The Affair of the Poisons

Madame de Montespan, the Maîtresse-en-titre of Louis XIV, has been in disgrace since the King set ey

Mlle. Desiree

Julie and Désirée Clary are courted by the brothers Joseph and Napoleon Bonaparte. Joseph marries Ju

Au P'tit Zouave

Au p'tit Zouave, a café, sees a colorful clientele from working-class Paris. An assassin will shake

Coup de tête

A sporty and chivalrous young man creates, with some comrades, a society whose goal is to protect ho

Rhine Virgin

Reported missing in 1940, Jacques Ledru comes back to Strasbourg as Martin Schmidt. He tracks down h

Cruise for the Unknown One

Kohlman, the attorney for the Fournil bank, diverts money from the institution. To hide his malpract

Fantômas

The invincible bandit faces his daughter, courageous and honest, who wants to end his criminal activ

The Execrable Fate of Guillemette Babin

Being born a witch's daughter did not bode well for your future in the Middle Ages. Guillaumette tri

La louve

A chronicler gets himself hired as a gamekeeper in Monsieur De Saint-Ricquier's mansion where he liv

The Most Beautiful Girl in the World

In order to please Martineau, a wealthy industrialist, cynical Gabory accepts to organize a rigged b

Amazons of Rome

Marching down the Italian peninsula to sack ancient Rome, Etruscan warrior Drusco instead offers to

Madame

Catherine Hubscher, who washes the shirts of young Napoleon and other soldiers fighting the Revoluti

Paris Vice Squad

Identite Judiciare stars Raymond Souplex as wily French police inspector Basquier. The villain is Be

Madame Sans-Gêne

The Adventures of Arsène Lupin

Arsène Lupin is extremely popular among the population, because he allows the needy to share in his

Too Many Lovers

The charming Lulu, a cabaret singer and dancer, has no shortage of admirers. When she decides to get

Pas de souris dans le business

Without seeming to touch it, journalist Trupeau is interested in the doings of Mireille, a jewelry s

Sister Angele's Secret

A young novitiate witnesses a murder. Later, she recognizes the culprit, who admits to the killing;

Mathias Sandorf

1868. Revolutionary Mathias Sandorf is determined to oust the dictatorship oppressing his country. T

The Dialogue of the Carmelites

This drama about the Carmelite order of nuns is set during the French Revolution. A young woman seek

Price of Love

Because he loved a trainer named Suzy too much, honest Pierre Menard wasted his life and died. Innoc

No Exit

The scene is a tawdry hotel room in Limbo, where several damned souls are gathered. At first, the gr

The Egg

Emile Magis, a modest employee, more or less ostracized by the others, would like only one thing, to

The Three Musketeers

The umpteenth adaptation of Dumas' novel finds d'Artagnan and his friends promoting the love affairs

Women Are Like That

American FBI agent Lemmy Caution arrives in France to track down a dangerous spy.

The Unfrocked One

Pierre Fresnay plays the title character in Le Defroque (The Defrocked One). Cast out by his church,

The Century Is Fifty

As the title of this French documentary indicates, Ce Siecle a 50 Ans examines the 20th Century at i

Bernadette of Lourdes

This modest, unpretentious French film is a streamlined version of the true story previously cinemat

King on Horseback

Henri La Tour, a strolling player, is also a daring adventurer. So, when, after accomplishing a bril

Recourse in Grace

Mario di Donati, a deserter from the Italian army, lives in Paris under a false name with Germaine,

Sergeant X of the Foreign Legion

A remake and rewriting by director Bernard Borderie and scripters of a well-made 1932 film, this rou

The Chips Are Down

A society heiress and a resistance fighter are tragically killed at the same moment and meet in the

Dropped from Heaven

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

Lord Rogue

Paris 1847. A British Lord, Lord Henry Seymour, is famous for his eccentricities. The aristocracy di

Dark Sunday

Shortly before the War, Jan Lazlo, a Hungarian musician who has emigrated to France, falls for a you

Sophie's Misfortune

Sophie de Réan, an unruly mischievous little girl grows up under the thumb of Mademoiselle, her stri

Elena and Her Men

Set amid the military maneuvers and Quatorze Juillet carnivals of turn-of-the-century France, Jean R