French cinema: 1950s
125 rue Montmartre (1959)
Gilles Grangier
Pascal makes a modest living selling newspapers on the streets of Paris. He may have a surly temperament but he is a good natured soul at heart, always ready to help a fellow creature if he can...
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Gilles Grangier
À double tour (1959)
Claude Chabrol
Henri Marcoux is a fully paid up member of the French bourgeoisie. He owns a large private estate in Provence, where he lives with his wife Thérèse and two grown-up children, Richard and Elisabeth...
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Claude Chabrol
À pied, à cheval et en spoutnik! (1958)
Jean Dréville
After a car accident which has left him with a partial memory loss, Léon Martin takes up residence with his wife Marguerite in a house in the country to recuperate...
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Jean Dréville
À pied, à cheval et en voiture (1957)
Maurice Delbez
Léon Martin, an accountant with a firm of undertakers, enjoys the quiet life and cannot understand the present craze for the motorcar...
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Maurice Delbez
Adhémar ou le jouet de la fatalité (1951)
Fernandel
No matter where he goes or what he does, Adhémar Pomme finds that he cannot help being a laugh stock. The cause of his affliction is his distinctive appearance, namely his horse-like face...
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Fernandel
Adorables créatures (1952)
Christian-Jaque
André Noblet is a respected fashion designer who leads the most turbulent love life. He is devastated when his mistress Christine leaves him and goes back to her husband, but things pick up when he encounters the lovely Minouche, who is just the kind of woman he likes best... [More...]
Christian-Jaque
André Noblet is a respected fashion designer who leads the most turbulent love life. He is devastated when his mistress Christine leaves him and goes back to her husband, but things pick up when he encounters the lovely Minouche, who is just the kind of woman he likes best... [More...]
L'Affaire des poisons (1955)
Henri Decoin
The Marquise de Montespan is a scheming adventuress who hopes to become the favoured mistress to King Louis XIV of France to advance her social status... [More...]
Henri Decoin
The Marquise de Montespan is a scheming adventuress who hopes to become the favoured mistress to King Louis XIV of France to advance her social status... [More...]
L'Affaire Maurizius (1954)
Julien Duvivier
Wolf Andergast began his illustrious career as a magistrate eighteen years ago with a murder case that resulted in a young man, Léonard Maurizius, being sent to prison for life... [More...]
Julien Duvivier
Wolf Andergast began his illustrious career as a magistrate eighteen years ago with a murder case that resulted in a young man, Léonard Maurizius, being sent to prison for life... [More...]
Agnès de rien (1950)
Pierre Billon
At the insistence of her husband Francis, Agnès de Chaligny is forced to take up residence in his ancestral family home in the country whilst he, a struggling artist in Paris, sorts out his finances... [More...]
Pierre Billon
At the insistence of her husband Francis, Agnès de Chaligny is forced to take up residence in his ancestral family home in the country whilst he, a struggling artist in Paris, sorts out his finances... [More...]
Ah! Les belles bacchantes (1954)
Jean Loubignac
Robert Dhéry is a theatre director who is busy rehearsing acts for his forthcoming revue Ah ! Les belles bacchantes... [More...]
Jean Loubignac
Robert Dhéry is a theatre director who is busy rehearsing acts for his forthcoming revue Ah ! Les belles bacchantes... [More...]
L'Air de Paris (1954)
Marcel Carné
Victor Le Garrec was once a professional boxer but his dreams of sporting glory have come to nothing. Now in his mid-fifties, he contents himself with a lesser ambition - coaching young amateurs in the hope of one day finding a true boxing champion... [More...]
Marcel Carné
Victor Le Garrec was once a professional boxer but his dreams of sporting glory have come to nothing. Now in his mid-fifties, he contents himself with a lesser ambition - coaching young amateurs in the hope of one day finding a true boxing champion... [More...]
