French cinema: 1942
À vos ordres, Madame (1942)
Jean Boyer
Odette and Hector Depuis, husband and wife for twenty-five years, are en route for their holiday when their car breaks down...
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Jean Boyer
Les Affaires sont les affaires (1942)
Jean Dréville
Through his single-minded pursuit of wealth, Isidore Lechat has become one of the richest men in France, a fact to which his vast country estate is testament...
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Jean Dréville
L'Amant de Bornéo (1942)
Jean-Pierre Feydeau
During a brief sojourn in Paris, Lucien Mazerand, a timid bookseller from Châteauroux, spends an evening at the music hall to watch Stella Losange perform her celebrated conjuring act...
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Jean-Pierre Feydeau
L'Assassin a peur la nuit (1942)
Jean Delannoy
Olivier Rol is a professional crook who supplies his mistress Lola Gracieuse with a regular supply of stolen goods to keep her in the manner to which she has grown accustomed...
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Jean Delannoy
L'Assassin habite au 21 (1942)
Henri-Georges Clouzot
A serial killer is at large in Paris and with four victims already to his name the police hunt to find him and bring him to justice is intensifying...
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Henri-Georges Clouzot
Le Bienfaiteur (1942)
Henri Decoin
Monsieur Moulinet has earned the respect and admiration of all the good people of Barfleur-sur-Oron. Nicknamed “the benefactor”, he is renowned for his generosity... [More...]
Henri Decoin
Monsieur Moulinet has earned the respect and admiration of all the good people of Barfleur-sur-Oron. Nicknamed “the benefactor”, he is renowned for his generosity... [More...]
Boléro (1942)
Jean Boyer
Afflicted with a severe throat infection, Rémi Courmont finds himself confined to his Parisian apartment but his hopes of a peaceful recuperation are dashed by his downstairs neighbour, Anne-Marie Houillier... [More...]
Jean Boyer
Afflicted with a severe throat infection, Rémi Courmont finds himself confined to his Parisian apartment but his hopes of a peaceful recuperation are dashed by his downstairs neighbour, Anne-Marie Houillier... [More...]
Caprices (1942)
Léo Joannon
Lise and Philippe are two comfortably off young people who, to relieve their crushing boredom, resort to what they believe is some harmless playacting... [More...]
Léo Joannon
Lise and Philippe are two comfortably off young people who, to relieve their crushing boredom, resort to what they believe is some harmless playacting... [More...]
La Comédie du bonheur (1942)
Marcel L'Herbier
When the wealthy banker François Jourdain acquires a taste for spendthrift philanthropy, his relatives have him committed to a psychiatric clinic, in the hope of saving what remains of their inheritance... [More...]
Marcel L'Herbier
When the wealthy banker François Jourdain acquires a taste for spendthrift philanthropy, his relatives have him committed to a psychiatric clinic, in the hope of saving what remains of their inheritance... [More...]
Croisières sidérales (1942)
André Zwoboda
Scientists Françoise and Robert Monier plan to spend their honeymoon in a space-pod high up in the stratosphere. What was to be the culmination of years of research suffers a major setback when Robert sustains a serious injury... [More...]
André Zwoboda
Scientists Françoise and Robert Monier plan to spend their honeymoon in a space-pod high up in the stratosphere. What was to be the culmination of years of research suffers a major setback when Robert sustains a serious injury... [More...]
Dernier atout (1942)
Jacques Becker
In Calcaras, the capital of a South American country, two young police cadets, Clarence and Montès, are competing against one another for a coveted promotion... [More...]
Jacques Becker
In Calcaras, the capital of a South American country, two young police cadets, Clarence and Montès, are competing against one another for a coveted promotion... [More...]
Le Destin fabuleux de Désirée Clary (1942)
Sacha Guitry
When Désirée Clary was born, on 8 November 1777, no one could imagine the fabulous future that was in store for her, least of all her father, a wealthy Marseille merchant... [More...]
Sacha Guitry
When Désirée Clary was born, on 8 November 1777, no one could imagine the fabulous future that was in store for her, least of all her father, a wealthy Marseille merchant... [More...]
La Duchesse de Langeais (1942)
Jacques de Baroncelli
Paris, 1820. Antoinette, the Duchess of Langeais, is a prominent socialite who delights in flirting with men who seek in vain to win a place in her affections and her bed... [More...]
Jacques de Baroncelli
Paris, 1820. Antoinette, the Duchess of Langeais, is a prominent socialite who delights in flirting with men who seek in vain to win a place in her affections and her bed... [More...]
La Fausse maîtresse (1942)
André Cayatte
In a village in Catalonia, René Rivals, a rugby footballer, is pursuing a secret love affair with the wife of his best friend, wine merchant Guy Carbonnel... [More...]
André Cayatte
In a village in Catalonia, René Rivals, a rugby footballer, is pursuing a secret love affair with the wife of his best friend, wine merchant Guy Carbonnel... [More...]
La Femme que j'ai le plus aimée (1942)
Robert Vernay
Claude is unhappy at having just broken up with the woman of his life. Over dinner one evening his five friends try to lift his spirits by relating their own amorous misfortunes... [More...]
