A group of ex-resistance fighters are brought together by Marie-Octobre, the code name of Marie-Helene Dumoulin (Danielle Darrieux). Read More »
Tag Archives: Julien Duvivier
The Red Head AKA Poil de carotte (1932) Julien Duvivier, Harry Baur, Robert Lynen, Louis Gauthier
Adapted from various stories by Jules Renard, Poil de Carotte (The Red Head) Read More »
The End of the Day AKA La fin du jour (1939) Julien Duvivier, Victor Francen, Michel Simon, Louis Jouvet
Aged penniless actors are living in a old people’s home. They always talk about their past glory or failures. Read More »
Holiday for Henrietta AKA La fête à Henriette (1952) Julien Duvivier, Dany Robin, Michel Auclair, Hildegard Knef
After the rejection of their latest – and preposterous – scenario Read More »
They Were Five AKA La belle équipe (1936) Julien Duvivier, Charles Vanel, Jean Gabin, Raymond Aimos
Those five are unemployed penniless workers. Together they win 100,000 Francs with the national lottery. Read More »
A Woman Like Satan AKA La femme et le pantin (1958) Julien Duvivier, Brigitte Bardot, Antonio Vilar, Lila Kedrova
Handsome and rich Spanish gentleman abandons his wife and riches for his love of a young girl Read More »
Black Jack (1950) Julien Duvivier, José Antonio Nieves Conde, George Sanders, Herbert Marshall, Patricia Roc
Bold and attractive, Mike Alexander is an American who smuggles drugs across the Spanish Mediterranean. Read More »
Carrot Top AKA Poil de carotte (1925) Julien Duvivier, Henry Krauss, Charlotte Barbier-Krauss, André Heuzé
François’ mother, Mme Lepic, hates him and she nicknames him “Poil de Carotte” (Carrot hair). Read More »
Lovers of Paris AKA Pot Bouille (1957) Julien Duvivier, Gérard Philipe, Dany Carrel, Jacques Duby
Young, handsome, dashing but cynical, Octave Mouret arrives in Paris, determined to conquer the belles of the capital. Read More »
The Great Waltz (1938) Julien Duvivier, Victor Fleming, Luise Rainer, Fernand Gravey, Miliza Korjus
In 1845 Vienna, Johann Strauß II – Schani to his friends – would rather write and perform waltzes than anything else Read More »
Au bonheur des dames (1930) Julien Duvivier, Dita Parlo, Ginette Maddie, Andrée Brabant
Denise, an orphaned girl, moves to Paris where she hopes to find work at her uncle’s store. Read More »
Deadlier Than the Male AKA Voici le temps des assassins… (1956) Julien Duvivier, Jean Gabin, Danièle Delorme, Robert Arnoux
André Chatelin is a restaurant owner in Les Halles in Paris. One morning, a girl named Catherine asks to see him. Read More »
Golgotha AKA Behold the Man (1935) Julien Duvivier, Harry Baur, Jean Gabin, Robert Le Vigan
Robert le Vigan plays the Son of God, but as often happens in films of this nature he is upstaged by the villains Read More »
Au royaume des cieux AKA The Sinners (1949) Julien Duvivier, Serge Reggiani, Jean Davy, Monique Mélinand
Story takes place in a dreadful girls’ reformatory. Read More »
Highway Pick-Up (1963) Julien Duvivier, Robert Hossein, Jean Sorel, Catherine Rouvel
In this French crime drama, two safe-crackers are breaking into a safe when they are caught in the act by a guard. Read More »