Denise Kerny

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The Novel of Werther (1938)

Herr Werther, a new magistrate to the Grand Duchy of Walheim who is a violinist and poet, seems to have fate on his side as he meets and pursues a beautiful local woman, Charlotte. But as Werther sets to propose marriage, Charlotte reluctantly tells him she has ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Max Ophüls
CAST:  Pierre Richard-Willm  •  Annie Vernay  •  Jean Galland  •  Jean Périer

Herr Werther, a new magistrate to the Grand Duchy of Walheim who is a violinist and poet, seems to have fate on his side as he meets and pursues a beautiful local woman, Charlotte. But as Werther sets to propose marriage, Charlotte reluctantly tells him she has ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Max Ophüls
CAST:  Pierre Richard-Willm  •  Annie Vernay  •  Jean Galland  •  Jean Périer

Fantômas (1947)

The invincible bandit faces his daughter, courageous and honest, who wants to end his criminal activities. With a young journalist, her fiancé, she discovers his hideout.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean Sacha
CAST:  Marcel Herrand  •  Simone Signoret  •  Alexandre Rignault  •  André Le Gall

The invincible bandit faces his daughter, courageous and honest, who wants to end his criminal activities. With a young journalist, her fiancé, she discovers his hideout.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean Sacha
CAST:  Marcel Herrand  •  Simone Signoret  •  Alexandre Rignault  •  André Le Gall

The Deserter (1939)

During WW1, a train is stopped by a bombing, a young soldier takes advantage of the opportunity to go to his native village to see his parents.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Léonide Moguy
CAST:  Jean-Pierre Aumont  •  Corinne Luchaire  •  Édouard Delmont  •  Berthe Bovy

During WW1, a train is stopped by a bombing, a young soldier takes advantage of the opportunity to go to his native village to see his parents.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Léonide Moguy
CAST:  Jean-Pierre Aumont  •  Corinne Luchaire  •  Édouard Delmont  •  Berthe Bovy

Alone in Paris (1951)

Henri and Jeannette Milliard, a newly married couple from Normandy arrive in Paris where they intend to spend their honeymoon. Unforfunately a wicket gate in the metro separates the couple. In panic, Henri looks for his wife across the capital. He ends up finding ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hervé Bromberger
CAST:  Bourvil  •  Magali Noël  •  Yvette Etiévant  •  Georges Baconnet

Henri and Jeannette Milliard, a newly married couple from Normandy arrive in Paris where they intend to spend their honeymoon. Unforfunately a wicket gate in the metro separates the couple. In panic, Henri looks for his wife across the capital. He ends up finding ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hervé Bromberger
CAST:  Bourvil  •  Magali Noël  •  Yvette Etiévant  •  Georges Baconnet

She and Me (1952)

You never can tell. Jean had always been one of the most confirmed bachelors that kept swearing to anyone that would listen he would never put a ring on a female finger. But that was before he met Juliette, a capricious but irresistibly lovely young woman. Well, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Guy Lefranc
CAST:  François Périer  •  Dany Robin  •  Jean Carmet  •  Louis de Funès

You never can tell. Jean had always been one of the most confirmed bachelors that kept swearing to anyone that would listen he would never put a ring on a female finger. But that was before he met Juliette, a capricious but irresistibly lovely young woman. Well, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Guy Lefranc
CAST:  François Périer  •  Dany Robin  •  Jean Carmet  •  Louis de Funès

Judgement of God (1952)

Bavaria, 1433. Reason of state rules that Prince Albert is to marry Princess Bertha of Wurtemberg. But the fine-looking young man is loath to become the husband of a woman with pimples,flat feet and no breast. Nevertheless, he has to obey his authoritarian father, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Raymond Bernard
CAST:  Andrée Debar  •  Jean-Claude Pascal  •  Gabrielle Dorziat  •  Pierre Renoir

Bavaria, 1433. Reason of state rules that Prince Albert is to marry Princess Bertha of Wurtemberg. But the fine-looking young man is loath to become the husband of a woman with pimples,flat feet and no breast. Nevertheless, he has to obey his authoritarian father, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Raymond Bernard
CAST:  Andrée Debar  •  Jean-Claude Pascal  •  Gabrielle Dorziat  •  Pierre Renoir

The Red Rose (1951)

