René Génin
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Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: January 25, 1890
Deathday: October 24, 1967
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Known For
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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The Beautiful Trip
1947-06-26
The Beautiful Trip
Overview: She dragged out a more than mediocre life in the port of Antwerp; he is a renowned pianist-virtuoso. These two solitary beings, totally different, meet by chance on a liner and gradually realize that they complement each other harmoniously.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1947-06-26
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The Burning Court
1962-03-30
The Burning Court
Overview: A group of people visit a weird old man who is a student of the black arts. The man lives in an ancient, cursed castle. Soon people in the group start being killed off.
Genres: Horror Drama Mystery
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1962-03-30
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Le Dernier Preux
1933-10-30
Le Dernier Preux
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Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1933-10-30
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Le vertige
1935-02-21
Le vertige
Overview: General Mikailoff once killed a lieutenant he mistakenly believed to be his wife's lover. Subsequently, she meets Henri de Cassel, so different from her drunkard husband, becomes his mistress and agrees to flee with him. She is surprised by her husband who, dead drunk, shoots the young man's reflection in the mirror.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1935-02-21
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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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The Big Risk
1960-03-23
The Big Risk
Overview: Two men pull off a daring daylight payroll heist in Milan, making a fast getaway. One is returning to France after years in hiding, needing money to start fresh with his family.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1960-03-23
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The Lower Depths
1936-12-11
The Lower Depths
Overview: Inhabitants of a flophouse struggle to survive under the harsh treatment imposed by the landlord, Kostyleva. One resident, young thief Wasska Pepel, ends his affair with the landlord's wife, Vassilissa, and takes up with her sister, Natacha. Pepel also befriends the baron, a former nobleman fallen on hard times, but Pepel's attempts at happiness are complicated when he's accused of murder by a spiteful Vassilissa.
Genres: Drama Romance Crime
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1936-12-11
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Port of Shadows
1938-05-17
Port of Shadows
Overview: Down a foggy, desolate road to the port city of Le Havre travels Jean, an army deserter looking for another chance to make good on life. Fate, however, has a different plan for him, as acts of both revenge and kindness render him front-page news.
Genres: Romance Drama Crime
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1938-05-17
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The Lucky Star
1943-03-23
The Lucky Star
Overview: Auguste, a somewhat simple-minded Provençal fisherman, loves and admires Mireille. This concerns only Maurice, son of an important wholesaler, whom scruples do not stifle. Seduced and abandoned, Mireille moves Auguste who tries to mend his poor happiness. The local priest, with wise words, leads Mireille to offer her hand to Auguste.
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1943-03-23
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Tu m'as sauvé la vie
1950-09-20
Tu m'as sauvé la vie
Overview: A wealthy baron, without offspring, who knows death is approaching, wants to adopt a man who kept him alive a bit longer, when he was almost run over by a horse drawn cart.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1950-09-20
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The Treasure of Cantenac
1950-09-06
The Treasure of Cantenac
Overview: While he was about to end his life, Baron de Cantenac wanted to return one last time to the land of his ancestors. He then discovers a treasure that he will strive to use to revive his village.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1950-09-06
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Croesus
1960-09-21
Croesus
Overview: Jules is a shepherd who lives a humble and solitary life in rural Provence. From time to time, he is visited by a lonely widow, Fine, who longs to be his wife. One day, Jules comes across an unexploded bomb lying on the ground in open countryside. After a few foolhardy attempts to set the bomb off, Jules makes a surprising discovery. It is filled with thousands of bank notes…
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1960-09-21
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François 1er
1937-02-17
François 1er
Overview: Honorin is the simple and naive stage manager of a traveling theatre troupe, whose one ambition is to once play the role of the cavalier in the opera "Francis I, or the Loves of the Beautiful Ferroniere". A hypnotist puts him to sleep and in his dreams he is transplanted to the days of the Renaissance. There, among other items, he is made a Duke by Henri VIII, fights a duel and survives a series of medieval tortures, while also bestowing some 20th century blessings on the court of Francis I.
