Film Index
French cinema: War
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...
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Henri Decoin
Le Chemin des écoliers (1959)
Michel Boisrond
Paris, 1943. With the country still under Nazi occupation and commodities severely rationed, ordinary French people muddle through as best they can...
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Michel Boisrond
Le Crabe-Tambour (1977)
Pierre Schoendoerffer
The Jaureguiberry, a mighty escort ship, leaves the port of Lorient in the northwest of France and sets out on its long journey across the stormy Atlantic...
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Pierre Schoendoerffer
Les Croix de bois (1932)
Raymond Bernard
At the outbreak of World War I, Gilbert Demachy, an idealistic young student, enlists and is sent to the Western Front to fight for his motherland, France...
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Raymond Bernard
Les Culottes rouges (1962)
Alex Joffé
During WWII, Antoine Rossi is a prisoner in a POW camp in Germany. He has made several attempts to escape, but on each occasion he has failed and has to wear short red trousers as a warning to other would-be fugitives...
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Alex Joffé
De guerre lasse (1987)
Robert Enrico
May, 1942. After her husband, a Jewish surgeon, commits suicide, Alice leaves Nazi-controlled Austria with Jerôme, a diplomat... [More...]
Robert Enrico
May, 1942. After her husband, a Jewish surgeon, commits suicide, Alice leaves Nazi-controlled Austria with Jerôme, a diplomat... [More...]
Le Dernier métro (1980)
François Truffaut
With France under Nazi occupation, the Jewish playwright and stage director Lucas Steiner fears being deported like so many of his race... [More...]
François Truffaut
With France under Nazi occupation, the Jewish playwright and stage director Lucas Steiner fears being deported like so many of his race... [More...]
Destinées (1954)
Christian-Jaque
Throughout history, women have had to play their part in war, and in doing so have had to forge their own destinies. After WWII, an American war widow, Elisabeth Whitefield, undertakes a painful journey to a servicemen's cemetery in Italy to reclaim her husband Tony's body and arrange its repatriation... [More...]
Christian-Jaque
Throughout history, women have had to play their part in war, and in doing so have had to forge their own destinies. After WWII, an American war widow, Elisabeth Whitefield, undertakes a painful journey to a servicemen's cemetery in Italy to reclaim her husband Tony's body and arrange its repatriation... [More...]
Deux amis (1946)
Dimitri Kirsanoff
1870, during the Franco-Prussian War. Paris is under siege and food is so scarce that its inhabitants are forced to eat their household pets and any rats they can catch... [More...]
Dimitri Kirsanoff
1870, during the Franco-Prussian War. Paris is under siege and food is so scarce that its inhabitants are forced to eat their household pets and any rats they can catch... [More...]
Diplomatie (2014)
Volker Schlöndorff
It is the night of the 24th-25th August 1944. The fate of Paris is in the hands of one man, General Von Choltitz, who has just received orders from the Fuhrer to blow up the capital... [More...]
Volker Schlöndorff
It is the night of the 24th-25th August 1944. The fate of Paris is in the hands of one man, General Von Choltitz, who has just received orders from the Fuhrer to blow up the capital... [More...]
La Douleur (2018)
Emmanuel Finkiel
In June 1944, France is still under Nazi occupation. The 30-year-old writer Marguerite Antelme waits anxiously for news of her husband Robert after he is arrested and deported on account of his resistance activities... [More...]
Emmanuel Finkiel
In June 1944, France is still under Nazi occupation. The 30-year-old writer Marguerite Antelme waits anxiously for news of her husband Robert after he is arrested and deported on account of his resistance activities... [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...]
Effroyables jardins (2003)
Jean Becker
Lucien is a little boy who loves his father Jacques but he shrinks in embarrassment every time he sees him perform his clown act for the amusement of others... [More...]
Jean Becker
Lucien is a little boy who loves his father Jacques but he shrinks in embarrassment every time he sees him perform his clown act for the amusement of others... [More...]
Les Égarés (2003)
André Téchiné
In June 1940, the German armies are poised to take France when a widowed schoolteacher, Odile, bundles her two infants, Philippe and Cathy, into her car and flees the capital... [More...]
André Téchiné
In June 1940, the German armies are poised to take France when a widowed schoolteacher, Odile, bundles her two infants, Philippe and Cathy, into her car and flees the capital... [More...]
Les Enfants de la chance (2016)
Malik Chibane
In July 1942, France is under Nazi occupation. Maurice Gutman, a 12-year-old Jewish boy, finds himself in hospital after accidentally fracturing his leg... [More...]
Malik Chibane
In July 1942, France is under Nazi occupation. Maurice Gutman, a 12-year-old Jewish boy, finds himself in hospital after accidentally fracturing his leg... [More...]
L'Ennemi intime (2007)
Florent-Emilio Siri
Algeria, 1959. Terrien, a young lieutenant in the French army, takes command of a battalion stationed in the Kabyle mountains... [More...]
Florent-Emilio Siri
Algeria, 1959. Terrien, a young lieutenant in the French army, takes command of a battalion stationed in the Kabyle mountains... [More...]
L'Équipage (1935)
Anatole Litvak
France, 1916. An idealistic young man Jean Herbillon enlists in the French flying corps, unaware that his chances of survival are less than that of an infantryman... [More...]
Anatole Litvak
France, 1916. An idealistic young man Jean Herbillon enlists in the French flying corps, unaware that his chances of survival are less than that of an infantryman... [More...]
