The pool owner
An aimless young man is committed to a psychiatric hospital by his father in an attempt to cure him of his delinquent tendencies.
Villequin
Jo Guardini, now the peaceful owner of a charming inn by the banks of the River Marne, once was a dreaded gangster. The respectful citizen does not want to have anything to do with the underworld any more. Unfortunately, two of his former accomplices kidnap a little girl and decide to hide her in his hotel. What will Jo do : side with the law in the person of inspector Loriot or have a relapse in crime?
Marco
In Marseille, crime squad captain Dominique fights against racketeers and tries to put a young man back on the right track.
Rolf Holzer dit 'Le chinois'
Pacos Le Maltais, leader of a gang, lays down the law on the quay of Marseille. He fires one of his henchmen, Le Chinois, who killed a woman during the last bank stickup.
Pablo Gonzales
Gauvin
Франк прожил часть своей юности в беспокойной атмосфере дома для приемов, которым управляла его мать, миссис Ирма. Несмотря на любовь, проявленную Сьюзи, нежной соседкой, Франк по течению. Его занятие это: молодой человек убивает и ворует, отталкивает любовь Сьюзи, погружается в уныние. Он может прийти в себя только перед лицом смерти. Сьюзи будет помнить смелого человека.
cabinetmaker (uncredited)
Irène is the unhappy wife of a wealthy publisher, Jacques Voisin-Larive, who cares about her no more than a beautiful piece of furniture. Her meeting with Étienne, a young cabinetmaker with whom she falls in love, turns her dismal existence upside down. Not wanting to reveal her condition to her lover, she pretends to be a modest maid, employed by the Voisin-Larive. At the end of a weekend spent with her lover, Irène discovers that she is pregnant. The fragile balance of their existence is suddenly broken. Taking the initiative, she reveals her affair to Jacques and tells him about her desire to divorce. But her husband has no intention of giving her back her freedom...
Léon
A young intellectual, Hugo, joins the Communist Party out of a sense of idealism, only to see his principles manipulated by party leaders. He is given the assignment of killing Professor Hoederer, a party deviationist. However, he grows to admire the man and begins to have doubts about morals and revolutionary politics. But jealousy - Hugo thinks Hoederer has made love to his wife, Jessica - takes matters out of the political realm.
Young Man at Café des Poètes (uncredited)
Орфей – это перенесение Жаном Кокто знаменитого мифа в современный мир. Орфей, известный поэт из Сен-Жермен-де-Пре, околдован загадочной принцессой, которая является не кем иным, как Смертью. Ради нее он бросает свою жену Эвридику. Но принцесса, осознавая невозможность их любви, возвращает Орфея Эвридике...
The establishment of a French family who came to cultivate vines in Algeria.
Arnold
Несколько полицейских во время ночного дежурства рассказывают наиболее жуткие истории из своей работы с целью напугать новичка. Каждый по очереди упоминает об особенно ужасных убийцах: маньяке, очарованном шеями молодых женщин, госте, убежденном, что деформированный глаз хозяина несёт для него угрозу, мстительном любителе вина, который заживо замуровал своего друга...
Film in two eras.1st era: They are not angels. Chronicle of a Free French parachute training camp during the Second World War. 2nd era: Terre de France. A group of paratroopers landed in Brittany sabotages the German installations.
Children imprisoned during pre-war France decide to escape.
Un des commandos
A lieutenant, at the head of a commando ready to land in France, finds among his men a maquisard who had tried to kill him in the past.
This character study of a French patriot during the Nazi Occupation has comedian Noel as the chief of the underground who uses his hobby of growing orchids to hide his radio equipment.
