French cinema: 1955
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...
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Henri Decoin
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...
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Marc Allégret
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...
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Henri Verneuil
Bonjour sourire (1955)
Claude Sautet
Monte-Marino is a thriving principality whose main export is musical instruments. Despite her country's prosperity, the Princess Aline cannot bring herself to smile...
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Claude Sautet
Chiens perdus sans collier (1955)
Jean Delannoy
With no relatives of his own to take care of him, little Alain Robert ends up being placed in the care of a farming family in the country...
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Jean Delannoy
Les Chiffonniers d'Emmaüs (1955)
Robert Darène
In the late 1940s, Abbé Pierre decides to open a centre for disadvantaged young people in a leafy suburb of Paris... [More...]
Robert Darène
In the late 1940s, Abbé Pierre decides to open a centre for disadvantaged young people in a leafy suburb of Paris... [More...]
Le Comte de Monte-Cristo (1955)
Robert Vernay
In 1814, the merchant ship Le Pharaon returns to the port of Marseilles under the command of the young lieutenant Edmond Dantès... [More...]
Robert Vernay
In 1814, the merchant ship Le Pharaon returns to the port of Marseilles under the command of the young lieutenant Edmond Dantès... [More...]
Le Crâneur (1955)
Dimitri Kirsanoff
One-time stuntman Philippe finds his goose well and truly cooked when his girlfriend Betty Ball is found dead in a telephone kiosk at the chic Pigalle nightclub where she works as a dancer, Le Toboggan... [More...]
Dimitri Kirsanoff
One-time stuntman Philippe finds his goose well and truly cooked when his girlfriend Betty Ball is found dead in a telephone kiosk at the chic Pigalle nightclub where she works as a dancer, Le Toboggan... [More...]
Des gens sans importance (1955)
Henri Verneuil
Jean Viard is a long-distance lorry driver who makes a habit of stopping off at a roadside inn run by his friend Barchandeau during his frequent excursions between Paris and Bordeaux... [More...]
Henri Verneuil
Jean Viard is a long-distance lorry driver who makes a habit of stopping off at a roadside inn run by his friend Barchandeau during his frequent excursions between Paris and Bordeaux... [More...]
Les Diaboliques (1955)
Henri-Georges Clouzot
Michel Delasalle and his wife Christina run a private boarding school in Saint-Cloud, on the outskirts of Paris. Delasalle is a tyrant not only to the youngsters under his care but also to his wife and his mistress Nicole, who works at the school as a teacher... [More...]
Henri-Georges Clouzot
Michel Delasalle and his wife Christina run a private boarding school in Saint-Cloud, on the outskirts of Paris. Delasalle is a tyrant not only to the youngsters under his care but also to his wife and his mistress Nicole, who works at the school as a teacher... [More...]
Du rififi chez les hommes (1955)
Jules Dassin
Not long after his release from prison, ageing crook Tony Le Stéphanois meets up with his former criminal associates, Jo and Mario... [More...]
Jules Dassin
Not long after his release from prison, ageing crook Tony Le Stéphanois meets up with his former criminal associates, Jo and Mario... [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...]
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...]
Frou-Frou (1955)
Augusto Genina
At a busy airport, Antoinette Dubois tries in vain to prevent her teenage daughter Michèle from jetting off to start a new life far away with the man she has lost her heart to... [More...]
Augusto Genina
At a busy airport, Antoinette Dubois tries in vain to prevent her teenage daughter Michèle from jetting off to start a new life far away with the man she has lost her heart to... [More...]
Les Fruits de l'été (1955)
Raymond Bernard
Edouard Gravières finds that his new appointment as High Commissioner for Delinquency may be jeopardised when he sees the kind of wild lifestyle his 18-year-old daughter Juliette is leading... [More...]
Raymond Bernard
Edouard Gravières finds that his new appointment as High Commissioner for Delinquency may be jeopardised when he sees the kind of wild lifestyle his 18-year-old daughter Juliette is leading... [More...]
Futures vedettes (1955)
Marc Allégret
A gifted tenor, Eric Walter finds he has no shortage of female admirers at the music academy in Vienna where he teaches. His most ardent fans are Sophie Dimater and Elisa Petersen, two girls barely out of their teens who are both equally smitten by their handsome teacher... [More...]
Marc Allégret
A gifted tenor, Eric Walter finds he has no shortage of female admirers at the music academy in Vienna where he teaches. His most ardent fans are Sophie Dimater and Elisa Petersen, two girls barely out of their teens who are both equally smitten by their handsome teacher... [More...]
Gas-Oil (1955)
Gilles Grangier
After spending the night with his girlfriend Alice at her home in the suburbs of Paris, Jean Chape drives off in his five-ton lorry in the early hours and unwittingly runs over a body laid out in the road... [More...]
Gilles Grangier
After spending the night with his girlfriend Alice at her home in the suburbs of Paris, Jean Chape drives off in his five-ton lorry in the early hours and unwittingly runs over a body laid out in the road... [More...]
Les Grandes manoeuvres (1955)
René Clair
Armand de la Verne is a soldier in the French cavalry in the late 1800s/early 1900s, and he sees himself as something of a Don Juan, a man whom no woman can refuse... [More...]
René Clair
Armand de la Verne is a soldier in the French cavalry in the late 1800s/early 1900s, and he sees himself as something of a Don Juan, a man whom no woman can refuse... [More...]
