Daniel Gélin

Belmondo: The Incorrigible (2022)

Charismatic and resourceful, seducer and daredevil, Jean-Paul Belmondo has always played his roles as he lived, at a thousand miles an hour. He had only one passion: to entertain the public with his smile, his naturalness, his energy, his stunts. But cont ...

Max par Marcel: Lola Montès (2009)

In a series of four documentaries, Marcel Ophuls pays tribute to his father Max, and in this last one discusses his role as an assistant director on "Lola Montès". ...

Working with Max Ophuls: Daniel Gélin on "Le Plaisir" (2008)

In an archival interview filmed in 1989, Daniel Gélin discusses his work on Max Ophuls' 1952 film LE PLAISIR. ...

Working with Max Ophuls: Daniel Gélin on "La Ronde" (2008)

A documentary including archival footage of a 1989 interview with actor Daniel Gélin about his experiences working on Max Ophuls' 1950 film LA RONDE. ...

À l'abri des regards indiscrets (2002)

January 1st 2002. 1st day of Euro currency. The window of a cash dispenser is lifting up on a square, in Paris. 23 amazing characters will be meeting each other there, all along this very particular day... ...

Une femme d'action (1997)

Colette Valier wears her sixty years with petulance. She wants to help her grandson financially, who is setting up a modest business and intends to take advantage of her deceased husband's stock portfolio to recover funds. To her great surprise, she discov ...

Obsession (1997)

Two men become entangled in a torrid love affair with the same woman. Pierre is Miriam's longtime lover. John is desperately searching for clues about his past when he and Miriam have a fateful encounter in a Berlin train station. The allure of forbidden l ...

Men, Women: A User's Manual (1996)

Benoit Blanc loves living, he loves women, he loves daring. He is a famous businessman who suffers from stomach-ache. Fabiolini, a would-be actor, is a policeman and he too suffers from the same sickness. The two man face suffering in opposite ways: Benoit ...

Les Bidochon (1996)

Raymond and Robert Bidochon lead a dismal life in a suburban HLM. The change, so hoped for by Raymonde, could come from a reality show, Grand Bonheur, in which they participate. ...

Ghost with Driver (1996)

A chauffeur for a corrupt CEO, and a few hours later, his boss himself, are killed by the industrialist's associate. But their ghosts remain on Earth, and they try to tell the millionaire's teenage son the identity of the killer. ...

Runaways (1995)

On the Paris-Lisbon train, Marina has just accidentally killed her 'friend' Bruno during an argument. Rushing down the aisle, she meets Prune, who is looking for her father. The two young women hit it off and arrive in Lisbon... ...

Pushing the Limits (1994)

No other sport in the world requires that you tape your racket to your hand - but for wheelchair tennis. Mark Eccleston is an athlete who has overcome tremendous adversity - this frank, fearless and often funny film tells his triumph of the human spirit. H ...

Fear City: A Family-Style Comedy (1994)

A second-class horror movie has to be shown at Cannes Film Festival, but, before each screening, the projectionist is killed by a mysterious fellow, with hammer and sickle, just as it happens in the film to be shown. ...

Poorly Extinguished Fires (1994)

A French army journalist bears witness to the atrocities of the Algerian war in 1962 in this gripping French war movie. It is based on the 1967 novel by Philippe Labro. The film begins in Paris as Jerome Carier, ready to embark to Algiers, is beaten and qu ...

Warrior Spirit (1994)

A wilderness adventure tale about a teenager (Haas) and his Native American metis friend (Musy) who become friends in a U.S. boarding school in the 1800s. When they have to leave the school, they work as trappers in the Yukon and then go on a search for a ...

Roulez jeunesse ! (1993)

After a missed burglary, deux young cads take refuge in a retiring-pension sowing terror. On the call of one of the pensioners, the police catch them. But some of the old people are puzzled by their situation and decide to ask about them... ...

