French cinema: 1930s
Tumultes (1932)
Robert Siodmak
Once released from prison, Ralph Schwartz doesn't waste any time organising another bank raid with his band of crooks. His wife Ania is less keen to see him: she has started to have an affair with another man, a photographer named Gustave...
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Robert Siodmak
Un carnet de bal (1937)
Julien Duvivier
To take her mind off the recent death of her husband, Christine de Guérande begins sorting through her old possessions and is surprised to find her dance card for her coming out ball many years ago...
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Julien Duvivier
Un chien qui rapporte (1932)
Jean Choux
Whilst Josyane Plaisir is content with her lot as a cabaret artiste, two things are missing in her life: love and wealth...
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Jean Choux
Un de la Canebière (1937)
René Pujol
Toinet, Girelle and Pénible are three friends who lead an amiable existence as humble fishermen in the sunny port of Marseille...
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René Pujol
Un de la légion (1936)
Christian-Jaque
Fernand Espitalion is a timid man who quietly accepts the humiliations heaped on him by his domineering wife Antoinette. Theirs is a marriage of convenience not mutual tenderness...
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Christian-Jaque
Un grand amour de Beethoven (1936)
Abel Gance
The composer Ludwig van Beethoven is passionately in love with Juliette Guicciardi, but his love is not requited. She chooses instead to marry the Count Gallenberg, news which, along with his encroaching deafness, propels Beethoven into a state of depression... [More...]
Abel Gance
The composer Ludwig van Beethoven is passionately in love with Juliette Guicciardi, but his love is not requited. She chooses instead to marry the Count Gallenberg, news which, along with his encroaching deafness, propels Beethoven into a state of depression... [More...]
Un mauvais garçon (1936)
Jean Boyer
When she passes her law exams, Jacqueline Serval anticipates a brilliant career for herself as a barrister. Unfortunately, her father has made up his mind that she will get married and start a family... [More...]
Jean Boyer
When she passes her law exams, Jacqueline Serval anticipates a brilliant career for herself as a barrister. Unfortunately, her father has made up his mind that she will get married and start a family... [More...]
Un oiseau rare (1935)
Richard Pottier
Melleville, the reclusive boss of a multinational company, is surprised when his valet, Valentin, wins first prize in a competition to come up with the best slogan to market a range of lamps... [More...]
Richard Pottier
Melleville, the reclusive boss of a multinational company, is surprised when his valet, Valentin, wins first prize in a competition to come up with the best slogan to market a range of lamps... [More...]
Une java (1939)
Claude Orval
For wounding a police officer, petty criminal Yann is sent to prison for five years after his former girlfriend Gaby testifies against him... [More...]
Claude Orval
For wounding a police officer, petty criminal Yann is sent to prison for five years after his former girlfriend Gaby testifies against him... [More...]
Une nuit de folies (1934)
Maurice Cammage
Bored with her stuffy bourgeois married life, Jacqueline d'Ermont decides to enjoy a night of revelry in Paris with Anatole, a man who is besotted with her... [More...]
Maurice Cammage
Bored with her stuffy bourgeois married life, Jacqueline d'Ermont decides to enjoy a night of revelry in Paris with Anatole, a man who is besotted with her... [More...]
Valse royale (1935)
Jean Grémillon
In 1852, the young Austrian emperor Franz Joseph persuades his friend, Count Michel de Thalberg, to act as a go-between in his love affair with the Bavarian duchess Elisabeth... [More...]
Jean Grémillon
In 1852, the young Austrian emperor Franz Joseph persuades his friend, Count Michel de Thalberg, to act as a go-between in his love affair with the Bavarian duchess Elisabeth... [More...]
Variétés (1935)
Nicolas Farkas
Georges, Jeanne and Pierre form a successful trapeze act, Les Trois Maximes, for a provincial circus. Impressed by their talents, an impresario books them for a season at a Parisian music hall... [More...]
Nicolas Farkas
Georges, Jeanne and Pierre form a successful trapeze act, Les Trois Maximes, for a provincial circus. Impressed by their talents, an impresario books them for a season at a Parisian music hall... [More...]
La Vie est à nous (1936)
Jacques Becker
As a reaction to the rising tide of fascism that is sweeping across Europe in the 1930s, the French communist party call upon workers to support their cause and unite to ensure a better future for themselves, their families and their country... [More...]
Jacques Becker
As a reaction to the rising tide of fascism that is sweeping across Europe in the 1930s, the French communist party call upon workers to support their cause and unite to ensure a better future for themselves, their families and their country... [More...]
La Vie parisienne (1936)
Robert Siodmak
In 1900, the wealthy Brazilian Ramiro Mendoza is enjoying his stay in Paris when he falls in love with Liane d'Ysigny, the star of a stage production of Jacques Offenbach's La Vie parisienne... [More...]
Robert Siodmak
In 1900, the wealthy Brazilian Ramiro Mendoza is enjoying his stay in Paris when he falls in love with Liane d'Ysigny, the star of a stage production of Jacques Offenbach's La Vie parisienne... [More...]
Volga en flammes (1934)
Viktor Tourjansky
Lieutenant Orloff, a recently graduated Russian officer, is making his way across the snow-covered steppes to the garrison where he is to be stationed... [More...]
Viktor Tourjansky
Lieutenant Orloff, a recently graduated Russian officer, is making his way across the snow-covered steppes to the garrison where he is to be stationed... [More...]
Zéro de conduite (1933)
Jean Vigo
The summer holidays over, a troupe of young boys return downheartedly to their boarding school, where they will no doubt have to endure another gruelling term of sanctions and punishments at the hands of their cruel teachers... [More...]
Jean Vigo
The summer holidays over, a troupe of young boys return downheartedly to their boarding school, where they will no doubt have to endure another gruelling term of sanctions and punishments at the hands of their cruel teachers... [More...]
Zouzou (1934)
Marc Allégret
Zouzou and Jean, two orphans, are raised as brother and sister by circus artiste Père Mélé. Many years later, they live together in Paris, Zouzou working as a laundress, Jean as an electrician for a musical theatre, the Folies... [More...]
Marc Allégret
Zouzou and Jean, two orphans, are raised as brother and sister by circus artiste Père Mélé. Many years later, they live together in Paris, Zouzou working as a laundress, Jean as an electrician for a musical theatre, the Folies... [More...]