French cinema: 1958
À pied, à cheval et en spoutnik! (1958)
Jean Dréville
After a car accident which has left him with a partial memory loss, Léon Martin takes up residence with his wife Marguerite in a house in the country to recuperate...
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Jean Dréville
Les Amants (1958)
Louis Malle
Jeanne relieves the boredom of her stale marriage to newspaper magnate Henri Tournier by frequent visits to Paris, where she divides her time between her best friend Maggie and her covert lover Raoul...
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Louis Malle
Ascenseur pour l'échafaud (1958)
Louis Malle
Julien Tavernier and Florence Carala are passionately in love with one another, but there is an obstacle to their future happiness: Florence's husband Simon, a wealthy industrialist...
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Louis Malle
Le Beau Serge (1958)
Claude Chabrol
Stricken with tuberculosis, a young student named François returns to his home town of Sardent in the Creuse region of central France for a period of quiet convalescence...
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Claude Chabrol
Les Bijoutiers du clair de lune (1958)
Roger Vadim
Having just completed her studies in a convent, Ursula decides to visit her aunt Florentine in Spain. When she arrives, a young mechanic, Lambert, attacks her uncle, Ribera, accusing him of driving his sister to suicide...
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Roger Vadim
La Bonne tisane (1958)
Hervé Bromberger
After spending several years abroad, gangster boss René Leconte returns to France to resume his criminal exploits... [More...]
Hervé Bromberger
After spending several years abroad, gangster boss René Leconte returns to France to resume his criminal exploits... [More...]
Cargaison blanche (1958)
Georges Lacombe
After her colleague Jean is killed in a road accident, aspiring reporter Françoise soon suspects he may have been the victim of foul play and begins her own investigation... [More...]
Georges Lacombe
After her colleague Jean is killed in a road accident, aspiring reporter Françoise soon suspects he may have been the victim of foul play and begins her own investigation... [More...]
Cette nuit là... (1958)
Maurice Cazeneuve
Jean Maillet and his dazzlingly photogenic wife Sylvie both work for a publishing house owned by Monsieur Reverdy, a ruthless businessman who is used to getting what he wants... [More...]
Maurice Cazeneuve
Jean Maillet and his dazzlingly photogenic wife Sylvie both work for a publishing house owned by Monsieur Reverdy, a ruthless businessman who is used to getting what he wants... [More...]
Chaque jour a son secret (1958)
Claude Boissol
Some years after having been thought killed in a aeroplane crash in South America, Olga Lezcano returns to France to discover that her husband, André, a famous ethnologist, has just died of a heart attack... [More...]
Claude Boissol
Some years after having been thought killed in a aeroplane crash in South America, Olga Lezcano returns to France to discover that her husband, André, a famous ethnologist, has just died of a heart attack... [More...]
La Chatte (1958)
Henri Decoin
Paris during the Nazi Occupation. A patrol of German soldiers raid a house from which illicit radio transmissions are being sent... [More...]
Henri Decoin
Paris during the Nazi Occupation. A patrol of German soldiers raid a house from which illicit radio transmissions are being sent... [More...]
Christine (1958)
Pierre Gaspard-Huit
Vienna, 1906. Franz Lobheiner is a dashing young lieutenant in the Austrian army who has been carrying on a clandestine love affair with the Baroness Lena Eggersdorf without her husband knowing... [More...]
Pierre Gaspard-Huit
Vienna, 1906. Franz Lobheiner is a dashing young lieutenant in the Austrian army who has been carrying on a clandestine love affair with the Baroness Lena Eggersdorf without her husband knowing... [More...]
Les Copains du dimanche (1958)
Henri Aisner
A small group of young people who work in a factory spend their weekends trying to renovate a light aircraft. They are helped by a former RAF pilot who discovers a new lease of life in the project... [More...]
Henri Aisner
A small group of young people who work in a factory spend their weekends trying to renovate a light aircraft. They are helped by a former RAF pilot who discovers a new lease of life in the project... [More...]
Le Désordre et la nuit (1958)
Gilles Grangier
Inspecteur Georges Vallois is called in to investigate the murder of Albert Simoni, the owner of a night club in Paris. The prime suspect is Lucky Fridel, a young German woman who came to Paris to start a career as a singer... [More...]
Gilles Grangier
Inspecteur Georges Vallois is called in to investigate the murder of Albert Simoni, the owner of a night club in Paris. The prime suspect is Lucky Fridel, a young German woman who came to Paris to start a career as a singer... [More...]
Le Dos au mur (1958)
Edouard Molinaro
Jacques Decrey has an unpleasant errand to perform one dark evening. Under cover of darkness, he carries the body of a dead man out of his house and dumps it in his car... [More...]
Edouard Molinaro
Jacques Decrey has an unpleasant errand to perform one dark evening. Under cover of darkness, he carries the body of a dead man out of his house and dumps it in his car... [More...]
Échec au porteur (1958)
Gilles Grangier
Bastien Sassey has grown weary of his criminal life and intends making a fresh start with his girlfriend Jacqueline. For the past few years, he has found himself a steady income by working as a courier for a gang of drugs traffickers, but now all he wants is to lead an honest life with the girl he loves... [More...]
Gilles Grangier
Bastien Sassey has grown weary of his criminal life and intends making a fresh start with his girlfriend Jacqueline. For the past few years, he has found himself a steady income by working as a courier for a gang of drugs traffickers, but now all he wants is to lead an honest life with the girl he loves... [More...]
