Although this film now feels very dated and just a tad ridiculous (almost the parody of
a French bedroom farce), it was hugely popular when it was first released in France... [More...]
Michel Simon is perfectly cast as a self-effacing taxi driver in this
engaging little comedy-drama, which provides a convincing portrait of
working class family life in France a few years after WWII... [More...]
Swashbuckling action historicals were hugely popular in France in the 1950s, and André
Hunebelle was presumably hoping to capitalise on the success of Christian-Jaque’s 1952
film Fanfan
la Tulipe with his... [More...]
André Hunebelle directs this swashbuckling historical romp with gusto and a characteristic
cheerfulness, giving French cinema one of its enduring popular classics... [More...]
After the enormous success of Le
Bossu in 1959, director André Hunebelle brought together Jean Marais
and Bourvil for a second time in a similar kind of swash-buckling historical adventure
film... [More...]
This swashbuckling historical adventure is typical a genre of film that was very popular
in France in the late 1950s and early 1960s – almost invariably with Jean Marais playing
the role of an indefatigable... [More...]
Fifty years after Louis Feuillade made his classic Fantômas
series, the infamous master criminal returned to French cinema in this colourful
action comedy... [More...]
The second of the 1960s Fantômas films reunites stars Louis de Funès and
Jean Marais in what is essentially a parody of the spy movie, with Marais playing both
the good guy (Fandor) and the villain (Fantômas)... [More...]
The third instalment in the 1960s series of Fantômas films sees Louis de
Funès and Jean Marais united for the final time in the by now familiar blend of
slapstick comedy and crime thriller... [More...]
