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Actors: Louis Jouvet, Pierre Renoir, Pierre Bertin, Jean Brochard
Synopsis: Jules Romain's satirical theatre piece Dr. Knock was brought to the screen by director Guy Lefranc in 1950. Louis Jouvet plays the title character, a medical charlatan who banks upon the hypochondria of others. He convinces every resident in a small French village that they're suffering from some Read More
Actors: Pierre Renoir, Andree Debar, Gabrielle Dorziat, Jean Pascal
Actors: Jany Holt, Pierre Renoir, Pierre Larquey, Jacqueline Delubac
Actors: Colette Darfeuil, Pierre Larquey, Pierre Renoir, Jean Martinelli
Actors: Hélène Perdrière, Janine Darcey, Serge Reggiani, Pierre Renoir
Actors: Jacques Dumesnil, Pierre Renoir, Georges Grey, Pierre Palau
Synopsis: Set during the Napoleonic era, La Ferme des Sept Peches begins with an actual incident: the murder of obscure French pamphleteer Paul-Louis Courier. Through a complicated series of flashbacks and flashforwards (a la Citizen Kane), Courier's life story unfolds before the audience's eyes. The Read More
Actors: Françoise Christophe, Pierre Renoir, Jean Parédès
Actors: Micheline Francey, Junie Astor, Paul Meurisse, Gilbert Gil
Actors: Luis Mariano, Pierre Renoir, Junie Astor
Actors: Elina Labourdette, Claude Nollier, Pierre Renoir, Jacques Dumesnil
Actors: Arletty, Jean-Louis Barrault, Pierre Brasseur, Marcel Herrand, Albert Remy, Pierre Renoir
Synopsis: Even in 1945, Marcel Carné's Children of Paradise was regarded as an old-fashioned film. Set in the Parisian theatrical world of the 1840s, Jacques Prévert's screenplay concerns four men in love with the mysterious Garance (Arletty). Each loves Garance in his own fashion, but only the intentions Read More
Actors: Claude Genia, Lise Delamare, Pierre Renoir
Synopsis: Director Robert Vernay adapted the screenplay of Le Capitan from a novel by Michael Zevaco. Set during the reign of Louis XIII, this opulent costume drama concerns a devil-may-care nobleman (Jean Paqui) who endeavors to foil a plot against the life of the king. Intended as a two-parter, with each Read More
Actors: Yvonne Gaudeau, Pierre Renoir, Robert Dalban, Georges Lannes
Synopsis: The title of this French wartime melodrama translates to Firing Squad. In as realistic a manner as possible, the film dramatizes the appalling treatment afforded French prisoners of war by their Nazi captors. Lucien Cordel heads the cast as Haus, an Alsatian forced to serve in the German army. Read More
Actors: Jany Holt, Pierre Renoir, Roger Karl
Synopsis: Mission Speciale was the second entry in a two-part French "underground" drama of 1946. Like its predecessor L'Espionne, the film was directed by Maurice de Canoge and stars Jany Holt and Pierre Renoir. Set during WWII, the story details the activities of a small band of resistance fighters Read More
Actors: Fernandel, Germaine Kerjean, Pierre Renoir
Synopsis: Le Mystere de Saint-Val stars Fernandel as a mousy insurance-office clerk who dreams of being a great detective. The clerk's uncle, who also happens to be his boss, tries to cure his nephew of his delusions by sending him off on a wild-goose chase. As things turn out, Fernandel gets mixed up in a Read More
Actors: Pierre Larquey, Claude Genia, Suzet Mais, Pierre Renoir
Actors: Blanchette Brunoy, Marguerite Deval, Pierre Fresnay, Pierre Renoir
Synopsis: Directed and adapted from his own 1936 play by Jean Anouilh, Le Voyageur Sans Bagages centers around a man who lost his memory over a decade earlier due to a war injury. Called Gaston (although no one knows his real name), he has spent the interval in a mental institution, where he has been quite Read More
Actors: Mila Parély, Elisa Ruis, Pierre Renoir, Jean Chevrier
Actors: Renée Saint-Cyr, Colette Wilde, Henri Guisol, Pierre Renoir
Actors: Madeleine Sologne, Gabrielle Dorziat, Pierre Renoir
Actors: Pierre Fresnay, Marie Déa, Pierre Renoir, Gabrielle Dorziat
Actors: Huguette Duflos, Alice Field, Georges Rollin, Pierre Renoir
Actors: Madeleine Sologne, Gabrielle Dorziat, Jean Marchat, Pierre Renoir
