Serge Menessier has been paid to shoot a reportage on his ex-wife's depression. Now remarried, he has accepted the job to pay his debts and maybe because he is still in love with her, a famous actress whose career he contributed to launch.
La directrice
Por un lado, es una divertida alegoría política antitotalitaria a lo "Ubu Rey", de Alfred Jarry; por el otro, una fascinante recreación del cine mudo con ramalazo nórdico. En una isla ficticia habitada por seres humanos cuyos nombres comienzan con la letra G, un condenado a muerte es amnistiado por capricho del monarca. Sin querer, este personaje descubre que la Reina (encarnada por Ligia Branice, musa y pareja sentimental de Borowczyk) mantiene relaciones sexuales con su profesor de equitación. Los acontecimientos se precipitan: hay suicidios, asesinatos, ajustes de cuentas y hasta una resurrección surrealista. La escena de los funerales inspiró una muy similar en la película "Institut Benjamenta", de los hermanos Quay.
Miss Watson
A TV movie about Huckleberry Finn, directed by Marcel Cravenne and released in France back in 1967.
The owner of the cabaret
En 1930 la población de Düsseldorf se ve aterrorizada por los crímenes de un asesino que ataca a las mujeres durante la noche. Nadie sospecha de Peter Kurten, obrero taciturno, tranquilo e inquilino modelo, cuya presencia, por el contrario, tranquiliza a su patrona. Cada noche, sin embargo, sale elegantemente vestido con el único fin de ir a aplaudir en una sala de fiestas de la periferia a una joven cantante llamada Anna, a quien ni siquiera se atreve a acercarse. Cuando vuelve a su casa es cuando asesina a su víctimas presas de pánico. El comisario Monberg, encargado de la investigación, esperaba deternerle después del asesinato de una joven provinciana, Paula, cuya amiga, Rosa, aportaba un precioso testimonio.
Tante Marthe
Cinco niñas pasan sus vacaciones en una antigua mansión en medio de una granja en el sur de Francia, cerca de Soledor. La señora de la casa tiene un secreto que las cinco chicas intentarán descubrir. Asumen que es un tesoro escondido en alguna parte... pero es solo una manera de ocultar un hecho dramático que preocupa a una de las chicas.
The nun
Un estudiante matriculado en un colegio católico de chicos, en la Francia de los años treinta, comienza a colaborar en una campaña iniciada por sus profesores para frenar cualquier tipo de relación más allá de la pura amistad que pueda surgir entre los alumnos.
Christine
Pommes-Chips acaba de salir de la cárcel y se encuentra con que Jack está saliendo y viviendo con su novia. Pommes-Chips le persigue hasta en el teatro, y mientras el primo de Jack está en plena obra, Jack mata accidentalmente al gángster. Lo que da lugar a una sucesión de enredos, y más aun, cuando se conoce que el cadáver llevaba en su bolsillo un boleto de las carreras de hípica con una importante suma de premio.
Three girls in Paris is the story of three Danish girls (Ghita Nørby, Susse Wold and Hanne Borchsenius) traveling to Paris, but after having placed suitcase and money on the hotel and takes off in the city, they forget what it's called and where it is located. They are helped by a Parisian taxi driver, and meets a series of typical French.
Mme. Lapeyre
A bourgeois family, who is harassed and humiliated, ruins their young maids without pay for several years.
La logeuse de Gilbert
Dominique Marceau es juzgada por el asesinato de Gilbert Tellier, un músico lleno de talento recién salido del Conservatorio. Los abogados intentan encontrar un móvil que explique su conducta. ¿Pasión, venganza o accidente? Entre los testigos están los conocidos de Gilbert, los antiguos amantes de Dominique y, además, su hermana Anne, estudiante de violín y prometida de Gilbert. Los datos que van proporcionando los testigos permiten reconstruir las personalidades de Dominique y Gilbert y son más útiles que las elocuentes alegaciones de los abogados.
Miss Giraud
Una aburrida ama de casa, Anne, es testigo del asesinato de una mujer por su novio en un bar. De casualidad, conoce un hombre, Chauvin, un trabajador, quien comparte su fascinación por el asesinato. Mientras los dos discuten sobre la historia de la trágica pareja y especulan sobre las circunstancias que llevaron al asesinato, Anne se encuentra atraída por Chauvin...
