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...]

Le Dernier des six (1941)
Georges Lacombe

Santerre and his five friends - Gribbe, Gernicot, Namotte, Perlonjour and Tignol - enter into a strange pact after they win a tidy little windfall in a bet...   [More...]

L'Enfer des anges (1941)
Christian-Jaque

Since leaving a reformatory, a young man named Jean has found it impossible to find work, but he perseveres, determined to make a fresh start...   [More...]

Montmartre-sur-Seine (1941)
Georges Lacombe

In Montmartre, Paris, Michel is in love with Lily, but she only has eyes for Maurice, a handsome shop assistant. Unaware of Lily's interest in him, Maurice loves Juliette, but the arrival of another man, Claude, threatens his budding romance...   [More...]

Nous les gosses (1941)
Louis Daquin

Nicolas is playing football with his classmates in the school playground when he accidentally kicks the ball through a windowpane...   [More...]

Remorques (1941)
Jean Grémillon

André Laurent is the captain of a salvage boat and lives in the Brittany port of Brest with his wife Yvonne. Concealing a serious illness, Yvonne pleads with her husband to give up his hazardous job and start a new life with her in another town, but, loyal to his employees, André refuses...   [More...]

Romance de Paris (1941)
Jean Boyer

Georges Gauthier is a young man who dreams of becoming a music hall singer but has to content himself with his humdrum life as an electrician...   [More...]

Volpone (1941)
Maurice Tourneur

Volpone is one of the wealthiest merchants in Venice, but when his ships laden with cargo fail to arrive on time he faces an ignoble ruin...   [More...]