French cinema: 1934
Adémaï au moyen âge (1934)
Jean de Marguenat
France, 1429. The Hundred Years War is nearing its end but, despite Joan of Arc's best efforts, the English armies still occupy the north of the country...
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Jean de Marguenat
Amok (1934)
Fyodor Otsep
In a Dutch colony in the Far East, Dr Holk ekes out a solitary existence catering to the needs of the natives whilst frittering away his earnings on gambling and alcohol...
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Fyodor Otsep
Angèle (1934)
Marcel Pagnol
Angèle is the daughter of a respectable farmer, Clarius, and lives with her parents and their valet Saturnin on their farm in the South of France...
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Marcel Pagnol
L'Atalante (1934)
Jean Vigo
This is the story of a young village woman, Juliette, who joins her new husband, Jean, a bargeman on his working barge, L'Atalante...
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Jean Vigo
L'Aventurier (1934)
Marcel L'Herbier
After selling his salt mine in Tunisia, Étienne Ranson finds himself caught up in a bloody uprising which culminates with the slaughter of many indigenous rebels...
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Marcel L'Herbier
La Banque Nemo (1934)
Marguerite Viel
Émile Larnoy works as a modest cashier at the Némo Bank, one of France's most prestigious financial institutions... [More...]
Marguerite Viel
Émile Larnoy works as a modest cashier at the Némo Bank, one of France's most prestigious financial institutions... [More...]
Les Bleus de la marine (1934)
Maurice Cammage
With their ship docked in the port of Toulon, Lafraise and Plumard manage to lose their bearings as their fellow sailors go on parade through the town... [More...]
Maurice Cammage
With their ship docked in the port of Toulon, Lafraise and Plumard manage to lose their bearings as their fellow sailors go on parade through the town... [More...]
Le Bonheur (1934)
Marcel L'Herbier
Clara Stuart, star of music hall and cinema, arrives in Paris, to great public acclaim. She has everything - fame, wealth, and - through her aristocratic husband - a title... [More...]
Marcel L'Herbier
Clara Stuart, star of music hall and cinema, arrives in Paris, to great public acclaim. She has everything - fame, wealth, and - through her aristocratic husband - a title... [More...]
Le Cavalier Lafleur (1934)
Pierre-Jean Ducis
With his wife conveniently out of the way in Nanteuil, a young reservist named Lafleur is free to indulge his skirt-chasing habits in Vernouillet, the town where he is presently stationed... [More...]
Pierre-Jean Ducis
With his wife conveniently out of the way in Nanteuil, a young reservist named Lafleur is free to indulge his skirt-chasing habits in Vernouillet, the town where he is presently stationed... [More...]
Ces messieurs de la Santé (1934)
Pierre Colombier
Shortly after being arrested for fraud, the discredited banker Jules Taffard manages to escape from the Santé prison... [More...]
Pierre Colombier
Shortly after being arrested for fraud, the discredited banker Jules Taffard manages to escape from the Santé prison... [More...]
Chanson d'Armor (1934)
Jean Epstein
A hopeless scholar, Jean-Marie is sent away from his Catholic boarding school and must return to the farm in the country run by his parents... [More...]
Jean Epstein
A hopeless scholar, Jean-Marie is sent away from his Catholic boarding school and must return to the farm in the country run by his parents... [More...]
Compartiment de dames seules (1934)
Christian-Jaque
On the day of his wedding to Nicole, Robert de Merinville makes an extraordinary confession to his stepfather. Twenty years ago, whilst taking the train from Paris to Versailles, he took advantage of a young woman who was alone with him in his carriage... [More...]
Christian-Jaque
On the day of his wedding to Nicole, Robert de Merinville makes an extraordinary confession to his stepfather. Twenty years ago, whilst taking the train from Paris to Versailles, he took advantage of a young woman who was alone with him in his carriage... [More...]