Aunt Yvonne
Una joven de provincias, ChouChou (Brigitte Bardot) QUE es descubierta por Judith (Micheline Presle) se enamora de Michael (Luois Jourdan), que sin embargo la trata como a una hija. Cansada de este trato se hace acompañar de un famoso modelo y la estrategia comienza a dar sus frutos.
Galla Placidia
Atila y sus guerreros arrasan el norte de Europa, reduciendo a todo el que se atreva a oponerse a ellos. Sólo la proverbial entereza del Papa Leo I convencerá a Atila de abandonar su devastador saqueo de la Península italiana...
Madame Guerchepinte
Madame Perchepeinte
La comtesse
Louise Mériadec
La Supérieure (as Colette Regis)
Teresa (Juliette Greco) estaba a punto de ingresar en un convento, pero debido a la muerte de sus padres decide dedicarse a cuidar de su hermana Denise (Irene Galter), que ha sido violada por Max (Philippe Lemaire). Teresa intenta que Max repare el agravio, pero lo que ocurre es que Max acaba enamorándose de ella.
Mme de Montijo
Durante un paseo por el Sacromonte, la gitana Violeta leyó en la mano de la joven Eugenia de Montijo su futuro como emperatriz. Algún tiempo después, Violeta se establece en Paris como doncella personal de la Emperatriz de Francia. En la corte vive Don Juan de Ayala, un primo de Eugenia que intenta seducir a la hermosa gitana.
Mabelle
In Paris in 1314, the knight Jean Buridan is in love with Mirtille but the young woman is already coveted by the king's brother.
Mr and Mrs Barbezat,Concierges are to marry their only daughter to a butcher's boy. Both the in-laws and the groom have an obsession: come what may, they are keen on honoring their engagements: promises are made to be kept is their motto. And when, on the wedding day, the unfortunate parents cannot provide the newly weds with...the "Mérinos" mattress which is part of the bride's Trousseau ,they are desperate. The husband will spend the whole wedding festivities trying to keep his word.
Amélie
A marquis organizes a matrimonial contest with the aim of enriching three spinsters.
The Marquise (uncredited)
André (Daniel Gélin) es un simpático Don Juan, que ha caído enamorado de la preciosa Catherine. Sin embargo, eso no le impide remememorar las gracias y favores de sus antiguas conquistas femeninas, como Christine, Minouche, Denise, etc. Pero eso no será fácil de compaginar con el amor de Catherine.
A guest (uncredited)
Catherine, 18, loved Jean, a young accountant, who loved her in return. And yet, one morning, two policemen find their dead bodies on a stretch of waste ground. The case is obvious: the two young people have killed themselves. But why? Chief Inspector Ernest Plonche, feeling upset, decides to investigate personally.
Mrs. Lebreton
Zoé, a pretty penniless girl, decides on the advice of her neighbor to embark on gallantry. After a brief failure, she meets a young boy, Jacques Lebreton who is about to get married. After causing the failure of this arranged marriage, she will have to play the role of wife of Jacques with his family, until the arrival of the uncle from America.
Madame Turgot
El ex conductor de locomotoras Raymond Pinsard pierde la vista como consecuencia de un accidente de trabajo. Alentado por sus familiares, decide asistir a un centro de rehabilitación, con la esperanza de recuperar parcialmente la vista...
Passing for crazy and locked up, the CEO of a company escapes from the asylum and claims that he is the captain of a troop of pirates. To the disappointment of the director of the company and in the company of three employees, he accomplishes many extravagances which will be beneficial for his acolytes.
Madame Prévost (uncredited)
Identite Judiciare stars Raymond Souplex as wily French police inspector Basquier. The villain is Berthet (Jean Debucourt), a high-ranking government official. Basquier suspects that Berthet is a vicious murderer, but is unable to prove anything thanks to bureaucratic interference. Thus, the good inspector plays a waiting game a la Columbo, hoping for that one fatal slip on the part of the killer. Certain portions of Identite Judiciare proved a bit too intense for American audiences, and were accordingly snipped by the censors.
