French cinema: 1930s
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...
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Dominique Bernard-Deschamps
Monsieur Personne (1936)
Christian-Jaque
The Paris police have their work cut out trying to find the individual behind a recent spate of daring robberies. No one has the slightest clue to the identity of the mysterious thief, who goes by the name Monsieur Personne...
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Christian-Jaque
Mor vran (1931)
Jean Epstein
For those who eke out an existence on Sein, one of the smaller islands in the Breton archipelago, life is unremittingly hard...
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Jean Epstein
Le Mort en fuite (1936)
André Berthomieu
Hector Trignol and Achille Baluchet are two third-rate actors who have had their fill of bit parts. They agree it is high time they took top billing, and to that end they concoct a little subterfuge that is sure to make them both household names...
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André Berthomieu
Le Mystère de la chambre jaune (1930)
Marcel L'Herbier
Mathilde Strangerson, the daughter of an eminent scientist, decides she cannot go through with her marriage to Robert Darzac...
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Marcel L'Herbier
Naples au baiser de feu (1938)
Augusto Genina
Mario earns a modest living as a singer at a classy restaurant in Naples. He shares an apartment with his best friend, Michel, and is head over heels in love with an attractive girl called Assunta, his boss's niece... [More...]
Augusto Genina
Mario earns a modest living as a singer at a classy restaurant in Naples. He shares an apartment with his best friend, Michel, and is head over heels in love with an attractive girl called Assunta, his boss's niece... [More...]
Napoléon Bonaparte (1935)
Abel Gance
France, 1815. On the eve of Napoléon Bonaparte's escape from Elba and his triumphant return to Paris, the writer Stendhal reflects on the heroic life of the Emperor with those who were personally acquainted with him... [More...]
Abel Gance
France, 1815. On the eve of Napoléon Bonaparte's escape from Elba and his triumphant return to Paris, the writer Stendhal reflects on the heroic life of the Emperor with those who were personally acquainted with him... [More...]
Noix de coco (1939)
Jean Boyer
Loulou Barbentane is a successful horticulturist who lives in the south of France with his second wife Caroline, son Antoine, daughter Fernande and imbecilic son-in-law Josserand... [More...]
Jean Boyer
Loulou Barbentane is a successful horticulturist who lives in the south of France with his second wife Caroline, son Antoine, daughter Fernande and imbecilic son-in-law Josserand... [More...]
Les Nouveaux riches (1938)
André Berthomieu
Once factory foremen, Legendre and Martinet are now millionaires. Martinet ruined his former employer's company on the stock exchange... [More...]
André Berthomieu
Once factory foremen, Legendre and Martinet are now millionaires. Martinet ruined his former employer's company on the stock exchange... [More...]
La Nuit du carrefour (1932)
Jean Renoir
At the Carrefour des Trois-Veuves, some thirty kilometres north of Paris, insurance agent Michonnet is surprised when his car is stolen... [More...]
Jean Renoir
At the Carrefour des Trois-Veuves, some thirty kilometres north of Paris, insurance agent Michonnet is surprised when his car is stolen... [More...]
Nuits de feu (1937)
Marcel L'Herbier
In 19th century Imperial Russia, the state prosecutor Fedor Andreiev is presiding over the trial of a man who, in a fit of jealousy, killed his wife's lover... [More...]
Marcel L'Herbier
In 19th century Imperial Russia, the state prosecutor Fedor Andreiev is presiding over the trial of a man who, in a fit of jealousy, killed his wife's lover... [More...]
Les Nuits moscovites (1934)
Alexis Granowsky
Moscow, 1916. To restore her family's wealth and reputation, Natasha Kovrine agrees to become engaged to the wealthy grain merchant Brioukhov, even though he is many years her senior... [More...]
Alexis Granowsky
Moscow, 1916. To restore her family's wealth and reputation, Natasha Kovrine agrees to become engaged to the wealthy grain merchant Brioukhov, even though he is many years her senior... [More...]
On purge bébé (1931)
Jean Renoir
Monsieur Follavoine, a leading porcelain manufacturer, has perfected what he believes to be the world's first totally unbreakable chamber pot... [More...]
Jean Renoir
Monsieur Follavoine, a leading porcelain manufacturer, has perfected what he believes to be the world's first totally unbreakable chamber pot... [More...]
L'Or des mers (1932)
Jean Epstein
Hoëdic is one of the poorer islands in the Breton archipelago off the coast of northwestern France. It is a desolate expanse of rock inhabited by a hundred fishing families who, unable to work for half of the year, live in extreme poverty, dependent on alms supplied by their kindly rector... [More...]
Jean Epstein
Hoëdic is one of the poorer islands in the Breton archipelago off the coast of northwestern France. It is a desolate expanse of rock inhabited by a hundred fishing families who, unable to work for half of the year, live in extreme poverty, dependent on alms supplied by their kindly rector... [More...]
Orage (1938)
Marc Allégret
André Pascaud is a naval construction engineer who lives near Toulon with his wife Gisèle and his brother-in-law Gilbert... [More...]
Marc Allégret
André Pascaud is a naval construction engineer who lives near Toulon with his wife Gisèle and his brother-in-law Gilbert... [More...]
L'Ordonnance (1933)
Viktor Tourjansky
Colonel Limousin returns home to find this his young wife has committed suicide in her bath. After the funeral, he discovers a letter in which the dead woman reveals how she was driven to take her own life... [More...]
