This was 76-year-old director Christian-Jacque's last film before his retirement, and it is dedicated to one of his...
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1980
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La Vie Parisienne is a musical which is based on the farcical operetta by Jacques Offenbach which made the can-can famous....
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1977
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1975
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1974
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Imagine, for a moment, that a town in the American Old West was founded by and for French people, and that two of the sexiest...
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1971
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An international cast headlines this espionage comedy that centers on a world-wide hunt for stolen American defense papers....
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1969
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This drama, based on Alexander Dumas' novel, chronicles the doomed love between Lord Horatio Nelson and the scandalous Lady...
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1969
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1967
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The Saint (Jean Marais) and his dim-witted sidekick Uniatz (Jess Hahn) spring in to action in this slapstick comedy spy...
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1966
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1966
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Co-directed by French filmmakers Noël Howard and Denys de La Patellière, La Fabuleuse aventure de Marco Polo is a...
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1965
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La Guerre Secrete is divided into four separate vignettes, each scene representing a day in the life of international...
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1965
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In this adventure, a secret society, the Sons of the Panther, stop a ring of jewel thieves from stealing diamonds from a...
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1965
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A diverse group of friends gather to celebrate a witless woman's birthday in this comedy drama set in France during World...
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1964
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1964
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In a biting, critical look at "justice" and how it does not necessarily work, director Christian-Jaque develops this tale of...
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1963
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A lovely young nurse finds herself framed for the murder of a hospital patient who died after she administered an injection....
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1962
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1961
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Love and the Frenchwoman (La Francaise et L'Amour) concentrates on the nature of love by illustrating seven separate aspects...
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1960
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Brigitte Bardot was at the height of her fame when she starred in this engagingly silly military comedy. Babette (Bardot) is...
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1959
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Fernandel plays a French customs sergeant who conducts an ongoing war of nerves with Italian smuggler Toto on the...
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1958
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Martine Carol plays the title character in the comedy melodrama Nathalie. The heroine is a professional model who becomes...
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1957
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1957
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Si Tous Les Gars du Monde is an entertaining tribute to the ham radio operators of the world. The story begins when a French...
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1956
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The most frequently filmed of Emile Zola's works, Nana was given a slick, polished cinemazation by French- filmmaker...
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1955
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This upteenth film version of the life of royal courtesan Madame Du Barry stars Martine Carol in the title role. Starting out...
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1954
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1954
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This film is comprised of three vignettes focusing upon women and war. The first episode, set in WW II, chronicles the sad...
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1954
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Blonde French sex symbol Martine Carol is incongruously cast as the title character in Lucrece Borgia. The bloody excesses of...
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1953
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1952
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1952
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1950
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It has been said that French filmmaker Christian-Jacque specialized in two types of films: romantic mysteries and the...
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1950
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An established film favorite in both her native Sweden and Hollywood, Viveca Lindfors made her French film debut in...
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1949
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1948
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This Christian-Jaque production was originally released in France as D'Homme a Hommes. Told in flashback, this is the story...
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1948
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Bellman was based on the novel Horseman of Riouclare by Claude Boncompain. Lucien Coedel stars in this steadily-paced...
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1947
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Christian-Jacque's sole directorial effort for 1946 was Le Revenant, better known to English-speaking audiences as...
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1946
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No "story by" credit is bestowed in the 1942 French filmization of Carmen, though its debt to novelist Prosper Merimee and...
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1946
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This French morality play is fraught with cynical undertones as it tells the tale of a group of French people from every...
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1945
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1943
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Filmed in 1941, Christian-Jacque's La Symphonie Fantastique at last attained an American release in 1947. In an elaborate,...
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1941
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Originally released in 1941 as L'Assasinat du Pere Noel, this labyrinthine thriller was finally distributed in the U.S. in...
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1941
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1941
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1939
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1939
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Les Disparus de Saint-Agil (Missing from St. Agil) would be worth watching if only for the chop-licking performance by Erich...
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1938
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1938
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1938
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1937
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Originally released in 1937 as Francois 1er, Christian-Jacque's Francis the First didn't attain an American release for...
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1937
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1937
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1937
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1937
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1936
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1936
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1936
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Incredibly, Rigolbouche was one of seven films directed in a 12-month period by the talented Christian-Jacque. Jules Berry...
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1936
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1936
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1936
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1935
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1935
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1935
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1934
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1934
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1932
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1932
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1929
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1929
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