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1940s French films
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The list 1940s French films includes
La passagère and Devil in the Flesh.
The list consists of 498 members
and 3 sublists.
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Children of Paradise
1945 French film directed by Marcel Carné
Overview: Children of Paradise (original French title: Les Enfants du Paradis) is a two-part French romantic drama film by Marcel Carné, produced under war conditions in 1943, 1944, and early 1945 in both Vichy ...
Release date: 9 March 1945Genre: Romance, DramaDirector: Marcel CarnéProducer: Raymond Borderie, Adrien RemaugéWriter: Jacques PrévertThe theatrical life of a beautiful courtesan in 1830s Paris and the four men who love her.
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Beauty and the Beast
1941 film by Jean Cocteau
Overview: Beauty and the Beast (French: La Belle et la Bête – also the UK title) is a 1946 French romantic fantasy film directed by French poet and filmmaker Jean Cocteau. Starring Josette Day as Belle and Jean ...
Release date: 1 September 1946Genre: Drama, Fantasy, RomanceDirector: Jean Cocteau, René ClémentProducer: André PaulvéA beautiful young woman takes her father's place as the prisoner of a mysterious beast, who wishes to marry her. 0
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Midnight in Paris
1942 film
Overview: Monsieur La Souris is a 1942 French mystery crime film directed by Georges Lacombe and starring Raimu, Aimé Clariond and Micheline Francey. It is based on the 1938 novel of the same title by Georges ...Release date: 14 October 1942Genre: Drama, Mystery, Comedy, CrimeDirector: Georges LacombeProducer: Roger RichebéWriter: Georges Simenon, Marcel Achard 0
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Pastoral Symphony
1946 film by Jean Delannoy
Overview: Pastoral Symphony (French: La Symphonie pastorale) is a 1946 French drama film directed by Jean Delannoy and starring Michèle Morgan, Pierre Blanchar and Jean Desailly.Release date: 1 September 1946Genre: DramaDirector: Jean DelannoyWriter: André Gide, Jean AurencheA minister falls in love with a blind young woman he sheltered, but so does his son. 0
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Le Silence de la Mer
1949 French film
Overview: Le Silence de la mer (lit. 'The silence of the sea') is a 1949 French drama film by Jean-Pierre Melville, his directorial debut. It is based on the 1942 book of the same name written by Vercors (the pen ...
Release date: 22 April 1949Genre: Drama, War, RomanceDirector: Jean-Pierre MelvilleProducer: Pierre Braunberger, Marcel CartierWriter: Vercors, Jean-Pierre Melville1941 in a small town in Nazi occupied France. Against the will of its elderly male and his adult niece residents... 0
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Monsieur Vincent
1947 French film
Overview: Monsieur Vincent is a 1947 French historical drama film about Vincent de Paul. In 1949, it won an honorary Academy Award as the best foreign language film released in the United States in 1948. The Vatican ...
Release date: 5 November 1947Genre: Drama, Biography, HistoryDirector: Maurice ClocheCast: Pierre Fresnay, Aimé Clariond, Jean Debucourt, Lise Delamare, Germaine Dermoz, Gabrielle DorziatWriter: Jean Bernard-Luc, Jean AnouilhSt. Vincent de Paul struggles to bring about peace and harmony among peasants and nobles in the midst of the Black Death in Europe, carrying on his ch ... 0
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Manon
1949 French film
Overview: Manon is a 1949 French drama film directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot and starring Serge Reggiani, Michel Auclair and Cécile Aubry. It is a loose adaptation of the 1731 novel Manon Lescaut by Abbé Prévost ...Release date: 9 March 1949Genre: Drama, CrimeDirector: Henri-Georges ClouzotProducer: Paul-Edmond DecharmeWriter: Abbé Prévost, Henri-Georges ClouzotAn adaptation of Abbe Prevost's classic French novel 'Manon Lescaut', updated to post-World War II France... 0
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Gigi
1949 French film
Overview: Gigi is a 1949 French comedy film directed by Jacqueline Audry and starring Gaby Morlay, Jean Tissier and Yvonne de Bray. A young girl (Danièle Delorme) who is coming of age and being trained as a courtesan ...
Release date: 5 October 1949Genre: Comedy, Romance, DramaDirector: Jacqueline AudryProducer: Claude DolbertWriter: Colette, Pierre LarocheGilberte is a sixteen year old girl raised by her aunt and grandmother to be a demimondaine. But she's not ready for that yet... 0
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Fabiola
1949 film
Overview: Fabiola (UK title: The Fighting Gladiator) is a 1949 Italian language motion picture historical drama directed by Alessandro Blasetti, very loosely based on the 1854 novel Fabiola by Nicholas Patrick ...
Release date: 3 March 1949Genre: Drama, HistoryDirector: Alessandro BlasettiProducer: Salvo D'AngeloIn ancient Rome a love story blossoms between Fabiola, daughter of a senator, and Rhual, a gallic gladiator... 0
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Devil in the Flesh
1947 French film by Claude Autant-Lara
Overview: Devil in the Flesh (French: Le diable au corps) is a 1947 French romantic drama film directed by Claude Autant-Lara, based on the 1923 novel of the same name by Raymond Radiguet. The film stars Micheline ...