Actors: Michele Alfa, Elina Labourdette, Pierre Renoir, Jean Marais
Actors: Micheline Presle, Marie Déa, Fernand Gravey, Pierre Renoir
Synopsis: Released in France in 1941 as Histoire de Rire, Foolish Husbands made its American debut in 1948. It all begins when Adelaide (Micheline Presle), wife of Gerard (Fernand Gravet), enters into a weekend affair with young Achille (Gilbert Gil). This she does because her best friend Helene (Marie Dea) Read More
Actors: Marie Bell, Pierre Renoir, Jean Galland
Actors: Maurice Chevalier, Marie Déa, Erich Von Stroheim, Pierre Renoir, Madeleine Geoffroy, André Brunot
Synopsis: In this dark drama, the mysterious disappearance of several Parisian women cause the police to hire the roommate of the latest victim to go undercover, looking into strange newspaper ads seeking young single women, and meet all that placed the ads. She does so, but all of them are innocent. Then Read More
Actors: Mireille Balin, Louise Carletti, Erich Von Stroheim, Sessue Hayakawa
Actors: Mireille Perrey, Elisa Ruis, Pierre Renoir, Roger Duchesne
Actors: Josette Day, Suzy Prim, Harry Baur, Pierre Renoir
Synopsis: Le Patriote (The Patriot) was the first of director Maurice Tourneur's two 1938 productions. The incomparable Harry Baur heads the cast as the demented Czar Paul I of Russia. Drunk with power, Paul becomes not only a detriment to his countrymen, but also a clear and present danger. Pahlen (Pierre Renoir Read More
Actors: Jany Holt, Marcelle Geniat, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Pierre Renoir
Synopsis: Le Paradis de Satan is set in the jungles of Brazil, where a once-thriving plantation faces financial ruin. Young financier Jean-Pierre Aumont arrives at the plantation to oversee its demolition so that the property can be purchased for a fraction of its value. But Aumont hasn't counted on falling Read More
Actors: Annabella, Victor Francen, Robert Vidalin, Pierre Renoir
Synopsis: In this French war drama, a battleship captain tries to keep an enemy cruiser from sinking his vessel; he then must defend his honor during a court-martial. Much of the tale is told in flashback and centers not only on the battle itself, but also on the young woman who is having an affair with a Read More
Actors: Louis Jouvet, Pierre Renoir, Marcel Dalio, Viviane Romance
Synopsis: Pierre Chenal's La Maison du Maltais was released outside of France as House of the Maltese and Sirocco. The film represented the starring debut of Marcel Dalio after several years' faithful supporting-cast service. Dalio plays Matteo, a young Tunisian native who makes his living telling stories Read More
Actors: Marcelle Geniat, René Dary, Pierre Renoir
Synopsis: Among the screenwriters of the French service drama Le Revolte (The Rebel) is future director Henri-Georges Clouzot, of Diabolique fame. Pierre Renoir stars as the captain of a French navy destroyer, determined to instill discipline, duty and pride into his slovenly crew. He is particularly Read More
Actors: Françoise Rosay, Youcca Troubetzkoy, Pierre Renoir
Actors: Gaby Morlay, Jean Yonnel, Pierre Renoir
Synopsis: It is likely that no Leo Tolstoy story has been filmed as often as his Kreutzer Sonata. This 1938 French version stars Jean Yonnel as Pozdnycheff, who suspects that his beloved wife Helene (Gaby Morlay) is carrying on an affair with world-renowned concert violinist Toukhatchevsky (Jacques Erwin). Read More
Actors: Harry Baur, Gabrielle Dorziat, Pierre Renoir, Albert Prejean, Robert Lynen
Synopsis: Hatred was originally released in France in 1938 under the title Mollenard. Harry Baur stars as Captain Mollenard, skipper of cargo ship who returns from a trip to China to the "loving" arms of his despicable, castrating wife (Gabrielle Dorziat). During his absence, Mme. Mollenard has raised her Read More
Actors: Ketti Gallian, Jean-Louis Barrault, Albert Prejean, Pierre Renoir
Actors: Michèle Morgan, Gina Manès, Jean Gabin, Pierre Renoir
