Michel Duran

Twisted Mistress (1942)

Guy Carbonnel, a rich industrialist, has more eyes for rugby than for his wife Hélène. René Rivals, his long-time pal, takes advantage of it to court her but Guy is becoming suspicious so René has to find a way to deflect his friend's suspicion. He finally has an ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  André Cayatte
CAST:  Danielle Darrieux  •  Lise Delamare  •  Bernard Lancret  •  Maurice Baquet

Guy Carbonnel, a rich industrialist, has more eyes for rugby than for his wife Hélène. René Rivals, his long-time pal, takes advantage of it to court her but Guy is becoming suspicious so René has to find a way to deflect his friend's suspicion. He finally has an ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  André Cayatte
CAST:  Danielle Darrieux  •  Lise Delamare  •  Bernard Lancret  •  Maurice Baquet

The Woman from Nowhere (1922)

A fifty year old woman, scarred by a life of disillusionment and regret, returns to the place where she lived twenty years before, to rekindle happier memories. She meets a young woman, the daughter of the current owners of the property, who is on the point of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Louis Delluc
CAST:  Ève Francis  •  Gine Avril  •  Noémi Seize  •  Denise

A fifty year old woman, scarred by a life of disillusionment and regret, returns to the place where she lived twenty years before, to rekindle happier memories. She meets a young woman, the daughter of the current owners of the property, who is on the point of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Louis Delluc
CAST:  Ève Francis  •  Gine Avril  •  Noémi Seize  •  Denise

El Dorado (1921)

In Granada in Spain, Sibilla works as a dancer in a squalid cabaret called El Dorado, struggling to earn enough to care for her sick child. The boy's father Estiria, a prominent citizen, refuses them both help and recognition, fearful of jeopardising the engagement ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marcel L'Herbier
CAST:  Ève Francis  •  Jaque Catelain  •  Marcelle Pradot  •  Philippe Hériat

In Granada in Spain, Sibilla works as a dancer in a squalid cabaret called El Dorado, struggling to earn enough to care for her sick child. The boy's father Estiria, a prominent citizen, refuses them both help and recognition, fearful of jeopardising the engagement ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marcel L'Herbier
CAST:  Ève Francis  •  Jaque Catelain  •  Marcelle Pradot  •  Philippe Hériat

Night at the Crossroads (1932)

A gang of thieves utilize a cross-road garage as their hideaway; after accidentally murdering a jewel thief, the heat is on.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean Renoir
CAST:  Pierre Renoir  •  Winna Winfried  •  Georges Koudria  •  Georges Térof

A gang of thieves utilize a cross-road garage as their hideaway; after accidentally murdering a jewel thief, the heat is on.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean Renoir
CAST:  Pierre Renoir  •  Winna Winfried  •  Georges Koudria  •  Georges Térof

Bad Seed (1934)

A young man-about-Paris, cut off from his father's money, falls in with a picaresque gang of car thieves.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Billy Wilder  •  Alexander Esway
CAST:  Danielle Darrieux  •  Pierre Mingand  •  Raymond Galle  •  Jean Wall

A young man-about-Paris, cut off from his father's money, falls in with a picaresque gang of car thieves.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Billy Wilder  •  Alexander Esway
CAST:  Danielle Darrieux  •  Pierre Mingand  •  Raymond Galle  •  Jean Wall

To the Polls, Citizens (1932)

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DIRECTION:  Jean Hémard
CAST:  Léon Belières  •  Lily Mounet  •  Henri Poupon  •  Rosine Deréan

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DIRECTION:  Jean Hémard
CAST:  Léon Belières  •  Lily Mounet  •  Henri Poupon  •  Rosine Deréan

Le chemin du bonheur (1934)

Three friends, Fred, singer, Claude, painter and André, extra, live in the same studio and share everything, even their girlfriend. Fred falls in love with a young girl but leaves her when he learns that she is rich. The two friends will try to fix this problem.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean Mamy
CAST:  Simone Alex  •  Fernand Charpin  •  Clairval  •  Henriette Clairval-Terof

