Jean Servais

En un asilo, los pacientes son sometidos a ver películas de terror para un estudio psiquiátrico. Todos se vuelven locos.

Samuel Makian sale de prisión. Es un rico arquitecto y su hija Natalie ha desaparecido. Queriendo encontrarla a todo precio, se mete en el mundo de la prostitución. Se infiltra con los proxenetas y decide ir solo para solucionar el problema. Su encuentro con Beppo Manzini, que es considerado como autor material de la desaparición de Natalie le hace conocer muchos enigmas hasta entonces encubiertos.

The young artist Wanda Leibovitz comes to Paris, hoping to forget unfortunate love. Soon after arrival directly at the station Wanda meets the mysterious old woman suggesting to rent at it the room (whom the old woman, allegedly, held ready for the now deceased sister). Wanda doesn't know yet that this room will change all her life shortly after it slightly opens a mysterious forbidden door.

French gangster movie

Una tétrica mansión se convierte en una trampa sangrienta para siete turistas (cada uno de los cuales representa uno de los Pecados Capitales), convirtiéndose uno a uno en víctimas de un demoníaco súcubo que tiene la apariencia de una bella y joven mujer.

Tom Proby is a representative from a British engineering firm sent to Sicily to convince the landowners (all in the Mafia) to allow his company to build an oil refinery on some waterfront real estate. Proby talks to the mob bosses about the project, but disagreements between different bosses complicate his efforts.

Free-lance undercover agent Coplan receives a phone call from an old girlfriend in Turkey. The panic-stricken woman gives sketchy details of a plot that threatens world security. When Coplan arrives, he is told the woman has been killed, and the trail of the murderer leads to her mad-scientist brother.

A thinly-disguised biography of African leader Patrice Lumumba, here called Lalubi. Lalubi, a Christ-like leader determined to save his people, by passive resistance, from the dictatorial regime propped up by European colonialists, is imprisoned and tortured, along with a thief who comes to a greater understanding through his contact with Lalubi.

El robo de una fuerte suma de dinero que debe ser trasladada desde los casinos de Las Vegas hasta los bancos de San Francisco es un buen reclamo para una banda de ladrones. Lo malo es que, una vez realizado el golpe, inesperadamente las ambiciones de los miembros de la banda entran en colisión.

Surrealist short film of images viewed to a surrealist poem by Max Ernst.

Un espía francés en Viena es sospechoso de ser un agente doble, y envían a un colega suyo a investigar. Cuando el supuesto agente doble es secuestrado por los soviéticos, su compleja red de contactos comienza a ser desenredada para poder encontrar un microfilm importante que estaba en su poder.

Al teniente coronel Pierre Raspegury, jefe de una división paracaidista del ejército francés derrotada en Vietnam, le comunican que ha sido relevado de su puesto y que su regimiento ha sido disuelto. Gracias a las influencias de la Condesa viuda De Clairefons, consigue un nuevo destino en Argelia en una misión de paz. Ella le promete que se casará con él si vuelve convertido en general. Sin embargo, lo que hace Raspegury es intentar persuadir al capitán Esclavier y a otros camaradas para vengar juntos la humillación sufrida en Vietnam.

In the First World War, when Paris is expected to fall to the Germans, the attractive widow, Princesse de Bormes, organises a convoy of cars to evacuate the wounded from the front, and bring them back to her villa in Paris to recuperate. The authorities will not give them passes until an innocent 16-year-old boy, Guillaume Thomas de Fontenoy, joins them and is mistaken as the nephew of the popular General de Fontenoy. The Princess is enraptured by Thomas and her daughter, Henriette, falls in love with him. However Thomas feels impelled to see more of the action of the war.

Un confidente de la policía muere asesinado por los hombres de Leprince, un poderoso político que controla el tráfico de drogas de toda Sudamérica. Aprovechando su fama de hombre respetable, presenta su candidatura a la Presidencia del Senado, pero, a partir de ese momento, todos los que intervinieron en el asesinato serán eliminados.