Ali Baba et les quarante voleurs (1954)
Jacques Becker
Once upon a time, in a small town in the East, there lived a man named Ali-Baba, a friend of the poor... One day, Ali-Baba goes to the market on an errand for his master, the wealthy Cassim, to buy a new slave for his harem... [More...]
Jacques Becker
Once upon a time, in a small town in the East, there lived a man named Ali-Baba, a friend of the poor... One day, Ali-Baba goes to the market on an errand for his master, the wealthy Cassim, to buy a new slave for his harem... [More...]
L'Amant de lady Chatterley (1955)
Marc Allégret
Lady Constance Chatterley is under pressure from both her sister Hilda and her husband, Sir Clifford, to find herself a lover so that she can get herself pregnant and provide an heir to the Chatterley estate... [More...]
Marc Allégret
Lady Constance Chatterley is under pressure from both her sister Hilda and her husband, Sir Clifford, to find herself a lover so that she can get herself pregnant and provide an heir to the Chatterley estate... [More...]
Les Amants de demain (1959)
Marcel Blistène
One Christmas Eve, Pierre Montfort is desperately on the run after killing his wife in a moment of madness when his car breaks down... [More...]
Marcel Blistène
One Christmas Eve, Pierre Montfort is desperately on the run after killing his wife in a moment of madness when his car breaks down... [More...]
Les Amants du Tage (1955)
Henri Verneuil
After the war, Pierre Roubier returns home, optimistic about the future, only to find his wife in bed with another man. In a moment of madness, Pierre shoots his wife's lover dead... [More...]
Henri Verneuil
After the war, Pierre Roubier returns home, optimistic about the future, only to find his wife in bed with another man. In a moment of madness, Pierre shoots his wife's lover dead... [More...]
Les Amants maudits (1952)
Willy Rozier
Paul leads a humdrum life as a waiter in a café but, being a fan of hard-boiled thriller novels, he fantasises about becoming a cold-blooded gangster... [More...]
Willy Rozier
Paul leads a humdrum life as a waiter in a café but, being a fan of hard-boiled thriller novels, he fantasises about becoming a cold-blooded gangster... [More...]
Les Amants (1958)
Louis Malle
Jeanne relieves the boredom of her stale marriage to newspaper magnate Henri Tournier by frequent visits to Paris, where she divides her time between her best friend Maggie and her covert lover Raoul... [More...]
Louis Malle
Jeanne relieves the boredom of her stale marriage to newspaper magnate Henri Tournier by frequent visits to Paris, where she divides her time between her best friend Maggie and her covert lover Raoul... [More...]
L'Amour n'est pas un péché (1952)
Claude Cariven
Eliane Cahuzac and Jacques Loursier are both urgently in need of an apartment and Fate decides that they will end up sharing the same landing in the same Parisian apartment block... [More...]
Claude Cariven
Eliane Cahuzac and Jacques Loursier are both urgently in need of an apartment and Fate decides that they will end up sharing the same landing in the same Parisian apartment block... [More...]
L'Amour, Madame (1952)
Gilles Grangier
François Célerier is a young university student who hopes to make his name as a playwright. He is attracted to fellow student Diane, but he is too shy to approach her and reveal his true feelings for her... [More...]
Gilles Grangier
François Célerier is a young university student who hopes to make his name as a playwright. He is attracted to fellow student Diane, but he is too shy to approach her and reveal his true feelings for her... [More...]
Les Amours finissent à l'aube (1953)
Henri Calef
Didier Guéret is in charge of marketing for a large automobile company based in Paris. He takes advantage of his frequent business trips to other cities across Europe to pursue short-lived amorous liaisons with various women he comes into contact with... [More...]
Henri Calef
Didier Guéret is in charge of marketing for a large automobile company based in Paris. He takes advantage of his frequent business trips to other cities across Europe to pursue short-lived amorous liaisons with various women he comes into contact with... [More...]
Andalousie (1951)
Robert Vernay
In present day Spain, Juanito is earning a modest living as a pottery merchant when he is suddenly plucked from obscurity and finds fame as a bullfighter... [More...]