Genres: Comedy Fantasy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1937-02-17
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La fusée
1933-05-01
La fusée
Overview: The rise of a canning maker and then his abandonment of the factory because his ideal of social progress for his workers is undermined by the Board of Directors.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1933-05-01
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L'Auberge du Petit-Dragon
1934-12-14
L'Auberge du Petit-Dragon
Overview: Two horsemen are inseparable. One is smart and the other clumsy. A young girl is engaged to the clumsy but she falls in love with the smart one.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1934-12-14
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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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The Twins of Brighton
1936-10-29
The Twins of Brighton
Overview: Slapstick inheritance comedy based on the confusion between twin brothers, both played by the great Raimu who also plays their father.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1936-10-29
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Life Dances On
1937-09-09
Life Dances On
Overview: After the death of her husband, Christine realizes she has possibly wasted her life by marrying him instead of the man towards whom, in her youth, she had a stronger inclination. To overcome these dreary thoughts, she decides to find out about him and the other men who danced with her during a ball that was a turning point in her life, many years ago. She pays a visit to those forgotten acquaintances one after the other; Christine is not only surprised to see how they have fared, but also discovers the impact she had, unknowingly, on the feelings and the destiny of these persons.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1937-09-09
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Bizarre, Bizarre
1937-10-20
Bizarre, Bizarre
Overview: A French farce set in Victorian London where a botanist and his wife get into trouble when they pretend to go missing in order to hide from their sanctimonious cousin – an Anglican bishop who is leading a campaign against such writing.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1937-10-20
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Le Choc en retour
1937-03-24
Le Choc en retour
Overview: A rich sugar factory manager wants to marry his daughter to an aristocrat, while the young girl is in love with an engineer, employed in a rival company.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1937-03-24
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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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La Danseuse rouge
1937-05-21
La Danseuse rouge
Overview: Tania, a young girl from Central Europe, leaves her home because of her abusive father. Trained, in spite of herself, in the nets of the secret services, she becomes a renowned dancer who travels the major capitals, in search of military information. In 1917, in Paris, she was arrested and sentenced to death. She will be executed despite the fervent defense of her lawyer who has fallen in love with her.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1937-05-21
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Orage
1938-04-28
Orage
Overview: The mistress of an engineer meets the man's pregnant wife and decides to give up the liaison.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1938-04-28
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Bouquets from Nicholas
1938-01-08
Bouquets from Nicholas
Overview: A florist in a nightclub in Montmartre, a good, naive man is manipulated by a gang of gangsters who use him to smuggle drugs.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1938-01-08
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Nuits de princes
1938-01-27
Nuits de princes
Overview: In the Parisian Russian émigré community, an attractive young woman, Hélène, is torn between her husband, her lover, and the love she feels for a new suitor.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1938-01-27
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Ramuntcho
1938-02-24
Ramuntcho
Overview: Ramuntcho is a young man who has fallen in with a gang of smugglers, led by Itchoua, who carry their contraband across the border into Spain. He is in love with Gracieuse whose mother, Dolorès, bitterly dislikes Ramuntcho because he was born an illegitimate child. His smuggling activities force him to join the army and he is sent to Saigon and, because of her mother's desire to marry her off to someone else, Gracieuse joins a convent.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1938-02-24
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Retour au bonheur
1942-04-09
Retour au bonheur
Overview: Wanting to complete the research of her doctor husband, a former actress returns to the stage and therefore abandons her home. Badly supervised, her little boy runs away. We find him ill in the Alps. He is saved by his father and the parents' union is sealed again.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1942-04-09
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Ernest the Rebel
1938-11-08
Ernest the Rebel
Overview: In South America anything can happen: the consul might give you as a snack to the sharks, you can wind up as a working man (slave) in a banana plantation or as a recruit in the governor's navy. And there's always a fire squad waiting for you so you 'd better start a revolution! It takes all Fernandel's talent to go through this eventful journey.
Genres: Comedy Western
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1938-11-08
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Sommes-nous défendus?
1938-11-09
Sommes-nous défendus?
Overview: In a café, sitting around a table, a journalist is explaining to three fellow-compatriots what he saw on the Maginot Line at the borders between France and Nazi Germany.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1938-11-09
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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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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 Law of Spring
1942-05-20
The Law of Spring
Overview: The children born from a first marriage of a widower and a widower who have remarried do not get along. Frequent quarrels break out in the household which finally finds calm thanks to the presence of a new little girl.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1942-05-20
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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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Mon oncle et mon curé
1939-03-09
Mon oncle et mon curé
Overview: Reine, a young woman, meets for the first time a cousin of hers, Paul. She falls in love with him but she soon leans that Paul is engaged to Blanche, the beautiful daughter of Reine's uncle.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1939-03-09
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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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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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Le valet maître
1941-10-30
Le valet maître
Overview: Some, like Ravier de l'Orne are born... masters, but ,like him, do not live up to their rank. Others, like Gustave Morillon, are... born masters, even if, like him, they are valets. Morillon will indeed prove better at bridge than his master and will eventually win the affection of Antonia, a lively foreigner Ravier also coveted.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1941-10-30
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Last Desire
1939-08-28
Last Desire
Overview: Caesar, a senior French colonist returned home after many years of absence, knows a girl, Marcella, who is in full depression because she was abandoned by her lover. Caesar welcomes her into his home and surrounds her with paternal attention so that he can quickly forget the past. Slowly his feeling turns into a love that Marcella seems to reciprocate. However, when Cesare realizes that the girl feels only gratitude for him and is in love with a younger man, he loses control. Blinded by jealousy, he plans to kill Marcella's lover but, in the face of the girl's vulgarity and indifference, he realizes that he has been teased and turns his anger towards her.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1939-08-28
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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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It Happened at the Inn
1943-04-14
It Happened at the Inn
Overview: An old woman living in an inn is killed and her family members seem like the likely culprits.