Robert Vernay
Claude is unhappy at having just broken up with the woman of his life. Over dinner one evening his five friends try to lift his spirits by relating their own amorous misfortunes... [More...]
Fièvres (1942)
Jean Delannoy
A man on the run from the police takes refuge in a monastery where one of the monks takes pity on him and tells him the story of Brother Marco... [More...]
Jean Delannoy
A man on the run from the police takes refuge in a monastery where one of the monks takes pity on him and tells him the story of Brother Marco... [More...]
Frédérica (1942)
Jean Boyer
Gilbert Legrant, a successful singer-songwriter, is about to get married to Lilette, without much in the way of enthusiasm... [More...]
Jean Boyer
Gilbert Legrant, a successful singer-songwriter, is about to get married to Lilette, without much in the way of enthusiasm... [More...]
Huit hommes dans un château (1942)
Richard Pottier
René and Jacqueline Paladine are a pair of crime writers in search of inspiration for their next novel. After watching a newsreel reporting the sinking of an ocean liner, their curiosity is aroused when one of the survivors dies in mysterious circumstances... [More...]
Richard Pottier
René and Jacqueline Paladine are a pair of crime writers in search of inspiration for their next novel. After watching a newsreel reporting the sinking of an ocean liner, their curiosity is aroused when one of the survivors dies in mysterious circumstances... [More...]
Les Inconnus dans la maison (1942)
Henri Decoin
Hector Loursat was once a highly respected criminal lawyer. But then his wife suddenly walked out on him and he fell to pieces... [More...]
Henri Decoin
Hector Loursat was once a highly respected criminal lawyer. But then his wife suddenly walked out on him and he fell to pieces... [More...]
Le Lit à colonnes (1942)
Roland Tual
In 1880, the warders and inmates at a French prison are equally afraid of Clément Porey-Cave, an implacable prison governor... [More...]
Roland Tual
In 1880, the warders and inmates at a French prison are equally afraid of Clément Porey-Cave, an implacable prison governor... [More...]
Le Mariage de Chiffon (1942)
Claude Autant-Lara
Madame de Bray's overriding concern is to find a suitable husband for her 18-year-old daughter Chiffon. She believes she has found the ideal candidate in a distinguished colonel, the Duke of Aubières, even if he is her daughter's senior by more than thirty years... [More...]
Claude Autant-Lara
Madame de Bray's overriding concern is to find a suitable husband for her 18-year-old daughter Chiffon. She believes she has found the ideal candidate in a distinguished colonel, the Duke of Aubières, even if he is her daughter's senior by more than thirty years... [More...]
Monsieur La Souris (1942)
Georges Lacombe
His fortune lost through an amorous adventure that turned sour, Antonin Ramatuel is reduced to living like a tramp, subsisting on the few francs he can take off the good folk of Paris... [More...]
Georges Lacombe
His fortune lost through an amorous adventure that turned sour, Antonin Ramatuel is reduced to living like a tramp, subsisting on the few francs he can take off the good folk of Paris... [More...]
La Nuit fantastique (1942)
Marcel L'Herbier
Denis is an impoverished student in Paris who scrapes a living by working nights in the Halles market. Sick with near-exhaustion, he begins to dream about an elusive woman in white, with whom he becomes infatuated - to the chagrin of his girlfriend Nina... [More...]
Marcel L'Herbier
Denis is an impoverished student in Paris who scrapes a living by working nights in the Halles market. Sick with near-exhaustion, he begins to dream about an elusive woman in white, with whom he becomes infatuated - to the chagrin of his girlfriend Nina... [More...]
Les Petits riens (1942)
Raymond Leboursier
At a reception, a group of friends each recall a small incident in their past which provided a significant turning point in their lives... [More...]
Raymond Leboursier
At a reception, a group of friends each recall a small incident in their past which provided a significant turning point in their lives... [More...]
Simplet (1942)
Fernandel
Miéjour and Rocamour are two neighbouring villages in Provence that have been separated by mutual loathing for longer than anyone can remember... [More...]
Fernandel
Miéjour and Rocamour are two neighbouring villages in Provence that have been separated by mutual loathing for longer than anyone can remember... [More...]
La Symphonie fantastique (1942)
Christian-Jaque
In Paris circa 1825, Hector Berlioz is a reluctant medical student who shows more interest in music than human anatomy. Convinced that his future lies as a composer, the young Berlioz abandons his studies and devotes himself to his musical compositions, encouraged by his friend Antoine Charbonnel... [More...]
Christian-Jaque
In Paris circa 1825, Hector Berlioz is a reluctant medical student who shows more interest in music than human anatomy. Convinced that his future lies as a composer, the young Berlioz abandons his studies and devotes himself to his musical compositions, encouraged by his friend Antoine Charbonnel... [More...]
Les Visiteurs du soir (1942)
Marcel Carné
In the 15th century, two travelling musicians named Gilles and Dominique arrive at the castle of Baron Hugues, just as a party is in progress to celebrate the impending marriage of Hugues' daughter Anne to the brave knight Renaud... [More...]
Marcel Carné
In the 15th century, two travelling musicians named Gilles and Dominique arrive at the castle of Baron Hugues, just as a party is in progress to celebrate the impending marriage of Hugues' daughter Anne to the brave knight Renaud... [More...]