Mme Prévost, la mère de la jeune disparue
Identite Judiciare stars Raymond Souplex as wily French police inspector Basquier. The villain is Berthet (Jean Debucourt), a high-ranking government official. Basquier suspects that Berthet is a vicious murderer, but is unable to prove anything thanks to bureaucratic interference. Thus, the good inspector plays a waiting game a la Columbo, hoping for that one fatal slip on the part of the killer. Certain portions of Identite Judiciare proved a bit too intense for American audiences, and were accordingly snipped by the censors.
L'infirmière-chef
Fates of multiple otherwise disconnected characters intertwine miraculously under the sky of Paris. And it all happens in one day.
La marquise de Bièvre
La joven aristócrata que está celebrando su décimo sexto cumpleaños el 14 de julio 1789, Caroline de Bievre, vive dolorosamente la Revolución al mismo tiempo que trata de encontrar a su primer amor: Gastón Sallanches. Tirado a derecha e izquierda, en blanco y en azul, Caroline debe la vida a su físico y su sensualidad.
La cliente en bagarre
A woman in Paris hires a taxi driver to locate her ex-lover, father to her newborn child, who left her without leaving an address.
La tenancière de l'hôtel
Evelyne, a judge's young wife, falls in love with Rémy while vacationing in Italy. Upon returning home, she must decide between telling her husband and continuing to see Rémy.
Hortense - la mère de Lucie
Elsa Lundestein, criada de Maurice Vaudreamont, le ayuda en todas sus investigaciones, ya que éste está afectado por un cáncer. Sin embargo Maurice consigue que Elsa le prometa que acabará con su vida en caso de que sus investigaciones no obtengan resultados. El problema es cuando el suceso es visto ante un jurado.
The Countess (uncredited)
Louis Mennechain is a modest locksmith. So imagine his amazement when Professor Piétrefond approaches him and tells him he recognizes in him a descendant of the kings of France, more precisely of Louis XVII (the king who never reigned). According to him he is none other than the monarch's great grandson. Louis's life is soon turned upside down as he becomes the center of attention of a group of ardent royalists. Even a duchess "gives" him her love to make sure that he accepts his role as pretender to the throne...
Hopes and love and ambitions and friendship in a group of young jazz-loving Parisians.
Madame de Saint-Selve
Anne seeks revenge on Jacques who betrayed her trust. She decides to poison him and the people close to him.
Suzanne
In Paris, three models are murdered, being one of them the mistress of the fashion designer Dominique Airelle. It is the young inspector who is in charge of the affair.
Béatrice Arnold
The orphan Catherine Maguet, nicknamed "La grande Maguet", was taken in by a young and good chatelaine, Suzanne de Norvaisis. Edmond, the husband of the latter, during a trip abroad, falls madly in love with another and will go, to conquer this one, to poison his wife. Imprisoned then released, the lord will finally marry the one for whom he has become a criminal. But the great Maguet will avenge her beloved murdered benefactress...
Marquise
Portrait of a two-faced man. By day he is rich, brilliant and respectable financial officer Lussac; at night, he becomes "Mirror", a ruthless gang leader in Marseilles.
The Duchess of Alençon
Agnès Bonnardet leaves her parents to marry Claude Sironi, a painter who becomes famous but loses his talent. Meanwhile Agnes acquires a style of her own as an artist, which makes Claude jealous of his young wife. One day, he sends one of his own paintings to the Bazar de la Charité, a very trendy Paris department store, instead of one of his wife's works as ordered. Afraid of her being mad at him, he locks her up in the cloak room. A dreadful fire suddenly breaks out and sets the building ablaze.
Madame Rimbaut
The local building-contractor Martin Roumagnac is fascinated by the fashionable Blanche Ferrand. To impress Blache, Martin presents her with a villa. However, this ruins him financially. Despite Martin's many efforts for the now femme-fatal Blanche, she is not able to chose between him and the rich consul De Laubry.
La religieuse
Noël Bienvenu, owner of a career, is a widower and lives with his parents. His son Bastien, whom he despises, was sentenced to six months in prison for theft. Noël goes to see a dying friend, Romieux, who asks him to take care of his daughter Marthe, who has settled in Paris (Batignolles district). Noël goes there and discovers that Marthe is destitute (her lover Gaston being an incarcerated mobster): he then offers her to come and live with him and soon, marries her.