Robert Vernay
In present day Spain, Juanito is earning a modest living as a pottery merchant when he is suddenly plucked from obscurity and finds fame as a bullfighter... [More...]
Archimède, le clochard (1959)
Gilles Grangier
Archimède is an old tramp who likes to think he is a cut above the rest. Not for him the penury of sleeping under bridges and scrounging for scraps in dustbins... [More...]
Gilles Grangier
Archimède is an old tramp who likes to think he is a cut above the rest. Not for him the penury of sleeping under bridges and scrounging for scraps in dustbins... [More...]
Ascenseur pour l'échafaud (1958)
Louis Malle
Julien Tavernier and Florence Carala are passionately in love with one another, but there is an obstacle to their future happiness: Florence's husband Simon, a wealthy industrialist... [More...]
Louis Malle
Julien Tavernier and Florence Carala are passionately in love with one another, but there is an obstacle to their future happiness: Florence's husband Simon, a wealthy industrialist... [More...]
Asphalte (1959)
Hervé Bromberger
Being married to a rich and successful businessman does not guarantee happiness, as Nicole soon discovers. Comfortable she may be, but she is bored with the never-ending round of excursions, business dinners and polite conversation with strangers... [More...]
Hervé Bromberger
Being married to a rich and successful businessman does not guarantee happiness, as Nicole soon discovers. Comfortable she may be, but she is bored with the never-ending round of excursions, business dinners and polite conversation with strangers... [More...]
Les Assassins du dimanche (1956)
Alex Joffé
Robert Simonet is a provincial garage owner whose ambition is to be as successful as his former boss. He is also a formidable amateur cyclist and is the favourite to win the cycling race to take place in his town... [More...]
Alex Joffé
Robert Simonet is a provincial garage owner whose ambition is to be as successful as his former boss. He is also a formidable amateur cyclist and is the favourite to win the cycling race to take place in his town... [More...]
Atoll K (1951)
Léo Joannon
With Ollie acting as his financial representative, Stan visits a London law firm to collect a substantial inheritance left to him by his uncle... [More...]
Léo Joannon
With Ollie acting as his financial representative, Stan visits a London law firm to collect a substantial inheritance left to him by his uncle... [More...]
Au revoir Monsieur Grock (1950)
Pierre Billon
It is whilst he was growing up in Switzerland in the late 19th century that Adrien Wettach quickly became enchanted by circus life... [More...]
Pierre Billon
It is whilst he was growing up in Switzerland in the late 19th century that Adrien Wettach quickly became enchanted by circus life... [More...]
L'Auberge rouge (1951)
Claude Autant-Lara
In the Ardèche region of France in 1883, Marie Martin and her husband manage a remote rural inn. The hostelry is unfortunately situated and the Martins have difficulty attracting customers, so they decide to make their living by less honest means, by murdering their guests and robbing them of their valuables... [More...]
Claude Autant-Lara
In the Ardèche region of France in 1883, Marie Martin and her husband manage a remote rural inn. The hostelry is unfortunately situated and the Martins have difficulty attracting customers, so they decide to make their living by less honest means, by murdering their guests and robbing them of their valuables... [More...]
Les Aventures d'Arsène Lupin (1957)
Jacques Becker
Paris, 1912. At a society gathering two priceless paintings are spirited away by an Italian diplomat who is none other than the infamous gentleman thief, Arsène Lupin... [More...]
Jacques Becker
Paris, 1912. At a society gathering two priceless paintings are spirited away by an Italian diplomat who is none other than the infamous gentleman thief, Arsène Lupin... [More...]
Les Aventures de Till L'Espiègle (1956)
Gérard Philipe
In the 16th century, Flanders is under Spanish occupation, something that causes resentment and hostility across the whole country... [More...]
Gérard Philipe
In the 16th century, Flanders is under Spanish occupation, something that causes resentment and hostility across the whole country... [More...]