Rachel Devirys

Gervaise (1956)

An adaptation of Émile Zola's 1877 masterpiece L'assommoir, the film is an uncompromising depiction of a lowly laundress's struggles to deal with an alcoholic husband while running her own business. ...

Three of the Canebière (1955)

Toinet, Girelle and Pénible fish for sardines in Marseille. To dazzle their conquests, they present themselves as rich can manufacturers, while the little flower girls play movie stars. A ridiculous suitor wants to discuss a business deal, a potential spo ...

The Strange Ones (1950)

Elisabeth and her brother Paul live isolated from much of the world after Paul is injured in a snowball fight. As a coping mechanism, the two conjure up a hermetic dream of their own making. Their relationship, however, isn't exactly wholesome. Jealousy an ...

Nous avons tous fait la même chose (1950)

Rémi sees his marriage troubled by a scandal caused by his former mistress. He takes refuge with his godmother while his wife organizes her revenge. ...

Piège à hommes (1949)

A gangster, arrested by the police, manages to escape during his transfer to Paris. He takes refuge in the suburbs where his accomplices and his mistress await him. ...

Colonel Durand (1948)

In his younger days, a dashing officer, Colonel Durand, compromised Madame De Monthieux, who entered a convent. Now, he is garrisoned at Strasbourg. ...

Gigolette (1937)

Les Demi-Vierges (1936)

Maxime, heir to an old provincial family, is deeply in love with Maud whom he makes his fiancée. But learning that the young girl's life has not always been beyond reproach, he refuses to marry her and returns to his castle in the company of his sister wh ...

Bach the Detective (1936)

Narcisse is a doorman for a jeweler but dreams of becoming a private detective. The Criminas agency hires him and he comes to the aid of his former boss's nephew, accused of stealing jewelry. He first passes for the accomplice of the young man but soon dis ...

L'École des vierges (1935)

A wife who suspects (wrongly) her husband of infidelity, makes the decision to find herself a lover... Finally, morality will be saved. ...

Le vertige (1935)

General Mikailoff once killed a lieutenant he mistakenly believed to be his wife's lover. Subsequently, she meets Henri de Cassel, so different from her drunkard husband, becomes his mistress and agrees to flee with him. She is surprised by her husband who ...

Crainquebille (1934)

Crainquebille, merchant of four seasons, is sentenced to fifteen days in prison for having insulted a police officer. When he leaves, his clientele moves away from him and Crainquebille thinks of suicide, when the affection of a kid from Montmartre makes h ...

The Merry Monarch (1933)

Good King Pausole selects a wife for every day in the year, but one protests when he spends her day searching for young Princess Aline who has eloped with Giglio, a visiting airman stranded in the kingdom. Giglio comes from a modern and different world and ...

I Will Love You Always (1933)

Alternate French version of the Italian film T'Amero Sempre: Coming to Paris after an unhappy youth, a lonely woman has a love affair but when she is pregnant the man abandons her and she finds work in a beauty salon. Will she be able to find a new happine ...

Love and Luck (1932)

A gambler has the same name as a billionaire. Suddenly he gets lucky, finds love and wins 24 million. ...

Ariane, Russian Maid (1932)

Arianne, a young Russian maid living in France, meets a man twice her age she falls in love with. ...

Captain Craddock (1931)

The mystery passenger on Craddock's ship is his country's queen.When he loses money she's entrusted to him at roulette, he threatens to bomb Monte Carlo unless his loss is restored. ...

Bombs Over Monte Carlo (1931)

The captain of a battleship of a small Balkan country is fed up with following strange orders from the country's queen. ...