Henri Calef

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.

Marie-Hélène lives in a manor with her husband George, but is not happy. She feels stifled and trapped by the constant presence of Cécile, her intrusive mother-in-law. One day, Jacques and a beautiful woman, Françoise, comes to visit. Marie-Hélène feels attracted to Françoise. To such an extent that the two women fall in love and run away to the city.

Marie-Hélène lives in a manor with her husband George, but is not happy. She feels stifled and trapped by the constant presence of Cécile, her intrusive mother-in-law. One day, Jacques and a beautiful woman, Françoise, comes to visit. Marie-Hélène feels attracted to Françoise. To such an extent that the two women fall in love and run away to the city.

Marie-Hélène lives in a manor with her husband George, but is not happy. She feels stifled and trapped by the constant presence of Cécile, her intrusive mother-in-law. One day, Jacques and a beautiful woman, Françoise, comes to visit. Marie-Hélène feels attracted to Françoise. To such an extent that the two women fall in love and run away to the city.

At the end of World War 2, a Nazi escapes arrest by assuming the identity of concentration camp victim. 20 years later, he is threatened with exposure. The only way out would seem to be murder. Hour of Truth was lensed largely on location in Israel.

At the end of World War 2, a Nazi escapes arrest by assuming the identity of concentration camp victim. 20 years later, he is threatened with exposure. The only way out would seem to be murder. Hour of Truth was lensed largely on location in Israel.

Pierre Tercelin who used to be a prosperous industrialist is now ruined and embittered, having become a mere lock keeper. A widower, he lives with his daughter Evelyne, a music-hall dancer. Claiming he is being persecuted by his cousin Edgar he gets in touch again with another cousin of his he hates, Bernard, a millionaire gun runner,who is also a victim of Edgar. It must be said that both Pierre and Bernard once caused Edgar to go bankrupt... Pierre offers Bernard to join efforts against Edgar. Soon after, Bernard dies of poison, which is only the first of a series of acts of violence. Tiercelin is shot at while going back home, Bernard's son is gunned down while his sister Luciane disappears. Chief-inspector Malouvier - who oddly enough looks very much like the suspect- investigates....

Pierre Tercelin who used to be a prosperous industrialist is now ruined and embittered, having become a mere lock keeper. A widower, he lives with his daughter Evelyne, a music-hall dancer. Claiming he is being persecuted by his cousin Edgar he gets in touch again with another cousin of his he hates, Bernard, a millionaire gun runner,who is also a victim of Edgar. It must be said that both Pierre and Bernard once caused Edgar to go bankrupt... Pierre offers Bernard to join efforts against Edgar. Soon after, Bernard dies of poison, which is only the first of a series of acts of violence. Tiercelin is shot at while going back home, Bernard's son is gunned down while his sister Luciane disappears. Chief-inspector Malouvier - who oddly enough looks very much like the suspect- investigates....

Жак, директор одного нефтяного предприятия на Ближнем Востоке возвращается в Париж и вспоминает о своём старом армейском друге Камиле Маримоне, который только что выпустил книгу. Двадцать семь лет назад, в 1918 году, Жак был ранен на фронте, спасая жизнь Маримона. Во время лечения он полюбил загадочную женщину по имени Элен, которая призналась, что является женой Маримона. Теперь ему предстоит выяснить, кто отец её дочери…

Didier's wife is ill, and he does the best he can to take care of her. But he's often absent and he has casual love affairs. But Leone he meets in Bruxelles wants to become his one and only mistress.

Изабель Лёриц, французская пианистка, возвращается в музыкальный мир после двух лет, проведенных в больнице. Ее менеджер устраивает ей концертный тур по Франции, чтобы зритель вспомнил знаменитую в прошлом виртуозную пианистку, из-за душевной болезни ушедшей со сцены. Кажется, Изабель выздоровела, но что-то не дает ей полностью вернуться к музыке. Вместо того, чтобы ехать в тур, она едет к сводной сестре Кэролайн, где знакомится с Жаком Барроу. «Тень и свет» — французская драма о пианистке, пытающейся вернуться к музыке после длительного лечения.

Изабель Лёриц, французская пианистка, возвращается в музыкальный мир после двух лет, проведенных в больнице. Ее менеджер устраивает ей концертный тур по Франции, чтобы зритель вспомнил знаменитую в прошлом виртуозную пианистку, из-за душевной болезни ушедшей со сцены. Кажется, Изабель выздоровела, но что-то не дает ей полностью вернуться к музыке. Вместо того, чтобы ехать в тур, она едет к сводной сестре Кэролайн, где знакомится с Жаком Барроу. «Тень и свет» — французская драма о пианистке, пытающейся вернуться к музыке после длительного лечения.

A woman who has a terrible secret to conceal takes refuge on a barge.

A young rogue kills an old lady to rob her. Arrested, he believes it is for this crime, hides nothing from his lawyer, who soon tells him that he is only accused of another theft prior to his crime. Sentenced to six months suspended prison sentence, he will also have to answer for the crime of the old lady.

A woman returns to her hometown along the French coast, seeking answers about the death of her brother.

A proud femme fatale who works at a mountainous farm property manages, after being prodded by her lover, to become the heiress, but she plays the rival men against each other.

A stranger named Constant disrupts the life of Flora, who is seemingly happy with her husband Lucien. But she suddenly experiences a passionate love, taking refuge with Constant in a cave they call “home under the sea.”

1799 год, время Великой Французской революции. Во французской провинции Бретань идёт ожесточённое вооружённое контрреволюционное восстание крестьян-шуанов, аристократов и священнослужителей — Вандейский мятеж. По приказу Жозефа Фуше из Парижа едет Мари-Натали де Верней — в прошлом аристократка, а в настоящее время падшая женщина, красивая шпионка на республиканской службе. Прибыв в Бретань, она должна опираться на помощь Корантена — опытного, амбициозного и беспринципного полицейского. У Мари задание соблазнить и захватить лидера шуанов — маркиза де Монторана, посланника короля, недавно прибывшего в Бретань из Англии...

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.

A young man, Robert Dupont, with suicidal tendencies and a bit stupid to boot, is saved by a stranger who pretends to be a well-known banker. This stranger then entrusts him with a suitcase full of mysterious documents, which he asks him to take with him to Indochina. But in reality, the suitcase is stuffed with banknotes from a scam.

Бродяга Франк Морис случайно забредает на стоящую в стороне от оживлённой трассы бензоколонку и честно признаётся её хозяину Нику Морино, что он голоден и что у него ни гроша. Хозяин щедро угощает его, а затем предлагает работать в ночную смену. Франк, не привыкший работать, хочет отказаться, но замечает за барной стойкой жену хозяина — красавицу Кору.

The workers Legendre and Martinet have won a large sum in the national lottery. Instead of squandering it, they had the good idea to invest it in industry. Happy in business, they soon find themselves at the head of a fortune. But their characters are very different. Legendre, who is brave and honest, narrowly escapes the malevolence of a couple of harlots. Martinet, his former work companion, has become a crooked and formidable financier. Both will face each other in court, the honesty of the first finally triumphing over the greed of the second.

Based on true facts, a news item which was widely talked about in the nineteenth century, this is the story of a wife who might have poisoned her husband .

Based on true facts, a news item which was widely talked about in the nineteenth century, this is the story of a wife who might have poisoned her husband .