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Directed by Raoul RuizOrigin FranceGenres DramaThemes PeintureActors Jean Rougeul,
Jean Reno,
Raymond Pierson,
Jean Narboni,
Bruno Guillain,
Alfred BaillouRoles Character of Paintings
Rating73%
Through a large 19th century house and its grounds, the camera follows an art collector and an unseen interviewer. The collector has six of seven canvasses by a 19th century painter called Fredéric Tonnerre, but nobody knows what was in the fourth of the sequence because it was stolen. His quest is to recreate the missing painting and so to read the meaning of the whole series. To achieve this, he has hired models, acquired props and rigged up lighting in order to re-enact each of the six surviving scenes as a tableau vivant. Able to walk around each tableau and to adjust the light, he ponders the inner significance of the scene, speculating why the artist chose to portray it in exactly that way and what message he was signalling to the alert viewer..Tableaux we see include Diana surprised by Actaeon, Templars playing chess, a scandal among Parisian nobility, and an occult ceremony involving a sacrifice similar to that of St Sebastian. In each case the collector discerns strong sexual currents flowing between the characters, both heterosexual and homosexual. More significant, he thinks traces of an esoteric cult of Baphomet are to be seen in the pictures., 1h48
Directed by Alain PayetOrigin FranceGenres Drama,
Thriller,
HorrorThemes Films about sexuality,
Erotic films,
Sexploitation films,
BDSM in films,
Films about prostitution,
Erotic thriller filmsActors Monica Swinn,
Sandra Mozarowsky,
Christine Aurel,
Claudine Beccarie,
Bob Asklöf,
Frank BrañaRoles un officier nazi dans le train
Rating34%
1941. L'Allemagne nazie étend son pouvoir dictatorial à travers l'europe . Pour distraire et réconforter les officiers mobilisés sur le front de l'Europe de l'est, le SS Otto Kramer, proche d'Hitler, décide de mettre en place un réseau de call-girls aryennes. Elles embarqueront dans un train spécial transformé en bordel qui sillonnera l'Europe. À leur tête, Kramer engage sa maîtresse Ingrid Schüler, une chanteuse et danseuse de cabaret en vogue et dotée d'un solide réseau de connaissances dans le parti nazi. Promue capitaine, elle forme aussitôt une équipe spéciale de prostituées, destinées à remonter le moral des soldats du IIIème Reich. Mais la tension est vive à bord du train : Rita, l'une d'entre elles, ne supporte pas la discipline de fer d'Ingrid, femme perfide et autoritaire. Elles n'ont pas d'autre choix que d'assouvir les fantasmes tordus et violents des SS sous peine d'être réprimandées par leur maquerelle. Au fil des années, leur effectif est renforcé d'un groupe de condamnées, coupables d'un complot raté contre Hitler. Parmi elles, Ingrid reconnaît son amie d'enfance Helga dont le père a été exécuté pour trahison. Jusqu'au jour où des partisans polonais envahissent le train pour humilier Ingrid. Elle est sauvée par l'officier allemand Paul Gruhn dont elle tombe amoureuse. Mais ce dernier est séduit par Helga, une autre fille de joie du convoi. Mais Ingrid et ses call-girls, aidés par Gruhn, vont devoir se défendre contre l'attaque des polonais et des Américains qui cherchent à détruire le train., 1h48
Directed by Terence YoungOrigin FranceGenres Drama,
MelodramaThemes Films about children,
Medical-themed films,
Christmas filmsActors William Holden,
André Bourvil,
Virna Lisi,
Yves Barsacq,
Mario Feliciani,
Madeleine DamienRoles Customer at Maxim's (uncredited)
Rating62%
The story follows a Frenchman named Laurent and his son Pascal, who live somewhere in France. Along the way, the widower Laurent meets and falls for the beautiful Catherine, but also learns that his son is dying after witnessing the explosion of a plane with a nuclear device inside. Finding this out, Laurent and Pascal have a string of adventures with Catherine along., 1h50
Directed by Gérard OuryOrigin FranceGenres Comedy,
Adventure,
CrimeThemes Transport films,
Rail transport films,
Heist films,
Gangster films,
EscroquerieActors Jean-Paul Belmondo,
André Bourvil,
David Niven,
Eli Wallach,
Jacques Balutin,
Silvia MontiRoles Le passant devant l'OTAN
Rating68%
Two clumsy French thieves, Anatole and Arthur, plan a spectacular heist: the attack of a freight train which carries from Paris to Brussels the secret funds of NATO. They do not know that another team is planning the same attack, the same one which performed the Glasgow-London Great Train Robbery; the team is headed by "The Brain" (David Niven), a British criminal mastermind whose massive brain is so heavy that, when he has a strong emotion, he cannot keep his head upright. The Brain has also a deal with the Sicilian mafia., 1h57
Directed by Henri VerneuilOrigin FranceGenres Drama,
CrimeThemes Films about families,
Mafia films,
Films about sexuality,
Films about terrorism,
Transport films,
Aviation films,
Dans un avion,
Heist films,
Children's films,
Gangster films,
Escroquerie,
Films about hijackingsActors Jean Gabin,
Alain Delon,
Lino Ventura,
Irina Demick,
Sydney Chaplin,
Gino BuzzancaRoles Un passager à Orly (uncredited)
Rating74%
