Jean Berton

Неудачные испытания ракеты, изготовленной заводом Рейналя, переполнили чашу терпения кредиторов и поставщиков. Банк отказывается продолжать финансирование научных исследований Альбера Рейналя, пока его завод не будет хотя бы частично перепрофилирован на выпуск более стабильной продукции — бытовой техники и скобяного товара. Не желая превращаться в фабриканта ширпотреба, Рейналь надеется получить поддержку у близких некогда людей — у бывшего одноклассника, бывшей любовницы, бывшего однополчанина… Однако руку помощи Альберу протягивает человек, на которого он и не рассчитывал…

Совершенно счастливый садовник Мартен растит свой сад и избегает суеты современной жизни. И только одна страсть каждую ночь поглощает его целиком. Мартен печатает фальшивые деньги! Вот уже 20 лет он рисует только мелкие купюры. Зачем старику большие деньги? Но его крестники так не думают. В планах молодой парочки красивая жизнь не берегу моря, такая манящая и желанная, словно новые купюры с большим количеством нулей, которые сделает для них счастливый человек, дядюшка Мартен…

Фильм основан на реальных событиях. Во время Второй мировой войны, в 1943, два французских военнопленных, Мишель и Франсуа, совершают побег из лагеря B377, который находился в северной Германии около Балтийского моря. Они встречаются с еще одним беглецом, соотечественником — Пьером, который, переодевшись в мундир немецкого офицера, присоединяется к ним. Цель беглецов: попасть в Швецию — в нейтральную страну. Чтобы добиться этого, они проходят часть пути пешком, затем поездом к побережью, а оттуда, надо найти способ, чтобы пересечь море и добраться до берегов Швеции…

Giuseppe is accused of killing his employer Matthias who is actually in a hospital with amnesia.

Экранизация пьесы Альфреда Адама «Мани». В банке, где некогда директорствовал его тесть, Эммануэль Бонаван мог бы сделать неплохую карьеру, если б меньше прогуливался перед витринами роскошных магазинов и мечтал о заморских круизах. Желая хоть на денек ощутить себя по-настоящему богатым человеком, Бонаван решил позаимствовать из банковской кассы кругленькую сумму – без малого миллион франков. Недостача обнаружилась раньше, чем предполагалось, и чтобы выиграть время, Эммануэлю пришло в голову симулировать перед взбешенными домочадцами апоплексический удар. А когда уж выяснилось, что за деньгами Бонаван и в самом деле не уследил, то бедняге пришлось и дальше изображать паралич, с каждым днем узнавая всё больше неприятных истин о себе и своем окружении.

Martial, Colette 's husband, is madly jealous. One day, he catches his wife writing a letter and he does want to know what this message contains, to no avail.

Captain Handson, captain of the "Danae", learns that his wife, Danae, is the mistress of his owner, Pierre Ricardo. Leaving for a new crossing, he takes his wife and her lover by force, whom he makes work in the holds. After a stopover in Douala, the "Danae" sets off again for the French coast.

A woman avenging the death of her lover thwarts a conspiracy plotted by a group of former compatriots of Napoleon.

Получив в наследство брачное агентство, новый владелец, ранее презрительно относившийся к этому роду деятельности, постепенно начинает открывать для себя его позитивные стороны.

После того, как фонарщик Диоген Легиньон (Ив Деньо) был выселен за неуплату из своего дома, он вместе с женой поселился в пустом заброшенном доме, где местные дети сделали свой тайник. Обнаружив сокровища в виде столового серебра, Диоген быстро смекнул продать их, но другие жители квартала узнали про это и рассудили, что "клад" принадлежит рабочим.

