Film Index
French cinema: War
R.A.S. (1973)
Yves Boisset
In 1956, France's professional army lacks the manpower to keep the peace in Algeria, the colony which the country is determined to hold onto at any price...
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Yves Boisset
La Rafle (2010)
Rose Bosch
In 1942, Joseph is 11. A Jew, he must go to school with a yellow star sewn onto his chest. Although he is mocked by some, others treat him kindly and he feels that he and his family have found a safe refuge in Paris...
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Rose Bosch
Le Roi de coeur (1966)
Philippe de Broca
October 1918. With the allied forces sweeping across France, a German battalion is ordered to retreat from a rural French town...
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Philippe de Broca
La Route impériale (1935)
Marcel L'Herbier
Lieutenant Brent, a young British officer, finds himself in front of a military tribunal after he is suspected of trading secrets with Iraqi rebels...
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Marcel L'Herbier
Le Sauveur (1971)
Michel Mardore
In 1943, with France under Nazi occupation, 14-year-old Nanette lives with her family on their rural farm. One summer's day, she comes across an attractive young man who introduces himself as Claude, an English airman...
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Michel Mardore
Section spéciale (1975)
Costa-Gavras
In 1941, a demonstration by French communists against the Vichy government is broken up by Nazi soldiers. When a handful of the demonstrators are executed, their comrades take revenge by killing a German naval officer... [More...]
Costa-Gavras
In 1941, a demonstration by French communists against the Vichy government is broken up by Nazi soldiers. When a handful of the demonstrators are executed, their comrades take revenge by killing a German naval officer... [More...]
La Sentence (1959)
Jean Valère
As the Allies begin their invasion of Northern France in the summer of 1944, four members of the French Resistance are arrested after an attempt to assassinate a German officer... [More...]
Jean Valère
As the Allies begin their invasion of Northern France in the summer of 1944, four members of the French Resistance are arrested after an attempt to assassinate a German officer... [More...]
La Septième compagnie au clair de lune (1977)
Robert Lamoureux
With France now under German occupation, the members of the ill-fated 7th Company make a belated return to civilian life and it would appear that their wartime escapades are finally at an end... [More...]
Robert Lamoureux
With France now under German occupation, the members of the ill-fated 7th Company make a belated return to civilian life and it would appear that their wartime escapades are finally at an end... [More...]
Le Silence de la mer (1949)
Jean-Pierre Melville
In the winter of 1941, a German officer, Werner von Ebrennac, is billeted to a house in a small town in Nazi occupied France... [More...]
Jean-Pierre Melville
In the winter of 1941, a German officer, Werner von Ebrennac, is billeted to a house in a small town in Nazi occupied France... [More...]
Soldat Duroc, ça va être ta fête (1975)
Michel Gérard
In 1944, a regiment of gallant French soldiers is preparing to liberate the northern French town of Senlis from its occupying Germans, but before they can do so the Americans show up in force and do the job for them... [More...]
Michel Gérard
In 1944, a regiment of gallant French soldiers is preparing to liberate the northern French town of Senlis from its occupying Germans, but before they can do so the Americans show up in force and do the job for them... [More...]
Survivre avec les loups (2008)
Véra Belmont
Eight-year-old Misha lives with her Jewish parents in Brussels. It is 1942 and the country is under Nazi occupation. Daily, scores of Jews are arrested by German soldiers and loaded onto trains destined for concentration camps in the East... [More...]
Véra Belmont
Eight-year-old Misha lives with her Jewish parents in Brussels. It is 1942 and the country is under Nazi occupation. Daily, scores of Jews are arrested by German soldiers and loaded onto trains destined for concentration camps in the East... [More...]
Thomas l'imposteur (1965)
Georges Franju
September 1914. At the start of the First World War, the inhabitants of Paris flee the capital, fearing an impending invasion by German troops... [More...]
Georges Franju
September 1914. At the start of the First World War, the inhabitants of Paris flee the capital, fearing an impending invasion by German troops... [More...]
Tire au flanc (1928)
Jean Renoir
By an odd stroke of fate, the bourgeois Jean Dubois d'Ombelles and his valet Joseph Turlot end up having to serve their military service at the same time, in the same barracks... [More...]
Jean Renoir
By an odd stroke of fate, the bourgeois Jean Dubois d'Ombelles and his valet Joseph Turlot end up having to serve their military service at the same time, in the same barracks... [More...]
Tire-au-flanc 62 (1961)
Claude de Givray
It is with reluctance that Jean Lerat de la Grignotière, a young man of noble birth, sets out to accomplish his military service... [More...]
Claude de Givray
It is with reluctance that Jean Lerat de la Grignotière, a young man of noble birth, sets out to accomplish his military service... [More...]
Le Toubib (1979)
Pierre Granier-Deferre
In the early 1980s, Jean-Marie Desprée is a highly respected surgeon with a thriving practice in Paris. The settled forty-year-old's world suddenly begins to fall apart when his wife walks out on him... [More...]
