Billeting Over

Major Labourdette receives an accommodation ticket to spend the night with the widow Martin. Now, th

Le Crime du Bouif

Le Bouif is a popular figure on the Parisian racetrack. He has the patter, the aplomb, the bonhomie,

Les Misérables

In 19th century France, Jean Valjean, a man imprisoned for stealing bread, must flee a relentless po

Bubble Gum

Boule de Gomme is a child actor. On the set of the film he is shooting he gets on the nerves of the

The Blaireau Case

Blaireau, a poacher, is imprisoned for an offense he didn't commit. An ambitious lawyer tries to exc

The Regiment's Champion

Father Sourire, who came to the Château de Villetaneuse to ask for alms, was forced to put on the un

Un client de province

Doctor Planturel who is leaving for a vacation, hires a new servant too hastily. Now, Victor, the al

The Unknown Dancer

Francis the First

Honorin is the simple and naive stage manager of a traveling theatre troupe, whose one ambition is t

Garrison's Paramour

Philémon, a wealthy dilettante, is going to do his military service in the provinces under the autho

Typist

Simone finds work as a secretary in a bank whose chief of staff expects more than typed letters.

English as it is spoken

Make a living

La fusée

The rise of a canning maker and then his abandonment of the factory because his ideal of social prog

Bach millionnaire

L'héritier du Bal Tabarin

A prudish man becomes, by inheritance, owner of the Bal Tabarin which, according to the testamentary

Iceland Fisherman

Gaud Mevel, a young Paimpolaise brought up in Paris, falls in love with the rough sailor, Yann Gaos.

Sidonie Panache

In 1842, during the conquest of Algeria Sidonie Panache disguised as a Soave runs away with her love

Debout là-dedans !

A student monitor in a high school in the French provinces has no control over the pupils. He is in

Coup de vent

In Pisa, chance forces an old bookseller out of his isolation. He unleashes the fury of the tenants

Boulot aviateur

An operetta baron has teamed up with a mechanic to carry out insurance scams. During one of their sh

Bach the Detective

Narcisse is a doorman for a jeweler but dreams of becoming a private detective. The Criminas agency

À nous deux, madame la vie

Two bank employees like Lucie, their colleague. They steal money from the cash register to gamble. J

Social Police

For years now, Chief inspector Gustave Picard has been trying to bring down Salviati, the dreadful l

Hercule

Hercule, a young peasant, inherits a Parisian newspaper with a large circulation. The editor-in-chie

L'ange que j'ai vendu

Baronski has had enough of being a small-time merchant and decides, aided by his daughter Esther, to

The New Rich

The workers Legendre and Martinet have won a large sum in the national lottery. Instead of squanderi

Annette and the Blonde Woman

Based on the short story by Georges Simenon. Annoying Annette is bent on seducing Maurice, a handsom

Bargekeepers Daughter

Prince Sacha studies in Paris and cares more for Marianne than about Silistrie, the country his fami

The Tamer

A very shy person inherits a traveling circus on the express condition that he manages to present a

Signé illisible

Strange things are happening in the small town of Breuil-le-Château. Provisions from the black marke

Deputy Eusèbe

Eusèbe Bonbonneau, a solicitor's clerk, learns one day that a candidate bearing his name runs for el

The Lost Woman

Marie, a young bourgeois and Jean, a cargo sailor have an affair, she becomes pregnant but he has to

The Fatted Calf

Jules Vachon, a pharmacist, has two sons, Gabriel, a steady-minded young man dedicated to his job in

Cas de conscience

A doctor passionate about research leaves an uncle with an inheritance to die, knowing that he is th

His Uncle from Normandy

A young American businessman, tired of his hectic life, makes an unexpected inheritance which leads

Paris Romance

Georges Gauthier is an electrician who lives with his mother and his sister Madeleine. He is the son

Fire in the Straw

Antoine Vautier is a failed actor. A director hires Christian, Antoine's son, for a film. He immedia

The Count of Monte Cristo Part 1 - The Prisoner of Kastell

Edmond Dantes is falsely accused by those jealous of his good fortune, and is sentenced to spend the

The Chain Breaker

Antoine Mouret, an authoritarian restaurateur, is the head of a large family where, for reasons of i

Face au destin

Two modest young employees, Jean and Madeleine, dream of leading the way, but the experience turns o

Threats

"Menaces" deals with the months before WW2 in a hotel :t he fear of the impending war never leaves t

Dédé la musique

Dédé de Montmartre, former king of the accordion, has become a bad boy who lives off drug traffickin

Radio Surprises

The Bontemps family, like all the inhabitants of the village of Coussy la Chapelle, are passionate a

Bach en correctionnelle

A parodic trial, in which one sees a merry luron, tried for trifles, rallying the whole court to him

