French cinema: 1950s
Légère et court vêtue (1953)
Jean Laviron
Jacques Lorette, a workaholic lawyer, considers himself fortunate to have a faithful wife, Jacqueline. At least he does so until the day when a stranger walks into his office and hands him 300 thousand francs to atone for having had an affair with Jacqueline for the past two years...
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Jean Laviron
Leguignon guérisseur (1954)
Maurice Labro
Diogène Leguignon is surprised when, one day, he realises he has acquired the ability to cure sick animals. It seems that his healing powers are not confined to pets - he can also cure human beings, just by laying his right hand on whichever part of their body is afflicted...
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Maurice Labro
Les Lettres de mon moulin (1954)
Marcel Pagnol
Alphonse Daudet, purchases a windmill in Pampérigouste, an attractive region of rural France, so that he can write a series of short stories about country folk...
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Marcel Pagnol
Leur dernière nuit (1953)
Georges Lacombe
Newly qualified to work as a teacher Madeleine Marsan, a single woman in her early thirties, leaves her home in Limoges and heads for Paris to look for a teaching post...
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Georges Lacombe
Les Liaisons dangereuses (1959)
Roger Vadim
In modern day France, Juliette de Merteuil is a well-regarded society belle who is happily married to the Vicomte de Valmont, a distinguished diplomat...
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Roger Vadim
La Loi c'est la loi (1958)
Christian-Jaque
The small town of Assola lies across France's border with Italy, a fact which is about to cause no end of distress for the dedicated customs inspector Ferdinand Pastorelli... [More...]
Christian-Jaque
The small town of Assola lies across France's border with Italy, a fact which is about to cause no end of distress for the dedicated customs inspector Ferdinand Pastorelli... [More...]
La Loi des rues (1956)
Ralph Habib
An orphan boy without any family to speak of, Yves Treguier has grown up living in one institution after another, with the result that he is now a wild and rebellious teenager... [More...]
Ralph Habib
An orphan boy without any family to speak of, Yves Treguier has grown up living in one institution after another, with the result that he is now a wild and rebellious teenager... [More...]
Lola Montès (1955)
Max Ophüls
By the 1850s, Lola Montès is one of most notorious women of her time. Her love affairs with composers, kings and other men of distinction are legendary... [More...]
Max Ophüls
By the 1850s, Lola Montès is one of most notorious women of her time. Her love affairs with composers, kings and other men of distinction are legendary... [More...]
Les Loups chassent la nuit (1952)
Bernard Borderie
Thomas Mollert. the head of a counter-espionage network, meets up with one of his agents, Cyril, in Trieste, to instruct him on his next assignment... [More...]
Bernard Borderie
Thomas Mollert. the head of a counter-espionage network, meets up with one of his agents, Cyril, in Trieste, to instruct him on his next assignment... [More...]
Les Louves (1957)
Luis Saslavsky
During the Second World War, two Frenchmen - Gervais Larauch and Bernard Pradalié - escape from the German prisoner-of-war camp where they are being detained and head back to France... [More...]
Luis Saslavsky
During the Second World War, two Frenchmen - Gervais Larauch and Bernard Pradalié - escape from the German prisoner-of-war camp where they are being detained and head back to France... [More...]
Lucrèce Borgia (1953)
Christian-Jaque
Towards the end of the 15th century, Cesare Borgia is one of the most powerful men in Renaissance Italy. He owes his present position of influence to a combination of good fortune and ruthlessness, to say nothing of his seemingly unbounded ambition... [More...]
Christian-Jaque
Towards the end of the 15th century, Cesare Borgia is one of the most powerful men in Renaissance Italy. He owes his present position of influence to a combination of good fortune and ruthlessness, to say nothing of his seemingly unbounded ambition... [More...]
La Lumière d'en face (1955)
Georges Lacombe
After a terrible road accident in which his fellow driver was killed, Georges Moreau had no choice but to give up his job as a long distance lorry driver... [More...]
