French cinema: 1938
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...
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Jean Renoir
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...
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Yves Mirande
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...
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Curtis Bernhardt
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...
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Léonide Moguy
Les Disparus de Saint-Agil (1938)
Christian-Jaque
In the college of St-Agil, three boys, Baume, Sorgue and Macroy, form a secret society "Les Chiche-capons". Each night, they sneak away from their dormitory and meet up in the science room to have an illicit smoke and plan a clandestine voyage to America, under the watchful gaze of their mascot, Martin the Skeleton...
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Christian-Jaque
Le Drame de Shanghaï (1938)
Georg Wilhelm Pabst
In the 1930s, China is a country that is descending into anarchy in the midst of an escalating civil war. The popular leader Cheng is dedicated to uniting his nation, but he has many enemies who are determined that he should fail... [More...]
Georg Wilhelm Pabst
In the 1930s, China is a country that is descending into anarchy in the midst of an escalating civil war. The popular leader Cheng is dedicated to uniting his nation, but he has many enemies who are determined that he should fail... [More...]
Entrée des artistes (1938)
Marc Allégret
One of the high points of director Marc Allégret's career, Entrée des artistes offers both a compelling melodrama and a rare insight into the training of actors at France's leading drama school, the Paris Conservatoire... [More...]
Marc Allégret
One of the high points of director Marc Allégret's career, Entrée des artistes offers both a compelling melodrama and a rare insight into the training of actors at France's leading drama school, the Paris Conservatoire... [More...]
La Femme du boulanger (1938)
Marcel Pagnol
The baker Aimable Castenet has recently settled into the small Provençal village of Sainte Cécile and soon makes himself popular with the locals with his delicious bread, the finest they have ever tasted... [More...]
Marcel Pagnol
The baker Aimable Castenet has recently settled into the small Provençal village of Sainte Cécile and soon makes himself popular with the locals with his delicious bread, the finest they have ever tasted... [More...]
Les Gens du voyage (1938)
Jacques Feyder
Flora, a tough, strong-willed lion-tamer, is the star attraction at the Barlay travelling Circus. However, even she is ill-prepared when her former lover, Fernand, returns to her after twenty years... [More...]
Jacques Feyder
Flora, a tough, strong-willed lion-tamer, is the star attraction at the Barlay travelling Circus. However, even she is ill-prepared when her former lover, Fernand, returns to her after twenty years... [More...]
Hercule (1938)
Alexander Esway
In the sunny Provençal village of Cadignan the locals are busy gathering in the wine harvest when old timer Monsieur Maffre suffers what he believes to be a fatal injury... [More...]
Alexander Esway
In the sunny Provençal village of Cadignan the locals are busy gathering in the wine harvest when old timer Monsieur Maffre suffers what he believes to be a fatal injury... [More...]
Hôtel du Nord (1938)
Marcel Carné
One evening, two young lovers, Renée and Pierre, check into the Hôtel du Nord in Paris, near to the Canal Saint-Martin... [More...]
Marcel Carné
One evening, two young lovers, Renée and Pierre, check into the Hôtel du Nord in Paris, near to the Canal Saint-Martin... [More...]
J'accuse! (1938)
Abel Gance
After serving in the First World War, Jean Diaz returns to his home town but cannot bring himself to continue his affair with Edith, the wife of one of his fallen comrades... [More...]
Abel Gance
After serving in the First World War, Jean Diaz returns to his home town but cannot bring himself to continue his affair with Edith, the wife of one of his fallen comrades... [More...]
Le Joueur d'échecs (1938)
Jean Dréville
1776. Along with Lithuania and Prussia, Poland has succumbed to the might of the Russian Empire, but a determined resistance movement is working to bring an end to the country's annexation... [More...]
Jean Dréville
1776. Along with Lithuania and Prussia, Poland has succumbed to the might of the Russian Empire, but a determined resistance movement is working to bring an end to the country's annexation... [More...]
La Marseillaise (1938)
Jean Renoir
On 14th July 1789, the Duke of Rochefoucauld informs King Louis XVI of France that the Bastille has fallen to a Parisian mob... [More...]
Jean Renoir
On 14th July 1789, the Duke of Rochefoucauld informs King Louis XVI of France that the Bastille has fallen to a Parisian mob... [More...]
Monsieur Coccinelle (1938)
Dominique Bernard-Deschamps
Alfred Coccinelle is a humdrum civil servant who leads a humdrum middle class existence with his wife Mélanie and old maiden aunt Aurore... [More...]
Dominique Bernard-Deschamps
Alfred Coccinelle is a humdrum civil servant who leads a humdrum middle class existence with his wife Mélanie and old maiden aunt Aurore... [More...]
Les Otages (1938)
Raymond Bernard
For many years, the tranquillity of a rural French town has been disturbed by the on-going feud between the mayor Beaumont and the country gentleman Rossignol... [More...]
Raymond Bernard
For many years, the tranquillity of a rural French town has been disturbed by the on-going feud between the mayor Beaumont and the country gentleman Rossignol... [More...]
Le Petit chose (1938)
Maurice Cloche
The 1848 revolution in France brings ruin to the Eyssette family, which is forced to sell a once prosperous business and move to Lyon... [More...]
Maurice Cloche
The 1848 revolution in France brings ruin to the Eyssette family, which is forced to sell a once prosperous business and move to Lyon... [More...]
Le Puritain (1938)
Jeff Musso
Francis Ferriter is a Dublin journalist and staunch Catholic who leads a fanatical campaign against declining moral standards in his city... [More...]
Jeff Musso
Francis Ferriter is a Dublin journalist and staunch Catholic who leads a fanatical campaign against declining moral standards in his city... [More...]
Le Quai des brumes (1938)
Marcel Carné
Jean, a deserter from the French colonial army, arrives in the misty port of Le Havre where he immediately strikes up a rapport with the owner of an inn frequented by the town's lowlife... [More...]
Marcel Carné
Jean, a deserter from the French colonial army, arrives in the misty port of Le Havre where he immediately strikes up a rapport with the owner of an inn frequented by the town's lowlife... [More...]
Le Roman de Werther (1938)
Max Ophüls
The setting is the German city of Wetzlar, towards the end of the 18th century. Werther is a young man of a romantic temperament, a poet and musician who occupies an important position at the town hall... [More...]
Max Ophüls
The setting is the German city of Wetzlar, towards the end of the 18th century. Werther is a young man of a romantic temperament, a poet and musician who occupies an important position at the town hall... [More...]
Le Schpountz (1938)
Marcel Pagnol
Casimir and Irénée work in their uncle's grocer's shop in a Provençal village. Whilst Casimir sticks to his job, Irénée only dreams of becoming a film star... [More...]
Marcel Pagnol
Casimir and Irénée work in their uncle's grocer's shop in a Provençal village. Whilst Casimir sticks to his job, Irénée only dreams of becoming a film star... [More...]