French cinema: 1956
La Mort en ce jardin (1956)
Luis Buñuel
The setting is a small village on the Brazilian border. An adventurous young man named Shark arrives here at the same time as a party of diamond prospectors who are preparing to attack a small government garrison...
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Luis Buñuel
Le Mystère Picasso (1956)
Henri-Georges Clouzot
Henri-Georges Clouzot is a renowned French film maker, best known for his pessimistic suspense thrillers. At the age of 75, Pablo Picasso is a legendary artist, one of the most celebrated creative talents of the 20th century...
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Henri-Georges Clouzot
Notre Dame de Paris (1956)
Jean Delannoy
Paris, 1492. In and around the Catherdral of Notre Dame, the poor folk celebrate the Festival of Fools. One star attraction is Esmeralda, a beautiful gypsy girl who enchants all with her dancing and singing...
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Jean Delannoy
Paris, Palace Hôtel (1956)
Henri Verneuil
Françoise Noblet is a young manicurist who works at a high class hotel in Paris. One Christmas Eve, she meets Monsieur Delormel, a wealthy businessman who offers her an evening she will never forget...
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Henri Verneuil
Le Pays, d'où je viens (1956)
Marcel Carné
One Christmas Eve, a carefree young man, Eric, arrives in a small provincial town. Here, he meets Julien, a bar pianist who is his exact double...
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Marcel Carné
Le Salaire du péché (1956)
Denys de La Patellière
Isabelle, the daughter of multi-millionaire Frank Lindstrom, chooses to marry an impoverished journalist, Jean de Charvin... [More...]
Denys de La Patellière
Isabelle, the daughter of multi-millionaire Frank Lindstrom, chooses to marry an impoverished journalist, Jean de Charvin... [More...]
Les Salauds vont en enfer (1956)
Robert Hossein
Macquart and Rudel are two hardened criminals who are serving life sentences in a secure prison from which escape seems to be impossible... [More...]
Robert Hossein
Macquart and Rudel are two hardened criminals who are serving life sentences in a secure prison from which escape seems to be impossible... [More...]
Le Sang à la tête (1956)
Gilles Grangier
When he started out as a modest dockworker thirty years ago, François Cardinaud could not have imagined that he would become one of the most powerful men in the port of La Rochelle... [More...]
Gilles Grangier
When he started out as a modest dockworker thirty years ago, François Cardinaud could not have imagined that he would become one of the most powerful men in the port of La Rochelle... [More...]
Si Paris nous était conté (1956)
Sacha Guitry
A learned professor of history relates the story of Paris to a group of enthusiastic students, not as a string of dry facts, but as a declaration of love through which various historical characters connected with the city speak for themselves... [More...]
Sacha Guitry
A learned professor of history relates the story of Paris to a group of enthusiastic students, not as a string of dry facts, but as a declaration of love through which various historical characters connected with the city speak for themselves... [More...]
Si tous les gars du monde (1956)
Christian-Jaque
When the crew of a Breton fishing boat in the North Sea begin to fall mysteriously ill, the captain, La Guellec, tries to summon help via radio... [More...]
Christian-Jaque
When the crew of a Breton fishing boat in the North Sea begin to fall mysteriously ill, the captain, La Guellec, tries to summon help via radio... [More...]
Toute la ville accuse (1956)
Claude Boissol
One Christmas Eve, François Neyrac, an impecunious young writer, arrives in a small town where he has just bought a modest house... [More...]
Claude Boissol
One Christmas Eve, François Neyrac, an impecunious young writer, arrives in a small town where he has just bought a modest house... [More...]
La Traversée de Paris (1956)
Claude Autant-Lara
In Paris, during the Nazi occupation, Marcel Martin is forced to give up his job as a taxi driver, and makes a modest living as a blackmarket delivery boy... [More...]
Claude Autant-Lara
In Paris, during the Nazi occupation, Marcel Martin is forced to give up his job as a taxi driver, and makes a modest living as a blackmarket delivery boy... [More...]
Trois de la Canebière (1956)
Maurice de Canonge
Toinet, Girelle and Pénible make a team of fishermen in Marseille. One evening, Girelle and Toinet attempt to impress a pair of ravishing young women by passing themselves off as the owners of a sardine canning factory... [More...]
Maurice de Canonge
Toinet, Girelle and Pénible make a team of fishermen in Marseille. One evening, Girelle and Toinet attempt to impress a pair of ravishing young women by passing themselves off as the owners of a sardine canning factory... [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...]
Voici le temps des assassins (1956)
Julien Duvivier
André Chatelin manages a popular restaurant in Paris, adjacent to the busy Halles market. His is an uneventful but contented life, until the fateful day when he is visited by Catherine, the daughter of his ex-wife Gabrielle... [More...]
Julien Duvivier
André Chatelin manages a popular restaurant in Paris, adjacent to the busy Halles market. His is an uneventful but contented life, until the fateful day when he is visited by Catherine, the daughter of his ex-wife Gabrielle... [More...]