René Génin
Eyes Without a Face
as Emile TessotDr. Génessier is riddled with guilt after an accident that he caused disfigures the face of his...
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Port of Shadows
as The DoctorDown a foggy, desolate road to the port city of Le Havre travels Jean, an army deserter looking...
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Daybreak
as Le conciergeAfter committing a murder, a man locks himself in his apartment and recollects the events the...
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The Big Risk
as Mr. ChapuisTwo men pull off a daring daylight payroll heist in Milan, making a fast getaway. One is...
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Judex
as Pierre KerjeanGeorges Franju's Judex is an arch, playful tribute to the serials of the influential silent...
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The Murderer Lives at Number 21
as AlfredParis, France. Commissaire Wens follows the lead of a ruthless murderer to an unexpected place.
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The Lower Depths
as Lukas, le philosopheInhabitants of a flophouse struggle to survive under the harsh treatment imposed by the...
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The Law Is the Law
as DonadieuAssola is an imaginary village on the border between Italy and France and the borderline crosses...
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The Lovers of Verona
as uncreditedAngelo, a glass-blower from Murano, and Georgia Maglia, the pretty daughter of a fallen fascist...
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The Sheep Has Five Legs
as Le maireA publicity-minded French mayor reunites quintuplets and their earthy father, all six played by...
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The Crime of Monsieur Lange
as Client at the AubergeA man and a woman arrive in a cafe-hotel near the Belgian frontier. The customers recognize the...
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Juliette, or Key of Dreams
as Le père Lajeunesse & le greffierMichel has stolen from his employer, Mr Bellanger, for the love of Juliette. He is now in jail....
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Boys' School
as Donnadieu, prof. de musiqueIn a college, three friends form a secret society. Their objective - going to America. One...
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Life Dances On
as L'adjoint du maireAfter the death of her husband, Christine realizes she has possibly wasted her life by marrying...
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A Cage of Nightingales
as Father MaxenceIn France, in 1930, a supervisor of a boarding school for young offenders seeks to awaken the...
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Bizarre, Bizarre
as Le balayeurA French farce set in Victorian London where a botanist and his wife get into trouble when they...
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Bizarre, Bizarre
as le balayeurA French farce set in Victorian London where a botanist and his wife get into trouble when they...
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as Le gardien de l'église d'AssyAfter attending to a suicidal young man, Dr Richard learns that his wife has been unfaithful for...
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Fric-Frac
as BlainAn employee at a jewelry store falls in love with a woman who secretly plans to rob the store.
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It Happened at the Inn
as Goupi-DictonAn old woman living in an inn is killed and her family members seem like the likely culprits.
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Forbidden Fruit
as Le docteur MarchandeauA doctor, leading an agreed life of the provincial petty bourgeoisie, falls in love with a young...
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The Burning Court
as Frédéric HendersonA group of people visit a weird old man who is a student of the black arts. The man lives in an...
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Jenny
as le pêcheur du bistrotWhen her fiancé breaks off their engagement, Danielle leaves London and returns to her mother,...
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Croesus
as BurieJules is a shepherd who lives a humble and solitary life in rural Provence. From time to time,...
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François 1er
as Cascaroni / L'aubergisteHonorin is the simple and naive stage manager of a traveling theatre troupe, whose one ambition...
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Cadet Rousselle
as Le curéThe Adventures of Cadet Rousselle that on the French Revolution left his hometown in search of...
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Pierre and Jean
as PascaudAlice, an unhappy young woman in the household, is the mother of a little boy, Pierre. She falls...
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The Newspaper Falls at Five O'Clock
as BeduThe everyday life and activity of "La Dernière Heure", a major evening newspaper, seen through...
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The Wild Oat
as Arnaud, town hall secretaryA small village is torn apart by a quarrel between the baker and the italian grocery tenant,...
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The Lovers of the Pont Saint-Jean
as uncreditedOn the banks of the Rhône, not far from Tain l'Hermitage, Alcide Garonne, an old ferryman - and...
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Jaloux comme un tigre
as uncreditedHenri has a beautiful wife, Sophie. Unfortunately, suffering from an unhealthy jealousy, he...