La Crise est finie (1934)
Robert Siodmak
A theatrical troupe is making a tour of the provinces when a bust up occurs. Unable to tolerate the caprices of the leading lady, the rest of troupe decide to form a new group and head off for Paris to mount a show... [More...]
Robert Siodmak
A theatrical troupe is making a tour of the provinces when a bust up occurs. Unable to tolerate the caprices of the leading lady, the rest of troupe decide to form a new group and head off for Paris to mount a show... [More...]
Le Dernier milliardaire (1934)
René Clair
Casinario, a small principality on the Mediterranean coast, has run out of money. The country's ruler, an ageing queen, sends out an urgent appeal to Mr Banco, the wealthiest man in the world, to save her nation with a substantial loan that he can easily afford... [More...]
René Clair
Casinario, a small principality on the Mediterranean coast, has run out of money. The country's ruler, an ageing queen, sends out an urgent appeal to Mr Banco, the wealthiest man in the world, to save her nation with a substantial loan that he can easily afford... [More...]
L'École des contribuables (1934)
René Guissart
Gaston Valtier is an idler who is more than content to live the life of a man of leisure than work for his living, if only to avoid having to pay income tax... [More...]
René Guissart
Gaston Valtier is an idler who is more than content to live the life of a man of leisure than work for his living, if only to avoid having to pay income tax... [More...]
La Garnison amoureuse (1934)
Max de Vaucorbeil
Frédéric, Paul and Pierre are three recent recruits in a cavalry regiment stationed in a small town in France in the 1920s... [More...]
Max de Vaucorbeil
Frédéric, Paul and Pierre are three recent recruits in a cavalry regiment stationed in a small town in France in the 1920s... [More...]
Le Grand jeu (1934)
Jacques Feyder
Pierre Martel is a young Parisian financier whose taste for the high life leads him to embezzle his clients' money. When his fraud is exposed, his wealthy uncle steps in to bail him out, on condition that he leaves France immediately... [More...]
Jacques Feyder
Pierre Martel is a young Parisian financier whose taste for the high life leads him to embezzle his clients' money. When his fraud is exposed, his wealthy uncle steps in to bail him out, on condition that he leaves France immediately... [More...]
L'Hôtel du libre échange (1934)
Marc Allégret
Having fallen out of love with his wife, Pinglet, a successful architect, embarks on an affair with Madame Paillardin, the wife of his associate and next-door neighbour... [More...]
Marc Allégret
Having fallen out of love with his wife, Pinglet, a successful architect, embarks on an affair with Madame Paillardin, the wife of his associate and next-door neighbour... [More...]
J'ai une idée (1934)
Roger Richebé
Aubrey Allington is an unsuccessful inventor who is saddled with debts, thanks in part to his wife Louise's genius for spending money faster than he can make it... [More...]
Roger Richebé
Aubrey Allington is an unsuccessful inventor who is saddled with debts, thanks in part to his wife Louise's genius for spending money faster than he can make it... [More...]
Jofroi (1934)
Marcel Pagnol
Jofroi, an ageing peasant, sells his orchard to one of his neighbours, Fonse. When the trees fail to produce any fruit, Fonse decides he will cut them down... [More...]
Marcel Pagnol
Jofroi, an ageing peasant, sells his orchard to one of his neighbours, Fonse. When the trees fail to produce any fruit, Fonse decides he will cut them down... [More...]
Lac aux dames (1934)
Marc Allégret
Éric Heller, an unemployed engineer, finds work as a swimming instructor at a popular Austrian resort beside the alluring Lac-aux-dames lake... [More...]
Marc Allégret
Éric Heller, an unemployed engineer, finds work as a swimming instructor at a popular Austrian resort beside the alluring Lac-aux-dames lake... [More...]
Liliom (1934)
Fritz Lang
Liliom Zadowski is a carousel barker whose two favourite pastimes are fighting and womanising. His employer Madame Muscat dismisses him when she sees him flirting with a maid named Julie... [More...]