De force avec d'autres (1993)

Actor and singer on the decline, Sergio, alcoholic, goes adrift. ...

Coup de jeune (1993)

A scientific working on a serum of youth accidentally take too much and become four years old. ...

Iran: Days of Crisis (1991)

Follows the events of Iran hostage crisis of 1979 and people who were held as hostages in the US embassy in Tehran, Iran for over 400 days. ...

Un type bien (1991)

Tonton (aged 59, with a weak heart), drives his taxi by day. By night, his nephew Jules takes the wheel. They adore each other. This evening, however, Tonton is celebrating his sixtieth birthday in the bar on the corner; for the first time ever, Jules miss ...

The Professional Secrets of Dr. Apfelgluck (1991)

This series of sketches introduces doctor Apfelglück and four of his patients... and their rather peculiar and disturbing problems. ...

Mauvaise fille (1991)

Rose, 20, lives in Camargue with her brother Vincent, her elder, and her mechanic father who has never recovered from the departure of their mother when they were children. She serves as the wife and mother to both and, tired of this situation, she wants t ...

Promotion canapé (1990)

Two women who want a raise, realize that they can easily get what they want, if they sleep with their boss. ...

Max Ophüls - Den schönen guten Waren (1990)

Employees remember the director Max Ophüls, who was forced to emigrate in 1933 - his fifth film "Liebelei" was a great success in cinemas. After an odyssey through France, Italy, the Netherlands and the USA, he returned to work in France and Germany in th ...

Mister Frost (1990)

Frost is arrested and committed for murder after he is apprehended burying his victims in the garden. However, even while under psychiatric care and tight hospital security, it becomes obvious that Mr. Frost is not all he seems to be. ...

The summer of all sorrows (1989)

Algeria, summer 1961. François, 11, believes in the imminence of the end of the world. He tries to ward off fate with a prayer: "Make my parents come back. I am alone. ...

Itinerary of a Spoiled Child (1988)

A foundling, raised in the circus, Sam Lion becomes a businessman after a trapeze accident. However, when he reaches fifty and becomes tired of his responsibilities and of his son Jean-Philippe, he decides to disappear at sea. However, he runs into Albert ...

Life Is a Long Quiet River (1988)

Two babies are switched at birth. When the mistake is discovered 12 years later, it leads to complications in the lives of both families. One family is affluent, with dutiful and (apparently) contented children. The other family is poor, with rambunctious ...

Dandin (1988)

Claude Brasseur stars in this cinemadaptation of the Moliere play Georges Dandin, ou le mari confondu. Written in 1668, the play has been somewhat dwarfed by such like-vintage Moliere classics as The Imaginary Invalid. Still, it was popular enough in its t ...

Public Security (1987)

Tempted by an important contract, Anna, a renowned writer, agrees to write a screenplay. But she lacks inspiration. She talks to her old university professor. No solution... Or maybe one... Take inspiration from reality. Desperate to express what seems to ...

Via Montenapoleone (1987)

Via Montenapoleone in Milan is the ritziest street in the city and here the destinies of several characters, playboys, models and gays cross and diverge. ...

James Stewart: A Wonderful Life (1987)

Documentary about James Stewart's long career as an actor and positive personal life. ...

Pétition (1987)

A César award nominated short feature. ...

Killing Cars (1986)

In a complex story of automotive intrigue, oil barons, corporate finance, and international villainy, the inventor of an environmentally friendly car powered by energy cells becomes the target of killers. After Ralph Korda has given his patented worldcar t ...

The Children (1985)

Ernesto, a seven-year-old boy who has the body of a thirty-year-old man, decides, upon attending his first day of school, that he no longer wishes to attend, because he does not wish to be taught matters that he does not know. ...

Blitz (1985)

In a complex story of automotive intrigue, oil barons, corporate finance and international villainy, the inventors of an environmentally friendly car powered by energy cells become the target of killers. ...

