French cinema: 1954
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...
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Julien Duvivier
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...
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Jean Loubignac
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...
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Marcel Carné
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...
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Jacques Becker
Le Blé en herbe (1954)
Claude Autant-Lara
Some time in the 1920s, the Ferrets and their two daughters, Vinca and Lisette, spend their summer holiday on the coast of Brittany...
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Claude Autant-Lara
Bonnes à tuer (1954)
Henri Decoin
Crowds of on-lookers on Paris's most famous thoroughfare, the Champs-Elysées, gather around the crushed body of a man who has just plunged to his death from a great height... [More...]
Henri Decoin
Crowds of on-lookers on Paris's most famous thoroughfare, the Champs-Elysées, gather around the crushed body of a man who has just plunged to his death from a great height... [More...]
Boum sur Paris (1954)
Maurice de Canonge
Gilbert Sestrières works in a laboratory that simultaneously manufactures a leading brand of perfume, named Boum, whilst developing a new and incredibly powerful form of explosive... [More...]
Maurice de Canonge
Gilbert Sestrières works in a laboratory that simultaneously manufactures a leading brand of perfume, named Boum, whilst developing a new and incredibly powerful form of explosive... [More...]
Cadet-Rousselle (1954)
André Hunebelle
France, 1789. Although Cadet-Rousselle is deeply in love with Isabelle, he knows that he cannot marry her as she is the mayor's daughter and he is a mere peasant... [More...]
André Hunebelle
France, 1789. Although Cadet-Rousselle is deeply in love with Isabelle, he knows that he cannot marry her as she is the mayor's daughter and he is a mere peasant... [More...]
Le Chevalier de la nuit (1954)
Robert Darène
In 1884, Bella Fontanges is the most famous ballet dancer in Paris, but professional success is no substitute for love. She regrets that her lover, the nobleman Georges de Ségar, no longer shows her the tenderness that he used to when he was a young man... [More...]
Robert Darène
In 1884, Bella Fontanges is the most famous ballet dancer in Paris, but professional success is no substitute for love. She regrets that her lover, the nobleman Georges de Ségar, no longer shows her the tenderness that he used to when he was a young man... [More...]
Les Corsaires du Bois de Boulogne (1954)
Norbert Carbonnaux
Hector, Adèle and Cyprien are three struggling singers who are desperate to hit the big time, despite their obvious lack of ability... [More...]
Norbert Carbonnaux
Hector, Adèle and Cyprien are three struggling singers who are desperate to hit the big time, despite their obvious lack of ability... [More...]
Crime au concert Mayol (1954)
Pierre Méré
In the course of a performance at the Concert Mayol, a Parisian music hall, a dancer named Mado is poisoned. Fortunately, the young woman is taken to hospital in time to save her life but she goes missing a short time afterwards... [More...]
Pierre Méré
In the course of a performance at the Concert Mayol, a Parisian music hall, a dancer named Mado is poisoned. Fortunately, the young woman is taken to hospital in time to save her life but she goes missing a short time afterwards... [More...]
Le Défroqué (1954)
Léo Joannon
It is in 1945, whilst being detained in a German prisoner-of-war camp, that Gérard Lacassagne discovers his vocation to become a priest... [More...]
Léo Joannon
It is in 1945, whilst being detained in a German prisoner-of-war camp, that Gérard Lacassagne discovers his vocation to become a priest... [More...]
Destinées (1954)
Christian-Jaque
Throughout history, women have had to play their part in war, and in doing so have had to forge their own destinies. After WWII, an American war widow, Elisabeth Whitefield, undertakes a painful journey to a servicemen's cemetery in Italy to reclaim her husband Tony's body and arrange its repatriation... [More...]
Christian-Jaque
Throughout history, women have had to play their part in war, and in doing so have had to forge their own destinies. After WWII, an American war widow, Elisabeth Whitefield, undertakes a painful journey to a servicemen's cemetery in Italy to reclaim her husband Tony's body and arrange its repatriation... [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 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...]
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...]
Le Guérisseur (1954)
Yves Ciampi
Stricken with a sudden heart attack, Madame Mériadec, a woman in her fifties, is as good as dead until Pierre Laurent shows up at her bedside and applies his unique method of treatment... [More...]
Yves Ciampi
Stricken with a sudden heart attack, Madame Mériadec, a woman in her fifties, is as good as dead until Pierre Laurent shows up at her bedside and applies his unique method of treatment... [More...]
Les Hommes ne pensent qu'à ça (1954)
Yves Robert
Alfred is madly in love with Nicole, a pretty assistant in a dairy shop, but he is too shy to approach her. Taking pity on the poor man, Don Juan appears and takes it upon himself to instruct Alfred in the delicate art of seduction... [More...]
Yves Robert
Alfred is madly in love with Nicole, a pretty assistant in a dairy shop, but he is too shy to approach her. Taking pity on the poor man, Don Juan appears and takes it upon himself to instruct Alfred in the delicate art of seduction... [More...]
Huis clos (1954)
Jacqueline Audry
On leaving an elevator, a diverse group of people find themselves in the lobby of what looks like a plush hotel. The receptionist deals with the new arrivals with a cold professionalism and, one by one, they are directed to their rooms... [More...]
