Direction: Jean Epstein

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


L'Or des mers

1932 · Documentary · 73 min. · France

Direction Jean Epstein

7.6

40 votes

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

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

The Sea of Ravens (S)

1931 · Documentary · 26 min. · France

Direction Jean Epstein

7.3

69 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

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

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

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

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La montagne infidèle (S)

1923 · Movie · 24 min. · France

Direction Jean Epstein

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Not rated

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.

Not rated

Not rated

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...

Not rated

Not rated