French cinema: 1930s
27 rue de la Paix (1937)
Richard Pottier
Gloria Grand is in love with a respected barrister Maître Jean Bernard and hopes that one day they will marry. The only thing standing in the way of their future connubial bliss is Gloria's present husband, the philandering scoundrel Denis Grand...
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Richard Pottier
À nous la liberté (1931)
René Clair
Émile is serving a stretch in prison when he strikes up a friendship with fellow prisoner Louis. Together, the two men attempt a break-out which results in Émile's re-capture...
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René Clair
À propos de Nice (1930)
Jean Vigo
Nice is a town with many faces. The face that visitors to the town see is a sunny Riviera resort. Rich tourists lounge around in luxury hotels on the front and amuse themselves by gambling in the casinos...
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Jean Vigo
L'Abbé Constantin (1933)
Jean-Paul Paulin
The Countess de Laverdens has set her noble heart on buying the château de Longueval. Imagine then her horror when she learns that she has been outbid at the auction and the property now belongs to two wealthy American sisters...
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Jean-Paul Paulin
Abus de confiance (1937)
Henri Decoin
Lydia is a promising law student who is struggling to get by after her grandmother's death. She has barely enough money to buy her evening meal and now, to cap it all, her landlord is threatening to evict her...
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Henri Decoin
Accusée, levez-vous! (1930)
Maurice Tourneur
André Darbois and Gaby Delange are partners in a popular musical hall act. Whilst rehearsing their next show in Paris, the couple come up against Yvonne Delys, a far more successful performer who takes an instant dislike to Gaby... [More...]
Maurice Tourneur
André Darbois and Gaby Delange are partners in a popular musical hall act. Whilst rehearsing their next show in Paris, the couple come up against Yvonne Delys, a far more successful performer who takes an instant dislike to Gaby... [More...]
Adémaï au moyen âge (1934)
Jean de Marguenat
France, 1429. The Hundred Years War is nearing its end but, despite Joan of Arc's best efforts, the English armies still occupy the north of the country... [More...]
Jean de Marguenat
France, 1429. The Hundred Years War is nearing its end but, despite Joan of Arc's best efforts, the English armies still occupy the north of the country... [More...]
L'Âge d'or (1930)
Luis Buñuel
A party of dignitaries arrive on the shore of an island to pay homage to some dead heroes but are outraged to see a couple making love on the beach... [More...]
Luis Buñuel
A party of dignitaries arrive on the shore of an island to pay homage to some dead heroes but are outraged to see a couple making love on the beach... [More...]
Alexis gentleman chauffeur (1938)
Max de Vaucorbeil
Alexis de Saint Grisols, a pilot during the war, now earns his crust as a modest taxi driver in Paris. One day, the famous actress Margot Fontane leaves her purse in his taxi and he feels duty bound to return it to her in person... [More...]
Max de Vaucorbeil
Alexis de Saint Grisols, a pilot during the war, now earns his crust as a modest taxi driver in Paris. One day, the famous actress Margot Fontane leaves her purse in his taxi and he feels duty bound to return it to her in person... [More...]
L'Alibi (1937)
Pierre Chenal
Professor Winckler is a distinguished master of the occult sciences and telepathy. Whilst he is performing his famous mind-reading act at a Parisian nightclub, he is surprised to see his most hated enemy, an American named Gordon, sitting in the audience... [More...]
Pierre Chenal
Professor Winckler is a distinguished master of the occult sciences and telepathy. Whilst he is performing his famous mind-reading act at a Parisian nightclub, he is surprised to see his most hated enemy, an American named Gordon, sitting in the audience... [More...]
Allo Berlin? Ici Paris! (1932)
Julien Duvivier
Lily and Erich are switchboard operators who have never met but they talk to each other every day and soon realise that they are in love... [More...]
Julien Duvivier
Lily and Erich are switchboard operators who have never met but they talk to each other every day and soon realise that they are in love... [More...]
Amants et voleurs (1935)
Raymond Bernard
Fate has been unkind to Claude Brezin. When he loses his entire fortune, the unfortunate young man must obtain a job to survive, but try as he might his efforts to find work end in dismal failure... [More...]
Raymond Bernard
Fate has been unkind to Claude Brezin. When he loses his entire fortune, the unfortunate young man must obtain a job to survive, but try as he might his efforts to find work end in dismal failure... [More...]
Amok (1934)
Fyodor Otsep
In a Dutch colony in the Far East, Dr Holk ekes out a solitary existence catering to the needs of the natives whilst frittering away his earnings on gambling and alcohol... [More...]
Fyodor Otsep
In a Dutch colony in the Far East, Dr Holk ekes out a solitary existence catering to the needs of the natives whilst frittering away his earnings on gambling and alcohol... [More...]
Les Amours de minuit (1931)
Augusto Genina
Marcel and Gaston are two men who are on the run, although when they meet on a train bound for a seaport they do their best to conceal the fact... [More...]
Augusto Genina
Marcel and Gaston are two men who are on the run, although when they meet on a train bound for a seaport they do their best to conceal the fact... [More...]
Angèle (1934)
Marcel Pagnol
Angèle is the daughter of a respectable farmer, Clarius, and lives with her parents and their valet Saturnin on their farm in the South of France... [More...]
Marcel Pagnol
Angèle is the daughter of a respectable farmer, Clarius, and lives with her parents and their valet Saturnin on their farm in the South of France... [More...]
Les Anges noirs (1937)
Willy Rozier
At their large family estate in the Landes region of France, two eternally battling brothers-in-law agree that the son of one should marry the daughter of the other for their mutual advantage... [More...]
Willy Rozier
At their large family estate in the Landes region of France, two eternally battling brothers-in-law agree that the son of one should marry the daughter of the other for their mutual advantage... [More...]
