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Tag Archives: Jean Delannoy
Maigret and the St. Fiacre Case AKA Maigret et l’affaire Saint-Fiacre (1959) Jean Delannoy, Jean Gabin, Michel Auclair, Valentine Tessier
Inspector Maigret is traveling to the French countryside to visit his friend, the duchess of Saint-Fiacre. Read More »
The Double Bed AKA Le lit à deux places (1965) Jean Delannoy, François Dupont Midy, Alvaro Mancori, Nino Castelnuovo, France Anglade, Jacques Audoux
A series of mildly erotic episodes of some travelers forced to share Read More »
Marie Antoinette Queen of France AKA Marie-Antoinette reine de France (1956) Jean Delannoy, Michèle Morgan, Richard Todd, Jacques Morel
In 1774, Marie-Antoinette, wife of the dauphin, heavy and clumsy Read More »
Maigret Sets a Trap AKA Maigret tend un piège (1958) Jean Delannoy, Jean Gabin, Annie Girardot, Olivier Hussenot
For some time now, women coming home at night have been savagely murdered by a mysterious serial killer. Read More »
The Rendezvous (1961) Jean Delannoy, Annie Girardot, Andréa Parisy, Odile Versois
Pierre, a rich man’s son-in-law, shares an illicit night-time kiss with his first wife, Madeleine. Read More »
Gambling Hell (1942) Jean Delannoy, Sessue Hayakawa, Mireille Balin, Henri Guisol
A captain, who has rescued a woman from danger, sails with her to Macao to do an arms deal with the Asian proprietor of a gambling den. 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 Eternal Return (1943) Jean Delannoy, Madeleine Sologne, Jean Marais, Jean Murat
Eternal Return (L’Eternel Retour) translates the Tristan and Isolde legend into contemporary (e.g. 1939) terms. Read More »
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1956) Jean Delannoy, Gina Lollobrigida, Anthony Quinn, Jean Danet
Paris, 1482. Today is the festival of the fools, taking place like each year in the square outside Cathedral Notre Dame. Read More »
La symphonie pastorale (1946) Jean Delannoy, Pierre Blanchar, Michèle Morgan, Line Noro, Drama
On Christmas Eve, Jean Martens, a Swiss minister, takes in a blind half-crippled orphan and brings her up with his four children. Read More »
Les amitiés particulières / This Special Friendship (1964) Jean Delannoy, Francis Lacombrade, Didier Haudepin, François Leccia, Drama
A tale of the tender relationship between a twelve-year-old boy and the upperclassman who is the object of his desire. All set in the rigid atmosphere of a Jesuit-run school.
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L’assassin a peur la nuit (1942) Jean Delannoy, Mireille Balin, Jean Chevrier, Louise Carletti, Crime, Drama
Having pulled off a robbery with his friend Maurice, Olivier leaves his mistress Lola and hides out in a small village in the country. Read More »
Only the Cool / La peau de torpedo (1970) Jean Delannoy, Stéphane Audran, Klaus Kinski, Lilli Palmer, Crime, Thriller, Film-Noir
A secret agent is murdered by his jealous wife who mistakenly interprets his absences from home as acts of infidelity. This triggers a deadly chain of events. Will she be next? 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?
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