French cinema: 1942
À vos ordres, Madame (1942)
Jean Boyer
Odette and Hector Depuis, husband and wife for twenty-five years, are en route for their holiday when their car breaks down...
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Jean Boyer
Les Affaires sont les affaires (1942)
Jean Dréville
Through his single-minded pursuit of wealth, Isidore Lechat has become one of the richest men in France, a fact to which his vast country estate is testament...
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Jean Dréville
L'Assassin habite au 21 (1942)
Henri-Georges Clouzot
A serial killer is at large in Paris and with four victims already to his name the police hunt to find him and bring him to justice is intensifying...
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Henri-Georges Clouzot
Le Bienfaiteur (1942)
Henri Decoin
Monsieur Moulinet has earned the respect and admiration of all the good people of Barfleur-sur-Oron. Nicknamed “the benefactor”, he is renowned for his generosity...
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Henri Decoin
Boléro (1942)
Jean Boyer
Afflicted with a severe throat infection, Rémi Courmont finds himself confined to his Parisian apartment but his hopes of a peaceful recuperation are dashed by his downstairs neighbour, Anne-Marie Houillier...
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Jean Boyer
La Duchesse de Langeais (1942)
Jacques de Baroncelli
Paris, 1820. Antoinette, the Duchess of Langeais, is a prominent socialite who delights in flirting with men who seek in vain to win a place in her affections and her bed... [More...]
Jacques de Baroncelli
Paris, 1820. Antoinette, the Duchess of Langeais, is a prominent socialite who delights in flirting with men who seek in vain to win a place in her affections and her bed... [More...]
Huit hommes dans un château (1942)
Richard Pottier
René and Jacqueline Paladine are a pair of crime writers in search of inspiration for their next novel. After watching a newsreel reporting the sinking of an ocean liner, their curiosity is aroused when one of the survivors dies in mysterious circumstances... [More...]
Richard Pottier
René and Jacqueline Paladine are a pair of crime writers in search of inspiration for their next novel. After watching a newsreel reporting the sinking of an ocean liner, their curiosity is aroused when one of the survivors dies in mysterious circumstances... [More...]
Les Inconnus dans la maison (1942)
Henri Decoin
Hector Loursat was once a highly respected criminal lawyer. But then his wife suddenly walked out on him and he fell to pieces... [More...]
Henri Decoin
Hector Loursat was once a highly respected criminal lawyer. But then his wife suddenly walked out on him and he fell to pieces... [More...]
La Symphonie fantastique (1942)
Christian-Jaque
In Paris circa 1825, Hector Berlioz is a reluctant medical student who shows more interest in music than human anatomy. Convinced that his future lies as a composer, the young Berlioz abandons his studies and devotes himself to his musical compositions, encouraged by his friend Antoine Charbonnel... [More...]
Christian-Jaque
In Paris circa 1825, Hector Berlioz is a reluctant medical student who shows more interest in music than human anatomy. Convinced that his future lies as a composer, the young Berlioz abandons his studies and devotes himself to his musical compositions, encouraged by his friend Antoine Charbonnel... [More...]
Les Visiteurs du soir (1942)
Marcel Carné
In the 15th century, two travelling musicians named Gilles and Dominique arrive at the castle of Baron Hugues, just as a party is in progress to celebrate the impending marriage of Hugues' daughter Anne to the brave knight Renaud... [More...]
Marcel Carné
In the 15th century, two travelling musicians named Gilles and Dominique arrive at the castle of Baron Hugues, just as a party is in progress to celebrate the impending marriage of Hugues' daughter Anne to the brave knight Renaud... [More...]