French cinema: 1950s
Ein Engel auf Erden (1959)
Géza von Radványi
When his bride-to-be jilts him at the alter and runs off with a singer, racing driver Pierre Chaillot decides to drown his sorrows in alcohol and then kill himself...
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Géza von Radványi
Elena et les hommes (1956)
Jean Renoir
Éléna is a young Polish widow who lives in Paris of the 1880s. During Bastile Day celebrations, she meets and is nearly seduced by a young count, Henri Chevincourt - although she intends to marry a wealthy shoe manufacturer, Martin-Michaud...
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Jean Renoir
Elle et moi (1952)
Guy Lefranc
Jean Montaigu is a confirmed bachelor who loves the company of women but lives in mortal fear of getting snared in the matrimonial net...
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Guy Lefranc
En cas de malheur (1958)
Claude Autant-Lara
Yvette Maudet is a 23-year-old prostitute who leads a reckless and carefree life in Paris. One day, she and her friend Noémie attempt to hold up a jeweller, but the scheme backfires when an old woman enters the shop and Yvette knocks her unconscious in a moment of panic...
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Claude Autant-Lara
En effeuillant la marguerite (1956)
Marc Allégret
Agnès, a young woman living in the tranquil spa town of Vichy, finds herself in deep trouble when she publishes a scandalous novel...
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Marc Allégret
En légitime défense (1958)
André Berthomieu
Pierre Lambert is the owner of a fashionable bar, À l'Ami Pierrot, situated in the trendy heart of Pigalle, Paris... [More...]
André Berthomieu
Pierre Lambert is the owner of a fashionable bar, À l'Ami Pierrot, situated in the trendy heart of Pigalle, Paris... [More...]
Les Enfants terribles (1950)
Jean-Pierre Melville
Paul and Elisabeth are a teenage brother and sister who live with their dying mother in a cramped apartment. When Paul is injured in a snowball fight, the overly protective Elisabeth takes care of him, although she also taunts him... [More...]
Jean-Pierre Melville
Paul and Elisabeth are a teenage brother and sister who live with their dying mother in a cramped apartment. When Paul is injured in a snowball fight, the overly protective Elisabeth takes care of him, although she also taunts him... [More...]
L'Ennemi public no 1 (1953)
Henri Verneuil
Having lost his job in a New York department store on account of his advanced myopia, Joe Calvet decides to cheer himself up with a visit to the cinema... [More...]
Henri Verneuil
Having lost his job in a New York department store on account of his advanced myopia, Joe Calvet decides to cheer himself up with a visit to the cinema... [More...]
L'Envers du paradis (1953)
Edmond T. Gréville
Badly in need of a few weeks of rest in tranquil surroundings, a Parisian named Gabriel Dautrand arrives in a small rural town in the south of France... [More...]
Edmond T. Gréville
Badly in need of a few weeks of rest in tranquil surroundings, a Parisian named Gabriel Dautrand arrives in a small rural town in the south of France... [More...]
Escalier de service (1954)
Carlo Rim
Photographer Léo meets the solitary Marie-Lou in the streets of Paris. Full of tears and despair, Marie-Lou is immediately taken in hand by Léo's friends... [More...]
Carlo Rim
Photographer Léo meets the solitary Marie-Lou in the streets of Paris. Full of tears and despair, Marie-Lou is immediately taken in hand by Léo's friends... [More...]
Les Espions (1957)
Henri-Georges Clouzot
Dr Malic, a failed psychiatrist, runs a somewhat shabby clinic. One day, he is approached by a stranger, Colonel Howard, and offered a large sum of money if he will agree to accommodate a secret agent named Alex... [More...]
Henri-Georges Clouzot
Dr Malic, a failed psychiatrist, runs a somewhat shabby clinic. One day, he is approached by a stranger, Colonel Howard, and offered a large sum of money if he will agree to accommodate a secret agent named Alex... [More...]
Et Dieu... créa la femme (1956)
Roger Vadim
Juliette is an 18-year-old orphan who lives with her foster mother in the small French coastal town of St Tropez. She is in love with Antoine Tardieu, who owns a local boatyard, but he is in no hurry to marry her and she flirts with Eric Carradine, an older and far wealthier man... [More...]
