Cinematography: Charles L. Bitsch

The best movies, series, and documentaries with cinematography by Charles L. Bitsch. Explore visually stunning titles that highlight an exceptional filmmaking.


Paris Belongs to Us

1961 · Movie · 141 min. · France

Direction Jacques Rivette

Cast Betty Schneider · Giani Esposito · Françoise Prévost · Daniel Crohem

Plot Anne Goupil is a literature student in Paris in 1957. Her elder brother, Pierre, takes her to a friend's party where the guests include Philip Kaufman, an expatriate American escaping...

6.9

795 votes

6.9

795 votes

Checkmate

1956 · Movie · 28 min. · France

Direction Jacques Rivette

Cast Virginie Vitry · Jacques Doniol-Valcroze · Jean-Claude Brialy · Anne Doat

Plot This short by Jacques Rivette is often cited as the first film of the French New Wave. It was co-written by Claude Chabrol, Jean-Marie Straub was the assistant director and...

6.8

120 votes

6.8

120 votes

Véronique and Her Dunce (S)

1958 · Movie · 18 min. · France

Direction Éric Rohmer

Cast Nicole Berger · Stella Dassas · Alain Delrieu

Plot A careless mother hires a young tutor to bring up her son's marks, as bad in mathematics as in French language. The young woman tries to teach the boy the...

6.1

235 votes

6.1

235 votes

Le Divertissement

1952 · Movie · 45 min. · France

Direction Jacques Rivette

Cast Sacha Briquet · Olga Waren

Plot Le divertissement presages Rivette's gift for rendering Paris as a labyrinth of intrigues

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