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The King Is Dancing
The King Is Dancing (2000)
, 1h55
Directed by Gérard Corbiau
Origin France
Genres Drama, Biography, Historical, Musical
Themes Dance films, Films about music and musicians, Politique, Films about classical music and musicians, Musical films, Political films, Histoire de France, Films about royalty
Actors Benoît Magimel, Tchéky Karyo, Boris Terral, Cécile Bois, Johan Leysen, Claire Keim

Lully (Boris Terral) starts to gain the favour of the 14-year-old King Louis in 1653 by giving him specially designed shoes for Ballet de la Nuit. His subsequent rise draws hostility from the old cadres of the court, particularly the royal composer Cambert (Johan Leysen). However, following Cardinal Mazarin's death, Louis (Benoît Magimel) installs himself in full power as the king in 1661 and he is now at stake with the religious establishment created and controlled by his mother Anne of Austria (Colette Emmanuelle) at the Palais-Royal. On the other hand, Lully's animosity with Cambert comes to a novel dimension after Cambert's mistress Madeleine Lambert (Cécile Bois), the daughter of Michel Lambert, marries Lully in 1662. Lully and another Versailles favourite Molière (Tchéky Karyo) are keen to further disarm the old court but they get to understand their limits when conflict becomes more manifest at events such as staging (and consequent ban) of Tartuffe in 1664. Meanwhile, the passing years bring an end to Lully's position as the king's dance teacher and choreographer and he also has to face the emotional tensions growing with his wife's niece Julie (Claire Keim), which will culminate at the gala of Cambert's Pomone in 1671.
Goya in Bordeaux
Goya in Bordeaux (1999)
, 1h40
Directed by Carlos Saura
Origin Espagne
Genres Drama, War, Biography, Historical
Themes Peinture, Histoire de France, Napoleonic Wars films
Actors Francisco Rabal, Maribel Verdú, José Coronado, Dafne Fernández, Manuel de Blas, Emilio Gutiérrez Caba

Goya, vieux et malade, vit en exil à Bordeaux. Il se remémore ses amours passées et ses relations avec le pouvoir et l'Inquisition…
This Land Is Mine
This Land Is Mine (1943)
, 1h43
Directed by Jean Renoir
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War
Themes Political films, Histoire de France, L'Occupation allemande en France
Actors Charles Laughton, Maureen O'Hara, Kent Smith, George Sanders, Walter Slezak, Una O'Connor

People in an unnamed Nazi-occupied country face various ethical dilemmas and react in different ways.
André Chénier
André Chénier (1910)
, 15minutes
Directed by Louis Feuillade, Étienne Arnaud
Origin France
Genres Drama, Historical
Themes Films about writers, Histoire de France, French Revolution films
Actors Léonce Perret, René Navarre, Renée Carl, Edmund Breon, Alice Tissot, René Alexandre

Évocation du poète André Chénier et de son parcours jusqu'à la guillotine.
Madame DuBarry
Madame DuBarry (1919)
, 1h53
Directed by Ernst Lubitsch
Origin German
Genres Drama, Historical
Themes Politique, Political films, Histoire de France, French Revolution films, Films about royalty
Actors Pola Negri, Emil Jannings, Harry Liedtke, Bernhard Goetzke, Paul Wegener, Eduard von Winterstein

Histoire d'amour entre deux personnages, histoire d'une femme du peuple qui réussit grâce à ses liaisons avec des hommes de pouvoirs à s'élever dans la société révolutionnaire française. Madame du Barry arrive notamment à intégrer la cour de Louis XV et à devenir la favorite de celui-ci. L'amour déçu, présent dans tout le film, est le moteur de l'action révolutionnaire.
Saint Joan the Maid
Saint Joan the Maid (1929)
, 2h5
Directed by Marco de Gastyne
Origin France
Genres Drama, Historical
Themes Jeanne d'Arc, Histoire de France
Actors Fernand Mailly, Georges Paulais, Jean Debucourt, Philippe Hériat, Gaston Modot, Jean-Louis Allibert

Biographie de Jeanne d'Arc depuis son départ de Domremy jusqu'à sa mort à Rouen.
L'Agonie des aigles
L'Agonie des aigles (1933)
, 2h5
Origin France
Genres Drama, Historical
Themes Histoire de France
Actors Annie Ducaux, Pierre Renoir, Jean Debucourt, Marcel André, Constant Remy, Berthe Fusier