That Night of Varennes (1982)

During the French Revolution, a surprising company shares a coach, trying to catch up something - the time itself, perhaps. ...

Guy de Maupassant (1982)

The life and times of the famous French writer Guy de Maupassant. ...

Season of Peace in Paris (1981)

A Yugoslavian man meets a woman in Paris, where he has come to do some research, and their mutual attraction leads to a liaison and shared adventures, not many good. ...

Signé Furax (1981)

The notorious and mysterious criminal Furax steals France's famous monuments, replacing them with replicas. ...

Arrête de ramer, t'attaques la falaise ! (1979)

The Saracens invade Spain again, but they seem content to compose music and watch the dancers. ...

Schwüle Tage (1978)

The Suspended Vocation (1978)

The film centers on a Dominican monk named Jérôme (played by one actor in colour and another actor in black-and-white) and his interactions with various higher-ups within the French Catholic Church. Ruiz's intention was to reflect the ideological argumen ...

La Discorde (1978)

A man comes back to his old haunts and surveys the changes around him ...

We Will All Meet in Paradise (1977)

Having fortuitously discovered a photograph in which Marthe embraces someone unknown, Étienne Dorsay becomes jealous and imagines various stratagems to identify the lover. In the meantime, he and his friends acquire a weekend house for a very low price. ...

Urgent ou à quoi bon exécuter des projets puisque le projet est en lui-même une jouissance suffisante (1977)

Gérard Courant applies the Lettrist editing techniques of Isidore Isou to footage of late 70's pop culture. Courant posits that his cinema offers an aggressive détournement to the French mainstream, reifying a Duchampian view of film: "I believe in impos ...

La Jalousie (1976)

Returning late from a romantic date, a man searches for every possible and unimaginable excuse to explain his lateness to his wife. His guilt turns on him when he finds out she's not home. The character created by Sasha Guitry in 1915, eaten away by jealou ...

Trop c'est trop (1975)

Philippe, Didier, Georges and Edina were born on the same day. The three boys have always been in love with Edina, but she's always put them off. They set off in search of her and find her posing for a photographer. Seeing them, she flees and dies in the p ...

Dialogues of the Exiles (1975)

Chilean exiles in Paris discuss the problems facing them. They kidnap and attempt to re-educate a touring singer from their fatherland. ...

Ariane (1974)

A dreamlike adaptation of the legend of Ariadne and the Minotaur. ...

No Pockets in a Shroud (1974)

In the newspaper he has just founded, journalist Dolannes exposes all the wheeling and dealing and scandals that go on in his town. ...

The Police Serve the Citizens? (1973)

In Genoa, the Commissioner Sironi has identified the leader of the ferocious racket that controls the port activities. But the law restrains his action. ...

Double Assassinat dans la rue Morgue (1973)

Far from Dallas (1972)

Thriller centered round the assassination of John F. Kennedy. ...

Un enfant dans la ville (1971)

"Un enfant dans la ville" was originally a Michel Fugain album, a record that already told a story. Now it's a musical comedy filmed for television, giving life to its characters and taking up the story of the record, that of today's generation, not quite ...

Swedish Fly Girls (1971)

A gorgeous Danish international stewardess flirts brashly with her male passengers then beds them one after another in her Copenhagen home. ...

Murmur of the Heart (1971)

This loosely plotted coming-of-age tale follows the life of 15-year-old Laurent Chevalier as he stumbles his way over the burgeoning swell of adolescence in 1950s France. After having his first sexual experience with a prostitute and dodging the lips of a ...

The Servant (1970)

18-year-old small town Aline arrives in Paris and is employed as house servant in Robert and Ulla Marbois' home. Robert takes a fancy towards Aline and they begin an affair. ...

Destroy, She Said (1969)

In a secluded hotel circumscribed by a dense forest Max and Alissa Thor meet Stein and Elisabeth. Max, a professor of future history and an aspiring author, is immediately attracted to the brooding wife of industrialist Bernard Alione, Elisabeth, who is re ...

