French Movies

The Hunchback of Notre Dame (in French Notre-Dame de Paris) is a 1956 French-Italian CinemaScope drama film version of Victor Hugo's 1831 novel, directed by Jean Delannoy and produced by Raymond Hakim and Robert Hakim. Audio in French with English subtitles (click on CC for subtitles). It stars American actor Anthony Quinn and Italian actress Gina Lollobrigida. The film is the first version of the novel to be made in color. The film is one of the few adaptations to use Victor Hugo's original ending; although Esmeralda is killed by a stray arrow rather than hanged. Esmeralda's last words were: "Life is wonderful" ("C'est beau, la vie"). Cast & Characters: Gina Lollobrigida as Esmeralda Anthony Quinn as Quasimodo Jean Danet as Phoebus de Chateaupers Alain Cuny as Claude Frollo Robert Hirsch as Pierre Gringoire Danielle Dumont as Fleur de Lys Philippe Clay as Clopin Trouillefou Maurice Sarfati as Jehan Frollo Jean Tissier as King Louis XI Valentine Tessier as Aloyse de Gondelaurier Jacques Hilling as Maitre Charmolue Jacques Dufilho as Guillaume Rousseau Roger Blin as Mathias Hungadi Spicali Marianne Oswald as La Falourdel Roland Bailly as The Hangman Piéral as The Dwarf Camille Guérini as The President Damia as The Beggar Robert Lombard as Jacques Coppenole Albert Rémy as Jupiter Hubert de Lapparent as Guillaume de Harancourt Boris Vian as Cardinal Charles of Bourbon Georges Douking as A Thief Paul Bonifas as Master Lecornu Madeleine Barbulée as Madame Outarde Albert Michel as Night Watchman Daniel Emilfork as Andry le Rouge

The Mysteries of Paris (French: Les Mystères de Paris) is a French - Italian film directed by André Hunebelle and released in 1962. Audio in French with subtitles in English and Italian (click on CC for subtitles) The film follows Rodolphe de Sambreuil and his mistress Irène, who occupy prominent positions in high society during the reign of Louis-Philippe. Rodolphe, a man of great integrity, is responsible for the death of a worker and wants to help the widow, who is searching for her daughter Marie, who has mysteriously disappeared. The film is loosely adapted from the novel of the same name by Eugène Sue. Contrary to what the title might suggest, the film was shot in Rouen. More than three-quarters of the exterior scenes of the film, in alleyways in the heart of old Rouen which perfectly evoke the Paris of the July Monarchy, in particular in the districts of Pomme d'Or and Saint-Nicaise, before their destruction to make way for modern buildings in the mid-1970s, and in particular the small rue Pitry. Other filming locations: the banks of the Seine in the Saint-Paul district of Paris. The sequence taking place in the Catacombs of Paris was filmed in the Nucourt Quarries. Jean Marais refused to use a stunt double out of honesty towards the audience. Cast & Characters: Jean Marais as Rodolphe de Sambreuil, lover of Irène Raymond Pellegrin as Baron de Lansignac, the enemy of Rodolphe Jill Haworth as Marie Godin Dany Robin as Irène Pierre Mondy as Chourineur Georges Chamarat as Jérôme Foulon Noël Roquevert as Mr. Pipelet, the concierge Jean Le Poulain as The Teacher Renée Gardès as the Owl Alain Decock as the young person Fanfan Morel Robert Dalban as the boss of the inn of the Destructives Paulette Dubost as Mrs Pipelet, the concierge Benoîte Lab as Louise Morel, the woman of the suit Gabriel Gobin as Mr. Morel, the suit Madeleine Barbulée as Mrs Godin Maria Meriko as Mrs Georges Charles Bouillaud as Mr. Godin Raoul Billerey as Amédée Guy Delorme as policeman Jacques Sablon

Le Miracle des loups (English: The Miracle of the Wolves), aka Blood on his Sword, is a French / Italian swashbuckler film from 1961, directed by André Hunebelle, written by Henry Dupuy-Mazuel, starring Jean Marais. Audio in French with English subtitles (click on CC for subtitles). The scenario was based on a novel by Maria Luisa Linarès. The film was known under the title "Im Zeichen der Lilie" (West Germany), "Blood on His Sword" or "The Miracle of the Wolves" (USA). Numerous scenes were filmed at the Cité de Carcassonne. In the 15th century France, only one honest knight stands up on protection of a young noblewoman when she finds herself trapped in enmity between a king and a treacherous nobility. Cast & Characters: Jean Marais : Robert de Neuville Rosanna Schiaffino (VF : Claire Guibert) : Jeanne de Beauvais Jean-Louis Barrault : Louis XI Roger Hanin : Charles le Téméraire Guy Delorme: Le comte Jean de Sénac Annie Anderson: Catherine du Tillais ou Marguerite Louis Arbessier: Le comte d'Hesselin Jean Marchat: L'archevêque Raoul Billerey : Jérôme Pierre Palfray : Mathieu Georges Lycan : Sire de Gavray Bernard Musson : Un évêque Paul Préboist : A baladin