Three friends, Fred, singer, Claude, painter and André, extra, live in the same studio and share everything, even their girlfriend. Fred falls in love with a young girl but leaves her when he learns that she is rich. The two friends will try to fix this problem.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean Mamy
CAST:  Simone Alex  •  Fernand Charpin  •  Clairval  •  Henriette Clairval-Terof

Alexis gentleman chauffeur (1938)

Alexis, a former war pilot, attempted the Paris-Tokyo raid and failed. He became a taxi driver. The film actress, Margot Fontane, forgets her bag in the taxi and Alexis thus meets her. He goes to see the great actress shoot, he is hired for a small role as an ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Max de Vaucorbeil  •  René Guissart
CAST:  Suzy Prim  •  André Luguet  •  Raymond Cordy  •  Marcel Simon

Alexis, a former war pilot, attempted the Paris-Tokyo raid and failed. He became a taxi driver. The film actress, Margot Fontane, forgets her bag in the taxi and Alexis thus meets her. He goes to see the great actress shoot, he is hired for a small role as an ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Max de Vaucorbeil  •  René Guissart
CAST:  Suzy Prim  •  André Luguet  •  Raymond Cordy  •  Marcel Simon

The Gallery of Monsters (1924)

Married carnival performers are subjected to the abuses of their employer in this silent film gem that has not received as much attention as it deserves. When the boss' unwanted advances on the wife are refused, he taunts a lion until it nearly kills her. But the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jaque Catelain
CAST:  Jaque Catelain  •  Lois Moran  •  Jean Murat  •  Claire Prélia

Married carnival performers are subjected to the abuses of their employer in this silent film gem that has not received as much attention as it deserves. When the boss' unwanted advances on the wife are refused, he taunts a lion until it nearly kills her. But the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jaque Catelain
CAST:  Jaque Catelain  •  Lois Moran  •  Jean Murat  •  Claire Prélia

Don Juan et Faust (1922)

Crazy scientist Faust tries to take Don Juan's lover away.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marcel L'Herbier
CAST:  Jaque Catelain  •  Marcelle Pradot  •  Vanni Marcoux  •  Philippe Hériat

Crazy scientist Faust tries to take Don Juan's lover away.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marcel L'Herbier
CAST:  Jaque Catelain  •  Marcelle Pradot  •  Vanni Marcoux  •  Philippe Hériat

1940: Taking over French Cinema (2019)

Paris, 1940. German occupation forces create a new film production company, Continental, and put Alfred Greven – producer, cinephile, and opportunistic businessman – in charge. During the occupation, under Joseph Goebbels’s orders, Greven hires the best artists and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Pierre-Henri Gibert
CAST:  Sarah-Jane Sauvegrain  •  Louis-Émile Galey  •  Claude Heymann  •  Jean Dréville

Paris, 1940. German occupation forces create a new film production company, Continental, and put Alfred Greven – producer, cinephile, and opportunistic businessman – in charge. During the occupation, under Joseph Goebbels’s orders, Greven hires the best artists and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Pierre-Henri Gibert
CAST:  Sarah-Jane Sauvegrain  •  Louis-Émile Galey  •  Claude Heymann  •  Jean Dréville

Mam'zelle Nitouche (1931)

Célestin, the organist of a convent, has written and composed a light operetta under the name of Floridor. One day, the Mother Superior asks him to chaperone one of the boarders, Denise de Flavigny, who is returning home to get married. Now, Denise, for all her ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marc Allégret
CAST:  Raimu  •  Janie Marèse  •  André Alerme  •  Edith Méra

Célestin, the organist of a convent, has written and composed a light operetta under the name of Floridor. One day, the Mother Superior asks him to chaperone one of the boarders, Denise de Flavigny, who is returning home to get married. Now, Denise, for all her ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marc Allégret
CAST:  Raimu  •  Janie Marèse  •  André Alerme  •  Edith Méra