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Dream Ballerina (1950)

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 ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ludwig Berger
CAST:  Violette Verdy  •  Gabrielle Dorziat  •  Henri Guisol  •  Philippe Nicaud

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 ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ludwig Berger
CAST:  Violette Verdy  •  Gabrielle Dorziat  •  Henri Guisol  •  Philippe Nicaud

Jenny (1936)

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 ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marcel Carné
CAST:  Françoise Rosay  •  Albert Préjean  •  Lisette Lanvin  •  Charles Vanel

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 ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marcel Carné
CAST:  Françoise Rosay  •  Albert Préjean  •  Lisette Lanvin  •  Charles Vanel

The Song of Night (1932)

He was known as Anatole Litvak during his Hollywood directorial career, but he was still Anatole Litwak when he helmed the German musical Das Lied Einer Nacht (The Song of Night). Famed Polish tenor Jan Kiepura stars as famed Italian tenor Ferraro. Escaping from ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Anatole Litvak
CAST:  Jan Kiepura  •  Magda Schneider  •  Ida Wüst  •  Otto Wallburg

He was known as Anatole Litvak during his Hollywood directorial career, but he was still Anatole Litwak when he helmed the German musical Das Lied Einer Nacht (The Song of Night). Famed Polish tenor Jan Kiepura stars as famed Italian tenor Ferraro. Escaping from ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Anatole Litvak
CAST:  Jan Kiepura  •  Magda Schneider  •  Ida Wüst  •  Otto Wallburg

No More Love (1931)

An American millionaire, who had always bad luck with women, bets that he can live without them for five years. But after four and a half years traveling around on his yacht, he rescues a lady from drowning in the English Channel.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Anatole Litvak
CAST:  Lilian Harvey  •  Harry Liedtke  •  Felix Bressart  •  Margo Lion

An American millionaire, who had always bad luck with women, bets that he can live without them for five years. But after four and a half years traveling around on his yacht, he rescues a lady from drowning in the English Channel.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Anatole Litvak
CAST:  Lilian Harvey  •  Harry Liedtke  •  Felix Bressart  •  Margo Lion

Alibi (1937)

Paris, 1937. Winckler kills his enemy Gordon, a Chicago mobster, from the stage of a Parisian music hall, where he performs telepathy. He pays another artist, Helene, so that she tells the police they've spent the night together, which doesn't fool Callas, the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Pierre Chenal
CAST:  Erich von Stroheim  •  Louis Jouvet  •  Jany Holt  •  Albert Préjean

Paris, 1937. Winckler kills his enemy Gordon, a Chicago mobster, from the stage of a Parisian music hall, where he performs telepathy. He pays another artist, Helene, so that she tells the police they've spent the night together, which doesn't fool Callas, the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Pierre Chenal
CAST:  Erich von Stroheim  •  Louis Jouvet  •  Jany Holt  •  Albert Préjean

The Demise of Father Mouret (1970)

Serge Mouret is a frail and devout young priest in a tough country parish. When he falls down and loses his memory, he is nursed back to health by Albine, the beautiful carefree niece of the outspoken atheist Jeanbernat. After Serge and Albine fall in love, Serge ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Georges Franju
CAST:  Francis Huster  •  Gillian Hills  •  André Lacombe  •  Margo Lion

Serge Mouret is a frail and devout young priest in a tough country parish. When he falls down and loses his memory, he is nursed back to health by Albine, the beautiful carefree niece of the outspoken atheist Jeanbernat. After Serge and Albine fall in love, Serge ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Georges Franju
CAST:  Francis Huster  •  Gillian Hills  •  André Lacombe  •  Margo Lion

License to Kill (1964)

Didier Formenter, the French scientist, has just put the final touch on an invention that will be able to destroy to destroy any sort of flying apparatus. An international crime gang is very interested in stealing this equipement to sell it to the higher bidder of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Henri Decoin
CAST:  Eddie Constantine  •  Daphné Dayle  •  Paul Frankeur  •  Margo Lion

Didier Formenter, the French scientist, has just put the final touch on an invention that will be able to destroy to destroy any sort of flying apparatus. An international crime gang is very interested in stealing this equipement to sell it to the higher bidder of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Henri Decoin
CAST:  Eddie Constantine  •  Daphné Dayle  •  Paul Frankeur  •  Margo Lion

