A lawyer
A lovely young nurse finds herself framed for the murder of a hospital patient who died after she administered an injection.
Le curé
le grand-père de Françoise
Photographer Henri Barbier is lured by his old friend Barbara to fake the theft of her jewels. It turns out that he is suspected of murder and extortion, while Barbara and her lover are the culprits, which is eventually revealed.
Un assesseur (uncredited)
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.
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A small child, fascinated by a lighter-than-air balloon, clambers aboard. The balloon takes flight, lifting the child upward to an amazing adventure. The land-bound adults have conniptions as the balloon wafts by; the child has nothing more than a great time.
Un valet de chambre (uncredited)
Brigitte es la hija de un importante político. Se encapricha con el jefe de gabinete de su padre y recurrirá a todo tipo de artimañas para conseguirlo. Se concierta la boda, el problema es que el novio no está enamorado de Brigitte. Celosa porque siente que su marido no la quiere, vuelve a idear un retorcido plan para conquistarlo.
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At Christmastime, the love affairs of five clothing models working for Pierre Roussel, a renowned Paris fashion designer. Marlène hesitates between two suitors. Blanche, who loves Jean, Roussel's son, wants him to talk to his father about their relationship. Catherine learns that her lover has a wife and two kids. Jeannette throws herself into the arms of an Oriental prince. In despair the fifth one attempts to commit suicide...
Le docteur Delécluze - un invité (uncredited)
You never can tell. Jean had always been one of the most confirmed bachelors that kept swearing to anyone that would listen he would never put a ring on a female finger. But that was before he met Juliette, a capricious but irresistibly lovely young woman. Well, what else can you do when you fall dead in love with a creature of the kind? And too bad if their honeymoon proved catastrophic. To say nothing of their housing problems : what to do when neither husband nor wife has any money? How to build one's love nest when the housing crisis rages? How to get by when your wife has luxury tastes?
A spectator at the theater (uncredited)
Bertal, a despotic and hated theater director, is assassinated before a performance of Macbeth in which he was to play with Aurélia Nobli, his companion and Ludovic Arn, her lover. The police arrive on the scene and the investigation begins. Suspicion first falls on Sigurd, an old actor who had threatened Bertal. But parallels appear between the characters in the play and the actors who play them.
Le prêtre
Junio de 1940. Centenares de franceses, entre los que se encuentran la pequeña Paulette y sus padres, se dirigen en un desesperado éxodo hacia el sur de Francia. Los aviones nazis sobrevuelan el camino y bombardean sin piedad a la multitud. Los padres de Paulette y su perro mueren durante el ataque. Alguien lanza el cadáver del animal al río, pero la niña, incapaz de separarse de él, decide seguirlo, lo que propicia su encuentro con Michel, un chico de once años, que la lleva a la granja de sus padres, donde es muy bien acogida.
Un assesseur (uncredited)
A railway worker, Leguignon, and his wife are forced to move into a house located in a shaggy part of town. What Leguignon doesn't know is that a group of children have discovered a treasure and keeps it stored in the house. Trouble ensues when he discovers the cache and tries to claim it as his own.
Un ami (uncredited)
The evocation of Paris in the 1920s mingles with the rapid rise of the irresistible Caprice, a talented singer, and her tumultuous love affair with Jeff the composer. A photographer nicknamed Bagnolet, a gentle anarchist, gently monitors the activities of Caprice, who has become Lady Paname and, in the absence of morality, makes love triumph.
An aristocrat instigates divorce proceedings against his son-in-law, a commoner and the ex-owner of night club "La Vie de Plaisir".