French cinema: 1932
Allo Berlin? Ici Paris! (1932)
Julien Duvivier
Lily and Erich are switchboard operators who have never met but they talk to each other every day and soon realise that they are in love...
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Julien Duvivier
Ariane, jeune fille russe (1932)
Paul Czinner
Against the wishes of her family, Ariane, a naïve Russian girl, decides to study at Paris University. Not long after her arrival in the French capital, she meets Constantin, a much older businessman who is looking for an amorous fling and nothing more...
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Paul Czinner
Au nom de la loi (1932)
Maurice Tourneur
Inspector Clamart is confident that he can single-handedly deal with a drugs trafficking ring. The next day, his lifeless body is found floating in the Seine...
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Maurice Tourneur
Les Berceaux (1932)
Jean Epstein
Along the harbour boats sway gently in the wind, awaiting their departure in silence whilst mothers rock their infants to sleep in cradles...
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Jean Epstein
Boudu sauvé des eaux (1932)
Jean Renoir
Heartbroken when he loses sight of a stray dog he has befriended, a Parisian tramp named Priap Boudu throws himself from a bridge into the river...
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Jean Renoir
Le Chien jaune (1932)
Jean Tarride
Superintendent Maigret finds himself in the Breton fishing port of Concarneau, here to investigate the murder of Mostaguen, a wine dealer who was shot dead one evening on leaving a hostelry... [More...]
Jean Tarride
Superintendent Maigret finds himself in the Breton fishing port of Concarneau, here to investigate the murder of Mostaguen, a wine dealer who was shot dead one evening on leaving a hostelry... [More...]
Chotard et Cie (1932)
Jean Renoir
François Chotard runs a successful grocery business in a small village in the south of France. His daughter Reine has two suitors - a young police officer and daydreaming poet named Julien Collinet - but Chotard is holding out for a more suitable son-in-law... [More...]
Jean Renoir
François Chotard runs a successful grocery business in a small village in the south of France. His daughter Reine has two suitors - a young police officer and daydreaming poet named Julien Collinet - but Chotard is holding out for a more suitable son-in-law... [More...]
Coeur de lilas (1932)
Anatole Litvak
When an industrialist is found dead it is not long before one of the employees at his factory is arrested and charged with his murder... [More...]
Anatole Litvak
When an industrialist is found dead it is not long before one of the employees at his factory is arrested and charged with his murder... [More...]
Coeurs joyeux (1932)
Hanns Schwarz
Charles is a young man who works as a projectionist at a small cinema. One night, he is abducted by a gang of crooks and forced to repair a film projector... [More...]
Hanns Schwarz
Charles is a young man who works as a projectionist at a small cinema. One night, he is abducted by a gang of crooks and forced to repair a film projector... [More...]
Les Croix de bois (1932)
Raymond Bernard
At the outbreak of World War I, Gilbert Demachy, an idealistic young student, enlists and is sent to the Western Front to fight for his motherland, France... [More...]
Raymond Bernard
At the outbreak of World War I, Gilbert Demachy, an idealistic young student, enlists and is sent to the Western Front to fight for his motherland, France... [More...]
Fanny (1932)
Marc Allégret
Such is the status accorded to single mothers in France of the 1930s that Fanny has no choice but to surrender herself to a marriage of convenience... [More...]
Marc Allégret
Such is the status accorded to single mothers in France of the 1930s that Fanny has no choice but to surrender herself to a marriage of convenience... [More...]
Fantômas (1932)
Pál Fejös
One dark stormy night, the Marquise de Langrune is hosting a large dinner party at her spacious château. As thunder rages around them, the assembled guests become increasingly agitated when their conversation turns to the notorious master-criminal Fantômas, who is now at liberty after a stretch in prison... [More...]
Pál Fejös
One dark stormy night, the Marquise de Langrune is hosting a large dinner party at her spacious château. As thunder rages around them, the assembled guests become increasingly agitated when their conversation turns to the notorious master-criminal Fantômas, who is now at liberty after a stretch in prison... [More...]
Les Gaietés de l'escadron (1932)
Maurice Tourneur
Despite the best efforts of its commander, Captain Hurluret, the barracks of the 51st Rifles has yet to be acquainted with the notion of military discipline... [More...]