Release date: 12 September 1947Genre: Drama, RomanceDirector: Claude Autant-LaraProducer: Paul GraetzWriter: Raymond Radiguet, Jean AurencheDuring World War I, the star-crossed affair of an underage French student with a woman engaged to a soldier. 0
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La Chartreuse de Parme
1948 French film
Overview: The Charterhouse of Parma (French: La Chartreuse de Parme, Italian: La Certosa di Parma) is a 1948 French-Italian historical drama film directed by Christian-Jaque and starring Renée Faure, Gérard Philipe ...Release date: 21 February 1948Director: Christian-JaqueProducer: Franco Magli, Fred OrainWriter: Stendhal, Christian-JaqueFabrice del Dongo, a young archbishop, gives his all to romance rather than to the Church, creating complications for everyone around... 0
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Aux yeux du souvenir
1948 film
Overview: To the Eyes of Memory (French: Aux yeux du souvenir) is a 1948 French romantic drama film directed by Jean Delannoy and starring Michèle Morgan, Jean Marais and Jean Chevrier. Delannoy co-wrote screenplay ... 0
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Wicked City
1949 film by François Villiers
Overview: Wicked City (French: Hans le marin; alternate title: The Last Port) is a 1949 French crime film directed by François Villiers and starring the husband-and-wife team of Jean-Pierre Aumont and Maria Montez ...Release date: 16 November 1949Genre: Drama, CrimeDirector: François VilliersProducer: Michel Arnaud, Jean-Pierre AumontWhen his freighter pulls into Marseille, Canadian seaman Eric Martin falls in love with Dolores, a "cabaret... 0
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Singoalla
1949 film
Overview: Singoalla is a 1949 Swedish–French film directed by Christian-Jaque, starring Viveca Lindfors and Alf Kjellin. It is based on the romantic novel The Wind Is My Lover by Viktor Rydberg, which in turn is ...Release date: 13 December 1949Genre: Drama, Romance, History, Adventure, WarDirector: Christian-JaqueProducer: Lorens Marmstedt, Jacques BarWriter: Viktor Rydberg, Pierre VéryIn 14th Century Sweden, when Lorld Erland Maneskold marries Singoalla, a gypsy, he abandons his worldly possessions... 0
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Ruy Blas
1948 film
Overview: Ruy Blas is a 1948 French-Italian historical drama film directed by Pierre Billon and starring Danielle Darrieux, Jean Marais and Marcel Herrand. The screenplay was written by Jean Cocteau based on the ...Release date: 18 February 1948Genre: DramaDirector: Pierre BillonCast: Danielle Darrieux, Jean Marais, Marcel Herrand, Gabrielle Dorziat, Alexandre Rignault, Giovanni GrassoProducer: Georges Legrand, Nino MarteganiWriter: Victor Hugo, Jean Cocteau 0
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Portrait d'un assassin
1949 French film
Overview: Portrait of an Assassin (French: Portrait d'un assassin) is a 1949 French drama thriller film directed by Bernard-Roland and starring Maria Montez, Erich von Stroheim, Arletty and Pierre Brasseur.Release date: 25 November 1949Genre: Drama, ThrillerDirector: Bernard-RolandProducer: François Chalais, Henri Decoin 0
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Immortal France
1943 French film
Overview: The Heart of a Nation (French: Untel père et fils) is a 1943 French drama film directed by Julien Duvivier who co-wrote screenplay with Marcel Achard and Charles Spaak. The film stars Raimu, Michèle Morgan ...Release date: 7 April 1943Genre: Drama, WarDirector: Julien DuvivierProducer: Marcel Achard, Julien DuvivierThe story of how the people of Paris cope with the strains and struggles of war, from the siege of the city by the Prussians during the Franco-Prussian ... 0
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A Day in the Country
1946 French film
Overview: Partie de campagne (English: A Day in the Country) is a French featurette that was written and directed by Jean Renoir in 1936, but not edited and released until 1946. It is based on the short story "Une ...
Genre: Short, Drama, RomanceDirector: Jean RenoirCast: Sylvia Bataille, Georges D'Arnoux, Jane Marken, André Gabriello, Jacques B. Brunius, Paul TempsProducer: Pierre BraunbergerWriter: Jean Renoir, Guy de Maupassant 0
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The Walls of Malapaga
1949 films
Overview: The Walls of Malapaga (Italian: Le mura di Malapaga, French: Au-delà des grilles (Beyond the Gates), is a 1949 French-Italian drama film directed by René Clément and starring Jean Gabin, Isa Miranda and ...Release date: 19 September 1949Genre: Drama, RomanceDirector: René ClémentProducer: Alfredo GuariniWriter: Jean Aurenche, Pierre Bost 0
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Les Dames du Bois de Boulogne
1945 film by Robert Bresson
Overview: Les Dames du Bois de Boulogne (French for "The Ladies of the Bois de Boulogne") is a 1945 French film directed by Robert Bresson. It is a modern adaptation of the story of Madame de La Pommeraye from ...
Release date: 21 September 1945Genre: Drama, RomanceDirector: Robert BressonCast: Paul Bernard, María Casares, Elina Labourdette, Lucienne Bogaert, Jean Marchat, Yvette EtiévantProducer: Raoul PloquinWriter: Robert Bresson, Denis DiderotA society lady engineers a marriage between her lover and a cabaret dancer who is essentially a prostitute. 0
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