French cinema: 1945
La Boîte aux rêves (1945)
Yves Allégret
Four students fall under the spell of an attractive young woman named Nicole and take her home with them. In next to no time, she becomes their unpaid housekeeper and guardian angel, keeping from them the fact that she is the heiress to a fortune...
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Yves Allégret
Boule de suif (1945)
Christian-Jaque
Normandy, 1870. With Rouen occupied by the Prussian army, a prostitute named Élisabeth Rousset decides to leave the town in a stage coach bound for Le Havre...
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Christian-Jaque
La Cage aux rossignols (1945)
Jean Dréville
Clément Mathieu has written a book, La Cage aux Rossignols, which recounts his recent experiences as a teacher in a typical French boys' school...
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Jean Dréville
Carmen (1945)
Christian-Jaque
Seville, Spain. As soon as Don José, a naive young lieutenant, sets eyes on the dark haired beauty Carmen he makes himself her slave, like so many men before him...
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Christian-Jaque
Les Caves du Majestic (1945)
Richard Pottier
Madame Petersen, the wife of a successful Swedish businessman, is murdered at the Majestic Hotel in Paris and Chief Inspector Maigret is called in to investigate...
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Richard Pottier
Les Dames du Bois de Boulogne (1945)
Robert Bresson
Having tricked her lover Jean into admitting that he no longer loves her, society lady Helène is inwardly consumed by anger and plots a cruel vengeance... [More...]
Robert Bresson
Having tricked her lover Jean into admitting that he no longer loves her, society lady Helène is inwardly consumed by anger and plots a cruel vengeance... [More...]
Les Enfants du paradis (1945)
Marcel Carné
Paris, circa 1830. Frederick LeMaître is a young romantic who dreams of becoming a great actor. Unable to find a role worthy of his talents, he gratefully accepts a small part in a mime show at the Funambules Theatre on the busy Boulevard du Crime... [More...]
Marcel Carné
Paris, circa 1830. Frederick LeMaître is a young romantic who dreams of becoming a great actor. Unable to find a role worthy of his talents, he gratefully accepts a small part in a mime show at the Funambules Theatre on the busy Boulevard du Crime... [More...]
Falbalas (1945)
Jacques Becker
Philippe Clarence is the genius couturier who runs one of the most successful fashion houses in Paris. His unsurpassed talent for design is matched only by the ease with which he draws women towards him, women he toys with whilst they amuse him, and then casually discards at his leisure... [More...]
Jacques Becker
Philippe Clarence is the genius couturier who runs one of the most successful fashion houses in Paris. His unsurpassed talent for design is matched only by the ease with which he draws women towards him, women he toys with whilst they amuse him, and then casually discards at his leisure... [More...]
La Ferme du pendu (1945)
Jean Dréville
The scene is the Vendée, an agricultural region of France in the 1930s. After the death of his father, François Raimondeau has one thought in mind - to prevent the family farm from being broken up and sold... [More...]
Jean Dréville
The scene is the Vendée, an agricultural region of France in the 1930s. After the death of his father, François Raimondeau has one thought in mind - to prevent the family farm from being broken up and sold... [More...]
La Fiancée des ténèbres (1945)
Serge de Poligny
The composer Roland Samblaca returns to his home town Carcassonne in the South of France with his family. Whilst visiting an ancient castle, he meets and is enchanted by a young woman, Sylvie, who lives in the castle with her adoptive guardian, Monsieur Toulzac... [More...]
Serge de Poligny
The composer Roland Samblaca returns to his home town Carcassonne in the South of France with his family. Whilst visiting an ancient castle, he meets and is enchanted by a young woman, Sylvie, who lives in the castle with her adoptive guardian, Monsieur Toulzac... [More...]
L'Invité de la onzième heure (1945)
Maurice Cloche
Dr Rémi Lambert is a distinguished inventor who is inordinately proud of his latest creation - a machine that is capable of reading human thoughts... [More...]
Maurice Cloche
Dr Rémi Lambert is a distinguished inventor who is inordinately proud of his latest creation - a machine that is capable of reading human thoughts... [More...]
Le Mystère Saint-Val (1945)
René Le Hénaff
Désiré Le Sec works for an insurance company owned by his uncle but has aspirations of being a great detective... [More...]
René Le Hénaff
Désiré Le Sec works for an insurance company owned by his uncle but has aspirations of being a great detective... [More...]
Naïs (1945)
Raymond Leboursier
Toine, a farmhand on a farm in rural Provence, has the misfortune to have been born with a hump on his back. For years he has secretly loved Naïs, the only child of his grouchy employer, Micoulin, but he is too conscious of his deformity to dare broach the subject with her... [More...]
Raymond Leboursier
Toine, a farmhand on a farm in rural Provence, has the misfortune to have been born with a hump on his back. For years he has secretly loved Naïs, the only child of his grouchy employer, Micoulin, but he is too conscious of his deformity to dare broach the subject with her... [More...]
La Part de l'ombre (1945)
Jean Delannoy
A retired violist lives in self-enforced seclusion at his château with his daughter Agnès. He does nothing to encourage the hoards of aspiring young musicians who turn up on his doorstep asking for his patronage and advice... [More...]
Jean Delannoy
A retired violist lives in self-enforced seclusion at his château with his daughter Agnès. He does nothing to encourage the hoards of aspiring young musicians who turn up on his doorstep asking for his patronage and advice... [More...]
Le Père Goriot (1945)
Robert Vernay
Eugène de Rastignac, a penniless provincial nobleman, lives at the boarding house of Madame Vauquier in Paris. Armed with a letter of introduction from his mother, he pays a visit to his cousin Madame de Bauseant, who offers him advice on how to make his way in the world... [More...]
Robert Vernay
Eugène de Rastignac, a penniless provincial nobleman, lives at the boarding house of Madame Vauquier in Paris. Armed with a letter of introduction from his mother, he pays a visit to his cousin Madame de Bauseant, who offers him advice on how to make his way in the world... [More...]
La Vie de bohème (1945)
Marcel L'Herbier
Paris in the 1840s. Schaunard, Colline, Marcel and Rodolphe are four young artists who are determined to make a name for themselves... [More...]
Marcel L'Herbier
Paris in the 1840s. Schaunard, Colline, Marcel and Rodolphe are four young artists who are determined to make a name for themselves... [More...]