The Jacques Brothers, their temporary replacements, Yves Gérard and his troupe, as well as a famous movie star looking for a new partner, Evelyne Dorsey, are causing disruption at the "La Rose rouge" cabaret, the most famous cellar in Saint-Germain-des-Prés, to the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marcello Pagliero
CAST:  André Bellec  •  Louis de Funès  •  Georges Bellec  •  François Soubeyran

The Jacques Brothers, their temporary replacements, Yves Gérard and his troupe, as well as a famous movie star looking for a new partner, Evelyne Dorsey, are causing disruption at the "La Rose rouge" cabaret, the most famous cellar in Saint-Germain-des-Prés, to the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marcello Pagliero
CAST:  André Bellec  •  Louis de Funès  •  Georges Bellec  •  François Soubeyran

Matrimonial Agency (1952)

Noël is a bachelor who inherits a matrimonial agency. After contemplating selling it, he chooses to manage it.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean-Paul Le Chanois
CAST:  Bernard Blier  •  Yolande Laffon  •  Louis de Funès  •  Madeleine Barbulée

Noël is a bachelor who inherits a matrimonial agency. After contemplating selling it, he chooses to manage it.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean-Paul Le Chanois
CAST:  Bernard Blier  •  Yolande Laffon  •  Louis de Funès  •  Madeleine Barbulée

Le premier mot d'amour (1934)

A little mechanic and a delightful milliner love each other on the banks of the Marne. A schemer manages to make the mechanic her lover for a few days, but the contrite young man obtains forgiveness from his girlfriend, the only woman he loves.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Giuseppe Guarino
CAST:  Maryse Bousquet  •  René Bussy  •  Rolla France  •  Pierre Gerley

A little mechanic and a delightful milliner love each other on the banks of the Marne. A schemer manages to make the mechanic her lover for a few days, but the contrite young man obtains forgiveness from his girlfriend, the only woman he loves.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Giuseppe Guarino
CAST:  Maryse Bousquet  •  René Bussy  •  Rolla France  •  Pierre Gerley

The Spanking (1937)

A husband, exasperated by his wife, spanks her without paying attention to the open window in front of which he is. He is annoyingly surprised to discover the next day that the scene has been photographed by a neighbor, and that the image is circulating in Paris. A ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Pierre Caron
CAST:  Albert Préjean  •  Mireille Perrey  •  Claude Dauphin  •  Armand Bernard

A husband, exasperated by his wife, spanks her without paying attention to the open window in front of which he is. He is annoyingly surprised to discover the next day that the scene has been photographed by a neighbor, and that the image is circulating in Paris. A ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Pierre Caron
CAST:  Albert Préjean  •  Mireille Perrey  •  Claude Dauphin  •  Armand Bernard

Carrefour (1938)

A wealthy industrialist, Roger de Vetheuil, married, feels assured of aging in peace. Then appears a blackmailer who accuses him of being a usurper, actually called Jean Pelletier, a mobster well known to police. Vetheuil, judging himself slandered, refuses to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Curtis Bernhardt
CAST:  Charles Vanel  •  Jules Berry  •  Suzy Prim  •  Tania Fédor

A wealthy industrialist, Roger de Vetheuil, married, feels assured of aging in peace. Then appears a blackmailer who accuses him of being a usurper, actually called Jean Pelletier, a mobster well known to police. Vetheuil, judging himself slandered, refuses to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Curtis Bernhardt
CAST:  Charles Vanel  •  Jules Berry  •  Suzy Prim  •  Tania Fédor

A Foolish Maiden (1938)

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.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Henri Diamant-Berger
CAST:  Annie Ducaux  •  Victor Francen  •  Juliette Faber  •  Gabrielle Dorziat

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.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Henri Diamant-Berger
CAST:  Annie Ducaux  •  Victor Francen  •  Juliette Faber  •  Gabrielle Dorziat

The King of Dodgers (1945)

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 ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean Devaivre
CAST:  Rellys  •  Suzanne Dehelly  •  Jeannette Batti  •  Jean Tissier

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 ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean Devaivre
CAST:  Rellys  •  Suzanne Dehelly  •  Jeannette Batti  •  Jean Tissier

The Bouquinquant Brothers (1948)

A provincial, Julie Moret, is hired as a servant in a Parisian bourgeois residence. She is courted by one of the Bouquinquant brothers, Léon, who does not take long to ask her to marry him. Alas, Léon turns out to be violent, alcoholic and lazy. Faced with her ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Louis Daquin
CAST:  Albert Préjean  •  Madeleine Robinson  •  Roger Pigaut  •  Abel Jacquin

