French cinema: 1938
Alexis gentleman chauffeur (1938)
Max de Vaucorbeil
Alexis de Saint Grisols, a pilot during the war, now earns his crust as a modest taxi driver in Paris. One day, the famous actress Margot Fontane leaves her purse in his taxi and he feels duty bound to return it to her in person...
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Max de Vaucorbeil
Au soleil de Marseille (1938)
Pierre-Jean Ducis
Cassis is the owner of a soap factory in Marseille. He has good reason to be wary of his staff because most of them would rather be indulging in their favourite sport, football, than manning his dreary production lines...
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Pierre-Jean Ducis
Barnabé (1938)
Alexander Esway
Leaving his home in Provence, Barnabé, a simple-minded flute-player, arrives in Paris and sets about trying to find himself a job...
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Alexander Esway
Les Bâtisseurs (1938)
Jean Epstein
Dating from the late 12th century, Chartres Cathedral still dominates the skyline in its prime location to the southwest of Paris...
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Jean Epstein
La Bête humaine (1938)
Jean Renoir
Roubaud, a stationmaster based in Le Havre, is anxious to get on in his career, and he hopes that in this he might be assisted by Grandmorin, a prominent businessman who exerts some influence over the railways...
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Jean Renoir
Ça... c'est du sport (1938)
René Pujol
Monsieur Trapon, a modest debt collector, wants to marry Madame Lavator, a cloakroom attendant in a nightclub, but she insists that she will not marry until her two daughters, Ernestine and Anna, have both found suitable husbands... [More...]
René Pujol
Monsieur Trapon, a modest debt collector, wants to marry Madame Lavator, a cloakroom attendant in a nightclub, but she insists that she will not marry until her two daughters, Ernestine and Anna, have both found suitable husbands... [More...]
Café de Paris (1938)
Yves Mirande
One New Year's Eve the Café de Paris is host to the capital's social élite, a glamorous ensemble of the rich and famous who come together to welcome in the new year in an atmosphere that positively reeks of decadence... [More...]
Yves Mirande
One New Year's Eve the Café de Paris is host to the capital's social élite, a glamorous ensemble of the rich and famous who come together to welcome in the new year in an atmosphere that positively reeks of decadence... [More...]
Le Cantinier de la coloniale (1938)
Henry Wulschleger
After a long career in the French infantry, Piéchu ends up confined to barracks as a lowly canteen worker. One day, he is surprised to learn that he has inherited a vast fortune, but the prospect of sudden wealth brings with it only a host of worries... [More...]
Henry Wulschleger
After a long career in the French infantry, Piéchu ends up confined to barracks as a lowly canteen worker. One day, he is surprised to learn that he has inherited a vast fortune, but the prospect of sudden wealth brings with it only a host of worries... [More...]
Carrefour (1938)
Curtis Bernhardt
A wealthy industrialist, Roger de Vétheuil, finds himself in court, charged with being an impostor. Twenty years ago, whilst serving in WWI, he suffered a severe head wound which resulted in him losing his memory... [More...]
Curtis Bernhardt
A wealthy industrialist, Roger de Vétheuil, finds himself in court, charged with being an impostor. Twenty years ago, whilst serving in WWI, he suffered a severe head wound which resulted in him losing his memory... [More...]
La Chaleur du sein (1938)
Jean Boyer
Whilst Michel Quercy, a womanising archaeologist, is away from home on frequent expeditions to exotic locations, he leaves his son, Gilbert, in the care of his doting mother - or rather, mothers... [More...]
Jean Boyer
Whilst Michel Quercy, a womanising archaeologist, is away from home on frequent expeditions to exotic locations, he leaves his son, Gilbert, in the care of his doting mother - or rather, mothers... [More...]
Chéri-Bibi (1938)
Léon Mathot
A fugitive from justice, Chéri-Bibi is captured after being denounced by his girlfriend Ginette and ends up on a convict ship bound for Guiana, to serve out a long sentence of hard labour... [More...]
Léon Mathot
A fugitive from justice, Chéri-Bibi is captured after being denounced by his girlfriend Ginette and ends up on a convict ship bound for Guiana, to serve out a long sentence of hard labour... [More...]