Les Misérables is a 1934 French film adaptation of Victor Hugo's 1862 novel of the same name. Scripted and directed by Raymond Bernard, it stars Harry Baur as Jean Valjean, Charles Vanel as Javert, and Josseline Gaël as Cosette. Audio in French with English subtitles. It is considered by critics to be the greatest adaptation of the novel, due to its in-depth development of the themes and characters, in comparison with most shorter adaptations. The film is, for the most part, faithful to the original novel, however, there are some differences. Les Misérables is a breathtaking tour de force, unfolding with the depth and detail of its source. Featuring stunning art direction and cinematography and unforgettable performances by the exquisite Harry Baur (who died tragically during World War II), as Jean Valjean, and the legendary Charles Vanel, as Inspector Javert, Les misérables is one of the triumphs of French filmmaking. This is the Pathé version, which carried out a new restoration of the film in 2013, totaling 289 minutes. Cast & Characters: Harry Baur as Jean Valjean/Mayor Madeleine/ Mr. Champmathieu Charles Vanel as Javert Florelle as Fantine Josseline Gaël as Cosette Gaby Triquet as Cosette (child) Jean Servais as Marius Orane Demazis as Éponine Gilberte Savary as Éponine (child) Lucien Nat as Montparnasse Charles Dullin as Thénardier Marguerite Moreno as Madame Thénardier Émile Genevois as Gavroche Robert Vidalin as Enjolras Henry Krauss as Monseigneur Myriel Denise Mellot as Azelma Jacqueline Fermez as Azelma (child) Cailloux as Mabeuf Ginette d'Yd as Sister Simplice Pierre Piérade as Bamatabois Charlotte Barbier-Krauss as Toussaint Roland Armontel as Félix Tholomyès Part 2: https://rumble.com/v723yyc-les-misrables-film-1934-eng-sub-the-thnardiers-part-2.html

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Wooden Crosses (French: Les Croix de Bois) is a 1932 French anti-war film by Raymond Bernard based upon the autobiography of the same name written by Roland Dorgelès. Audio in French with English subtitles (click on CC for the subtitles). The film is set some time after the Great Retreat, where the British Expeditionary Force and the French 5th Army fought a fighting retreat to the Marne. The events follow Gilbert Demachy, a young French law student, who enlisted in the French army some time after 2 August 1914, and the infantry squad he joins. The producer, Bernard Natan, himself a veteran of the First World War and a Croix de Guerre recipient, wished to make those watching the film "hate and despise war". He was given free rein to use Pathé's new sound department to create recordings of explosions and gunshots, something he referred to as "the reconstitution of the sonic ambience of the battles". A large amount of the film was filmed in Mont Cornillet on the outskirts of Reims in Champagne, where Raymond Bernard said they "simply had to redig the trenches, traces of which were still in evidence." He used detectors from the army to search for and remove unexploded munitions due to the risk of the fake shells used in filming setting them off. They were then detonated in specially dug pits behind the cameras while lines were being delivered. The battles were described as "vibrant and convincing", with Bernard insisting that every actor have some form of combat experience. One such example is Pierre Blanchar, who was a victim of a gas attack in Verdun in 1916. Although Wooden Crosses was well received in France, it did not receive much attention outside of Europe aside from an American film named The Road to Glory, which was a loose remake of Wooden Crosses released in 1936. There were reports that Wooden Crosses caused veterans to commit suicide due to its accuracy, with one such report occurring as late as 1962 after its first TV screening. Cast & Characters: Pierre Blanchar as Gilbert Demachy Gabriel Gabrio as Sulphart Charles Vanel as Caporal Breval Raymond Aimos as Soldat Fouillard Antonin Artaud as Vieublé Paul Azaïs as Broucke René Bergeron as Hamel Raymond Cordy as Vairon Marcel Delaitre as Sergent Berthier Jean Galland as Capitaine Cruchet Pierre Labry as Bouffioux Geo Laby as Belin Jean-François Martial as Lemoine René Montis as Lieutenant Morache Marc Valbel as Maroux

