French cinema: 1935
Amants et voleurs (1935)
Raymond Bernard
Fate has been unkind to Claude Brezin. When he loses his entire fortune, the unfortunate young man must obtain a job to survive, but try as he might his efforts to find work end in dismal failure...
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Raymond Bernard
Baccara (1935)
Yves Mirande
With her rich sugar daddy, the banker Gouldine, on the brink of financial ruin because of his risky investments, Elsa Barienzi fears that she will be deported to her own country...
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Yves Mirande
La Bandera (1935)
Julien Duvivier
Pierre Gilieth finds himself a fugitive from justice after killing a man in a Montmartre bar. He evades arrest by fleeing to Barcelona, where, penniless and desperate, he decides to enlist in the Foreign Legion...
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Julien Duvivier
Bonne chance (1935)
Sacha Guitry
Marie Muscat is a young and attractive laundress who lives with her mother in a modest Parisian apartment. She is engaged to marry Prosper, a fairly dim young man who is away at the moment on his military training...
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Sacha Guitry
Bout de chou (1935)
Henry Wulschleger
Victor Darnetal, a respectable Marseillaise businessman, could not be happier when he receives a letter from his nephew Georges, an aspiring playwright, inviting him to attend the premiere of his new show in Paris...
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Henry Wulschleger
Cigalon (1935)
Marcel Pagnol
Cigalon is the proud owner of a restaurant in a small town in Haute-Provence that is reputed to be one of the best in the region... [More...]
Marcel Pagnol
Cigalon is the proud owner of a restaurant in a small town in Haute-Provence that is reputed to be one of the best in the region... [More...]
Crime et châtiment (1935)
Pierre Chenal
An impulsive young Russian student, Rodion Raskolnikov, believes that the intellectual class is morally superior to ordinary working class people and is therefore above the laws that society creates for itself... [More...]
Pierre Chenal
An impulsive young Russian student, Rodion Raskolnikov, believes that the intellectual class is morally superior to ordinary working class people and is therefore above the laws that society creates for itself... [More...]
Divine (1935)
Max Ophüls
Living with her old mother after her father's death, Ludivine Jarisse leads a modest but contented existence in the country... [More...]
Max Ophüls
Living with her old mother after her father's death, Ludivine Jarisse leads a modest but contented existence in the country... [More...]
L'École des cocottes (1935)
Pierre Colombier
Monsieur Labaume is a solitary middle-aged man who has developed an infatuation for the young woman who has taken up residence in the apartment opposite his own... [More...]
Pierre Colombier
Monsieur Labaume is a solitary middle-aged man who has developed an infatuation for the young woman who has taken up residence in the apartment opposite his own... [More...]
L'Équipage (1935)
Anatole Litvak
France, 1916. An idealistic young man Jean Herbillon enlists in the French flying corps, unaware that his chances of survival are less than that of an infantryman... [More...]
Anatole Litvak
France, 1916. An idealistic young man Jean Herbillon enlists in the French flying corps, unaware that his chances of survival are less than that of an infantryman... [More...]
Ferdinand le noceur (1935)
René Sti
An employee in a pharmaceuticals laboratory, Ferdinand is obsessed with coming up with a pill that will allow easily cowed men like him to overcome their crippling timidity... [More...]
René Sti
An employee in a pharmaceuticals laboratory, Ferdinand is obsessed with coming up with a pill that will allow easily cowed men like him to overcome their crippling timidity... [More...]
Gaspard de Besse (1935)
André Hugon
In 1774, the young Gaspard Bouis works as a blacksmith with his older friend Samplan in the provençal village of Besse... [More...]
André Hugon
In 1774, the young Gaspard Bouis works as a blacksmith with his older friend Samplan in the provençal village of Besse... [More...]
Golgotha (1935)
Julien Duvivier
Judaea, during the reign of the Emperor Tiberius. When the self-proclaimed prophet Jesus Christ arrives in Jerusalem, he receives a rapturous welcome from the ordinary people of the city... [More...]
Julien Duvivier
Judaea, during the reign of the Emperor Tiberius. When the self-proclaimed prophet Jesus Christ arrives in Jerusalem, he receives a rapturous welcome from the ordinary people of the city... [More...]
Jim la houlette (1935)
André Berthomieu
Jacques Moluchet is the author of several best selling romantic novels, but unfortunately he receives no credit for this as his work is published under the name of his unscrupulous employer Philippe Bretonneau, who makes himself rich at his expense... [More...]
André Berthomieu
Jacques Moluchet is the author of several best selling romantic novels, but unfortunately he receives no credit for this as his work is published under the name of his unscrupulous employer Philippe Bretonneau, who makes himself rich at his expense... [More...]
Justin de Marseille (1935)
Maurice Tourneur
In 1930s Marseille, Justin makes a dishonest living as the town's most respected gangster. Loyal to those who serve him well, Justin has few enemies and he rules the town unopposed - until he gets into a deadly feud with an unscrupulous Italian rival, Esposito... [More...]
Maurice Tourneur
In 1930s Marseille, Justin makes a dishonest living as the town's most respected gangster. Loyal to those who serve him well, Justin has few enemies and he rules the town unopposed - until he gets into a deadly feud with an unscrupulous Italian rival, Esposito... [More...]
La Kermesse héroïque (1935)
Jacques Feyder
1616. In the small Flemish village of Boom, the burgomaster is preparing a banquet for his daughter's wedding to the local butcher... [More...]