Roger Vadim
Juliette is an 18-year-old orphan who lives with her foster mother in the small French coastal town of St Tropez. She is in love with Antoine Tardieu, who owns a local boatyard, but he is in no hurry to marry her and she flirts with Eric Carradine, an older and far wealthier man... [More...]
L'Étrange désir de Monsieur Bard (1953)
Géza von Radványi
When he learns that he has only a short time left to live, Auguste Bard, a solitary bachelor in his fifties, feels a desperate need to be loved... [More...]
Géza von Radványi
When he learns that he has only a short time left to live, Auguste Bard, a solitary bachelor in his fifties, feels a desperate need to be loved... [More...]
L'Étrange Madame X (1951)
Jean Grémillon
Étienne, a modest carpenter, believes he has found the perfect partner in Irène, a beautiful young woman who appears to be devoted to him... [More...]
Jean Grémillon
Étienne, a modest carpenter, believes he has found the perfect partner in Irène, a beautiful young woman who appears to be devoted to him... [More...]
Les Évadés (1955)
Jean-Paul Le Chanois
In 1943, during the Second World War, two French prisoners-of-war, François and Michel, succeed in escaping from Stalag B377 in the north of Germany... [More...]
Jean-Paul Le Chanois
In 1943, during the Second World War, two French prisoners-of-war, François and Michel, succeed in escaping from Stalag B377 in the north of Germany... [More...]
Faites-moi confiance (1953)
Gilles Grangier
Max is a stage magician whose abundant lack of talent does not impress theatre owner Bombardon, which is unfortunate as he had been hoping to marry the latter's daughter Hélène... [More...]
Gilles Grangier
Max is a stage magician whose abundant lack of talent does not impress theatre owner Bombardon, which is unfortunate as he had been hoping to marry the latter's daughter Hélène... [More...]
La Famille Cucuroux (1953)
Émile Couzinet
To marry the daughter of the wealthy Monsieur Cucuroux, Gontran de Saint-Paul must first leave his mistress, which is not an easy undertaking as she is devotedly attached to him... [More...]
Émile Couzinet
To marry the daughter of the wealthy Monsieur Cucuroux, Gontran de Saint-Paul must first leave his mistress, which is not an easy undertaking as she is devotedly attached to him... [More...]
Les Fanatiques (1957)
Alex Joffé
When he learns that a revolution has broken out in his own country whilst he is away in France, South American dictator Ribera decides to return home in a private plane, accompanied by his wife and some security guards... [More...]
Alex Joffé
When he learns that a revolution has broken out in his own country whilst he is away in France, South American dictator Ribera decides to return home in a private plane, accompanied by his wife and some security guards... [More...]
Fanfan la Tulipe (1952)
Christian-Jaque
In the mid-1700s, Fanfan la Tulipe is an inveterate skirt-chaser whose days of youthful debauchery appear to be at end when he is forced into marrying his latest amorous conquest, a farmer's daughter... [More...]
Christian-Jaque
In the mid-1700s, Fanfan la Tulipe is an inveterate skirt-chaser whose days of youthful debauchery appear to be at end when he is forced into marrying his latest amorous conquest, a farmer's daughter... [More...]
Le Fauve est lâché (1959)
Maurice Labro
Once a gangster and secret services operative, Paul Lamiani now leads a respectable life as a restaurateur and family man... [More...]
Maurice Labro
Once a gangster and secret services operative, Paul Lamiani now leads a respectable life as a restaurateur and family man... [More...]
Femmes de Paris (1953)
Jean Boyer
Charles Buisson, a Nobel Prize winning professor of astronomy, is delighted when, one evening, he observes a new supernova through his telescope... [More...]
Jean Boyer
Charles Buisson, a Nobel Prize winning professor of astronomy, is delighted when, one evening, he observes a new supernova through his telescope... [More...]
Les Femmes s'en balancent (1954)
Bernard Borderie
FBI agent Lemmy Caution investigates the mysterious death of Gransworth Anmes, a wealthy night club owner. Anmes apparently committed suicide by driving his car off a partially completed bridge shortly after having given his wife a huge sum in forged bank notes... [More...]
