Sylvie, a girl who believes she is cursed having seen her two lovers die in tragic circumstances, lives in the town of Carcassonne Read More »
Tag Archives: Jany Holt
Southern Carrier (1937) Pierre Billon
A pilot on one of the air mail flights between France and its African colonies has a brief romance Read More »
Le Baron Fantôme / The Phantom Baron (1943) Serge de Poligny, André Lefaur, Odette Joyeux, Jany Holt
Elfy, Countess of Saint-Hélié’s daughter, was brought up with her foster sister Anne Read More »
Gervaise (1956) René Clément, Maria Schell, François Périer, Jany Holt
An adaptation of Émile Zola’s 1877 masterpiece L’assommoir, the film is an uncompromising depiction Read More »
The Alibi / L’alibi (1937) Pierre Chenal, Erich von Stroheim, Albert Préjean, Jany Holt
Paris, 1937. Winckler kills his enemy Gordon, a Chicago mobster Read More »
Les anges du péché / Angels of Sin (1943) Robert Bresson, Renée Faure, Jany Holt, Sylvie, Drama
Un grand amour de Beethoven / Beethoven’s Great Love (1936) Abel Gance, Harry Baur, Annie Ducaux, Jany Holt, Biography, Drama, Music
1801, in Vienna, two young women, his pupils, are in love with him. Thérèse de Brunswick’s love remains unrequited even though she and Beethoven are engaged for years; Juliette Guicciardi, whom Beethoven loves but who marries a count, regrets that decision, but by then he and Thérèse are engaged. Read More »