Sadistic Hallucinations (1969)

In a mysterious French castle dark meetings and apparitions happen, seasoned by nauseating erotic menages. The involvement frantically increases up to the amazing epilogue. ...

Slogan (1969)

Commercial director Serge Faberge is having an affair with Evelyne, the 18 year old fiancee of friend Hugh. His own pregnant wife Francoise usually does not mind his dalliances, until he actually walks out on her and their newborn baby to move in with Evel ...

The Most Beautiful Month (1968)

The life of the inhabitants of a village in the Drôme region during the debacle of May-June 1940. Liberated, Cyprien Boromès returns to his village to learn that his daughter Rosine has had a child out of wedlock with the mayor's son, Bruno Besson. ...

The Truce (1968)

A nightclub owner and his stripper girlfriend take a country ride, meet another rival underworld guy along the way, and team up to thwart a third gangster who's on their tails. ...

Witness Out of Hell (1967)

Leah Weiss, a Polish Jew, was first forced into prostitution at Auschwitz. Afterwards, she was victimized in medical experiments. Now, twenty years later, German war crimes prosecutors hope she will be their star witness. But can she stand up to the shame, ...

Black Sun (1966)

A young Gallic heiress Christine is looking for her long-lost brother in Algeria. She's not looking for danger, but that's what comes in her way from every nook and cranny. ...

Is Paris Burning? (1966)

Near the end of World War II, Gen. Dietrich von Choltitz receives orders to burn down Paris if it becomes clear the Allies are going to invade, or if he cannot maintain control of the city. After much contemplation Choltitz decides to ignore his orders, en ...

À belles dents (1966)

An orphaned young woman goes to Paris looking for work and love. Working as an au-pair, she is discovered by a fashion photographer and becomes a model. She falls in love with an architect but leaves him to marry a rich man. ...

Line of Demarcation (1966)

It is based on upon the memoir Mémoires d'un agent secret de la France libre et La Ligne de démarcation by Gilbert Renault under his pseudonym Colonel Rémy. A small village in the Jura is split by the river Loue which creates the line of demarcation bet ...

The Sultans (1966)

Lisa, a fashion photographer, has an affair with a married man. They both know that the relationship forces them to have fun. When he goes through a delicate family situation caused by his daughter's adventure with a much older man, Lisa understands how mu ...

An Affair of States (1966)

Two female members of the Soviet military are supposed to kidnap the new American secret weapon at a disarmament conference. The highlight is the duel between Curd Jürgens and Lilli Palmer with vodka in a diplomatic back room. The stopover on the way to f ...

The Sleeping Car Murders (1965)

Six people travel by overnight train from Marseilles to Paris. When they arrive, one of them, a young woman, is found dead in a sleeping berth. The police, led by Inspector Grazzi, investigate the other five passengers, suspecting that one among them was r ...

Uncertain Verification (1965)

A short film containing a collection of clips from various Hollywood movies. ...

The Hour of Truth (1965)

At the end of World War 2, a Nazi escapes arrest by assuming the identity of concentration camp victim. 20 years later, he is threatened with exposure. The only way out would seem to be murder. Hour of Truth was lensed largely on location in Israel. ...

The Boy and the Ball and the Hole in the Wall (1965)

Not realizing the dangers he is facing, Young Dieter will do anything to get his ball back after it was thrown over the Berlin wall by a ruthless guar ...

Cherchez l'idole (1964)

After stealing a diamond from Mylène Demongeot, Richard hides it inside a guitar. But on returning to the music shop he discovers that the precious instrument has just been sold! The problem is complicated by the fact that five stars all bought the same m ...

How to Make a French Dish (1964)

In this romantic drama, a middle-aged gambler tells a casino croupier her life story. The story is told in flashback and chronicles the woman's romantic exploits with men. Though she was involved with many men, only one really touched her heart. He was a b ...