En cas de malheur (1958)
Claude Autant-Lara
Yvette Maudet is a 23-year-old prostitute who leads a reckless and carefree life in Paris. One day, she and her friend Noémie attempt to hold up a jeweller, but the scheme backfires when an old woman enters the shop and Yvette knocks her unconscious in a moment of panic... [More...]
Claude Autant-Lara
Yvette Maudet is a 23-year-old prostitute who leads a reckless and carefree life in Paris. One day, she and her friend Noémie attempt to hold up a jeweller, but the scheme backfires when an old woman enters the shop and Yvette knocks her unconscious in a moment of panic... [More...]
En légitime défense (1958)
André Berthomieu
Pierre Lambert is the owner of a fashionable bar, À l'Ami Pierrot, situated in the trendy heart of Pigalle, Paris... [More...]
André Berthomieu
Pierre Lambert is the owner of a fashionable bar, À l'Ami Pierrot, situated in the trendy heart of Pigalle, Paris... [More...]
La Fille de Hambourg (1958)
Yves Allégret
During WWII, Pierre Louviers is a prisoner-of-war and his only consolation as he toils at the port of Hamburg is the comforting regard of a young German woman, Maria... [More...]
Yves Allégret
During WWII, Pierre Louviers is a prisoner-of-war and his only consolation as he toils at the port of Hamburg is the comforting regard of a young German woman, Maria... [More...]
Le Gorille vous salue bien (1958)
Bernard Borderie
Géo Paquet is one of the most dependable agents in the French secret service. Nicknamed 'the Gorilla', he is well endowed with both brains and brawn, and this makes him a valuable asset to the service... [More...]
Bernard Borderie
Géo Paquet is one of the most dependable agents in the French secret service. Nicknamed 'the Gorilla', he is well endowed with both brains and brawn, and this makes him a valuable asset to the service... [More...]
Les Grandes familles (1958)
Denys de La Patellière
With interests ranging from banking to commodities and publishing, the Schoudlers are one of France's wealthiest and most powerful business families... [More...]
Denys de La Patellière
With interests ranging from banking to commodities and publishing, the Schoudlers are one of France's wealthiest and most powerful business families... [More...]
Le Joueur (1958)
Claude Autant-Lara
In the mid-19th century, Baden-Baden is not only a popular resort for the rich, it is also one of the gambling capitals of Europe... [More...]
Claude Autant-Lara
In the mid-19th century, Baden-Baden is not only a popular resort for the rich, it is also one of the gambling capitals of Europe... [More...]
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...]
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...]
Maxime (1958)
Henri Verneuil
Paris, 1914. Maxime Cherpray is an ageing Don Juan who, despite being well-bred and well-educated, has little money and lives in a small apartment... [More...]
Henri Verneuil
Paris, 1914. Maxime Cherpray is an ageing Don Juan who, despite being well-bred and well-educated, has little money and lives in a small apartment... [More...]
Le Miroir à deux faces (1958)
André Cayatte
Deciding it is time for him to marry, schoolmaster Pierre Tardivet places an ad in the newspaper for his ideal partner. Of the many replies he receives, he selects Marie-Josée Vauzange, a middle-aged spinster who, whilst gentle and cultivated, is far from being an object of beauty... [More...]
André Cayatte
Deciding it is time for him to marry, schoolmaster Pierre Tardivet places an ad in the newspaper for his ideal partner. Of the many replies he receives, he selects Marie-Josée Vauzange, a middle-aged spinster who, whilst gentle and cultivated, is far from being an object of beauty... [More...]
Les Misérables (1958)
Jean-Paul Le Chanois
France, 1815. Sentenced to five years' hard labour for stealing a loaf of bread, Jean Valjean escapes from prison in Toulon and goes on the run... [More...]
Jean-Paul Le Chanois
France, 1815. Sentenced to five years' hard labour for stealing a loaf of bread, Jean Valjean escapes from prison in Toulon and goes on the run... [More...]
Mon oncle (1958)
Jacques Tati
Monsieur Hulot rents a modest rooftop apartment in an old part of Paris, where traders sell their goods in the streets and young boys play games on unsuspecting passers-by... [More...]
Jacques Tati
Monsieur Hulot rents a modest rooftop apartment in an old part of Paris, where traders sell their goods in the streets and young boys play games on unsuspecting passers-by... [More...]
Montparnasse 19 (1958)
Jacques Becker
In the Montparnasse district of Paris in 1919, a young Italian painter, Amedeo Modigliani, struggles to make a living as an artist... [More...]
Jacques Becker
In the Montparnasse district of Paris in 1919, a young Italian painter, Amedeo Modigliani, struggles to make a living as an artist... [More...]
Le Naïf aux quarante enfants (1958)
Philippe Agostini
It is with an unshakable sense of purpose and optimism that Jean-François Robignac takes up his first post as a French teacher, in a state school in Marseilles... [More...]
Philippe Agostini
It is with an unshakable sense of purpose and optimism that Jean-François Robignac takes up his first post as a French teacher, in a state school in Marseilles... [More...]
Ni vu, ni connu (1958)
Yves Robert
Montgaillard prides itself on being the most peaceful town in France. The only worry for the town's authorities is Blaireau, a poacher who busily supplies the townsfolk with game and fish outside the hunting season... [More...]
Yves Robert
Montgaillard prides itself on being the most peaceful town in France. The only worry for the town's authorities is Blaireau, a poacher who busily supplies the townsfolk with game and fish outside the hunting season... [More...]