Jacques Feyder
1616. In the small Flemish village of Boom, the burgomaster is preparing a banquet for his daughter's wedding to the local butcher... [More...]
Lucrèce Borgia (1935)
Abel Gance
At the end of the 15th Century, Rome is held in the iron grip of Cesare Borgia, the eldest son of Pope Alexandre VI. Taking the advice of Machiavelli, Cesare sets out to unify Italy through various alliances, which can only increase his power... [More...]
Abel Gance
At the end of the 15th Century, Rome is held in the iron grip of Cesare Borgia, the eldest son of Pope Alexandre VI. Taking the advice of Machiavelli, Cesare sets out to unify Italy through various alliances, which can only increase his power... [More...]
Merlusse (1935)
Marcel Pagnol
The undisciplined pupils at a boarding school in the south of France have a habit of giving their teachers a hard time. The main target of their evil sense of humour is poor Monsieur Blanchard, a teacher they nickname Merlusse on account of his very peculiar odour... [More...]
Marcel Pagnol
The undisciplined pupils at a boarding school in the south of France have a habit of giving their teachers a hard time. The main target of their evil sense of humour is poor Monsieur Blanchard, a teacher they nickname Merlusse on account of his very peculiar odour... [More...]
Napoléon Bonaparte (1935)
Abel Gance
France, 1815. On the eve of Napoléon Bonaparte's escape from Elba and his triumphant return to Paris, the writer Stendhal reflects on the heroic life of the Emperor with those who were personally acquainted with him... [More...]
Abel Gance
France, 1815. On the eve of Napoléon Bonaparte's escape from Elba and his triumphant return to Paris, the writer Stendhal reflects on the heroic life of the Emperor with those who were personally acquainted with him... [More...]
Pasteur (1935)
Sacha Guitry
In 1870, Louis Pasteur confides in a group of his students the difficulties he has encountered in the course of his career... [More...]
Sacha Guitry
In 1870, Louis Pasteur confides in a group of his students the difficulties he has encountered in the course of his career... [More...]
Pension Mimosas (1935)
Jacques Feyder
In 1924, Louise Noblet and her husband Gaston run a small hotel, the Pension Mimosas, on the French Riviera. Their clients are mostly small-time gamblers hoping to strike it lucky at a nearby casino... [More...]
Jacques Feyder
In 1924, Louise Noblet and her husband Gaston run a small hotel, the Pension Mimosas, on the French Riviera. Their clients are mostly small-time gamblers hoping to strike it lucky at a nearby casino... [More...]
Poison (1935)
Man Ray
A man in his mid-forties (Man Ray) is enjoying the company of an attractive young woman in her twenties (the artist Meret Oppenheim)... [More...]
Man Ray
A man in his mid-forties (Man Ray) is enjoying the company of an attractive young woman in her twenties (the artist Meret Oppenheim)... [More...]
Prince de minuit (1935)
René Guissart
If Henry's talents as a salesman in a Parisian record shop are seldom appreciated by his employer, Monsieur Galoubet, it is because he is frivolous by nature and cannot help flirting with his boss's daughter... [More...]
René Guissart
If Henry's talents as a salesman in a Parisian record shop are seldom appreciated by his employer, Monsieur Galoubet, it is because he is frivolous by nature and cannot help flirting with his boss's daughter... [More...]
Princesse Tam Tam (1935)
Edmond T. Gréville
Max de Mirecourt is one of the most popular writers of his age, but, distracted by his wife Lucie's flirtatious behaviour, he is having difficulty coming up with ideas for his next best-selling novel... [More...]
Edmond T. Gréville
Max de Mirecourt is one of the most popular writers of his age, but, distracted by his wife Lucie's flirtatious behaviour, he is having difficulty coming up with ideas for his next best-selling novel... [More...]
Le Roman d'un jeune homme pauvre (1935)
Abel Gance
Maxime Hauterive de Champcey, an impoverished aristocrat, has difficulty finding work but finally manages to obtain the post of estate manager to a wealthy family, the Laroques... [More...]
Abel Gance
Maxime Hauterive de Champcey, an impoverished aristocrat, has difficulty finding work but finally manages to obtain the post of estate manager to a wealthy family, the Laroques... [More...]
La Route impériale (1935)
Marcel L'Herbier
Lieutenant Brent, a young British officer, finds himself in front of a military tribunal after he is suspected of trading secrets with Iraqi rebels... [More...]
Marcel L'Herbier
Lieutenant Brent, a young British officer, finds himself in front of a military tribunal after he is suspected of trading secrets with Iraqi rebels... [More...]
Toni (1935)
Jean Renoir
In the early 1930s, Toni, a young Italian labourer, arrives in France and finds work at a quarry. His landlady Marie takes a liking to him, but he is only interested in another woman, Josepha... [More...]
Jean Renoir
In the early 1930s, Toni, a young Italian labourer, arrives in France and finds work at a quarry. His landlady Marie takes a liking to him, but he is only interested in another woman, Josepha... [More...]
Tovaritch (1935)
Jacques Deval
Russia, 1917. Not long after the state wedding of General Ouratieff to Tsar Nicolas II's niece Tatiana, the country is caught up in a bloody revolution... [More...]
Jacques Deval
Russia, 1917. Not long after the state wedding of General Ouratieff to Tsar Nicolas II's niece Tatiana, the country is caught up in a bloody revolution... [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...]
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...]