Conflit (1938)
Léonide Moguy
Catherine Lafont, the wife of an eminent explorer, is arrested for the attempted murder of her sister Claire. The investigating magistrate is unable to shed any light on the mystery until Claire recovers from her injuries... [More...]
Léonide Moguy
Catherine Lafont, the wife of an eminent explorer, is arrested for the attempted murder of her sister Claire. The investigating magistrate is unable to shed any light on the mystery until Claire recovers from her injuries... [More...]
Les Disparus de Saint-Agil (1938)
Christian-Jaque
In the college of St-Agil, three boys, Baume, Sorgue and Macroy, form a secret society "Les Chiche-capons". Each night, they sneak away from their dormitory and meet up in the science room to have an illicit smoke and plan a clandestine voyage to America, under the watchful gaze of their mascot, Martin the Skeleton... [More...]
Christian-Jaque
In the college of St-Agil, three boys, Baume, Sorgue and Macroy, form a secret society "Les Chiche-capons". Each night, they sneak away from their dormitory and meet up in the science room to have an illicit smoke and plan a clandestine voyage to America, under the watchful gaze of their mascot, Martin the Skeleton... [More...]
Le Drame de Shanghaï (1938)
Georg Wilhelm Pabst
In the 1930s, China is a country that is descending into anarchy in the midst of an escalating civil war. The popular leader Cheng is dedicated to uniting his nation, but he has many enemies who are determined that he should fail... [More...]
Georg Wilhelm Pabst
In the 1930s, China is a country that is descending into anarchy in the midst of an escalating civil war. The popular leader Cheng is dedicated to uniting his nation, but he has many enemies who are determined that he should fail... [More...]
Éducation de prince (1938)
Alexander Esway
Silistria, a small country in the Balkans, is in a state of permanent revolution, which is not good for business. The financier Chautard is the man who suffers most from this neverending succession of coups d'états... [More...]
Alexander Esway
Silistria, a small country in the Balkans, is in a state of permanent revolution, which is not good for business. The financier Chautard is the man who suffers most from this neverending succession of coups d'états... [More...]
Entrée des artistes (1938)
Marc Allégret
One of the high points of director Marc Allégret's career, Entrée des artistes offers both a compelling melodrama and a rare insight into the training of actors at France's leading drama school, the Paris Conservatoire... [More...]
Marc Allégret
One of the high points of director Marc Allégret's career, Entrée des artistes offers both a compelling melodrama and a rare insight into the training of actors at France's leading drama school, the Paris Conservatoire... [More...]
La Femme du boulanger (1938)
Marcel Pagnol
The baker Aimable Castenet has recently settled into the small Provençal village of Sainte Cécile and soon makes himself popular with the locals with his delicious bread, the finest they have ever tasted... [More...]
Marcel Pagnol
The baker Aimable Castenet has recently settled into the small Provençal village of Sainte Cécile and soon makes himself popular with the locals with his delicious bread, the finest they have ever tasted... [More...]
Gargousse (1938)
Henry Wulschleger
Trépigny is one of the more tranquil towns in France, and it would no doubt have stayed that way if the newly elected mayor, Lebrennois, hadn't set his sights on modernising it in the hope of attracting more tourists to the area... [More...]
Henry Wulschleger
Trépigny is one of the more tranquil towns in France, and it would no doubt have stayed that way if the newly elected mayor, Lebrennois, hadn't set his sights on modernising it in the hope of attracting more tourists to the area... [More...]
Les Gens du voyage (1938)
Jacques Feyder
Flora, a tough, strong-willed lion-tamer, is the star attraction at the Barlay travelling Circus. However, even she is ill-prepared when her former lover, Fernand, returns to her after twenty years... [More...]
Jacques Feyder
Flora, a tough, strong-willed lion-tamer, is the star attraction at the Barlay travelling Circus. However, even she is ill-prepared when her former lover, Fernand, returns to her after twenty years... [More...]
Grisou (1938)
Maurice de Canonge
In a mining town in the north of France, the women lead dull, uneventful lives whilst their sons and husbands eke out a modest existence, slaving all day in dangerous conditions in the mines... [More...]
