French cinema: 1953
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...
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Henri Calef
Le Bon Dieu sans confession (1953)
Claude Autant-Lara
As they follow a funeral procession several mourners replay their memories of the dead man, Monsieur Dupont, whose outward respectability hid a multitude of flaws...
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Claude Autant-Lara
Le Boulanger de Valorgue (1953)
Henri Verneuil
Valorgue, a quaint little town in the south of France, used to be such an idyllic spot. Now it is caught up in the most frenzied of civil wars, with half of the town siding with the good-natured baker, Félicien Hébrard, and the other half with the grocer, the cantankerous old widow Zanetti...
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Henri Verneuil
Capitaine Pantoufle (1953)
Guy Lefranc
Emmanuel Bonnavent, a modest bank clerk who is fed up with his monotonous existence, likes to imagine how much happier he would be if he had the money to buy an expensive car or depart on an ocean cruise to some exotic clime...
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Guy Lefranc
Carnaval (1953)
Henri Verneuil
Dardamelle, an architect living in Aix-en-Provence, is blissfully unaware that his wife, Francine, is having an affair with another man...
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Henri Verneuil
Le Carrosse d'or (1953)
Jean Renoir
In the 18th Century, a travelling band of actors arrive in a Spanish colony in South America. When they are invited to perform before the royal court, the Viceroy, Ferdinand, instantly falls in love with the leading performer, Camilla... [More...]
Jean Renoir
In the 18th Century, a travelling band of actors arrive in a Spanish colony in South America. When they are invited to perform before the royal court, the Viceroy, Ferdinand, instantly falls in love with the leading performer, Camilla... [More...]
Cent francs par seconde (1953)
Jean Boyer
Fernand is a good-for-nothing who takes part in radio competitions in the hope of winning the prizes on offer. One day, he persuades a sympathetic young man named Philippe to take his place in one such competition, Cent francs par seconde, insisting that if Philippe wins he, Fernand, will receive a share of the winnings... [More...]
Jean Boyer
Fernand is a good-for-nothing who takes part in radio competitions in the hope of winning the prizes on offer. One day, he persuades a sympathetic young man named Philippe to take his place in one such competition, Cent francs par seconde, insisting that if Philippe wins he, Fernand, will receive a share of the winnings... [More...]
Cet homme est dangereux (1953)
Jean Sacha
After breaking out of a prison in Oklahoma, Lemmy Caution travels to the French Riviera to make contact with Miranda Van Zelden, an heiress who is the likely target of a gang of kidnappers... [More...]
Jean Sacha
After breaking out of a prison in Oklahoma, Lemmy Caution travels to the French Riviera to make contact with Miranda Van Zelden, an heiress who is the likely target of a gang of kidnappers... [More...]
Les Compagnes de la nuit (1953)
Ralph Habib
In 1950s Paris, two events take place which apparently have no connection. The police are concerned with the corpses of two murdered women... [More...]
Ralph Habib
In 1950s Paris, two events take place which apparently have no connection. The police are concerned with the corpses of two murdered women... [More...]
Crin blanc: Le cheval sauvage (1953)
Albert Lamorisse
Across the vast expanse of wetland in the Camargue region of south-eastern France, a herd of wild horses roam, led by their indomitable leader White Mane... [More...]
Albert Lamorisse
Across the vast expanse of wetland in the Camargue region of south-eastern France, a herd of wild horses roam, led by their indomitable leader White Mane... [More...]
Dortoir des grandes (1953)
Henri Decoin
Inspecteur Marco is called in to investigate the murder of a young student in a respectable private girls' school. The victim was found tied up and strangled in her bed, but the other girls in the same dormitory claim to have seen nor heard anything during the night of the murder... [More...]
Henri Decoin
Inspecteur Marco is called in to investigate the murder of a young student in a respectable private girls' school. The victim was found tied up and strangled in her bed, but the other girls in the same dormitory claim to have seen nor heard anything during the night of the murder... [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...]
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...]
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...]
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...]
Julietta (1953)
Marc Allégret
Whilst holidaying in Limoges, Madame Valender tries to marry her daughter Julietta to Hector d'Alpon, a wealthy prince, to make an impression on everyone... [More...]
Marc Allégret
Whilst holidaying in Limoges, Madame Valender tries to marry her daughter Julietta to Hector d'Alpon, a wealthy prince, to make an impression on everyone... [More...]
Légère et court vêtue (1953)
Jean Laviron
Jacques Lorette, a workaholic lawyer, considers himself fortunate to have a faithful wife, Jacqueline. At least he does so until the day when a stranger walks into his office and hands him 300 thousand francs to atone for having had an affair with Jacqueline for the past two years... [More...]
Jean Laviron
Jacques Lorette, a workaholic lawyer, considers himself fortunate to have a faithful wife, Jacqueline. At least he does so until the day when a stranger walks into his office and hands him 300 thousand francs to atone for having had an affair with Jacqueline for the past two years... [More...]
