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

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

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

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

Not rated

Not rated

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...

Not rated

Not rated

Rue du Départ

1986 · Movie · 100 min. · France

Not rated

Not rated