Maurice Tourneur
Despite the best efforts of its commander, Captain Hurluret, the barracks of the 51st Rifles has yet to be acquainted with the notion of military discipline... [More...]
Il est charmant (1932)
Louis Mercanton
Jacques Dombreval is loath to give up his dissolute Parisian life style, which mainly involves frolicking into the early hours with his joyful band of friends... [More...]
Louis Mercanton
Jacques Dombreval is loath to give up his dissolute Parisian life style, which mainly involves frolicking into the early hours with his joyful band of friends... [More...]
Mélo (1932)
Paul Czinner
After many years, Pierre is overjoyed to be reunited with his old friend Marcel, who has become a world famous virtuoso violinist... [More...]
Paul Czinner
After many years, Pierre is overjoyed to be reunited with his old friend Marcel, who has become a world famous virtuoso violinist... [More...]
La Nuit du carrefour (1932)
Jean Renoir
At the Carrefour des Trois-Veuves, some thirty kilometres north of Paris, insurance agent Michonnet is surprised when his car is stolen... [More...]
Jean Renoir
At the Carrefour des Trois-Veuves, some thirty kilometres north of Paris, insurance agent Michonnet is surprised when his car is stolen... [More...]
L'Or des mers (1932)
Jean Epstein
Hoëdic is one of the poorer islands in the Breton archipelago off the coast of northwestern France. It is a desolate expanse of rock inhabited by a hundred fishing families who, unable to work for half of the year, live in extreme poverty, dependent on alms supplied by their kindly rector... [More...]
Jean Epstein
Hoëdic is one of the poorer islands in the Breton archipelago off the coast of northwestern France. It is a desolate expanse of rock inhabited by a hundred fishing families who, unable to work for half of the year, live in extreme poverty, dependent on alms supplied by their kindly rector... [More...]
Pas de femmes (1932)
Mario Bonnard
At a pavement café, Lucien Lepur confides in his waiter friend Casimir the unhappy fact that although he is 26 years old he has never slept with a woman... [More...]
Mario Bonnard
At a pavement café, Lucien Lepur confides in his waiter friend Casimir the unhappy fact that although he is 26 years old he has never slept with a woman... [More...]
La Petite chocolatière (1932)
Marc Allégret
Shortly after getting engaged to his boss's daughter, mild-mannered civil servant Paul Normand invites an artist friend, Félicien Bédarride, and his girlfriend Rosette, to spend a few days with him at his house in the country... [More...]
Marc Allégret
Shortly after getting engaged to his boss's daughter, mild-mannered civil servant Paul Normand invites an artist friend, Félicien Bédarride, and his girlfriend Rosette, to spend a few days with him at his house in the country... [More...]
Poil de carotte (1932)
Julien Duvivier
Bullied by his matriarchal mother, abused by his siblings, ignored by his father, Poil de Carotte's childhood is as miserable as it could be... [More...]
Julien Duvivier
Bullied by his matriarchal mother, abused by his siblings, ignored by his father, Poil de Carotte's childhood is as miserable as it could be... [More...]
Le Rosier de Madame Husson (1932)
Dominique Bernard-Deschamps
Madame Husson, the most respected personage in a small Normandy town, has resolved to arrest the moral decline in her community... [More...]
Dominique Bernard-Deschamps
Madame Husson, the most respected personage in a small Normandy town, has resolved to arrest the moral decline in her community... [More...]
Rouletabille aviateur (1932)
Steve Sekely
An aeroplane transporting gold from the Bank of France to Hungary is intercepted by airborne gangsters. The plane crashes in flames and its precious cargo is loaded aboard a lorry, the ingots concealed in sacks of flour... [More...]
Steve Sekely
An aeroplane transporting gold from the Bank of France to Hungary is intercepted by airborne gangsters. The plane crashes in flames and its precious cargo is loaded aboard a lorry, the ingots concealed in sacks of flour... [More...]
Le Triangle de feu (1932)
Edmond T. Gréville
A gang of crooks succeed in a series of robberies, their signature being triangle which they cut on every safe they break into... [More...]
Edmond T. Gréville
A gang of crooks succeed in a series of robberies, their signature being triangle which they cut on every safe they break into... [More...]
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... [More...]
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... [More...]
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... [More...]
Jean Choux
Whilst Josyane Plaisir is content with her lot as a cabaret artiste, two things are missing in her life: love and wealth... [More...]