French cinema: 1940s
120, rue de la Gare (1946)
Jacques Daniel-Norman
'120, rue de la Gare' are the words of a dying man. For private detective Nestor Burma it is the starting point for one of his most tortuous criminal investigations...
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Jacques Daniel-Norman
56, rue Pigalle (1949)
Willy Rozier
Jean Vigneron is a draftsman and yachting enthusiast who for some time has been pursuing a secret and passionate love affair with Inès, the wife of one of his friends, Ricardo de Montalban...
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Willy Rozier
À vos ordres, Madame (1942)
Jean Boyer
Odette and Hector Depuis, husband and wife for twenty-five years, are en route for their holiday when their car breaks down...
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Jean Boyer
L'Acrobate (1941)
Jean Boyer
Ernest Sauce is the maître d' of the up-market restaurant Cochon d'argent. One evening, when a customer is unable to pay his bill, Ernest drags him to the nearest police station but is sent away with a flea in his ear when it is discovered that the man has lost his memory...
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Jean Boyer
Adémaï bandit d'honneur (1943)
Gilles Grangier
Adémaï decides to take a well-deserved holiday on the island of Corsica at the invitation of some distant relatives...
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Gilles Grangier
Adieu Léonard (1943)
Pierre Prévert
Not able to make an honest living by selling paper lanterns, Félicien Léonard resorts to a spot of safe cracking to supplement his meagre income... [More...]
Pierre Prévert
Not able to make an honest living by selling paper lanterns, Félicien Léonard resorts to a spot of safe cracking to supplement his meagre income... [More...]
Adrien (1943)
Fernandel
To look at him, you would hardly think that Adrien Moulinet, a modest bank cashier in his mid-thirties, would be marked for greatness... [More...]
Fernandel
To look at him, you would hardly think that Adrien Moulinet, a modest bank cashier in his mid-thirties, would be marked for greatness... [More...]
L'Affaire du Grand Hôtel (1946)
André Hugon
In the busy French port of Marseille, a young man named Tonin becomes interested in the comings and goings of a suspicious group of men led by the distinguished-looking Monsieur Léon... [More...]
André Hugon
In the busy French port of Marseille, a young man named Tonin becomes interested in the comings and goings of a suspicious group of men led by the distinguished-looking Monsieur Léon... [More...]
Les Affaires sont les affaires (1942)
Jean Dréville
Through his single-minded pursuit of wealth, Isidore Lechat has become one of the richest men in France, a fact to which his vast country estate is testament... [More...]
Jean Dréville
Through his single-minded pursuit of wealth, Isidore Lechat has become one of the richest men in France, a fact to which his vast country estate is testament... [More...]
L'Aigle à deux têtes (1948)
Jean Cocteau
Natasha, the queen of an unhappy kingdom, lives as a recluse, ten years after the king, her beloved husband, was assassinated... [More...]
Jean Cocteau
Natasha, the queen of an unhappy kingdom, lives as a recluse, ten years after the king, her beloved husband, was assassinated... [More...]
L'Amant de Bornéo (1942)
Jean-Pierre Feydeau
During a brief sojourn in Paris, Lucien Mazerand, a timid bookseller from Châteauroux, spends an evening at the music hall to watch Stella Losange perform her celebrated conjuring act... [More...]
Jean-Pierre Feydeau
During a brief sojourn in Paris, Lucien Mazerand, a timid bookseller from Châteauroux, spends an evening at the music hall to watch Stella Losange perform her celebrated conjuring act... [More...]
Les Amants de Vérone (1949)
André Cayatte
A film crew is shooting an adaptation of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet in Venice. Bettina Verdi, the leading actress, visits a glass factory in Murano with her guide Raffaele... [More...]
André Cayatte
A film crew is shooting an adaptation of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet in Venice. Bettina Verdi, the leading actress, visits a glass factory in Murano with her guide Raffaele... [More...]
