French cinema: 1930s
27 rue de la Paix (1937)
Richard Pottier
Gloria Grand is in love with a respected barrister Maître Jean Bernard and hopes that one day they will marry. The only thing standing in the way of their future connubial bliss is Gloria's present husband, the philandering scoundrel Denis Grand...
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Richard Pottier
À nous la liberté (1931)
René Clair
Émile is serving a stretch in prison when he strikes up a friendship with fellow prisoner Louis. Together, the two men attempt a break-out which results in Émile's re-capture...
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René Clair
À propos de Nice (1930)
Jean Vigo
Nice is a town with many faces. The face that visitors to the town see is a sunny Riviera resort. Rich tourists lounge around in luxury hotels on the front and amuse themselves by gambling in the casinos...
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Jean Vigo
L'Abbé Constantin (1933)
Jean-Paul Paulin
The Countess de Laverdens has set her noble heart on buying the château de Longueval. Imagine then her horror when she learns that she has been outbid at the auction and the property now belongs to two wealthy American sisters...
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Jean-Paul Paulin
Abus de confiance (1937)
Henri Decoin
Lydia is a promising law student who is struggling to get by after her grandmother's death. She has barely enough money to buy her evening meal and now, to cap it all, her landlord is threatening to evict her...
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Henri Decoin
L'Âge d'or (1930)
Luis Buñuel
A party of dignitaries arrive on the shore of an island to pay homage to some dead heroes but are outraged to see a couple making love on the beach... [More...]
Luis Buñuel
A party of dignitaries arrive on the shore of an island to pay homage to some dead heroes but are outraged to see a couple making love on the beach... [More...]
Amok (1934)
Fyodor Otsep
In a Dutch colony in the Far East, Dr Holk ekes out a solitary existence catering to the needs of the natives whilst frittering away his earnings on gambling and alcohol... [More...]
Fyodor Otsep
In a Dutch colony in the Far East, Dr Holk ekes out a solitary existence catering to the needs of the natives whilst frittering away his earnings on gambling and alcohol... [More...]
Les Amours de minuit (1931)
Augusto Genina
Marcel and Gaston are two men who are on the run, although when they meet on a train bound for a seaport they do their best to conceal the fact... [More...]
Augusto Genina
Marcel and Gaston are two men who are on the run, although when they meet on a train bound for a seaport they do their best to conceal the fact... [More...]
Angèle (1934)
Marcel Pagnol
Angèle is the daughter of a respectable farmer, Clarius, and lives with her parents and their valet Saturnin on their farm in the South of France... [More...]
Marcel Pagnol
Angèle is the daughter of a respectable farmer, Clarius, and lives with her parents and their valet Saturnin on their farm in the South of France... [More...]
L'Atalante (1934)
Jean Vigo
This is the story of a young village woman, Juliette, who joins her new husband, Jean, a bargeman on his working barge, L'Atalante... [More...]
Jean Vigo
This is the story of a young village woman, Juliette, who joins her new husband, Jean, a bargeman on his working barge, L'Atalante... [More...]
Au bonheur des dames (1930)
Julien Duvivier
After the death of her parents, Denise, a young woman from the country, arrives in Paris to live with her uncle Baudu, the owner of a small draper's shop, Le Vieil Elbeuf... [More...]
Julien Duvivier
After the death of her parents, Denise, a young woman from the country, arrives in Paris to live with her uncle Baudu, the owner of a small draper's shop, Le Vieil Elbeuf... [More...]
Au nom de la loi (1932)
Maurice Tourneur
Inspector Clamart is confident that he can single-handedly deal with a drugs trafficking ring. The next day, his lifeless body is found floating in the Seine... [More...]
Maurice Tourneur
Inspector Clamart is confident that he can single-handedly deal with a drugs trafficking ring. The next day, his lifeless body is found floating in the Seine... [More...]
La Bandera (1935)
Julien Duvivier
Pierre Gilieth finds himself a fugitive from justice after killing a man in a Montmartre bar. He evades arrest by fleeing to Barcelona, where, penniless and desperate, he decides to enlist in the Foreign Legion... [More...]
Julien Duvivier
Pierre Gilieth finds himself a fugitive from justice after killing a man in a Montmartre bar. He evades arrest by fleeing to Barcelona, where, penniless and desperate, he decides to enlist in the Foreign Legion... [More...]
Les Bas-fonds (1936)
Jean Renoir
Having been dismissed from his official post for embezzlement, a baron gambles away the last of his fortune at the card table... [More...]
Jean Renoir
Having been dismissed from his official post for embezzlement, a baron gambles away the last of his fortune at the card table... [More...]
La Belle équipe (1936)
Julien Duvivier
France, 1936, Jean, Charles, Mario, Raymond and Jacques are five unemployed friends who are desperately looking for work and live in a squalid Parisian apartment block... [More...]
Julien Duvivier
France, 1936, Jean, Charles, Mario, Raymond and Jacques are five unemployed friends who are desperately looking for work and live in a squalid Parisian apartment block... [More...]
Les Berceaux (1932)
Jean Epstein
Along the harbour boats sway gently in the wind, awaiting their departure in silence whilst mothers rock their infants to sleep in cradles... [More...]
Jean Epstein
Along the harbour boats sway gently in the wind, awaiting their departure in silence whilst mothers rock their infants to sleep in cradles... [More...]
La Bête humaine (1938)
Jean Renoir
Roubaud, a stationmaster based in Le Havre, is anxious to get on in his career, and he hopes that in this he might be assisted by Grandmorin, a prominent businessman who exerts some influence over the railways... [More...]