El soldado francés Adrien Dufourquet está a punto de pasar una semana de permiso más ajetreada de lo esperable. Mientras se dirige a París para visitar a su novia, se produce el robo de una estatuilla de origen amazónico en el Museo del Hombre de la capital. Los ladrones se llevan, además, al profesor Chatillón, miembro de la expedición que halló el objeto, y a su novia. Cuando Adrien aterriza en París tiene que seguir el rastro de los secuestradores hasta Río, Brasilia y el corazón del Amazonas.

The fiancée of a gangster who has been shot by the police takes an entire police station hostage, armed with a revolver and a bottle of nitroglycerine...

An African physician returns home after studying medicine in Paris. He marries and settles down to life in the bucolic splendor of his native land. When he has a confrontation with a white plantation owner, the white man sees red and casts a spell on the African doctor. Although he realizes the curse is an ancient tribal superstition, he still is plagued by the ghost of his late first wife. The black doctor and the white man are assimilated into cultures in which neither of them were born in this vexing jungle tale.

Reconstrucción con todo lujo de detalles de uno de los episodios claves para el desarrollo de la II Guerra Mundial: el desembarco en las playas de Normandía llevado a cabo por las tropas aliadas en junio de 1944.

Film de sketches que giran en torno al mensaje del título.

The Dumas story about Siamese twins separated at birth but who have a strong psychic link.

Una docena de elegantes personas se reúne en la mansión de un exitoso escritor. Siguiendo la tradición de Agatha Christie, todos ellos tienen algo que esconder. Entre los invitados, figura uno que es odiado por todos los demás, por sus formas de actuar y su malevolencia. Los invitados comienzan el juego de la verdad, un juego donde se supone que no debes decir mentiras. Las preguntas se vuelven cada vez más íntimas y precisas, y los ánimos irán en aumento. En medio de este clima, alguien es asesinado, pero, ¿quién lo hizo?

Un nuevo rico vuelve a París después de hacer fortuna en África. Busca esposa y pone un anuncio en el periódico. Eso le convierte en objetivo de unos delincuentes...

An enigmatic woman recruits a gang of specialised criminals to rob a US Army payroll armoured truck bound for Marseilles. However, things don't go exactly as planned.

Danielle Darrieux stars in this French thriller as a singer having an affair with her accompanist. When her husband dies in an automobile accident, the two lovers suspect each other of having murdered him. Soon after, they receive 45 rpm records with the dead man’s voice, threatening to come back.

Cuando el gobernador de la prisión situada en un país imaginario de la América latina es asesinado, su secretario, Ramón Vázquez, asume el rol de gobernador en funciones a la espera que llegue el nuevo mandatario. Vázquez, un idealista, aprovecha esta oportunidad para intentar mejorar las condiciones de los prisioneros y empezar una relación con la viuda del antiguo gobernador, Inés.

Jean, director artístico de una revista de modas, está casado con una hermosa modelo, Sylvie. Ambos trabajan para André Reverdy, un cínico que echa los tejos a Sylvie sin disimulos. Jean, convencido de que su mujer le ha traicionado, espera a Reverdy a las puertas de su apartamento y le mata.

A Dutch slave captain, on a voyage to Cuba, faces a revolt fomented by a newly captured African slave, Tamango. The slaves capture the captain's mistress, forcing a showdown.

Quand la Femme S'en Mele (When the Woman Butts In) stars French film favorite Edwige Feuillere as a high-class gangster's moll named Maine. When Maine's first husband and daughter pay a visit, it's an awkward time for our heroine and her current amour, gang boss Godot (Jean Servais). In addition to fielding a lot of embarrassing questions, Godot also has to deal with a pesky turf war with a rival mobster. Not that the ex-husband is a paragon of virtue: he's busy trying to get even with a crooked business associate.

Pierre is an engine driver who adopts a small girl, a WWI orphan. A widower, he sees in her the image of her mother.

En los años 20, estando Grecia bajo la ocupación turca, los habitantes de un pequeño pueblo se preparan para la representación anual de La Pasión. La llegada de unos refugiados, provenientes de una aldea saqueada por los turcos, altera la armonía de la villa, pues los aldeanos, convencidos que si se muestran amables con esos refugiados perderán el favor de los invasores, deciden expulsarlos y no ayudarlos. Manolios, un pastor al cual le ha sido dado el papel de Jesucristo en la representación teatral, tratará de convencer a la gente del poblado para tener piedad de los refugiados. (FILMAFFINITY)

How to make the most of a defeat. How to make money from Napoleon's fiasco at Waterloo.

