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René Clair is a Actor, Director, Scriptwriter, Producer, Assistant Director and Editor French born on 11 november 1898 at Paris (France)
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Directed by René Clair
Origin France
Genres Science fiction, Comedy, Fantasy, Musical
Themes Prison films, Films about the labor movement, Musical films, Évasion
Actors Henri Marchand, Raymond Cordy, Paul Ollivier, Léon Lorin, William Burke, Vincent Hyspa
Rating73%
The film opens with an image of a wooden toy horse. Gradually we observe that this is an assembly line in a prison, staffed by prisoners. They sing (La liberté, c'est pour les heureux = "Freedom is for the happy") as they work. Close-ups of two prisoners (Louis and Émile, the film's main protagonists) indicate they've taken a work tool. The prisoner next to Louis occasionally looks on, looking somewhat bored. After dinner everyone goes back to their cell. After feigning sleep during a guard's nightly rounds, Louis and Émile sing the title song as they resume a project of sawing off the prison window. Émile cuts himself, and Louis kindly mends the wound with a handkerchief. The window breaks free and they attempt to escape. Louis is able to get over the retaining wall, but Émile is not successful. Louis escapes, accidentally knocks someone off a bicycle, and rides off on the bicycle. Meanwhile we hear a chorus suggesting he's about to be captured (Ce sera bientôt fini = "It'll soon be over"). Louis heads into a village emblazoned with the words "Finishing Line" - the cyclist he knocked over was in a bicycle race, and Louis has won first prize.
Directed by Jean-Paul Le Chanois, Christian-Jaque, René Clair, Michel Boisrond, Henri Decoin, Jean Delannoy, Henri Verneuil
Origin France
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Anthology film, Romance
Actors Darry Cowl, Sophie Desmarets, Pierre Mondy, Jacqueline Porel, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Alfred Adam
Rating61%
Gisèle Bazouche, neuf ans, demande « comment viennent les enfants » à ses parents. Ne sachant que lui répondre, ceux-ci, concierges d’un immeuble parisien, sollicitent l’aide de plusieurs locataires : une prostituée, un colonel et un enseignant.
Directed by René Clair
Origin France
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Maurice Chevalier, François Périer, Dany Robin, Marcelle Derrien, Roland Armontel, Raymond Cordy
Rating70%
The setting is Paris in the early 1900s ("1906, perhaps") and much of the action takes place in a silent film studio. Émile, a director, advises his shy young employee Jacques to adopt his own carefree attitude towards women ("one lost, ten found"). Émile takes under his wing Madeleine, the daughter of his old friend Célestin, when she arrives from the country; he offers her a place to stay and a job at his studio, and he starts to fall in love with her. When Jacques returns from military service, he and Madeleine are drawn to each other but they feel guilty about betraying the fatherly Émile. Émile finally realises the truth and decides that he must not stand in the young couple's way.
Directed by René Clair
Origin France
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Fantasy
Themes Films about religion, Demons in film, Films based on plays
Actors Michel Simon, Gérard Philipe, Carlo Ninchi, Simone Valère, Nicole Besnard, Gaston Modot
Rating72%
Le mythe de Faust revisité par le réalisme poétique français... Au seuil de la mort, le professeur d'université Faust est plein de regrets. Méphistophélès lui propose alors un pacte : vendre son âme en échange de la jeunesse et de la richesse, il lui montrera aussi l'avenir.
Directed by René Clair
Origin France
Genres Comedy, Fantasy, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians
Actors Gérard Philipe, Martine Carol, Gina Lollobrigida, Magali de Vendeuil, Paolo Stoppa, Marilyn Buferd
Rating68%
Impoverished piano teacher and composer Claude relinquishes fantasies about seducing beautiful rich women. One night a promising dream turns into a nightmare where he's chased by the violent husbands and brothers of his lovers. He gets up and tries to stay awake for fear of feeling haunted again. Hereby he meets his neighbour Suzanne who resembles a woman from his dream.