Париж в Бель Эпок (1890−1914). Мсье де Понтаньяк — большой любитель красивых женщин, что создаёт ему немало проблем. Однажды следуя за прекрасной Люсьенн Вателен, он попадает в её дом, где встречается с её мужем нотариусом Вателеном, человеком его круга. С этого момента в доме начинают кипеть страсти, происходят семейные сцены, ссоры и перемирия…

Jean Michaut is a bargeman who lives nearby an old barge cemetery named "Bras-Mort". He is in love with Monique, the daughter of a wealthy boat owner. The girl returns his affection but runs her head against the wall of her family's class prejudices. Her "nearest and dearest" prove indeed prepared to do everything to separate the two lovers. But Monique will not buy in. On the contrary, she leaves her intolerant family to live with Jean among simple, more tolerant bargemen.

Fates of multiple otherwise disconnected characters intertwine miraculously under the sky of Paris. And it all happens in one day.

Действие фильма происходит в 1923 году. Доктор Кнок мечтает обойти доктора Парпале и стать символом триумфа медицины. Но люди ведут здоровый образ жизни, состояние здоровья населения превосходно, и пациентов у него немного. Поэтому доктор идёт на хитрость и убеждает посетителей своих бесплатных консультаций, что каждый человек болен, просто люди привыкли не замечать у себя симптомы болезней. Его план удаётся, люди становятся мнительными, и вскоре все жители его деревни лежат в постели, считая себя тяжело больными. От пациентов нет отбоя, и даже отель приходится временно переоборудовать под госпиталь…

Having fallen out with his girlfriend Dolorès, Juanito leaves for Mexico, where he becomes a famous matador.There he meets a Viennese singer, Fanny Miller, who falls for him so much so that she intercepts the letters Dolorès keeps on sending him. In desperation, Dolorès devotes all her time and efforts to dance and she becomes the celebrated dancer Estrellita. After a series of misunderstandings and ups and downs, the sun of Andalusia will finally reunite the two lovebirds.

Juanillo is in love with Dolores, the daughter of the owner of an inn. He likes to sing, she likes dancing. After the village festivals, where Juanillo has acted as a bullfighter and Dolores has performed, he has been hired as bullfighter for a tour in America. They exchange vows, but their letters will be intercepted.

Парижский таксист Эмиль Готье подвозит с лионского вокзала провинциальную девушку по имени Тереза, приехавшую в Париж, чтобы найти своего бывшего возлюбленного, журналиста Форестье, от которого она ждёт ребёнка, и который исчез, не оставив ей даже адреса. У Терезы нет денег для длительного пребывания в Париже, а найти Форестье никак не удаётся. Наконец она узнаёт, что он уже женат, и пытается покончить с собой, но её спасает Эмиль.

"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...

Story is primarily based on the adventures of Antoine, a young telegraph messenger on his second night of work. He is given three telegrams, one of which is for the president of the Camber of Deputies. Excited, Antoine runs his bicycle into a truck and loses the telegrams. What follows is an amusing and agonizing search for the missing messages. He is assisted first by a glum, wise-beyond-her-years little girl, Amelie; an off-duty police superintendent, a schoolmaster, a cookie-tin maker and a fireman. The harmonica musical theme is played by Flore Falvey.

Josette needs to marry within a year to get her aunt's money but her fiance has left.After getting permission from her godfather for a "white wedding, " she realizes she loves the godfather instead.

When he finds a package in the metro, given this period of restrictions, Mr. Truche thinks it may be a good deal, he takes it home but discovers a woman's head inside. A friend of Mr. Truche having just disappeared, the superintendent accuses her of having murdered her and discovers the head buried in his cellar. But the girlfriend, whom Mr. Truche loves platonically, returns from the countryside and at the same time we spot the assassin of the unknown woman.

During the Great War, in Austria, an officer was shot on the orders of his superior von Pennwitz. Out of revenge, his widow becomes a spy in the pay of France, preoccupied with removing the person responsible for her husband's death. In charge of a mission to von Pennwitz, she suddenly finds herself face to face with her husband, who is still alive. It was a ruse of war to deceive the enemy. It is only at the armistice that the couple will be able to live in peace.

When Charles learns that his wife and her lover want to poison him, he thinks of killing both of them.

