Raymond Segard

Le Dernier des six (1941)

Six friends promise to share their fortune in 5 years. The moment is very close, but one of the six is mysteriously murdered, then another... Superintendent Wenceslas Woroboyioetschik (aka Wens) is in charge of the investigation...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Georges Lacombe
CAST:  Pierre Fresnay  •  Suzy Delair  •  Michèle Alfa  •  André Luguet

Six friends promise to share their fortune in 5 years. The moment is very close, but one of the six is mysteriously murdered, then another... Superintendent Wenceslas Woroboyioetschik (aka Wens) is in charge of the investigation...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Georges Lacombe
CAST:  Pierre Fresnay  •  Suzy Delair  •  Michèle Alfa  •  André Luguet

Jenny (1936)

When her fiancé breaks off their engagement, Danielle leaves London and returns to her mother, Jenny, in Paris. With her business partner Benoît, Jenny runs what appears to be a respectable nightclub – it is in fact a place where wealthy men can buy the favours of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marcel Carné
CAST:  Françoise Rosay  •  Albert Préjean  •  Lisette Lanvin  •  Charles Vanel

When her fiancé breaks off their engagement, Danielle leaves London and returns to her mother, Jenny, in Paris. With her business partner Benoît, Jenny runs what appears to be a respectable nightclub – it is in fact a place where wealthy men can buy the favours of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marcel Carné
CAST:  Françoise Rosay  •  Albert Préjean  •  Lisette Lanvin  •  Charles Vanel

Les mutinés de l'Elseneur (1936)

A journalist takes command of a ship after the crew mutiny against the brutal captain. It was an adaptation of the novel The Mutiny of the Elsinore by Jack London.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Pierre Chenal
CAST:  Jean Murat  •  André Berley  •  Winna Winifried  •  Maurice Lagrenée

A journalist takes command of a ship after the crew mutiny against the brutal captain. It was an adaptation of the novel The Mutiny of the Elsinore by Jack London.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Pierre Chenal
CAST:  Jean Murat  •  André Berley  •  Winna Winifried  •  Maurice Lagrenée

The Woman I Loved the Most (1942)

Claude is a young man whose girlfriend has just broken up with him. Feeling unable to overcome the pain, Claude has no other idea than to end his life. Back home, he finds five middle-aged or elderly men sitting at the dinner table but he refuses to join the guests ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Vernay
CAST:  Arletty  •  Mireille Balin  •  Noël-Noël  •  Raymond Rouleau

Claude is a young man whose girlfriend has just broken up with him. Feeling unable to overcome the pain, Claude has no other idea than to end his life. Back home, he finds five middle-aged or elderly men sitting at the dinner table but he refuses to join the guests ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Vernay
CAST:  Arletty  •  Mireille Balin  •  Noël-Noël  •  Raymond Rouleau

Under Western Eyes (1936)

Political turmoil convulses 19th-century Russia as Razumov, a young student preparing for a career in the czarist bureaucracy, unwittingly becomes embroiled in the assassination of a public official.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marc Allégret
CAST:  Pierre Fresnay  •  Michel Simon  •  Danièle Parola  •  Jacques Copeau

Political turmoil convulses 19th-century Russia as Razumov, a young student preparing for a career in the czarist bureaucracy, unwittingly becomes embroiled in the assassination of a public official.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marc Allégret
CAST:  Pierre Fresnay  •  Michel Simon  •  Danièle Parola  •  Jacques Copeau

Paris (1937)

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DIRECTION:  Jean Choux
CAST:  Harry Baur  •  Renée Saint-Cyr  •  Camille Bert  •  Marcelle Servières

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DIRECTION:  Jean Choux
CAST:  Harry Baur  •  Renée Saint-Cyr  •  Camille Bert  •  Marcelle Servières

The Secrets of the Red Sea (1937)

Said Ali, an old and sick noble Arab, living on an island in the Red Sea, has no other occupation than collecting pearls. The spiteful Nadir tries to take possession of the treasure, he kills Said Aly but finds a terrible death by desecrating his tomb.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard Pottier
CAST:  Harry Baur  •  Gaby Basset  •  Habib Benglia  •  Auguste Bovério

Said Ali, an old and sick noble Arab, living on an island in the Red Sea, has no other occupation than collecting pearls. The spiteful Nadir tries to take possession of the treasure, he kills Said Aly but finds a terrible death by desecrating his tomb.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard Pottier
CAST:  Harry Baur  •  Gaby Basset  •  Habib Benglia  •  Auguste Bovério

The New Rich (1938)

The workers Legendre and Martinet have won a large sum in the national lottery. Instead of squandering it, they had the good idea to invest it in industry. Happy in business, they soon find themselves at the head of a fortune. But their characters are very ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  André Berthomieu
CAST:  Raimu  •  Michel Simon  •  Betty Stockfeld  •  Fernand Fabre

The workers Legendre and Martinet have won a large sum in the national lottery. Instead of squandering it, they had the good idea to invest it in industry. Happy in business, they soon find themselves at the head of a fortune. But their characters are very ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  André Berthomieu
CAST:  Raimu  •  Michel Simon  •  Betty Stockfeld  •  Fernand Fabre

Behind the Facade (1939)

The owner of an apartment building is found murdered. Two rival policemen, Boucheron and Lambert, investigate the matter and get into the private lives of the tenants: an unfaithful judge, a crippled blind man and his daughter, an eccentric knife thrower, a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Georges Lacombe  •  Yves Mirande
CAST:  Erich von Stroheim  •  Michel Simon  •  Jules Berry  •  Gaby Morlay

The owner of an apartment building is found murdered. Two rival policemen, Boucheron and Lambert, investigate the matter and get into the private lives of the tenants: an unfaithful judge, a crippled blind man and his daughter, an eccentric knife thrower, a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Georges Lacombe  •  Yves Mirande
CAST:  Erich von Stroheim  •  Michel Simon  •  Jules Berry  •  Gaby Morlay

Le Danube bleu (1940)

Anika is the most beautiful girl of her clan and has for pretenders the gypsy Sandor and the rich Féry. When Féry is assassinated, Sandor is accused of the murder. Anika, with the help of a fortune teller decides to find out what happened.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alfred Rode  •  Emil E. Reinert
CAST:  Madeleine Sologne  •  José Noguéro  •  Marguerite Moreno  •  Jean Galland

Anika is the most beautiful girl of her clan and has for pretenders the gypsy Sandor and the rich Féry. When Féry is assassinated, Sandor is accused of the murder. Anika, with the help of a fortune teller decides to find out what happened.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alfred Rode  •  Emil E. Reinert
CAST:  Madeleine Sologne  •  José Noguéro  •  Marguerite Moreno  •  Jean Galland

Avalanche (1951)

Desiring to smuggle into Switzerland with her husband, a woman seduces a guide.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Raymond Segard
CAST:  Frank Villard  •  Gaby Sylvia  •  José de Almeyda  •  José Fabert

Desiring to smuggle into Switzerland with her husband, a woman seduces a guide.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Raymond Segard
CAST:  Frank Villard  •  Gaby Sylvia  •  José de Almeyda  •  José Fabert