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Tag Archives: Christian-Jaque
If All the Guys in the World… / Si tous les gars du monde… (1955) Christian-Jaque, André Valmy, Jean Gaven, Marc Cassot

While fishing in the North Sea, eleven out of the twelve men of the Lutèce Read More »
The Dirty Game / La guerra segreta (1965) Christian-Jaque, Carlo Lizzani, Terence Young, Bourvil, Henry Fonda, Vittorio Gassman

This anthology of spy stories has the US intelligence chief in Europe, General Bruce Read More »
The Black Tulip / La tulipe noire (1964) Christian-Jaque, Alain Delon, Virna Lisi, Dawn Addams

In 1789, when the Revolution went on, a bandit named “Black Tulip” held the surroundings of village Roussillon in fear. Read More »
The Charterhouse of Parma AKA La chartreuse de Parme (1948) Christian-Jaque, Renée Faure, Lucien Coëdel, Louis Salou

Fabrice del Dongo, a young archbishop, gives his all to romance rather than to the Church, creating complications for everyone around. Read More »
Angel and Sinner (1945) Christian-Jaque, Micheline Presle, Berthe Bovy, Louise Conte

This film is an adaptation of two stories by Guy de Maupassant, Tallow Ball and Mademoiselle Fifi. Read More »
The Law Is the Law (1958) Christian-Jaque, Fernandel, Totò, René Génin

Assola is an imaginary village on the border between Italy and France and the borderline crosses the village itself. Read More »
Babette Goes to War (1959) Christian-Jaque, Brigitte Bardot, Jacques Charrier, Ronald Howard

During WW2, as the German forces rapidly advance toward the French coast, naive French country girl Babette makes her way to the coastal town of Dieppe. Read More »
Destinées (1954) Christian-Jaque, Jean Delannoy, Claudette Colbert, Eleonora Rossi Drago, Mirko Ellis

Three stories, very different in space and time. Lysistrata, a dancer from ancient times Read More »
The Legend of Frenchie King (1971) Christian-Jaque, Guy Casaril, Brigitte Bardot, Claudia Cardinale, Michael J. Pollard

Outlaw sisters in the old West inherit a ranch and try to settle down and develop relationships with neighboring family of lots of brothers. Read More »