The evocation of Paris in the 1920s mingles with the rapid rise of the irresistible Caprice, a talented singer, and her tumultuous love affair with Jeff the composer. A photographer nicknamed Bagnolet, a gentle anarchist, gently monitors the activities of Caprice, who has become Lady Paname and, in the absence of morality, makes love triumph.

Envoi de Fleurs is based on incidents in the life of French composer Paul Delmet. Played by popular French singing star Tino Rossi, Delmet is depicted as a man all too willing to give up personal happiness in favor of blind ambition. After carrying on a romance by correspondence with beautiful young Suzanne (Micheline Francey), Delmet is on the verge of marrying the girl. Instead, he allows himself to be talked out of leaving France to further his own career, with disastrous results for all concerned.

A provincial ingenue leaves her mother’s tobacco shop with dreams of a life in the Parisian theater, only to become entangled in relationships with a lecherous aristocrat, his starry-eyed nephew, and an old ham actor.

Montmartre in the summertime. A group of street urchins idles outside while the other kids of the neighborhood are away on holiday.To keep the gang busy, Pivolo, their leader, has an idea : they are going to kidnap Aunt Faguet's doggy. Just for the fun of it. A few days pass after the crime is accomplished and one of them suddenly realizes that a reward is being offered by the aunt to anyone who would bring her her pet back. Mademoiselle Hélène, the kind-hearted social worker, does it for them and gives them the reward money, which is instantly exchanged for lollipops, nougat and merry-go-round and cinema tickets. So, why not continue? That's what they do, abducting several dogs, until they realize they are becoming ... too rich! They can't buy themselves luxurious gifts or else their parents are bound to suspect something. Instead, they decide to do good by helping poor people around them. One day, Pierrot, a member of the gang, gets run down by a cyclist and becomes blind.

Due to financial problems, the boarding-school of Saint-Loup is on the verge of closing its doors. In desperation, Jacquelin, the headmaster, has the idea to invite former students to a fund-raising reunion. Among the alumni, three men whose common point is to have been in love at the time with the headmaster's niece. One is a banker, the second a priest and the last one a globetrotter. All of a sudden, the peace of the assembly is disturbed: Jacquelin's niece has just been murdered.

At the Vélodrome d'Hiver, at the height of the sports competitions, the director of the house is found murdered. We also stole the recipe for the show. A swarm of private detectives, second-hand sleuths, embark on the most diverse tracks. Arrests pile up and the chase continues amid the non-stop games. The culprit will however be caught, red-handed, by a young inspector wearing a handsome mask.

Saint-Aignan needs a family. He hires people to act as his people to achieve his goal: to succeed in the business world.

Everyone in Paris thinks Fantomas is dead. A wave of extortion, blackmail and murder all point to the master criminal. Inspector Juve and his reporter friend Fandor set out to find the truth.

François, a young student at a provincial college, likes Colette, the daughter of the headmaster. Turlot his colleague, who commits suicide, left a diary where he writes of his relationship with Colette.

Коррумпированный менеджер берёт молодого боксера Люка Фонтана под своё крыло и делает его чемпионом. Но однажды Фонтана узнаёт, что тренер организовывал его бои с самого начала их сотрудничества, а победы были инсценированными. Когда молодой человек узнаёт правду, он признаётся прессе в произошедшем и возвращается к безвестной жизни, какой он жил прежде.

Gaston, nicknamed Pilou, has left his native village and Yvette, the girl of his heart, to go to Paris where he has found work as a painter. He is a naive good-natured man who, like most of his fellow-workers, favors a little song or two while he works. For the time being he is busy repainting the exterior of a block of flats and, when he does not sing to pass the time, he looks through the windows, observing the tenants in their daily lives. As time goes by, he goes as far as intervening and changing the course of their lives. In the end, despite having found a lookalike of his fiancée, he returns to her.

Jacques Audoin falls in love with a pianist, Evelyne Clery, and marries her. In reality, he had wanted to approach her, because he imagined that she had witnessed the murder of the lover of his first wife. Evelyne learns what has happened and, revolted by what she thinks is her husband's plot, commits suicide. Jacques confesses his crime.

