A country road, front-wheel drive. A man, Victor, is waiting. A convertible pulls up. Linda and another man come out. All three take up arms and get into traction to rob Victor's brother-in-law. In their absence, a wanderer from the woods approaches the car. He hides under the back seat cover, when the gangsters come back. Coldly, Linda kills her accomplices to keep the loot. Back in Paris, stripper by profession, she performs her last stripping and returns home. The wanderer was waiting for him. He demands a million from her for her silence.
Maubru
A professor experimenting in suspended animation accidentally shrinks his dog and later, his female lab assistant, when she drinks the liquid by accident and shrinks to 3 inches tall. The professor keeps her in his pocket until he can find an antidote. Sometimes she's naked, too.
ルネ・クレマン監督が1952年に手がけ、同年のベネチア国際映画祭で金獅子賞、アカデミー賞で名誉賞（後の外国語映画賞）などに輝いた、映画史上の不朽の名作。ナルシソ・イエペスのギター演奏による主題曲「愛のロマンス」の哀愁に満ちた旋律も広く知られる。第2次世界大戦中のフランス。ドイツ軍によるパリ侵攻から逃れる途中、爆撃により両親と愛犬を亡くした5歳の少女ポーレットは、ひとりさまよううちに11歳の農民の少年ミシェルと出会う。ミシェルから死んだものは土に埋め、お墓を作ることを教わったポーレットは、子犬を埋め、十字架を供える。これをきっかけに、お墓を作って十字架を供える遊びに夢中になった2人は、教会や霊柩車からも十字架を持ち出してしまうが……。日本では53年に初公開。2018年9月、デジタルリマスター版でリバイバル公開（パンドラ配給）。2020年8月には、人気声優による名画吹き替えプロジェクト「NEW ERA MOVIES」で新たに制作された吹き替え版（ポーレット役＝戸松遥／ミシェル・ドレ役＝小松未可子、ジョゼフ・ドレ役＝稲田徹）で公開される（モービー・ディック配給）。
Ludovic
A couple of dancers performs in a night club. The man is jealous of Gina, his partner,and keeps making scenes to her, going as far as bullying her on the stage during their act. A man gets killed. The dancer is suspected for being jealous of all the other men. Another potential culprit could the father of Gina since he overprotected his daughter. The real culprit will be unmasked after the police detective finds the murder has something to with the Occupation period.
Albert
"Le Tambourin", a Montmartre nightclub, is on its way down. Although it can boast great performances by the alluring Les Bluebell Girls and by Jacques Hélian's lively Big Band the venue does not attract people anymore. Nightclub patrons now prefer the jazz cellars of Saint-Germain-des-Prés. Taking this new taste into account, the staff of the "Tambourin" and Jacques Hélian decide to set up their own club, "La Pivoine Ecarlate". They are joined by Pâquerette, a flower vendor and amateur singer, and by Jean-Pierre Francis, an existentialist poet...
Hercule (uncredited)
The eccentric characters of a street from the comic designs of Andre Dubout are brought to life with human performers instead of drawings.
(uncredited)
After a crazy night spent at Maxim's, Doctor Montgicourt returns home with the Môme Shrimp. General Petypon invites her to his castle for the engagement of his niece and Lieutenant Corrignon, the kid's lover. The reception is likely to be very busy...
Cochu, a peasant, is the whipping boy of his regimental comrades. He is called "buffer of the capiston", that is to say the captain's order. But he finds himself in the service of Hortense, the captain's sister.