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Majestic Hotel Cellars
as RamuelIn my “cellar” where case workers all the people of a great hotel, the head of the café, Donge,...
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Immortal France
as Gabrielle's fatherThe story of how the people of Paris cope with the strains and struggles of war, from the siege...
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The House Under the Sea
as Le capitaineA stranger named Constant disrupts the life of Flora, who is seemingly happy with her husband...
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Confessions of a Newlywed
as Le second du professeurA timid young man marries the daughter of the entomologist he works for. On the train for their...
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The Hunting Ground
as le curéIn a small village, a farmer discovers his wife has committed suicide, but suspicions of murder...
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The Lucky Star
as Vicar AgnelAuguste, a somewhat simple-minded Provençal fisherman, loves and admires Mireille. This concerns...
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Le Choc en retour
as A laborerA rich sugar factory manager wants to marry his daughter to an aristocrat, while the young girl...
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God Needs Men
as Yvon's fatherThe inhabitants of the windswept island of Sein, in the nineteenth century, in Brittany follow...
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Orage
as uncreditedThe mistress of an engineer meets the man's pregnant wife and decides to give up the liaison.
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The Lafleur Cavalryman
as Le maréchal des logis BellareThe reservist Lafleur, having a wife, a mistress and still running after the first petticoat...
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Pour le maillot jaune
as MilouThe romantic relationship between a sports journalist and a cyclist during the Tour de France.
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The Ménard Collection
as TrampRenée Ménard, a young mixed-race Indochinese, arrives in France to find her French father, whom...
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Black Dossier
as Le greffierIn the 1950s, in a small provincial town, a young inexperienced judge clashes with an...
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Le clochard milliardaire
as Old trampOlivier Cabrol is an immature young reveler who lives from hand to mouth. One day he inherits a...
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Under the Paris Sky
as CoachmanFates of multiple otherwise disconnected characters intertwine miraculously under the sky of...
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Les vagabonds du rêve
as uncreditedThe Dombreval troupe is the last vestige of an outdated form of entertainment: the traveling...
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Nightclub Hostess
as Le vieux professeurThe young Suzy is a nightclub hostess in a cabaret in which Frehel is the star. Because one...
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Raphaël le tatoué
as RoméoModeste is a timid watchman at an automobile factory which is run with an iron hand by its...
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Ernest the Rebel
as uncreditedIn South America anything can happen: the consul might give you as a snack to the sharks, you...
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The Law of Spring
as FirminThe children born from a first marriage of a widower and a widower who have remarried do not get...
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The Traveler Without Luggage
as Le curéHaving lost his memory due to serving in World War I, Gaston has spent the past 15 years in a...
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The Beautiful Trip
as The owner of the lingerie storeShe dragged out a more than mediocre life in the port of Antwerp; he is a renowned...
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Le vertige
as le deuxième valetGeneral Mikailoff once killed a lieutenant he mistakenly believed to be his wife's lover....
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The Last Penny
as uncreditedPierre risks being taken advantage of by an agency that sets up financial scams, he escapes...
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The Last Penny
as PerrinPierre risks being taken advantage of by an agency that sets up financial scams, he escapes...
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as MaënnecMaloin, a maritime station guard, spends his nights at the port signal box. One night, he...
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The Lovers of Bras-Mort
as CamilleJean Michaut is a bargeman who lives nearby an old barge cemetery named "Bras-Mort". He is in...
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Fièvres
as Louis MartetDespite a perfect marriage and a superb career as a singer, Jean Dupray cheats on his wife. She...
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The Phantom Wagon
as Le père ÉternelFrench version of the Selma Lagerlof story, most famously filmed in 1921 by Victor Sjostrom,...
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Full House
as Concierge (segment "L'alibi de monsieur Wens")Anthology film with three shorts each featuring a famous detective: Monsieur Wens, Lemmy Caution...
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Nuits de princes
as (uncredited)In the Parisian Russian émigré community, an attractive young woman, Hélène, is torn between her...
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Le valet maître
as uncreditedSome, like Ravier de l'Orne are born... masters, but ,like him, do not live up to their rank....
