big Simple Girl
Overview: The tour of a theatrical troupe is disturbed by the waltz-hesitation love of the young actress Stepha between the young first and the director.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1948-06-09
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Monsieur Vincent
1947-11-05
Monsieur Vincent
Overview: The life of Vincent de Paul, the 17th-century author and priest who founded two religious orders.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1947-11-05
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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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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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Born of Unknown Father
1950-12-12
Born of Unknown Father
Overview: By taking the defense of Raymond Denis, accused of having killed his mistress, when she committed suicide because he did not want to recognize his child, the lawyer Claude Nogent, learns that he himself was born of unknown father.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1950-12-12
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Germinal
1963-09-16
Germinal
Overview: Dismissed from the railroads in 1863 for his union activities, Etienne Lantier found a job at the Voreux coal mine. But work was hard, wages were low and safety left much to be desired. Lantier tried to organize the miners into a union. When mine manager Hennebeau refused to negotiate, the workers launched a general strike, which ended with the intervention of the troops.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1963-09-16
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Thomas the Impostor
1965-06-01
Thomas the Impostor
Overview: In the First World War, when Paris is expected to fall to the Germans, the attractive widow, Princesse de Bormes, organises a convoy of cars to evacuate the wounded from the front, and bring them back to her villa in Paris to recuperate. The authorities will not give them passes until an innocent 16-year-old boy, Guillaume Thomas de Fontenoy, joins them and is mistaken as the nephew of the popular General de Fontenoy. The Princess is enraptured by Thomas and her daughter, Henriette, falls in love with him. However Thomas feels impelled to see more of the action of the war.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1965-06-01
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Paris Frills
1945-06-20
Paris Frills
Overview: Philippe Clarence, a famous Parisian dressmaker, seduces his friend's fiancee. But, for the first time in his life, this is for real. The film is also a sharp picture of the fashion world.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1945-06-20
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Mother Love
1938-11-03
Mother Love
Overview: Gilbert Quercy, 18, tried to commit suicide after a heartache. At the hospital, three women try to cheer him up : the three former wives of his father, an archaeologist and an egyptologist, whom Gilbert called his "mothers". These women show a lot of willingness, but soon will become intrusive.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1938-11-03
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The Wolf of the Malveneurs
1943-05-12
The Wolf of the Malveneurs
Overview: A legend about the Malveneur family tells of how their ancestor sold his soul to the devil and was cursed: man by day, wolf by night. The last of the Malveneurs is a scientist who carries out strange experiments on... nobody knows exactly what the does in the underground. The wife has a heart condition, her sister-in-law is a authoritarian lady. And nights in the old castle are not exactly peaceful.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1943-05-12
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Manon
1949-03-09
Manon
Overview: Port of Marseille, France, recently liberated from the German yoke. Caught as stowaways aboard a ship, Manon, a young woman who was accused of collaborating with the Nazis, and Robert, a freedom fighter who saved her from reprisals, tell the captain about the many challenges they have had to face in order to survive.
Genres: Drama Adventure Thriller
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1949-03-09
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Cyrano and d'Artagnan
1964-10-22
Cyrano and d'Artagnan
Overview: Duelist and poet Cyrano de Bergerac and musketeer d'Artagnan meet and team up to stop the conspiracy against King Louis XIII of France.
Genres: Adventure
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1964-10-22
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Act of Love
1953-12-17
Act of Love
Overview: An American soldier romances a beautiful Parisian during the final days of World War II.
Genres: Drama War Romance
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1953-12-17
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The Queen's Lover
1948-02-17
The Queen's Lover
Overview: Exiled from the court of Spain, Don Salluste, the chief of police, wants to take revenge on the Queen. One day he meets Ruy Blas, a young student who happens to be a lookalike of Don Cesar, his nephew. Salluste disguises Ruy Blas and presents him as Don Cesar. It doesn't take long before Ruy Blas, intelligent, virtuous and generous as he is becomes popular and the Queen, who has fallen in love with him, appoints him Prime Minister. All seems for the best in the best of worlds but Salluste has not forgotten his revenge, far from that ...
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1948-02-17
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Gigot
1962-11-01
Gigot
Overview: A poignant comedy about a mute who befriends Nicole, the little daughter of a prostitute. Gleason shows his considerable talents as an actor without uttering a sound as he plays the bumbling, kind-hearted janitor, Gigot. Gleason wrote the original story and music for this film.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1962-11-01
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So Little Time
1952-04-18
So Little Time
Overview: During World War II, German soldiers occupy the home of a beautiful Belgian girl and her mother.