Shop Girls of Paris

The struggles of a small business owner come to light in this film by director André Cayatte. The pr

Monsieur des Lourdines

A young man from an aristocratic family tires of the country life and moves to Paris where he squand

Feu Nicolas

Nicolas, the owner of a small café, has had enough of his current life. Business-wise, customers are

The Last Penny

Pierre risks being taken advantage of by an agency that sets up financial scams, he escapes thanks t

Dropped from Heaven

Gaby, the singer of the "Raymond's Jazz" band, leads Maurice, one of the musicians, to believe that,

Dreams of Love

Paris, 1833. The famous composer Franz Liszt is friends with Chopin who introduces him to Countess M

White as Snow

Naive and good-hearted Léon Ménard arrives in Paris, determined to find work in the capital. In a ca

The Scarlet Bazaar

Agnès Bonnardet leaves her parents to marry Claude Sironi, a painter who becomes famous but loses hi

Silence Is Golden

Emile is a French film producer at the beginning of the century. One of his friends leaves his daugh

Emile the African

Émile Boulard is a props man in a Paris movie studio. He has a wife, Suzanne. Or to be more accurate

L'Ombre

Suspected of murder, a man disappears under mysterious conditions, which only increases the charges

Noah's Ark

Bitru is a carefree fellow who, one day, decides to buy a houseboat on the River Seine. He moves the

Man to Men

The story of the Swiss soldier, Henri Dunant, who was responsible for the founding of the Red Cross,

Square of Knaves

Summoned by his mother to plead, a very young lawyer has a trio of pathetic criminals acquitted. The

Mandrin (1ère époque) Le libérateur

Around 1750, in the Dauphiné not far from the Swiss border, a cooper, tired of the injustices affect

The Cupboard Was Bare

The aunt of Alfred Puc, a meek tax-collector in Paris, dies while riding in a moving van. The driver

By the Window

Gaston, nicknamed Pilou, has left his native village and Yvette, the girl of his heart, to go to Par

Wear His Heart on His Sleeve

Léon Ménard, the village verger, is a decent young man whose hobby is to play the accordion. One day

Les Dieux du dimanche

A soccer enthusiast like his father, Martin Lambert is the (gifted) goalkeeper of the local team. He

Fantomas Against Fantomas

Everyone in Paris thinks Fantomas is dead. A wave of extortion, blackmail and murder all point to th

Fort De La Solitude

On the borders of the desert, Péhu, a rather blunt creature on the verge of death, confesses to Char

The Private Life of an Actor

Biography of Lucien Guitry, stage comedian, by his son, movie director, and a poetic reflection on t

Five Red Tulips

During the Tour de France, five riders are found murdered with a red tulip near their bodies. A jour

La Bataille du feu

Activities and exploits of firefighters in the context of a village then the capital and under the b

The Farm of Seven Sins

In 1825, Paul-Louis Courier, a Republican writer known for publishing pamphlets against the French m

Heart of Paris

Amour et carburateur

Alcide Darbois, a small-time garage owner, and his sister Ursule come into a fabulous inheritance an

The Curtain Rises

1938, France, Paris, at the Superior Conservatory of Dramatic Art ("Conservatoire Supérieur d'Art Dr

Mr. Nobody

For some time, the police have been on the trail of a mysterious burglar who has evaded capture whil

À Nous la Liberté

In this classic French satire, Louis, a convict, escapes from prison and takes on legitimate work, m

Children of Paradise

In a chaotic 19th-century Paris teeming with aristocrats, thieves, psychics, and courtesans, theater

The Deserter

During WW1, a train is stopped by a bombing, a young soldier takes advantage of the opportunity to g

Jean de la Lune

Marceline is pretty but inconstant. She has a brother, eccentric as well as invading, who serves as

The Murdered Model

Commissioner Malaise investigates a strange crime: a mannequin, stolen from the window of a tailor,

Scandals of Clochemerle

A little town erupts in turmoil about the construction of a public urinal. The army is sent in to re

The Loves of Colette

François, a young student at a provincial college, likes Colette, the daughter of the headmaster. Tu

Not So Stupid

Léon Ménard, a farmer and an apparently simple man of the country, is invited to visit his uncle Hen

Mandrin (2ème époque) La Tragédie d'un siècle

Around 1750, in the Dauphiné not far from the Swiss border, a cooper, tired of the injustices affect

The Erl King

A young man races to save his son's life, but death – incarnated in the child's imagination as the t

Here's Berlin

Story of a rendezvous in Paris which is prepared through telephone calls between a Berlin telephonis

S. S. Tenacity

Bastien and Ségard decide to leave France for Canada. They buy tickets aboard a rickety craft, the T