Alexandre Arnoux

The French version of G.W.Pabst's monumental three-language (English, French and German - separate versions each) filming of Cervantes' classic novel. The German version seems to be lost, but it is spoken of in three books, "The Film Till Now", and two of Pauline Kael's books of movie criticism. (imdb)

After killing his wife's lover Robert Shaw escapes to the north of Canada with the help of his secretary.

An extraordinary work, Maldone manages to presage so many of the dominant themes in French cinema of the following decade. The cinematography, which includes a great deal of location work, is predominantly neo-realist in style, whilst the narrative has strong elements of poetic realism. As in many of Grémillon's later films, Maldone alternates between moments of great dramatic intensity and moments of calm, poignant reflection.

English language version of Don Quixote, shot simultaneously with the German and French versions and, like those, starring Feodor Chaliapin, but with a different supporting cast. In 16th cent. Spain, an aging Don gone mad from reading too many romances proclaims himself a knight and sets out with his squire to revive the age of chivalry. He mistakes a play about chivalry for the real thing, inns for castles, flocks of sheep for armies, convicts for wronged prisoners, and windmills for giants. (imdb)

A French adaptation of The Phantom Carriage. David Holm, being the final death of the year is forced to atone by collecting souls for Death for a year.

A group of French soldiers in Africa stumble upon the lost city of Atlantis and discover strange secrets.

A group of Japanese spies attempt to convince a group of Russians in Shanghai to aid in their plans to control China.

An engineer is hired to plan and oversee the construction of a undersea tunnel between Europe and the US. However, certain interests don't want to see the tunnel built and use every means at their disposal, including sabotage and murder, to stop its construction.

In the town of Pompeii, 79AD, a few weeks before the volcanic eruption of Vesuvius, a Roman lady Hélène meets and falls in love with a young Greek man Lysias. He is betrothed to another woman who, to win him back, acquires a potion to make him love only her. The potion was prepared by the Egyptian priest, Arbax, who has a grudge against Lysias, and is not what it seems, it is intended to drive whoever takes it insane. (imdb)

After the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and the beginning of the First World War, a Serbian officer and his Austrian-born wife become involved in espionage between the countries.

Zian Servettaz is a dedicated mountain man. His Italian-born wife Bianca does not adjust well to his mountain village in France, and to the ever life-threatening dangers presented by his mountain guiding and climbing.