Three Girls in Paris (1963)

Three girls in Paris is the story of three Danish girls (Ghita Nørby, Susse Wold and Hanne Borchsenius) traveling to Paris, but after having placed suitcase and money on the hotel and takes off in the city, they forget what it's called and where it is loc ...

Portuguese Vacation (1963)

Françoise and her husband Jean-Pierre invite some friend couples to spend a weekend in their large villa on the Portuguese coast. What follows is a romantic intrigue, with each character discovering a little more about themselves. ...

Règlements de compte (1963)

Bryant, an American, arrives at the Gare de Lyon after serving a sentence of hard labor at the Baumettes prison for stealing gems (which, incidentally, have not been found). He was immediately spotted and followed by individuals with knowledge of his past ...

Hitch-Hike (1962)

Agathe, 18, dreams of change. Gone are her vacations on the rainy beaches of Belgium! She decides to hitchhike down to the South of France, where she'll have many happy and less happy encounters. On the way to Paris, men of various ages offer to shorten he ...

Réveille-toi, chérie (1961)

Jacqueline, who lives in the country, has organized her life around her husband, whom she loves, and her lover, whom she has taken in for a little distraction. One lonely evening, when she has taken a sleeping pill before going to sleep, she doesn't realiz ...

In the Mouth of the Wolf (1961)

Photographer Henri Barbier is lured by his old friend Barbara to fake the theft of her jewels. It turns out that he is suspected of murder and extortion, while Barbara and her lover are the culprits, which is eventually revealed. ...

The Season for Love (1961)

Sylvain, a suave, witty player as well as an accomplished writer and Genevieve met 10 months ago. He wanted a serious relationship for the first time so they moved to the country so they could be together and he could write. ...

Shadows of Adultery (1961)

Anna, twenty-seven, married to building contractor Eric, refuses to live in his wake. Craving independence, she can exist through the art gallery she runs, but isn't this occupation a mere wholesome distraction? When she meets Bruno and becomes his lover s ...

Three Etc.'s and the Colonel (1960)

In Spain, during the Napoleonic rule, the French Governor of Andalusia is besieged by the locals who have countless demands and wishes. ...

Testament of Orpheus (1960)

An 18th century poet travels through time in search of divine wisdom. In a mysterious wasteland, he has a series of enigmatic encounters with symbolic phantoms with whom he muses about the nature of art and his own career. Ultimately, the poet strives to a ...

Carthage in Flames (1960)

Historical drama depicting the last of the Punic Wars between the Roman Republic and Carthage. ...

Julie la rousse (1959)

The artist Edouard Lavigne falls in love with a young girl but must quickly leave her because her parents are opposed to this relationship. Edourd's son will go in search of this woman and will thereby meet her daughter. About a love story that continues f ...

This Desired Body (1959)

A man falls in love with Lina , a hot girl with a racy past who creates a sensation among the workers. ...

Follow Me Young Man (1958)

Françoise, a charming young saleswoman for a leading jeweller, is being courted in vain by a billionaire shipowner. He attributes her failure to the existence of a rival, and decides to have her followed by a private detective. Françoise, commissioned by ...

Port of Desire (1958)

Pierre is in Hamburg on a merchant ship with his friends Georges and Jean-Marie. While they are just looking for a good time in the twenty-four hours they have to waste in the city, Pierre is seized by the memory of a young German girl, Maria, whom he had ...

Three Days to Live (1958)

Struggling actor Simon witnesses a murder; he didn't see the killer, but that doesn't stop him from claiming that he did in order to get his name into the papers. Sure enough, the murderer targets him as his next victim. Our hero is temporarily rescued by ...

Too Many Lovers (1957)

The charming Lulu, a cabaret singer and dancer, has no shortage of admirers. When she decides to get married, she sets her heart on Robert, a young industrialist, but he is already married. Disappointed, she sets out in search of the ideal man. ...