Synopsis: This French-German co-production stars Jean Gabin in his standard screen role of a fugitive from justice. Unable to return to his own country, Trott Lennart (Gabin) takes a job with a gun-running operation in Mexico. Even though it is proven that Lennart is innocent of the charges against him, his Read More
Actors: Pierre Renoir, Lise Delamare, Louis Jouvet, Léon Larive, Aimé Clariond, Andrex
Synopsis: Jean Renoir's epic account of the French Revolution juxtaposes the opulent life of King Louis XVI with the poverty of the commoners who rose up to overthrow the monarchy in 1789. The film's title comes from the rallying song which grew out of the peasants' march on the Bastille, the song that Read More
Actors: Pierre Renoir, Annabella, Bernard Lancret, Alexandre Rignault, Robert Le Vigan
Synopsis: The Citadel of Silence is set in Poland in the years just before WWI. Involved in an abortive insurrection against the occupying Russians, hero Cesar Birsky (Bernard Lancret) is sentenced to a prison where the inmates are never permitted to speak (hence the film's title). Birsky's sweetheart Viana Read More
Actors: Suzanne Desprès, Pierre Renoir, Lucien Nat
Actors: Marcelle Chantal, Margo Lion, Pierre Renoir, Raymond Rouleau
Actors: Marie Glory, Pierre Renoir, Jacques Baumer
Actors: Madeleine Suffel, Jean-Louis Barrault, Pierre Fresnay, Michel Simon, Pierre Renoir
Synopsis: Adapted from a story by Joseph Conrad, Sous les Yeux D'Occident (Under Western Eyes) is set in Russia during the Revolution. Haldin (Jean-Louis Barrault), an assassin for a terrorist organization, hides out in the home of his friend Razumov (Pierre Fresnay). Not wishing to be arrested himself Read More
Actors: Annabella, Victor Francen, Pierre Renoir
Synopsis: Before the Battle is the English-language title of this espionage melodrama. The first half of the film takes place aboard a French cruising ship, steaming through dangerous waters during WWI. Among the passengers is heroine Jeanne (Annabella), who was once in love with first-officer D'Artelles Read More
Actors: Marcelle Chantal, Line Noro, Pierre Renoir, Aimé Clariond
Actors: Marie Bell, Pierre Renoir, Roger Karl
Actors: Jean Gabin, Annabella, Margo Lion, Pierre Renoir, Robert Le Vigan
Synopsis: Less ambitious than his previous Golgotha, Julien Duvivier's La Bandera is nonetheless more entertaining. A Foreign Legion yarn, La Bandera downplays spectacular battle scenes in favor of a romantic triangle. Accused of murder, Pierre (Jean Gabin) joins the Legion, with detective Lucas (Robert Le Vigan Read More
Actors: André Lefaur, Pierre Renoir, Marguerite Deval
Synopsis: Playwright Jacques Deval directed this 1935 adaptation of his own stage comedy Tovaritch. Set in Paris, the story revolves around Princess Tatiana (Irene de Zilaby) and General Mikail (Andre Lefaur), two members of the Russian nobility who'd been forced to relocate to France after the Revolution. Read More
Actors: Pierre Renoir, Alice Tissot, Valentine Tessier, Max Dearly, Daniel Lecourtois, Fernand Fabre
Synopsis: When French-filmmaker Jean Renoir offered his 1934 version of Flaubert's Madame Bovary to the distributors, he was compelled to cut it severely. This was not due to the subject matter, but because Renoir's "director's cut" ran nearly 3 and a half hours! Though Renoir steadfastly defended his Read More
Actors: Annie Ducaux, Pierre Renoir, Constant Remy
Actors: Pierre Renoir, Winna Winifred
Synopsis: La Nuit du Carrefour (A Night at the Crossroads) may well be the least known of Jean Renoir's sound films. Adapted from a novel by Georges Simenon, the story concentrates on a gang of thieves who utilize a cross-road garage as the hideaway. During their last caper, the gang has accidentally Read More
Actors: Catherine Hessling
Synopsis: Virginia (Catherine Hessling) has to fend for herself after the death of her father. Any money that might have been left for her has been used by her drunken uncle, Jef, (Pierre Lestringuez, also the screenwriter) to buy more booze. After a false start at a new life with some bohemians, she is Read More
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