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The films of
Christian-Jaque
Christian-Jaque
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Compartiment de dames seules (1934) Christian-Jaque |
François Premier (1937) Christian-Jaque |
Les Perles de la couronne (1937) Christian-Jaque |
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| Compartiment de dames seules is a sublime example of the kind of vaudeville farce that became prevalent in French cinema after the arrival of sound... [More...] | The most famous, and probably the best, of the six comic films which Fernandel made with the director Christian-Jaque, François Premier is of interest today mainly for its ruthless parodying of the starchy historic... [More...] | Les Perles de la couronne was the first of Sacha Guitry’s lavish episodic historical dramas, made nearly two decades before his similar major works Napoléon (1955) and Si Versailles m’était... [More...] |
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Les Disparus de Saint-Agil (1938) Christian-Jaque |
Raphaël le tatoué (1939) Christian-Jaque |
L'Assassinat du Père Noël (1941) Christian-Jaque |
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| Les Disparus de Saint-Agil is classic of French cinema, an atmospheric comedy thriller with dark elements of fantasy and mysticism, which is regarded as one of director Christian-Jaque’s best works... [More...] |
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A stylish melange of fairy tale, romance, melodrama and suspense thriller, L’Assassinat du Père Noël is typical of French cinema of the early 1940s... [More...] |
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L'Enfer des anges (1941) Christian-Jaque |
La Symphonie fantastique (1942) Christian-Jaque |
Voyage sans espoir (1943) Christian-Jaque |
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| One of the most surprising French films to have been made in the late 1930s is this grim social realist drama which is years ahead of its time in its uncompromising portrayal of child abuse and juvenile delinquency... [More...] | Christian-Jaque directed this grand but somewhat anaemic historical bio-pic, made for the Germany-run company Continental at the time of the Occupation... [More...] |
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Boule de suif (1945) Christian-Jaque |
Un revenant (1946) Christian-Jaque |
D'homme à hommes (1948) Christian-Jaque |
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| Based on two of Guy de Maupassant’s short stories, Boule de suif was one of the first films to be made in France after the Liberation in 1944... [More...] | Despite being overlooked these days, Un Revenant is one of director Christian-Jacque’s finest films, with some impressive photography, good acting performances and well-conceived scenario... [More...] | Christian-Jaque’s account of the life of Henri Dunant, founder of the Red Cross, is a masterful composition, meriting a place amongst the director’s best works and a must-see film for anyone interested in... [More...] |
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Souvenirs perdus (1950) Christian-Jaque |
Barbe-Bleue (1951) Christian-Jaque |
Adorables créatures (1952) Christian-Jaque |
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