French cinema: 1949
56, rue Pigalle (1949)
Willy Rozier
Jean Vigneron is a draftsman and yachting enthusiast who for some time has been pursuing a secret and passionate love affair with Inès, the wife of one of his friends, Ricardo de Montalban...
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Willy Rozier
Les Amants de Vérone (1949)
André Cayatte
A film crew is shooting an adaptation of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet in Venice. Bettina Verdi, the leading actress, visits a glass factory in Murano with her guide Raffaele...
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André Cayatte
Au grand balcon (1949)
Henri Decoin
In 1920, Gilbert Carbot manages a small aviation company in Toulouse which he is eager to expand. To that end, he takes on several new recruits, airmen who served in the last war, one of these being Jean Fabien...
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Henri Decoin
Au p'tit zouave (1949)
Gilles Grangier
Au p'tit Zouave is a café run by Armand Billot and his wife in a working class district of Paris. The café is a popular haunt for ordinary people working in the area, although Billot's main preoccupation is his treasured goldfish, which he guards day and night from his wife's cat...
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Gilles Grangier
Au royaume des cieux (1949)
Julien Duvivier
Flanked by policemen, Maria Lambert, a 17-year-old orphan, arrives at Haute-Mère, a secure educational establishment located in an austere region of France that is at risk of flooding...
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Julien Duvivier
Au-delà des grilles (1949)
René Clément
Pierre is on the run from the police, careful to evade capture after murdering the mistress who dared to be unfaithful to him... [More...]
René Clément
Pierre is on the run from the police, careful to evade capture after murdering the mistress who dared to be unfaithful to him... [More...]
Bal Cupidon (1949)
Marc-Gilbert Sauvajon
After causing a road accident by driving too fast, Flip finds himself in court, and prosecution lawyer Isabelle Plessis takes immense pleasure in seeing him sent to prison... [More...]
Marc-Gilbert Sauvajon
After causing a road accident by driving too fast, Flip finds himself in court, and prosecution lawyer Isabelle Plessis takes immense pleasure in seeing him sent to prison... [More...]
Barry (1949)
Richard Pottier
In 1880, in a French alpine village near the border with Italy, Angelina is passionately in love with Sylvain Bavoizet, not knowing that she has an equally fervent admirer in Théotime, an old friend of hers who is twenty years her senior... [More...]
Richard Pottier
In 1880, in a French alpine village near the border with Italy, Angelina is passionately in love with Sylvain Bavoizet, not knowing that she has an equally fervent admirer in Théotime, an old friend of hers who is twenty years her senior... [More...]
Ces dames aux chapeaux verts (1949)
Fernand Rivers
With her brother away working in Cameroon, Arlette, a sporty young Parisian, has no option but to stay with her four spinster cousins at their house in the country... [More...]
Fernand Rivers
With her brother away working in Cameroon, Arlette, a sporty young Parisian, has no option but to stay with her four spinster cousins at their house in the country... [More...]
Cinq tulipes rouges (1949)
Jean Stelli
The 1948 Tour de France gets off to an ominous start when one of the competitors is killed in a road accident even before the competition gets under way... [More...]
Jean Stelli
The 1948 Tour de France gets off to an ominous start when one of the competitors is killed in a road accident even before the competition gets under way... [More...]
Le Coeur sur la main (1949)
André Berthomieu
Léon Ménard is a church warden in a small Normandy village who is renowned locally as an accordionist. One evening, a famous singer, Mary Pinson, turns up in the region and before he knows it Léon is coerced into backing her at a concert... [More...]
André Berthomieu
Léon Ménard is a church warden in a small Normandy village who is renowned locally as an accordionist. One evening, a famous singer, Mary Pinson, turns up in the region and before he knows it Léon is coerced into backing her at a concert... [More...]
Dernier amour (1949)
Jean Stelli
Hélène and Alain would seem to be the model of a happily married couple. Ten years ago, they were madly in love, but Hélène was then the wife of a wealthy man who would never agree to a divorce... [More...]
Jean Stelli
Hélène and Alain would seem to be the model of a happily married couple. Ten years ago, they were madly in love, but Hélène was then the wife of a wealthy man who would never agree to a divorce... [More...]
Dernière heure, édition spéciale (1949)
Maurice de Canonge
Dominique Coche is an ambitious young journalist who edits a column on the newspaper Le Cri du monde. When a world famous pianist, Emmanuel Costa, is found dead in his bath, Dominique sees an opportunity to advance his career and boost his paper's circulation... [More...]
Maurice de Canonge
Dominique Coche is an ambitious young journalist who edits a column on the newspaper Le Cri du monde. When a world famous pianist, Emmanuel Costa, is found dead in his bath, Dominique sees an opportunity to advance his career and boost his paper's circulation... [More...]
Du Guesclin (1949)
Bernard de Latour
Originating from a modest family of Breton landowners, Bertrand Du Guesclin distinguishes himself in early adulthood as a fiercely energetic and valiant soldier... [More...]
Bernard de Latour
Originating from a modest family of Breton landowners, Bertrand Du Guesclin distinguishes himself in early adulthood as a fiercely energetic and valiant soldier... [More...]
L'École buissonnière (1949)
Jean-Paul Le Chanois
In 1920, Monsieur Pascal, a veteran of the First World War, arrives in a small Provençal town to take up a teaching post... [More...]
Jean-Paul Le Chanois
In 1920, Monsieur Pascal, a veteran of the First World War, arrives in a small Provençal town to take up a teaching post... [More...]
Entre onze heures et minuit (1949)
Henri Decoin
It was between the hours of eleven o'clock at night and midnight that the crime took place. Jérôme Vidauban, a trafficker wanted by the police, is shot dead in a Paris subway by an unknown assassin... [More...]
