Film photo galley for Raymond Rouleau

The films of
Raymond Rouleau

L'Argent (1928) Marcel L’Herbier	Volga en flammes (1934) Viktor Tourjansky	L'Assassinat du Père Noël (1941) Christian-Jaque

Marcel L’Herbier’s L’Argent is now universally regarded as one of the true great masterpieces of the silent era of film, although this has not always been the case... [More...]	Volga en flames is a fairly respectable adaptation of one of the greatest works in Russian literature, Aleksandr Pushkin’s “The Captain’s Daughter”... [More...]	A stylish melange of fairy tale, romance, melodrama and suspense thriller, L’Assassinat du Père Noël is typical of French cinema of the early 1940s... [More...]

Dernier atout (1942) Jacques Becker	L'Aventure est au coin de la rue (1944) Jacques Daniel-Norman	Falbalas (1945) Jacques Becker

Jacques Becker’s first film is a rather obvious attempt to emulate the American gangster movie / film noir genre. It is, for all that, an impressive début for the man who is most often credited for popularising... [More...]	Aventure est au coin de la rue is a spirited comedy which attempts to blend gangster thriller and drawing room farce, with some success. Claude Renoir’s photography gives the film a touch of classic film noir which... [More...]	This film is a magnificent sortie for director Jacques Becker into the world of high fashion, in Paris, the centre of the universe of haute couture... [More...]

Ma femme est formidable (1951) André Hunebelle	Il est minuit, docteur Schweitzer (1952) André Haguet	La Grande frousse (1964) Jean-Pierre Mocky

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...]	Despite its – ostensibly – impressive cast and substantial budget, this film singularly fails to do any justice whatsoever to the great historical figure it portrays... [More...]	One of the most memorable of Jean-Pierre Mocky’s anarchic film comedies, La Grande frousse benefits from an exceptional "big name" cast, which is headed by Bourvil... [More...]