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The films of
Henri Verneuil
Henri Verneuil
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Le Fruit défendu (1952) Henri Verneuil |
La Table aux crevés (1952) Henri Verneuil |
Carnaval (1953) Henri Verneuil |
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| This early film from Henri Verneuil is one of many fruitful collaborations involving the director and the great French comic actor Fernandel. The film... [More...] | Having made a number of short films in the 1940s, Henri Verneuil began his film-making career proper in 1951 with this, his first full-length film, adapted from a novel by Marcel Aymé... [More...] | French cinema’s master of film comedy Fernandel is on top form in this outrageous farce, which is based on the popular play by Emile Mazaud. The film also features Jacqueline Bouvier (credited as Jacqueline Pagnol)... [More...] |
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L'Ennemi public no 1 (1953) Henri Verneuil |
Le Boulanger de Valorgue (1953) Henri Verneuil |
Le Mouton à cinq pattes (1954) Henri Verneuil |
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| Jules Dassin was the man who was originally slated to direct Fernandel in this lavish gangster film parody. When he was unable to return to the United States to shoot the film’s exterior locations scenes... [More...] | In the fourth of his nine film collaborations with director Henri Verneuil, Fernandel gives a characteristically touching and whimsical performance as the temperamental village baker... [More...] | Fernandel gives not one but six great comic performances in this hilarious comedy from director Henri Verneuil (who is perhaps better known for his crime thriller than burlesque comedies such as this)... [More...] |
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Des gens sans importance (1955) Henri Verneuil |
Les Amants du Tage (1955) Henri Verneuil |
Maxime (1958) Henri Verneuil |
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| One of the most highly regarded French film directors of the 1950s, Henri Verneuil did not achieve the international celebrity of his contemporaries Renoir or Carné... [More...] |
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Sois belle et tais-toi (1958) Marc Allégret |
La Vache et le prisonnier (1959) Henri Verneuil |
Le Grand chef (1959) Henri Verneuil |
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| Despite the shameful political-incorrectness of its title and some pretty blatant sentimentality, this is an entertaining comedy thriller which achieves a satisfying blend of B-movie gangster fare and slapstick. ... [More...] | This is a moving tale about one man’s unceasing initiative and stoical determination to regain his freedom in the face of overwhelming odds – clearly a metaphor for France’s struggle for freedom during... [More...] | After their great success as Don Damillo and Peppone in the Don Camillo films of the 1950s, Fernandel and Gino Cervi are reunited in this unadventurous little comedy... [More...] |
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L'Affaire d'une nuit (1960) Henri Verneuil |
La Française et l'amour (1960) Michel Boisrond |
Le Président (1961) Henri Verneuil |
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Few films stand alone on the strength of a single actor’s performance, but this is one such film. Although Verneuil’s direction cannot be faulted and Michel Audiard’s script is exemplary... [More...] |