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Le chemin de la drogue
as uncreditedA young customs officer is given an important mission: to investigate drug trafficking on the...
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The Farm of Seven Sins
as Le maire d'AzayIn 1825, Paul-Louis Courier, a Republican writer known for publishing pamphlets against the...
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Behind These Walls
as Camille DurocJune 1944, a French town towards the end of the occupation. Following several attacks...
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Napoleon Road
as Le curéA greedy advertising executive wants to attract the tourists into a small village:he claims...
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Les Dieux du dimanche
as Doctor SchaeferA soccer enthusiast like his father, Martin Lambert is the (gifted) goalkeeper of the local...
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L'Accroche-cœur
as Le contrôleurA seasoned con-man devises an elaborate plan to relieve a rich socialite of a hefty chunk of her...
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Cocagne
as MathiasAs the driver of a garbage truck in Arles, Marc-Antoine leads a quiet life with his wife,...
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Love and Companionship
as DucheminThe accountant of an insurance company, rather eccentric and quick to push the song, is...
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Le Bateau à soupe
as KerroëtHervé is a tough sea captain in command of the "Duchesse Anne", a rum-trading ship. But the sea...
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27, rue de la Paix
as Jules FouillardA young woman wishing to divorce, promises money to her husband's ex-mistress to obtain her...
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Mon oncle et mon curé
as Le curéReine, a young woman, meets for the first time a cousin of hers, Paul. She falls in love with...
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Girls in Distress
as Le concierge du ministèreJeune Filles en Detresse (Young Girls in Distress) was director G. W. Pabst's last French...
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The Sea Rose
as NéelJérôme owns a boat with his crook of an uncle, La Rose de la Mer. They sail with a band of...
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L'Enquête du 58
as Simon l'aiguilleurA train driver has not slowed down at a signal and caused an accident whose victim is a...
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Cab Number 13
as uncreditedTo secure her fortune with Monsieur Vaudieu de la Tour, the Machiavellian Claudia kills her...
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La fusée
as L'huissierThe rise of a canning maker and then his abandonment of the factory because his ideal of social...
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Bouquets from Nicholas
as uncreditedA florist in a nightclub in Montmartre, a good, naive man is manipulated by a gang of gangsters...
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Fromont Young and Risler Elder
as DelobelleAn ambitious and perverse adventurer sows dissension and ruin in a wealthy family of industrialists.
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Sur le plancher des vaches
as BoisselotA little bank employee wins a plane in the lottery and amazes his companions with his audacity.
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Savage Triangle
as Le premier client de MarieBased on the novel of the same name by writer Edouard Peisson, this Jean Delannoy film display...
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Sommes-nous défendus?
as uncreditedIn a café, sitting around a table, a journalist is explaining to three fellow-compatriots what...
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L'inconnu d'un soir
as uncreditedEdith, a young orphan, is exploited as a waitress and bullied by her adoptive father. But she...
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Tu m'as sauvé la vie
as VictorA wealthy baron, without offspring, who knows death is approaching, wants to adopt a man who...
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Retour au bonheur
as uncreditedWanting to complete the research of her doctor husband, a former actress returns to the stage...
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The Lost Village
as ToubredinIn the peaceful alpine village of Granges-de-Mortes, a tragedy has just taken place: Gustave...
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Le Secret d'une mère
as Father with dogsAfter his wife's death, a man discovers that his daughter may not be his.
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Quand te tues-tu ?
as MayorA viscount is ruined and wants to commit suicide. A young noceur pursued by his creditors is to...
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Tête blonde
as The gravediggerWhen he finds a package in the metro, given this period of restrictions, Mr. Truche thinks it...
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The Passenger
as FirminWhen her godmother dies, Nicole's happiness collapses and her fiancé leaves her because she is...
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Comedy of Happiness
as uncreditedMonsieur Jourdain is a dangerous madman : he wants to share his fortune! His relatives do what...
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Paméla
as GourletDuring the Directory, a handful of royalists tried to get the Dauphin Louis XVII to escape from...
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The King of Dodgers
as ErnestMimile is a street singer and also a very inventive free rider. With his friend Georges, a...