Genres: Drama Mystery Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1943-04-14
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La Chèvre d'or
1943-03-31
La Chèvre d'or
Overview: Legend has it that in the village of PugetMaure, a mysterious goat is the guardian of a treasure once abandoned by the Saracens. Norette, the mayor's daughter, has a golden bell that would reveal the secret. A Parisian journalist is interested in the story. In front of the coalition of villagers, he abandons the treasure and marries Norette.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1943-03-31
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À la Belle Frégate
1943-04-01
À la Belle Frégate
Overview: It's a sailors' story; they often sail away and when they return, the first thing they do is searching girls in the harbor. One of them -Jean- is shy and he does not know how to go with women. One day, he meets Yvonne and falls in love with her. But, alas, she prefers his good friend René. Another suitor, Pierre, owns the "À la Belle frégate" a café where Yvonne works as a waitress. Madam(e )Juliette, pretends she helps Yvonne and tries to make her an "entraineuse"(hostess) for less-than -handsome guests. But the girl knows better and will choose one of her suitors.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1943-04-01
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Fièvres
1942-01-21
Fièvres
Overview: Despite a perfect marriage and a superb career as a singer, Jean Dupray cheats on his wife. She dies while listening to the song he dedicated to her, "Maria". He then retired to the south where he led a life in complete anonymity. But his best friend's fiancé recognizes him and seduces him. Following a fight with his best friend, he decides to return to order by becoming a monk.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1942-01-21
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Adémaï bandit d'honneur
1943-09-01
Adémaï bandit d'honneur
Overview: Ademaï is very happy to spend a vacation month in Corsica, invited by his family; when he arrives, much to his surprise, all the male relatives have just been shot.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1943-09-01
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Le moussaillon
1942-02-06
Le moussaillon
Overview: The son of a sailor, who seduced and abandoned the mother, doesn't get along with the new man, a clockmaker, the woman weds. He turns to delinquent behavior and smuggling and leaves on a ship, just like his father.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1942-02-06
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My Love is Near You
1943-09-29
My Love is Near You
Overview: An opera singer is stricken with amnesia and, on the evening of a premiere (in his stage costume which is that of a tramp), he goes to wander with real tramps.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1943-09-29
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27, rue de la Paix
1936-11-11
27, rue de la Paix
Overview: A young woman wishing to divorce, promises money to her husband's ex-mistress to obtain her testimony on her behalf. But the same evening, the corpse of the young woman is found in the Seine. Everything seems to confirm the husband's guilt, however a journalist disappears with the evidence.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1936-11-11
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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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Judex
1963-12-04
Judex
Overview: Georges Franju's Judex is an arch, playful tribute to the serials of the influential silent filmmaker Louis Feuillade. Franju shuffles through the plot of Feuillade's lengthy serial of the same name, about an adventurer named Judex whose revenge against the corrupt banker Favraux unleashes a complicated series of schemes.
Genres: Crime Thriller Mystery
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1963-12-04
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The Last Penny
1946-01-23
The Last Penny
Overview: Pierre risks being taken advantage of by an agency that sets up financial scams, he escapes thanks to Marcelle, the secretary of the director of the agency, who is a childhood friend. She does her best to keep the young man away from the scams of his boss. However, the director, in love with Marcelle and jealous of Pierre, succeeds in trapping and ruining him. Marcelle will then denounce him to the police, but before being arrested he will kill her.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1946-01-23
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Au pays des cigales
1946-02-27
Au pays des cigales
Overview: A song editor from Marseille meets the daughter of a showman whom a competitor wants to ruin to get the hand of the young woman.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1946-02-27
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Behind These Walls
1946-03-13
Behind These Walls
Overview: June 1944, a French town towards the end of the occupation. Following several attacks perpetrated by the resistance, the inhabitants who listen to English radio are rounded up by the Germans in a prison and considered as hostages. In one of the cells are found men from all walks of life: an aristocrat, the Viscount of Saint-Leu, Doctor Noblet, a resistance fighter, Béquille the wanderer with a wooden leg, and a strange character nicknamed "Black Market". The latter arouses mistrust among the prisoners, because it could well have been introduced by the enemy.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1946-03-13
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The Hunting Ground
1951-10-10
The Hunting Ground
Overview: In a small village, a farmer discovers his wife has committed suicide, but suspicions of murder arise, dividing the community. Amidst the conflict, he develops feelings for a young woman who is the sister of a man harboring a personal grudge against him.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1951-10-10
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Majestic Hotel Cellars
1945-08-11
Majestic Hotel Cellars
Overview: In my “cellar” where case workers all the people of a great hotel, the head of the café, Donge, finds the corpse of Mrs Petersen, a rich client. The investigation by Maigret allows him to rub the husband of the victim, a Swede, Teddy, Ms Petersen’s son, his housekeeper, a social dancer and Donge himself who is the natural father of Teddy. The child he will go to his real father or not he will leave the rich Petersen who adores? The murder mystery and enigma sentimental are resolved by Maigret.
Genres: Crime Drama Mystery
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1945-08-11
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Jenny
1936-09-18
Jenny
Overview: When her fiancé breaks off their engagement, Danielle leaves London and returns to her mother, Jenny, in Paris. With her business partner Benoît, Jenny runs what appears to be a respectable nightclub – it is in fact a place where wealthy men can buy the favours of attractive young women. Oblivious to her mother's professional and personal life, Danielle meets a handsome young man named Lucien, and falls in love with him – not realising that he is Jenny's lover...
