Noël Darzal

Don't Look Now... We're Being Shot At! (1966)

During World War II, two French civilians and a downed British Bomber Crew set out from Paris to cross the demarcation line between Nazi-occupied Northern France and the South. From there they will be able to escape to England. First, they must avoid German troops ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gérard Oury
CAST:  Bourvil  •  Louis de Funès  •  Terry-Thomas  •  Claudio Brook

During World War II, two French civilians and a downed British Bomber Crew set out from Paris to cross the demarcation line between Nazi-occupied Northern France and the South. From there they will be able to escape to England. First, they must avoid German troops ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gérard Oury
CAST:  Bourvil  •  Louis de Funès  •  Terry-Thomas  •  Claudio Brook

The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob (1973)

In this riot of frantic disguises and mistaken identities, Victor Pivert, a blustering, bigoted French factory owner, finds himself taken hostage by Slimane, an Arab rebel leader. The two dress up as rabbis as they try to elude not only assasins from Slimane's ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gérard Oury
CAST:  Louis de Funès  •  Suzy Delair  •  Claude Giraud  •  Henri Guybet

In this riot of frantic disguises and mistaken identities, Victor Pivert, a blustering, bigoted French factory owner, finds himself taken hostage by Slimane, an Arab rebel leader. The two dress up as rabbis as they try to elude not only assasins from Slimane's ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gérard Oury
CAST:  Louis de Funès  •  Suzy Delair  •  Claude Giraud  •  Henri Guybet

Oh! Qué mambo (1959)

Miguel foils a bank robbery and becomes a successful nightclub singer, but he doesn't know that his wife is being courted by an Italian fitness instructor.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Berry
CAST:  Magali Noël  •  Darío Moreno  •  Jean Poiret  •  Michel Serrault

Miguel foils a bank robbery and becomes a successful nightclub singer, but he doesn't know that his wife is being courted by an Italian fitness instructor.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Berry
CAST:  Magali Noël  •  Darío Moreno  •  Jean Poiret  •  Michel Serrault

The Truth About Bebe Donge (1952)

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 ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Henri Decoin
CAST:  Jean Gabin  •  Gabrielle Dorziat  •  Claude Génia  •  Marcel André

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 ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Henri Decoin
CAST:  Jean Gabin  •  Gabrielle Dorziat  •  Claude Génia  •  Marcel André

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DIRECTION:  Georges Péclet
CAST:  Antoine Balpêtré  •  Anouk Ferjac  •  Annie Andrel  •  Pierre Fromont

Sa meilleure cliente (1932)

It is one thing to open a beauty salon (which Edwige and her young lover Gaston have just done) but it is another to keep it on its feet.To best promote their speciality, fountain-of-youth treatments, Edwige decides to apply to the letter the old slogan "It pays to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Pierre Colombier
CAST:  Elvira Popescu  •  René Lefèvre  •  Hélène Robert  •  André Lefaur

It is one thing to open a beauty salon (which Edwige and her young lover Gaston have just done) but it is another to keep it on its feet.To best promote their speciality, fountain-of-youth treatments, Edwige decides to apply to the letter the old slogan "It pays to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Pierre Colombier
CAST:  Elvira Popescu  •  René Lefèvre  •  Hélène Robert  •  André Lefaur

Mysteries of Paris (1935)

Towards the end of the 19th century, the Duke of Gerolstein traveled to Paris. Sixteen years earlier he had a daughter who was taken from him by her mother who was chased out of the palace. After many dramatic adventures, the Duke finds his daughter in the person ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Félix Gandéra
CAST:  Lucien Baroux  •  Madeleine Ozeray  •  Marcelle Géniat  •  Roger Karl

Towards the end of the 19th century, the Duke of Gerolstein traveled to Paris. Sixteen years earlier he had a daughter who was taken from him by her mother who was chased out of the palace. After many dramatic adventures, the Duke finds his daughter in the person ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Félix Gandéra
CAST:  Lucien Baroux  •  Madeleine Ozeray  •  Marcelle Géniat  •  Roger Karl

Paradis perdu (1940)

