Denise discovered that Celestin leads a double life: he composes operetta Read More »
Tag Archives: Jean Debucourt
Mr. Poirier’s Son-in-Law AKA Le gendre de Monsieur Poirier (1933) Marcel Pagnol, Léon Bernard, Annie Ducaux, Jean Debucourt
This is the story of a wealthy bourgeois who marries his only child, a daughter Read More »
Desperate Decision AKA La jeune folle (1952) Yves Allégret, Danièle Delorme, Henri Vidal, Jean Debucourt
1922: Irish Revolution. Catherine, a servant in a convent goes to Dublin to meet Read More »
The Crucible AKA Les sorcières de Salem (1957) Raymond Rouleau, Simone Signoret, Yves Montand, Jean Debucourt
Salem 1692. The young Abigail, seduced and abandoned by John Proctor Read More »
The Seven Deadly Sins AKA Les sept péchés capitaux (1952) Yves Allégret, Claude Autant-Lara, Michèle Morgan, Françoise Rosay, Jean Debucourt
A French/Italian co-production with two episodes from Italy and five from France covering the seven deadly sins Read More »
The Idiot AKA L’idiot (1946) Georges Lampin, Edwige Feuillère, Lucien Coëdel, Jean Debucourt
Muichkine, a young Russian prince, returns home to St. Petersburg from a mental institution Read More »
La poison (1951) Sacha Guitry, Michel Simon, Jean Debucourt, Jacques Varennes
Fed up with his wife Blandine, an alcoholic shrew, Paul Braconnier decides to get rid of her. Read More »
The Fall of the House of Usher (1928) Jean Epstein, Jean Debucourt, Marguerite Gance, Charles Lamy
Allan has a hard time finding the Usher’s house, which is known to be cursed… Read More »
The Woman Who Dared (1944) Jean Grémillon, Madeleine Renaud, Charles Vanel, Jean Debucourt, Drama
Within this uplifting romantic play, the spouse of a mechanic and former fighter pilot falls in love with the notion of flying herself. Read More »
Non coupable / Not Guilty (1947) Henri Decoin, Michel Simon, Jean Debucourt, Georges Bréhat, Crime, Drama
Michel Ancelin is an alcoholic doctor: the more the people look down on him as a miserable failure the more he hates his own guts… Read More »
Monsieur Vincent (1947) Maurice Cloche, Pierre Fresnay, Aimé Clariond, Jean Debucourt, Biography, Drama, History
St. Vincent de Paul struggles to bring about peace and harmony among the peasant and the nobles in the midst of the Black Death in Europe, carrying on his charitable work in the face of all obstacles. Read More »
Marguerite de la nuit / Marguerite of the Night (1955) Claude Autant-Lara, Michèle Morgan, Yves Montand, Jean Debucourt, Drama, Fantasy
An updating of the Faust legend, with a dash of Fritz Lang’s “Der Müde Tod”, to a 1950’s Paris recreated in vividly abstract expressionistic sets.
Read More »
Le secret de Mayerling / The Secret of Mayerling (1949) Jean Delannoy, Jean Marais, Dominique Blanchar, Jean Debucourt, Drama
Around 1889 takes place the so-called Mayerling Incident: it is the crown prince of the Austrian empire and his dead lover. Suicide or murder?
Read More »