Roger Legris

In order to get rid of his troublesome son François, Maître Gérane manages to have him committed to a mental hospital (imdb)

The highly sensitive young law clerk Werther, drawn to the simple peasant life in the village of Wahlheim, falls in love with Charlotte, who is already betrothed to his older friend. Suffering intensely and exquisitely, Werther languishes close to the now married Lotte, leading a dissipated life until he can bear his unrequited love for her no longer.

During WW1, a train is stopped by a bombing ;a young soldier takes advantage of the opportunity to go to his native village to see his parents.

Four vice-presidents fight among themselves to reach the top post after the president dies. Their wives take part in the various schemes to downgrade the opposition by unorthodox means. (imdb)