French cinema: 1946
120, rue de la Gare (1946)
Jacques Daniel-Norman
'120, rue de la Gare' are the words of a dying man. For private detective Nestor Burma it is the starting point for one of his most tortuous criminal investigations...
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Jacques Daniel-Norman
L'Affaire du Grand Hôtel (1946)
André Hugon
In the busy French port of Marseille, a young man named Tonin becomes interested in the comings and goings of a suspicious group of men led by the distinguished-looking Monsieur Léon...
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André Hugon
La Bataille du rail (1946)
René Clément
This episodic film recounts the exploits of French railway workers supporting the activities of the French Resistance during the Second World War...
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René Clément
La Belle et la bête (1946)
Jean Cocteau
Once upon a time, there was an old merchant who, having fallen on hard times, lives with his three daughters and his son at their modest house in the country...
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Jean Cocteau
Désarroi (1946)
Robert-Paul Dagan
Pierre, 20, is in love with Martine, and the two plan to marry as soon as the latter has come of age. Pierre's mother, Madame Meillan, becomes opposed to the marriage when she discovers that Martine's mother is an adventurer who lives a dissolute life with her gambler partner...
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Robert-Paul Dagan
Destins (1946)
Richard Pottier
Thanks to his impresario, the singer André Cartier soon becomes a huge music hall star in Paris. The pride of his life is his five-year-old son Jacky, whom he brings up with the help of his nurse Malika and secretary Jacqueline... [More...]
Richard Pottier
Thanks to his impresario, the singer André Cartier soon becomes a huge music hall star in Paris. The pride of his life is his five-year-old son Jacky, whom he brings up with the help of his nurse Malika and secretary Jacqueline... [More...]
Deux amis (1946)
Dimitri Kirsanoff
1870, during the Franco-Prussian War. Paris is under siege and food is so scarce that its inhabitants are forced to eat their household pets and any rats they can catch... [More...]
Dimitri Kirsanoff
1870, during the Franco-Prussian War. Paris is under siege and food is so scarce that its inhabitants are forced to eat their household pets and any rats they can catch... [More...]
Étoile sans lumière (1946)
Marcel Blistène
Stella Dora was one of the great stars of the silent era, but with the arrival of sound she fears that her career may be about to take a sudden dive into obscurity... [More...]
Marcel Blistène
Stella Dora was one of the great stars of the silent era, but with the arrival of sound she fears that her career may be about to take a sudden dive into obscurity... [More...]
Farrebique ou Les quatre saisons (1946)
Georges Rouquier
The Aveyron district of southern France is noted for its high rocky plateaus which give the countryside a distinctive, almost Neolithic character... [More...]
Georges Rouquier
The Aveyron district of southern France is noted for its high rocky plateaus which give the countryside a distinctive, almost Neolithic character... [More...]
Faut ce qu'il faut (1946)
René Pujol
Charlot could not be happier than he is on the day that his sweetheart Henriette gives birth to their first child, but there is one fly in the ointment: Charlot is still married to another woman and must wait for his divorce to be finalised before he can marry Henriette... [More...]
René Pujol
Charlot could not be happier than he is on the day that his sweetheart Henriette gives birth to their first child, but there is one fly in the ointment: Charlot is still married to another woman and must wait for his divorce to be finalised before he can marry Henriette... [More...]
La Fille du diable (1946)
Henri Decoin
After a bank robbery, the gangster Saget is on the run from the police. A passing motorist, Ludovic Mercier, offers him a lift which he accepts gratefully... [More...]
Henri Decoin
After a bank robbery, the gangster Saget is on the run from the police. A passing motorist, Ludovic Mercier, offers him a lift which he accepts gratefully... [More...]
La Foire aux chimères (1946)
Pierre Chenal
Frank Davis is the unimpeachable director of a company that prints what he claims to be unforgeable banknotes. In his fifties, he is an object of ridicule on account of the facial disfigurement he acquired in an accident... [More...]
