French cinema: 1950s
Les Trois mousquetaires (1953)
André Hunebelle
Under the reign of Louis XIII, the young Charles d'Artagnan leaves his home village in Gascony and sets out for Paris, determined to fulfil his ambition to become one of the king's musketeers...
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André Hunebelle
Le Trou normand (1952)
Jean Boyer
When Célestin Lemoine dies, everyone in the small town of Courteville is eager to learn who ill inherit his popular inn, Le Trou Normand...
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Jean Boyer
Tu m'as sauvé la vie (1951)
Sacha Guitry
The baron de Saint-Rambert is a misanthropic old man who, despite his wealth, has no friends, and no apparent heir. His servants hope to inherit a share of his fortune, as does the countess de Morhange, whose plan is to marry the old man...
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Sacha Guitry
Typhon sur Nagasaki (1957)
Yves Ciampi
Pierre Marsac is a French engineer working for a large oil company in Nagasaki, a Japanese city that was mostly devastated by an atomic bomb at the end of WWII...
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Yves Ciampi
Un acte d'amour (1953)
Anatole Litvak
Some years after the war, an American, Robert Teller, pays a visit to a seaside town in the South of France. He casts his mind back to 1944, recalling his time in Paris immediately after the Liberation...
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Anatole Litvak
Un amour de poche (1957)
Pierre Kast
In his laboratory, Professor Jérôme Nordman is busily engaged on his latest scientific research project, to shrink animals, and perhaps people, without killing them... [More...]
Pierre Kast
In his laboratory, Professor Jérôme Nordman is busily engaged on his latest scientific research project, to shrink animals, and perhaps people, without killing them... [More...]
Un certain Monsieur Jo (1958)
René Jolivet
Jo Guardini, known to everyone as Monsieur Jo, leads a quiet, honest life running an inn on an island on the River Marne... [More...]
René Jolivet
Jo Guardini, known to everyone as Monsieur Jo, leads a quiet, honest life running an inn on an island on the River Marne... [More...]
Un chant d'amour (1950)
Jean Genet
In a French prison, two inmates in solitary cells try to communicate with one another. One is young, clean and handsome; the other somewhat older, unshaved and unkempt... [More...]
Jean Genet
In a French prison, two inmates in solitary cells try to communicate with one another. One is young, clean and handsome; the other somewhat older, unshaved and unkempt... [More...]
Un condamné à mort s'est échappé (1956)
Robert Bresson
In 1943, with France under Nazi occupation, Lieutenant Fontaine is arrested by the Gestapo for his involvement with the Resistance... [More...]
Robert Bresson
In 1943, with France under Nazi occupation, Lieutenant Fontaine is arrested by the Gestapo for his involvement with the Resistance... [More...]
Un drôle de dimanche (1958)
Marc Allégret
Five years after his wife Catherine left him, Jean Brévent, a copyrighter on a Paris newspaper, still cannot fathom what went wrong with his marriage... [More...]
Marc Allégret
Five years after his wife Catherine left him, Jean Brévent, a copyrighter on a Paris newspaper, still cannot fathom what went wrong with his marriage... [More...]
Un grand patron (1951)
Yves Ciampi
Louis Delage is one of the greatest surgeons of his time and nothing matters more to him than his career. He has a strained relationship with Dr Tannard, his cousin, who is jealous of his success... [More...]
Yves Ciampi
Louis Delage is one of the greatest surgeons of his time and nothing matters more to him than his career. He has a strained relationship with Dr Tannard, his cousin, who is jealous of his success... [More...]
Un homme marche dans la ville (1950)
Marcello Pagliero
In the late 1940s, Madeleine and André Laurent live in Le Havre, a town that appears as grimly desolate and battle-scarred as their marriage... [More...]
Marcello Pagliero
In the late 1940s, Madeleine and André Laurent live in Le Havre, a town that appears as grimly desolate and battle-scarred as their marriage... [More...]
Un témoin dans la ville (1959)
Edouard Molinaro
In the course of a violent argument, businessman Pierre Verdier pushes his mistress Jeanne out of a moving train. Tried for murder, he is subsequently acquitted through lack of evidence... [More...]
Edouard Molinaro
In the course of a violent argument, businessman Pierre Verdier pushes his mistress Jeanne out of a moving train. Tried for murder, he is subsequently acquitted through lack of evidence... [More...]
Une balle dans le canon (1958)
Michel Deville
Dick and Tony are two veterans of the war in Indochina who have turned to trafficking to make a living. They accept a commission from a gangster known as Le Maltais to deliver 25 million francs... [More...]
Michel Deville
Dick and Tony are two veterans of the war in Indochina who have turned to trafficking to make a living. They accept a commission from a gangster known as Le Maltais to deliver 25 million francs... [More...]
Une fille sur la route (1952)
Jean Stelli
To escape the hoards of female admirers that are constantly haranguing him, singer Carlos Cortez heads for the Côte d'Azur, hoping to spend a quiet holiday under his real name, Jacques Gary... [More...]
Jean Stelli
To escape the hoards of female admirers that are constantly haranguing him, singer Carlos Cortez heads for the Côte d'Azur, hoping to spend a quiet holiday under his real name, Jacques Gary... [More...]
Une histoire d'amour (1951)
Guy Lefranc
One morning, two policemen come across the dead bodies of a young man and woman in wrecked coach on a stretch of waste ground... [More...]
Guy Lefranc
One morning, two policemen come across the dead bodies of a young man and woman in wrecked coach on a stretch of waste ground... [More...]
Une manche et la belle (1957)
Henri Verneuil
Philippe Delaroche is a modest bank employee whose attempt to swindle some easy money out of a rich widow, Betty Farnwell, ends with an unexpected proposal of marriage... [More...]
