French cinema: 1956
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...
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Alex Joffé
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...
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Gérard Philipe
Le Ballon rouge (1956)
Albert Lamorisse
One day, a solitary little boy named Pascal comes across a spherical red balloon tied to a lamppost. Without hesitating, the boy releases the balloon and it begins following him as he continues wandering around the streets of Paris...
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Albert Lamorisse
La Bande à papa (1956)
Guy Lefranc
Fernand Jérôme is one of those grey little men no one ever notices, the Mr Everyman kind who contents himself with his humdrum life and has no greater ambition than to see his next paycheque land on his doormat...
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Guy Lefranc
Bébés à gogo (1956)
Paul Mesnier
Stéphane Petitbourgeois, an accountant at a large department store, shares his modest apartment with his wife Isabelle, daughter Pat, son-in-law Hubert, and the latters' brood of nine children...
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Paul Mesnier
Bob le flambeur (1956)
Jean-Pierre Melville
Once a renowned criminal, Bob Montagne now appears to be a reformed character, content to fritter away his time and his money in the casinos and gambling rooms of the shadier districts of Paris... [More...]
Jean-Pierre Melville
Once a renowned criminal, Bob Montagne now appears to be a reformed character, content to fritter away his time and his money in the casinos and gambling rooms of the shadier districts of Paris... [More...]
Cela s'appelle l'aurore (1956)
Luis Buñuel
Despite his bourgeois origins, Dr Valerio devotes himself to treating the poor on an island in the Mediterranean. His wife Angela leaves him to spend time with her family in Nice, having failed to persuade him to pursue a more lucrative career serving the idle rich in the south of France... [More...]
Luis Buñuel
Despite his bourgeois origins, Dr Valerio devotes himself to treating the poor on an island in the Mediterranean. His wife Angela leaves him to spend time with her family in Nice, having failed to persuade him to pursue a more lucrative career serving the idle rich in the south of France... [More...]
Ces sacrées vacances (1956)
Robert Vernay
The long-awaited summer vacation upon them, the Pinsons can hardly wait to embark on their camping holiday on the Riviera... [More...]
Robert Vernay
The long-awaited summer vacation upon them, the Pinsons can hardly wait to embark on their camping holiday on the Riviera... [More...]
Cette sacrée gamine (1956)
Michel Boisrond
The police suspect cabaret owner Paul Latour of being a banknote forger. To evade arrest, Paul beats a hasty retreat from Paris, but before he goes he asks his cabaret's star performer Jean Clery to look after his daughter, Brigitte... [More...]
Michel Boisrond
The police suspect cabaret owner Paul Latour of being a banknote forger. To evade arrest, Paul beats a hasty retreat from Paris, but before he goes he asks his cabaret's star performer Jean Clery to look after his daughter, Brigitte... [More...]
Le Chanteur de Mexico (1956)
Richard Pottier
Monsieur Cartoni, an important impresario, is organising a lavish operetta in Mexico when he runs into serious difficulties... [More...]
Richard Pottier
Monsieur Cartoni, an important impresario, is organising a lavish operetta in Mexico when he runs into serious difficulties... [More...]
La Châtelaine du Liban (1956)
Richard Pottier
In Lebanon, Hennequin, the managing director of a French petroleum company, has just acquired the mining concessions in a remote region of the country from the Countess Athelstane Orloff... [More...]
Richard Pottier
In Lebanon, Hennequin, the managing director of a French petroleum company, has just acquired the mining concessions in a remote region of the country from the Countess Athelstane Orloff... [More...]
Coup dur chez les mous (1956)
Jean Loubignac
Totor and Jo are two petty criminals who can hardly believe their good fortune when they succeed in robbing a jewellers' shop in Paris... [More...]
Jean Loubignac
Totor and Jo are two petty criminals who can hardly believe their good fortune when they succeed in robbing a jewellers' shop in Paris... [More...]
Courte tête (1956)
Norbert Carbonnaux
Amédée Lucas is a naïve young man who scrapes a semi-honest living by selling betting tips to horse racing addicts at the entrance to the Longchamp racecourse in Paris... [More...]
Norbert Carbonnaux
Amédée Lucas is a naïve young man who scrapes a semi-honest living by selling betting tips to horse racing addicts at the entrance to the Longchamp racecourse in Paris... [More...]
Le Couturier de ces dames (1956)
Jean Boyer
Modest Parisian tailor Fernand Vignard dreams of managing his own fashion house - for women. His dreams comes true when a former mistress dies and leaves him her maison de haute couture in her will... [More...]
Jean Boyer
Modest Parisian tailor Fernand Vignard dreams of managing his own fashion house - for women. His dreams comes true when a former mistress dies and leaves him her maison de haute couture in her will... [More...]
Crime et châtiment (1956)
Georges Lampin
Paris in the 1950s. Since he had to abandon his studies because of lack of funds René Brunel has become bitter and cynical over how society appears to be organised for the benefit of a wealthy minority... [More...]
