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...]

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...]

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...]

Ces messieurs de la Santé (1934)
Pierre Colombier

Shortly after being arrested for fraud, the discredited banker Jules Taffard manages to escape from the Santé prison...   [More...]

Chanson d'Armor (1934)
Jean Epstein

A hopeless scholar, Jean-Marie is sent away from his Catholic boarding school and must return to the farm in the country run by his parents...   [More...]

Compartiment de dames seules (1934)
Christian-Jaque

On the day of his wedding to Nicole, Robert de Merinville makes an extraordinary confession to his stepfather. Twenty years ago, whilst taking the train from Paris to Versailles, he took advantage of a young woman who was alone with him in his carriage...   [More...]

Le Dernier milliardaire (1934)
René Clair

Casinario, a small principality on the Mediterranean coast, has run out of money. The country's ruler, an ageing queen, sends out an urgent appeal to Mr Banco, the wealthiest man in the world, to save her nation with a substantial loan that he can easily afford...   [More...]

L'École des contribuables (1934)
René Guissart

Gaston Valtier is an idler who is more than content to live the life of a man of leisure than work for his living, if only to avoid having to pay income tax...   [More...]

Le Grand jeu (1934)
Jacques Feyder

Pierre Martel is a young Parisian financier whose taste for the high life leads him to embezzle his clients' money. When his fraud is exposed, his wealthy uncle steps in to bail him out, on condition that he leaves France immediately...   [More...]

J'ai une idée (1934)
Roger Richebé

Aubrey Allington is an unsuccessful inventor who is saddled with debts, thanks in part to his wife Louise's genius for spending money faster than he can make it...   [More...]

Jofroi (1934)
Marcel Pagnol

Jofroi, an ageing peasant, sells his orchard to one of his neighbours, Fonse. When the trees fail to produce any fruit, Fonse decides he will cut them down...   [More...]

Lac aux dames (1934)
Marc Allégret

Éric Heller, an unemployed engineer, finds work as a swimming instructor at a popular Austrian resort beside the alluring Lac-aux-dames lake...   [More...]

Maria Chapdelaine (1934)
Julien Duvivier

Maria Chapdelaine lives with her parents and siblings in a remote corner of Quebec. The nearest town is Peribonka, where, one fine spring day, Maria meets François Paradis, an introverted but likeable hunter...   [More...]

Les Nuits moscovites (1934)
Alexis Granowsky

Moscow, 1916. To restore her family's wealth and reputation, Natasha Kovrine agrees to become engaged to the wealthy grain merchant Brioukhov, even though he is many years her senior...   [More...]

Rapt (1934)
Dimitri Kirsanoff

High up in the Swiss mountains, two close-knit village communities sit opposite one another, separated by language and a wide valley that neither is inclined to cross...   [More...]

Sans famille (1934)
Marc Allégret

London. After the funeral of Lord Mulligan, his brother James intends that he will inherit his fortune. To do so, he hires a crook named Driscoll to abduct and kill Mulligan's rightful heir, three-year-old Robert...   [More...]