Leur dernière nuit (1953)
Georges Lacombe
Newly qualified to work as a teacher Madeleine Marsan, a single woman in her early thirties, leaves her home in Limoges and heads for Paris to look for a teaching post... [More...]
Georges Lacombe
Newly qualified to work as a teacher Madeleine Marsan, a single woman in her early thirties, leaves her home in Limoges and heads for Paris to look for a teaching post... [More...]
Lucrèce Borgia (1953)
Christian-Jaque
Towards the end of the 15th century, Cesare Borgia is one of the most powerful men in Renaissance Italy. He owes his present position of influence to a combination of good fortune and ruthlessness, to say nothing of his seemingly unbounded ambition... [More...]
Christian-Jaque
Towards the end of the 15th century, Cesare Borgia is one of the most powerful men in Renaissance Italy. He owes his present position of influence to a combination of good fortune and ruthlessness, to say nothing of his seemingly unbounded ambition... [More...]
Madame de... (1953)
Max Ophüls
A wealthy Countess decides to sell her earrings to pay off a small debt, leading her husband, an important general, to believe that the jewels have been lost... [More...]
Max Ophüls
A wealthy Countess decides to sell her earrings to pay off a small debt, leading her husband, an important general, to believe that the jewels have been lost... [More...]
Manon des sources (1953)
Marcel Pagnol
In a small Provençal village, the locals tell a newly installed schoolteacher the story of Manon, a young shepherdess who lives a wild and solitary life in the surrounding hills... [More...]
Marcel Pagnol
In a small Provençal village, the locals tell a newly installed schoolteacher the story of Manon, a young shepherdess who lives a wild and solitary life in the surrounding hills... [More...]
Maternité clandestine (1953)
Jean Gourguet
In the suburbs of Paris, a gang of wayward adolescents led by Maurice survive on the spoils of their petty crimes. Under the instructions of small-time hoodlum André, the gang must hold up a cashier on his way home one evening... [More...]
Jean Gourguet
In the suburbs of Paris, a gang of wayward adolescents led by Maurice survive on the spoils of their petty crimes. Under the instructions of small-time hoodlum André, the gang must hold up a cashier on his way home one evening... [More...]
Minuit... Quai de Bercy (1953)
Christian Stengel
When Mado, the attractive young concierge of a block of flats in Montmartre, is found stabbed to death one evening there is no shortage of murder suspects... [More...]
Christian Stengel
When Mado, the attractive young concierge of a block of flats in Montmartre, is found stabbed to death one evening there is no shortage of murder suspects... [More...]
La Môme vert-de-gris (1953)
Bernard Borderie
After letting slip that there is a plan to steal a large consignment of gold from the United States, a man named Mickey gets into a fight and is killed in a Casablanca nightclub... [More...]
Bernard Borderie
After letting slip that there is a plan to steal a large consignment of gold from the United States, a man named Mickey gets into a fight and is killed in a Casablanca nightclub... [More...]
Mon frangin du Sénégal (1953)
Guy Lacourt
Jules Pinson, a photographer, is madly in love with Annette, a grocer's daughter, but she has no interest in him. It is action heroes, of the kind she sees on the screen at the local cinema, that set Annette's heart fluttering, not dullards like Jules... [More...]
Guy Lacourt
Jules Pinson, a photographer, is madly in love with Annette, a grocer's daughter, but she has no interest in him. It is action heroes, of the kind she sees on the screen at the local cinema, that set Annette's heart fluttering, not dullards like Jules... [More...]
Les Orgueilleux (1953)
Yves Allégret
In a remote Mexican town, a coach deposits two strangers, an attractive young French woman Nelly and her visibly sick husband Tom... [More...]
Yves Allégret
In a remote Mexican town, a coach deposits two strangers, an attractive young French woman Nelly and her visibly sick husband Tom... [More...]
Le Père de Mademoiselle (1953)
Marcel L'Herbier
Françoise Marinier refuses to allow her parents, a respectable bourgeois couple, to decide whom she should marry. So she leaves home and moves to Paris, where she is soon engaged as a secretary to the popular actress Edith Mars... [More...]
Marcel L'Herbier
Françoise Marinier refuses to allow her parents, a respectable bourgeois couple, to decide whom she should marry. So she leaves home and moves to Paris, where she is soon engaged as a secretary to the popular actress Edith Mars... [More...]
La Route du bonheur (1953)
Maurice Labro
Marina is a schoolteacher in the small Italian village of Montecarlone. One day, she launches an appeal on behalf of one of her more disadvantaged pupils, a little boy named Tonino... [More...]
Maurice Labro
Marina is a schoolteacher in the small Italian village of Montecarlone. One day, she launches an appeal on behalf of one of her more disadvantaged pupils, a little boy named Tonino... [More...]