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Tag Archives: Gérard Philipe
Juliette, or Key of Dreams AKA Juliette ou La clef des songes (1951) Marcel Carné, Gérard Philipe, Suzanne Cloutier, Jean-Roger Caussimon
Michel has stolen from his employer, Mr Bellanger, for the love of Juliette. Read More »
Lovers, Happy Lovers! AKA Monsieur Ripois (1954) René Clément, Gérard Philipe, Valerie Hobson, Joan Greenwood
From the Louis Hemon novel “M. Ripois and His Nemesis” about Andre Ripois, a philanderer 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 »
Fan-Fan the Tulip AKA Fanfan la tulipe (1952) Christian-Jaque, Gérard Philipe, Gina Lollobrigida, Marcel Herrand
Fanfan is a handsome young peasant. He joins the army to escape a forced marriage Read More »
Le diable au corps AKA Devil in the Flesh (1947) Claude Autant-Lara, Micheline Presle, Gérard Philipe, Denise Grey
During World War I, underage student Francois Jaubert meets and falls in love with Marthe Grangier, who is engaged to Jacques, a soldier at the Front. Read More »
Montparnasse 19 (1958) Jacques Becker, Gérard Philipe, Lilli Palmer, Lea Padovani
Biographic movie about the last year of the famous Italian painter Modigliani. Read More »
Beauties of the Night (1952) René Clair, Gérard Philipe, Martine Carol, Gina Lollobrigida
Young Claude, teacher by day, is a struggling composer by night. Alas, everyone around him seems to prefer noise to music. Read More »
The Red and the Black (1954) Claude Autant-Lara, Gérard Philipe, Danielle Darrieux, Antonella Lualdi, Drama, Romance
It’s no holds barred for Julian in pursuit of upward mobility. Although expected to channel career aspirations into the Church of the post- Napoleonic era Read More »
The Gambler (1958) Claude Autant-Lara, Gérard Philipe, Liselotte Pulver, Françoise Rosay, Drama
In 1866, a young Muscovite named Alexei Ivanovitch arrives in Baden Baden, then the gambling capital of Austria, and is soon engaged by General Zagorianski to look after his children. Read More »
The Proud Ones (1953) Yves Allégret, Rafael E. Portas, Michèle Morgan, Gérard Philipe, Víctor Manuel Mendoza, Drama, Romance
The first to die in an outbreak of meningitis in Vera Cruz is a French tourist. Read More »
La beauté du diable / Beauty and the Devil (1950) René Clair, Michel Simon, Gérard Philipe, Nicole Besnard, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Professor Henri Faust, retiring after 50 years as an alchemist in a circa-1700 university, despairs at still knowing nothing of the true secrets of nature Read More »
Une si jolie petite plage / Such a Pretty Little Beach (1949) Yves Allégret, Madeleine Robinson, Gérard Philipe, Jean Servais, Drama
During the cold and rainy off-season a man arrives in a seaside town and, giving his name only as Pierre, checks into the only hotel which remains open. Read More »
Les liaisons dangereuses (1959) Roger Vadim, Jeanne Moreau, Gérard Philipe, Annette Stroyberg, Drama, Romance
Juliette Merteuil and Valmont is a sophisticated couple, always looking for fun and excitement. Both have sexual affairs with others and share their experiences with one another. But there is one rule: never fall in love. But this time Valmont falls madly in love with a girl he meets at a ski resort, Marianne.
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