Cast: Marcelle Géniat

Direction Jean Grémillon

Cast Raimu · Pierre Blanchar · Madeleine Renaud · Marcelle Géniat

Direction Julien Duvivier

Cast Jean Gabin · Charles Vanel · Raymond Aimos · Viviane Romance

Synopsis They Were Five (1936) follows the journey of five impoverished, jobless individuals who strike it lucky by winning a substantial sum of 100,000 Francs in the national lottery. Rather than dividing the winnings, they collectively invest in a dilapidated property...

Direction Julien Duvivier

Cast Maurice Chevalier · Elvire Popesco · André Alerme · Josette Day

Synopsis The Man of the Hour (1937) follows the story of Alfred Boulard, a kind-hearted electrician who steps up to donate his blood to rescue the renowned theater actress Mona Thalia. After Mona's successful recovery, Alfred gains sudden fame and becomes...

Direction Pierre Gaspard-Huit

Cast Marina Vlady · Peter van Eyck · Jean Gaven · Dora Doll

Synopsis Girl on the Third Floor (1955) follows the journey of a young and inexperienced reporter, Marina Vlady, who was just 17 years old at the time of filming. The story unfolds as she becomes entangled in a complex web of...

Direction Jean de Limur

Cast Marie Bell · Arletty · Henri Rollan · Jean Worms

Direction Maurice de Canonge

Cast Pierre Brasseur · Véra Norman · Louis Seigner · Georges Tabet

Synopsis Jamaican Man (1950) follows the story of Jacques Mervel, a skilled gun runner operating in Tangiers, Morocco, who is known by the moniker “L’Homme de la Jamaïque.” After outmaneuvering a rival gang, Jacques decides to leave his criminal past behind...

Direction Jean Stelli

Cast Gaby Morlay · Elvire Popesco · André Alerme · Fernand Charpin

Synopsis The Blue Veil (1942) In the early days of World War I, in 1914, Louise Jarraud faces a devastating loss as her husband is killed in action. Shortly thereafter, she gives birth to a child who tragically passes away. Overwhelmed...

Direction Henri Fescourt

Cast Madeleine Renaud · André Burgère · Marcelle Géniat · Josette Day

Synopsis Serments (1931) is set in the tumultuous 18th century during a revolutionary uprising in Karelia. The story revolves around Armas de Murnau, a nobleman who joins forces with the revolutionaries. After being captured and condemned to death, Armas de Murnau...

Direction Léo Joannon

Cast Pierre Fresnay · Pierre Trabaud · Nicole Stephane · Marcelle Géniat

Synopsis The Unfrocked One (1954) follows the journey of Maurice, a former priest who, after being excommunicated, finds himself reveling in the ridicule of Catholic traditions and beliefs. Despite his apparent rejection of the faith, young Gerard becomes convinced that Maurice's...

Direction André Haguet

Cast France Descaut · Jean Debucourt · Suzanne Flon · Catherine Fonteney

Synopsis Trial at the Vatican (1952) is set in 19th-century France, where a young girl joins her two sisters in a Carmelite monastery, driven by a profound desire to achieve sainthood.

Direction Curtis Bernhardt

Cast Charles Vanel · Jules Berry · Suzy Prim · Tania Fédor

Direction Richard Pottier

Cast Tino Rossi · Armand Bernard · Paul Azaïs · Paul Demange

Direction Henri Calef

Cast Henri Vidal · Maria Mauban · Daniel Ivernel · Jane Marken

Synopsis La passante (1951) follows the harrowing journey of a woman on the run, desperate to escape the confines of a small town. In her distress, she dashes through the streets, seeking a means to flee. She finds temporary sanctuary on...

Direction Jean-Paul Le Chanois

Cast Michèle Morgan · Henri Vidal · Ludmilla Tcherina · Henri Arius

Direction Jean Dréville

Cast Michel Simon · Gaby Morlay · Colette Darfeuil · Pauline Carton