In France during World War I, Marthe waits for her husband, Jacques, while he fights on the front lines. Marthe then begins a tempestuous affair with 17-year-old François, with whom she had a dalliance before marrying Jacques. Jealous François struggles with the fact that Marthe is married, while she tries to prove her devotion to her young, hotheaded lover. Things become even more complex when Marthe becomes pregnant with Jacques' baby.

Emile is a French film producer at the beginning of the century. One of his friends leaves his daughter Lucette in his house, when he is starting a tour through France. Emile falls in love with her. Problems starts when his younger friend Jacques come back from military service and after complaining his misfortune with women, follows Emile's advice in starting affairs with women and he meets Lucette.

Sylvain, sentenced to death, assures the visiting priest that his life could have been completely different, and invents different situations.

A guardian, abusing his prerogatives, imposes on a young girl the husband he has chosen for her. On the very day of the wedding ceremony, the bride fled. She is picked up on the road by four bandits who are going on a business expedition. After many adventures, each as implausible as the next, the heroine will marry the man of her choice.

Madame Rose runs a seedy hotel in a suburb of Paris. Strong-minded but without the least moral scruple, she once killed her husband whose honesty was a hindrance to her business. Under a suspended sentence, she now indulges in smuggling. One day, Victor, one of her former accomplices hounded by the police, finds sanctuary with her. During a drinking spree, he has the bad idea to entrust to her a suitcase filled with bank notes, a loot with which Victor hopes to rebuild his life in South America. But Rose, lured by temptation, betrays Victor, who is arrested by the police. However, he manages to escape with only one thing in mind, to take revenge on Rose...

Professor Artus, a scientist specializing in artificial life, wants to try an experiment on an automaton; he is entrusted with a death row inmate. The professor is soon found murdered. It is Inspector Wens, helped by a journalist, who must solve the case. Franck Villard in the role of Wens succeeds Fresnay.

Marie Leroux, who is married to Charles, an honest, understanding country doctor, lives an uneventful, rather monotonous life.Her husband is a kind man but he does not give her any thrill or excitement. One day, Marie meets Olivier Dumas-Beaulieu, a handsome industrialist, who is in the process of leaving his fiancée Corinne, despite her being pregnant by him. It is easy for the confirmed womanizer he is, to seduce Marie, who very foolishly thinks she has found true love. Shortly afterward Charles is shot dead by Olivier while the two men were having a quarrel about Marie. The latter, who finds the corpse, believes her husband has committed suicide. Which is not the police's opinion and Marie is arrested and condemned to ten years in prison. Annihilated by such unfair treatment and, worse, by the separation from her beloved eight-year-old daughter, she still manages to survive and to serve her sentence.

In the studio where the famous director Eric Von Berg reigns, Pierre Vanier, the male star of the film and the lover of Berg's muse, dies while rehearsing a scene. Over the course of a tangled investigation, the culprit is unmasked. This honest dresser is the adoptive mother of Vanier's wife, too unhappy with such a husband. The inspector, moved, concludes a suicide.

The head of a school in a little French country town encourages the playful romances between his young students, as well as a love of jazz music.

Портье издательства Мишель и сотрудница того же издательства Мартина очень любят друг друга и решают пожениться. Однажды после работы они вместе возвращаются домой и не подозревают, что всего через несколько часов их счастье окажется под угрозой. Ведь этим же вечером в маленькой загородной гостинице дяди Мартины появились два странных постояльца.

Two hitch-hikers are on the way to Marseilles pursued by her husband.

Georges Gauthier is an electrician who lives with his mother and his sister Madeleine. He is the son of a womanizing singer who made his mother miserable. For all that, Georges is attracted to show business all the more as he falls in love with Jeanne, the daughter of singer Lormel. Georges is spotted by Cartier, the manager of the Folies Concert and makes his debut as a singer under the assumed name of Jean Papillon.

When he is not conducting his orchestra, a talented young man invents a device to thwart car thieves.Associating himself with a rich Dutch baron, he falls in love with the baron's daughter.