Directed by René Clair
Origin France
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romance
Actors Michèle Morgan, Gérard Philipe, Jean Desailly, Yves Robert, Pierre Dux, Brigitte Bardot
Rating66%
Armand de la Verne, a lieutenant in the French cavalry and a notorious seducer, undertakes a bet that he will "obtain the favours" of a woman selected secretly by lot, before his company departs for its summer manoeuvres in a month's time. His target turns out to be Marie-Louise Rivière, a Parisian divorcée who runs a milliner's shop, and who is also being courted by the serious and respectable Victor Duverger. Marie Louise's growing attraction towards Armand is tempered by her discoveries about his reputation, while Armand's calculated strategy become undermined by his genuine emotions. A subplot follows the parallel but simpler courtship of Armand's friend and fellow officer Félix and Lucie, the young daughter of a photographer.
Directed by René Clair
Origin France
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Crime, Romance
Actors Pierre Brasseur, Henri Vidal, Dany Carrel, Annette Poivre, Raymond Bussières, Gabrielle Fontan
Rating70%
Artiste is an unemployed empoverished man who dwells in his own, derelict house with his likewise unemployed best friend Juju. One day they come across the wanted criminal Barbier hiding in their home. Juju admires the threefold murderer, yet when he witnesses him bragging about having compromised a girl for financial benefit, his feelings turn straight into the opposite and he shoots Barbier dead.
Directed by René Clair
Origin France
Genres Comedy
Actors Philippe Noiret, André Bourvil, Claude Rich, Michel Modo, Yves Barsacq, Annie Fratellini
Rating61%
Outré par le bruit et la pollution des villes, Victor Hardy, homme d'affaires, décide d'acheter le petit village de Cabosse ainsi que tout son canton, et de spéculer sur l'eau de la fontaine, aux prétendues vertus de longévité. Mais il se heurte au vieux Mathieu, un paysan obstiné, et son fils, qui refusent de vendre...
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Among those, 8 have good markets following the box office.
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Add to a movie listÀ Nous la Liberté (1931)
, 1h44Directed by René Clair
Origin France
Genres Science fiction, Comedy, Fantasy, Musical
Themes Prison films, Films about the labor movement, Musical films, Évasion
Actors Henri Marchand, Raymond Cordy, Paul Ollivier, Léon Lorin, William Burke, Vincent Hyspa
Rating73%
The film opens with an image of a wooden toy horse. Gradually we observe that this is an assembly line in a prison, staffed by prisoners. They sing (La liberté, c'est pour les heureux = "Freedom is for the happy") as they work. Close-ups of two prisoners (Louis and Émile, the film's main protagonists) indicate they've taken a work tool. The prisoner next to Louis occasionally looks on, looking somewhat bored. After dinner everyone goes back to their cell. After feigning sleep during a guard's nightly rounds, Louis and Émile sing the title song as they resume a project of sawing off the prison window. Émile cuts himself, and Louis kindly mends the wound with a handkerchief. The window breaks free and they attempt to escape. Louis is able to get over the retaining wall, but Émile is not successful. Louis escapes, accidentally knocks someone off a bicycle, and rides off on the bicycle. Meanwhile we hear a chorus suggesting he's about to be captured (Ce sera bientôt fini = "It'll soon be over"). Louis heads into a village emblazoned with the words "Finishing Line" - the cyclist he knocked over was in a bicycle race, and Louis has won first prize.
Love and the Frenchwoman (1960)
, 2h17Directed by Jean-Paul Le Chanois, Christian-Jaque, René Clair, Michel Boisrond, Henri Decoin, Jean Delannoy, Henri Verneuil
Origin France
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Anthology film, Romance
Actors Darry Cowl, Sophie Desmarets, Pierre Mondy, Jacqueline Porel, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Alfred Adam
Rating61%
Gisèle Bazouche, neuf ans, demande « comment viennent les enfants » à ses parents. Ne sachant que lui répondre, ceux-ci, concierges d’un immeuble parisien, sollicitent l’aide de plusieurs locataires : une prostituée, un colonel et un enseignant.