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1936-09-18
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The King of Dodgers
1945-12-21
The King of Dodgers
Overview: Mimile is a street singer and also a very inventive free rider. With his friend Georges, a musician in the same orchestra, they meet Arlette Sicleton and Lulu. Arlette is the sister of Sicleton, a sports event organizer and Lulu is the daughter of Ledoux, the supervisor in charge of tracking down free riders. After many misunderstandings, love will triumph.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1945-12-21
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The Sea Rose
1946-09-11
The Sea Rose
Overview: Jérôme owns a boat with his crook of an uncle, La Rose de la Mer. They sail with a band of crooks hired by the uncle to scuttle the ship and collect the insurance premium.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1946-09-11
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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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Immortal France
1943-04-07
Immortal France
Overview: The story of how the people of Paris cope with the strains and struggles of war, from the siege of the city by the Prussians during the Franco-Prussian War of 1871 to the invasion by the Germans in World War II.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1943-04-07
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The London Man
1943-06-09
The London Man
Overview: Maloin, a maritime station guard, spends his nights at the port signal box. One night, he becomes the witness of a murder: for a simple suitcase smuggled, the altercation between the two men turns to drama. While the first falls and drowns, the second flees. Maloin, instead of warning the police, decides to dive in and recover the suitcase...which contains more than 3 million in small denominations! That's when the trouble begins...
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1943-06-09
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The Lovers of the Pont Saint-Jean
1947-12-23
The Lovers of the Pont Saint-Jean
Overview: On the banks of the Rhône, not far from Tain l'Hermitage, Alcide Garonne, an old ferryman - and incidentally a poacher - lives out of wedlock with Victorine Rousset nicknamed Maryse, a colorful tramp. When Garrone's son, Pilou, a worker, falls in love with Augusta, the mayor's daughter, the unconventional old couple tries to protect the unconventional young pair from the disapproval of self righteous villagers.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1947-12-23
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L’atomique Monsieur Placido
1950-07-05
L’atomique Monsieur Placido
Overview: A gangster, thief of atomic formulas, has a double in the person of a naive musician. A music hall artist who makes eyes at the musician is deceived by the gangster who also takes advantage of the resemblance to track down a band of thugs who are chasing him. Virtue is ultimately rewarded.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1950-07-05
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Les Dieux du dimanche
1949-02-09
Les Dieux du dimanche
Overview: A soccer enthusiast like his father, Martin Lambert is the (gifted) goalkeeper of the local team. He falls in love with Jeanette and soon marries her. Alongside a happy marital life, Martin becomes a successful professional. Which proves a mixed blessing since fame makes him vain and haughty and his marriage gets seriously affected. But the Second World War breaks out and Martin is drafted. Taken prisoner a few months later, he is sent to a camp. When he is released, he tries resume his career but his wounds hurt too much and he has to give in. But not soccer: he will now proudly train young shoots.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1949-02-09
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Tête blonde
1950-09-01
Tête blonde
Overview: When he finds a package in the metro, given this period of restrictions, Mr. Truche thinks it may be a good deal, he takes it home but discovers a woman's head inside. A friend of Mr. Truche having just disappeared, the superintendent accuses her of having murdered her and discovers the head buried in his cellar. But the girlfriend, whom Mr. Truche loves platonically, returns from the countryside and at the same time we spot the assassin of the unknown woman.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1950-09-01
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God Needs Men
1950-10-03
God Needs Men
Overview: The inhabitants of the windswept island of Sein, in the nineteenth century, in Brittany follow their own religion without need for clergy, but as strangers arrive, their faith and beliefs face a deep crisis.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1950-10-03
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The Lovers of Verona
1949-03-07
The Lovers of Verona
Overview: Angelo, a glass-blower from Murano, and Georgia Maglia, the pretty daughter of a fallen fascist magistrate, are chosen to be the stand-ins for the stars of a film version of "Romeo and Juliet" being shot on location in Venice and Verona. It is not long before they fall in love and their romance parallels that of Shakespeare's timeless heroes. Indeed their union is threatened by the schemings of Raffaele, the Maglia family's dubious tout...
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1949-03-07
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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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Les vagabonds du rêve
1949-08-05
Les vagabonds du rêve
Overview: The Dombreval troupe is the last vestige of an outdated form of entertainment: the traveling theatre. Mireille is the director, strong, courageous, but overwhelmed by the hardships and financial difficulties. Full of dignity, she refuses negotiations and compromises, confronting the gendarmes with determination. The end is however near, Mireille is aware of it.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1949-08-05
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Raphaël le tatoué
1939-02-09
Raphaël le tatoué
Overview: Modeste is a timid watchman at an automobile factory which is run with an iron hand by its owner, Roger Drapeau. One evening, Modeste leaves his post to visit a fairground, where he meets the attractive Aline. Having glimpsed his employer, Modeste makes a hasty return to the factory. When Monsieur Drapeau appears, Modeste explains that it must have been his twin brother that his boss saw at the fairground, a nasty piece of work named Raphaël. Not only does Drapeau fail to see through this unconvincing lie, but it gives him an idea to win a marathon car race. Modeste and Raphaël will take alternate turns in the stages of the race and, because they are so similar, no one will be any the wiser. Unable to admit that he has no brother but afraid of losing his job, Modeste allows himself to be coerced into taking part in the race...
