Sylvia Bataille

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The Crime of Monsieur Lange (1936)

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, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean Renoir
CAST:  René Lefèvre  •  Florelle  •  Jules Berry  •  Marcel Lévesque

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, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean Renoir
CAST:  René Lefèvre  •  Florelle  •  Jules Berry  •  Marcel Lévesque

The Tale of the Fox (1941)

In the kingdom of animals, Master Fox is used to trick and fool everyone. So the King, the Lion, receives more and more complaints about him. He orders that Master Fox is arrested and brought to him.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Wladyslaw Starewicz  •  Irene Starewicz
CAST:  Romain Bouquet  •  Sylvain Itkine  •  Sylvia Bataille  •  Jaime Plama

In the kingdom of animals, Master Fox is used to trick and fool everyone. So the King, the Lion, receives more and more complaints about him. He orders that Master Fox is arrested and brought to him.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Wladyslaw Starewicz  •  Irene Starewicz
CAST:  Romain Bouquet  •  Sylvain Itkine  •  Sylvia Bataille  •  Jaime Plama

Gates of the Night (1946)

Paris, during the winter after its Liberation: Jean Diego meets up with his friend Raymond Lecuyer again. A tramp predicts Jean will meet the most beautiful girl in the world, and that same evening Jean meets Malou. But he soon discovers that her brother Guy was ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marcel Carné
CAST:  Pierre Brasseur  •  Serge Reggiani  •  Yves Montand  •  Nathalie Nattier

Paris, during the winter after its Liberation: Jean Diego meets up with his friend Raymond Lecuyer again. A tramp predicts Jean will meet the most beautiful girl in the world, and that same evening Jean meets Malou. But he soon discovers that her brother Guy was ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marcel Carné
CAST:  Pierre Brasseur  •  Serge Reggiani  •  Yves Montand  •  Nathalie Nattier

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

A Day in the Country (1946)

The family of a Parisian shop-owner spends a day in the country. The daughter falls in love with a man at the inn, where they spend the day.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean Renoir
CAST:  Sylvia Bataille  •  Jane Marken  •  Georges D'Arnoux  •  Jacques Brunius

The family of a Parisian shop-owner spends a day in the country. The daughter falls in love with a man at the inn, where they spend the day.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean Renoir
CAST:  Sylvia Bataille  •  Jane Marken  •  Georges D'Arnoux  •  Jacques Brunius

French White Cargo (1937)

Two journalists from different papers are looking for the same story. They want to know, who a group of gangsters getting young women from Europe to South America, where they are forced to work in brothels. But the gangsters have their own battels against each over ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Siodmak
CAST:  Jean-Pierre Aumont  •  Käthe von Nagy  •  Jules Berry  •  Suzy Prim

Two journalists from different papers are looking for the same story. They want to know, who a group of gangsters getting young women from Europe to South America, where they are forced to work in brothels. But the gangsters have their own battels against each over ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Siodmak
CAST:  Jean-Pierre Aumont  •  Käthe von Nagy  •  Jules Berry  •  Suzy Prim

Un tournage à la campagne (1994)

Edited from 4½ hours of unused material left over from the shooting of Jean Renoir's 1936 PARTIE DE CAMPAGNE (A Day in the Country) and donated by the producer Pierre Braunberger to the Cinémathèque Française. Re-edited for a new version, much of the film is shot ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alain Fleischer
CAST:  Jean Renoir  •  Sylvia Bataille  •  Jane Marken  •  André Gabriello

Edited from 4½ hours of unused material left over from the shooting of Jean Renoir's 1936 PARTIE DE CAMPAGNE (A Day in the Country) and donated by the producer Pierre Braunberger to the Cinémathèque Française. Re-edited for a new version, much of the film is shot ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alain Fleischer
CAST:  Jean Renoir  •  Sylvia Bataille  •  Jane Marken  •  André Gabriello

La voix sans visage (1933)

