Jacqueline Audry

A French director who began making films in post-World War II France and specialized in literary adaptations. She was the first commercially successful female director of post-war France.

The Great Deception (1959)

Burgundy 1728. Old count Antoine d'Eon is overjoyed. His daughter-in-law has finally given birth to a boy and he will at long last be able to transmit his inheritance to his son Pascal. At least this is what he thinks, for Pascal has concealed from his father the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jacqueline Audry
CAST:  Andrée Debar  •  Bernard Blier  •  Dany Robin  •  Gabriele Ferzetti

Burgundy 1728. Old count Antoine d'Eon is overjoyed. His daughter-in-law has finally given birth to a boy and he will at long last be able to transmit his inheritance to his son Pascal. At least this is what he thinks, for Pascal has concealed from his father the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jacqueline Audry
CAST:  Andrée Debar  •  Bernard Blier  •  Dany Robin  •  Gabriele Ferzetti

School for Coquettes (1958)

A young Parisian woman attends a school for coquettes in order to rise in society.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jacqueline Audry
CAST:  Dany Robin  •  Fernand Gravey  •  Bernard Blier  •  Odette Laure

A young Parisian woman attends a school for coquettes in order to rise in society.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jacqueline Audry
CAST:  Dany Robin  •  Fernand Gravey  •  Bernard Blier  •  Odette Laure

Gigi (1949)

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Gilberte is a sixteen year old girl raised by her aunt and grandmother to be a demimondaine. But she's not ready for that yet, and spends her days in lessons and in teasing Mamita's old friend, the rich playboy Gaston LaChaille, and following his affairs from afar. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jacqueline Audry
CAST:  Danièle Delorme  •  Gaby Morlay  •  Jean Tissier  •  Yvonne de Bray

Gilberte is a sixteen year old girl raised by her aunt and grandmother to be a demimondaine. But she's not ready for that yet, and spends her days in lessons and in teasing Mamita's old friend, the rich playboy Gaston LaChaille, and following his affairs from afar. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jacqueline Audry
CAST:  Danièle Delorme  •  Gaby Morlay  •  Jean Tissier  •  Yvonne de Bray

Mitsou (1956)

During the First World War, the Empyrée Montmartre, a Paris music-hall, is dedicated to patriotic revues whose star is the charming Mitsou. The young artist is not without talent but she is mainly well-connected. She is indeed the cherished mistress of Pierre ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jacqueline Audry
CAST:  Danièle Delorme  •  Fernand Gravey  •  François Guérin  •  Claude Rich

During the First World War, the Empyrée Montmartre, a Paris music-hall, is dedicated to patriotic revues whose star is the charming Mitsou. The young artist is not without talent but she is mainly well-connected. She is indeed the cherished mistress of Pierre ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jacqueline Audry
CAST:  Danièle Delorme  •  Fernand Gravey  •  François Guérin  •  Claude Rich

Olivia (1951)

"Olivia" captures the awakening passions of an English adolescent sent away for a year to a small finishing school outside Paris. The innocent but watchful Olivia develops an infatuation for her headmistress, Mlle. Julie, and through this screen of love observes ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jacqueline Audry
CAST:  Edwige Feuillère  •  Simone Simon  •  Marie-Claire Olivia  •  Yvonne de Bray

"Olivia" captures the awakening passions of an English adolescent sent away for a year to a small finishing school outside Paris. The innocent but watchful Olivia develops an infatuation for her headmistress, Mlle. Julie, and through this screen of love observes ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jacqueline Audry
CAST:  Edwige Feuillère  •  Simone Simon  •  Marie-Claire Olivia  •  Yvonne de Bray

No Exit (1954)

The scene is a tawdry hotel room in Limbo, where several damned souls are gathered. At first, the group fails to comprehend where they are or why they're there. When the horrible truth dawns upon them, they carp and snipe at one another, blaming everyone but ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jacqueline Audry
CAST:  Arletty  •  Gaby Sylvia  •  Louis de Funès  •  Frank Villard

The scene is a tawdry hotel room in Limbo, where several damned souls are gathered. At first, the group fails to comprehend where they are or why they're there. When the horrible truth dawns upon them, they carp and snipe at one another, blaming everyone but ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jacqueline Audry
CAST:  Arletty  •  Gaby Sylvia  •  Louis de Funès  •  Frank Villard

Hitch-Hike (1962)

Agathe, 18, dreams of change. Gone are her vacations on the rainy beaches of Belgium! She decides to hitchhike down to the South of France, where she'll have many happy and less happy encounters. On the way to Paris, men of various ages offer to shorten her wait by ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jacqueline Audry
CAST:  Agathe Aems  •  Arletty  •  Gilbert Bécaud  •  Francis Blanche

Agathe, 18, dreams of change. Gone are her vacations on the rainy beaches of Belgium! She decides to hitchhike down to the South of France, where she'll have many happy and less happy encounters. On the way to Paris, men of various ages offer to shorten her wait by ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jacqueline Audry
CAST:  Agathe Aems  •  Arletty  •  Gilbert Bécaud  •  Francis Blanche

Cadavres en vacances (1963)

