French cinema: 1938
Les Otages (1938)
Raymond Bernard
For many years, the tranquillity of a rural French town has been disturbed by the on-going feud between the mayor Beaumont and the country gentleman Rossignol...
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Raymond Bernard
Le Petit chose (1938)
Maurice Cloche
The 1848 revolution in France brings ruin to the Eyssette family, which is forced to sell a once prosperous business and move to Lyon...
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Maurice Cloche
La Piste du sud (1938)
Pierre Billon
The location is a French military garrison in Tirzit, a North African stronghold lost in the Sahara Desert. Olcott, a man who distributes essential supplies in the region, arrives at the fortress in a desperate state...
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Pierre Billon
Le Puritain (1938)
Jeff Musso
Francis Ferriter is a Dublin journalist and staunch Catholic who leads a fanatical campaign against declining moral standards in his city...
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Jeff Musso
Le Quai des brumes (1938)
Marcel Carné
Jean, a deserter from the French colonial army, arrives in the misty port of Le Havre where he immediately strikes up a rapport with the owner of an inn frequented by the town's lowlife...
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Marcel Carné
Le Récif de corail (1938)
Maurice Gleize
To escape arrest after killing a man in Brisbane, Trott Lennard joins the crew of a cargo ship bound for Mexico. En route, Lennard has the opportunity to disembark at a paradisiacal island but decides to continue his voyage... [More...]
Maurice Gleize
To escape arrest after killing a man in Brisbane, Trott Lennard joins the crew of a cargo ship bound for Mexico. En route, Lennard has the opportunity to disembark at a paradisiacal island but decides to continue his voyage... [More...]
Le Roman de Werther (1938)
Max Ophüls
The setting is the German city of Wetzlar, towards the end of the 18th century. Werther is a young man of a romantic temperament, a poet and musician who occupies an important position at the town hall... [More...]
Max Ophüls
The setting is the German city of Wetzlar, towards the end of the 18th century. Werther is a young man of a romantic temperament, a poet and musician who occupies an important position at the town hall... [More...]
Le Ruisseau (1938)
Maurice Lehmann
Eager to embark on adult life, 17-year-old Denise absconds from the orphanage where she has spent most of her life and stows away on board a ship docked in the port of Le Havre... [More...]
Maurice Lehmann
Eager to embark on adult life, 17-year-old Denise absconds from the orphanage where she has spent most of her life and stows away on board a ship docked in the port of Le Havre... [More...]
Le Schpountz (1938)
Marcel Pagnol
Casimir and Irénée work in their uncle's grocer's shop in a Provençal village. Whilst Casimir sticks to his job, Irénée only dreams of becoming a film star... [More...]
Marcel Pagnol
Casimir and Irénée work in their uncle's grocer's shop in a Provençal village. Whilst Casimir sticks to his job, Irénée only dreams of becoming a film star... [More...]
Titin des Martigues (1938)
René Pujol
Titin des Martigues is a cheerful young man who runs a lottery stall at a busy funfair in Paris. He is desperately in love with the adorable Yvette, but he has a fierce rival in Dix-de-Der, who is equally determined that she should be his bride... [More...]
René Pujol
Titin des Martigues is a cheerful young man who runs a lottery stall at a busy funfair in Paris. He is desperately in love with the adorable Yvette, but he has a fierce rival in Dix-de-Der, who is equally determined that she should be his bride... [More...]
La Tragédie impériale (1938)
Marcel L'Herbier
In the years just before the Revolution, Grigori Rasputin is a name that is known throughout Russia. His seemingly miraculous ability to heal the sick has brought him renown across the land, and thousands flock to his door, to receive the touch of the man who has surely been blessed by God... [More...]
Marcel L'Herbier
In the years just before the Revolution, Grigori Rasputin is a name that is known throughout Russia. His seemingly miraculous ability to heal the sick has brought him renown across the land, and thousands flock to his door, to receive the touch of the man who has surely been blessed by God... [More...]
Trois valses (1938)
Ludwig Berger
In 1867, at the time of the Second Empire, a young military man named Octave de Chalencey falls in love with a humble ballet dancer, Fanny Grandpré... [More...]
Ludwig Berger
In 1867, at the time of the Second Empire, a young military man named Octave de Chalencey falls in love with a humble ballet dancer, Fanny Grandpré... [More...]