Henri Verneuil
Philippe Delaroche is a modest bank employee whose attempt to swindle some easy money out of a rich widow, Betty Farnwell, ends with an unexpected proposal of marriage... [More...]
Une parisienne (1957)
Michel Boisrond
Brigitte Laurier, the remarkably good-looking daughter of the present Prime Minister of France, is used to getting her own way... [More...]
Michel Boisrond
Brigitte Laurier, the remarkably good-looking daughter of the present Prime Minister of France, is used to getting her own way... [More...]
Une vie (1958)
Alexandre Astruc
In the late 19th century, Jeanne Dandieu lives with her parents in an isolated country house in Normandy. Her only companion is her childhood friend, Gilberte, who is now her servant... [More...]
Alexandre Astruc
In the late 19th century, Jeanne Dandieu lives with her parents in an isolated country house in Normandy. Her only companion is her childhood friend, Gilberte, who is now her servant... [More...]
Uniformes et grandes manoeuvres (1950)
René Le Hénaff
Luc, a doorman at the Miramar nightclub, knows too well the perils of returning a mislaid object to its owner. He recalls the fateful day when playboy André Duroc left his cigarette case behind... [More...]
René Le Hénaff
Luc, a doorman at the Miramar nightclub, knows too well the perils of returning a mislaid object to its owner. He recalls the fateful day when playboy André Duroc left his cigarette case behind... [More...]
Les Vacances de Monsieur Hulot (1953)
Jacques Tati
Monsieur Hulot sets out for his summer holiday at the peaceful seaside resort of St. Marc-Sur-Mer. No sooner has he arrived, in his trusty old jalopy, than the nightmare of his fellow holiday-makers begins... [More...]
Jacques Tati
Monsieur Hulot sets out for his summer holiday at the peaceful seaside resort of St. Marc-Sur-Mer. No sooner has he arrived, in his trusty old jalopy, than the nightmare of his fellow holiday-makers begins... [More...]
Vacances explosives (1957)
Christian Stengel
In Paris, Arlette Bernard hosts a grand reception at the bar she has just bought to celebrate the marriage of her daughter Syvie to François Morel, just before they set out on their honeymoon in the south of France... [More...]
Christian Stengel
In Paris, Arlette Bernard hosts a grand reception at the bar she has just bought to celebrate the marriage of her daughter Syvie to François Morel, just before they set out on their honeymoon in the south of France... [More...]
La Vache et le prisonnier (1959)
Henri Verneuil
In 1943, Charles Bailly is an unhappy prisoner-of-war on a farm in Nazi Germany. After two years of captivity, he makes up his mind to escape and return to his hometown of Marseille... [More...]
Henri Verneuil
In 1943, Charles Bailly is an unhappy prisoner-of-war on a farm in Nazi Germany. After two years of captivity, he makes up his mind to escape and return to his hometown of Marseille... [More...]
La Valse de Paris (1950)
Marcel Achard
Paris, in the mid-1800s. Hortense Schneider is an aspiring young actress who is keen to appear in Jacques Offenbach's next operetta... [More...]
Marcel Achard
Paris, in the mid-1800s. Hortense Schneider is an aspiring young actress who is keen to appear in Jacques Offenbach's next operetta... [More...]
La Valse du gorille (1959)
Bernard Borderie
An international conference at which Professor Keibel is to present his theory for a revolutionary new rocket system is sabotaged by German agents determined to steal Keibel's discovery and sell it to the highest bidder... [More...]
Bernard Borderie
An international conference at which Professor Keibel is to present his theory for a revolutionary new rocket system is sabotaged by German agents determined to steal Keibel's discovery and sell it to the highest bidder... [More...]
La Vérité sur Bébé Donge (1952)
Henri Decoin
François Donge, a wealthy industrialist, is seriously ill in hospital. He knows that he has been poisoned by his young wife Bébé, but he bears her no recriminations... [More...]
Henri Decoin
François Donge, a wealthy industrialist, is seriously ill in hospital. He knows that he has been poisoned by his young wife Bébé, but he bears her no recriminations... [More...]
Victor (1951)
Claude Heymann
When he leaves prison, Victor refuses to bear a grudge against his old friend Marc, the man whose dodgy business dealings but him there... [More...]
Claude Heymann
When he leaves prison, Victor refuses to bear a grudge against his old friend Marc, the man whose dodgy business dealings but him there... [More...]
La Vie à deux (1958)
Clément Duhour
Realising that his days are numbered, the renowned author Pierre Carraud puts his signature to his last will and testament in the presence of his friends and his notary... [More...]
Clément Duhour
Realising that his days are numbered, the renowned author Pierre Carraud puts his signature to his last will and testament in the presence of his friends and his notary... [More...]
La Vie d'un honnête homme (1953)
Sacha Guitry
Through a combination of hard work and ruthlessness, Albert Ménard-Lacoste has become a wealthy businessman, although his austerity prevents him from being loved, even by his family... [More...]
Sacha Guitry
Through a combination of hard work and ruthlessness, Albert Ménard-Lacoste has become a wealthy businessman, although his austerity prevents him from being loved, even by his family... [More...]
La Vierge du Rhin (1953)
Gilles Grangier
In Düsseldorf, Martin Schmidt finds work on La Vierge du Rhin, a barge bound for France, keeping from his employer that he is in truth Jacques Ledru, a Frenchman who is thought to have been killed in action during World War II... [More...]
Gilles Grangier
In Düsseldorf, Martin Schmidt finds work on La Vierge du Rhin, a barge bound for France, keeping from his employer that he is in truth Jacques Ledru, a Frenchman who is thought to have been killed in action during World War II... [More...]