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1939-02-09
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The Passenger
1949-11-04
The Passenger
Overview: When her godmother dies, Nicole's happiness collapses and her fiancé leaves her because she is ruined.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1949-11-04
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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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Bizarre, Bizarre
1937-10-20
Bizarre, Bizarre
Overview: A French farce set in Victorian London where a botanist and his wife get into trouble when they pretend to go missing in order to hide from their sanctimonious cousin – an Anglican bishop who is leading a campaign against such writing.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1937-10-20
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Le chemin de la drogue
1953-06-05
Le chemin de la drogue
Overview: A young customs officer is given an important mission: to investigate drug trafficking on the Belgian border. Incognito, he goes to the place where he easily spots the gangsters.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1953-06-05
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The Lovers of Bras-Mort
1951-05-17
The Lovers of Bras-Mort
Overview: Jean Michaut is a bargeman who lives nearby an old barge cemetery named "Bras-Mort". He is in love with Monique, the daughter of a wealthy boat owner. The girl returns his affection but runs her head against the wall of her family's class prejudices. Her "nearest and dearest" prove indeed prepared to do everything to separate the two lovers. But Monique will not buy in. On the contrary, she leaves her intolerant family to live with Jean among simple, more tolerant bargemen.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1951-05-17
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Forbidden Fruit
1952-09-19
Forbidden Fruit
Overview: A doctor, leading an agreed life of the provincial petty bourgeoisie, falls in love with a young woman. As their relationship deepens, he becomes violently jealous and blames her for her dating and friendships.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1952-09-19
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Le clochard milliardaire
1951-05-18
Le clochard milliardaire
Overview: Olivier Cabrol is an immature young reveler who lives from hand to mouth. One day he inherits a fabulous fortune from an eccentric uncle. But on the one condition to spend a certain amount of time as a tramp. Olivier accepts out of sheer greed but soon finds the experience rewarding. He finds himself as well as new friends (true ones this time) and even love in the person of Colette.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1951-05-18
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The Red Needle
1951-06-07
The Red Needle
Overview: A young woman, Maya, is treated in a mountain hotel, where her husband joins her every Saturday. She falls in love with an attractive lawyer, who has come to this hotel in Savoie to successfully climb the Aiguille Rouge. The lawyer rejects Maya at first, but ends up becoming her lover and promises to run away with her... once the Aiguille Rouge has been climbed. But a storm breaks out during the ascent, and the lawyer dies, struck down.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1951-06-07
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Savage Triangle
1951-09-26
Savage Triangle
Overview: Based on the novel of the same name by writer Edouard Peisson, this Jean Delannoy film display one boy’s unconditional love for his mother, despite her tragic mistreatment of him. After being raised by a shepherd for the past 12 years, Simon (Pierre-Michel Beck) is reunited with his mother Marie (Madeleine Robinson). Marie is a prostitute in Marseilles and is now stable enough to welcome Simon back into her life. Unaware of her profession at first, Simon is happy to have his mom back, but in time he learns how she makes her living. This troubles Simon but he continues to love her, despite not loving her chosen profession. His anger toward this issue gets directed toward Marie’s louse of a boyfriend, Paul (Frank Villard), and the result is a heartfelt tale about love and family.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1951-09-26
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Piédalu à Paris
1951-10-12
Piédalu à Paris
Overview: Piedalu is an ordinary villager, who comes to the capital to present his financial plan to the Minister of Renovation, and finds it difficult to find someone to listen to him. He meets an actress in Paris, whom he takes for a girl from his country.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1951-10-12
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The Wild Oat
1953-02-27
The Wild Oat
Overview: A small village is torn apart by a quarrel between the baker and the italian grocery tenant, mother of a pregnant young girl. She accuses the baker's son, doing his military service in Algeria, to be the father of the would be child. Offended, the baker refuses to deliver bread to the villagers standing on the mother's side.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1953-02-27
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L'Enquête du 58
1945-11-04
L'Enquête du 58
Overview: A train driver has not slowed down at a signal and caused an accident whose victim is a gatekeeper. Two inspectors come to investigate the affair. During his interrogation, the driver refuses to provide an explanation for his action and is charged with malpractice. The only one he will tell the truth to is the gatekeeper's wife.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1945-11-04
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Cadet Rousselle
1954-10-20
Cadet Rousselle
Overview: The Adventures of Cadet Rousselle that on the French Revolution left his hometown in search of fortune. He thinks he knows love with Violeta, a dancer in a band of comedians but ends up involved in a monarchist plot.
Genres: Comedy History Adventure
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1954-10-20
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The Sheep Has Five Legs
1954-09-24
The Sheep Has Five Legs
Overview: A publicity-minded French mayor reunites quintuplets and their earthy father, all six played by Fernandel.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1954-09-24
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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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Black Dossier
1955-05-10
Black Dossier
Overview: In the 1950s, in a small provincial town, a young inexperienced judge clashes with an influential notable during an investigation into a suspicious death. His perseverance to get to the truth will cause a huge scandal.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1955-05-10
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The Law Is the Law
1958-09-17
The Law Is the Law
Overview: Assola is an imaginary village on the border between Italy and France and the borderline crosses the village itself. The French customs agent Ferdinand is always trying to catch the Italian smuggler Giuseppe. Giuseppe discovers that Ferdinand was actually born in Italy and therefore he can't be a French customs agent.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1958-09-17
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The Phantom Wagon
1939-09-07
The Phantom Wagon
Overview: French version of the Selma Lagerlof story, most famously filmed in 1921 by Victor Sjostrom, about a poor sinner who only realizes what misery he's wrought when he dies on New Year's Eve and is collected by Death in his carriage.
