Screenplay: René Barjavel

Top movies, series, and documentaries with a screenplay by René Barjavel. Explore the titles that showcase an exceptional writing.


Highway Pick-Up

1963 · Movie · 107 min. · France

Direction Julien Duvivier

Cast Robert Hossein · Jean Sorel · Catherine Rouvel · Georges Wilson

Plot Daniel Boisett (Robert Hossein) and his friend Paul Genest (Jean Sorel) are disturbed by the home owner during an attempted safe-cracking. In the ensuing mêlée, Paul accidentally kills the home...

7.0

136 votes

7.0

136 votes

Les misérables

1958 · Movie · 227 min. · France

6.8

119 votes

6.8

119 votes

The Little World of Don Camillo

1952 · Movie · 107 min. · Italy

Direction Julien Duvivier

Cast Fernandel · Gino Cervi · Vera Talchi · Franco Interlenghi

Plot In a village of the Po valley where the earth is hard and life miserly, the priest and the communist mayor are always fighting to be the head of the...

6.4

533 votes

6.4

533 votes

The Return of Don Camillo

1953 · Movie · 115 min. · Italy

Direction Julien Duvivier

Cast Fernandel · Gino Cervi · Édouard Delmont · Paolo Stoppa

Plot After his battles with the communist mayor Peppone, Don Camillo is sent in exile by his bishop in a remote village. Peppone thought he got the village in his hands...

6.2

202 votes

6.2

202 votes

6.0

46 votes

The Case of Dr. Laurent

1957 · Movie · 110 min. · France

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Nuits andalouses

1954 · Movie · 90 min. · France

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Bold Adventure

1956 · Movie · 102 min. · France

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The Man in the Raincoat

1957 · Movie · 106 min. · France

Direction Julien Duvivier

Cast Fernandel · Jacques Duby · Jean Rigaux · Judith Magre

Plot In the absence of his wife, a clarinet player is induced by a friend to meet a call girl, but arrived after a crime. Perceived by some people leaving the...

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The Sheep Has Five Legs

1954 · Movie · 104 min. · France

Direction Henri Verneuil

Cast Fernandel · Françoise Arnoul · Andrex · Édouard Delmont

Plot Papa Saint-Forget, an aged winemaker has invited his quintuplet offspring from all over the world to a family gathering. All six parts are played by Fernandel. Academy Award Nominations: Best...

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Das kunstseidene Mädchen

1960 · Movie · 98 min. · Germany - West Germany (FRG)

Direction Julien Duvivier

Cast Giulietta Masina · Gustav Knuth · Gert Fröbe · Agnes Fink

Plot Doris Putzke is fond of dating men in her quest for finding the perfect one. In her brief relationships, she goes from one disillusionment to another, constantly deluding herself about...

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Kiss of Fire

1956 · Movie · 90 min. · France

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Toto in Paris

1958 · Movie · 110 min. · Italy

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Boulevard

1960 · Movie · 93 min. · France

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The Ragpickers of Emmaus

1955 · Movie · 100 min. · France

Direction Robert Darène

Cast Edwige Bart · Dany Carrel · Solange Certain · Marie d'Hyvert

Plot Tells the true story of the Abbe Pierre who founded a congregation of beggars in order to build new houses in the outskirts of Paris, in 1954.

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The Pleasure Pit

1969 · Movie · 100 min. · France

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Conduite à gauche

1962 · Movie · 80 min. · France

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The Terror with Women

1956 · Movie · 93 min. · France

Direction Jean Boyer

Cast Noël-Noël · Jacqueline Gauthier · Yves Robert · Jacqueline Pagnol

Plot Aimé Morin, a good-natured bookseller, is also one of the candidates in the local elections of his small town. He is well-liked by most but he also has political enemies....

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Décembre, mois des enfants (S)

1956 · Documentary · 22 min. · Luxembourg

Direction Henri Storck · Winifred Holmes

Plot The December traditions in five European countries: Belgium, Luxembourg, Netherlands France and England. And also the key role of artificial light, designed to replace the rarefied light of the sun....

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Girls for the Summer

1958 · Movie · 109 min. · Italy

Direction Gianni Franciolini

Cast Alberto Sordi · Michèle Morgan · Marcello Mastroianni · Sylva Koscina

Plot It is Summer. It is the right time for love, especially in a most romantic place as Golfo del Tigullio. Different stories: Dorina looking for a rich lover; Clara who...

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