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Films with theme "Histoire de France", sorted by revenue
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Adieu Philippine (1962)
, 1h46Directed by Jacques Rozier
Origin France
Genres Drama, Comedy
Themes French war films, La colonisation française, Seafaring films, Transport films, Algerian War films, Histoire de France
Actors Vittorio Caprioli, Marco Perrin, Arlette Gilbert, Maurice Garrel, Pierre Frag, Jeanne Pérez
Michel is a bored young man in Paris about to be sent to Algeria in the army. He works as a technician at a TV station. One day he meets two teenage girls, Juliette and Liliane, and begins dating them both separately. Eventually the girls find out and Michel goes on vacation to Corsica to escape them. The two girls follow him there and the three search for a film director who owes Michel money. Juliette and Liliane watch Michel sail away on a boat headed for Algeria.
Commando (1962)
, 1h41Directed by Frank Wisbar
Origin German
Genres Drama, War
Themes Films set in Africa, French war films, La colonisation française, Films about terrorism, Algerian War films, Political films, Histoire de France
Actors Stewart Granger, Dorian Gray, Carlos Casaravilla, Ivo Garrani, Alfredo Mayo, Hans von Borsody
Le capitaine Leblanc, officier de la Légion étrangère, est chargé de conduire un groupe ayant pour objectif de capturer Ben Bled, un responsable FLN. La première partie de l'opération réussit, mais le retour se révèle d'autant plus difficile que la situation politique a évolué en raison des pourparlers de paix.
The Iron Mask (1962)
, 2h7Directed by Henri Decoin
Origin France
Genres Swashbuckler, Adventure, Historical
Themes Films about families, Politique, Political films, Histoire de France, Films about royalty
Actors Jean Marais, Claudine Auger, Jean-François Poron, Gisèle Pascal, Sylva Koscina, Jean Rochefort
Mazarin gives d'Artagnan the mission to rescue the imprisoned brother of Louis XIV.
The Two Orphans (1965)
Directed by Riccardo Freda
Origin France
Genres Drama
Themes Films about children, Political films, Films about capital punishment, Films based on plays, Histoire de France, French Revolution films
Actors Sophie Darès, Jacques Castelot, Valeria Ciangottini, Jean Desailly, Mike Marshall, Jean Carmet
Au XVIII siècle, peu avant la Révolution française, l’orpheline Henriette Gérard accompagne Louise, sa sœur adoptive aveugle, à Paris. Les deux jeunes filles espèrent bien trouver un médecin qui guérira Louise de sa cécité. Hélas, Henriette est enlevée par le marquis de Presles, un roué qui a décidé d'en faire son jouet. Louise n'a pas plus de chance que sa sœur : livrée à elle-même, elle tombe dans les mains de la Frochard, une mégère alcoolique qui ne cessera de l'humilier et de la tourmenter pour la forcer à mendier. Tout paraît s'arranger avec l'intervention du chevalier de Vaudrey et de la comtesse de Linières…
, 1h57Directed by Alain Resnais
Origin France
Genres Drama
Themes French war films, La colonisation française, Algerian War films, Histoire de France
Actors Delphine Seyrig, Jean-Pierre Kérien, Jean-Baptiste Thierrée, Nita Klein, Laurence Badie, Jean Champion
Hélène, a widow who runs an antique business from her own apartment in Boulogne-sur-Mer, is visited by a past lover, Alphonse. Her stepson, Bernard, is tormented by the memory of a girl named Muriel whom he has participated in torturing while doing military service in Algeria.
The Unvanquished (1964)
, 1h54Directed by Alain Cavalier
Origin France
Genres Drama, Crime
Themes Films set in Africa, French war films, La colonisation française, Films about terrorism, Algerian War films, Political films, Histoire de France
Actors Alain Delon, Lea Massari, Georges Géret, Maurice Garrel, Robert Castel, Robert Bazil
Thomas Vlassenroot, a citizen of Luxembourg, after his divorce, decides to enlist in the French Foreign Legion. He is posted to Algeria but during the 1961 uprising he becomes disllusioned and deserts.
Is Paris Burning? (1966)
, 2h53Directed by René Clément
Origin France
Genres Drama, War, Historical
Themes French war films, Political films, Histoire de France, L'Occupation allemande en France
Actors Kirk Douglas, Charles Boyer, Glenn Ford, Gert Fröbe, Leslie Caron, Yves Montand
Shortly after the failed 1944 20 July plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler (Billy Frick), he appoints General Dietrich von Choltitz (Gert Fröbe) as military governor of occupied Paris. Hitler believes von Choltitz will obey his order to not let the Allies capture Paris without the Germans destroying it completely, similar to the planned destruction of Warsaw.
The Winds of the Aures (1967)
, 1h35Directed by Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina
Origin Algerie
Genres Drama, War, Comedy, Historical
Themes French war films, La colonisation française, Algerian War films, Histoire de France
Actors Keltoum, Mohamed Chouikh, Hassan El-Hassani, Hadj Smaine
Dans une Algérie colonisée par la France, au fin fond de la campagne (aux Aurès), une mère cherche désespérément son fils raflé par l’armée française et incarcéré depuis plusieurs semaines dans un camp.
Shock Troops (1967)
, 1h50Directed by Costa-Gavras, Alain Corneau, Bernard Paul
Origin France
Genres Drama, War, Thriller, Historical
Themes French war films, Political films, Histoire de France, L'Occupation allemande en France
Actors Charles Vanel, Bruno Cremer, Jean-Claude Brialy, Michel Piccoli, Gérard Blain, Claude Brasseur
Set in central France, the film follows French resistance fighters who press the battle on the Germans. Along the way, they break into a prison and release some German prisoners, but discover there may be a spy deliberately planted to flush them all out.