24 hours of a woman's life (1931)

After the tragic death from malaria of her beloved husband his rich widow Helga Vanroh travels restlessly around various Mediterranean countries. In the luxurious surroundings of a hotel in Monte Carlo Mrs. Vanroh keeps apart from society, until one evening she ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Land
CAST:  Henny Porten  •  Walter Rilla  •  Friedrich Kayssler  •  Margo Lion

After the tragic death from malaria of her beloved husband his rich widow Helga Vanroh travels restlessly around various Mediterranean countries. In the luxurious surroundings of a hotel in Monte Carlo Mrs. Vanroh keeps apart from society, until one evening she ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Land
CAST:  Henny Porten  •  Walter Rilla  •  Friedrich Kayssler  •  Margo Lion

Devil and the Angel (1946)

The Director of an international banknote printing institute, mutilated by the face of the Great War, Frank Davres, falls in love with a young woman, Jeanne, admirably beautiful, but blind. He marries her. For her, he ruins himself and comes to issue counterfeit ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Pierre Chenal
CAST:  Erich von Stroheim  •  Madeleine Sologne  •  Louis Salou  •  Jean-Jacques Delbo

The Director of an international banknote printing institute, mutilated by the face of the Great War, Frank Davres, falls in love with a young woman, Jeanne, admirably beautiful, but blind. He marries her. For her, he ruins himself and comes to issue counterfeit ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Pierre Chenal
CAST:  Erich von Stroheim  •  Madeleine Sologne  •  Louis Salou  •  Jean-Jacques Delbo

La Danse de mort (1948)

A sinister fortress on an island where the sun never seems to shine. An officer whose values have long gone a thing of the past.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marcel Cravenne
CAST:  Erich von Stroheim  •  Denise Vernac  •  Pierre Palau  •  Massimo Serato

A sinister fortress on an island where the sun never seems to shine. An officer whose values have long gone a thing of the past.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marcel Cravenne
CAST:  Erich von Stroheim  •  Denise Vernac  •  Pierre Palau  •  Massimo Serato

Mademoiselle Nitouche (1954)

Celestin works as an organist at a girl's school. By day, Celestin is the meek and mild target of the girls' incessant practical jokes. By night, however, he is the celebrated composer of popular operas -- and the romantic vis-à-vis of a celebrated stage star. When ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yves Allégret
CAST:  Fernandel  •  Pier Angeli  •  Jean Debucourt  •  Louis de Funès

Celestin works as an organist at a girl's school. By day, Celestin is the meek and mild target of the girls' incessant practical jokes. By night, however, he is the celebrated composer of popular operas -- and the romantic vis-à-vis of a celebrated stage star. When ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yves Allégret
CAST:  Fernandel  •  Pier Angeli  •  Jean Debucourt  •  Louis de Funès

Katia (1959)

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 ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Siodmak
CAST:  Romy Schneider  •  Curd Jürgens  •  Pierre Blanchar  •  Antoine Balpêtré

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 ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Siodmak
CAST:  Romy Schneider  •  Curd Jürgens  •  Pierre Blanchar  •  Antoine Balpêtré

Girls in Distress (1939)

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 ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  G.W. Pabst
CAST:  Marcelle Chantal  •  Jacqueline Delubac  •  André Luguet  •  Micheline Presle

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 ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  G.W. Pabst
CAST:  Marcelle Chantal  •  Jacqueline Delubac  •  André Luguet  •  Micheline Presle

High and Low (1933)

The intersecting lives of neighbors in a courtyard apartment building in Vienna,including a football player related to the concierge,a new blonde maid hired by the wife of a baron,whom both the athlete and a baron flirt with,and a deadbeat tenant who fakes his suicide.  (more)

DIRECTION:  G.W. Pabst
CAST:  Jean Gabin  •  Michel Simon  •  Janine Crispin  •  Vladimir Sokoloff

The intersecting lives of neighbors in a courtyard apartment building in Vienna,including a football player related to the concierge,a new blonde maid hired by the wife of a baron,whom both the athlete and a baron flirt with,and a deadbeat tenant who fakes his suicide.  (more)

