Cinematography: Bernard Zitzermann
The best movies, series, and documentaries with cinematography by Bernard Zitzermann. Explore visually stunning titles that highlight an exceptional filmmaking.
The Man Who Sleeps
1974 · Movie · 78 min. · France
Direction Bernard Queysanne
Cast Jacques Spiesser · Ludmila Mikael
7.6
1K votes
7.6
1K votes
A Judgement in Stone
1995 · Movie · 126 min. · France
Direction Claude Chabrol
Cast Isabelle Huppert · Sandrine Bonnaire · Jacqueline Bisset · Jean-Pierre Cassel
Plot Sophie, a quiet and shy maid working for the upper-class family Lelievre, hides her illiteracy under the cloak of a perfect household and obedience. She finds a friend in the...
7.4
3K votes
7.4
3K votes
Far from Vietnam
1967 · Documentary · 120 min. · France
Direction Claude Lelouch · Agnès Varda · Jean-Luc Godard · Chris Marker
Cast Anne Bellec · Karen Blanguernon · Bernard Fresson · Maurice Garrel
Plot Seven directors combine efforts for this documentary, a searing anti-American indictment of U.S. involvement in Vietnam. Alain Resnais, Chris Marker, William Klein, Joris Ivens, Agnes Varda, Claude Lelouch, and Jean-Luc...
7.4
312 votes
7.4
312 votes
The French Revolution
1989 · Movie · 360 min. · France
Direction Robert Enrico · Richard T. Heffron
Cast Klaus Maria Brandauer · Jane Seymour · François Cluzet · Jean-François Balmer
Plot A history of the French Revolution from the decision of the king to convene the Etats-Generaux in 1789 in order to deal with France's debt problem. The first part of...
7.4
276 votes
7.4
276 votes
Molière
1978 · Movie · 260 min. · France
Direction Ariane Mnouchkine
Cast Philippe Caubère · Marie-Françoise Audollent · Jonathan Sutton · Frédéric Ladonne
Plot Who was Moliere? He is known everywhere as one of the world's greatest playwrights. But who was he? Born Jean-Baptiste Poquelin in 1622, the son of a prosperous tapestry maker....
7.4
68 votes
7.4
68 votes
Olivier, Olivier
1992 · Movie · 110 min. · France
Direction Agnieszka Holland
Cast François Cluzet · Brigitte Roüan · Grégoire Colin · Jean-François Stévenin
Plot A boy of nine years dissapears without any trace. Six years later he appears again in Paris. But there are doubts about his real identity.
6.9
314 votes
6.9
314 votes
L'enfer (Hell)
1994 · Movie · 101 min. · France
Direction Claude Chabrol
Cast Emmanuelle Béart · François Cluzet · Nathalie Cardone · André Wilms
Plot Paul has finally managed to buy the hotel that he has always dreamed of owning but he's also taken out an awful lot of loans to cover the costs of...
6.9
1K votes
6.9
1K votes
The Music of Chance
1993 · Movie · 98 min. · United States
Direction Philip Haas
Cast James Spader · Mandy Patinkin · Chris Penn · Charles Durning
Plot A former fireman and drifter (Nashe) meets a professional poker player (Pozzi) that convinces him to back a high-stakes card game with two eccentric millionaires. When they lose Nashe and...
6.3
288 votes
6.3
288 votes
Betty
1992 · Movie · 103 min. · France
Direction Claude Chabrol
Cast Marie Trintignant · Stéphane Audran · Jean-François Garreaud · Yves Lambrecht
Plot Alone and drunk, Betty, is led to a Paris restaurant by a stranger. Here, she meets an older woman, Laure, with whom she strikes up an instant rapport. The two...
6.3
285 votes
6.3
285 votes
Angels and Insects
1995 · Movie · 117 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Philip Haas
Cast Patsy Kensit · Mark Rylance · Kristin Scott Thomas · Jeremy Kemp
Plot The movie is a study of an aristocratic family in the Victorian England. William Adamson, a young scientist, is introduced into the aristocratic family Alabaster by reverend Alabaster who is...
6.0
431 votes
6.0
431 votes
The Children Thief
1991 · Movie · 110 min. · France
Direction Christian de Chalonge
Cast Marcello Mastroianni · Ángela Molina · Michel Piccoli · Daniel Martín
Plot Although he was once a colonel in Argentina, the principal character in this film is now a wealthy exile living in Paris with his beloved wife, who has been unable...
5.8
51 votes
5.8
51 votes
The Nark
1982 · Movie · 103 min. · France
Direction Bob Swaim
Cast Nathalie Baye · Philippe Léotard · Richard Berry · Maurice Ronet
Plot When their main informer is gunned down, the vice squad policing a crime-riddled suburb of Paris are forced to recruit a pimp, Dédé, to help ensnare a gangland boss, Massini....
5.8
111 votes
5.8
111 votes
No Man's Land
1985 · Movie · 110 min. · France
Direction Alain Tanner
Cast Hugues Quester · Myriam Mézières · Jean-Philippe Ecoffey · Betty Berr
5.8
29 votes
5.8
29 votes
The Lady Banker
1980 · Movie · 131 min. · France
Direction Francis Girod
Cast Romy Schneider · Marie-France Pisier · Claude Brasseur · Jean-Claude Brialy
Plot Towards the end of the 1920s, Emma Eckhert has become one of the most talked about women in France. Not only is she stunningly beautiful and a staunch supporter of...
5.8
50 votes
5.8
50 votes
The Favor, the Watch and the Very Big Fish
1991 · Movie · 89 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Ben Lewin
Cast Bob Hoskins · Jeff Goldblum · Natasha Richardson · Michel Blanc
5.6
152 votes
5.6
152 votes
Us Two
1980 · Movie · 107 min. · France
Direction Claude Lelouch
Cast Catherine Deneuve · Jacques Dutronc · Jacques Villeret · Paul Préboist
Plot Françoise has gone into business seducing men whose wives want to divorce them, and who need incriminating evidence against them. In addition, she has a little blackmail operation going on...
5.2
24 votes
5.2
24 votes
A Man in Love
1987 · Movie · 125 min. · France
Direction Diane Kurys
Cast Peter Coyote · Greta Scacchi · Jamie Lee Curtis · Claudia Cardinale
Plot An American film-star and an unknown British actress meet on set in Rome. She is angry when he refuses to speak to her journalist father, but later they have a...
4.9
43 votes
4.9
43 votes
Viens chez moi, j'habite chez une copine
1981 · Movie · 85 min. · France
Direction Patrice Leconte
Cast Michel Blanc · Bernard Giraudeau · Thérèse Liotard · Anémone
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Mon premier amour
1978 · Movie · 100 min. · France
Direction Elie Chouraqui
Cast Anouk Aimée · Richard Berry · Nathalie Baye · Gabriele Ferzetti
Plot Après 20 ans de vie commune, Richard s'aperçoit que sa mère Jane est malade d'une leucémie. Pendant tout ce temps, il ne s'est rendu compte de rien. Pour rattraper le...
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Rue du Départ
1986 · Movie · 100 min. · France
Direction Tony Gatlif
Cast François Cluzet · Ann-Gisel Glass · Christine Boisson · Roger Coggio
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