Les Évadés (1955)
Jean-Paul Le Chanois
In 1943, during the Second World War, two French prisoners-of-war, François and Michel, succeed in escaping from Stalag B377 in the north of Germany... [More...]
Jean-Paul Le Chanois
In 1943, during the Second World War, two French prisoners-of-war, François and Michel, succeed in escaping from Stalag B377 in the north of Germany... [More...]
La Fayette (1962)
Jean Dréville
In 1776, the British colonies in America have begun to rise up against the British crown, intent on creating their own independent republic... [More...]
Jean Dréville
In 1776, the British colonies in America have begun to rise up against the British crown, intent on creating their own independent republic... [More...]
Les Femmes de l'ombre (2008)
Jean-Paul Salomé
France, on the eve of the allied invasion during WWII. When her husband is killed whilst mounting an ambush against the Nazis, resistance member Louise leaves France and heads for Britain... [More...]
Jean-Paul Salomé
France, on the eve of the allied invasion during WWII. When her husband is killed whilst mounting an ambush against the Nazis, resistance member Louise leaves France and heads for Britain... [More...]
Les Fêtes galantes (1965)
René Clair
Way back in the 18th century, life was hard and unpredictable - especially when you found yourself at the mercy of a conquering power... [More...]
René Clair
Way back in the 18th century, life was hard and unpredictable - especially when you found yourself at the mercy of a conquering power... [More...]
Flandres (2006)
Bruno Dumont
Somewhere in the depths of rural Flanders, a young farmer named Demester is pursuing a torrid love affair with an attractive woman of his own age, Barbe... [More...]
Bruno Dumont
Somewhere in the depths of rural Flanders, a young farmer named Demester is pursuing a torrid love affair with an attractive woman of his own age, Barbe... [More...]
La Folle histoire de Max et Léon (2016)
Jonathan Barré
Max and Léon are two inseparable friends whose sole aim is to get as much fun out of life as they can. Unfortunately, it is September 1939 and the world seems to have given up on the idea of fun... [More...]
Jonathan Barré
Max and Léon are two inseparable friends whose sole aim is to get as much fun out of life as they can. Unfortunately, it is September 1939 and the world seems to have given up on the idea of fun... [More...]
Fort Saganne (1984)
Alain Corneau
1911. A French peasant Charles Saganne volunteers to join the French army and is posted to the Sahara. Serving under the aristocratic Colonel Dubreuilh, he soon distinguishes himself, earning the respect of his fellow soldiers and Arabs alike... [More...]
Alain Corneau
1911. A French peasant Charles Saganne volunteers to join the French army and is posted to the Sahara. Serving under the aristocratic Colonel Dubreuilh, he soon distinguishes himself, earning the respect of his fellow soldiers and Arabs alike... [More...]
Fortunat (1960)
Alex Joffé
With France under Nazi occupation, a young mother named Juliette finds that her own life is in danger when her husband, an active member of the French Resistance, is captured by the Germans... [More...]
Alex Joffé
With France under Nazi occupation, a young mother named Juliette finds that her own life is in danger when her husband, an active member of the French Resistance, is captured by the Germans... [More...]
Les Fragments d'Antonin (2006)
Gabriel Le Bomin
France, 1919. At a makeshift hospital in the country, Professor Labrousse is leading a study into the mental trauma experienced by former combatants of the war that has just ravaged most of Europe... [More...]
Gabriel Le Bomin
France, 1919. At a makeshift hospital in the country, Professor Labrousse is leading a study into the mental trauma experienced by former combatants of the war that has just ravaged most of Europe... [More...]
Le Franc-tireur (1972)
Jean-Max Causse
Whilst the Allied forces arrive in the North to liberate the French nation from German Occupation, the South is still very much in the grip of Nazi control... [More...]
Jean-Max Causse
Whilst the Allied forces arrive in the North to liberate the French nation from German Occupation, the South is still very much in the grip of Nazi control... [More...]
La France (2007)
Serge Bozon
In the autumn of 1917, Camille is anxious for news of her husband, who is away fighting in a seemingly interminable war. Then, one day, she receives a short letter from her husband in which he calls an abrupt end to their marriage, without any explanation... [More...]
Serge Bozon
In the autumn of 1917, Camille is anxious for news of her husband, who is away fighting in a seemingly interminable war. Then, one day, she receives a short letter from her husband in which he calls an abrupt end to their marriage, without any explanation... [More...]
Le Franciscain de Bourges (1968)
Claude Autant-Lara
Before the war, Alfred Stanke was the most devout of Franciscan monks. Now that he is an officer in the German army, he channels his compassion for his fellow man into his duties as a nurse at a prison in the French town of Bourges... [More...]
Claude Autant-Lara
Before the war, Alfred Stanke was the most devout of Franciscan monks. Now that he is an officer in the German army, he channels his compassion for his fellow man into his duties as a nurse at a prison in the French town of Bourges... [More...]
Les Gaietés de l'escadron (1932)
Maurice Tourneur
Despite the best efforts of its commander, Captain Hurluret, the barracks of the 51st Rifles has yet to be acquainted with the notion of military discipline... [More...]
Maurice Tourneur
Despite the best efforts of its commander, Captain Hurluret, the barracks of the 51st Rifles has yet to be acquainted with the notion of military discipline... [More...]