André Carnège

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Orpheus (1950)

A poet in love with Death follows his unhappy wife into the underworld.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean Cocteau
CAST:  Jean Marais  •  María Casares  •  François Périer  •  Marie Déa

A poet in love with Death follows his unhappy wife into the underworld.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean Cocteau
CAST:  Jean Marais  •  María Casares  •  François Périer  •  Marie Déa

Check on the King (1945)

Jeanne De Pincret refuses to marry Viscount Haussy De Villefort, having discovered his frivolity. After a duel against the Duke De Montgobert, whom Louis XIV recommended to Jeanne, the king forced De Villefort to marry Jeanne, then sent her to war. Separated from ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean-Paul Paulin
CAST:  Odette Joyeux  •  Lucien Baroux  •  Georges Marchal  •  Gabrielle Dorziat

Jeanne De Pincret refuses to marry Viscount Haussy De Villefort, having discovered his frivolity. After a duel against the Duke De Montgobert, whom Louis XIV recommended to Jeanne, the king forced De Villefort to marry Jeanne, then sent her to war. Separated from ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean-Paul Paulin
CAST:  Odette Joyeux  •  Lucien Baroux  •  Georges Marchal  •  Gabrielle Dorziat

The Secret of Mayerling (1949)

On the morning of January 30, 1889, the Archduke Rodolphe de Habsbourg and his mistress Marie Vetsera were found dead. The remains of Rodolphe are discreetly repatriated to Hofburg, while that of Mary is hastily thrown into the depths of a tomb.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean Delannoy
CAST:  Jean Marais  •  Dominique Blanchar  •  Claude Farell  •  Jean Debucourt

On the morning of January 30, 1889, the Archduke Rodolphe de Habsbourg and his mistress Marie Vetsera were found dead. The remains of Rodolphe are discreetly repatriated to Hofburg, while that of Mary is hastily thrown into the depths of a tomb.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean Delannoy
CAST:  Jean Marais  •  Dominique Blanchar  •  Claude Farell  •  Jean Debucourt

Montmarte on the Seine (1941)

Maurice loves Juliet and Michael loves Lily. Romance blossoms on the hill. They are workers, artisans, and Lily has a real talent as a singer. But Claude's arrival brings trouble to their relationships. Maurice, jealous, approaches Lily. Singing in the streets, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Georges Lacombe
CAST:  Édith Piaf  •  Jean-Louis Barrault  •  Roger Duchesne  •  Paul Meurisse

Maurice loves Juliet and Michael loves Lily. Romance blossoms on the hill. They are workers, artisans, and Lily has a real talent as a singer. But Claude's arrival brings trouble to their relationships. Maurice, jealous, approaches Lily. Singing in the streets, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Georges Lacombe
CAST:  Édith Piaf  •  Jean-Louis Barrault  •  Roger Duchesne  •  Paul Meurisse

Miss Bonaparte (1942)

Cora Pearl, a demi-mondaine under the Second Empire, falls in love with a legitimist while she is the mistress of Jérôme Bonaparte, the cousin of Napoleon III.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Maurice Tourneur
CAST:  Edwige Feuillère  •  Monique Joyce  •  Raymond Rouleau  •  Guillaume de Sax

Cora Pearl, a demi-mondaine under the Second Empire, falls in love with a legitimist while she is the mistress of Jérôme Bonaparte, the cousin of Napoleon III.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Maurice Tourneur
CAST:  Edwige Feuillère  •  Monique Joyce  •  Raymond Rouleau  •  Guillaume de Sax

The Royalists (1947)

The Marquis de Montauran was appointed to command the Chouans whose first two revolts were crushed. An aristocrat, Marie-Nathalie de Verneuil, is sent by Joseph Fouché to seduce and capture him.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Henri Calef
CAST:  Jean Marais  •  Madeleine Robinson  •  Madeleine Lebeau  •  Marcel Herrand

The Marquis de Montauran was appointed to command the Chouans whose first two revolts were crushed. An aristocrat, Marie-Nathalie de Verneuil, is sent by Joseph Fouché to seduce and capture him.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Henri Calef
CAST:  Jean Marais  •  Madeleine Robinson  •  Madeleine Lebeau  •  Marcel Herrand

Pontcarral, Empire Colonel (1942)

For 15 years after Waterloo, a baron refuses to accept the defeat. He reluctantly marries one of 2 Bourbon sisters but lands up dueling with the wife's former lover. Finally he gets a chance to prove himself again in battle.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean Delannoy
CAST:  Pierre Blanchar  •  Annie Ducaux  •  Suzy Carrier  •  Charles Granval

