French cinema: 1941
L'Acrobate (1941)
Jean Boyer
Ernest Sauce is the maître d' of the up-market restaurant Cochon d'argent. One evening, when a customer is unable to pay his bill, Ernest drags him to the nearest police station but is sent away with a flea in his ear when it is discovered that the man has lost his memory...
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Jean Boyer
L'Assassinat du Père Noël (1941)
Roger Chapatte
Deep in the Savoie, a small alpine village decked in snow is busy making preparations for Christmas. Busiest of all is the old toy-maker Cornusse, who occupies himself by making globes, a popular gift, whilst his attractive daughter Catherine is happily engaged in sewing dolls' dresses...
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Roger Chapatte
Le Briseur de chaînes (1941)
Jacques Daniel-Norman
The Mourets appear to be a happily united family, living a tranquil self-sufficient existence in Saint-Viaud. The head of the household is an old woman known as Mamouret...
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Jacques Daniel-Norman
Le Club des soupirants (1941)
Maurice Gleize
In a last-ditch attempt to save themselves from financial ruin a consortium of investors agree to form a club with the intention that one of them will secure a huge dowry by marrying the daughter of a fantastically wealthy banker, Cabarrus...
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Maurice Gleize
Le Dernier des six (1941)
Georges Lacombe
Santerre and his five friends - Gribbe, Gernicot, Namotte, Perlonjour and Tignol - enter into a strange pact after they win a tidy little windfall in a bet...
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Georges Lacombe
Le Diamant noir (1941)
Jean Delannoy
François Mitry, a wealthy banker, has scarcely had time to come to terms with his wife's death in a car accident when he is struck by another blow... [More...]
Jean Delannoy
François Mitry, a wealthy banker, has scarcely had time to come to terms with his wife's death in a car accident when he is struck by another blow... [More...]
L'Embuscade (1941)
Fernand Rivers
Robert Marcel is a young man who is still troubled by the fact that he was given up for adoption by his parents shortly after he was born... [More...]
Fernand Rivers
Robert Marcel is a young man who is still troubled by the fact that he was given up for adoption by his parents shortly after he was born... [More...]
L'Enfer des anges (1941)
Christian-Jaque
Since leaving a reformatory, a young man named Jean has found it impossible to find work, but he perseveres, determined to make a fresh start... [More...]
Christian-Jaque
Since leaving a reformatory, a young man named Jean has found it impossible to find work, but he perseveres, determined to make a fresh start... [More...]
Madame Sans-Gêne (1941)
Roger Richebé
In 1792, Cathérine Hübscher is employed as a modest laundry maid in the rue Sainte-Anne in Paris. With the help of her fiancé, Sergeant Lefebvre, she saves an Austrian nobleman, Count Neipperg, from the militia... [More...]
Roger Richebé
In 1792, Cathérine Hübscher is employed as a modest laundry maid in the rue Sainte-Anne in Paris. With the help of her fiancé, Sergeant Lefebvre, she saves an Austrian nobleman, Count Neipperg, from the militia... [More...]
Montmartre-sur-Seine (1941)
Georges Lacombe
In Montmartre, Paris, Michel is in love with Lily, but she only has eyes for Maurice, a handsome shop assistant. Unaware of Lily's interest in him, Maurice loves Juliette, but the arrival of another man, Claude, threatens his budding romance... [More...]
Georges Lacombe
In Montmartre, Paris, Michel is in love with Lily, but she only has eyes for Maurice, a handsome shop assistant. Unaware of Lily's interest in him, Maurice loves Juliette, but the arrival of another man, Claude, threatens his budding romance... [More...]
Ne bougez plus (1941)
Pierre Caron
Who exactly are the two tramps who have come to pose for an advertising agency, to have their pictures taken by the fashionable photographer Patrice Farfadou... [More...]
Pierre Caron
Who exactly are the two tramps who have come to pose for an advertising agency, to have their pictures taken by the fashionable photographer Patrice Farfadou... [More...]
Nous les gosses (1941)
Louis Daquin
Nicolas is playing football with his classmates in the school playground when he accidentally kicks the ball through a windowpane... [More...]
Louis Daquin
Nicolas is playing football with his classmates in the school playground when he accidentally kicks the ball through a windowpane... [More...]
Parade en 7 nuits (1941)
Marc Allégret
Anicet, an employee in the municipal dog pound, has become so attached to the dogs under his care that he is convinced they can talk to themselves... [More...]
Marc Allégret
Anicet, an employee in the municipal dog pound, has become so attached to the dogs under his care that he is convinced they can talk to themselves... [More...]
Premier rendez-vous (1941)
Henri Decoin
After growing up in an orphanage, Micheline Chevassu dreams of nothing but falling in love with a handsome young man and beginning a new life far, far away... [More...]
Henri Decoin
After growing up in an orphanage, Micheline Chevassu dreams of nothing but falling in love with a handsome young man and beginning a new life far, far away... [More...]
Remorques (1941)
Jean Grémillon
André Laurent is the captain of a salvage boat and lives in the Brittany port of Brest with his wife Yvonne. Concealing a serious illness, Yvonne pleads with her husband to give up his hazardous job and start a new life with her in another town, but, loyal to his employees, André refuses... [More...]
Jean Grémillon
André Laurent is the captain of a salvage boat and lives in the Brittany port of Brest with his wife Yvonne. Concealing a serious illness, Yvonne pleads with her husband to give up his hazardous job and start a new life with her in another town, but, loyal to his employees, André refuses... [More...]
Romance de Paris (1941)
Jean Boyer
Georges Gauthier is a young man who dreams of becoming a music hall singer but has to content himself with his humdrum life as an electrician... [More...]
Jean Boyer
Georges Gauthier is a young man who dreams of becoming a music hall singer but has to content himself with his humdrum life as an electrician... [More...]
Vénus aveugle (1941)
Abel Gance
Clarisse is an attractive young model who is in love with Madère, a handsome sailor. When she learns that she is losing her eyesight, she breaks off her relationship with Madère and resumes her career as a cabaret singer to support herself and her crippled sister Mireille whilst her lover goes off to sea... [More...]
Abel Gance
Clarisse is an attractive young model who is in love with Madère, a handsome sailor. When she learns that she is losing her eyesight, she breaks off her relationship with Madère and resumes her career as a cabaret singer to support herself and her crippled sister Mireille whilst her lover goes off to sea... [More...]
Volpone (1941)
Maurice Tourneur
Volpone is one of the wealthiest merchants in Venice, but when his ships laden with cargo fail to arrive on time he faces an ignoble ruin... [More...]
Maurice Tourneur
Volpone is one of the wealthiest merchants in Venice, but when his ships laden with cargo fail to arrive on time he faces an ignoble ruin... [More...]