An urban gigolo on the run from a mobster hides out at the remote cabin of a female novelist in this plodding romantic...
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Old Professor
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1988
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This talky French costume drama chronicles the adventures of King Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette as they attempt to flee...
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Nicolas Edme Restif de la Bretonne
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1982
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The bizarre hallucinations of a heroin addict in withdrawal provide the basis for this unstructured, autobiographical film by...
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Doctor
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1966
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1966
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1964
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Triquet (Bourvil) is a policeman who is forced to retire early when he nabs too many crooks while he is not on the clock in...
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Douve
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1964
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The Longest Day is a mammoth, all-star re-creation of the D-Day invasion, personally orchestrated by Darryl F. Zanuck....
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1962
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Based on a novel by Henri Dupuy-Mazuel, this costume drama is set in the 16th century during the time of the French king,...
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Louis XI
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1961
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Also known as Experiment in Evil, Jean Renoir's Testament of Dr. Cordelier was originally produced for French television....
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Dr. Cordelier
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1959
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Sacha Guitry's Si Versailles M'Etait Conte (If Versailles Were Told to Me) is best known by its American title Royal Affairs...
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Francois Fenelon
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1954
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An exercise in style, La Ronde was one of the few films of the 1950s to contain overtly sexual themes. The story is a series...
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Robert Kuhlenkampf
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1950
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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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Henri Dunant
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1948
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1946
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Even in 1945, Marcel Carné's Children of Paradise was regarded as an old-fashioned film. Set in the Parisian theatrical world...
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Baptiste Deburau
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1945
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In this French romance, a genius composer/violinist finds great success but no love because he cannot seem to connect with...
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Michel Kremer
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1945
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1942
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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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Hector Berlioz
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1941
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Released in 1942 as Les Destin Fabuleux de Desiree Clary, this Sacha Guitry production made it to America six years later as...
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Napoleon
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1941
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1941
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1938
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1938
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Made in France with an international cast, Le Puritan was scripted by, of all people, Irish poet-dramatist Liam O'Flaherty....
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Ferriter
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1938
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Altitude 3200 refers to the above-sea-level elevation of the French mountain retreat where most of this film takes place....
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1938
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1938
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Orage (Storm) marked Charles Boyer's return to France after a two-year soujourn in Hollywood. Boyer plays construction...
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L'Africain
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1938
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1937
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1937
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A real-life Parisian police detective is credited for the screenplay of Police Mondaine. The story focuses on a manhunt for...
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Scoppa
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1937
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1936
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1936
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1936
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This fascinating biography chronicles the years in which the master composer began to lose his hearing. The director's use...
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Karl
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1936
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Adapted from a story by Joseph Conrad, Sous les Yeux D'Occident (Under Western Eyes) is set in Russia during the Revolution....
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Haldin
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1936
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In a comedy-farce that runs from black humor to slapstick, this story is one in which a mystery writer is caught unawares by...
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1936
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Pierre Regnier
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1936
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Released in the U.S. as Happy Days, Les Beaux Jours was Simone Simon's last French vehicle before she launched the Hollywood...
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1935
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