Georges Lacombe
After a terrible road accident in which his fellow driver was killed, Georges Moreau had no choice but to give up his job as a long distance lorry driver... [More...]
Ma femme est formidable (1951)
André Hunebelle
When his wife Sylvia sets out to spend the weekend with her mother, sculptor Raymond Corbier becomes suspicious. Just who was that man he saw sitting beside her in her car... [More...]
André Hunebelle
When his wife Sylvia sets out to spend the weekend with her mother, sculptor Raymond Corbier becomes suspicious. Just who was that man he saw sitting beside her in her car... [More...]
Ma pomme (1950)
Marc-Gilbert Sauvajon
When a house is demolished a fabulous treasure is discovered. According to the terms of a will, this treasure is to be divided up between a number of legatees, but only if the eldest agrees to accept his share of the inheritance... [More...]
Marc-Gilbert Sauvajon
When a house is demolished a fabulous treasure is discovered. According to the terms of a will, this treasure is to be divided up between a number of legatees, but only if the eldest agrees to accept his share of the inheritance... [More...]
Madame de... (1953)
Max Ophüls
A wealthy Countess decides to sell her earrings to pay off a small debt, leading her husband, an important general, to believe that the jewels have been lost... [More...]
Max Ophüls
A wealthy Countess decides to sell her earrings to pay off a small debt, leading her husband, an important general, to believe that the jewels have been lost... [More...]
Madame du Barry (1954)
Christian-Jaque
When the nobleman Jean du Barry falls in love with the stunningly beautiful Jeanne Bécu, he contrives an elaborate plot so that she may become his mistress... [More...]
Christian-Jaque
When the nobleman Jean du Barry falls in love with the stunningly beautiful Jeanne Bécu, he contrives an elaborate plot so that she may become his mistress... [More...]
Mademoiselle et son gang (1957)
Jean Boyer
Dédé and Juju are two small-time crooks who, lacking imagination, resort to seeking inspiration in the manuscripts entered in a crime writers' competition... [More...]
Jean Boyer
Dédé and Juju are two small-time crooks who, lacking imagination, resort to seeking inspiration in the manuscripts entered in a crime writers' competition... [More...]
Maigret et l'affaire Saint-Fiacre (1959)
Jean Delannoy
Recently returned to his home town of Moulins, Superintendent Maigret is happily reminiscing on his past when he receives an unexpected telephone call from the Countess of Saint-Fiacre... [More...]
Jean Delannoy
Recently returned to his home town of Moulins, Superintendent Maigret is happily reminiscing on his past when he receives an unexpected telephone call from the Countess of Saint-Fiacre... [More...]
Maigret tend un piège (1958)
Jean Delannoy
A mysterious serial killer is at work in the Marais district of Paris. So far he has claimed the lives of four victims, all young women, all savagely stabbed to death... [More...]
Jean Delannoy
A mysterious serial killer is at work in the Marais district of Paris. So far he has claimed the lives of four victims, all young women, all savagely stabbed to death... [More...]
Les Mains sales (1951)
Fernand Rivers
In September 1943, Illyria, a country in Eastern Europe, is drawn into the war against Nazi Germany. Hugo Barine is the privileged son of a member of the ruling elite but he is so disgusted by the way ordinary people are exploited by the present régime that he joins the Proletarian Party, which is committed to the idea of creating a classless society... [More...]
Fernand Rivers
In September 1943, Illyria, a country in Eastern Europe, is drawn into the war against Nazi Germany. Hugo Barine is the privileged son of a member of the ruling elite but he is so disgusted by the way ordinary people are exploited by the present régime that he joins the Proletarian Party, which is committed to the idea of creating a classless society... [More...]
La Maison Bonnadieu (1951)
Carlo Rim
In 1910, Félix Bonnadieu is the manager of a provincial factory that manufactures women's corsets. He knows that his wife Gabrielle is having an affair with a younger man, Pascal Mascaret, and is determined to break up the relationship... [More...]