Les Héros sont fatigués (1955)
Yves Ciampi
Michel Rivière, a French pilot who served with distinction during the Second World War, discovers a fortune in diamonds when his aircraft crash-lands in Africa... [More...]
Yves Ciampi
Michel Rivière, a French pilot who served with distinction during the Second World War, discovers a fortune in diamonds when his aircraft crash-lands in Africa... [More...]
Les Hussards (1955)
Alex Joffé
Under Bonaparte, the French army begins its campaign in Italy. Two soldiers, Flicot and Le Gouce, are sent on a reconnaissance mission, but they manage to lose their horses when they encounter a pair of Italian lovers... [More...]
Alex Joffé
Under Bonaparte, the French army begins its campaign in Italy. Two soldiers, Flicot and Le Gouce, are sent on a reconnaissance mission, but they manage to lose their horses when they encounter a pair of Italian lovers... [More...]
Les Impures (1955)
Pierre Chevalier
On his release from prison, petty criminal Mario is eager to make a fresh start, but things get off to a bad start when he learns that his wife Géneviève has not waited for him... [More...]
Pierre Chevalier
On his release from prison, petty criminal Mario is eager to make a fresh start, but things get off to a bad start when he learns that his wife Géneviève has not waited for him... [More...]
Interdit de séjour (1955)
Maurice de Canonge
Pierre Ménard is a young man who makes an honest living working in a Paris jewellery. Unfortunately, he gets into bad company when he falls for Suzie, an attractive young woman who, unbeknown to him, works as a hostess in a sleazy Pigalle nightclub... [More...]
Maurice de Canonge
Pierre Ménard is a young man who makes an honest living working in a Paris jewellery. Unfortunately, he gets into bad company when he falls for Suzie, an attractive young woman who, unbeknown to him, works as a hostess in a sleazy Pigalle nightclub... [More...]
Lola Montès (1955)
Max Ophüls
By the 1850s, Lola Montès is one of most notorious women of her time. Her love affairs with composers, kings and other men of distinction are legendary... [More...]
Max Ophüls
By the 1850s, Lola Montès is one of most notorious women of her time. Her love affairs with composers, kings and other men of distinction are legendary... [More...]
La Lumière d'en face (1955)
Georges Lacombe
After a terrible road accident in which his fellow driver was killed, Georges Moreau had no choice but to give up his job as a long distance lorry driver... [More...]
Georges Lacombe
After a terrible road accident in which his fellow driver was killed, Georges Moreau had no choice but to give up his job as a long distance lorry driver... [More...]
Marianne de ma jeunesse (1955)
Julien Duvivier
The Heiligenstadt estate in Bavaria has become a private school for the male offspring of the well-to-do. There, the boys have organised themselves into two factions - the Sages, led by the sensible Manfred, and the Brigands, led by the hot-headed Alexis... [More...]
Julien Duvivier
The Heiligenstadt estate in Bavaria has become a private school for the male offspring of the well-to-do. There, the boys have organised themselves into two factions - the Sages, led by the sensible Manfred, and the Brigands, led by the hot-headed Alexis... [More...]
Les Mauvaises rencontres (1955)
Alexandre Astruc
At the Quai des Orfèvres in Paris, Inspector Forbin is interrogating Catherine Racan about Dr Daniély, a man accused of practicing abortion... [More...]
Alexandre Astruc
At the Quai des Orfèvres in Paris, Inspector Forbin is interrogating Catherine Racan about Dr Daniély, a man accused of practicing abortion... [More...]
La Meilleure part (1955)
Yves Allégret
For Philippe Perrin, a young and ambitious engineer, the construction of a huge dam in the Alps becomes his life's work and he devotes himself to this, his greatest accomplishment... [More...]
Yves Allégret
For Philippe Perrin, a young and ambitious engineer, the construction of a huge dam in the Alps becomes his life's work and he devotes himself to this, his greatest accomplishment... [More...]
Napoléon (1955)
Sacha Guitry
This film recounts the life of one of the most important figures in the history of France, Napoléon Bonaparte. Beginning with his arrival at a military academy, the film moves swiftly through Bonaparte's rise to power as a great general and ultimately Emperor of France... [More...]
Sacha Guitry
This film recounts the life of one of the most important figures in the history of France, Napoléon Bonaparte. Beginning with his arrival at a military academy, the film moves swiftly through Bonaparte's rise to power as a great general and ultimately Emperor of France... [More...]
Nous n'irons plus au bois (1955)
Ivan Govar
Leaving a juvenile detention centre after serving a term for the accidental killing of his stepmother, Yan makes his way across country to his home village in Flanders, eager to make a fresh start... [More...]
Ivan Govar
Leaving a juvenile detention centre after serving a term for the accidental killing of his stepmother, Yan makes his way across country to his home village in Flanders, eager to make a fresh start... [More...]
Nuit et brouillard (1955)
Alain Resnais
The Holocaust - two words forever etched on the consciousness of mankind. They resound in our minds like an implacable condemnation from a Celestial power, for a crime which rips the heart and soul out of man's moral purpose... [More...]
Alain Resnais
The Holocaust - two words forever etched on the consciousness of mankind. They resound in our minds like an implacable condemnation from a Celestial power, for a crime which rips the heart and soul out of man's moral purpose... [More...]