Maurice de Canonge
In a mining town in the north of France, the women lead dull, uneventful lives whilst their sons and husbands eke out a modest existence, slaving all day in dangerous conditions in the mines... [More...]
Hercule (1938)
Alexander Esway
In the sunny Provençal village of Cadignan the locals are busy gathering in the wine harvest when old timer Monsieur Maffre suffers what he believes to be a fatal injury... [More...]
Alexander Esway
In the sunny Provençal village of Cadignan the locals are busy gathering in the wine harvest when old timer Monsieur Maffre suffers what he believes to be a fatal injury... [More...]
Hôtel du Nord (1938)
Marcel Carné
One evening, two young lovers, Renée and Pierre, check into the Hôtel du Nord in Paris, near to the Canal Saint-Martin... [More...]
Marcel Carné
One evening, two young lovers, Renée and Pierre, check into the Hôtel du Nord in Paris, near to the Canal Saint-Martin... [More...]
J'accuse! (1938)
Abel Gance
After serving in the First World War, Jean Diaz returns to his home town but cannot bring himself to continue his affair with Edith, the wife of one of his fallen comrades... [More...]
Abel Gance
After serving in the First World War, Jean Diaz returns to his home town but cannot bring himself to continue his affair with Edith, the wife of one of his fallen comrades... [More...]
Le Joueur d'échecs (1938)
Jean Dréville
1776. Along with Lithuania and Prussia, Poland has succumbed to the might of the Russian Empire, but a determined resistance movement is working to bring an end to the country's annexation... [More...]
Jean Dréville
1776. Along with Lithuania and Prussia, Poland has succumbed to the might of the Russian Empire, but a determined resistance movement is working to bring an end to the country's annexation... [More...]
La Marseillaise (1938)
Jean Renoir
On 14th July 1789, the Duke of Rochefoucauld informs King Louis XVI of France that the Bastille has fallen to a Parisian mob... [More...]
Jean Renoir
On 14th July 1789, the Duke of Rochefoucauld informs King Louis XVI of France that the Bastille has fallen to a Parisian mob... [More...]
Mollenard (1938)
Robert Siodmak
Dissatisfied with his prim bourgeois wife, Captain Justin Mollenard is grateful for the opportunities that his career as a seafarer affords him for staying away from the home he has come to despise... [More...]
Robert Siodmak
Dissatisfied with his prim bourgeois wife, Captain Justin Mollenard is grateful for the opportunities that his career as a seafarer affords him for staying away from the home he has come to despise... [More...]
Monsieur Coccinelle (1938)
Dominique Bernard-Deschamps
Alfred Coccinelle is a humdrum civil servant who leads a humdrum middle class existence with his wife Mélanie and old maiden aunt Aurore... [More...]
Dominique Bernard-Deschamps
Alfred Coccinelle is a humdrum civil servant who leads a humdrum middle class existence with his wife Mélanie and old maiden aunt Aurore... [More...]
Naples au baiser de feu (1938)
Augusto Genina
Mario earns a modest living as a singer at a classy restaurant in Naples. He shares an apartment with his best friend, Michel, and is head over heels in love with an attractive girl called Assunta, his boss's niece... [More...]
Augusto Genina
Mario earns a modest living as a singer at a classy restaurant in Naples. He shares an apartment with his best friend, Michel, and is head over heels in love with an attractive girl called Assunta, his boss's niece... [More...]
Les Nouveaux riches (1938)
André Berthomieu
Once factory foremen, Legendre and Martinet are now millionaires. Martinet ruined his former employer's company on the stock exchange... [More...]
André Berthomieu
Once factory foremen, Legendre and Martinet are now millionaires. Martinet ruined his former employer's company on the stock exchange... [More...]
Orage (1938)
Marc Allégret
André Pascaud is a naval construction engineer who lives near Toulon with his wife Gisèle and his brother-in-law Gilbert... [More...]
Marc Allégret
André Pascaud is a naval construction engineer who lives near Toulon with his wife Gisèle and his brother-in-law Gilbert... [More...]