Guy de Maupassant's classic tale of passion in late-18th century Paris gets adapted for the big screen in this scintillating...
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2012
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In this comedy, teamwork takes on a new meaning when four friends fall in love with the same woman. Four guys with an...
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1999
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While hiking in the countryside near a coastal town in Normandy, two young lovers have a spat and separate. The woman is run...
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1997
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Even with careful handling, this sordid story based on a tale by the famed French writer Guy de Maupassant might repel...
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1991
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Bernard (Chris Haywood) is clearly someone with an obsessive personality, as witnessed by his lifelong love affair with...
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1990
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This video presents the comic opera Albert Herring, staged at Glyndebourne in 1985. Peter Hall directs the cast in the coming...
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1985
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Three short films are gathered together in Collections Privées. The first is L'Ile Aux Sirenes (Island of the Sirens),...
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1979
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The Spanish Night Fiend is a showcase for the talents of Fernando Rey. By day, Rey is a highly respected judge. By night,...
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1977
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Masculine Feminine was Jean-Luc Godard's first (but not his last) foray into the burgeoning "Children of the Sixties"...
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1966
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1966
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This black comedy was adapted by Argentine director Ricardo Aleventosa from a sardonic story by Guy de Maupassant. A woman...
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1964
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Based on the story "The Horla" by Guy de Maupassant, this grim low-budget potboiler stars Vincent Price as Simon Cordier, a...
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1963
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Released in the US by 20th Century-Fox, Boccaccio '70 is a compendium of short subjects directed by three of Italy's top...
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1962
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This drama centers around a wealthy farmer who desperately desires a child. Unfortunately his wife appears to be infertile....
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1962
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Among the passengers in a westbound stagecoach are Paladin (Richard Boone) and Della White Cloud (Dolores Vitina), the...
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1959
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A Life is based on a novel by Guy De Mauppasant. Maria Schell plays Jeanne, who enters into a loveless marriage with...
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1958
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1956
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The Swedish The True and the False was produced by actress Signe Hasso, who also stars in the film, which was lensed in two...
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1955
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1955
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The works of Guy de Maupassant have likely been adapted by more French filmmakers than those of any other author (with the...
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1952
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The short stories of Guy de Maupassant enjoyed a renaissance in the early 1950s, thanks in great part to the Max Ophuls...
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1952
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1952
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A comparatively conventional Luis Bunuel effort, the Mexican Woman Without Love is based on a short story by...
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1951
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1950
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Based on a story by Guy de Maupassant, Las Joyas del Pecado begins when an otherwise faithful wife enters into an illicit...
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1950
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Writer/director Albert Lewin, ever on the lookout for esoteric story material that would accommodate his fascination with...
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1947
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Previously filmed in Germany in 1939, Guy de Maupassant's "history of a scoundrel" Bel Ami was good for another go-round in...
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1947
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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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One of the few failures for RKO Radio's resident "prestige programmer" producer Val Lewton, Mademoiselle Fifi is based on two...
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1944
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Yvette was adapted from the oft-filmed Guy de Maupassant story of the same name. The title character, played by Ruth...
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1938
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Also known as Le Rosier de Mme. Husson, He is based on a story by Guy De Maupassant. The story takes place in a tiny French...
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1931
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Originally titled Forseglade Loppar, this Gustav Molander production was based on a story by Guy de Maupausant. The story...
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1928
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1924
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1912
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