Pierre Chenal
Frank Davis is the unimpeachable director of a company that prints what he claims to be unforgeable banknotes. In his fifties, he is an object of ridicule on account of the facial disfigurement he acquired in an accident... [More...]
Le Gardian (1946)
Jean de Marguenat
In the Camargue region of southern France, Renaud is a cowboy who intends to marry Livette, the young daughter of a wealthy farmer, against the wishes of her parents... [More...]
Jean de Marguenat
In the Camargue region of southern France, Renaud is a cowboy who intends to marry Livette, the young daughter of a wealthy farmer, against the wishes of her parents... [More...]
Gringalet (1946)
André Berthomieu
Lucien Bavaud is a highly successful industrialist who runs his factories with ruthless efficiency. After his wife's death, Lucien lives alone in his grand house with his son and mother-in-law, neither of whom he gets on with... [More...]
André Berthomieu
Lucien Bavaud is a highly successful industrialist who runs his factories with ruthless efficiency. After his wife's death, Lucien lives alone in his grand house with his son and mother-in-law, neither of whom he gets on with... [More...]
L'Homme au chapeau rond (1946)
Pierre Billon
Shortly after the death of his wife, Nicolas is shocked to discover that he is not the biological father of their infant daughter, Liza... [More...]
Pierre Billon
Shortly after the death of his wife, Nicolas is shocked to discover that he is not the biological father of their infant daughter, Liza... [More...]
L'Idiot (1946)
Georges Lampin
After a long stay in Switzerland, where he has been receiving treatment for epilepsy, a Russian prince, Muychkine, returns to Saint Petersburg... [More...]
Georges Lampin
After a long stay in Switzerland, where he has been receiving treatment for epilepsy, a Russian prince, Muychkine, returns to Saint Petersburg... [More...]
Jericho (1946)
Henri Calef
In February 1944, the Germans still occupy the town of Amiens in northern France. The tide of the war is rapidly turning but the town's inhabitants continue to live in fear of what Fate has in store for them... [More...]
Henri Calef
In February 1944, the Germans still occupy the town of Amiens in northern France. The tide of the war is rapidly turning but the town's inhabitants continue to live in fear of what Fate has in store for them... [More...]
Macadam (1946)
Jacques Feyder
The Hôtel Bijou in Montmartre, Paris, shares the seedy reputation of its owner, Madame Rose, a woman who killed her husband because he was too honest... [More...]
Jacques Feyder
The Hôtel Bijou in Montmartre, Paris, shares the seedy reputation of its owner, Madame Rose, a woman who killed her husband because he was too honest... [More...]
Martin Roumagnac (1946)
Georges Lacombe
In a small provincial town, Blanche Ferrand and her uncle own a shop which sells seed and birds. Blanche resents her drab milieu but has no difficulty attracting male suitors who might offer her an escape... [More...]
Georges Lacombe
In a small provincial town, Blanche Ferrand and her uncle own a shop which sells seed and birds. Blanche resents her drab milieu but has no difficulty attracting male suitors who might offer her an escape... [More...]
Monsieur Grégoire s'évade (1946)
Jacques Daniel-Norman
Alex Grégoire leads the most mundane of existences. A humble clerk for an insurance company, he can have no idea of the improbable adventures that lie in store for him when he wins a crossword competition... [More...]
Jacques Daniel-Norman
Alex Grégoire leads the most mundane of existences. A humble clerk for an insurance company, he can have no idea of the improbable adventures that lie in store for him when he wins a crossword competition... [More...]
Patrie (1946)
Louis Daquin
Flanders in the late 16th century. With his country under occupation by the armies of the King of Spain, the nobleman Count Rysoor enters into a pact with William of Orange to lead a revolt that will free his people from Spanish rule... [More...]