Pacos Le Maltais, leader of a gang, lays down the law on the quay of Marseille. He fires one of his henchmen, Le Chinois, who killed a woman during the last bank stickup.

A good cast smooths over the rough spots of Les Heros sont Fatigues. The scene is the African republic of Liberia, which in this film proves to be a stopping-off point for a number of shady characters. Yves Montand plays a French ex-pilot who becomes involved in a scheme to smuggle stolen diamonds. His cohorts include a Nazi collaborator, a German refugee, and the white mistress of a prominent Liberian. A romance develops between the ex-pilot and the aforementioned mistress. Meanwhile, one of the conspirators (Curt Jurgens) has a last-minute attack of conscience, effectively queering the deal. The steamier romantic passages in Les Heros sont Fatigues had to be trimmed for American consumption.

Después de cumplir cinco años de condena, Tony Le Stephanois sale de prisión con la intención de cambiar de vida, pero se encuentra con que su antigua amante está con un conocido gángster. Así las cosas, y careciendo de recursos económicos, no le queda más remedio que volver a su vida pasada y reunirse con sus viejos compinches. Durante semanas prepara minuciosamente con ellos un golpe perfecto: el atraco a una inaccesible joyería de París.

Taking advantage of the shooting of a film, gangsters stage a hold -up. A black man, Selim, is unfairly accused.

Aunque el matrimonio de Françoise y Henri marcha bien, él tiene una aventura romántica que es descubierta por una amiga de su mujer. Resentida por la infidelidad de su marido, Françoise se muda a la calle de la Estrapada, situada en un barrio de artistas bohemios. Allí sucumbirá a los encantos de Robert, un joven y desaliñado músico existencialista, que carece de recursos.

A romantic German girl is brought to France. After an interlude with an old roue, she falls in love with a simple, but married, man. She goes to work for him as a servant, but after a night of love with him, she commits suicide.

Adaptación de tres cuentos del escritor francés Guy de Maupassant que versan sobre el placer: (1) Un hombre extraño, que asiste a un popular baile de máscaras en París, baila hasta caer extenuado. El médico que lo atiende descubre sorprendido que tras la máscara se oculta un anciano. Cuando lo acompaña a su casa, la esposa le cuenta al médico la triste historia del bailarín. (2) A Madame Tellier, que regenta un prostíbulo, la invita su hermano Joseph a la primera comunión de su hija. La Madame cierra el negocio y se traslada con sus pupilas a la lejana granja de Joseph para asistir a la ceremonia. Terminada la fiesta, regresan al prostíbulo en medio del regocijo de los hombres, que ya las echaban de menos. (3) Un famoso artista se enamora de su bella modelo Josephine. Sólo pinta retratos de ella y alcanza el éxito, pero su historia de amor tiene un final inesperado.

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.

A mysterious figure signing himself "The Ferret" keeps sending letters to the police, tipping them off about murders that are to be committed around Paris. Among those caught up in the police manhunt is a fraudulent clairvoyant.

Anne seeks revenge on Jacques who betrayed her trust. She decides to poison him and the people close to him.

During the cold and rainy off-season a man arrives in a seaside town and, giving his name only as Pierre, checks into the only hotel which remains open. His arrival arouses curiosity and a degree of suspicion, as people note that he appears to know the area, yet gives no explanation for his presence at that bleak time of year in the dead-end town.

Short documentary on Paul Gauguin by Alain Resnais

This flashback heavy melodrama is a loose adaptation of Leo Tolstoy’s novella The Kreutzer Sonata named after the Beethoven piece. The story concerns marriage, divorce, love, carnal lust and jealousy.

A sinister fortress on an island where the sun never seems to shine. An officer whose values have long gone a thing of the past.

An old man about to die gives all his fortune to a young beggar he meets in an Arabian town. He takes him to his house (now the poor man's property) and he strongly advises him not to open one of the doors, the seventh door. "I could throw the key into the sea" says the young lad" No use, you'd dive to get it back". The young man is curious and he cannot resist temptation: he opens the forbidden door. A strange world is waiting for him where a girl, Leila, will be his guide .

