Christian-Jaque

Outlaw sisters in the old West inherit a ranch and try to settle down and develop relationships with neighboring family of lots of brothers. (imdb)

Fanfan is a young handsome peasant. He joins the army to escape marriage and because a gipsy girl predicted he will get glory and the king's daughter as a wife. But the gipsy girl was in fact Adeline, the daughter of the recruiting officer. Once he has discovered the stratagem, Fanfan refuses to forget this dream and decides to fulfill the destiny of the fake prediction. Fantastic swashbuckling adventures in a 18th century setting, with a light criticism of the war and the mighty. (imdb)

The US intelligence chief in Europe relates the stories of three different espionage operations that he was involved in. (imdb)

The film takes place at Christmastime in a small French village where the local children eagerly await the annual arrival of Santa Claus -- actually toymaker Cornuese (Harry Baur) in disguise. This year, however, a pall has been cast on the festivities: a valuable ring has been stolen from a reclusive baron, and another man dressed up like Santa has been found murdered. What, if anything, this has to do with the jovial Cornuese is a mystery that everyone is eager to solve. (nytimes.com)

In a college, three friends form a secret society. There objective - going to America. A night, after one of their secret meetings, one of them see a man coming out from a wall. Then the day after he talks about it, he disappears. Then the second one vanishes. Are they gone to their dreams? That's when the art teacher is murdered. Suspicions now are too high so the third one decides to investigate. (imdb)

In 1789, when the Revolution went on, a bandit named "Black Tulip" held the surroundings of village Roussillon in fear. The poor people respected him as Robin Hood, who declare himself a revolutioner but Count Guillaume de Saint Preux "plays" this benefactor. When he fought with Mouche, the policeman he was wounded. (imdb)

Catherine, an out-spoken Parisian laundress follows Napoleon's army to the battlefront to be near her Sergeant Lefevre. The couple perform a deed of heroism which abets Napoleon's victory, so that after the war the grateful Emperor bestows on the now married couple the title of Duke and Duchess. Catherine squabbles with Napoleon's haughty sisters, scandalizes the nobility with her lack of courtly manners, flirts with the men - and consistently creates havoc... (imdb)

This French morality play is fraught with cynical undertones as it tells the tale of a group of French people from every social strata trying to flee the Nazis who have just invaded Paris. En route they meet a cruel German officer who threatens to kill the others if the heroine Presle refuses to sleep with him. (www.allmovie.com)

The story starts when a fishing boat on the North Sea has all its crew getting ill with an unknown disease. Through a radio amateur a message is sent and received by someone in Togo who gets in contact with the local doctor who gets to the conclusion that they had food poisoning caused by ham. A message is sent to Paris where they find the antidote, but the problem now is sending it to the boat. (imdb)

Assola is an imaginary village on the border between Italy and France and the borderline crosses the village itself. The French customs agent Ferdinand is always trying to catch the Italian smuggler Giuseppe. Giuseppe discovers that Ferdinand was actually born in Italy and therefore he can't be a French customs agent. (imdb)

Comedy about a naive French country girl in London who helps the war effort by parachuting into German-occupied France to help kidnap an important German general. She bungles through to a heroic finish of plot and counter-plot. (imdb)

Fabrice del Dongo, a young archbishop, gives his all to romance rather than to the Church, creating complications for everyone around. The Countess of San Severina, is but one of the women who love him a la folie, spurring jealous retribution in high places from those who in turn want her. From his prison window, Fabrice falls in love with the jailer's daughter who takes a vow to the Virgin Mary to never see him again if his escape succeeds. (imdb)

Docteur Justice is a comic book adaptation of a very successful series created by the drawing artist Raphael Marcello and the writer Jean Ollivier. Originally Justice is a Doctor working for the OMS organization (World Health Organization) and is travelling around the world to help people, but ends up using his karate, judo and Ju-jitsu knowledge in various adventures against organised crime lords and villains. (cinema-de-bizarre.com)

Honorin (Fernandel) is the simple and naive stage manager of a traveling theatre troupe, whose one ambition is to once play the role of the cavalier in the opera "Francis I, or the Loves of the Beautiful Ferroniere". A hypnotist puts him to sleep and in his dreams he is transplanted to the days of the Renaissance. (imdb)

This anthology film is made up of three short tales, loosely connected by the theme of women during wartime. The stories include a widow's journey during World War II, the struggles of Joan of Arc, and an adaptation of the classic Greek play Lysistrata. (allrovi.com)

