Released Date:
1949-05-09
Languages:
French
Countries:
France
Runtime:
122 min
IMDB Ratings:
7.3 (412 Reviews)
Director:
Claude Autant-LaraRaymond Radiguet (novel)
Jean Aurenche
Pierre Bost
During World War I, underage student Francois Jaubert meets and falls in love with Marthe Grangier, who is engaged to Jacques, a soldier at the Front. Though Francois pursues her ardently, they become separated and she marries Jacques. But when Marthe and Francois meet again, their mutual feelings prove stronger than ever, and they begin an extramarital affair...regardless of potentially tragic consequences.
Released Date:
1948-12-18
Languages:
French
Countries:
France
Runtime:
93 min
IMDB Ratings:
6.9 (302 Reviews)
Director:
Jean CocteauGenres:
DramaPolitical intrigue and psychological drama run parallel. The queen is in seclusion, veiling her face for the ten years since her husband's assassination, longing to join him in death. Stanislas, a poet whose pen name is Azrael, is a suicidal anarchist, his imagination haunted into hate by longing for this queen who's drawn apart. He enters her private quarters intent on killing her then himself, but they fall in love, in part because he looks like the king. Stanislas wants her to regain political power by appearing to the public, and she tries to convince him to find hope and escape. All the while, the queen's enemies plot to keep the lovers together but to thwart their plans.
Released Date:
1948-12-20
Languages:
French
Countries:
France
Runtime:
111 min
IMDB Ratings:
7.1 (465 Reviews)
Director:
Maurice ClocheJean Bernard-Luc (screenplay)
Jean Anouilh (screenplay)
Jean Anouilh (dialogue)
St. Vincent de Paul struggles to bring about peace and harmony among the peasant and the nobles in the midst of the Black Death in Europe, carrying on his charitable work in the face of all obstacles.
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