For 15 years after Waterloo, a baron refuses to accept the defeat. He reluctantly marries one of 2 Bourbon sisters but lands up dueling with the wife's former lover. Finally he gets a chance to prove himself again in battle.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean Delannoy
CAST:  Pierre Blanchar  •  Annie Ducaux  •  Suzy Carrier  •  Charles Granval

Run Away Mr. Perle (1952)

Modest fifty-something, Mr. Perle, is a baker in a small provincial town. He lives there with an authoritarian woman and her cousin, a parasite who poisons his existence. A Parisian notary writes to the hero to ask him to come and take possession of an inheritance. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Pierre Gaspard-Huit  •  Roger Richebé
CAST:  Noël-Noël  •  Arlette Poirier  •  Marie Glory  •  Louis de Funès

Modest fifty-something, Mr. Perle, is a baker in a small provincial town. He lives there with an authoritarian woman and her cousin, a parasite who poisons his existence. A Parisian notary writes to the hero to ask him to come and take possession of an inheritance. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Pierre Gaspard-Huit  •  Roger Richebé
CAST:  Noël-Noël  •  Arlette Poirier  •  Marie Glory  •  Louis de Funès

Just Out (1949)

Satire of publishing circles, featuring a ferocious boss, Moscat, a successful but handsome author, Maréchal, another successful but bitter author, Bourgine, a writer plagued with ambition, Brégaillon and the hero, Marc Fournier Zola Prize winner. Naive, the latter ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jacques Houssin
CAST:  Pierre Fresnay  •  Blanchette Brunoy  •  Frank Villard  •  Nicolas Amato

Satire of publishing circles, featuring a ferocious boss, Moscat, a successful but handsome author, Maréchal, another successful but bitter author, Bourgine, a writer plagued with ambition, Brégaillon and the hero, Marc Fournier Zola Prize winner. Naive, the latter ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jacques Houssin
CAST:  Pierre Fresnay  •  Blanchette Brunoy  •  Frank Villard  •  Nicolas Amato

Street Singer (1938)

A father allows himself to be accused of the murder of a blackmailer to save his son who is the real murderer. But he is forced to confess, and commits suicide in his cell.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fernand Rivers
CAST:  Lys Gauty  •  Constant Rémy  •  Jean Martinelli  •  Marguerite Pierry

A father allows himself to be accused of the murder of a blackmailer to save his son who is the real murderer. But he is forced to confess, and commits suicide in his cell.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fernand Rivers
CAST:  Lys Gauty  •  Constant Rémy  •  Jean Martinelli  •  Marguerite Pierry

The Hunchback (1944)

The knight Henri de Lagardère wants to avenge the death of his friend, the duke Philippe de Nevers assassinated by the prince de Gonzague, a few years before.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean Delannoy
CAST:  Pierre Blanchar  •  Yvonne Gaudeau  •  Paul Bernard  •  Lucien Nat

The knight Henri de Lagardère wants to avenge the death of his friend, the duke Philippe de Nevers assassinated by the prince de Gonzague, a few years before.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean Delannoy
CAST:  Pierre Blanchar  •  Yvonne Gaudeau  •  Paul Bernard  •  Lucien Nat

Katia (1938)

In the middle of the 19th century, Tsar Alexander II made the acquaintance of a young aristocratic girl from the provinces, unruly in character. He falls in love with her and tries to see her again.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Maurice Tourneur
CAST:  John Loder  •  Aimé Clariond  •  Marie-Hélène Dasté  •  Jeanne Provost

In the middle of the 19th century, Tsar Alexander II made the acquaintance of a young aristocratic girl from the provinces, unruly in character. He falls in love with her and tries to see her again.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Maurice Tourneur
CAST:  John Loder  •  Aimé Clariond  •  Marie-Hélène Dasté  •  Jeanne Provost

Paris Vice Squad (1951)

Identite Judiciare stars Raymond Souplex as wily French police inspector Basquier. The villain is Berthet (Jean Debucourt), a high-ranking government official. Basquier suspects that Berthet is a vicious murderer, but is unable to prove anything thanks to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hervé Bromberger
CAST:  Raymond Souplex  •  Jean Debucourt  •  Robert Berri  •  Marthe Mercadier

Identite Judiciare stars Raymond Souplex as wily French police inspector Basquier. The villain is Berthet (Jean Debucourt), a high-ranking government official. Basquier suspects that Berthet is a vicious murderer, but is unable to prove anything thanks to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hervé Bromberger
CAST:  Raymond Souplex  •  Jean Debucourt  •  Robert Berri  •  Marthe Mercadier

