Those five are unemployed penniless workers. Together they win 100,000 Francs with the national lottery. Read More »
Tag Archives: Julien Duvivier
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 »
Pépé le Moko (1937) Julien Duvivier, Jean Gabin, Gabriel Gabrio, Saturnin Fabre
Pépé le Moko is a gangster from Paris that hides in Algier’s Casbah. 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 »
Marie Antoinette (1938) W.S. Van Dyke, Julien Duvivier, Norma Shearer, Tyrone Power, John Barrymore
The life of Marie Antoinette (1755-1793) from betrothal and marriage in 1770 to her beheading. Read More »
The Burning Court (1962) Julien Duvivier, Nadja Tiller, Jean-Claude Brialy, Perrette Pradier
A group of people visit a weird old man who is a student of the black arts. Read More »
Escape from Yesterday (1935) Julien Duvivier, Annabella, Jean Gabin, Robert Le Vigan
Pierre Gilieth has committed a murder in Paris. He flees to Barcelona, where he runs out of money. Read More »
The Return of Don Camillo (1953) Julien Duvivier, Fernandel, Gino Cervi, Édouard Delmont
After his battles with the communist mayor Peppone, Don Camillo is sent in exile by his bishop in a remote village. Read More »
On Trial (1954) Julien Duvivier, Daniel Gélin, Madeleine Robinson, Eleonora Rossi Drago, Crime, Drama
Etzel, the son of prosecutor Wolf Andergast, finds that eight years ago his dad condemned Léonard Maurizius into a lifetime sentence for the murder of his wife Elisabeth. Read More »
The Red Head (1932) Julien Duvivier, Harry Baur, Robert Lynen, Louis Gauthier, Drama
Adapted from various stories by Jules Renard, Poil de Carotte (The Red Head) is the poetically related tale of a delicate domestic situation. Read More »
Tales of Manhattan (1942) Julien Duvivier, Charles Boyer, Rita Hayworth, Ginger Rogers, Comedy, Drama, Romance
An actor, Paul Orman, is accidentally told that his new, custom made tail coat has been cursed and it will bring misfortune to all who wear it. Read More »
The Impostor (1944) Julien Duvivier, Jean Gabin, Richard Whorf, Allyn Joslyn, Drama, War
La tête d’un homme / A Man’s Neck (1933) Julien Duvivier, Harry Baur, Valéry Inkijinoff, Alexandre Rignault, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Willy Ferriere is dead broke and his mistress costs a lot. One day, he says in a pub that he would give 100,000 francs to get rid of his wealthy aunt. Read More »
La charrette fantôme / The Phantom Wagon (1939) Julien Duvivier, Pierre Fresnay, Marie Bell, Micheline Francey, Drama, Fantasy
According to Scandinavian legend, whosoever dies on the stroke of Midnight on the last day of the year (St. Sylvester’s Night) must assume the duties of the “phantom charioteer,” collecting souls for the next 365 days. Read More »
Don Camillo / The Little World of Don Camillo (1952) Julien Duvivier, Fernandel, Gino Cervi, Vera Talchi, Comedy
In a village of the Po valley where the earth is hard and life miserly, the priest and the communist mayor are always fighting to be the head of the community. Read More »