In Paris, bloodthirsty jewel thief Roger Sartet (Alain Delon) escapes from custody with the help of the Manalese, a small-time but well-organised Sicilian Mafia clan led by patriarch Vittorio (Jean Gabin) and which includes his sons Aldo (Yves Lefebvre) and Sergio (Marc Porel) and son-in-law Luigi (Philippe Baronnet). While in prison, Sartet got to know an electrician (Christian de Tillière) who was involved in the setting up of an extensive security system at a diamond exhibition in Rome — the electrician returned home early, unannounced, caught his wife in bed with a lover and shot them. Unaccustomed to prison life, he made friends with Sartet and bit-by-bit supplied him with details of the exhibition., 1h18
Directed by Gilles GrangierOrigin FranceGenres DramaActors Jean Gabin,
Suzanne Flon,
Fernand Ledoux,
Colette Deréal,
Raymond Gérôme,
Michel AuclairRoles Le barman du "Trianon Palace"
Rating56%
L'ingénieur et patron Albert Raynal consacre sa vie à la recherche aéronautique. Il vient de mettre au point un statoréacteur. Le lancement réussit mais, hélas, la fusée explose en vol. Cet échec retentissant va lui attirer les plus grandes difficultés financières et familiales. Son beau-frère, Jérôme Laprade, confie à Christine, l'épouse de l'industriel, qu'il en a assez des fantaisies de son mari. Il lui suggère même de divorcer pour préserver l'avenir financier de ses deux grands fils, que les échecs de leur père pourraient compromettre. Mais Albert Raynal, force de la nature, ne s'estime pas vaincu pour autant. Bien qu'il lui en coûte, il tente auprès d'amis et de relations des démarches afin de réunir les capitaux indispensables pour sauver son laboratoire et poursuivre ses recherches. Mais tous restent insensibles à son appel, même la belle Rolande, riche restauratrice, ancienne maîtresse de Raynal, qui refuse d'hypothéquer son restaurant. Après une fugue en Normandie, Raynal réapparait et veut se constituer prisonnier pour chèque sans provision. Mais Christine, par un revirement émouvant, renonce à sa demande de divorce et vend des actions, sauvant ainsi son mari de la faillite et lui permettant de poursuivre ses travaux., 2h28
Directed by Anatole Litvak,
Norman J. Warren,
Andrzej ŻuławskiOrigin FranceGenres Drama,
War,
Thriller,
Action,
CrimeThemes Politique,
Serial killer films,
Political filmsActors Peter O'Toole,
Omar Sharif,
Tom Courtenay,
Donald Pleasence,
Joanna Pettet,
Philippe NoiretRoles German Officer (uncredited)
Rating71%
The murder of a prostitute in German-occupied Warsaw in 1942 causes Abwehr Major Grau (Omar Sharif) to start an investigation, as she was also a German agent. His evidence soon points to the killer being one of three German general officers: General von Seydlitz-Gabler (Charles Gray); General Kahlenberg (Donald Pleasence), his chief of staff; and General Tanz (Peter O'Toole). Grau's investigation, however, is cut short by his summary transfer to Paris at the instigation of these officers., 2h4
Directed by Gérard OuryOrigin FranceGenres War,
Comedy,
Adventure,
HistoricalThemes French war films,
Military humor in film,
Transport films,
Films about automobiles,
Aviation films,
Motocyclette,
Political films,
Road movies,
Buddy films,
Disaster films,
Films about aviation accidents or incidents,
Histoire de France,
L'Occupation allemande en FranceActors Terry-Thomas,
André Bourvil,
Louis de Funès,
Mike Marshall,
Helmuth Schneider,
Claudio BrookRoles German soldier (uncredited)
Rating78%
Summer 1941. Over Nazi-occupied France, a Royal Air Force B17 Flying Fortress becomes lost after a mission and is shot down over Paris by German flak. The crew, Sir Reginald, Peter Cunningham and Alan MacIntosh, parachute out over the city, where they run into and are hidden by a house painter, Augustin Bouvet, and the grumbling conductor of the Opéra National de Paris, Stanislas Lefort. Involuntarily, Lefort and Bouvet get themselves tangled up in the manhunt against the aviators led by Wehrmacht Major Achbach as they help the airmen to escape to the free zone with the help of Resistance fighters and sympathisers., 2h53
Directed by René ClémentOrigin FranceGenres Drama,
War,
HistoricalThemes French war films,
Political films,
Histoire de France,
L'Occupation allemande en FranceActors Kirk Douglas,
Charles Boyer,
Glenn Ford,
Gert Fröbe,
Leslie Caron,
Yves MontandRating68%
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., 1h25
Directed by Gilles GrangierGenres Drama,
CrimeActors Jean Gabin,
Michel Constantin,
Vittorio Sanipoli,
Paul Frankeur,
Guy Decomble,
Françoise FabianRoles Un agent du commissariat (uncredited)
Rating61%
Près de la gare du Nord, un inconnu a été blessé par des tueurs en automobile. Quand la police survient, la victime a disparu. Le commissaire Maigret, assisté de l'inspecteur Lognon, découvre qu'il s'agit de gangsters américains. La plaque minéralogique de la voiture des agresseurs, relevée par un témoin, conduit Lognon à un bar, tenu par un Américain d'origine sicilienne, où travaille une Belge : Lily, qui a hébergé les gangsters. Lognon est enlevé par ces derniers et sévèrement frappé. Le commissaire Maigret réussira, après de périlleuses péripéties à comprendre pourquoi des gangsters de Saint-Louis (Missouri) cherchaient à récupérer à Paris un témoin gênant protégé par le FBI., 1h38
Directed by Henri VerneuilOrigin FranceGenres ComedyActors Jean-Claude Brialy,
Claudia Cardinale,
Danielle Darrieux,
Michèle Morgan,
Lino Ventura,
Darry CowlRating58%
Albertine, une séduisante jeune femme de province en instance de divorce, devient l'objet d'une rivalité entre un médecin fameux, André Challenberg, et un écrivain snob du Paris mondain, Didier Marèze.