A charismatic thief makes friends with a bankrupt baron who comes to live in the thief's slum. Meanwhile the thief seeks the love of a young woman, who is held emotionally captive by her slumlord family.
On the meandering Canal St. Martin, at the Parisian Hôtel du Nord, a nearly fatal gunshot separates a dejected young couple. But, amid a sad but beautiful panorama of lively characters, love has the final say. Can life be a fairy ...
Aged penniless actors are living in a old people's home. They always talk about their past glory or failures. One day Raphael Saint-Clair comes; he has been a famous actor and had a lot of love affairs. Passions come back, and jea...
Christine, newly widowed and consumed by the memory of a ball she attended age 16, decides to track down the men she danced with that night and discover their fates.
A news-reel like movie about early part of the French Revolution, shown from the eyes of individual people, citizens of Marseille, counts in German exile and, of course the king Louis XVI, showing their own small problems.
Volpone, an elderly Venetian, connives with his money-crazed servant to convince his greedy friends that he is dying, knowing that each will try to curry favor with him in order to be named his heir. He is inundated with valuable ...
Jacques Companeez, Henri Jeanson, Christiane Imbert
Cast
Louis Jouvet, Suzy Delair, Annette Poivre
Plot
A smooth criminal, who turns to be Manuel Ismora, and his gang successfully and peacefully pull off con after heist. Elsewhere a timid office worker, Gabriel Dupon, is pressured by his boss into making a sale. A chain of events ca...
Andre Cayatte, Henri-Georges Clouzot, Jean Dreville
Writer
Charles Spaak, Henri-Georges Clouzot, Jean Ferry
Cast
Bernard Blier, Louis Jouvet, Noel-Noel
Plot
Five prisoners, a woman and four men, return to France after WW2. We follow their rocky road to life. It's a movie which consists of five different stories.
Saint-Maurice, a peaceful village, had a thriving doctor's practice until Dr. Parpalaid retired. Knock, a genius, convinced everyone of their illness, leading to a fortune and a large hospital, bringing prosperity to the village.