Sous la Restauration, des demi-soldes, restés fidèles à l'empereur, tentent de rétablir sur le trône de France Napoléon II. Le complot échouera à cause d'une liaison amoureuse entre le colonel de Montander et Lise Dorian…
Voltaire
Voltaire (1933)
, 1h12
Directed by John G. Adolfi
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Historical
Themes Films about writers, Philosophie, Histoire de France
Actors George Arliss, Doris Kenyon, Margaret Lindsay, Alan Mowbray, Reginald Owen, Doris Lloyd

In pre-Revolutionary France, Voltaire champions the oppressed commoners and tries to warn King Louis XV (Reginald Owen) about the growing unrest among his subjects. The writer has a powerful ally in Madame Pompadour (Doris Kenyon), Louis' mistress, but the Count de Sarnac (Alan Mowbray) opposes him for his own ends.
Madame du Barry
Madame du Barry (1934)
, 1h19
Directed by William Dieterle
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Historical
Themes Politique, Political films, Histoire de France, Films about royalty
Actors Dolores del Río, Reginald Owen, Victor Jory, Ferdinand Gottschalk, Anita Louise, Osgood Perkins

L'ascension de Madame du Barry à travers les couloirs et les boudoirs de Versailles jusqu'à la chambre du roi Louis XV. Les frasques de la courtisane agaceront bien vite la Reine Marie Antoinette (jouée par Anita Louise) qui bannira la du Barry de la cour.
L'An 40
L'An 40 (1941)

Directed by Fernand Rivers
Origin France
Genres Comedy
Themes Histoire de France, L'Occupation allemande en France
Actors Félicien Tramel, Jules Berry, Josseline Gaël, André Alerme, Simone Berriau, Rivers Cadet

Félix Raffut, un châtelain périgourdin affolé par l'invasion allemande, effectue l'exode de sa famille et de son mobilier vers des lieux supposés hospitaliers.
Marie Antoinette
Marie Antoinette (1938)
, 2h29
Directed by Jacques Tourneur, W. S. Van Dyke, Julien Duvivier
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Historical, Romance
Themes Politique, Marie-Antoinette, Political films, Films about capital punishment, Histoire de France, French Revolution films, Films about royalty
Actors Norma Shearer, Tyrone Power, John Barrymore, Robert Morley, Anita Louise, Joseph Schildkraut

In Vienna, 15-year-old Marie Antoinette (Norma Shearer) is informed by her mother, Empress Marie Therese of Austria (Alma Kruger), that Marie is to marry the future King of France, the Dauphin Louis XVI (Robert Morley). The young princess is excited to meet her future husband and live as a queen, but the Dauphin she married is actually a shy man, more at home with locksmithing than attending parties at the court at Versailles. After they are married, Marie tries desperately to please her husband, and after some trepidation, the Dauphin realizes he can trust Marie and tells her he cannot produce heirs. Without children to occupy her time and attention, Marie is bored and associates with the power-hungry Duc d'Orleans (Joseph Schildkraut), even though the Dauphin does not like him.
That Hamilton Woman
That Hamilton Woman (1941)
, 2h8
Directed by Alexander Korda
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Historical, Romance
Themes Seafaring films, Films about sexuality, Transport films, Political films, Histoire de France, Napoleonic Wars films, French Revolution films
Actors Laurence Olivier, Vivien Leigh, Sara Allgood, Gladys Cooper, Henry Wilcoxon, Heather Angel

The story begins with an ageing, alcoholic woman (Vivien Leigh) being clapped into debtors' prison in the slums of Calais. In a husky, despairing, whiskey-soaked voice, the former Lady Hamilton narrates the story of her life to her skeptical fellow inmates. In one of the early scenes that launches the flashback, Emma, well past her prime, looks into a mirror and remembers "the face I knew before," the face of the young, lovely girl who captured the imagination of artists - most notably George Romney and Joshua Reynolds.
Joan of Paris
Joan of Paris (1942)
, 1h31
Directed by Robert Stevenson, James Anderson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Romance
Themes Transport films, Aviation films, Political films, Films about capital punishment, Disaster films, Films about aviation accidents or incidents, Histoire de France, L'Occupation allemande en France
Actors Michèle Morgan, Paul Henreid, Thomas Mitchell, Laird Cregar, May Robson, Alexander Granach

In German-occupied Paris, an announcer reports during a blackout that the Second Front has begun, with British forces invading the Continent, and that five Royal Air Force fighters have been shot down. The downed pilots split up and make their way to Paris to try to arrange their escape back to England. On the way, they break into a tavern in search of civilian clothes. When a German soldier shows up for a drink, Squadron Leader Paul Lavallier (Paul Henreid), a member of the Free French, knocks him out and takes his money. In Paris, Paul contacts an old teacher of his, Father Antoine (Thomas Mitchell), who agrees to hide the reunited men in the sewers underneath his cathedral.