Claude Heymann

Paris, 1940. German occupation forces create a new film production company, Continental, and put Alfred Greven – producer, cinephile, and opportunistic businessman – in charge. During the occupation, under Joseph Goebbels’s orders, Greven hires the best artists and technicians of French cinema to produce successful, highly entertaining films, which are also strategically devoid of propaganda. Simultaneously, he takes advantage of the confiscation of Jewish property to purchase film theaters, studios and laboratories, in order to control the whole production line. His goal: to create a European Hollywood. Among the thirty feature films thus produced under the auspices of Continental, several are, to this day, considered classics of French cinema.

Part one of a BBC documentary about Jean Renoir.

Made a year after Luis Buñuel's death in 1983 this is an illuminating portrait of the surreal and visionary director, featuring clips, archival interviews, and commentary from scholars and contemporaries including Catherine Deneuve, Fernando Rey, and Jeanne Moreau. Directed by Anthony Wall with readings from Buñuel's autobiography by Paul Scofield. Six trims to meet copyright restrictions.

In occupied France during the WWII, a German officer is murdered. The collaborationist Vichy government decides to pin the murder on six petty criminals. Loyal judges are called in to convict them as quickly as possible.

Wishing to find an old love that resurfaced, Juan, a Chilean diplomat, Dominique asks his friend François to act as an intermediary.

По роману Дэвида Гудиса "Там, внизу". Пытаясь забыть о трагедии, некогда известный пианист Эдвард Сароян работает в баре под именем Шарли Колера. Но его попытки скрыться от жизни безуспешны: Шарли влюбляется в официантку Лену. Комично робея при виде Лены, Шарли между тем с легкостью заводит интригу со своей соседкой — проституткой Клариссой. В баре появляется Чико, брат Шарли, за которым гонятся двое гангстеров. Шарли не может отказать брату и помогает ему уйти от погони. Но он не подозревает, что теперь он невольно впутал в бандитские разборки не только себя, но и Лену, и своего младшего брата Фидо…

Молодая Фру-Фру была столь мила, что очаровала сразу четырех состоятельных господ, заключивших договор, по которому они обязались вывести ее в свет. Фру-Фру становится певичкой, затем ее ждет длинная череда приключений, очарований и разочарований, из которых особо можно отметить русскую революцию, от которой героиня еле унесла ноги. Историю своей жизни Фру-Фру рассказывает дочери. Луи де Фюнес здесь играет одного из четырех покровителей Фру-Фру, не самого выдающегося, впрочем.

Молодая Фру-Фру была столь мила, что очаровала сразу четырех состоятельных господ, заключивших договор, по которому они обязались вывести ее в свет. Фру-Фру становится певичкой, затем ее ждет длинная череда приключений, очарований и разочарований, из которых особо можно отметить русскую революцию, от которой героиня еле унесла ноги. Историю своей жизни Фру-Фру рассказывает дочери. Луи де Фюнес здесь играет одного из четырех покровителей Фру-Фру, не самого выдающегося, впрочем.

A prostitute goes on vacation to a beach resort with her young daughter (who's being schooled by nuns). Everything is cheerful and pleasant at the seashore; the customers at the hotel think she's a poor widow - she always wears black - and treat her like a lady. But when one of her former clients arrives, her carefree days on the beach are numbered.

A young man from Marseille starts a jazz orchestra in Paris.

Secretly in love with Françoise, the companion of his best friend Marc, Victor decides to go to prison in his place.

One day, Raoul Cérusier realizes with amazement that his face has changed. With the exception of an old uncle, no one, not even his wife, recognizes him. From an ordinary, rather ugly man, he has become a charming young man on whom the prettiest girls turn, including his wife whom he seduces. Fortunately, he regains his old face in time and Madame Cérusier, losing a lover, finds her husband again.

Чудесный летний день в сельской местности – семейство Дюфур вышло на прогулку. Мадам Дюфур и ее красотка-дочь флиртуют с повесами Анри и Родольфом. Для мадам это лишь легкое увлечение, юная Генриетта мечтает о большой любви. Последствия загородной прогулки аукнутся через много лет...

June 1944, a French town towards the end of the occupation. Following several attacks perpetrated by the resistance, the inhabitants who listen to English radio are rounded up by the Germans in a prison and considered as hostages. In one of the cells are found men from all walks of life: an aristocrat, the Viscount of Saint-Leu, Doctor Noblet, a resistance fighter, Béquille the wanderer with a wooden leg, and a strange character nicknamed "Black Market". The latter arouses mistrust among the prisoners, because it could well have been introduced by the enemy.

The forbidden romance between wealthy Giselle Preville and impoverished journalist Claude Dauphin. When Preville disappears, Dauphin is accused of kidnapping by the girl's snobbish father Rene Alexander. By the time the Normandie reaches New York, however, the "mystery" is solved and all misunderstandings blithely swept away.

During World War I, in Flanders, Berry and Trent were in love with the same girl, Yvonne. During a battle in the Widow's Island sector, Trent is wounded and abandoned by Berry. Trent being reported missing, Berry now has a clear path to marry Yvonne. Two decades later, Yvonne incidentally meets a tourist guide in the former combat zone region who looks fiendishly like - Trent.

Slapstick inheritance comedy based on the confusion between twin brothers, both played by the great Raimu who also plays their father.

Two different young couples marry, despite the wishes to the contrary of their parents.

A nightclub waiter and a manicurist share the same room, he sleeps there by night and she by day. They meet by chance, not knowing who's who, and fall in love.

Lilian, a rich young girl, is to marry Baron de Plessis, captain of the bobsleigh team. However, Lilian is interested in Tressac, the captain of the opposing team. When everyone discovers that the baron is a burglar, Lilian can marry her lover.

A young American lady has certain prejudices against the people in France, but comes there to find a lover.She causes nothing but trouble.

У господина Фоллавуан, владельца фарфоровой фабрики, появился шанс стать несметно богатым. Он узнал, что правительство решило облегчить участь солдат, создав им максимальные удобства, и, в частности, обеспечить каждого персональным ночным горшком. Чтобы получить крупный контракт на поставку в армию предмета первой необходимости, предприимчивый делец пригласил в гости влиятельного чиновника военного ведомства, господина Шуйю. Но жена-скандалистка Жюли и вредный семилетний сын Тото поставили планы Фоллавуана под угрозу...

Шокирующе-насмешливый видеоряд подспудных страстей, разрушающих социальные ценности и запреты.

Шокирующе-насмешливый видеоряд подспудных страстей, разрушающих социальные ценности и запреты.

The tale of a rich, flaky poet and his servant who both join the army and wind up in the same barracks.

The tale of a rich, flaky poet and his servant who both join the army and wind up in the same barracks.

An impoverished girl tries to sell matches on NYE. Shivering with cold and unable to sell her wares, she sits in a sheltered nook. Striking a match to keep warm, she sees things in the flame.

The ill-fated romance of a brow-beaten seaport slum café waitress and a young man with a possessive mother, who dreams of going out to sea.