Bernard Borderie
FBI agent Lemmy Caution investigates the mysterious death of Gransworth Anmes, a wealthy night club owner. Anmes apparently committed suicide by driving his car off a partially completed bridge shortly after having given his wife a huge sum in forged bank notes... [More...]
Fernand cow-boy (1956)
Guy Lefranc
When he learns that a rich uncle has bequeathed him a bar-hotel in the Far West, Fernand Mignot leaves his home in France and is soon on his way to Carson City, USA... [More...]
Guy Lefranc
When he learns that a rich uncle has bequeathed him a bar-hotel in the Far West, Fernand Mignot leaves his home in France and is soon on his way to Carson City, USA... [More...]
La Fête à Henriette (1952)
Julien Duvivier
When the censor rejects their latest script two screenwriters set about developing the scenario for a new film. They soon decide on their main characters - a young Parisian dressmaker named Henriette and her fiancé, a photo-journalist named Robert... [More...]
Julien Duvivier
When the censor rejects their latest script two screenwriters set about developing the scenario for a new film. They soon decide on their main characters - a young Parisian dressmaker named Henriette and her fiancé, a photo-journalist named Robert... [More...]
Le Feu aux poudres (1957)
Henri Decoin
At the request of Albatrasse, Ludovic orders a large consignment of rifles from Pedro Wassewich, a notorious gunrunner. Pedro lives with his wife Lola in a villa, the basement of which is filled with armaments... [More...]
Henri Decoin
At the request of Albatrasse, Ludovic orders a large consignment of rifles from Pedro Wassewich, a notorious gunrunner. Pedro lives with his wife Lola in a villa, the basement of which is filled with armaments... [More...]
La Fièvre monte à El Pao (1959)
Luis Buñuel
In El Pao, the capital city of the prison island of Odeja, the governor Mariano Vargas resides in his luxurious palace, ruling his people with a steely ruthlessness that has made him unpopular with the masses... [More...]
Luis Buñuel
In El Pao, the capital city of the prison island of Odeja, the governor Mariano Vargas resides in his luxurious palace, ruling his people with a steely ruthlessness that has made him unpopular with the masses... [More...]
Le Fil à la patte (1955)
Guy Lefranc
Count Fernand de Bois d'Enghien is determined to marry Viviane, the daughter of the wealthy Madame du Verger. Before he can do this, however, he must first extricate himself from another romantic entanglement, one involving a singer named Lucette Gauthier... [More...]
Guy Lefranc
Count Fernand de Bois d'Enghien is determined to marry Viviane, the daughter of the wealthy Madame du Verger. Before he can do this, however, he must first extricate himself from another romantic entanglement, one involving a singer named Lucette Gauthier... [More...]
La Fille au fouet (1952)
Jean Dréville
Pietro Pons lives a happy life in the mountains on the Swiss-Italian border with his mother Lamberta. No one but his mother knows that Pietro is a girl, a deception that Lamberta was forced into by a series of tragedies almost twenty years previously... [More...]
Jean Dréville
Pietro Pons lives a happy life in the mountains on the Swiss-Italian border with his mother Lamberta. No one but his mother knows that Pietro is a girl, a deception that Lamberta was forced into by a series of tragedies almost twenty years previously... [More...]
La Fille de Hambourg (1958)
Yves Allégret
During WWII, Pierre Louviers is a prisoner-of-war and his only consolation as he toils at the port of Hamburg is the comforting regard of a young German woman, Maria... [More...]
Yves Allégret
During WWII, Pierre Louviers is a prisoner-of-war and his only consolation as he toils at the port of Hamburg is the comforting regard of a young German woman, Maria... [More...]
French Cancan (1954)
Jean Renoir
Nini, a pretty laundry worker, is recruited by Monsieur Danglard, along with a number of other attractive young women, to join his theatre company... [More...]
Jean Renoir
Nini, a pretty laundry worker, is recruited by Monsieur Danglard, along with a number of other attractive young women, to join his theatre company... [More...]