Direction: Pierre Chenal

The best movies, series, and documentaries directed by Pierre Chenal. Explore exceptional titles that showcase a unique filmmaking vision.


The Lafarge Case

1938 · Movie · 110 min. · France

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Les nuits de Raspoutine

1960 · Movie · 87 min. · France

Direction Pierre Chenal

Cast Edmund Purdom · Gianna Maria Canale · John Drew Barrymore · Jany Clair

Synopsis During the last days of Imperial Russia, Rasputin (Edmund Purdom) cures the Czar's daughter and endears himself to the royal family, but he is persecuted by envious and conniving officials who seek his ruin. A young prince (John Drew Barrymore)...

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Se abre el abismo

1945 · Movie · 96 min. · Argentina

Direction Pierre Chenal

Cast Sebastián Chiola · Silvana Roth · Ricardo Passano · Armando Bo

Synopsis Adaptation of John Knittel's Swiss novel 'Vila Mala', which had been released in 1934 and become a major international success.

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La bête à l'affût

1959 · Movie · 95 min. · France

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Native Son

1951 · Movie · 104 min. · United States

Direction Pierre Chenal

Cast Richard Wright · Jean Wallace · Nicholas Joy · Gloria Madison

Synopsis In 1940s Chicago, a young black man takes a job as a chauffeur to a white family, which takes a turn for the worse when he accidentally kills the teenage daughter of the couple and then tries to cover it...

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Scandals of Clochemerle

1948 · Movie · 90 min. · France

Direction Pierre Chenal

Cast Félix Oudart · Saturnin Fabre · Jean Brochard · Maximilienne

Synopsis A little town erupts in turmoil about the construction of a public urinal. The army is sent in to restore order, but the military add to the confusion by getting involved with the local women.

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Les belles au bois dormantes

1970 · Movie · 90 min. · France

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The Last Turn

1939 · Movie · 87 min. · France

Direction Pierre Chenal

Cast Fernand Gravey · Michel Simon · Corinne Luchaire · Marcel Vallée Georgé

Synopsis A married woman and a drifter fall in love, then plot to murder her husband... but even once the deed is done, they must live with the consequences of their actions.

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Crime and Punishment

1935 · Movie · 107 min. · France

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Sirocco

1938 · Movie · 100 min. · France

Direction Pierre Chenal

Cast Viviane Romance · Louis Jouvet · Pierre Renoir · Jany Holt

Synopsis Town trollop Safia, much against her better judgment, falls in love with Matteo, a beggar and mystic in the native quarter of Sirocco. She flees to France, first as the mistress and then wife of a wealthy archaeologist, and bears...

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A Real Man

1943 · Movie · 94 min. · Argentina

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Rafles sur la ville

1958 · Movie · 82 min. · France

Direction Pierre Chenal

Cast Charles Vanel · Bella Darvi · Danik Patisson · Michel Piccoli

Synopsis Le Fondu, a famous gangster, escapes from the hospital where he was detained, killing an inspector in the process. The colleague of the deceased inspector, Paul Vardier, vows to avenge him. The task seems hopeless: Le Fondu has disappeared without...

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Feu Mathias Pascal

1937 · Movie · 92 min. · France

Direction Pierre Chenal

Cast Pierre Blanchar · Isa Miranda · Catherine Fonteney · Ginette LeClerc

Synopsis Mathias Pascal, saddled with a stupid wife and a nagging mother-in-law, leaves home and is extremely lucky at several gambling resorts. He returns home and discovers that a drowned man, fished out of the river, bears an uncanny likeness to...

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L'assassin connaît la musique...

1963 · Movie · 80 min. · France

Direction Pierre Chenal

Cast Maria Schell · Paul Meurisse · Sylvie Bréal · Yvonne Clech

Synopsis Lionel Fribourg, a great composer (at least that's what HE thinks) has a problem with his noisy environment: he can't complete his unfinished symphony. Of course there is a market for unfinished symphonies but, for all he knows, only one...

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