Henri Decoin
It was between the hours of eleven o'clock at night and midnight that the crime took place. Jérôme Vidauban, a trafficker wanted by the police, is shot dead in a Paris subway by an unknown assassin... [More...]
L'Épave (1949)
Willy Rozier
Perrucha is a Spanish refugee who has just one ambition: to become a famous singer. Performing at a bar in Toulon, she meets Mario, a young deep-sea diver... [More...]
Willy Rozier
Perrucha is a Spanish refugee who has just one ambition: to become a famous singer. Performing at a bar in Toulon, she meets Mario, a young deep-sea diver... [More...]
L'Escadron blanc (1949)
René Chanas
Commander Marçay receives orders to lead a company of legionnaires across the Sahara Desert in pursuit of a dangerous gang of bandits that are pillaging the region... [More...]
René Chanas
Commander Marçay receives orders to lead a company of legionnaires across the Sahara Desert in pursuit of a dangerous gang of bandits that are pillaging the region... [More...]
Ève et le serpent (1949)
Charles-Félix Tavano
Georges and Louisette are neighbours in a Parisian apartment block who, whilst not sharing the same taste in music, fall hopelessly in love and decide to get married... [More...]
Charles-Félix Tavano
Georges and Louisette are neighbours in a Parisian apartment block who, whilst not sharing the same taste in music, fall hopelessly in love and decide to get married... [More...]
Fantômas contre Fantômas (1949)
Robert Vernay
Brutally rejected by his one true love Irène de Charras, the renowned surgeon François de Bréval commits suicide by crashing his car into a tree at high speed... [More...]
Robert Vernay
Brutally rejected by his one true love Irène de Charras, the renowned surgeon François de Bréval commits suicide by crashing his car into a tree at high speed... [More...]
Le Furet (1949)
Raymond Leboursier
Paris is in the grip of a crime wave. A series of seemingly unrelated murders have taken place, and on each occasion the police are forewarned of the crime by a letter signed 'Le Furet'... [More...]
Raymond Leboursier
Paris is in the grip of a crime wave. A series of seemingly unrelated murders have taken place, and on each occasion the police are forewarned of the crime by a letter signed 'Le Furet'... [More...]
Gigi (1949)
Jacqueline Audry
Gigi is a girl on the threshold of womanhood, after being brought up in the protective cocoon of her wealthy grandmother, Mamita... [More...]
Jacqueline Audry
Gigi is a girl on the threshold of womanhood, after being brought up in the protective cocoon of her wealthy grandmother, Mamita... [More...]
Hans le marin (1949)
François Villiers
Once the US navy ship Alabama has docked at the port of Marseille, three of its crew, including a Canadian Eric Martin, head straight for the Kit-Cat bar... [More...]
François Villiers
Once the US navy ship Alabama has docked at the port of Marseille, three of its crew, including a Canadian Eric Martin, head straight for the Kit-Cat bar... [More...]
L'Héroïque Monsieur Boniface (1949)
Maurice Labro
Monsieur Boniface is a timid soul whose artistic leanings are amply satisfied by his job as a shop window-dresser. Returning to his lodgings one evening he is surprised to find a corpse in his bed... [More...]
Maurice Labro
Monsieur Boniface is a timid soul whose artistic leanings are amply satisfied by his job as a shop window-dresser. Returning to his lodgings one evening he is surprised to find a corpse in his bed... [More...]
Histoires extraordinaires (1949)
Jean Faurez
France, at the time of the Second Empire. One dreary night, three gendarmes regale a new recruit with tales of murder and intrigue with which they have had first hand experience... [More...]
Jean Faurez
France, at the time of the Second Empire. One dreary night, three gendarmes regale a new recruit with tales of murder and intrigue with which they have had first hand experience... [More...]
Je n'aime que toi (1949)
Pierre Montazel
Renaldo Cortez is a world famous singer who lives only for his art. Feeling neglected, his wife Irène looks for attention elsewhere and soon begins an affair with a young man, Gérard, with whom she elopes... [More...]
Pierre Montazel
Renaldo Cortez is a world famous singer who lives only for his art. Feeling neglected, his wife Irène looks for attention elsewhere and soon begins an affair with a young man, Gérard, with whom she elopes... [More...]
Jour de fête (1949)
Jacques Tati
It is 14th July and the arrival of a travelling fair in the sleepy French country town of Sainte-Severe-sur-Indre is greeted with enthusiasm by the locals, especially the children... [More...]
Jacques Tati
It is 14th July and the arrival of a travelling fair in the sleepy French country town of Sainte-Severe-sur-Indre is greeted with enthusiasm by the locals, especially the children... [More...]
Manon (1949)
Henri-Georges Clouzot
A cargo ship leaves Marseilles loaded with Jews, survivors of the Holocaust who hope to begin a new life in the recently founded state of Israel... [More...]
Henri-Georges Clouzot
A cargo ship leaves Marseilles loaded with Jews, survivors of the Holocaust who hope to begin a new life in the recently founded state of Israel... [More...]
La Marie du port (1949)
Marcel Carné
In 1949, Odile le Flem, a woman in her mid-thirties, makes a reluctant return to the small Normandy town where she grew up, Port-en-Bessin, to attend the funeral of her recently deceased father... [More...]
Marcel Carné
In 1949, Odile le Flem, a woman in her mid-thirties, makes a reluctant return to the small Normandy town where she grew up, Port-en-Bessin, to attend the funeral of her recently deceased father... [More...]
Maya (1949)
Raymond Bernard
When the cargo ship Saint-Jacques docks at a seaport, the crew waste no time going ashore to enjoy the distractions offered by the town... [More...]
Raymond Bernard
When the cargo ship Saint-Jacques docks at a seaport, the crew waste no time going ashore to enjoy the distractions offered by the town... [More...]