The singer Saltore is accused of the murder of his wife's lover, and is sentenced to ten years' hard labour. His daughter proves his innocence when she discovers the culprit to be his wife, who wanted to end an embarrassing love affair.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Leo Mittler
CAST:  Lucien Muratore  •  Véra Korène  •  Jean Servais  •  Simone Bourday

The singer Saltore is accused of the murder of his wife's lover, and is sentenced to ten years' hard labour. His daughter proves his innocence when she discovers the culprit to be his wife, who wanted to end an embarrassing love affair.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Leo Mittler
CAST:  Lucien Muratore  •  Véra Korène  •  Jean Servais  •  Simone Bourday

Skylark (1934)

Adémaï is forcibly engaged to the farmer's daughter. He tries in vain to get rid of it and, weary of the struggle, flees in a plane with his comrade Michelet whom he believes to be an instructor. For three days and three nights, the unfortunates turn in a closed ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean Tarride
CAST:  Noël-Noël  •  Fernandel  •  Junie Astor  •  Sylvia Bataille

Adémaï is forcibly engaged to the farmer's daughter. He tries in vain to get rid of it and, weary of the struggle, flees in a plane with his comrade Michelet whom he believes to be an instructor. For three days and three nights, the unfortunates turn in a closed ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean Tarride
CAST:  Noël-Noël  •  Fernandel  •  Junie Astor  •  Sylvia Bataille

Topaze (1936)

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DIRECTION:  Marcel Pagnol
CAST:  Alexandre Arnaudy  •  Délia Col  •  Léon Belières  •  Jean Arbuleau

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DIRECTION:  Marcel Pagnol
CAST:  Alexandre Arnaudy  •  Délia Col  •  Léon Belières  •  Jean Arbuleau

Rose (1936)

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DIRECTION:  Raymond Rouleau
CAST:  Jean Servais  •  Lisette Lanvin  •  Henri Guisol  •  Sylvia Bataille

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DIRECTION:  Raymond Rouleau
CAST:  Jean Servais  •  Lisette Lanvin  •  Henri Guisol  •  Sylvia Bataille

Œil de lynx, détective (1936)

Marc Lanterne and Monsieur Smith investigate the home of a castellan who is the victim of jealousy, justified by the way, of his wife. Monsieur Dunoyau wants to know the author of the anonymous letters he receives. After a whole series of extraordinary adventures, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Pierre-Jean Ducis
CAST:  Armand Bernard  •  Alice Tissot  •  Janine Merrey  •  Paul Pauley

Marc Lanterne and Monsieur Smith investigate the home of a castellan who is the victim of jealousy, justified by the way, of his wife. Monsieur Dunoyau wants to know the author of the anonymous letters he receives. After a whole series of extraordinary adventures, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Pierre-Jean Ducis
CAST:  Armand Bernard  •  Alice Tissot  •  Janine Merrey  •  Paul Pauley

Courier of Lyons (1937)

A courier carrying a large sum of money intended for Bonaparte's army is attacked. A miscarriage of justice will lead an innocent person to the guillotine.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Claude Autant-Lara  •  Maurice Lehmann
CAST:  Pierre Blanchar  •  Dita Parlo  •  Jacques Copeau  •  Charles Dullin

A courier carrying a large sum of money intended for Bonaparte's army is attacked. A miscarriage of justice will lead an innocent person to the guillotine.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Claude Autant-Lara  •  Maurice Lehmann
CAST:  Pierre Blanchar  •  Dita Parlo  •  Jacques Copeau  •  Charles Dullin

Confessions of a Newlywed (1937)

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.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Léo Joannon
CAST:  Raimu  •  Sylvia Bataille  •  Pierre Brasseur  •  Pauline Carton

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.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Léo Joannon
CAST:  Raimu  •  Sylvia Bataille  •  Pierre Brasseur  •  Pauline Carton

Forfaiture (1937)