Madame Clapain dies in dubious circumstances at the home of the Cadifon ladies, of which she was a tenant. A friendly inspector and Thérèse Cadifon each carry out their own investigation.
Madame Duval (uncredited)
Un artista en apuros compra un talismán que le da amor, fama y riqueza. El talismán es una mano izquierda cortada, y funciona perfectamente, de hecho, mágicamente. Pero, por supuesto, no hay nada gratis en este mundo, y después de un año, el diablo viene y pide lo que le corresponde.
Madame Le Cloaguen
Picpus is a street and a subway stop where a number of murders have been committed. Maigret tries to find the killer.
Mme de Chanceau
The Paladines write crime novels together. In a cinema, they happen to see a report on the consequences of a shipwreck in which Lieutenant Dupuis tells about the death of an old man in the lifeboat carrying the survivors. Husband and wife agree that this could be the starting point of a new story and go and see Dupuis to get more details about the drama. When they come to his hotel Dupuis is dead with a bullet in his head. Police characterizes the death as suicide but Paladine has found a train ticket in the dead man's pocket. With his wife he takes the train to the specified destination, somewhere in the provinces...
La dame de l'association
Stuck in Angoulême between her uncle, who composes classical music, and her aunt, who is a fan of contemporary music, young Irène finds life boring. Fortunately, there is swing music which illuminates her days. So when, one day, Raymond Serre and his swing orchestra come to Angoulême, she seizes the opportunity to slip the copy of a song she has written into the pocket of one of the musicians. The trouble is that while she is doing so, the train she has boarded pulls out.
Caprices tells the story of two young rich people. A famous actress poses as a poor florist, and a distinguished society man camouflages himself as forger and swindler. This game leads them to make close relations in a series of adventures.
Madame Ferdinand
Antoine Mouret, an authoritarian restaurateur, is the head of a large family where, for reasons of interest, people only marry cousins. But some have other plans, Marcus especially when he meets a passing circus girl.
La marquise
Volpone, an elderly Venetian, connives with his money-crazed servant to convince his greedy friends that he is dying, knowing that each will try to curry favor with him in order to be named his heir. He is inundated with valuable gifts, and soon finds himself entangled deeper and deeper in a web of lies.
L'archiduchesse Isabelle
Julio de 1914, atentado de Sarajevo. Francisco Fernando de Austria, heredero del Imperio austrohúngaro, se enamoró de Sophie Chotek, una condesa checa. Las ideas políticas del archiduque ya resultaban bastante problemáticas para la familia real, pero este romance con una joven que no pertenecía a la realeza era inadmisible. La Corona, sin embargo, accedió a la unión matrimonial, pero despojando al heredero de sus poderes, que se limitaban a la rutinaria inspección de las tropas. Sophie solicitó permiso para acompañar a su marido en algunos viajes protocolarios. En julio de 1914, de visita en Sarajevo, la real pareja fue víctima de un atentado perpetrado por Princip, un estudiante nacionalista bosnio. Esta fue la causa inmediata de la Primera Guerra Mundial (1914-1918).
Three students from Saint-Cyr are sent to Syria to fight the rebels in the desert.
Victoire Pecqueux
Inspirada en la novela homónima de E. Zola. El maquinista de tren Lantier (Jean Gabin) es un hombre solitario marcado por el estigma hereditario de la locura. No puede reprimir su misoginia y su trato con las mujeres es muy violento. Solo es feliz mientras conduce su locomotora que cubre el trayecto desde Le Havre hasta París. Su gran error será hacerse amante de Sévérine (Simone Simon), que querría inducirlo a matar a su marido.
"Les Trois Valses" traces the love story of two people over three eras. In the first waltz (music based on Johann Strauss I), Yvonne is a sensitive Parisian ballet dancer, whose romance with a dashing officer is brought to an abrupt end by his family. She goes off to Vienna to become a big star. In the second waltz, her daughter, an even bigger star, but now of Paris music halls, has a brief flirtation with the rakish man-about-town who is the son of suitor number one. She throws him over pretty quickly for a chance to shine at a Gala performance. Finally, in the third waltz, the two get together, when she is a movie star, and he is posing as an insurance salesman.