Carlo Rim
In 1910, Félix Bonnadieu is the manager of a provincial factory that manufactures women's corsets. He knows that his wife Gabrielle is having an affair with a younger man, Pascal Mascaret, and is determined to break up the relationship... [More...]
Maître après Dieu (1951)
Louis Daquin
1938. By passing himself off as a missionary, a boorish pirate named Joris Knipper manages to extort a large consignment of coconuts from an African village... [More...]
Louis Daquin
1938. By passing himself off as a missionary, a boorish pirate named Joris Knipper manages to extort a large consignment of coconuts from an African village... [More...]
Mam'zelle Nitouche (1954)
Yves Allégret
Célestin leads a double life. By day, he is a respectable music teacher in a girl's convent; by night, he composes popular operas under the pseudonym Floridor, whilst having an affair with his leading lady Corinne, the wife of a major... [More...]
Yves Allégret
Célestin leads a double life. By day, he is a respectable music teacher in a girl's convent; by night, he composes popular operas under the pseudonym Floridor, whilst having an affair with his leading lady Corinne, the wife of a major... [More...]
Manèges (1950)
Yves Allégret
As his wife Dora lies close to death in a hospital bed after a horrific car accident, Robert looks back with guilt and tenderness on their brief life together... [More...]
Yves Allégret
As his wife Dora lies close to death in a hospital bed after a horrific car accident, Robert looks back with guilt and tenderness on their brief life together... [More...]
Manina, la fille sans voile (1952)
Willy Rozier
Inspired by a lecture, hard-up student Gérard sets about recovering the lost treasure contained in a sunken Phoenician ship off the coast of Corsica... [More...]
Willy Rozier
Inspired by a lecture, hard-up student Gérard sets about recovering the lost treasure contained in a sunken Phoenician ship off the coast of Corsica... [More...]
Manon des sources (1953)
Marcel Pagnol
In a small Provençal village, the locals tell a newly installed schoolteacher the story of Manon, a young shepherdess who lives a wild and solitary life in the surrounding hills... [More...]
Marcel Pagnol
In a small Provençal village, the locals tell a newly installed schoolteacher the story of Manon, a young shepherdess who lives a wild and solitary life in the surrounding hills... [More...]
Maria Chapdelaine (1950)
Marc Allégret
After completing her education in a convent, Maria Chapdelaine returns to the family farm in Quebec and is happy to be reunited with her childhood sweetheart Robert Gagnon... [More...]
Marc Allégret
After completing her education in a convent, Maria Chapdelaine returns to the family farm in Quebec and is happy to be reunited with her childhood sweetheart Robert Gagnon... [More...]
Marianne de ma jeunesse (1955)
Julien Duvivier
The Heiligenstadt estate in Bavaria has become a private school for the male offspring of the well-to-do. There, the boys have organised themselves into two factions - the Sages, led by the sensible Manfred, and the Brigands, led by the hot-headed Alexis... [More...]
Julien Duvivier
The Heiligenstadt estate in Bavaria has become a private school for the male offspring of the well-to-do. There, the boys have organised themselves into two factions - the Sages, led by the sensible Manfred, and the Brigands, led by the hot-headed Alexis... [More...]
Marie-Octobre (1959)
Julien Duvivier
Marie-Hélène Dumoufin, formerly known as Marie-Octobre, hosts a party at her house with the aim of concluding some unfinished business... [More...]
Julien Duvivier
Marie-Hélène Dumoufin, formerly known as Marie-Octobre, hosts a party at her house with the aim of concluding some unfinished business... [More...]
La Marraine de Charley (1959)
Pierre Chevalier
Charley Rivoire, a mature student in architecture at the university of Paris, is grateful for the two-room apartment that his godmother, the wealthy Gabrielle de la Motte, has put at his disposal... [More...]
Pierre Chevalier
Charley Rivoire, a mature student in architecture at the university of Paris, is grateful for the two-room apartment that his godmother, the wealthy Gabrielle de la Motte, has put at his disposal... [More...]