Genres: Fantasy Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1939-09-07
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L'aventure est au coin de la rue
1944-02-18
L'aventure est au coin de la rue
Overview: A rich young man, Pierre Trévoux, has a desire for adventure and boasts of his courage. While he is staying with friends in the countryside, his hosts, to play a trick on him, organize a fake burglary, but he discovers the hoax. When he returns home, he finds his house broken into. Convinced that the game continues, he does not understand that he is dealing with real gangsters. His recklessness allows him to rout the criminals.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1944-02-18
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Quand te tues-tu ?
1953-07-10
Quand te tues-tu ?
Overview: A viscount is ruined and wants to commit suicide. A young noceur pursued by his creditors is to inherit 60 million on condition that he marries a widow. The latter proposes to the former to do him the favor of marrying his mistress before committing suicide in order to fulfill the conditions of the will, while marrying the woman he likes. But once married, the viscount regains a taste for life. Everything will work out in everyone's best interests.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1953-07-10
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Sexpot
1957-10-23
Sexpot
Overview: Coveted by many of the men around her, the sensual Nathalie is a magnet for passion. After many adventures and dramas, she will find the happiness she longs for.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1957-10-23
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Casse-cou, mademoiselle!
1955-03-01
Casse-cou, mademoiselle!
Overview: Working for a stock-car team, Robert dreams of becoming a racing driver himself. For a long time this is only a pipe dream until one day fortune smiles on him when he saves the life of a young woman. Gisèle, the young lady in question, happens to be the daughter of a car manufacturer. Robert and Gisèle fall for each other and decide to marry. They get on quite well except on one point: Gisèle does not want her husband to take part in car races. But passion is the strongest and, breaking the ban, Gilbert wins the La Baule car event. Overcoming her aversion, Gisèle finally allows her husband to pursue his brilliant career.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1955-03-01
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A Cage of Nightingales
1945-09-06
A Cage of Nightingales
Overview: In France, in 1930, a supervisor of a boarding school for young offenders seeks to awaken the music by forming a choir, despite the skepticism of his boarding school director.
Genres: Music Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1945-09-06
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L'Accroche-cœur
1938-08-31
L'Accroche-cœur
Overview: A seasoned con-man devises an elaborate plan to relieve a rich socialite of a hefty chunk of her fortune but her falling in love with him complicates matters.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1938-08-31
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Jaloux comme un tigre
1964-06-16
Jaloux comme un tigre
Overview: Henri has a beautiful wife, Sophie. Unfortunately, suffering from an unhealthy jealousy, he spends much of his time watching his wife's every move, and a few domestic scenes often ensue.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1964-06-16
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My Uncle from Texas
1962-09-28
My Uncle from Texas
Overview: In 1911, Arnolphe Combalette left his corner of Provence to seek his fortune in the Americas. Fifty years later, a letter from him arrived in the village: "No, I'm not dead yet, but it won't be long now. A Combalette should be sent here to settle a question of big money". The family took counsel and delegated their youngest son, Dieudonné, a cook by trade. Dieudonné arrived safely in New York, but soon found himself short of money. Somehow, he managed to reach that prodigious corner of Texas where, he thought, his uncle's many factories would be built. Neither the factories nor his uncle, who died in poverty a week ago, welcome him there. Dîeudonné can't imagine returning to his native village to announce this new family disgrace; for one thing, he hasn't got a penny in his pocket. The owner of a modest saloon hires him as a cook.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1962-09-28
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Monsieur Octave
1951-11-07
Monsieur Octave
Overview: Monsieur Octave, a good man who has retired from the French national railway company, wants to have his house built. To this end he contacts a loan company. They ask him to credit them with 100,000 francs. Which he does. From then on, Octave starts waiting, waiting, waiting...
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1951-11-07
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La salamandre d'or
1962-12-31
La salamandre d'or
Overview: In 1525, on the evening of the Battle of Pavia, François 1er was taken prisoner by the armies of Charles-Quint, with the Constable de Bourbon on their side. His mother, regent of the kingdom, commissioned the king's loyal equerry, Antoine de Montpezat, to raise a ransom of two million ecus and send it to Madrid. Despite the treachery of Vandoeuvre, governor of Languedoc and supporter of the connétable de Bourbon, who has his eye on the French throne, Montpezat accomplishes his mission and is reunited with his fiancée, who had almost married the traitor Vandoeuvre.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1962-12-31
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The Crime of Monsieur Lange
1936-01-24
The Crime of Monsieur Lange
Overview: A man and a woman arrive in a cafe-hotel near the Belgian frontier. The customers recognize the man from the police's description: his name is Amedee Lange, and he murdered somebody in Paris. Lange was an employee in a printing works. His boss was a real bastard, swindling every one, seducing female workers... One day he fled to avoid facing his creditors, and the workers set up a cooperative to go on working. What then made Lange a killer?