Louis Daquin
Flanders in the late 16th century. With his country under occupation by the armies of the King of Spain, the nobleman Count Rysoor enters into a pact with William of Orange to lead a revolt that will free his people from Spanish rule... [More...]
Le Pays sans étoiles (1946)
Georges Lacombe
After an accident in which he suffers a head injury, Simon Legouge, a modest notary's clerk, begins to experience a series of strange visions... [More...]
Georges Lacombe
After an accident in which he suffers a head injury, Simon Legouge, a modest notary's clerk, begins to experience a series of strange visions... [More...]
Le Père tranquille (1946)
René Clément
Monsieur Martin is a contented man who lives a peaceful existence in the small French town of Moisson with his wife and two children, Monique and Pierre... [More...]
René Clément
Monsieur Martin is a contented man who lives a peaceful existence in the small French town of Moisson with his wife and two children, Monique and Pierre... [More...]
Pétrus (1946)
Marc Allégret
Migo, an attractive dancer at a popular nightclub in Montmartre, has had enough of her two-timing boyfriend Rodrigue. So, one evening, she takes out her gun and fires two shots at the cheating louse... [More...]
Marc Allégret
Migo, an attractive dancer at a popular nightclub in Montmartre, has had enough of her two-timing boyfriend Rodrigue. So, one evening, she takes out her gun and fires two shots at the cheating louse... [More...]
Les Portes de la nuit (1946)
Marcel Carné
In February 1945, Jean Diego is tasked with breaking the news to the wife of a friend of his, Pierre, that her husband has been executed by the Nazis... [More...]
Marcel Carné
In February 1945, Jean Diego is tasked with breaking the news to the wife of a friend of his, Pierre, that her husband has been executed by the Nazis... [More...]
La Revanche de Roger la Honte (1946)
André Cayatte
Twelve years have passed. Under the name Farrell, Laroque has settled in Canada, where he has made a fortune. But Suzanne, now a ravishing young woman, is haunted by the drama that upset her childhood... [More...]
André Cayatte
Twelve years have passed. Under the name Farrell, Laroque has settled in Canada, where he has made a fortune. But Suzanne, now a ravishing young woman, is haunted by the drama that upset her childhood... [More...]
Roger la Honte (1946)
André Cayatte
In 1885, the industrialist Roger Laroque, the owner of a factory in Ville d'Avray, has put all his hopes in his latest invention, the first steam-powered motorcar... [More...]
André Cayatte
In 1885, the industrialist Roger Laroque, the owner of a factory in Ville d'Avray, has put all his hopes in his latest invention, the first steam-powered motorcar... [More...]
Sérénade aux nuages (1946)
André Cayatte
Sylvio is an incredibly successful singer who has become weary of being recognised wherever he goes. Desperately in need of a change, he goes off for a quiet holiday, assuming the identity of his faithful valet... [More...]
André Cayatte
Sylvio is an incredibly successful singer who has become weary of being recognised wherever he goes. Desperately in need of a change, he goes off for a quiet holiday, assuming the identity of his faithful valet... [More...]
Sylvie et le fantôme (1946)
Claude Autant-Lara
Sylvie is an imaginative 16 year old girl who has fallen in love with a man in an old portrait - Alain de Francigny, her grandmother's lover, who died many years ago in a duel... [More...]
Claude Autant-Lara
Sylvie is an imaginative 16 year old girl who has fallen in love with a man in an old portrait - Alain de Francigny, her grandmother's lover, who died many years ago in a duel... [More...]
La Symphonie pastorale (1946)
Jean Delannoy
The young pastor of a mountain village adopts a small blind girl, Gertrude. As Gertrude grows up into an attractive young woman the pastor, now middle-aged, realises that he is in love with her... [More...]
Jean Delannoy
The young pastor of a mountain village adopts a small blind girl, Gertrude. As Gertrude grows up into an attractive young woman the pastor, now middle-aged, realises that he is in love with her... [More...]