Les Amants du pont Saint-Jean (1947)
Henri Decoin
On the banks of the River Rhône, Alcide Garonne ekes out a modest existence as a ferryman and poacher. He lives in a threadbare abode with his partner Maryse, an extravagant vagabond from Paris who is drunk most of the time... [More...]
Henri Decoin
On the banks of the River Rhône, Alcide Garonne ekes out a modest existence as a ferryman and poacher. He lives in a threadbare abode with his partner Maryse, an extravagant vagabond from Paris who is drunk most of the time... [More...]
Les Amoureux sont seuls au monde (1948)
Henri Decoin
Gérard Favier is a famous composer who has been married to the charming Sylvia for almost 20 years. Still deeply in love, they walk the streets of Paris and, one day, they hear a sonata that Gérard once wrote, played on a piano in a house... [More...]
Henri Decoin
Gérard Favier is a famous composer who has been married to the charming Sylvia for almost 20 years. Still deeply in love, they walk the streets of Paris and, one day, they hear a sonata that Gérard once wrote, played on a piano in a house... [More...]
L'Ange de la nuit (1944)
André Berthomieu
Paris, 1939. A group of impoverished students open a restaurant in the Latin Quarter, and give each other moral and material support, assisted by their kindly landlord Père Heurteloup... [More...]
André Berthomieu
Paris, 1939. A group of impoverished students open a restaurant in the Latin Quarter, and give each other moral and material support, assisted by their kindly landlord Père Heurteloup... [More...]
Les Anges du péché (1943)
Robert Bresson
Rather than follow the life of wealth and comfort that has been mapped out for her by her family circumstances, Anne-Marie Lamaury opts instead to take holy orders and devote herself to the service of God... [More...]
Robert Bresson
Rather than follow the life of wealth and comfort that has been mapped out for her by her family circumstances, Anne-Marie Lamaury opts instead to take holy orders and devote herself to the service of God... [More...]
Annette et la dame blonde (1942)
Jean Dréville
At Cannes, Annette Barnavon, a 17 year old girl, falls in love with a lawyer, Maurice Cammage, who doesn't even know her... [More...]
Jean Dréville
At Cannes, Annette Barnavon, a 17 year old girl, falls in love with a lawyer, Maurice Cammage, who doesn't even know her... [More...]
Antoine et Antoinette (1947)
Jacques Becker
Antoine and Antoinette are an ordinary working class couple who live in Paris and struggle to get by in the austere aftermath of World War II... [More...]
Jacques Becker
Antoine and Antoinette are an ordinary working class couple who live in Paris and struggle to get by in the austere aftermath of World War II... [More...]
Après l'amour (1948)
Maurice Tourneur
At a reception in honour of her husband winning the Noble Prize for literature, Nicole Mézaule meets a former lover who has some news for her... [More...]
Maurice Tourneur
At a reception in honour of her husband winning the Noble Prize for literature, Nicole Mézaule meets a former lover who has some news for her... [More...]
L'Armoire volante (1948)
Carlo Rim
Alfred Pic, a hardworking tax inspector, finds himself in a pickle when his bossy aunt, Madame Lobligeois, goes missing in the most bizarre circumstances... [More...]
Carlo Rim
Alfred Pic, a hardworking tax inspector, finds himself in a pickle when his bossy aunt, Madame Lobligeois, goes missing in the most bizarre circumstances... [More...]
L'Assassin a peur la nuit (1942)
Jean Delannoy
Olivier Rol is a professional crook who supplies his mistress Lola Gracieuse with a regular supply of stolen goods to keep her in the manner to which she has grown accustomed... [More...]
Jean Delannoy
Olivier Rol is a professional crook who supplies his mistress Lola Gracieuse with a regular supply of stolen goods to keep her in the manner to which she has grown accustomed... [More...]
L'Assassin habite au 21 (1942)
Henri-Georges Clouzot
A serial killer is at large in Paris and with four victims already to his name the police hunt to find him and bring him to justice is intensifying... [More...]