There's Always a Price Tag (1957)

A wealthy businessman's wife tries to cover up his suicide to cash in his life insurance policy. ...

Mort en fraude (1957)

In 1950 Saigon Paul Horcier, a young Frenchman is on the run for currency trafficking. A Eurasian woman he meets takes him to shelter in a village in No man's land between the French forces and the Viet Minh. He grows to have enormous empathy with the loca ...

I'll Get Back to Kandara (1956)

One evening, professor André Barret sees the author of a murder in the darkness; cafe owner Cordelec is the victim. From then on, his suspicions fall on one of his students who had just arrived in his class, Bernard Cormiere. ...

Good Evening Paris (1956)

A foreign pianist who comes to visit Paris is ripped off by a young man and his sister. But he soon falls in love with this one. ...

Plucking the Daisy (1956)

Due to an urgent need of money, aspiring writer Agnes participates in an amateur striptease contest. Her new boyfriend, Daniel, who is a reporter by profession, covers the contest for his magazine. ...

The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)

An American doctor and his wife, a former singing star, witness a murder while vacationing in Morocco, and are drawn into a twisting plot of international intrigue when their young son is kidnapped. ...

Maid in Paris (1956)

Penelope Benson, known as Penny, is both romantic and determined. Put in a select boarding school by her mother, she takes advantage of a trip to Paris to get away from it all and live her own life. That's how she meets Antoine du Merlet, whom she takes fo ...

Napoleon (1955)

The film follows the life of Napoleon from his early life in Corsica to his death at Saint Helena. The film is notable for its use of location shooting for numerous scenes, especially at the French estates of Malmaison and Fontainebleau, the Palace of Vers ...

Lovers' Net (1955)

Daniel Gelin plays a soldier who is acquitted after committing a crime of passion. Relocating to Lisbon, and still feeling remorse over his impulsive killing of his faithless wife, Gelin manages to find love in the form of gorgeous widow Francoise Arnoul. ...

The Cheerful Squadron (1954)

The Cheerful Squadron is a 1954 Italian war-comedy film directed by Paolo Moffa and Interpreted by movie stars like Paolo Stoppa, Vittorio De Sica, Alberto Sordi and Silvana Pampanini. Based on the military environment novel The Allegro Squadron by Georges ...

Woman of Rome (1954)

During the fascist era, Adriana a beautiful young model, becomes a prostitute after a love affair gone wrong. She meets Mino, a partisan who falls in love with her and wants to redeem her. ...

On Trial (1954)

Prosecutor Etzel discovers that his father has sentenced a man, Leonardo Maurizius, on mere presumptions. He then makes it a point of honor to trace the sources of the case to uncover the truth. ...

Love in a Hot Climate (1954)

Matador Ricardo wants to end his career. His manager and his mistress manage to dissuade him and get him to sign two contracts. ...

Saint-Tropez, devoirs de vacances (1954)

Public Opinion (1954)

Following the death of his wife in unclear circumstances, the mechanic Egisto Bianchi is accused of auxoricide. A journalist begins to take care of the case and ignites public interest with a successful press campaign. The accused is acquitted for lack of ...

Stain on the Snow (1954)

"La neige était sale" is based on a novel and play by the phenomenally prolific Georges Simenon. Upon learning that his mother was a prostitute, Frank (Daniel Gélin) dejectedly vows that he, too, will live a life of debauchery. Part of his self-degradati ...

Royal Affairs in Versailles (1953)

Witty narration follows the history of Versailles Palace; founded by Louis XIII, enlarged by autocratic Louis XIV, whose personal affairs and amours, and those of his two successors, are followed in more detail to the start of the Revolution, after which t ...

The Slave (1953)

A young composer is forced to work as a bar pianist. One night he gets hit by a car and is brought to a hospital. Severely injured he is injected with morphine. He becomes addicted. ...

