Émile Drain

Justice Is Done

Elsa Lundenstein is accused of having murdered her lover. The jury discusses the case vividly. All members are...

Royal Affairs in Versailles

Witty narration follows the history of Versailles Palace; founded by Louis XIII, enlarged by autocratic Louis X...

Antoine & Antoinette

1947, in France, Antoine and Antoinette, a young couple living in Paris, lead a monotonous existence: he works...

The Pearls of the Crown

The story of the seven pearls of the English Crown, from Henry VIII to 1937 – three of them missing.

If Paris Were Told to Us

Historical film directed and written by Sacha Guitry follows the the history of Paris from its founding through...

Panic

Proud, eccentric, and antisocial, Monsieur Hire has always kept to himself. But after a woman turns up dead in...

Life Is Ours

A propaganda film of the communist party of France, showing how the comrades help the proletariat against the c...

Let’s Go Up the Champs-Élysées

The history of one of France's most famous streets is retold, featuring multiple performances from Guitry himse...

The Devil Who Limped

The film is a 125-minute, black-and-white biography of French priest and diplomat Charles Maurice de Talleyrand...

The Revenge of Roger

Roger Laroque is now a rich man. He returns to France under the name of William Farnell. There, he discovers th...

Cruise for the Unknown One

Kohlman, the attorney for the Fournil bank, diverts money from the institution. To hide his malpractices, he im...

Monelle

Gérard Favier is a famous composer who is deeply in love with his wife Sylvia. The couple meet Monelle, a prett...

Marie of the Port

Henri Chatelard is well into his forties, owns a restaurant and a cinema in the city, and appreciates women. Wh...

Gates of the Night

In post-Liberation Paris, a man reunites with a friend and meets the woman of his dreams, only to discover her...

Casanova

Talkie remake of a 1927 silent about the adventures of the notorious womaniser and venetian adventurer Chevalie...

The Eagle

An adaptation of the play L'Aiglon by Edmond Rostand, which portrays the life of Napoleon I.

The Scarlet Bazaar

Agnès Bonnardet leaves her parents to marry Claude Sironi, a painter who becomes famous but loses his talent. M...

Madame Sans-Gêne

A French washerwoman becomes a duchess and a friend of Napoleon.

Le Diamant de cent sous

For fun and to dazzle his wife, the novelist Morgan steals a ring and gets rid of it in the costume jewelry sec...

Le bal des passants

Fabienne believes herself to be cheated on by her husband Claude and divorces her. He leaves for America and do...

Master Love

Director of a music hall, the dubious Ribero, to save himself from bankruptcy, only hopes for the victory of hi...

Street Without Joy

Jeanne supports supports his family on his modest salary. Her boss is arrested for fraud. Jeanne is forced, out...

Violettes impériales

During a stay in Seville, Empress Eugénie was charmed by the song of Violetta, a flower girl of gypsy origin. S...

L'Aiglonne