Genres: Drama Crime Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1936-01-24
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How Not to Rob a Department Store
1965-02-25
How Not to Rob a Department Store
Overview: To repay a debt, Marcel must commit a robbery in a large department store. Unfortunately his booty is intercepted by a gang of thugs.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1965-02-25
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Cab Number 13
1948-02-28
Cab Number 13
Overview: To secure her fortune with Monsieur Vaudieu de la Tour, the Machiavellian Claudia kills her lover's elder brother and steals his child. The boy is adopted by a coachman, and later, as secretary to the Minister of Justice, discovers the truth, punishes the bad guys, rewards the good ones and marries the daughter of another innocent man, unjustly accused by Claudia.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1948-02-28
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Fric-Frac
1939-06-15
Fric-Frac
Overview: An employee at a jewelry store falls in love with a woman who secretly plans to rob the store.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1939-06-15
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Girls in Distress
1939-01-10
Girls in Distress
Overview: Jeune Filles en Detresse (Young Girls in Distress) was director G. W. Pabst's last French production before his (ill-timed) return to Nazi-occupied Austria in 1941. Somewhat reminiscent of Maedchen in Uniform, the story is set in a private girl's school, populated almost exclusively by children from broken homes. Among the few students who can claim family stability is Micheline Presle, but even her happiness is threatened when her lawyer father Andre Luguet inaugurates an affair with stage actress Jacqueline Debulac. With the help of Debulac's daughter Louisa Carletti, Presle is able to break up her father's romance and deliver him into the open arms of her mother Marcelle Chantal. On the whole, the performance by the younger cast members are more convincing than those rendered by the film's so-called adults.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1939-01-10
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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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Nightclub Hostess
1939-06-02
Nightclub Hostess
Overview: The young Suzy is a nightclub hostess in a cabaret in which Frehel is the star. Because one night she gets propositions from a rich widower who would like to have her as his girlfriend, Suzy wishes to leave this place, where she has no future, for a better one. Abandoned by her protector, a young hoodlum named Robert, she gets the occasion to get away from it. She decides to go on vacation on the Riviera and stay at the Chateau des Cedres, the former residence of a noble family that has been transformed into a bourgeois guest house by the baroness Saint-Leu. Shy and elegant, in her modest suit, Suzy stays there under the name of Suzanne Michelet and soon makes new friends among the young people of very wealthy families.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1939-06-02
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The Last Penny
1946-01-23
The Last Penny
Overview: Pierre risks being taken advantage of by an agency that sets up financial scams, he escapes thanks to Marcelle, the secretary of the director of the agency, who is a childhood friend. She does her best to keep the young man away from the scams of his boss. However, the director, in love with Marcelle and jealous of Pierre, succeeds in trapping and ruining him. Marcelle will then denounce him to the police, but before being arrested he will kill her.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1946-01-23
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Les mutinés de l'Elseneur
1936-02-29
Les mutinés de l'Elseneur
Overview: A journalist takes command of a ship after the crew mutiny against the brutal captain. It was an adaptation of the novel The Mutiny of the Elsinore by Jack London.
Genres: Adventure
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1936-02-29
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The House Under the Sea
1947-08-20
The House Under the Sea
Overview: A stranger named Constant disrupts the life of Flora, who is seemingly happy with her husband Lucien. But she suddenly experiences a passionate love, taking refuge with Constant in a cave they call “home under the sea.”
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1947-08-20
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Pierre and Jean
1943-12-29
Pierre and Jean
Overview: Alice, an unhappy young woman in the household, is the mother of a little boy, Pierre. She falls in love with a young doctor and plans to run away with him and his son. Finally, not considering the right to deprive Pierre of his father, she gives up. Twenty years pass, Pierre has grown up, he suspects his little brother, Jean, of just being his half-brother. His suspicions gnaw at him, his mother confesses to him her past fault. Faced with this confession, Pierre will abandon the one who sacrificed her life for him.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1943-12-29
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The Eleventh Hour Guest
1945-08-15
The Eleventh Hour Guest
Overview: An inventor has just developed an extraordinary machine, a disintegrating ray and thought detector. He experiences it one evening on a group of relatives, including his fiancée, and it seems to turn into a tragedy: he is found lifeless, apparently poisoned. A man calling himself a police officer begins to investigate.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1945-08-15
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Confessions of a Newlywed
1937-02-26
Confessions of a Newlywed
Overview: A timid young man marries the daughter of the entomologist he works for. On the train for their honeymoon, he takes his young wife in his arms when a customs officer suddenly enters the compartment. The groom is now inhibited.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1937-02-26
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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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Sur le plancher des vaches
1940-02-28
Sur le plancher des vaches
Overview: A little bank employee wins a plane in the lottery and amazes his companions with his audacity.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1940-02-28
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The Kids Are Leading the Investigation
1947-06-25
The Kids Are Leading the Investigation
Overview: When Monsieur Crauqual, the supervisor, is found hanging, all wonder why this rather rich person decided to kill himself. And when a pupil is found hanging too, François and his friends decide to investigate. They are certain there is a killer within the walls of Collège François 1er and determined to prevent him from going on running wild.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1947-06-25
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The Twins of Brighton
1936-10-29
The Twins of Brighton
Overview: Slapstick inheritance comedy based on the confusion between twin brothers, both played by the great Raimu who also plays their father.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1936-10-29
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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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Satan's Paradise
1938-09-03
Satan's Paradise
Overview: Driven by necessity, Jean Larcher, a young agricultural engineer, accepts the degrading mission of leading to ruin, under cover of administering it, a huge cocoa plantation on the island of São Tomé. His employers, a financial coalition, indeed plan to dispossess its owner, an inexperienced young woman who has just inherited it, of her property. But when Jean comes into contact with her, he recognizes Francesca, a girl he had fond feelings for when he was a student.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1938-09-03
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Paméla
1945-05-02
Paméla
Overview: During the Directory, a handful of royalists tried to get the Dauphin Louis XVII to escape from the Temple.