Elise, or Real Life (1970)
, 1h44Directed by Michel Drach
Origin France
Genres Drama, Comedy
Themes French war films, La colonisation française, Films about racism, Algerian War films, Histoire de France
Actors Marie-Josée Nat, Mohamed Chouikh, Jean-Pierre Bisson, Bernadette Lafont, Catherine Allégret, Martine Chevallier
Élise s'ennuie à Bordeaux. Elle a l'impression de ne pas vivre la vraie vie. Elle monte à Paris rejoindre son frère Lucien. Il est ouvrier et sympathisant du FLN. Bientôt, Élise est poussée par la nécessité à travailler en usine. Elle y rencontre et se lie avec Arezki, un militant algérien. Leur liaison amoureuse est rendue difficile par le racisme environnant et, de surcroît, dangereuse en raison d'une étroite surveillance policière. Lucien meurt. Quand Arezki est arrêté, Élise retourne à Bordeaux.
, 1h31Directed by Bud Yorkin
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Historical
Themes Political films, Histoire de France, French Revolution films
Actors Gene Wilder, Donald Sutherland, Hugh Griffith, Jack MacGowran, Billie Whitelaw, Orson Welles
Two sets of identical twins, played by Wilder and Sutherland, are accidentally switched at birth. One set, Phillipe and Pierre DeSisi, is aristocratic and haughty, while the other set, Charles and Claude Coupé, is poor and dim-witted. On the eve of the French Revolution, both sets find themselves entangled in palace intrigues.
Black Thursday (1974)
, 1h35Directed by Laurent Heynemann, Claude Othnin-Girard
Origin France
Genres Drama, Historical
Themes Histoire de France, L'Occupation allemande en France, La condition juive en France sous l'Occupation allemande
Actors Christian Rist, Christine Pascal, Judith Magre, Henri Garcin, Michel Robin, Michel Auclair
On 16 July 1942, in Paris. A young student, Paul, tries to save some of the Jews being rounded up by Nazis to ship off to concentration camps.
The Two of Us (1967)
, 1h30Directed by Claude Berri
Origin France
Genres Drama, Comedy
Themes L'adolescence, Films about education, Films about children, Vieillesse, Political films, Films about school violence, Histoire de France, L'Occupation allemande en France, La condition juive en France sous l'Occupation allemande
Actors Michel Simon, Charles Denner, Luce Fabiole, Alain Cohen, Roger Carel, Paul Préboist
Claude (Alain Cohen) is an 8-year-old Jewish boy living in France during the Nazi occupation. To reduce the chance that he would be sent to Auschwitz or a similar fate, his parents send him to live with a farm family, the elderly parents of Catholic friends of his parents. (In reality, many French urban Jews made similar choices for their children.) The elderly couple honestly think that the boy has been sent to live with them because Paris is dangerous; it never crosses their mind that Claude is a Jew.
Violins at the Ball (1974)
, 1h40Directed by Michel Drach
Origin France
Genres Drama, War
Themes Films about children, Histoire de France, L'Occupation allemande en France, La condition juive en France sous l'Occupation allemande
Actors Jean-Louis Trintignant, Marie-Josée Nat, Gabrielle Doulcet, Michel Drach, Luce Fabiole, Christian Rist
C'est l'histoire d'un cinéaste qui veut réaliser depuis 20 ans le même film, autobiographique. Parallèlement à sa vie actuelle, il tourne avec un opérateur en reportage et avec des petits moyens, une chronique du temps présent. Tous les éléments de sa vie d'enfant, vie rêvée, souvenirs transposés et irréalistes, viennent se confondre au présent.
Let Joy Reign Supreme (1975)
, 1h54Directed by Bertrand Tavernier
Origin France
Genres Drama, War, Comedy-drama, Historical
Themes Histoire de France
Actors Philippe Noiret, Jean Rochefort, Jean-Pierre Marielle, Marina Vlady, Alfred Adam, Christine Pascal
In France in 1719, Philippe II, Duke of Orléans is the regent for the young Louis XV. He is sophisticated, gentle, a liberal and a libertine. He endeavours to keep his subjects cultured and happy to stop the peasants from rising up, but he knows he has no real royal authority. To assist him, d'Orléans enlists the aid of an atheistic and venal priest named Guillaume Dubois, who is as much of a libertine as Philippe, and unfortunately does not care for anyone except himself. At the beginning of the movie, a very gruesome scene shows the autopsy of Marie Louise Élisabeth d'Orléans, Duchess of Berry, elder daughter of the Regent. The voluptuous young princess expires on 21 July 1719, her health fatally ruined by her debauched life and a series of clandestine pregnancies. Notoriously promiscuous, Joufflotte ("chubby") as she was nicknamed because of her generous proportions, was rumored of committing incest with her father. The autopsy reveals that the Rubenesque princess was again pregnant. Philippe is very much affected by her death. Meanwhile, a rebellion led by a Breton squire named Pontcallec occurs. Philippe's natural idealism is further shaken when he is forced to execute Pontcallec's band of revolutionaries. Dubois, however, tries to take advantage of the revolt and subsequent famine to become archbishop. It becomes apparent that true joy will only be found when the peasants successfully overthrow the aristocrats who have held them down for so long.