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Director
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1972
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Laurent (Pierre Brasseur) is a newspaper reporter sent to investigate a string of mysterious small-town murders. Although he...
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De Rock
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1965
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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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Mayor
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1964
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This puzzling experimental film is written and directed by Raymond Rouleau, who uses effects like changing color tones and...
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Director, Screenwriter
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1961
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This routine story by director Maurice Cloche is about two gangs at war over the possession of a valuable cache of crude...
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Williams
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1958
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American playwright Arthur Miller was still under an "unfriendly" cloud in 1958, so far as the anti-Communist brigades were...
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Director, Governor
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1957
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1955
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The world of the theater is the backdrop for this sublimely assembled whodunit. A stage director (Raymond Rouleau) becomes...
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1954
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Humanitarian Albert Schweitzer still had a dozen years worth of good works left in him in 1952; thus, the title of this...
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Commandant
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1952
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The English-language title of this French "omnibus" film is Full House. Three stories by three famed detective-fiction...
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Wens
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1952
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African republic of Gabon was the focus of Dr. Albert Schweitzer who wished to found a hospital for the poor inhabitants as...
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1952
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Geroge
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1951
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1951
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1950
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1950
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The French Just a Big, Simple Girl strives to emulate Pirandello by blurring the line between artifice and reality. The...
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Simon
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1949
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1949
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1948
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1947
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1946
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1946
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Raymond Rouleau stars in Le Couple Ideal as a French movie leading man, circa 1912. Slated to appear at a gala for President...
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1945
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1943
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1943
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1943
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1942
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1942
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1942
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Originally released in France in 1943, The Honorable Catherine (L'Honorable Catherine) wasn't distributed in the U.S. until...
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Jaczues
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1942
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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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The Baron
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1941
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1940
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1939
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Gunshot is the brief and succinct English-language title for this heavy-breathing French melodrama. In love with the...
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1939
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1939
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Based on a novel by Gina Kaus, The Affair Lafont is the tragic tale of two sisters. Claire (Corinne Luchaire) is 20 years...
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Michel Lafont
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1939
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This disturbing melodrama centers upon the relationship between two sisters. One sister is married, but unable to bear...
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1939
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Shanghai Drama was originally released in France in 1938 under the title Le Drame de Shanghai. Director G. W. Pabst, best...
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Franchon
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1938
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Le Messager was the fourth directorial effort for prominent Gallic actor Raymond Rouleau. Adapted from a play by Henry...
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Director
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1937
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1937
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The exotically titled Donogoo Tonka starts out in Paris, as hero Pierre (Viktor Staal) and heroine Josette (Anny Ondra) join...
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Pierre
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1936
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1936
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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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1934
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The title translates as A Naked Woman, which, in a sense, sums up the character played by the beautiful Florette. A...
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1933
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1933
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1932
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1932
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