Victor Hugo
Ambiciosa producción sobre la historia de París que narra con sentido del humor las peripecias de personajes como María Antonieta, Beaumarchais, Victor Hugo, el cardenal Richelieu o Luis XVI. El polifacético Sacha Guitry la dirigió, escribió el guión y se reservó el papel de Luis XI.
Le professeur Dutoit
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.
Le médecin
Henri Chatelard is well in his forties, owns a restaurant and a cinema in the city, and appreciate women. When he meets Marie, a 18ish stronghead who just lost her father in a small fishermen village, it is not clear who is the hunter and who is the prey.
un critique
A beautiful young pianist falls for her mentor.
A shareholder
Kohlman, the attorney for the Fournil bank, diverts money from the institution. To hide his malpractices, he imagines to remove the director, the young and overconfident Clement Fournil, during a cruise at sea on the yacht Emile Frechisse.
Napoléon 1er
The film is a 125-minute, black-and-white biography of French priest and diplomat Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord (1754–1838), who served for 50 years under five different French regimes: the Absolute Monarchy, the Revolution, the Consulate, the Empire, and the Constitutional Monarchy. Its title comes from one of the main historical nicknames for Talleyrand, that he shares with demon king Asmodeus and English poet Lord Byron.
Jeweler
For fun and to dazzle his wife, the novelist Morgan steals a ring and gets rid of it in the costume jewelry section of a supermarket. Sophie buys the diamond, which forces the novelist to embark on crazy adventures to recover the jewel.
Le Père du Marié
Antoine y Antoinette Moulin (Roger Pigaut y Claire Mafféi), una humilde pareja francesa, ha perdido un billete ganador de la lotería y con ello la oportunidad de cambiar sus vidas. Ganadora del premio al mejor filme psicológico y de amor en el Festival de cine de Cannes de 1947, el cineasta galo Jacques Becker ('La evasión') nos ofrece una alegre fábula sobre el afecto, la suerte y el azar
The Dominican Reverend
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.
Monsieur Breteuil dit le petit caporal
Monsieur Hire, enamorado de su vecina Alice, es sospechoso de un asesinato cometido por su amante.
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París, 1945. Tras la liberación de la ciudad por los Aliados, Jean Diego se encuentra con un vagabundo que le predice que se enamorará de una bella mujer, pero que las próximas horas que va a vivir serán dramáticas. La profecía se hace realidad y Jean conoce a Marlou, una joven cuyo matrimonio la hace infeliz.
Roger Laroque is now a rich man. He returns to France under the name of William Farnell. There, he discovers that on the one hand his wife has died of a broken heart and on the other that his daughter Suzanne is in love with Raymond de Noirville, the son of his former mistress. With the help of a few friends, Roger coldly prepares his revenge.
Director of a music hall, the dubious Ribero, to save himself from bankruptcy, only hopes for the victory of his horse. An English lord enlists his crack Master Love in the race. Ribero will try to prevent its departure. He is thwarted in his dark projects by the lord's daughter, captain of a troop of girls, and by a wise and determined sportsman who does not hesitate, for the occasion, to become a jockey. Master Love wins the race, Ribero is confused, a few weddings are celebrated.
Doctor Baudouin
Fabienne believes herself to be cheated on by her husband Claude and divorces her. He leaves for America and does not return until eight years later. He then meets his daughter.
Napoléon Premier
The history of one of France's most famous streets is retold, featuring multiple performances from Guitry himself.
Jeanne supports supports his family on his modest salary. Her boss is arrested for fraud. Jeanne is forced, out of poverty, in the street.
Un ouvrier
A propaganda film of the communist party of France, showing how the comrades help the proletariat against the capitalists.
Talkie remake of a 1927 silent about the adventures of the notorious womaniser and venetian adventurer Chevalier Giacomo Casanova. Action starts in Venice and then the plot takes Casanova to France and Russia.
Napoléon III
During a stay in Seville, Empress Eugénie was charmed by the song of Violetta, a flower girl of gypsy origin. She invites her to Paris where she becomes a prima donna.
Napoléon
An adaptation of the play L'Aiglon by Edmond Rostand, which portrays the life of Napoleon I.
Napoleon
A French washerwoman becomes a duchess and a friend of Napoleon.