L'Appel du silence (1936)
Léon Poirier
In his early twenties, Charles de Foucauld brings disgrace upon himself when, as an officer in the French Army, he insists on taking a woman to live with him whilst he is posted in North Africa... [More...]
Léon Poirier
In his early twenties, Charles de Foucauld brings disgrace upon himself when, as an officer in the French Army, he insists on taking a woman to live with him whilst he is posted in North Africa... [More...]
Ariane, jeune fille russe (1932)
Paul Czinner
Against the wishes of her family, Ariane, a naïve Russian girl, decides to study at Paris University. Not long after her arrival in the French capital, she meets Constantin, a much older businessman who is looking for an amorous fling and nothing more... [More...]
Paul Czinner
Against the wishes of her family, Ariane, a naïve Russian girl, decides to study at Paris University. Not long after her arrival in the French capital, she meets Constantin, a much older businessman who is looking for an amorous fling and nothing more... [More...]
Arsène Lupin détective (1937)
Henri Diamant-Berger
Olga Vauban, one of the world's most celebrated actresses, is completely mystified when her home is broken into but nothing appears to have been stolen... [More...]
Henri Diamant-Berger
Olga Vauban, one of the world's most celebrated actresses, is completely mystified when her home is broken into but nothing appears to have been stolen... [More...]
L'Atalante (1934)
Jean Vigo
This is the story of a young village woman, Juliette, who joins her new husband, Jean, a bargeman on his working barge, L'Atalante... [More...]
Jean Vigo
This is the story of a young village woman, Juliette, who joins her new husband, Jean, a bargeman on his working barge, L'Atalante... [More...]
Au bonheur des dames (1930)
Julien Duvivier
After the death of her parents, Denise, a young woman from the country, arrives in Paris to live with her uncle Baudu, the owner of a small draper's shop, Le Vieil Elbeuf... [More...]
Julien Duvivier
After the death of her parents, Denise, a young woman from the country, arrives in Paris to live with her uncle Baudu, the owner of a small draper's shop, Le Vieil Elbeuf... [More...]
Au nom de la loi (1932)
Maurice Tourneur
Inspector Clamart is confident that he can single-handedly deal with a drugs trafficking ring. The next day, his lifeless body is found floating in the Seine... [More...]
Maurice Tourneur
Inspector Clamart is confident that he can single-handedly deal with a drugs trafficking ring. The next day, his lifeless body is found floating in the Seine... [More...]
Au soleil de Marseille (1938)
Pierre-Jean Ducis
Cassis is the owner of a soap factory in Marseille. He has good reason to be wary of his staff because most of them would rather be indulging in their favourite sport, football, than manning his dreary production lines... [More...]
Pierre-Jean Ducis
Cassis is the owner of a soap factory in Marseille. He has good reason to be wary of his staff because most of them would rather be indulging in their favourite sport, football, than manning his dreary production lines... [More...]
Au son des guitares (1936)
Pierre-Jean Ducis
Jeannot and Pierrot are two young fishermen who lead a contented but modest life on the island of Corsica. A woman tourist attracts their attention and when she returns to Paris, they follow her, hoping to make their fortune in the city... [More...]
Pierre-Jean Ducis
Jeannot and Pierrot are two young fishermen who lead a contented but modest life on the island of Corsica. A woman tourist attracts their attention and when she returns to Paris, they follow her, hoping to make their fortune in the city... [More...]
Aventure à Paris (1936)
Marc Allégret
Michel Levasseur leads a happy, carefree existence as a womaniser and confidence trickster, relying on his charm and silver tongue to help him through whatever ordeals life throws in his path... [More...]
Marc Allégret
Michel Levasseur leads a happy, carefree existence as a womaniser and confidence trickster, relying on his charm and silver tongue to help him through whatever ordeals life throws in his path... [More...]
L'Aventurier (1934)
Marcel L'Herbier
After selling his salt mine in Tunisia, Étienne Ranson finds himself caught up in a bloody uprising which culminates with the slaughter of many indigenous rebels... [More...]
Marcel L'Herbier
After selling his salt mine in Tunisia, Étienne Ranson finds himself caught up in a bloody uprising which culminates with the slaughter of many indigenous rebels... [More...]
Baccara (1935)
Yves Mirande
With her rich sugar daddy, the banker Gouldine, on the brink of financial ruin because of his risky investments, Elsa Barienzi fears that she will be deported to her own country... [More...]
Yves Mirande
With her rich sugar daddy, the banker Gouldine, on the brink of financial ruin because of his risky investments, Elsa Barienzi fears that she will be deported to her own country... [More...]
La Bandera (1935)
Julien Duvivier
Pierre Gilieth finds himself a fugitive from justice after killing a man in a Montmartre bar. He evades arrest by fleeing to Barcelona, where, penniless and desperate, he decides to enlist in the Foreign Legion... [More...]
Julien Duvivier
Pierre Gilieth finds himself a fugitive from justice after killing a man in a Montmartre bar. He evades arrest by fleeing to Barcelona, where, penniless and desperate, he decides to enlist in the Foreign Legion... [More...]
La Banque Nemo (1934)
Marguerite Viel
Émile Larnoy works as a modest cashier at the Némo Bank, one of France's most prestigious financial institutions... [More...]
Marguerite Viel
Émile Larnoy works as a modest cashier at the Némo Bank, one of France's most prestigious financial institutions... [More...]
Barnabé (1938)
Alexander Esway
Leaving his home in Provence, Barnabé, a simple-minded flute-player, arrives in Paris and sets about trying to find himself a job... [More...]
Alexander Esway
Leaving his home in Provence, Barnabé, a simple-minded flute-player, arrives in Paris and sets about trying to find himself a job... [More...]