Genres: Drama Romance War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-04-18
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Judgement of God
1952-08-20
Judgement of God
Overview: Bavaria, 1433. Reason of state rules that Prince Albert is to marry Princess Bertha of Wurtemberg. But the fine-looking young man is loath to become the husband of a woman with pimples,flat feet and no breast. Nevertheless, he has to obey his authoritarian father, Duke Ernest, and accompanied by faithful Count Törring, he mounts his steed and sets out for Würtemberg. Stopping in Augsburg, he falls in love with the daughter of a local barber-surgeon, pure and beautiful Agnès Bernauer. The couple is soon secretly married and both take refuge at the castle of Margravine Josepha, Albert's aunt, waiting for Ernest's consent. Unluckily Albert's father will not accept his son's union with a commoner and Albert, supported by Josepha and an army of common people, declares war on the Duke. They seem about to be victorious when Brother Enrique, a monk formerly in the Holy Inquisition, finds a way to reverse the situation: accusing Agnès of witchcraft...
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1952-08-20
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Le Voyageur de la Toussaint
1943-04-08
Le Voyageur de la Toussaint
Overview: A young man comes back to his hometown to be confronted with a bourgeois obnoxious family who has always despised his -now dead - parents because they were music hall artists, "entertainers". But because he's the sole legatee of an uncle's fortune, his relatives become friendly with him.. at least for a while.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1943-04-08
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The Spies
1957-10-10
The Spies
Overview: A doctor at a run-down psychiatric hospital is offered a large sum of money to shelter a new patient. Soon the place is full of suspicious and secretive characters, all apparently international secret agents trying to find out who and what the patient is.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1957-10-10
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The Two Orphans
1954-12-16
The Two Orphans
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Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1954-12-16
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Check on the King
1945-05-15
Check on the King
Overview: Jeanne De Pincret refuses to marry Viscount Haussy De Villefort, having discovered his frivolity. After a duel against the Duke De Montgobert, whom Louis XIV recommended to Jeanne, the king forced De Villefort to marry Jeanne, then sent her to war. Separated from her husband, Jeanne discovers that she loves him.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1945-05-15
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Madame du Barry
1954-10-13
Madame du Barry
Overview: The daughter of a seamstress, Jeanne Bécu could hardly imagine she would later become one of the most influential women of the Kingdom of France...
Genres: History
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1954-10-13
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Nagana
1955-06-14
Nagana
Overview: A group of crooks takes advantage of a rich old lady's naivete: they pretend they are to sail to Africa to fight... the sleeping sickness. They are only interested in gold.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1955-06-14
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Woman of Malacca
1937-10-06
Woman of Malacca
Overview: Unhappy with her humdrum life as a provincial schoolteacher, Audrey Greenwood marries Major Carter, an officer in the British Army whom she does not love. Not long after the wedding Carter is on his way to Malaysia, accompanied by his wife, to take up a post in the British colony. During the long sea voyage, Audrey becomes acquainted with the handsome Prince Selim, the heir to the Malaysian throne. Life in the province of Malacca soon proves disagreeable to the free-spirited Englishwoman and she becomes a social outcast when her amorous affair with the prince is discovered.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1937-10-06
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Climates of Love
1962-04-11
Climates of Love
Overview: The Marcenat couple seem to have everything they need to be happy. However, Odile's frivolity and Philippe's jealousy drive the couple apart. Philippe, manager of the family printing business, finds solace in Isabelle, a long-time employee at the paper mill. Isabelle's routine life, entirely devoted to her work, leads Philippe to strike up a romantic relationship with the playful young Misa. But, faced with Isabelle's grief, Philippe puts an end to the romance. When Odile, inconsolable since their break-up, finally commits suicide, Philippe realizes that she was his true love.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1962-04-11
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Husband for Sale
1965-07-26
Husband for Sale
Overview: Berenice, a wealthy, spoiled and temperamental girl, loves a winter sports buddy and wants to get married. Her friends play a nasty prank on her to get back at her. They're going to celebrate a fake union, and in the end, the husband runs away. Unable to return to her parents on her own, she forces a companion to take on the role!
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1965-07-26
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From Mayerling to Sarajevo
1940-10-10
From Mayerling to Sarajevo
Overview: Franz Ferdinand, heir to the throne of Austria-Hungary, is kept absent from the royal court due to his dangerous political ideas. Sent on a tour of inspections and inaugurations, he falls in love with Countess Sophie Chotek.