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The Treasure of Cantenac
as Mayor / VicarWhile he was about to end his life, Baron de Cantenac wanted to return one last time to the land...
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La salamandre d'or
as PeasantIn 1525, on the evening of the Battle of Pavia, François 1er was taken prisoner by the armies of...
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The Man Who Seeks the Truth
as SpecialistJean Vernet, an unselfish banker, feels fine : he has a charming mistress, Jacqueline ; a...
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L’atomique Monsieur Placido
as uncreditedA gangster, thief of atomic formulas, has a double in the person of a naive musician. A music...
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Last Desire
as Il padrone della pensioneCaesar, a senior French colonist returned home after many years of absence, knows a girl,...
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Casse-cou, mademoiselle!
as uncreditedWorking for a stock-car team, Robert dreams of becoming a racing driver himself. For a long time...
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À la Belle Frégate
as uncreditedIt's a sailors' story; they often sail away and when they return, the first thing they do is...
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L'aventure est au coin de la rue
as LouisA rich young man, Pierre Trévoux, has a desire for adventure and boasts of his courage. While he...
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How Not to Rob a Department Store
as uncreditedTo repay a debt, Marcel must commit a robbery in a large department store. Unfortunately his...
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Les Gaîtés de la finance
as L'aubergisteThe banker Marivol looks like a tailor, Lambinet. Gangsters threaten the first, who hires the...
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Les mutinés de l'Elseneur
as Le cabaretierA journalist takes command of a ship after the crew mutiny against the brutal captain. It was an...
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The Twins of Brighton
as uncreditedSlapstick inheritance comedy based on the confusion between twin brothers, both played by the...
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The Twins of Brighton
as l'encaustiqueurSlapstick inheritance comedy based on the confusion between twin brothers, both played by the...
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as uncreditedIn 1911, Arnolphe Combalette left his corner of Provence to seek his fortune in the Americas....
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Second Childhood
as Guesthouse ProprietorMiddle-aged Georges of the "old school" who offers shelter and comfort to Marcelle. Despite his...
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Piédalu à Paris
as VicarPiedalu is an ordinary villager, who comes to the capital to present his financial plan to the...
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The Red Needle
as uncreditedA young woman, Maya, is treated in a mountain hotel, where her husband joins her every Saturday....
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Ramuntcho
as VicarRamuntcho is a young man who has fallen in with a gang of smugglers, led by Itchoua, who carry...
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A Foolish Maiden
as uncreditedA middle-aged Parisian lawyer meets a young girl and falls in love with her. The girl's mother...
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The Kids Are Leading the Investigation
as BelleuWhen Monsieur Crauqual, the supervisor, is found hanging, all wonder why this rather rich person...
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Au pays des cigales
as uncreditedA song editor from Marseille meets the daughter of a showman whom a competitor wants to ruin to...
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Patricia
as JousetMademoiselle Bressac is a bossy spinster who manages "Le Clos", her estate, with an iron hand....
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Sexpot
as uncreditedCoveted by many of the men around her, the sensual Nathalie is a magnet for passion. After many...
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La Chèvre d'or
as uncreditedLegend has it that in the village of PugetMaure, a mysterious goat is the guardian of a treasure...
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Satan's Paradise
as Le prêtreDriven by necessity, Jean Larcher, a young agricultural engineer, accepts the degrading mission...
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Glamador
as The grandfather (voice)Fafai, a young boy, lives with his grandfather on the island of Glamador in the Camargue. To...
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La Danseuse rouge
as uncreditedTania, a young girl from Central Europe, leaves her home because of her abusive father. Trained,...
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Le moussaillon
as uncreditedThe son of a sailor, who seduced and abandoned the mother, doesn't get along with the new man, a...
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Mademoiselle Swing
as DurieuStuck in Angoulême between her uncle, who composes classical music, and her aunt, who is a fan...
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My Love is Near You
as 'La Coule'An opera singer is stricken with amnesia and, on the evening of a premiere (in his stage costume...
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The Eleventh Hour Guest
as CalixteAn inventor has just developed an extraordinary machine, a disintegrating ray and thought...
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