The holidays at a pension in Touquet (North-Western France) are marred by a series of tragic disappearances.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jacqueline Audry
CAST:  Jeanne Valérie  •  Simone Renant  •  Noël Roquevert  •  Gérard Séty

The holidays at a pension in Touquet (North-Western France) are marred by a series of tragic disappearances.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jacqueline Audry
CAST:  Jeanne Valérie  •  Simone Renant  •  Noël Roquevert  •  Gérard Séty

Sophie's Misfortune (1946)

Sophie de Réan, an unruly mischievous little girl grows up under the thumb of Mademoiselle, her strict governess. Following her mother's death, she is entrusted to Mme de Fleurville, her aunt, who at the same time hires Mademoiselle to further Sophie's education. A ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jacqueline Audry
CAST:  Madeleine Rousset  •  Marguerite Moreno  •  Michel Auclair  •  Colette Darfeuil

Sophie de Réan, an unruly mischievous little girl grows up under the thumb of Mademoiselle, her strict governess. Following her mother's death, she is entrusted to Mme de Fleurville, her aunt, who at the same time hires Mademoiselle to further Sophie's education. A ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jacqueline Audry
CAST:  Madeleine Rousset  •  Marguerite Moreno  •  Michel Auclair  •  Colette Darfeuil

Dark Sunday (1949)

Shortly before the War, Jan Lazlo, a Hungarian musician who has emigrated to France, falls for a young woman. Alas, the lady forsakes him and the poor man tries to overcome his grief by writing "Gloomy Sunday", a song so desperate that it can drive its listeners to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jacqueline Audry
CAST:  Michèle Alfa  •  Paul Bernard  •  Jacques Dacqmine  •  Marcel Dalio

Shortly before the War, Jan Lazlo, a Hungarian musician who has emigrated to France, falls for a young woman. Alas, the lady forsakes him and the poor man tries to overcome his grief by writing "Gloomy Sunday", a song so desperate that it can drive its listeners to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jacqueline Audry
CAST:  Michèle Alfa  •  Paul Bernard  •  Jacques Dacqmine  •  Marcel Dalio

Minne (1950)

Minne is a very imaginative young lady. She pretends to have had lovers and can't think of anything better to do other than... to tell Antoine, her husband, the day she marries him. Bad beginning for the couple... As the marriage is not consummated for years, Minne ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jacqueline Audry
CAST:  Danièle Delorme  •  Jean Tissier  •  Frank Villard  •  Yolande Laffon

Minne is a very imaginative young lady. She pretends to have had lovers and can't think of anything better to do other than... to tell Antoine, her husband, the day she marries him. Bad beginning for the couple... As the marriage is not consummated for years, Minne ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jacqueline Audry
CAST:  Danièle Delorme  •  Jean Tissier  •  Frank Villard  •  Yolande Laffon

The Blonde Gypsy (1953)

As in a Hollywood western, rice growers and bull cultivators come into conflict in the Camargue.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jacqueline Audry
CAST:  Tilda Thamar  •  Roger Pigaut  •  Gérard Landry  •  Orane Demazis

As in a Hollywood western, rice growers and bull cultivators come into conflict in the Camargue.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jacqueline Audry
CAST:  Tilda Thamar  •  Roger Pigaut  •  Gérard Landry  •  Orane Demazis

La Garçonne (1957)

La Garçonne is a 1957 French film directed by Jacqueline Audry. It follows Monique, an ingenue and a clueless girl who believes in true love. When she discovers her future husband has a lover, she rebels against her bourgeois life:s he will lead a free and wild ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jacqueline Audry
CAST:  Fernand Gravey  •  Andrée Debar  •  Jean Danet  •  Jean Parédès

La Garçonne is a 1957 French film directed by Jacqueline Audry. It follows Monique, an ingenue and a clueless girl who believes in true love. When she discovers her future husband has a lover, she rebels against her bourgeois life:s he will lead a free and wild ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jacqueline Audry
CAST:  Fernand Gravey  •  Andrée Debar  •  Jean Danet  •  Jean Parédès

In Six Easy Lessons (1958)

A bossy count has trouble marrying off any of his six sons. When one of them, Adam, finally makes wedding arrangements, something happens to his bride to be: she develops amnesia after an accident.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jacqueline Audry
CAST:  Dany Robin  •  Jacques Sernas  •  Michèle Cordoue  •  Paul Demange

A bossy count has trouble marrying off any of his six sons. When one of them, Adam, finally makes wedding arrangements, something happens to his bride to be: she develops amnesia after an accident.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jacqueline Audry
CAST:  Dany Robin  •  Jacques Sernas  •  Michèle Cordoue  •  Paul Demange

Bitter Fruit (1967)

A police drama set in an unidentified and oppressed South American country among a group of conspirators. The main characters are two sisters Soledad and Tita.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jacqueline Audry  •  Colette Audry
CAST:  Emmanuelle Riva  •  Laurent Terzieff  •  Beba Lončar  •  Roger Coggio

A police drama set in an unidentified and oppressed South American country among a group of conspirators. The main characters are two sisters Soledad and Tita.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jacqueline Audry  •  Colette Audry
CAST:  Emmanuelle Riva  •  Laurent Terzieff  •  Beba Lončar  •  Roger Coggio

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DIRECTION:  Jacqueline Audry
CAST:  Paul Gilson