In a slum set to be demolished, dramas are played out among the picturesque slum dwellers, including a young couple who, denounced by the police, are forced to leave home.

An aristocrat instigates divorce proceedings against his son-in-law, a commoner and the ex-owner of night club "La Vie de Plaisir".

Daughter of a French officer and an Annamite, Mahlia was brought up in Indochina by Mr. and Mrs. de Roussière. Their son, Henri, would like to marry her but they are against it. Mahlia flees and Henri is killed for trying to protect her. The young girl enters the Mission to raise children there in the love of France.

In Central Europe, an organization of counterfeiters is headed by Burcq. An Air France pilot introduces an intelligence agent to the principality. A woman, Helene, betrays them first, then in love with Francois, the pilot, helps the two friends to escape.

In a lost village in Lapland, Gérard comes to the aid of his friend Anders, in conflict with his father, a rich owner of gold mines.

Mademoiselle Bressac is a bossy spinster who manages "Le Clos", her estate, with an iron hand. But is she really a bad person? Her manners are abrupt but they only hide a heart of gold. Doesn't she bring up four orphans, Dominique, Fabien, Chantal and Jean? And as if it were not enough, she has accepted to educate another child, her niece Patricia, entrusted to her care by her irresponsible father. Thanks to her, the five young people have grown up in harmony and now they are about to find their place in society. Two of them, Jean and Patricia, who love each other, live only for the estate.

An ambitious and perverse adventurer sows dissension and ruin in a wealthy family of industrialists.

An airplane manufacturer asks his son-in-law to try out the prototypes he builds. This one ends up having an accident because of fatigue, and pushes the sacrifice to help his rival.

Taking advantage of their uncle's absence, André and Raymond Rafet organize a New Year's Eve party at his house. The uncle returns unexpectedly, disturbs the party, threatens his nephews to disinherit them and then locks himself in his office. A few minutes later, he is found dead, poisoned.

Two campers meet two young girls in the Landes. Love will bloom, with its heartbreaks.

For years now, Chief inspector Gustave Picard has been trying to bring down Salviati, the dreadful leader of a drug-selling gang. Lucienne Préville, an informer who works for him, has infiltrated the gang but her position is dangerous. On the other hand, Scoppa, Salviati's former right-hand man, has started challenging his former boss. Will Salviati, the brutal public enemy, clear off at last?

At the borders of the Saharan desert, the dramatic situation of a battalion of light infantry attacked by the enemy.

After winning the lottery, an orphan who wants to find a husband asks a hotel porter to be her father.

A young settler from Algeria is in love with the boss's niece. Of course, the father of the young man is formally opposed to the marriage. But helped by his mother and by the kingpin himself, the boy achieves his goals.

Angèle is a 1934 French drama film directed, produced and written by Marcel Pagnol. It stars Orane Demazis as a naive young woman who is seduced and abandoned. It is based on the novel Un de Baumugnes by Jean Giono.

A young woman flees with her lover, after having killed her brutal husband; hoping to live a few hours of happiness, before his arrest...

After being saved from suicide due to an unhappy marriage, Marie hesitates between two other men, but lands up rejoining her husband in the colonies as she now expects a baby.

Dr. Holk leads an isolated and lonely existence in a small, Dutch colony in the tropics. Having fled from love and civilization, his only companions now are alcohol and his work, which takes him to villages ravaged by dirt, fever and a strange illness which turns innocent people into madmen: Amok. One day, he is called on by Helene Haviland, who asks him to abort her lover's child before her husband returns from abroad. Even though Holk is enchanted by her seductive beauty, he haughtily refuses her request. Rejected, the woman turns to a Chinese practitioner. When Holk tracks her down in a dirty dive, it's already too late for the two of them.

Adaptación de la novela de Victor Hugo en tres partes. Un ladrón convicto, Jean Valjean, obtiene libertad condicional tras diecinueve años de cárcel.

The singer Saltore is accused of the murder of his wife's lover, and is sentenced to ten years' hard labour. His daughter proves his innocence when she discovers the culprit to be his wife, who wanted to end an embarrassing love affair.

A wrongfully convicted man finds himself suspected of a crime committed in his prison.

One of the most popular melodrama films directed by Abel Gance. A paranoide, fanatical and obsessively jealous husband obducts his own son to bully his wife.