In pre-World Ward I in Paris, a budding artist, Pierre LeBlanc, falls in love and marries Janine, a dressmaker's assistant. Pierre has a flair for designing clothes, and he and his bride live in a blissful paradise, until the war breaks out and he becomes a soldier ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Abel Gance
CAST:  Fernand Gravey  •  Micheline Presle  •  Robert Le Vigan  •  Elvira Popescu

In pre-World Ward I in Paris, a budding artist, Pierre LeBlanc, falls in love and marries Janine, a dressmaker's assistant. Pierre has a flair for designing clothes, and he and his bride live in a blissful paradise, until the war breaks out and he becomes a soldier ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Abel Gance
CAST:  Fernand Gravey  •  Micheline Presle  •  Robert Le Vigan  •  Elvira Popescu

Une femme coupée en morceaux (1946)

Four men in love with the same woman put on a music-hall show and travel the world in search of the beauty. They will find success and fortune, but their sentimental quest will be a failure.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yvan Noé
CAST:  Anne Caprile  •  Gaby André  •  Lily Baron  •  Noëlle Norman

Four men in love with the same woman put on a music-hall show and travel the world in search of the beauty. They will find success and fortune, but their sentimental quest will be a failure.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yvan Noé
CAST:  Anne Caprile  •  Gaby André  •  Lily Baron  •  Noëlle Norman

Trafiquants de la mer (1947)

A gang of drug pushers is rampant on the French Riviera. The police has been informed and arrests an accomplice who is about to collect the drugs dropped off from a yacht. This person happens to be a public figure of a nearby village...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Willy Rozier
CAST:  Pierre Renoir  •  Elina Labourdette  •  Jacques Dumesnil  •  Marcel Delaître

A gang of drug pushers is rampant on the French Riviera. The police has been informed and arrests an accomplice who is about to collect the drugs dropped off from a yacht. This person happens to be a public figure of a nearby village...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Willy Rozier
CAST:  Pierre Renoir  •  Elina Labourdette  •  Jacques Dumesnil  •  Marcel Delaître

Guilty? (1951)

Charles Walter, a forestry contractor, has helped Noël Portal to start a new life. When Victor, the new foreman and Charles'wife's lover, is found murdered, everything points to the guilt of the deceived husband. To save his benefactor, Noël decides to accuse ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yvan Noé
CAST:  Raymond Pellegrin  •  Arlette Accart  •  Junie Astor  •  André Le Gall

Charles Walter, a forestry contractor, has helped Noël Portal to start a new life. When Victor, the new foreman and Charles'wife's lover, is found murdered, everything points to the guilt of the deceived husband. To save his benefactor, Noël decides to accuse ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yvan Noé
CAST:  Raymond Pellegrin  •  Arlette Accart  •  Junie Astor  •  André Le Gall

Adhémar or the Toy of Destiny (1951)

Is it because his father was a groom that Adhémar Pomme has a long horse head and a horse- toothed smile? Maybe but the fact is that his head has invariably caused laughter whatever the circumstances, which is the tragedy of his life. After having worked as an ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fernandel
CAST:  Fernandel  •  Bernadette Lange  •  Andrex  •  Marcel Lévesque

Is it because his father was a groom that Adhémar Pomme has a long horse head and a horse- toothed smile? Maybe but the fact is that his head has invariably caused laughter whatever the circumstances, which is the tragedy of his life. After having worked as an ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fernandel
CAST:  Fernandel  •  Bernadette Lange  •  Andrex  •  Marcel Lévesque

The Case of Dr. Laurent (1957)

Le Cas Du Dr. Laurent (The Case of Dr. Laurent) stars Jean Gabin as a Paris-based doctor who tries to spread the gospel of Natural Childbirth. Working in a cloistered rural community, Gabin runs up against the stone walls of fear and prejudice. His theories are ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean-Paul Le Chanois
CAST:  Jean Gabin  •  Nicole Courcel  •  Silvia Monfort  •  Henri Arius

Le Cas Du Dr. Laurent (The Case of Dr. Laurent) stars Jean Gabin as a Paris-based doctor who tries to spread the gospel of Natural Childbirth. Working in a cloistered rural community, Gabin runs up against the stone walls of fear and prejudice. His theories are ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean-Paul Le Chanois
CAST:  Jean Gabin  •  Nicole Courcel  •  Silvia Monfort  •  Henri Arius