Noticed by George Romney, an artist, Emma, a young shepherdess, leaves her sheep behind to settle down in London with Romney, who employs her as a model. In return, the painter transforms the young peasant into an elegant young socialite, soon surrounded by a crowd of admirers. Her rise in society is meteoric. Her hand is asked for in marriage by old Lord Hamilton, the English ambassador in Naples. (imdb)

Seven short films from seven accomplished directors explore the pivotal stages in a woman's emotional life in this unique anthology. Featuring an ensemble cast of French stars, the collected stories deal with sexual curiosity, virginity, married life, infidelity, divorce and loneliness. Clever animated vignettes introduce each segment. (Netflix)

Martine Carol stars as Nana, a Parisian prostitute who rises from poverty to become the lover of a high-placed government bureaucrat, Comte Muffat (Charles Boyer). But as their affection for each other grows, they discover that society will exact a terrible price for their love. (Netflix)

Highlights of the turbulent existence of Berlioz; his irresistible vocation, the breaking with his mother, his passion for Marie Martin. (toutlecine.com)

A horse dealer is making his way across the mountains in a snowstorm when he is suddenly attacked by a stranger. His assailant is Jean-Baptiste, a reclusive man known locally as the Bellman. Having killed the horse dealer, Jean-Baptiste flees with his gold. He intends to share these ill-gotten gains with Fabret, a simpleminded old man whose daughter he has taken a fancy to. In fact, Fabret's daughter, Catherine, is in love with another man, a woodcutter named Peter.

Produced during the Nazi occupation of France, director Christian-Jaque delivered a thoughtful film involving a dramatic love triangle as part of a voyage without hope. (filmstruck.com)

In the early 16th Century, Italy is ruled by the powerful Borgia family, led by César Borgia and his sister Lucrèce. In a ruthless power play, César plots to have his sister's husband murdered. But without her brother's knowledge, Lucrèce has taken a strong lover who will challenge the Borgias.

André Noblet is a bit of a Casanova, but when he falls in love with the young and lovely Catherine, he decides to finally settle down. Still, he takes pleasure in remembering his past conquests: Christine, Minouche, Denise... Will he be able to get some peace at last? Perhaps - if Catherine allows it. (wikipedia.org)

Gina is the dedicated nurse of Paul Dupré, a wealthy industrialist who has been treated for heart problems. Dupré dies brutally during an injection made by Gina, and immediately his wife Catherine accuses Gina. (imdb)

A ballet producer returns to his native town and schemes to avenge himself on the family who tried to murder him 20 years before.

The daughter of a seamstress, Jeanne Bécu could hardly imagine she would later become one of the most influential women of the Kingdom of France. Nor could she anticipate her quick fall and tragic death. The teenage girl was still a mere milliner's assistant when her beauty attracted the attention of Count Jean du Barry, a degenerate noble man who, after making her his mistress, undertook to make her Paris's most successful courtesan. Later, he realized that he could even help her to become one

Abandoned children, left to their own devices and a life of danger, are adopted by a kind man.

The story of the Swiss soldier, Henri Dunant (Jean-Louis Barrault), who was responsible for the founding of the Red Cross, and who was offered the first Nobel Peace Prize.

In 14th Century Sweden, when Lord Erland Maneskold marries Singoalla, a gypsy, he abandons his worldly possessions. The gypsies, who meanwhile have stolen the Maneskold treasure, want the couple to join their caravan to escape detection. A jealous suitor makes Erland think Singoalla has betrayed him, and he returns to his castle, where a battle between the gypsies and the landed-gentry ensues. Ten years later, Sorgbarn, the son born to Singoalla from the marriage sets out to find his father.

On his wedding day, Robert confesses his father-in-law that twenty years ago, he seduced a lady in a sleeping car of a train. His mother-in-law overhears the conversation and convinces Robert that she was that lady and that makes Robert's bride also his daughter. The wedding is in danger of being annulled when the trickery is finally discovered.

A young English naval officer aims to demonstrate a faster route to India via the Mediterranean and Suez, challenging the lengthy voyage around Africa. Accompanied by French explorer Martial de Sassenage, Lieutenant Thomas Waghorn embarks in October 1829 to reach Bombay within three months. A shipping company owner, threatened by their success, dispatches agents to hinder their journey.