Viktor Tourjansky
Colonel Limousin returns home to find this his young wife has committed suicide in her bath. After the funeral, he discovers a letter in which the dead woman reveals how she was driven to take her own life... [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 Paquebot Tenacity (1934)
Julien Duvivier
Paris, at the time of the Great Depression. Bastien, a manual worker, persuades his timid friend, Ségard, to leave with him for Canada, to start a new life in a country where, according to the publicity films, everything is possible... [More...]
Julien Duvivier
Paris, at the time of the Great Depression. Bastien, a manual worker, persuades his timid friend, Ségard, to leave with him for Canada, to start a new life in a country where, according to the publicity films, everything is possible... [More...]
Le Parfum de la dame en noir (1931)
Marcel L'Herbier
On the day that Mathilde Stangerson and Robert Darzac finally get married, the journalist Joseph Rouletabille makes a terrible discovery: Mathilde's first husband Frédéric Larsan is still alive... [More...]
Marcel L'Herbier
On the day that Mathilde Stangerson and Robert Darzac finally get married, the journalist Joseph Rouletabille makes a terrible discovery: Mathilde's first husband Frédéric Larsan is still alive... [More...]
Paris-Beguin (1931)
Augusto Genina
Jane Diamant is a popular but highly temperamental star at the Paris night spot Les Folies-Bergère. One evening, a burglar named Bob breaks into her villa... [More...]
Augusto Genina
Jane Diamant is a popular but highly temperamental star at the Paris night spot Les Folies-Bergère. One evening, a burglar named Bob breaks into her villa... [More...]
Partie de campagne (1936)
Jean Renoir
In the summer of 1860, Monsieur Dufour, a successful Parisian shopkeeper, decides to spend a day in the country, in the company of his mother-in-law, his wife Juliette, his daughter Henriette and his future son-in-law Anatole... [More...]
Jean Renoir
In the summer of 1860, Monsieur Dufour, a successful Parisian shopkeeper, decides to spend a day in the country, in the company of his mother-in-law, his wife Juliette, his daughter Henriette and his future son-in-law Anatole... [More...]
Pas de femmes (1932)
Mario Bonnard
At a pavement café, Lucien Lepur confides in his waiter friend Casimir the unhappy fact that although he is 26 years old he has never slept with a woman... [More...]
Mario Bonnard
At a pavement café, Lucien Lepur confides in his waiter friend Casimir the unhappy fact that although he is 26 years old he has never slept with a woman... [More...]
Pasteur (1935)
Sacha Guitry
In 1870, Louis Pasteur confides in a group of his students the difficulties he has encountered in the course of his career... [More...]
Sacha Guitry
In 1870, Louis Pasteur confides in a group of his students the difficulties he has encountered in the course of his career... [More...]
Pension Mimosas (1935)
Jacques Feyder
In 1924, Louise Noblet and her husband Gaston run a small hotel, the Pension Mimosas, on the French Riviera. Their clients are mostly small-time gamblers hoping to strike it lucky at a nearby casino... [More...]
Jacques Feyder
In 1924, Louise Noblet and her husband Gaston run a small hotel, the Pension Mimosas, on the French Riviera. Their clients are mostly small-time gamblers hoping to strike it lucky at a nearby casino... [More...]
Pépé le Moko (1937)
Julien Duvivier
The French outlaw Pépé le Moko has gained a reputation as the most notorious gangster in Algiers, loyally served by his band of armed cohorts... [More...]
Julien Duvivier
The French outlaw Pépé le Moko has gained a reputation as the most notorious gangster in Algiers, loyally served by his band of armed cohorts... [More...]
Les Perles de la couronne (1937)
Sacha Guitry
French writer Jean Martin tells his wife a fantastic story involving seven perfect pearls, four of which ended up in the English crown... [More...]
Sacha Guitry
French writer Jean Martin tells his wife a fantastic story involving seven perfect pearls, four of which ended up in the English crown... [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...]
La Petite chocolatière (1932)
Marc Allégret
Shortly after getting engaged to his boss's daughter, mild-mannered civil servant Paul Normand invites an artist friend, Félicien Bédarride, and his girlfriend Rosette, to spend a few days with him at his house in the country... [More...]
Marc Allégret
Shortly after getting engaged to his boss's daughter, mild-mannered civil servant Paul Normand invites an artist friend, Félicien Bédarride, and his girlfriend Rosette, to spend a few days with him at his house in the country... [More...]
La Petite Lise (1930)
Jean Grémillon
Victor Berthier's punishment for murdering his odious wife is a ten-year stretch in a crowded prison in French Guiana. Released for good behaviour, Victor returns to Paris with one intention - to start a new life with his grown-up daughter Lise... [More...]
Jean Grémillon
Victor Berthier's punishment for murdering his odious wife is a ten-year stretch in a crowded prison in French Guiana. Released for good behaviour, Victor returns to Paris with one intention - to start a new life with his grown-up daughter Lise... [More...]
La Peur (1936)
Viktor Tourjansky
Irène is a happily married middle-aged woman. She has an adoring husband and young children she dotes on. In a moment of boredom whilst on holiday, she falls for the charms of a handsome young pianist, Jean... [More...]
Viktor Tourjansky
Irène is a happily married middle-aged woman. She has an adoring husband and young children she dotes on. In a moment of boredom whilst on holiday, she falls for the charms of a handsome young pianist, Jean... [More...]