Direction: Jean Epstein
The best movies, series, and documentaries directed by Jean Epstein. Explore exceptional titles that showcase a unique filmmaking vision.
7.6
40 votes
The Faithful Heart
1923 · Movie · 87 min. · France
Direction Jean Epstein
Cast Léon Mathot · Gina Manès · Edmond Van Daële · Claude Benedict
Plot Marie wants to escape from her job and also from her lover, Paul, an unemployed drunk. She dreams of going off with Jean, a dockworker. The two men quarrel and...
7.6
425 votes
7.6
425 votes
Chanson d'Armor
1934 · Documentary · 42 min. · France
Direction Jean Epstein
Plot Ballad-type drama-documentary spoken in the Breton language and set in a Breton fishing community, telling of the impossible love between a fisherman and the lady of the manor.
7.4
103 votes
7.4
103 votes
The Fall of the House of Usher
1928 · Movie · 63 min. · France
Direction Jean Epstein
Cast Jean Debucourt · Marguerite Gance · Charles Lamy · Fournez-Goffard
7.4
2K votes
7.4
2K votes
Finis Terrae
1929 · Movie · 80 min. · France
Direction Jean Epstein
Cast Gibois · Jean-Marie Laot · Malgorn · François Morin
Plot Ambroise is a seaweed farmer and lives with three other men on Bannec, one of the most dangerous islands of France. When he gets injured he has to be carried...
7.3
219 votes
7.3
219 votes
7.3
69 votes
The Storm-Tamer (The Tempest: Poem on the Sea) (S)
1947 · Movie · 22 min. · France
Direction Jean Epstein
7.2
329 votes
7.2
329 votes
The Man in the Hispano-Suiza
1933 · Movie · 90 min. · France
Direction Jean Epstein
Cast Jean Murat · Marie Bell · Joan Helda · Gaston Mauger
Plot The almost financial ruined French gentleman Gaston Dewalter spends several day in Biarritz before going off in the Hispano-Suiza, a luxe car which was a present from his friends. George...
6.9
28 votes
6.9
28 votes
La belle Nivernaise
1924 · Movie · 69 min. · France
Direction Jean Epstein
Cast Blanche Montel · Madame Lacroix · Maurice Touzé · Pierre Hot
6.9
51 votes
6.9
51 votes
Six et demi onze (6½ x 11)
1927 · Movie · 84 min. · France
Direction Jean Epstein
Cast Edmond Van Daële · Suzy Pierson · Nino Constantini · René Ferté
Plot A renowned doctor and his brother live and work together until the brother falls in love with Marie, a singer, and gives up medicine to be with her. After a...
6.9
42 votes
6.9
42 votes
The Three-Sided Mirror
1927 · Movie · 45 min. · France
Direction Jean Epstein
Cast Jeanne Helbling · Suzy Pierson · Olga Day · Raymond Guérin-Catelain
Plot Psychological narrative avantgarde film about a wealthy young businessman who consecutively falls in love with a classy English woman (Pearl), a Russian sculptress (Athalia), and a naive working-class girl (Lucie)....
6.9
201 votes
6.9
201 votes
Mauprat
1926 · Movie · 88 min. · France
Direction Jean Epstein
Cast Sandra Milovanoff · Maurice Schutz · Nino Constantini · René Ferté
6.6
49 votes
6.6
49 votes
Les Berceaux (S)
1931 · Documentary · 5 min. · France
Direction Jean Epstein
Plot A woman rocks a cradle; a man comes to land from the sea, but leaves to view it from a distance.
6.4
53 votes
6.4
53 votes
The Red Inn
1923 · Movie · 80 min. · France
Direction Jean Epstein
Cast Léon Mathot · Gina Manès · Jean-David Évremond · Pierre Hot
6.3
25 votes
6.3
25 votes
Sea Lights (S)
1948 · Documentary · 21 min. · France
Direction Jean Epstein
Plot Documentary film shot in Brittany about lighthouses and lighthouse keepers on the island of Ouessant and coast of Finistere.
6.3
28 votes
6.3
28 votes
The Lion of the Moguls
1924 · Movie · 99 min. · France
Direction Jean Epstein
Cast Ivan Mozzhukhin · François Viguier · Nathalie Lissenko · Alexiane
Plot In the kingdom of the Moguls, Prince Roundghito-Sing, a young officer of the palace, falls in love with Zemgali, a captive princess held prisoner and coveted by the Grand Khan....
6.3
27 votes
6.3
27 votes
Pasteur
1922 · Movie · 52 min. · France
Direction Jean Epstein · Jean Benoît-Lévy
Cast Charles Mosnier · Robert Tourneur · Maurice Touzé · Jean Rauzena
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Cuor di vagabondo
1936 · Movie · 80 min. · Italy
Direction Jean Epstein
Cast Ermete Zacconi · Madeleine Renaud · Fosco Giachetti · Charles Dechamps
Plot A rich youth runs off with a circus troupe after a misunderstanding with a perfume girl he has loved.
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The Poster
1924 · Movie · 73 min. · France
Direction Jean Epstein
Cast Nathalie Lissenko · Genica Missirio · Camille Bardou · Sylviane de Castillo
Plot A mother sells a photo of her daughter to the press for publicity, and the daughter suddenly dies leaving the mother desperate surrounding by portraits of her daughter all around...
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