Georges Lampin
Paris in the 1950s. Since he had to abandon his studies because of lack of funds René Brunel has become bitter and cynical over how society appears to be organised for the benefit of a wealthy minority... [More...]
Don Juan (1956)
John Berry
Don Juan Tenorio has grown weary of his reputation as an inveterate womaniser. He has had enough of facile female conquests... [More...]
John Berry
Don Juan Tenorio has grown weary of his reputation as an inveterate womaniser. He has had enough of facile female conquests... [More...]
Les Duraton (1956)
André Berthomieu
La Famille Duraton is one of the most popular radio programmes in France, but this isn't something that anyone with the name Duraton is ever likely to be grateful for... [More...]
André Berthomieu
La Famille Duraton is one of the most popular radio programmes in France, but this isn't something that anyone with the name Duraton is ever likely to be grateful for... [More...]
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... [More...]
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... [More...]
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... [More...]
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... [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...]
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...]
Gervaise (1956)
René Clément
In the 1850s, at the start of France's Second Empire, life is a constant struggle for most of the ordinary people of Paris... [More...]
René Clément
In the 1850s, at the start of France's Second Empire, life is a constant struggle for most of the ordinary people of Paris... [More...]
L'Homme aux clefs d'or (1956)
Léo Joannon
Antoine Fournier is a teacher in a college, a kind man who spends his free timing raising funds for a good cause. One day, Rémy Bellanger, one of his students, is caught by Fournier whilst stealing money in his office... [More...]
Léo Joannon
Antoine Fournier is a teacher in a college, a kind man who spends his free timing raising funds for a good cause. One day, Rémy Bellanger, one of his students, is caught by Fournier whilst stealing money in his office... [More...]
L'Homme et l'enfant (1956)
Raoul André
After WWII, American bachelor and former GI Fred Barker settles in France with his adopted daughter Cathy and manages a perfume factory owned by his friend Carlo Ferell, whose life he saved during the war... [More...]
Raoul André
After WWII, American bachelor and former GI Fred Barker settles in France with his adopted daughter Cathy and manages a perfume factory owned by his friend Carlo Ferell, whose life he saved during the war... [More...]
Honoré de Marseille (1956)
Maurice Régamey
Honoré is one of the most popular figures in the French port of Marseille. Interviewed by a journalist, he proudly recounts the history of the town, laying particular emphasis on the important part that his ancestors have played over the years... [More...]
Maurice Régamey
Honoré is one of the most popular figures in the French port of Marseille. Interviewed by a journalist, he proudly recounts the history of the town, laying particular emphasis on the important part that his ancestors have played over the years... [More...]
Mémoires d'un flic (1956)
Pierre Foucaud
Chief-superintendent Dominique, the head of a crime squad in Marseille, finds himself in a difficult position when his son Gérard becomes mixed up with some racketeers... [More...]
Pierre Foucaud
Chief-superintendent Dominique, the head of a crime squad in Marseille, finds himself in a difficult position when his son Gérard becomes mixed up with some racketeers... [More...]
Michel Strogoff (1956)
Carmine Gallone
In 1880, the Russian Empire is threatened by a Tartar uprising in the East. The Tsar of Russia entrusts a humble soldier named Michel Strogoff with a vital message which he must take to the Siberian town of Irkutsk to warn of an impending invasion by the belligerent Tartar prince Feofar Khan... [More...]
Carmine Gallone
In 1880, the Russian Empire is threatened by a Tartar uprising in the East. The Tsar of Russia entrusts a humble soldier named Michel Strogoff with a vital message which he must take to the Siberian town of Irkutsk to warn of an impending invasion by the belligerent Tartar prince Feofar Khan... [More...]
Mitsou (1956)
Jacqueline Audry
France, during the First World War... Mitsou has risen above poverty and obscurity to become a star of the Parisian music hall, but her education is lacking and her taste atrocious for someone aspiring to better herself socially... [More...]
Jacqueline Audry
France, during the First World War... Mitsou has risen above poverty and obscurity to become a star of the Parisian music hall, but her education is lacking and her taste atrocious for someone aspiring to better herself socially... [More...]
La Mort en ce jardin (1956)
Luis Buñuel
The setting is a small village on the Brazilian border. An adventurous young man named Shark arrives here at the same time as a party of diamond prospectors who are preparing to attack a small government garrison... [More...]
Luis Buñuel
The setting is a small village on the Brazilian border. An adventurous young man named Shark arrives here at the same time as a party of diamond prospectors who are preparing to attack a small government garrison... [More...]
Le Mystère Picasso (1956)
Henri-Georges Clouzot
Henri-Georges Clouzot is a renowned French film maker, best known for his pessimistic suspense thrillers. At the age of 75, Pablo Picasso is a legendary artist, one of the most celebrated creative talents of the 20th century... [More...]
Henri-Georges Clouzot
Henri-Georges Clouzot is a renowned French film maker, best known for his pessimistic suspense thrillers. At the age of 75, Pablo Picasso is a legendary artist, one of the most celebrated creative talents of the 20th century... [More...]