Max de Vaucorbeil

For Les étoiles ne meurent jamais, director/archivist Max De Vaucorbeil has assembled precious film clips of such Gallic greats as Louis Jouvet, Raimu, Harry Baur, Louis Salou and Marguerite Moreno. Francois Perier's narration links the various vignettes together. In its own way, Les Etoiles ne Maurent Jamais can be seen as a precursor to those now-ubiquitous "tributes" on such cable services as American Movie Classics and Turner Classic Movies.

모랄도(프랑코 인테르렝기 분), 리카르도(리카르도 펠리니 분), 레오폴도(레오폴도 트리에스테 분), 파우스토(프랑코 파브리치 분)와 알베르토(알베르토 소르디 분)는 리미니에 사는 다섯 명의 ‘청춘군상’들이다. 매일 할 일 없이 바에 모여 사소한 농담이나, 여자 이야기, 혹은 놀면서도 사치스럽게 돈을 쓰며 사는 꿈에 대한 이야기를 하며 바에서 시간을 때우는 삼십대의 친구들이다. 그런데 이들에게 변화가 생기기 시작한다. 어느 여름 맞이 축제에서 파우스토는 모랄도의 누이인 산드라에게 아이가 있다는 것을 알게 되고, 내키지는 않지만 자신의 책임임을 받아들이고 성구(聖句)를 파는 상점에서 일하기 시작한다. 한편, 파우스토의 친구들은 여전히 백수 생활을 하며 새 생활을 찾지 못한다. 특히 이들 중 가장 무모한 성격을 가진 알베르토는 누이가 벌어오는 돈에 빌붙어 살면서, 잘 살아보겠다고 발버둥치는 사람들을 비난한다. 모랄도는 자신이 살고 있는 곳이 너무도 촌스러워 더 이상 그곳에 동화되고 싶지 않다는 생각에 친구들을 멀리하기 시작한다. 한편, 못된 습성을 버리지 못한 파우스토는 사장의 부인과 위험한 관계를 맺는다. 다섯 친구들 모두 참석한 한 카니발의 야간 무도회에서 산드라는 파우스토의 부정을 알게 되고 눈물을 흘리며 아들을 데리고 달아난다. 파우스토는 자신의 무능력함과 잘못을 깨닫고 아내에게 용서를 빌러 가지만, 분노에 차 그를 기다리고 있던 산드라의 아버지가 혁대로 때리며 벌을 준다. 다음 날, 두 친구는 새로운 삶을 다시 시작하려 하고, 나머지는 또 다시 자포자기 하고, 꿈도 없고 희망도 없는 일상 속으로 돌아간다. 모랄도만이 새로운 삶을 찾아야 한다는 생각으로 등돌리고 떠나온 사람들을 생각하며 아침 일찍 조용히 기차에 오른다.

One of the first victories against the Nazis in World War II is when Parisians help allied forces drive the enemy out of occupied French Algeria.

A Parisian painter working in the Basque country succeeds in keeping together a young woman and her smuggler boyfriend, even though the artist has feelings for the intended bride himself, and then he completes a painting on the subject of the wedding.

A law student passed his exam in his first B.A. year in Paris ;he is in love with a girl who is not from the bourgeoisie and the boy is afraid his father might not approve of their union.

Alexis, a former war pilot, attempted the Paris-Tokyo raid and failed. He became a taxi driver. The film actress, Margot Fontane, forgets her bag in the taxi and Alexis thus meets her. He goes to see the great actress shoot, he is hired for a small role as an aviator, and to simulate a take-off, he flies to Tokyo. It is the signal of happiness for the two lovers.

Edwige, a rich American divorcee, goes to Morocco to look up an amazing pilot she once knew. The young woman's secretary, also an aviator, won't fly a plane because he was in a terrible accident. As he is in love with Edwige, the secretary does everything in his power to thwart her romance with the other pilot. He finally supplants his rival and wins the heart of his boss.

Two mistresses snubbed by their respective lovers crash a military ball and their lovers then resort to an unusual strategy to win them back.

In a small provincial town, the new colonel of the dragoon regiment consigns all his men. Three soldiers defy orders and jump the wall. But the colonel becomes indulgent thanks to the intervention of the general who did not remain insensitive to the charm of a young American.

One weekend an office worker is stuck with five million francs that he is temporarily unable to deposit, so he pretends to be a rich man.A woman takes that opportunity to seduce him, while a gang of crooks seeks to fleece him.

Arlette Morand, a rich and pretty young widow, would like to remarry. She hesitates between Henri, the athlete, and Serge, the artist. She grants her favors to Henri, for whom it is only an adventure. She realizes that she doesn't love him and goes to join Serge on the boat that takes him to England...

A young man, Charles, operator in a neighborhood cinema, is suspected of involvement in the theft of jewelry. His fiancée, Lucette, but it would save would necessitate denounce his brother Olivier who is the leader of the band of thieves. Lucette will see the victim, the jeweler Van Hoolst who agrees to withdraw its complaint against restitution jewelry. Thieves do not meet the market but ultimately, the operator is cleared and becomes the owner of the cinema.

A count's son has a place to meet his poor Parisian girlfriend and even work they can share to make a few bucks, but the father prefers he marry someone else.

Simultaneously made French version of "Ihre Hoheit Befiehlt": An officer, posing as a deli clerk, and a princess, posing as a manicurist, meet at a ball. The court especially the prime minister oppose a marriage, for political reasons.

Willy, Kurt and Hans are broke, so they sell their car and open a filling station. Then they all fall in love for the same girl. Simultaneously filmed French version of the German musical, Die Drei Von Der Tankstelle.

Expressing post-war cultural internationalism, this silent film follows the mysterious Orchid and the man who loves her.