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The lover of an Italian revolutionary...The Contessa's Secret 1954
The lover of an Italian revolutionary offers herself to Napoleon in exchange for her sweetheart's life.
In this romance a jilted lawyer...
La neige tait sale is based...Stain on the Snow 1954
La neige était sale is based on a novel and play by the phenomenally prolific Georges Simenon. Upon learning that his mother was a prostitute, Frank (Daniel Gelin) dejectedly vows that he, too, will live a life of debauchery. Part of his self-degradation program is to kill someone, and since the story takes place during the Nazi occupation of France, he chooses a German officer as his victim. His steady descent into psychosis and depravity becomes his ultimate undoing.
Stuck in a loveless marriage bourgeois...Good Lord Without Confession 1953
Stuck in a loveless marriage, bourgeois industrialist Francois falls in love with Janine, another man's wife. Francois sets up Janine as his mistress, and she, mercenary soul that she is, likes the set-up so much that she continues the relationship even when her own husband returns from WW II. In the long run, however, Janine is the loser in the situation.
FBI Agent Lemmy Caution is sent...Poison Ivy 1953
FBI Agent Lemmy Caution is sent after a missing two million in Casablanca while mob boss mistress Carlotta plays both sides of the law.
In a rundown South American town...The Wages of Fear 1953
In a run-down South American town, four men are paid to drive trucks loaded with nitroglycerin into the jungle through to the oil field. Friendships are tested and rivalries develop as they embark upon the perilous journey.
Anthology film with three shorts each...
The brother of Jeanne Masson a...Rue des Saussaies 1951
The brother of Jeanne Masson, a young nightclub singer, has been murdered by Brasier, a criminal who pretends to be a respectable man. Jeanne has resolved to avenge her brother but she just cannot take action herself. The way she finds is to ask police detective Pierre Leblanc to help her do it. Pierre gives his agreement and starts following the trail. He soon finds out that Brasier belongs to a gang whose boss, Cortedani, has ordered the murder.
Evelyne a judges young wife falls...The Glass Castle 1950
Evelyne, a judge's young wife, falls in love with Rémy while vacationing in Italy. Upon returning home, she must decide between telling her husband and continuing to see Rémy.
The life of Adrien Wettach famous...Farewell Mister Grock 1950
The life of Adrien Wettach, famous in the annals of the circus under the name of Grock, world famous Swiss clown. A series of images from Épinal, retracing the career of a European artist, within the framework of world history. Lots of children, wars, an eccentric Russian countess, Countess Barinoff, who grows old admiring the clown, and a very long quibble about a party wall, all serve to highlight the star's final number.
In France in 1946 the difficult return...
During the Second World War Georges...Mission in Tangier 1949
During the Second World War, Georges Masse undergoes a dangerous mission by taking secret documents from Tangiers to London.
The story of the Swiss soldier...
In order for important British admiralty...The Sharks of Gibraltar 1947
In order for important British admiralty papers to pass into the hands of the Germans, the spy Gordon has the ingenious idea of transforming a lamentable drunkard into a Lady, haughty but submissive to his orders. Stella's transformation is complete, the success extraordinary. Why must a French officer touching the heart of the former pochard bring down the fragile edifice? A submarine is about to blow up, Gordon is shot down and a confessed Stella returns to her horrible taverns to drown her sorrows in alcohol for good.
A group of Nazis and sympathizers...The Damned 1947
A group of Nazis and sympathizers board a submarine bound for South America in the hopes of finding shelter.
Film in two eras1st era...
This character study of a French...
Commander Gerard and his band of...
June 1944 a French town towards the...Behind These Walls 1946
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.
An Alsatian head of a section...
