Cast: Danielle Darrieux

Top movies, series, and documentaries starring Danielle Darrieux. Uncover the most acclaimed works, loved by fans and praised by critics.


The Earrings of Madame De...

1953 · Movie · 102 min. · France

Direction Max Ophüls

Cast Danielle Darrieux · Charles Boyer · Vittorio De Sica · Jean Debucourt

Synopsis A woman lies to her husband about having sold a pair of diamond earrings which were a gift from him. He discovers it thanks to the indiscreet jeweller. She is ultimately forced to reckon with her deception and the penalties...

Max

7.9

3K votes

7.9

3K votes

House of Pleasure

1952 · Movie · 93 min. · France

Direction Max Ophüls

Cast Claude Dauphin · Gaby Morlay · Madeleine Renaud · Ginette LeClerc

Synopsis Three stories about the pleasure. The first one is about a man hiding his age behind a mask to keep going to balls and fancying women - pleasure and youth. Then comes the long tale of Mme Tellier taking her...

7.6

2K votes

7.6

2K votes

La ronde

1950 · Movie · 95 min. · France

Direction Max Ophüls

Cast Anton Walbrook · Simone Signoret · Serge Reggiani · Simone Simon

Synopsis An all-knowing interlocutor guides us through a series of affairs in Vienna, 1900. A soldier meets an eager young lady of the evening. Later he has an affair with a young lady, who becomes a maid and does similarly with...

Max

7.6

2K votes

7.6

2K votes

5 Fingers

1952 · Movie · 108 min. · United States

Direction Joseph L. Mankiewicz

Cast James Mason · Danielle Darrieux · Michael Rennie · Walter Hampden

Synopsis Based on a true story involving espionage in neutral WWII Turkey. The refined and impeccably spoken James Mason plays the traitorous Ulysses Diello, personal valet for the British ambassador to Turkey. Code named Cicero, Mason photographs precious wartime secrets pilfered...

7.6

3K votes

7.6

3K votes

The Young Girls of Rochefort

1967 · Movie · 125 min. · France

Direction Jacques Demy

Cast Catherine Deneuve · Françoise Dorléac · Danielle Darrieux · George Chakiris

Synopsis In the little town Rochefort lives Delphine (Catherine Deneuve) and Solange Garnier (Françoise Dorléac), two musical twins that teach music and dance to kids. One day, Etienne (George Chakiris) and Bill (Groover Dale) arrive in town, and need the twins...

Max

7.2

1K votes

7.2

1K votes

Lovers of Paris

1957 · Movie · 115 min. · France

Direction Julien Duvivier

Cast Gérard Philipe · Dany Carrel · Jacques Duby · Danielle Darrieux

Synopsis Young, handsome, dashing but cynical, Octave Mouret arrives in Paris, determined to conquer the belles of the capital. His first attempts are not too successful though as he is rebuffed by Valérie Vabre, the neurotic wife of the landlord of...

7.0

27 votes

7.0

27 votes

Marie-Octobre

1959 · Movie · 94 min. · France

Direction Julien Duvivier

Cast Danielle Darrieux · Bernard Blier · Robert Dalban · Paul Frankeur

Synopsis Fifteen years after WWII, a group of ex-resistance fighters are brought together by Marie-Octobre, so that the former members of the network can finally relive one fateful night and find out who betrayed their murdered leader, Castille.

7.0

283 votes

7.0

283 votes

The Universe of Jacques Demy

1995 · Documentary · 90 min. · France

Direction Agnès Varda

Cast Anouk Aimée · Richard Berry · Nino Castelnuovo · Danielle Darrieux

Synopsis In tribute to her late husband, the wife of the respected French director honors his life and artistic works by highlighting his vision in clips and interviews.

6.9

90 votes

6.9

90 votes

A Room in Town

1982 · Movie · 92 min. · France

Direction Jacques Demy

Cast Dominique Sanda · Richard Berry · Danielle Darrieux · Michel Piccoli

Synopsis A film musical in which every line is sung. The frame is about workers during a strike. They also prepare and perform a demonstration. Two personal relations develop against this background. François abandons his pregnant girlfriend Violette. She feels treated...