Pierre Granier-Deferre
In the early 1980s, Jean-Marie Desprée is a highly respected surgeon with a thriving practice in Paris. The settled forty-year-old's world suddenly begins to fall apart when his wife walks out on him... [More...]
Train de vie (1998)
Radu Mihaileanu
In the summer of 1941, Schlomo "the fool" hastens back to his Jewish settlement in an East European country with the news that the Nazis are approaching... [More...]
Radu Mihaileanu
In the summer of 1941, Schlomo "the fool" hastens back to his Jewish settlement in an East European country with the news that the Nazis are approaching... [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 Saint-Cyr (1939)
Jean-Paul Paulin
Despite the objections of his father, a wealthy banker, Jean Le Moyne enters Saint-Cyr, France's most prestigious military academy, to become an officer in the French army... [More...]
Jean-Paul Paulin
Despite the objections of his father, a wealthy banker, Jean Le Moyne enters Saint-Cyr, France's most prestigious military academy, to become an officer in the French army... [More...]
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... [More...]
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... [More...]
Un ami viendra ce soir (1946)
Raymond Bernard
August 1944. On the outskirts of a small village in the French Alps, Dr Lestrade manages an asylum for the mentally deranged... [More...]
Raymond Bernard
August 1944. On the outskirts of a small village in the French Alps, Dr Lestrade manages an asylum for the mentally deranged... [More...]
Un amour à taire (2005)
Christian Faure
During the Nazi occupation of Paris, the Lavandiers run a thriving laundry business. Jean is the favoured son - he works hard and avoids getting into trouble, unlike his brother Jacques who is serving a term in prison for black marketeering... [More...]
Christian Faure
During the Nazi occupation of Paris, the Lavandiers run a thriving laundry business. Jean is the favoured son - he works hard and avoids getting into trouble, unlike his brother Jacques who is serving a term in prison for black marketeering... [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 héros très discret (1996)
Jacques Audiard
In the 1930s, Albert Dehousse is an imaginative but solitary boy growing up in a village in Northern France. His mother is devoted to him and clings to the memory of her husband, who died a hero's death in the First World War... [More...]
Jacques Audiard
In the 1930s, Albert Dehousse is an imaginative but solitary boy growing up in a village in Northern France. His mother is devoted to him and clings to the memory of her husband, who died a hero's death in the First World War... [More...]
Un long dimanche de fiançailles (2004)
Jean-Pierre Jeunet
Shortly after the end of World War I, Mathilde learns of the death of her fiancé Manech on the battlefield. Unable to accept this news, she embarks on her own search to find the man she loves and who, she is certain, is still alive, somewhere... [More...]
Jean-Pierre Jeunet
Shortly after the end of World War I, Mathilde learns of the death of her fiancé Manech on the battlefield. Unable to accept this news, she embarks on her own search to find the man she loves and who, she is certain, is still alive, somewhere... [More...]
Un sac de billes (1975)
Jacques Doillon
Paris, 1941. Joseph and Maurice are two boys whose father, a Jew, owns a barber's shop. Joseph is 10, his brother is 12, and neither understands why it is a crime to be a Jew... [More...]
Jacques Doillon
Paris, 1941. Joseph and Maurice are two boys whose father, a Jew, owns a barber's shop. Joseph is 10, his brother is 12, and neither understands why it is a crime to be a Jew... [More...]
Un secret (2007)
Claude Miller
In the 1950s, seven year old François feels estranged from his father Maxime and invents for himself a fictitious brother... [More...]
Claude Miller
In the 1950s, seven year old François feels estranged from his father Maxime and invents for himself a fictitious brother... [More...]
Un taxi pour Tobrouk (1960)
Denys de La Patellière
Libya, 1942. Four soldiers in the Free French Forces are crossing the desert when their jeep breaks down. They have no other option but to continue their journey to Tobruk on foot... [More...]
Denys de La Patellière
Libya, 1942. Four soldiers in the Free French Forces are crossing the desert when their jeep breaks down. They have no other option but to continue their journey to Tobruk on foot... [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...]
Verdun, visions d'histoire (1928)
Léon Poirier
Early in 1916, a young French soldier returns home to break the news to his mother that he is soon to be sent to the front near Verdun, an area that has so far been untouched by the conflict... [More...]
Léon Poirier
Early in 1916, a young French soldier returns home to break the news to his mother that he is soon to be sent to the front near Verdun, an area that has so far been untouched by the conflict... [More...]
Le Vice et la vertu (1963)
Roger Vadim
Paris 1944. Justine is about to about to marry Jean, a member of the resistance, when the latter is suddenly arrested by the Gestapo... [More...]
Roger Vadim
Paris 1944. Justine is about to about to marry Jean, a member of the resistance, when the latter is suddenly arrested by the Gestapo... [More...]