Genres: History Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1945-05-02
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Cocagne
1961-03-08
Cocagne
Overview: As the driver of a garbage truck in Arles, Marc-Antoine leads a quiet life with his wife, Mélanie, and their two children. When Amédée's "Fanny" is stolen from the bouliste club, Marc-Antoine offers to repaint another one. As soon as the work is finished, he becomes a local celebrity and, intoxicated by his new-found fame, leaves his family to go with Hélène, the young waitress, to his friend Septime's house in the Camargue to take up painting. Eventually, Marc-Antoine realizes that he is dissatisfied and that his success seems dishonest. He realizes that happiness awaits him with his wife, children and friends, and resumes his simple life without remorse.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1961-03-08
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Fromont Young and Risler Elder
1941-10-08
Fromont Young and Risler Elder
Overview: An ambitious and perverse adventurer sows dissension and ruin in a wealthy family of industrialists.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1941-10-08
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Eyes Without a Face
1960-01-11
Eyes Without a Face
Overview: Dr. Génessier is riddled with guilt after an accident that he caused disfigures the face of his daughter, the once beautiful Christiane, who outsiders believe is dead. Dr. Génessier, along with accomplice and laboratory assistant Louise, kidnaps young women and brings them to the Génessier mansion. After rendering his victims unconscious, Dr. Génessier removes their faces and attempts to graft them on to Christiane's.
Genres: Drama Horror Thriller
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1960-01-11
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Juliette, or Key of Dreams
1951-05-18
Juliette, or Key of Dreams
Overview: Michel has stolen from his employer, Mr Bellanger, for the love of Juliette. He is now in jail. One night, while sleeping in his cell, he wakes up all of a sudden, the gates open and he finds himself in a strange village where all the inhabitants have lost their memory. There, meets Juliette again who seems to agree to marry a powerful man, who might well be Bluebeard...
Genres: Drama Fantasy Romance
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1951-05-18
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Pour le maillot jaune
1940-10-23
Pour le maillot jaune
Overview: The romantic relationship between a sports journalist and a cyclist during the Tour de France.
Genres: Romance
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1940-10-23
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The Moment of Truth
1952-10-22
The Moment of Truth
Overview: After attending to a suicidal young man, Dr Richard learns that his wife has been unfaithful for years. This comes as a shock after 10 years of supposedly happy marriage. Back home, he demands answers from Madeleine. A long night of explanations ensues.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1952-10-22
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Le Secret d'une mère
1952-10-24
Le Secret d'une mère
Overview: After his wife's death, a man discovers that his daughter may not be his.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1952-10-24
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Mademoiselle Swing
1942-06-12
Mademoiselle Swing
Overview: Stuck in Angoulême between her uncle, who composes classical music, and her aunt, who is a fan of contemporary music, young Irène finds life boring. Fortunately, there is swing music which illuminates her days. So when, one day, Raymond Serre and his swing orchestra come to Angoulême, she seizes the opportunity to slip the copy of a song she has written into the pocket of one of the musicians. The trouble is that while she is doing so, the train she has boarded pulls out.
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1942-06-12
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Full House
1952-10-10
Full House
Overview: Anthology film with three shorts each featuring a famous detective: Monsieur Wens, Lemmy Caution and Maigret.
Genres: Crime Mystery
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1952-10-10
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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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Glamador
1958-03-05
Glamador
Overview: Fafai, a young boy, lives with his grandfather on the island of Glamador in the Camargue. To help the old man who can no longer work, Fafai finds a job as a caretaker. He must tame wild horses. But during a storm, they escape and swim to the island of Glamador. Fafai leaves for the island to bring back the herd... Glamador is none other than the island on which Folco and Crin-Blanc end up arriving after their escape, told in Crin-Blanc. This film is the sequel to “Crin Blanc”.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1958-03-05
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Second Childhood
1939-01-10
Second Childhood
Overview: Middle-aged Georges of the "old school" who offers shelter and comfort to Marcelle. Despite his own reservations, Georges falls in love with the much-younger girl, remaining faithful to her even after he realizes that she cares only for his money.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1939-01-10
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Le Pavillon de la folle
1945-11-28
Le Pavillon de la folle
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1945-11-28
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Napoleon Road
1953-10-14
Napoleon Road
Overview: A greedy advertising executive wants to attract the tourists into a small village:he claims Napoleon slept in the local inn on his was back from Elbe island.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1953-10-14
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