The Supper (French: Le Souper) is a 1992 French period drama film directed by Édouard Molinaro. Audio in French with English subtitles (click on CC for subtitles). Based on a stage play by Jean-Claude Brisville, the film imagines the negotiations over supper about a new government for France after the Battle of Waterloo in 1815 and who will get the top jobs. After the abdication and exile of Napoléon Bonaparte following the Battle of Waterloo, Paris is occupied by English and Prussian troops and the people are restless. On 6 July 1815 Joseph Fouché, head of the provisional government, is invited to a late night supper at the town house of Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord, former minister of foreign affairs. Cast & Characters: Claude Brasseur - Fouché Claude Rich - Talleyrand Michel Piccoli – the voice of Chateaubriand Alexandra Vandernoot - Duchess of Dino Stéphane Jobert - Carême Ticky Holgado – Jacques, a servant Yann Collette – Jean, a servant

Saint-Just et la Force des choses (Saint-Just and the Force of Circumstances, or Saint-Just and the Power of Things) is a French two-part dramatic television film (La Victoire and La Mort, both combined in one file) directed by Pierre Cardinal in 1974, broadcast in 1975, based on the eponymous historical work by Albert Ollivier. Audio in French with English subtitles. One of the most intriguing and influential figures of the French Revolution, Saint-Just, a powerful figure in Robespierre's government, whom he greatly admired, was nicknamed the Archangel of Terror. From 1790 to 1794, Louis Antoine de Saint-Just reigned supreme, but in those turbulent times, the guillotine was never far away. The film opens in 1790 in Blérancourt, a small village in Picardy, where the young and ardent Saint-Just dreams of going to Paris, to the heart of the revolutionary events, to continue his fight for the new ideas, alongside Robespierre, whom he admires. Elected in August 1792, at the Convention, he meets Robespierre and the Montagnards, and his talents as an orator and politician are quickly noticed by both the left and the right. In a feverish succession of events, we witness the meteoric rise of Saint-Just to the pinnacle of power and his tragic fall. A strongman of the revolutionary government, a victorious commissioner to the armies, and a theorist of terror, author of the infamous Ventôse Decrees, but also of the indictments against the Hébertists and the Dantonists, Saint-Just died by guillotine on July 28, 1794, caught up in the fall of Robespierre. Cast & Characters: Patrice Alexsandre: Louis Antoine de Saint-Just Pierre Vaneck: Maximilien de Robespierre Hervé Sand: Georges Jacques Danton Vicky Messica: Jean-Paul Marat Fred Personne: Georges Couthon Henri Marteau: Lazare Carnot Jean-Pierre Bernard: Bertrand Barère de Vieuzac André Dumas: Jacques Nicolas Billaud-Varenne Henri Czarniak: Jean-Marie Collot d'Herbois Jacques Faber: Camille Desmoulins Raymond Jourdan: Jacques-René Hébert Jacques Lalande: Pierre Vergniaud Maurice Vallier: Charles Jean Marie Barbaroux Gérald Denizot: Marc-Guillaume-Alexis Vadier Patrice Melennec: Officer

Le Cercle Rouge (The Red Circle) is a 1970 French crime film written and directed by Jean-Pierre Melville. It stars Alain Delon, Bourvil, Gian Maria Volonté, François Périer and Yves Montand. Audio in French with English subtitles (click on CC for subtitles). After leaving prison, master thief Corey encounters a notorious escapee and an alcoholic ex-cop. The trio plots an elaborate heist. The film is known for its climactic heist sequence which is about half an hour in length and has almost no dialogue. The film's title means "The Red Circle" and refers to an epigraph which translates as: Siddhartha Gautama, the Buddha, drew a circle with a piece of red chalk and said: "When men, even unknowingly, are to meet one day, whatever may befall each, whatever the diverging paths, on the said day, they will inevitably come together in the red circle." Melville made up the quote, just as he did with the epigraph in Le Samouraï. It was the fifth most popular film of the year in France. Cast & Characters: Alain Delon as Corey André Bourvil as Inspector Mattei Gian Maria Volonté as Vogel Yves Montand as Jansen Paul Crauchet as the receiver Paul Amiot as Chief of Police Pierre Collet as prison guard André Ekyan as Rico Jean-Pierre Posier as Mattei's assistant François Périer as Santi (as François Perier) Yves Arcanel as committing magistrate René Berthier as Judiciary Police Director Jean-Marc Boris as Jean-Marc Santi Jean Champion as level-crossing guard Yvan Chiffre as a policeman Anna Douking as Corey's old girlfriend (as Ana Douking) Mireille Darc as the flower girl in Santi's night club Stéphanie Fugain as the cigarette girl in Santi's night club Robert Favart as Mauboussin's clerk Roger Fradet as a policeman Édouard Francomme as billiard hall watchman (as Edouard Francomme) Jean Franval as hotel receptionist Jacques Galland as train conductor Jean-Pierre Janic as Paul, Rico's henchman Pierre Lecomte as Internal Affairs Deputy Jacques Léonard as a policeman Jacques Leroy as a policeman Jean Pignol as court registry clerk Robert Rondo as a policeman