Jean Renoir
Roubaud, a stationmaster based in Le Havre, is anxious to get on in his career, and he hopes that in this he might be assisted by Grandmorin, a prominent businessman who exerts some influence over the railways... [More...]
Boudu sauvé des eaux (1932)
Jean Renoir
Heartbroken when he loses sight of a stray dog he has befriended, a Parisian tramp named Priap Boudu throws himself from a bridge into the river... [More...]
Jean Renoir
Heartbroken when he loses sight of a stray dog he has befriended, a Parisian tramp named Priap Boudu throws himself from a bridge into the river... [More...]
Café de Paris (1938)
Yves Mirande
One New Year's Eve the Café de Paris is host to the capital's social élite, a glamorous ensemble of the rich and famous who come together to welcome in the new year in an atmosphere that positively reeks of decadence... [More...]
Yves Mirande
One New Year's Eve the Café de Paris is host to the capital's social élite, a glamorous ensemble of the rich and famous who come together to welcome in the new year in an atmosphere that positively reeks of decadence... [More...]
Carrefour (1938)
Curtis Bernhardt
A wealthy industrialist, Roger de Vétheuil, finds himself in court, charged with being an impostor. Twenty years ago, whilst serving in WWI, he suffered a severe head wound which resulted in him losing his memory... [More...]
Curtis Bernhardt
A wealthy industrialist, Roger de Vétheuil, finds himself in court, charged with being an impostor. Twenty years ago, whilst serving in WWI, he suffered a severe head wound which resulted in him losing his memory... [More...]
Ces messieurs de la Santé (1934)
Pierre Colombier
Shortly after being arrested for fraud, the discredited banker Jules Taffard manages to escape from the Santé prison... [More...]
Pierre Colombier
Shortly after being arrested for fraud, the discredited banker Jules Taffard manages to escape from the Santé prison... [More...]
César (1936)
Marcel Pagnol
Twenty years after her first sweetheart Marius abandoned her to seek adventure on the high seas, Fanny is still married to Panisse and her son Césariot remains ignorant as to the identity of his real father... [More...]
Marcel Pagnol
Twenty years after her first sweetheart Marius abandoned her to seek adventure on the high seas, Fanny is still married to Panisse and her son Césariot remains ignorant as to the identity of his real father... [More...]
Chanson d'Armor (1934)
Jean Epstein
A hopeless scholar, Jean-Marie is sent away from his Catholic boarding school and must return to the farm in the country run by his parents... [More...]
Jean Epstein
A hopeless scholar, Jean-Marie is sent away from his Catholic boarding school and must return to the farm in the country run by his parents... [More...]
La Charrette fantôme (1939)
Julien Duvivier
He who hears the wheels of the Ghost Wagon knows he is soon going to die. Every year on New Year's Eve, the Wagon, driven by Death himself, comes to claim someone at midnight..... [More...]
Julien Duvivier
He who hears the wheels of the Ghost Wagon knows he is soon going to die. Every year on New Year's Eve, the Wagon, driven by Death himself, comes to claim someone at midnight..... [More...]
La Chienne (1931)
Jean Renoir
Maurice Legrand is a middle-aged bank cashier who is unhappily married to a shrewish wife. His only pleasure in life is his hobby, oil painting... [More...]
Jean Renoir
Maurice Legrand is a middle-aged bank cashier who is unhappily married to a shrewish wife. His only pleasure in life is his hobby, oil painting... [More...]
Cigalon (1935)
Marcel Pagnol
Cigalon is the proud owner of a restaurant in a small town in Haute-Provence that is reputed to be one of the best in the region... [More...]
Marcel Pagnol
Cigalon is the proud owner of a restaurant in a small town in Haute-Provence that is reputed to be one of the best in the region... [More...]
Circonstances atténuantes (1939)
Jean Boyer
Two months into his retirement Gaëtan Le Sentencier, once a busy and highly respected judge, finds himself at a loose end... [More...]
Jean Boyer
Two months into his retirement Gaëtan Le Sentencier, once a busy and highly respected judge, finds himself at a loose end... [More...]
Club de femmes (1936)
Jacques Deval
A women-only boarding house in Paris provides an affordable sanctuary for impressionable young woman who wish to be protected from the corrupting influence of the male sex... [More...]
Jacques Deval
A women-only boarding house in Paris provides an affordable sanctuary for impressionable young woman who wish to be protected from the corrupting influence of the male sex... [More...]
Compartiment de dames seules (1934)
Christian-Jaque
On the day of his wedding to Nicole, Robert de Merinville makes an extraordinary confession to his stepfather. Twenty years ago, whilst taking the train from Paris to Versailles, he took advantage of a young woman who was alone with him in his carriage... [More...]
Christian-Jaque
On the day of his wedding to Nicole, Robert de Merinville makes an extraordinary confession to his stepfather. Twenty years ago, whilst taking the train from Paris to Versailles, he took advantage of a young woman who was alone with him in his carriage... [More...]
Conflit (1938)
Léonide Moguy
Catherine Lafont, the wife of an eminent explorer, is arrested for the attempted murder of her sister Claire. The investigating magistrate is unable to shed any light on the mystery until Claire recovers from her injuries... [More...]
Léonide Moguy
Catherine Lafont, the wife of an eminent explorer, is arrested for the attempted murder of her sister Claire. The investigating magistrate is unable to shed any light on the mystery until Claire recovers from her injuries... [More...]