Vincent Hyspa

Now that their parents are ruined, Jacques Eyssette and his younger brother Daniel, are driven to fend for themselves. Jacques becomes the secretary of a marquis who exploits him by making him work so hard that his health gets damaged. Daniel, on his part, is hired as a supervisor and Latin teacher in a school in the province. It soon happens that he is in a bad situation too as, after being subjected to repeated harassment, he ends up being fired. Daniel then decides to join Jacques in Paris, hoping to embark on a literary career. Unfortunately, Irma Borel, an actress, sets her sight on him and drags him into a life of vice.

제목의 이상한 빅토르씨는 극중 존경받는 상점 주인이다. 사랑스런 마들레인과 결혼 이후 눈에 넣어도 아프지 않을 아이까지 얻은 그에게 불행이란 없어 보인다. 그러나 빅토르에게는 비밀스러운 삶이 있다. 범죄 집단의 수장이었던 것이다. 별 탈 없이 이중생활을 이어가던 빅토르는 자신의 부하에게 비밀을 폭로당할 위기에 처한다. (2011년 한국시네마테크협의회 - 프랑스 영화의 황금기: 1930-1960)

Hercule, a young peasant, inherits a Parisian newspaper with a large circulation. The editor-in-chief, Vasco, takes advantage of his ignorance to make corruption prevail. But Hercules gradually realizes the role that we make him play.

친구 사이인 자노, 샤를로, 탱탱, 자크, 마리오는 일자리를 찾고 있는 가난한 노동자들이다. 그런데 다섯 명이 함께 산 복권이 운 좋게도 당첨되어 매우 큰돈을 얻게 된다. 머리를 맞댄 끝에 친구들은 함께 강가의 허름한 건물을 사서 노천카페를 열기로 한다. 하지만 얼마 지나지 않아 친구들 사이에 균열이 생기기 시작한다. 뒤비비에가 각본에 참여했으며, 당대 사회적 위기 속에서도 희망을 잃지 않는 사람들과 삶에의 의지를 그리고 있다. 직접적인 정치적 언급이 없음에도 인민 전선을 상징하는 작품으로 여겨진다.

Secret de Polichinelle roughly translates as Open Secret. The "secret" in question is an illegitimate child, the offspring of young-and-foolish Henri (Bernard Lacret). The baby is adopted by its grandparents, Monsieur and Madame Jouvenol (Raimu and Francoise Rosay). At first taking charge of the child because it is their duty, the Jouvenols come to love the little nipper as if he were their own son. At this point, the film threatens to drown in a morass of sentiment, but the actors and the director manage to stem the bathos with some first-rate comedy vignettes revolving around the care and feeding of the bouncing baby boy.

Crainquebille, merchant of four seasons, is sentenced to fifteen days in prison for having insulted a police officer. When he leaves, his clientele moves away from him and Crainquebille thinks of suicide, when the affection of a kid from Montmartre makes him change his mind.

A French musical comedy film, one of the many operetta films made in the 1930s. Rejected for the law after cheating with his fellow students, a frivolous youth gets a job as a notary in the provinces where he hires his girlfriend and they have a fine musical time.

In this classic French satire, Louis, a convict, escapes from prison and takes on legitimate work, making his way up in the business world. Eventually becoming the head of a successful factory, Louis opts to modernize his company with mechanical innovations. But when his friend Émile finally leaves jail years later and reunites with Louis, the past catches up with them. The two, worried about being apprehended by police, long to flee the confines of industry.