Silence Is Golden (1947)
, 1h40Directed by René Clair
Origin France
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Maurice Chevalier, François Périer, Dany Robin, Marcelle Derrien, Roland Armontel, Raymond Cordy
Rating70%
The setting is Paris in the early 1900s ("1906, perhaps") and much of the action takes place in a silent film studio. Émile, a director, advises his shy young employee Jacques to adopt his own carefree attitude towards women ("one lost, ten found"). Émile takes under his wing Madeleine, the daughter of his old friend Célestin, when she arrives from the country; he offers her a place to stay and a job at his studio, and he starts to fall in love with her. When Jacques returns from military service, he and Madeleine are drawn to each other but they feel guilty about betraying the fatherly Émile. Émile finally realises the truth and decides that he must not stand in the young couple's way.
The Beauty of the Devil (1950)
, 1h33Directed by René Clair
Origin France
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Fantasy
Themes Films about religion, Demons in film, Films based on plays
Actors Michel Simon, Gérard Philipe, Carlo Ninchi, Simone Valère, Nicole Besnard, Gaston Modot
Rating72%
Le mythe de Faust revisité par le réalisme poétique français... Au seuil de la mort, le professeur d'université Faust est plein de regrets. Méphistophélès lui propose alors un pacte : vendre son âme en échange de la jeunesse et de la richesse, il lui montrera aussi l'avenir.
Beauties of the Night (1952)
, 1h29Directed by René Clair
Origin France
Genres Comedy, Fantasy, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians
Actors Gérard Philipe, Martine Carol, Gina Lollobrigida, Magali de Vendeuil, Paolo Stoppa, Marilyn Buferd
Rating68%
Impoverished piano teacher and composer Claude relinquishes fantasies about seducing beautiful rich women. One night a promising dream turns into a nightmare where he's chased by the violent husbands and brothers of his lovers. He gets up and tries to stay awake for fear of feeling haunted again. Hereby he meets his neighbour Suzanne who resembles a woman from his dream.
The Grand Manoeuvre (1955)
, 1h46Directed by René Clair
Origin France
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romance
Actors Michèle Morgan, Gérard Philipe, Jean Desailly, Yves Robert, Pierre Dux, Brigitte Bardot
Rating66%
Armand de la Verne, a lieutenant in the French cavalry and a notorious seducer, undertakes a bet that he will "obtain the favours" of a woman selected secretly by lot, before his company departs for its summer manoeuvres in a month's time. His target turns out to be Marie-Louise Rivière, a Parisian divorcée who runs a milliner's shop, and who is also being courted by the serious and respectable Victor Duverger. Marie Louise's growing attraction towards Armand is tempered by her discoveries about his reputation, while Armand's calculated strategy become undermined by his genuine emotions. A subplot follows the parallel but simpler courtship of Armand's friend and fellow officer Félix and Lucie, the young daughter of a photographer.
The Gates of Paris (1957)
, 1h35Directed by René Clair
Origin France
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Crime, Romance
Actors Pierre Brasseur, Henri Vidal, Dany Carrel, Annette Poivre, Raymond Bussières, Gabrielle Fontan
Rating70%
Artiste is an unemployed empoverished man who dwells in his own, derelict house with his likewise unemployed best friend Juju. One day they come across the wanted criminal Barbier hiding in their home. Juju admires the threefold murderer, yet when he witnesses him bragging about having compromised a girl for financial benefit, his feelings turn straight into the opposite and he shoots Barbier dead.
All the Gold in the World (1961)
, 1h28Directed by René Clair
Origin France
Genres Comedy
Actors Philippe Noiret, André Bourvil, Claude Rich, Michel Modo, Yves Barsacq, Annie Fratellini
Rating61%
Outré par le bruit et la pollution des villes, Victor Hardy, homme d'affaires, décide d'acheter le petit village de Cabosse ainsi que tout son canton, et de spéculer sur l'eau de la fontaine, aux prétendues vertus de longévité. Mais il se heurte au vieux Mathieu, un paysan obstiné, et son fils, qui refusent de vendre...