Genres: Romance History Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1940-10-10
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The End of the Day
1939-03-24
The End of the Day
Overview: Aged penniless actors are living in a old people's home. They always talk about their past glory or failures. One day Raphael Saint-Clair comes; he has been a famous actor and had a lot of love affairs. Passions come back, and jealousies... A bitter film about aging, failure and the entertainment.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1939-03-24
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Southern Carrier
1937-01-22
Southern Carrier
Overview: A pilot on one of the air mail flights between France and its African colonies has a brief romance with his distressed cousin before he returns to the call of duty, and the rebels in the desert.
Genres: Adventure
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1937-01-22
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Le Fil à la patte
1954-12-06
Le Fil à la patte
Overview: Count Fernand du Bois d'Enghien typifies the pleasure seeker and as such he has a mistress of course, star singer Lucette Gauthier. But now Fernand feels it is time for him to tie the knot. For that, pretty Viviane Duverger is the ideal prey. The trouble is that the explosive Lucette does not hear it that way. Fortunately for Bois d'Enghien, Urugua, a rich South American general, falls in love with Lucette.
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1954-12-06
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Tomorrow Is Too Late
1950-09-21
Tomorrow Is Too Late
Overview: Progressive schoolteachers Landi and Anna have a profound influence on two of their young students, Mirella and Franco. The two kids are enamored with one another and decide to experiment with some of the knowledge they've gleaned in the classroom.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1950-09-21
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Forty Little Mothers
1936-11-05
Forty Little Mothers
Overview: After finding and adopting a child, a man gets a job at an all-girls school which doesn't allow families. Once the girls find the baby, they become his forty little mothers. At the same time, the child's true mother searches for him.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1936-11-05
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The French Way
1940-06-27
The French Way
Overview: Cabaret star Zazu intervenes when young lovers are sundered by their parents' feud.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1940-06-27
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L'ange qu'on m'a donné
1946-03-27
L'ange qu'on m'a donné
Overview: During the 1940 exodus, a young girl takes in a baby to whom she becomes deeply attached.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1946-03-27
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Goodbye Darling
1946-04-26
Goodbye Darling
Overview: Chérie is a beautiful young woman who works as an escort girl. She meets a young and wealthy man who propose her to be his fictional wife so that his mother won't bother him anymore with this other girl, a rich one, she wants to see her son married to.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1946-04-26
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The Lie of Nina Petrovna
1937-11-04
The Lie of Nina Petrovna
Overview: Nina Petrovna is a Russian beauty claimed by two Austrian officers.
Genres: Drama Romance War
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1937-11-04
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Drôles de phénomènes
1959-03-04
Drôles de phénomènes
Overview: Since the day their mother Aline remarried, Patrice and Eric, a joyful pair of twins, have been very happy. Indeed, François Chantour, their stepfather, is very kind and behaves like a big brother to them. Even if they are not very rich, the four of them live a cheerful life in their charming house. The trouble is that, in Lyon, the family on the boys'father's side are worried, especially the twins' grandmother, who fears Patrice and Eric are given a bad education. She therefore brings them to her big house in the hope of their improving their manners. A very unfortunate decision indeed.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1959-03-04
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Dream Ballerina
1950-10-23
Dream Ballerina
Overview: A young dancer, disappointed with her debut on stage, has three dreams: fame in dancing at the Paris Opera, wealth through her marriage to an important jeweler, and love in the person of a petty hood. Disappointed even in her dreams, the ballerina takes refuge in her art.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1950-10-23
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Son of the Hunchback
1952-11-20
Son of the Hunchback
Overview: 20 years after the assassination of his father, the son of Lagardère seeks revenge.
Genres: Adventure
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1952-11-20
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Katia
1959-12-22
Katia
Overview: Tsar Alexandre II meets a young student, Katia. He understands that he loves her and try to send her away but they end up seeing each other again and becomes his mistress. With the help of Katia, Alexandre prepares a liberal constitution, but these reforms make him hostile to the more privileged subjects without satirising the revolutionaries against the regime.
Genres: Drama Romance History
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1959-12-22
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Mayerling
1936-01-31
Mayerling
Overview: Rudolf, the only heir to Emperor Franz Josef of Austria-Hungary, is trapped in a loveless marriage to a Belgian princess. As he seeks to flee his stifling environment, he meets the beautiful Maria, and the two enter into a scandalous affair. Despite the interference of the Emperor, the couple refuse to give each other up.
Genres: History Drama Romance
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1936-01-31
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