Madeleine Lambert

Dangerous Liaisons (1959)

Juliette Merteuil and Valmont is a sophisticated couple, always looking for fun and excitement. Both have sexual affairs with others and share their experiences with one another. But there is one rule: never fall in love. But this time Valmont falls madly in love ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Roger Vadim
CAST:  Gérard Philipe  •  Jeanne Moreau  •  Jeanne Valérie  •  Annette Stroyberg

Juliette Merteuil and Valmont is a sophisticated couple, always looking for fun and excitement. Both have sexual affairs with others and share their experiences with one another. But there is one rule: never fall in love. But this time Valmont falls madly in love ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Roger Vadim
CAST:  Gérard Philipe  •  Jeanne Moreau  •  Jeanne Valérie  •  Annette Stroyberg

The Curtain Rises (1938)

François, Cécilia and Isabelle are students of the drama class of the Conservatoire led by Professor Lambertin. François is in love with Isabelle who also loves him, but he is pursued by Cecilia, his former mistress. Cécilia commits suicide staging the suicide like ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marc Allégret
CAST:  Claude Dauphin  •  Janine Darcey  •  Louis Jouvet  •  Odette Joyeux

François, Cécilia and Isabelle are students of the drama class of the Conservatoire led by Professor Lambertin. François is in love with Isabelle who also loves him, but he is pursued by Cecilia, his former mistress. Cécilia commits suicide staging the suicide like ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marc Allégret
CAST:  Claude Dauphin  •  Janine Darcey  •  Louis Jouvet  •  Odette Joyeux

Her Bridal Night (1956)

A country girl is discovered by a Paris magazine, and becomes a top model.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Pierre Gaspard-Huit
CAST:  Brigitte Bardot  •  Micheline Presle  •  Louis Jourdan  •  Marcel Amont

A country girl is discovered by a Paris magazine, and becomes a top model.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Pierre Gaspard-Huit
CAST:  Brigitte Bardot  •  Micheline Presle  •  Louis Jourdan  •  Marcel Amont

Threats (1940)

"Menaces" deals with the months before WW2 in a hotel :t he fear of the impending war never leaves the guests of an hotel in Paris.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Edmond T. Gréville
CAST:  Mireille Balin  •  John Loder  •  Ginette Leclerc  •  Erich von Stroheim

"Menaces" deals with the months before WW2 in a hotel :t he fear of the impending war never leaves the guests of an hotel in Paris.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Edmond T. Gréville
CAST:  Mireille Balin  •  John Loder  •  Ginette Leclerc  •  Erich von Stroheim

Father Serge (1945)

An accomplished young man, Prince Stéphane is destined for a brilliant future but when he finds out that Marie, his beloved fiancée, has had an affair with the man he respects the most, Tsar Nicolas 1er in person, the shock is terrible. Unable to recover, he ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lucien Gasnier-Raymond
CAST:  Jacques Dumesnil  •  Mila Parély  •  Ariane Borg  •  Marcel Herrand

An accomplished young man, Prince Stéphane is destined for a brilliant future but when he finds out that Marie, his beloved fiancée, has had an affair with the man he respects the most, Tsar Nicolas 1er in person, the shock is terrible. Unable to recover, he ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lucien Gasnier-Raymond
CAST:  Jacques Dumesnil  •  Mila Parély  •  Ariane Borg  •  Marcel Herrand

The Rebels of Lomanach (1954)

A young woman has a perilous affair with a General from the opposing side during the Revolutionary war.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard Pottier
CAST:  Dany Robin  •  Amedeo Nazzari  •  Jacques Debucourt  •  Jacques Castelot

A young woman has a perilous affair with a General from the opposing side during the Revolutionary war.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard Pottier
CAST:  Dany Robin  •  Amedeo Nazzari  •  Jacques Debucourt  •  Jacques Castelot

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

Leathernose (1952)

After being hurt in the face, Count de Roger Tinchebraye is forced to hide his disfigured face behind a leather mask. Dispirited for a while, he decides to become a Casanova-like seductor. When he meets true love, cynical Roger does not believe in it and lets pure ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yves Allégret
CAST:  Jean Marais  •  Françoise Christophe  •  Jean Debucourt  •  Mariella Lotti

After being hurt in the face, Count de Roger Tinchebraye is forced to hide his disfigured face behind a leather mask. Dispirited for a while, he decides to become a Casanova-like seductor. When he meets true love, cynical Roger does not believe in it and lets pure ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yves Allégret
CAST:  Jean Marais  •  Françoise Christophe  •  Jean Debucourt  •  Mariella Lotti

L'amour veille (1937)

Believing that her husband is cheating on her, Jacqueline decides to take revenge and goes to find Ernest, a chilled sigh. But in her bachelor apartment, she cannot decide to push her revenge to the end.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Henry Roussel
CAST:  Henri Garat  •  Jacqueline Francell  •  Alice Field  •  Gabrielle Dorziat

