French cinema: 1944
L'Ange de la nuit (1944)
André Berthomieu
Paris, 1939. A group of impoverished students open a restaurant in the Latin Quarter, and give each other moral and material support, assisted by their kindly landlord Père Heurteloup...
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André Berthomieu
L'Aventure est au coin de la rue (1944)
Jacques Daniel-Norman
A wealthy young man, Pierre Trévoux, is tired of his dull life and yearns for adventure. After spending an evening in a night-club where is inspired by the singer Adria-Adria, he gets the better of a pickpocket, Roulet, forcing him to give him his ill-gotten gains for that evening...
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Jacques Daniel-Norman
Le Bossu (1944)
Jean Delannoy
France, 1699. Philippe de Gonzague kills the Duke of Nevers in the hope of stealing both his wife and his fortune. Having failed to save the Duke's life, the swordmaster Henri de Lagardère flees to Spain with his infant daughter Aurore, swearing that one day he will have his revenge...
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Jean Delannoy
Le Carrefour des enfants perdus (1944)
Léo Joannon
Marseille, 1940. In the chaotic aftermath of France's capitulation to Nazi Germany, three former inmates of a reform school meet up by chance...
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Léo Joannon
Cécile est morte (1944)
Maurice Tourneur
For six months, Cécile has been hounding the police for protection, so convinced is she that her life is in danger...
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Maurice Tourneur
Le Ciel est à vous (1944)
Jean Grémillon
Pierre Gauthier is proud of the fact that, during WWI, he was employed as a mechanic to the celebrated aviator Georges Guynemer... [More...]
Jean Grémillon
Pierre Gauthier is proud of the fact that, during WWI, he was employed as a mechanic to the celebrated aviator Georges Guynemer... [More...]
La Malibran (1944)
Sacha Guitry
When she learns of the premature death of her friend, the celebrated singer Maria Malibran, the Countess Merlin recalls several important episodes in her life... [More...]
Sacha Guitry
When she learns of the premature death of her friend, the celebrated singer Maria Malibran, the Countess Merlin recalls several important episodes in her life... [More...]
Les Petites du quai aux fleurs (1944)
Marc Allégret
After his wife walked out on him, Frédéric Grimaud was left to bring up his four daughters single-handedly... [More...]
Marc Allégret
After his wife walked out on him, Frédéric Grimaud was left to bring up his four daughters single-handedly... [More...]
Premier de cordée (1944)
Louis Daquin
For many years, Jean Servettaz has worked as a mountain guide in Chamonix but, too aware of the risks of his profession, he gives this up so that he can run a guest house for tourists... [More...]
Louis Daquin
For many years, Jean Servettaz has worked as a mountain guide in Chamonix but, too aware of the risks of his profession, he gives this up so that he can run a guest house for tourists... [More...]
Service de nuit (1944)
Jean Faurez
Suzanne works as a telephone operator in a small village in the Savoie region of France. It is a privileged position and Suzanne finds herself privy to all the secrets and intrigues that go on in her close-knit community... [More...]
Jean Faurez
Suzanne works as a telephone operator in a small village in the Savoie region of France. It is a privileged position and Suzanne finds herself privy to all the secrets and intrigues that go on in her close-knit community... [More...]
Un chapeau de paille d'Italie (1944)
Maurice Cammage
On the morning of his wedding to the beautiful Hélène, Fadinard goes for a ride in his horse and cart. Disaster strikes unexpectedly when his horse devours a straw hat belonging to a young married woman named Anaïs Beaupertuis, who is out for a stroll with a male friend... [More...]
Maurice Cammage
On the morning of his wedding to the beautiful Hélène, Fadinard goes for a ride in his horse and cart. Disaster strikes unexpectedly when his horse devours a straw hat belonging to a young married woman named Anaïs Beaupertuis, who is out for a stroll with a male friend... [More...]
Le Voyageur sans bagages (1944)
Jean Anouilh
Gaston is one of the casualties of the so-called 'war to end all wars'. His body survived the carnage of the WWI battlefields but his mind was irreparably damaged... [More...]
Jean Anouilh
Gaston is one of the casualties of the so-called 'war to end all wars'. His body survived the carnage of the WWI battlefields but his mind was irreparably damaged... [More...]