DIRECTION:  G.W. Pabst
CAST:  Jean Gabin  •  Michel Simon  •  Janine Crispin  •  Vladimir Sokoloff

The Breach (1970)

An innocent woman falls prey to her abusive husband, his wealthy father and a shady family friend.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Claude Chabrol
CAST:  Stéphane Audran  •  Jean-Pierre Cassel  •  Jean-Claude Drouot  •  Michel Bouquet

An innocent woman falls prey to her abusive husband, his wealthy father and a shady family friend.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Claude Chabrol
CAST:  Stéphane Audran  •  Jean-Pierre Cassel  •  Jean-Claude Drouot  •  Michel Bouquet

Doctor Francoise Gailland (1976)

Dr. Françoise Gailland has a hectic schedule, which causes her to have little time to spend with her family, which consists of her husband Gérard, her pregnant teenager daughter Élisabeth, and her sullen son Julien. However, she does manage to find the time to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean-Louis Bertuccelli
CAST:  Annie Girardot  •  Jean-Pierre Cassel  •  Suzanne Flon  •  Isabelle Huppert

Dr. Françoise Gailland has a hectic schedule, which causes her to have little time to spend with her family, which consists of her husband Gérard, her pregnant teenager daughter Élisabeth, and her sullen son Julien. However, she does manage to find the time to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean-Louis Bertuccelli
CAST:  Annie Girardot  •  Jean-Pierre Cassel  •  Suzanne Flon  •  Isabelle Huppert

The Room Upstairs (1946)

The local building-contractor Martin Roumagnac is fascinated by the fashionable Blanche Ferrand. To impress Blache, Martin presents her with a villa. However, this ruins him financially. Despite Martin's many efforts for the now femme-fatal Blanche, she is not able ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Georges Lacombe
CAST:  Marlene Dietrich  •  Jean Gabin  •  Daniel Gélin  •  Margo Lion

The local building-contractor Martin Roumagnac is fascinated by the fashionable Blanche Ferrand. To impress Blache, Martin presents her with a villa. However, this ruins him financially. Despite Martin's many efforts for the now femme-fatal Blanche, she is not able ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Georges Lacombe
CAST:  Marlene Dietrich  •  Jean Gabin  •  Daniel Gélin  •  Margo Lion

The Lucky Top Hat (1932)

An impecunious clerk falls for a blonde who also has limited resources, but when she lands a film contract, that saves them both from the poor house.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rudolph Bernauer
CAST:  Charlotte Ander  •  Felix Bressart  •  Oskar Sima  •  Adele Sandrock

An impecunious clerk falls for a blonde who also has limited resources, but when she lands a film contract, that saves them both from the poor house.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rudolph Bernauer
CAST:  Charlotte Ander  •  Felix Bressart  •  Oskar Sima  •  Adele Sandrock

The Thirteen Trunks of Mr. O.F. (1931)

In the very oldfashioned town of Ostend suddenly 13 suitcases are delivered to the hotel, with a note, that O.F. will be here soon and needs 6 rooms (the hotel just has five). This event, probably the biggest in 300 years, starts a small wave of modernisation, yet ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alexis Granowsky
CAST:  Alfred Abel  •  Hedy Lamarr  •  Peter Lorre  •  Harald Paulsen

In the very oldfashioned town of Ostend suddenly 13 suitcases are delivered to the hotel, with a note, that O.F. will be here soon and needs 6 rooms (the hotel just has five). This event, probably the biggest in 300 years, starts a small wave of modernisation, yet ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alexis Granowsky
CAST:  Alfred Abel  •  Hedy Lamarr  •  Peter Lorre  •  Harald Paulsen

Lola (1961)

A bored young man meets with his former girlfriend, now a cabaret dancer and single mother, and soon finds himself falling back in love with her.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jacques Demy
CAST:  Anouk Aimée  •  Marc Michel  •  Jacques Harden  •  Alan Scott

A bored young man meets with his former girlfriend, now a cabaret dancer and single mother, and soon finds himself falling back in love with her.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jacques Demy
CAST:  Anouk Aimée  •  Marc Michel  •  Jacques Harden  •  Alan Scott
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