Direction: Henry Roussel

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


Paris' Girls

1929 · Movie · 137 min. · France

Direction Henry Roussel

Cast Suzy Vernon · Danièle Parola · Fernand Fabre · Cyril De Ramsay

Plot This French film confection directed by Henry Roussell concerns two young Parisian beauties in love with same fellow (Fernand Fabre). When one of the girls (Suzy Vernon) goes to America,...

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La fleur d'oranger

1932 · Movie · 87 min. · France

Direction Henry Roussel

Cast André Lefaur · André Alerme · José Noguéro · Marcel Lutrand

Plot Not content to be an austere judge, M. de Méricourt is also a domestic tyrant. He terrorizes his son René to such an extent that the young man has dared...

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Her People

1924 · Movie · 120 min. · France

Direction Henry Roussel

Cast Raquel Meller · Suzanne Bianchetti · André Roanne · Jeanne Even

Plot This historical melodrama (later remade by Henry Roussel himself in 1932 and Richard Pottier in 1952) set during the reign of Napoleon III of France. Here, Raquel Meller plays a...

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Flanders under Philip II

1923 · Movie · 115 min. · France

Direction Henry Roussel

Cast Marcel Vibert · André Roanne · Raquel Meller · Albert Bras

Plot Concepcion de la Playa Setta, an Andalusian noblewoman, the daughter of the provost marshall of Flanders, is in love with the Duke Philippe de Hornes. He is a Brussels gentleman...

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Her People

1925 · Movie · 80 min. · France

Direction Henry Roussel

Cast Pierre Blanchar · Raquel Meller · André Roanne · Max Maxudian

Plot In a small east-european ghetto, the Jewish family is celebrating Easter. The fraternal dissonance between the Sigoulim brothers pretty accurately mirrors the strife between the two powers, one surrounding Samuel,...

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Corsican Love

1927 · Movie · 104 min. · France

Direction Henry Roussel

Cast Rolla Norman · Jacqueline Forzane · Gaston Jacquet · Paul Jorge

Plot The story takes place in Corsica, where a young business woman (Jacqueline Forzane) tries to construct an electric system for her steel plant. But this project is not welcomed by...

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The Night Belongs to Us

1929 · Movie · 110 min. · Germany

Direction Carl Froelich · Henry Roussel

Cast Hans Albers · Charlotte Ander · Otto Wallburg · Walter Janssen

Plot During a test run for a large race in Sicily the racing car driver Bettina Bang gets into an accident and is saved by a secretive person unknown to her....

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La nuit est à nous

1930 · Movie · 100 min. · France

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