Return to Life (1949)

In France in 1946, the difficult return to civilian life of five deportees and prisoners of war after having lived through the hell of the Second World War.  (more)

DIRECTION:  André Cayatte  •  Henri-Georges Clouzot  •  Jean Dréville  •  Georges Lampin
CAST:  Bernard Blier  •  Jane Marken  •  François Périer  •  Patricia Roc

In France in 1946, the difficult return to civilian life of five deportees and prisoners of war after having lived through the hell of the Second World War.  (more)

DIRECTION:  André Cayatte  •  Henri-Georges Clouzot  •  Jean Dréville  •  Georges Lampin
CAST:  Bernard Blier  •  Jane Marken  •  François Périer  •  Patricia Roc

The Chips Are Down (1947)

"Les jeux sont faits," is a fantasy film based on a screenplay by French existentialist philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre. A society heiress and a resistance fighter are tragically killed at the same moment and meet in the afterlife. They are offered a second chance at ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean Delannoy
CAST:  Micheline Presle  •  Marcello Pagliero  •  Marguerite Moreno  •  Charles Dullin

"Les jeux sont faits," is a fantasy film based on a screenplay by French existentialist philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre. A society heiress and a resistance fighter are tragically killed at the same moment and meet in the afterlife. They are offered a second chance at ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean Delannoy
CAST:  Micheline Presle  •  Marcello Pagliero  •  Marguerite Moreno  •  Charles Dullin

The Glass Castle (1950)

Evelyne, a judge's young wife, falls in love with Rémy while vacationing in Italy. Upon returning home, she must decide between telling her husband and continuing to see Rémy.  (more)

DIRECTION:  René Clément
CAST:  Michèle Morgan  •  Jean Marais  •  Jean Servais  •  Elisa Cegani

Evelyne, a judge's young wife, falls in love with Rémy while vacationing in Italy. Upon returning home, she must decide between telling her husband and continuing to see Rémy.  (more)

DIRECTION:  René Clément
CAST:  Michèle Morgan  •  Jean Marais  •  Jean Servais  •  Elisa Cegani

For One Cent's Worth of Love (1932)

A millionaire,in love with an innocent girl,does not want to be loved for his money.So he asks his secretary to take his place and together they go to the heroine's desirable mansion...a heroine whose uncle happens to be wealthy too.So where's the problem?Although ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean Grémillon
CAST:  André Baugé  •  Josseline Gaël  •  Charles Deschamps  •  Raymond Cordy

A millionaire,in love with an innocent girl,does not want to be loved for his money.So he asks his secretary to take his place and together they go to the heroine's desirable mansion...a heroine whose uncle happens to be wealthy too.So where's the problem?Although ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean Grémillon
CAST:  André Baugé  •  Josseline Gaël  •  Charles Deschamps  •  Raymond Cordy

Un train dans la nuit (1934)

Travelers who have missed their correspondence are forced to spend the night in the waiting room of a small country station. They are told that a ghost train rushes through the night on each anniversary of an accident that once took place there. A detective tries ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  René Hervil
CAST:  Dolly Davis  •  Georgius  •  Alice Tissot  •  Héléna Manson

Travelers who have missed their correspondence are forced to spend the night in the waiting room of a small country station. They are told that a ghost train rushes through the night on each anniversary of an accident that once took place there. A detective tries ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  René Hervil
CAST:  Dolly Davis  •  Georgius  •  Alice Tissot  •  Héléna Manson

Anne-Marie (1936)

Raymond Bernard’s film of a script by Antoine de Saint-Exupery (The Little Prince) about a young woman who aspires to become a pilot.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Raymond Bernard
CAST:  Annabella  •  Pierre Richard-Willm  •  Paul Azaïs  •  Pierre Labry

Raymond Bernard’s film of a script by Antoine de Saint-Exupery (The Little Prince) about a young woman who aspires to become a pilot.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Raymond Bernard
CAST:  Annabella  •  Pierre Richard-Willm  •  Paul Azaïs  •  Pierre Labry

Tamara la complaisante (1938)

A man, enthralled by a peasant woman he encounters in Siberia, forgets his fiancee, turns to crime, and brings about ruin.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean Delannoy  •  Félix Gandéra
CAST:  Véra Korène  •  Victor Francen  •  Lucas Gridoux  •  Jacques Berlioz

A man, enthralled by a peasant woman he encounters in Siberia, forgets his fiancee, turns to crime, and brings about ruin.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean Delannoy  •  Félix Gandéra
CAST:  Véra Korène  •  Victor Francen  •  Lucas Gridoux  •  Jacques Berlioz
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