Rue de l'estrapade (1953)

While Henri Laurent speeds along on the racing circuits, his pretty wife Françoise goes from luxury boutique to luxury boutique with her best friend Denise. One day, Denise lets her know that Henri has a lover. Outraged, Françoise moves out of marital ho ...

Voice of Silence (1953)

The film follows men from all walks of life, seeking to give meaning to their lives and rediscover their inner peace during a retreat in the "House of Silence". For three days, they meditate on their lives. ...

Les Dents longues (1953)

A young, talented and ambitious journalist, Louis heads off to try his luck in Paris. He's spotted by Walter, editor-in-chief for a major daily newspaper, who takes to him and furthers his career. What he doesn't realise is that Louis is ready to betray an ...

The Moment of Truth (1952)

After attending to a suicidal young man, Dr Richard learns that his wife has been unfaithful for years. This comes as a shock after 10 years of supposedly happy marriage. Back home, he demands answers from Madeleine. A long night of explanations ensues. ...

Torticola versus Frankensberg (1952)

A comedic take on the Frankenstein story. ...

Le Plaisir (1952)

Three stories about the pleasure. The first one is about a man hiding his age behind a mask to keep going to balls and fancying women - pleasure and youth. Then comes the long tale of Mme Tellier taking her girls (whores) to the country for attending her n ...

Venom and Eternity (1952)

In this experimental film, Isidore Isou, the leader of the lettrist movement, lashes out at conventional cinema and offers a revolutionary form of movie-making: through scratching and bleaching the film, through desynchronizing the soundtrack and the visua ...

Adorable Creatures (1952)

Andre Noblet, a 21-year-old French artist falls madly in love with Christine, the mother of two children. He tells Chistine he will tell all to her husband and demand her freedom. Christine learns that her husband has been carrying on a romance of his own ...

Young Love (1951)

Catherine, 18, loved Jean, a young accountant, who loved her in return. And yet, one morning, two policemen find their dead bodies on a stretch of waste ground. The case is obvious: the two young people have killed themselves. But why? Chief Inspector Erne ...

Dirty Hands (1951)

A young intellectual, Hugo, joins the Communist Party out of a sense of idealism, only to see his principles manipulated by party leaders. He is given the assignment of killing Professor Hoederer, a party deviationist. However, he grows to admire the man a ...

Chicago Digest (1951)

This comedy short subject satirizes the Hollywood genre which the French had given the name to of Film Noir. ...

Edward and Caroline (1951)

Newlyweds Edward & Caroline are preparing for an important evening when a quarrel over Caroline's dress sets off a series of domestic brouhahas. ...

La légende cruelle (1951)

The life of a young man, left to spells and monsters, according to the paintings by Leonor Fini. ...

God Needs Men (1950)

The inhabitants of the windswept island of Sein, in the nineteenth century, in Brittany follow their own religion without need for clergy, but as strangers arrive, their faith and beliefs face a deep crisis. ...

La Ronde (1950)

An all-knowing interlocutor guides us through a series of affairs in Vienna, 1900. A soldier meets an eager young lady of the evening. Later he has an affair with a young lady, who becomes a maid and does similarly with the young man of the house. The youn ...

Rendezvous in July (1949)

Hopes and love and ambitions and friendship in a group of young jazz-loving Parisians. ...

The Hell of Lost Pilots (1949)

A plane flying to Dakar is caught in a storm and has to land in the desert. Deprived of a radio, he is unable to give his position and the water reserves are limited to two days. Each, among the military crew and the civilian passengers, experiences the or ...

The Murdered Model (1948)

Commissioner Malaise investigates a strange crime: a mannequin, stolen from the window of a tailor, is found stabbed... But his face of wax has the features of a certain Gilbert, who died a year earlier in a family, all of whose members will become more or ...