Believing that her husband is cheating on her, Jacqueline decides to take revenge and goes to find Ernest, a chilled sigh. But in her bachelor apartment, she cannot decide to push her revenge to the end.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Henry Roussel
CAST:  Henri Garat  •  Jacqueline Francell  •  Alice Field  •  Gabrielle Dorziat

Emile the African (1948)

Émile Boulard is a props man in a Paris movie studio. He has a wife, Suzanne. Or to be more accurate, let's say he HAD a wife since she left him fifteen years before, allegedly ... to go buy a post stamp. But now that their daughter Martine , who lives with her, is ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Vernay
CAST:  Fernandel  •  Alexandre Rignault  •  Noëlle Norman  •  Félix Oudart

Émile Boulard is a props man in a Paris movie studio. He has a wife, Suzanne. Or to be more accurate, let's say he HAD a wife since she left him fifteen years before, allegedly ... to go buy a post stamp. But now that their daughter Martine , who lives with her, is ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Vernay
CAST:  Fernandel  •  Alexandre Rignault  •  Noëlle Norman  •  Félix Oudart

Branquignol (1949)

In this sketch comedy compared to the American film Hellzapoppin, a spectacle is put on to celebrate the wedding of a nobleman, but the results are disastrous.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Dhéry
CAST:  Colette Brosset  •  Raymond Bussières  •  Julien Carette  •  Robert Dhéry

In this sketch comedy compared to the American film Hellzapoppin, a spectacle is put on to celebrate the wedding of a nobleman, but the results are disastrous.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Dhéry
CAST:  Colette Brosset  •  Raymond Bussières  •  Julien Carette  •  Robert Dhéry

Two Pennies Worth of Violets (1951)

Thérèse, a young flower girl, tries hard to remain virtuous but the whole world seems to conspire against her, whether her petty Paris family, or her relatives in the province bristling with false respectability, or her lustful employer, or the boy she loves who ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michel Boisrond  •  Jean Anouilh
CAST:  Dany Robin  •  Héléna Manson  •  Henri Crémieux  •  Yvette Etiévant

Thérèse, a young flower girl, tries hard to remain virtuous but the whole world seems to conspire against her, whether her petty Paris family, or her relatives in the province bristling with false respectability, or her lustful employer, or the boy she loves who ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michel Boisrond  •  Jean Anouilh
CAST:  Dany Robin  •  Héléna Manson  •  Henri Crémieux  •  Yvette Etiévant

Young Love (1951)

Catherine, 18, loved Jean, a young accountant, who loved her in return. And yet, one morning, two policemen find their dead bodies on a stretch of waste ground. The case is obvious: the two young people have killed themselves. But why? Chief Inspector Ernest ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Guy Lefranc
CAST:  Louis Jouvet  •  Daniel Gélin  •  Dany Robin  •  Georges Chamarat

Catherine, 18, loved Jean, a young accountant, who loved her in return. And yet, one morning, two policemen find their dead bodies on a stretch of waste ground. The case is obvious: the two young people have killed themselves. But why? Chief Inspector Ernest ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Guy Lefranc
CAST:  Louis Jouvet  •  Daniel Gélin  •  Dany Robin  •  Georges Chamarat

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DIRECTION:  Jean-Jacques Vierne
CAST:  Michel Subor  •  Olivier Despax  •  Aram Stephan  •  Claire Duhamel

My cousin from Warsaw (1931)

Archibald Burel, a banker, has had enough of his wife cheating on him, and with his best friend Hubert into the bargain! One day he has (at least that is what he thinks!) a bright idea : he asks Sonia, his cousin living in Poland but staying in Paris at the moment, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Carmine Gallone
CAST:  Elvira Popescu  •  André Roanne  •  Madeleine Lambert  •  Gustave Gallet

Archibald Burel, a banker, has had enough of his wife cheating on him, and with his best friend Hubert into the bargain! One day he has (at least that is what he thinks!) a bright idea : he asks Sonia, his cousin living in Poland but staying in Paris at the moment, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Carmine Gallone
CAST:  Elvira Popescu  •  André Roanne  •  Madeleine Lambert  •  Gustave Gallet

You Only Love Once (1968)

A little girl tries to reconcile her separated parents.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Dirk Sanders
CAST:  Karen Blanguernon  •  Leslie Bedos  •  Frédéric de Pasquale  •  Jean-Paul Moulinot

A little girl tries to reconcile her separated parents.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Dirk Sanders
CAST:  Karen Blanguernon  •  Leslie Bedos  •  Frédéric de Pasquale  •  Jean-Paul Moulinot

Les célibataires (1962)

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DIRECTION:  Jean Prat
CAST:  Fernand Ledoux  •  Jean-Paul Moulinot  •  André Luguet  •  Paul Mercey

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DIRECTION:  Jean Prat
CAST:  Fernand Ledoux  •  Jean-Paul Moulinot  •  André Luguet  •  Paul Mercey