A provincial, Julie Moret, is hired as a servant in a Parisian bourgeois residence. She is courted by one of the Bouquinquant brothers, Léon, who does not take long to ask her to marry him. Alas, Léon turns out to be violent, alcoholic and lazy. Faced with her ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Louis Daquin
CAST:  Albert Préjean  •  Madeleine Robinson  •  Roger Pigaut  •  Abel Jacquin

Carrefour du crime (1948)

Suffering from mental disorders, a detective is trapped by his own associate who compromises him in a heinous crime.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean Sacha
CAST:  Louis Salou  •  Claude Génia  •  André Valmy  •  Sylviane Aladin

Suffering from mental disorders, a detective is trapped by his own associate who compromises him in a heinous crime.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean Sacha
CAST:  Louis Salou  •  Claude Génia  •  André Valmy  •  Sylviane Aladin

Tous les deux (1949)

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DIRECTION:  Louis Cuny
CAST:  Renée Saint-Cyr  •  André Luguet  •  Annette Poivre  •  Sylvie

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DIRECTION:  Louis Cuny
CAST:  Renée Saint-Cyr  •  André Luguet  •  Annette Poivre  •  Sylvie

Kindergarten (1949)

1948. Madeleine is the headmistress of a kindergarten in Ménilmontant. Dr Libois, the school doctor, is very close to her heart. When Rose, a new helper comes to the school, Libois is impressed at once by her understanding of the little ones and her dedication to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Henri Diamant-Berger
CAST:  Blanchette Brunoy  •  Marie Déa  •  Yves Vincent  •  Pierre Larquey

1948. Madeleine is the headmistress of a kindergarten in Ménilmontant. Dr Libois, the school doctor, is very close to her heart. When Rose, a new helper comes to the school, Libois is impressed at once by her understanding of the little ones and her dedication to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Henri Diamant-Berger
CAST:  Blanchette Brunoy  •  Marie Déa  •  Yves Vincent  •  Pierre Larquey

The Patron (1950)

Agnès de Louvigny, aviator, crashes with her plane on the villa of Martial Simonet, a fashion designer nicknamed La Patronne. But tourists are busy in front of the villa.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Dhéry
CAST:  Louis Billy  •  Lucien Callamand  •  Gérard Calvi  •  Jean Carmet

Agnès de Louvigny, aviator, crashes with her plane on the villa of Martial Simonet, a fashion designer nicknamed La Patronne. But tourists are busy in front of the villa.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Dhéry
CAST:  Louis Billy  •  Lucien Callamand  •  Gérard Calvi  •  Jean Carmet

Amazing Monsieur Fabre (1951)

It centres on the life of the entomologist Jean-Henri Fabre and his total devotion to studying insect behavior, travelling from Avignon to Paris, from Paris to his death in Sérignan. He is honoured by the French president Raymond Poincaré and his patience, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Henri Diamant-Berger
CAST:  Pierre Fresnay  •  Elina Labourdette  •  André Randall  •  Georges Tabet

It centres on the life of the entomologist Jean-Henri Fabre and his total devotion to studying insect behavior, travelling from Avignon to Paris, from Paris to his death in Sérignan. He is honoured by the French president Raymond Poincaré and his patience, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Henri Diamant-Berger
CAST:  Pierre Fresnay  •  Elina Labourdette  •  André Randall  •  Georges Tabet

My Priest Among the Rich (1952)

Discharged, catholic priest Pellegrin is back to his cure of Sableuse .But the castle has been sold to Nouveaux Riches,the Cousinet ,whereas the former owners ,Monsieur De Sableuse and his son,have settled in the outhouse.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Henri Diamant-Berger
CAST:  Yves Deniaud  •  Lysiane Rey  •  Robert Arnoux  •  Raymond Bussières

Discharged, catholic priest Pellegrin is back to his cure of Sableuse .But the castle has been sold to Nouveaux Riches,the Cousinet ,whereas the former owners ,Monsieur De Sableuse and his son,have settled in the outhouse.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Henri Diamant-Berger
CAST:  Yves Deniaud  •  Lysiane Rey  •  Robert Arnoux  •  Raymond Bussières
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