6.8

200 votes

6.8

200 votes

6.4

69 votes

The Truth About Bebe Donge

1952 · Movie · 110 min. · France

Direction Henri Decoin

Cast Danielle Darrieux · Jean Gabin · Jacques Castelot · Daniel Lecourtois

Synopsis Francois Donge, a wealthy manufacturer, is fighting death at hospital. He officially suffers from a food poisoning. But actually, his wife Bebe deliberately poisoned him. Flashback: ten years before, Francois meets Bebe. He is already wealthy, and has many affairs....

6.3

28 votes

6.3

28 votes

The Night Affair

1958 · Movie · 93 min. · France

Direction Gilles Grangier

Cast Jean Gabin · Danielle Darrieux · Nadja Tiller · Paul Frankeur

Synopsis Director Gilles Grangier adapted the screenplay of "Le désordre et la nuit" from the novel by Jacques Robert. Jean Gabin stars as Vallois, a vice inspector for the Paris police. Vallois takes special interest in the plight of drug-addicted Lucky...

6.3

42 votes

6.3

42 votes

The Young Girls Turn 25

1993 · Documentary · 64 min. · France

Direction Agnès Varda

Cast Jacques Demy · Mag Bodard · George Chakiris · Danielle Darrieux

Synopsis The Young Girls Turn 25 (French: Les demoiselles ont eu 25 ans) is a 1993 French documentary film about Jacques Demy's 1967 film "The Young Girls of Rochefort". Demy (1931-1990) was the husband of director Agnès Varda.

6.3

55 votes

6.3

55 votes

Mayerling

1936 · Movie · 96 min. · France

Direction Anatole Litvak

Cast Charles Boyer · Danielle Darrieux · Marthe Régnier · Yolande Laffon

Synopsis Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria, is fettered on all sides. He's bored; his father, the emperor, is domineering; his politics are more liberal than his father's, but he knows his views carry no weight. He agrees to marry a princess...

6.2

34 votes

6.2

34 votes

8 Women

2002 · Movie · 103 min. · France

6.2

5K votes

6.2

5K votes

A Few Days with Me

1988 · Movie · 131 min. · France

Direction Claude Sautet

Cast Daniel Auteuil · Sandrine Bonnaire · Jean-Pierre Marielle · Dominique Lavanant

Synopsis Martial's mother owns a chain of supermarkets. He had spent some years in a mental hospital because of pervasive indolence. Hoping that an active task may improve his condition, he is sent to inspect one of the supermarkets. The manager...

6.1

58 votes

6.1

58 votes

Bluebeard

1963 · Movie · 115 min. · France

Direction Claude Chabrol

Cast Michèle Morgan · Danielle Darrieux · Hildegard Knef · Juliette Mayniel

Synopsis France, WWI. Landru, the father of four Children, contacts Parisian women through newspapers, seduces and eventually kills them in order to feed his little family.

6.1

128 votes

6.1

128 votes

Scene of the Crime

1986 · Movie · 90 min. · France

Direction André Téchiné

Cast Catherine Deneuve · Wadeck Stanczak · Nicolas Giraudi · Danielle Darrieux

Synopsis In the woods, a 13-year-old boy is grabbed by an escaped convict and told to bring money later that day. The boy does as he's told, only to be attacked by the convict's partner. A murder ensues, and through happenstance,...

6.0

123 votes

6.0

123 votes

The Rage of Paris

1938 · Movie · 78 min. · United States

Direction Henry Koster

Cast Danielle Darrieux · Douglas Fairbanks Jr. · Mischa Auer · Helen Broderick

Synopsis Nicole has no job and is several weeks behind with her rent. Her solution to her problem is to try and snare a rich husband. Enlisting the help of her friend Gloria and the maitre'd at a ritzy New York...

6.0

155 votes

6.0

155 votes

Mauvaise graine

1934 · Movie · 96 min. · France

Direction Billy Wilder · Alexander Esway

Cast Pierre Mingand · Danielle Darrieux · Raymond Galle · Paul Escoffier

Synopsis In the 30`s, in Paris, the playboy Henri Pasquier (Pierre Mingand) is supported by his father, Dr. Pasquier (Paul Escoffier) with money and a brandy new car. When Dr. Pasquier decides to suspend the allowance and sell the car to...

5.9

470 votes

5.9

470 votes