Henri-Georges Clouzot
A serial killer is at large in Paris and with four victims already to his name the police hunt to find him and bring him to justice is intensifying... [More...]
L'Assassinat du Père Noël (1941)
Roger Chapatte
Deep in the Savoie, a small alpine village decked in snow is busy making preparations for Christmas. Busiest of all is the old toy-maker Cornusse, who occupies himself by making globes, a popular gift, whilst his attractive daughter Catherine is happily engaged in sewing dolls' dresses... [More...]
Roger Chapatte
Deep in the Savoie, a small alpine village decked in snow is busy making preparations for Christmas. Busiest of all is the old toy-maker Cornusse, who occupies himself by making globes, a popular gift, whilst his attractive daughter Catherine is happily engaged in sewing dolls' dresses... [More...]
Au bonheur des dames (1943)
André Cayatte
Paris, 1860. Baudu, an ageing shopkeeper, is none too pleased when a new department store named Au Bonheur des Dames opens on his doorstep and starts poaching his clientele... [More...]
André Cayatte
Paris, 1860. Baudu, an ageing shopkeeper, is none too pleased when a new department store named Au Bonheur des Dames opens on his doorstep and starts poaching his clientele... [More...]
Au coeur de l'orage (1948)
Jean-Paul Le Chanois
Throughout the dark years of Occupation, France continues the fight against Nazi Germany, through its secret army of brave resistance fighters... [More...]
Jean-Paul Le Chanois
Throughout the dark years of Occupation, France continues the fight against Nazi Germany, through its secret army of brave resistance fighters... [More...]
Au grand balcon (1949)
Henri Decoin
In 1920, Gilbert Carbot manages a small aviation company in Toulouse which he is eager to expand. To that end, he takes on several new recruits, airmen who served in the last war, one of these being Jean Fabien... [More...]
Henri Decoin
In 1920, Gilbert Carbot manages a small aviation company in Toulouse which he is eager to expand. To that end, he takes on several new recruits, airmen who served in the last war, one of these being Jean Fabien... [More...]
Au p'tit zouave (1949)
Gilles Grangier
Au p'tit Zouave is a café run by Armand Billot and his wife in a working class district of Paris. The café is a popular haunt for ordinary people working in the area, although Billot's main preoccupation is his treasured goldfish, which he guards day and night from his wife's cat... [More...]
Gilles Grangier
Au p'tit Zouave is a café run by Armand Billot and his wife in a working class district of Paris. The café is a popular haunt for ordinary people working in the area, although Billot's main preoccupation is his treasured goldfish, which he guards day and night from his wife's cat... [More...]
Au royaume des cieux (1949)
Julien Duvivier
Flanked by policemen, Maria Lambert, a 17-year-old orphan, arrives at Haute-Mère, a secure educational establishment located in an austere region of France that is at risk of flooding... [More...]
Julien Duvivier
Flanked by policemen, Maria Lambert, a 17-year-old orphan, arrives at Haute-Mère, a secure educational establishment located in an austere region of France that is at risk of flooding... [More...]
Au-delà des grilles (1949)
René Clément
Pierre is on the run from the police, careful to evade capture after murdering the mistress who dared to be unfaithful to him... [More...]
René Clément
Pierre is on the run from the police, careful to evade capture after murdering the mistress who dared to be unfaithful to him... [More...]
L'Aventure commence demain (1948)
Richard Pottier
Clarence has everything she needs to be a successful adventuress - beauty, charm, cunning. Men are putty in her hands and yet Lady Luck never seems to be on her side - until the happy day when her path crosses that of Claude, a more enterprising con artist... [More...]
Richard Pottier
Clarence has everything she needs to be a successful adventuress - beauty, charm, cunning. Men are putty in her hands and yet Lady Luck never seems to be on her side - until the happy day when her path crosses that of Claude, a more enterprising con artist... [More...]