Denise Moret joins her husband, Pierre, in Mongolia where he works as a civil engineer. One night she loose a lot of money on the roulette and therefore is forced to borrow money from Prince Lee-Lang. The Prince immediately begins to flirt and make advances towards ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marcel L'Herbier
CAST:  Victor Francen  •  Sessue Hayakawa  •  Louis Jouvet  •  Lise Delamare

Denise Moret joins her husband, Pierre, in Mongolia where he works as a civil engineer. One night she loose a lot of money on the roulette and therefore is forced to borrow money from Prince Lee-Lang. The Prince immediately begins to flirt and make advances towards ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marcel L'Herbier
CAST:  Victor Francen  •  Sessue Hayakawa  •  Louis Jouvet  •  Lise Delamare

Serge Panine (1939)

A mother kills a very vile character, Prince Panin, with whom her adopted daughter has fallen in love and who has married, for her money, the natural daughter.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paul Schiller  •  Charles Méré
CAST:  Françoise Rosay  •  Pierre Renoir  •  Andrée Guize  •  Sylvia Bataille

A mother kills a very vile character, Prince Panin, with whom her adopted daughter has fallen in love and who has married, for her money, the natural daughter.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paul Schiller  •  Charles Méré
CAST:  Françoise Rosay  •  Pierre Renoir  •  Andrée Guize  •  Sylvia Bataille

Corsican Brothers (1939)

Siamese twins, separated at birth, maintain a psychic knowledge of each other's dire fates.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Siodmak  •  Géo Kelber
CAST:  Pierre Brasseur  •  Jean Aquistapace  •  Paul Azaïs  •  Lucienne Le Marchand

Siamese twins, separated at birth, maintain a psychic knowledge of each other's dire fates.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Siodmak  •  Géo Kelber
CAST:  Pierre Brasseur  •  Jean Aquistapace  •  Paul Azaïs  •  Lucienne Le Marchand

Le château des 4 obèses (1939)

In a castle, one stormy evening, Doctor Carter and a whole merry company find themselves welcomed by the four brothers who hold the place. The four obese disappear one by one, without leaving a trace.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yvan Noé
CAST:  André Brulé  •  Marguerite Moreno  •  Sylvia Bataille  •  Lucas Gridoux

In a castle, one stormy evening, Doctor Carter and a whole merry company find themselves welcomed by the four brothers who hold the place. The four obese disappear one by one, without leaving a trace.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yvan Noé
CAST:  André Brulé  •  Marguerite Moreno  •  Sylvia Bataille  •  Lucas Gridoux

L'étrange nuit de Noël (1939)

Taking advantage of their uncle's absence, André and Raymond Rafet organize a New Year's Eve party at his house. The uncle returns unexpectedly, disturbs the party, threatens his nephews to disinherit them and then locks himself in his office. A few minutes later, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yvan Noé
CAST:  André Brulé  •  Sylvia Bataille  •  Jean Servais  •  Lucas Gridoux

Taking advantage of their uncle's absence, André and Raymond Rafet organize a New Year's Eve party at his house. The uncle returns unexpectedly, disturbs the party, threatens his nephews to disinherit them and then locks himself in his office. A few minutes later, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yvan Noé
CAST:  André Brulé  •  Sylvia Bataille  •  Jean Servais  •  Lucas Gridoux

Latin Quarter (1939)

A wealthy banker, bored with his life, heads to the Latin Quarter of Paris where he pretends to be a struggling artist. He falls in love with a student from the Sorbonne and moves into the same boarding house as her while continuing his pretence of poverty.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alexander Esway  •  Pierre Colombier  •  Christian Chamborant
CAST:  Bernard Lancret  •  Blanchette Brunoy  •  Junie Astor  •  Yves Deniaud

A wealthy banker, bored with his life, heads to the Latin Quarter of Paris where he pretends to be a struggling artist. He falls in love with a student from the Sorbonne and moves into the same boarding house as her while continuing his pretence of poverty.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alexander Esway  •  Pierre Colombier  •  Christian Chamborant
CAST:  Bernard Lancret  •  Blanchette Brunoy  •  Junie Astor  •  Yves Deniaud
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