Jacqueline Audry
On leaving an elevator, a diverse group of people find themselves in the lobby of what looks like a plush hotel. The receptionist deals with the new arrivals with a cold professionalism and, one by one, they are directed to their rooms... [More...]
Les Intrigantes (1954)
Henri Decoin
Theatre impresario Paul Rémi is rehearsing his new production Rendez-vous sur l'Olympe when his business partner Bazine falls to his death from a gangway high above the stage... [More...]
Henri Decoin
Theatre impresario Paul Rémi is rehearsing his new production Rendez-vous sur l'Olympe when his business partner Bazine falls to his death from a gangway high above the stage... [More...]
J'y suis... j'y reste (1954)
Maurice Labro
Nénette, the owner of a downmarket bar-café, has decided to marry her barman, Jules, but it seems she is already married without her knowledge - to the Baron Hubert de Mont-Vermeil... [More...]
Maurice Labro
Nénette, the owner of a downmarket bar-café, has decided to marry her barman, Jules, but it seems she is already married without her knowledge - to the Baron Hubert de Mont-Vermeil... [More...]
Leguignon guérisseur (1954)
Maurice Labro
Diogène Leguignon is surprised when, one day, he realises he has acquired the ability to cure sick animals. It seems that his healing powers are not confined to pets - he can also cure human beings, just by laying his right hand on whichever part of their body is afflicted... [More...]
Maurice Labro
Diogène Leguignon is surprised when, one day, he realises he has acquired the ability to cure sick animals. It seems that his healing powers are not confined to pets - he can also cure human beings, just by laying his right hand on whichever part of their body is afflicted... [More...]
Les Lettres de mon moulin (1954)
Marcel Pagnol
Alphonse Daudet, purchases a windmill in Pampérigouste, an attractive region of rural France, so that he can write a series of short stories about country folk... [More...]
Marcel Pagnol
Alphonse Daudet, purchases a windmill in Pampérigouste, an attractive region of rural France, so that he can write a series of short stories about country folk... [More...]
Madame du Barry (1954)
Christian-Jaque
When the nobleman Jean du Barry falls in love with the stunningly beautiful Jeanne Bécu, he contrives an elaborate plot so that she may become his mistress... [More...]
Christian-Jaque
When the nobleman Jean du Barry falls in love with the stunningly beautiful Jeanne Bécu, he contrives an elaborate plot so that she may become his mistress... [More...]
Mam'zelle Nitouche (1954)
Yves Allégret
Célestin leads a double life. By day, he is a respectable music teacher in a girl's convent; by night, he composes popular operas under the pseudonym Floridor, whilst having an affair with his leading lady Corinne, the wife of a major... [More...]
Yves Allégret
Célestin leads a double life. By day, he is a respectable music teacher in a girl's convent; by night, he composes popular operas under the pseudonym Floridor, whilst having an affair with his leading lady Corinne, the wife of a major... [More...]
Le Mouton à cinq pattes (1954)
Henri Verneuil
Trézignan is a sleepy little town in the southeast of France. Anxious to raise the profile of the town and draw in more visitors, the mayor decides to hold a celebratory fête in honour of a set of quintuplets who were born in the town exactly forty years ago... [More...]
Henri Verneuil
Trézignan is a sleepy little town in the southeast of France. Anxious to raise the profile of the town and draw in more visitors, the mayor decides to hold a celebratory fête in honour of a set of quintuplets who were born in the town exactly forty years ago... [More...]
Obsession (1954)
Jean Delannoy
Aldo and Hélène are a couple who have become famous through their daring trapeze act. Presently, Hélène is concerned by her husband's coolness towards her... [More...]
Jean Delannoy
Aldo and Hélène are a couple who have become famous through their daring trapeze act. Presently, Hélène is concerned by her husband's coolness towards her... [More...]
Papa, maman, la bonne et moi... (1954)
Jean-Paul Le Chanois
Robert Langlois, a trainee lawyer, still lives with his parents in their modest Montmartre apartment. Robert loses his job when his employer catches him flirting with a female colleague... [More...]
Jean-Paul Le Chanois
Robert Langlois, a trainee lawyer, still lives with his parents in their modest Montmartre apartment. Robert loses his job when his employer catches him flirting with a female colleague... [More...]
Poisson d'avril (1954)
Gilles Grangier
Emile Dupuis, a garage mechanic, has been setting aside some money each month to buy his wife Charlotte a washing machine... [More...]
Gilles Grangier
Emile Dupuis, a garage mechanic, has been setting aside some money each month to buy his wife Charlotte a washing machine... [More...]
La Reine Margot (1954)
Jean Dréville
Paris, 1572. Ostensibly to settle decades of enmity between Protestants and Catholics, King Charles IX of France agrees to marry his sister Margot to the Huguenot prince Henri de Navarre... [More...]
Jean Dréville
Paris, 1572. Ostensibly to settle decades of enmity between Protestants and Catholics, King Charles IX of France agrees to marry his sister Margot to the Huguenot prince Henri de Navarre... [More...]