Direction: Jean Grémillon

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


7.5

270 votes

The Love of a Woman

1953 · Movie · 104 min. · France

Direction Jean Grémillon

Cast Micheline Presle · Massimo Girotti · Gaby Morlay · Paolo Stoppa

Synopsis A young woman named Marie is dispatched to a small coastal island to become the local doctor, but she must first overcome the locals' reluctance and the male population's built-in misogynism. Meanwhile, she falls in love with André, a visiting...

7.5

98 votes

7.5

98 votes

Lady Killer

1937 · Movie · 94 min. · France

Direction Jean Grémillon

Cast Jean Gabin · Mireille Balin · René Lefèvre · Marguerite Deval

Synopsis Lucien Bourrache, a good looking non-commissioned officer at the Spahis, is used to charm many women. He met Madeleine Courtois at Cannes. She is beautiful and lives in luxury. He lends her a large amount of money, which she loses...

7.4

130 votes

7.4

130 votes

L'Étrange Monsieur Victor

1938 · Movie · 103 min. · France

7.3

36 votes

7.3

36 votes

7.3

102 votes

White Paws

1949 · Movie · 92 min. · France

7.3

59 votes

7.3

59 votes

The Strange Madame X

1951 · Movie · 91 min. · France

Direction Jean Grémillon

Cast Michèle Morgan · Henri Vidal · Arlette Thomas · Louise Conte

Synopsis Can a person really lead a double life? It looks as though Irène can. On the one hand, she is the wife of Jacques Voisin-Larive, a big name in the publishing world. On the other hand she pretends to be...

7.1

29 votes

7.1

29 votes

7.1

21 votes

Daïnah la métisse

1932 · Movie · 51 min. · France

Direction Jean Grémillon

Cast Laurence Clavius · Charles Vanel · Gabrielle Fontan · Habib Benglia

Synopsis After three weeks and a long, hot voyage across the Pacific, an ocean liner finally arrives at its destination, Ecuador. That evening, the event is marked by a masked ball and a magic show. Dainah, a liberated young woman who...

7.0

50 votes

7.0

50 votes

6.8

48 votes

La dolorosa

1934 · Movie · 85 min. · Spain

6.7

73 votes

6.7

73 votes

Les charmes de l'existence (S)

1949 · Documentary · 20 min. · France

Direction Jean Grémillon · Pierre Kast

Synopsis The film presents the art paintings of Rochegrosse, Comerre, Falero, Bouguerau, Nola, Bonnat, Penot, and other turn-of-the-19th-century artists who, with their treatment of the poetic way to show the feminine body, have had an influence on the birth of an...

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Les pattes de mouche

1936 · Movie · 90 min. · Germany

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Haute-Lisse (S)

1956 · Documentary · 16 min. · France

Direction Jean Grémillon

Synopsis A captivating short film, showing the various processes in the production of a tapestry in the workshop of the famed Gobelins Manufactory. Grémillon’s only film in color.

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Valse royale

1936 · Movie · 95 min. · Germany

Direction Jean Grémillon

Cast Henri Garat · Renée Saint-Cyr · Christian Gérard · Adrien Le Gallo

Synopsis 1852 Munich. The Austrian Ambassador's son is to marry Annie Tomasini when he is in love with her sister Thérèse.

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La maison aux images

1955 · Documentary · 19 min. · France

Direction Jean Grémillon

Synopsis At a Montmartre workshop, crafts people cut by hand, emboss,do various kinds of engraving, and make etchings.

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Un tour au large

1926 · Documentary · France

Direction Jean Grémillon

Synopsis A well received,impressionistic short subject on tuna fishing, for which Gremillon composed an accompaniment on mechanical piano to be synchronized with the images.

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Le 6 juin à l'aube

1946 · Documentary · 75 min. · France

Direction Jean Grémillon

Synopsis The film starts by a visit to bucolic Normandy before the events. This peaceful atmosphere is shattered by Operation Overlord, minutely described in the second part of the documentary. The landing on D-Day and the ensuing battles and bombings martyr...

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