The Woman in Red (1947)

Two paintings are stolen. Amateur private detective Roland Gautier investigates. ...

Mirror (1947)

Portrait of a two-faced man. By day he is rich, brilliant and respectable financial officer Lussac; at night, he becomes "Mirror", a ruthless gang leader in Marseilles. ...

La Nuit de Sybille (1947)

Two burglars enter a house where a young woman has illegally settled. In exchange for her silence, she asks them to play the role of her parents so that she can welcome her lover. ...

Martin Roumagnac (1946)

The local building-contractor Martin Roumagnac is fascinated by the fashionable Blanche Ferrand. To impress Blache, Martin presents her with a villa. However, this ruins him financially. Despite Martin's many efforts for the now femme-fatal Blanche, she is ...

A Friend Will Come Tonight (1946)

Commander Gerard and his band of guerrillas have found the ideal hideout: a nursing home in the Alps where, along with the mentally ill, are also hiding a Jewish girl and a Swiss doctor who might be a spy for the Germans ... ...

The Temptation of Barbizon (1946)

Daniel Gelin and Juliette Faber star as a blissfully happy honeymooning couple. They are so happy that they arouse the jealous attentions of Satan. The Dark Prince sends an emissary to beak up the romance, but his advocate is promptly challenged by a repre ...

Les Cadets de l'océan (1945)

In the harbor of Toulon, on the "Ocean" training ship, the apprenticeship of the cabin boys and experts of the Navy is punctuated by permissions in town, friendships, bullying, and loves. ...

L'Enquête du 58 (1945)

A train driver has not slowed down at a signal and caused an accident whose victim is a gatekeeper. Two inspectors come to investigate the affair. During his interrogation, the driver refuses to provide an explanation for his action and is charged with mal ...

The Little Ones of the Flower Platform (1944)

A brave bookseller raises his four daughters alone, all of whom he employs in his shop. They are especially interested in their sentimental stories. Rosine, the youngest, falls in love with Francis, fiancé of Edith, the eldest. But Francis pushes her away ...

Lucrèce (1943)

Lucrèce, a famous actress, is bothered first, then flattered by the passionate testimonies of love given to her by François, a 12th grade student infatuated with her. Taking pity on the boy, Lucrèce decides to heal him of his madness and with this in mi ...

Soyez les bienvenus (1942)

Before the war. Mr. and Mrs. Boisleroi, well off, lived in their castle while their son Jacques courted Geneviève, the manager's daughter. On mobilization, the manager becomes flight captain, Boisleroi a simple waykeeper and Jacques wants to enlist. Refug ...

Strangers in the House (1942)

Loursat, a lawyer, lives with his daughter Nicole in a sinister and vast bourgeois residence. Abandoned for nearly twenty years by his wife, the brilliant lawyer has sunk into alcoholism and his relationship with his daughter is virtually non-existent. How ...

Her First Affair (1941)

Micheline Chevassu is a young, naive woman living in an orphanage. Through classified ads, she has a date with an unknown man. She escapes from the orphanage to go to it, dreaming of the Prince Charming. But comes Nicolas Rougemont, an unattractive middle- ...

Radio Surprises (1940)

The Bontemps family, like all the inhabitants of the village of Coussy la Chapelle, are passionate about radio. Coco, the fiancé of Jacqueline Bontemps, participates in all the contests and under the name of Mr. Bontemps wins a beautiful Sunday. All arriv ...

Miquette (1940)

Miquette is a young woman whose beauty and vivacity increase the clientele of her mother's tobacco shop. A Barrymoresque actor believes that Miquette has star potential, but he hasn't sufficient capital to finance her theatrical debut. He manages to get th ...

Les Dents longues (1953)

A young, talented and ambitious journalist, Louis heads off to try his luck in Paris. He's spotted by Walter, editor-in-chief for a major daily newspaper, who takes to him and furthers his career. What he doesn't realise is that Louis is ready to betray an ...