French cinema: 1935
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...
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Julien Duvivier
Cigalon (1935)
Marcel Pagnol
Cigalon is the proud owner of a restaurant in a small town in Haute-Provence that is reputed to be one of the best in the region...
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Marcel Pagnol
Crime et châtiment (1935)
Pierre Chenal
An impulsive young Russian student, Rodion Raskolnikov, believes that the intellectual class is morally superior to ordinary working class people and is therefore above the laws that society creates for itself...
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Pierre Chenal
L'Équipage (1935)
Anatole Litvak
France, 1916. An idealistic young man Jean Herbillon enlists in the French flying corps, unaware that his chances of survival are less than that of an infantryman...
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Anatole Litvak
Golgotha (1935)
Julien Duvivier
Judaea, during the reign of the Emperor Tiberius. When the self-proclaimed prophet Jesus Christ arrives in Jerusalem, he receives a rapturous welcome from the ordinary people of the city...
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Julien Duvivier
Jim la houlette (1935)
André Berthomieu
Jacques Moluchet is the author of several best selling romantic novels, but unfortunately he receives no credit for this as his work is published under the name of his unscrupulous employer Philippe Bretonneau, who makes himself rich at his expense... [More...]
André Berthomieu
Jacques Moluchet is the author of several best selling romantic novels, but unfortunately he receives no credit for this as his work is published under the name of his unscrupulous employer Philippe Bretonneau, who makes himself rich at his expense... [More...]
Justin de Marseille (1935)
Maurice Tourneur
In 1930s Marseille, Justin makes a dishonest living as the town's most respected gangster. Loyal to those who serve him well, Justin has few enemies and he rules the town unopposed - until he gets into a deadly feud with an unscrupulous Italian rival, Esposito... [More...]
Maurice Tourneur
In 1930s Marseille, Justin makes a dishonest living as the town's most respected gangster. Loyal to those who serve him well, Justin has few enemies and he rules the town unopposed - until he gets into a deadly feud with an unscrupulous Italian rival, Esposito... [More...]
La Kermesse héroïque (1935)
Jacques Feyder
1616. In the small Flemish village of Boom, the burgomaster is preparing a banquet for his daughter's wedding to the local butcher... [More...]
Jacques Feyder
1616. In the small Flemish village of Boom, the burgomaster is preparing a banquet for his daughter's wedding to the local butcher... [More...]
Merlusse (1935)
Marcel Pagnol
The undisciplined pupils at a boarding school in the south of France have a habit of giving their teachers a hard time. The main target of their evil sense of humour is poor Monsieur Blanchard, a teacher they nickname Merlusse on account of his very peculiar odour... [More...]
Marcel Pagnol
The undisciplined pupils at a boarding school in the south of France have a habit of giving their teachers a hard time. The main target of their evil sense of humour is poor Monsieur Blanchard, a teacher they nickname Merlusse on account of his very peculiar odour... [More...]
Napoléon Bonaparte (1935)
Abel Gance
France, 1815. On the eve of Napoléon Bonaparte's escape from Elba and his triumphant return to Paris, the writer Stendhal reflects on the heroic life of the Emperor with those who were personally acquainted with him... [More...]
Abel Gance
France, 1815. On the eve of Napoléon Bonaparte's escape from Elba and his triumphant return to Paris, the writer Stendhal reflects on the heroic life of the Emperor with those who were personally acquainted with him... [More...]
Pension Mimosas (1935)
Jacques Feyder
In 1924, Louise Noblet and her husband Gaston run a small hotel, the Pension Mimosas, on the French Riviera. Their clients are mostly small-time gamblers hoping to strike it lucky at a nearby casino... [More...]
Jacques Feyder
In 1924, Louise Noblet and her husband Gaston run a small hotel, the Pension Mimosas, on the French Riviera. Their clients are mostly small-time gamblers hoping to strike it lucky at a nearby casino... [More...]
Poison (1935)
Man Ray
A man in his mid-forties (Man Ray) is enjoying the company of an attractive young woman in her twenties (the artist Meret Oppenheim)... [More...]
Man Ray
A man in his mid-forties (Man Ray) is enjoying the company of an attractive young woman in her twenties (the artist Meret Oppenheim)... [More...]
Toni (1935)
Jean Renoir
In the early 1930s, Toni, a young Italian labourer, arrives in France and finds work at a quarry. His landlady Marie takes a liking to him, but he is only interested in another woman, Josepha... [More...]
Jean Renoir
In the early 1930s, Toni, a young Italian labourer, arrives in France and finds work at a quarry. His landlady Marie takes a liking to him, but he is only interested in another woman, Josepha... [More...]