Fritz Lang
Liliom Zadowski is a carousel barker whose two favourite pastimes are fighting and womanising. His employer Madame Muscat dismisses him when she sees him flirting with a maid named Julie... [More...]
Maria Chapdelaine (1934)
Julien Duvivier
Maria Chapdelaine lives with her parents and siblings in a remote corner of Quebec. The nearest town is Peribonka, where, one fine spring day, Maria meets François Paradis, an introverted but likeable hunter... [More...]
Julien Duvivier
Maria Chapdelaine lives with her parents and siblings in a remote corner of Quebec. The nearest town is Peribonka, where, one fine spring day, Maria meets François Paradis, an introverted but likeable hunter... [More...]
Mauvaise graine (1934)
Alexander Esway
The son of a prosperous surgeon, Henri Pasquier is a good-for-nothing playboy who spends most of his time speeding around Paris in his roadster... [More...]
Alexander Esway
The son of a prosperous surgeon, Henri Pasquier is a good-for-nothing playboy who spends most of his time speeding around Paris in his roadster... [More...]
Miquette et sa mère (1934)
Henri Diamant-Berger
When Miquette Grandier isn't helping her mother out in her tobacco shop, she dreams of becoming an actress. A disappointment in love prompts her to take her chance and within no time she has signed herself up with a travelling theatre company run by an ageing thespian, Monsieur Montchablon... [More...]
Henri Diamant-Berger
When Miquette Grandier isn't helping her mother out in her tobacco shop, she dreams of becoming an actress. A disappointment in love prompts her to take her chance and within no time she has signed herself up with a travelling theatre company run by an ageing thespian, Monsieur Montchablon... [More...]
Les Nuits moscovites (1934)
Alexis Granowsky
Moscow, 1916. To restore her family's wealth and reputation, Natasha Kovrine agrees to become engaged to the wealthy grain merchant Brioukhov, even though he is many years her senior... [More...]
Alexis Granowsky
Moscow, 1916. To restore her family's wealth and reputation, Natasha Kovrine agrees to become engaged to the wealthy grain merchant Brioukhov, even though he is many years her senior... [More...]
Le Paquebot Tenacity (1934)
Julien Duvivier
Paris, at the time of the Great Depression. Bastien, a manual worker, persuades his timid friend, Ségard, to leave with him for Canada, to start a new life in a country where, according to the publicity films, everything is possible... [More...]
Julien Duvivier
Paris, at the time of the Great Depression. Bastien, a manual worker, persuades his timid friend, Ségard, to leave with him for Canada, to start a new life in a country where, according to the publicity films, everything is possible... [More...]
Rapt (1934)
Dimitri Kirsanoff
High up in the Swiss mountains, two close-knit village communities sit opposite one another, separated by language and a wide valley that neither is inclined to cross... [More...]
Dimitri Kirsanoff
High up in the Swiss mountains, two close-knit village communities sit opposite one another, separated by language and a wide valley that neither is inclined to cross... [More...]
Sans famille (1934)
Marc Allégret
London. After the funeral of Lord Mulligan, his brother James intends that he will inherit his fortune. To do so, he hires a crook named Driscoll to abduct and kill Mulligan's rightful heir, three-year-old Robert... [More...]
Marc Allégret
London. After the funeral of Lord Mulligan, his brother James intends that he will inherit his fortune. To do so, he hires a crook named Driscoll to abduct and kill Mulligan's rightful heir, three-year-old Robert... [More...]
Si j'étais le patron (1934)
Richard Pottier
Henri Janvier may be a mere production line worker in an automobile factory but he has big ambitions. He has invented a silencer for motor vehicles that, he is sure, will one day make him a wealthy man... [More...]
Richard Pottier
Henri Janvier may be a mere production line worker in an automobile factory but he has big ambitions. He has invented a silencer for motor vehicles that, he is sure, will one day make him a wealthy man... [More...]