Stars: Charles Vanel, Jean d'Yd, Jean Servais, Émile Genevois, Pierre Larquey
The story of the lives of several different characters during twenty years in France in the 19th century is tied together by a notorious accused named Jean Valjean, who is wanted by police inspector Javert, and...
Stars: Fernand Charpin, Pierre Fresnay, Édouard Delmont, Alexandre Mihalesco, Lucien Callamand
"Marius" (Fahrehne) is the son of a cafe owner named "Cesar" (Remo), who is interested in "Fany" (Domazy). The relationship between the two of them leads Marius to travel far and wide, and after a while, Fanny marries a rich widow named Panis (Sharpin).
Stars: Fernand Charpin, Pierre Fresnay, Édouard Delmont, Pierre Prévert, Raimu
Marius accepts a job on a ship that takes 5 years to sail to the Indian Ocean. His lover Fanny also finds out that she is pregnant and has to decide whether she wants to raise the child alone or marry a man older than her but rich...
Stars: Didier Flamand, Michael Lonsdale, Jean Rochefort, Jean-Claude Brialy, Adolfo Celi
A series of surreal sequences that criticizes ethics and society in a self-conscious manner...
Stars: Fernand Charpin, Pierre Fresnay, Édouard Delmont, Raimu, Robert Vattier
Honoré Panis, who is dying, has his friends, wife and son by his side. He confesses to the priest in front of his friends. But he cannot bring himself to tell his son that he is not his real father...
Stars: Gabriel Gabrio, Édouard Delmont, Robert Le Vigan, Charles Blavette, Odette Roger
The story of the film takes place in a village where only three people live. One of these three people is a blacksmith, Guibert, who plans to leave the village to join his son and his wife in a neighboring village. In the meantime, a man tries to save a young girl from being attacked by several people. He takes the girl to a cafe and offers her protection and...
Stars: Louis Ducreux, Fernand Charpin, Pierre Brasseur, Geo Forster, Roger Forster
A naïve young man mistakes sarcasm for support, dreams of stardom, and chases a fake contract to Paris. A true schpountz: blind to ridicule, certain hes born to be a comedy star.
Stars: Édouard Delmont, Jean Servais, Charles Blavette, Fernandel, Orane Demazis
A young and naive peasant girl, seduced and abandoned in Provence, moves to Marseilles and after having a child, becomes a round street.
Stars: Macha Méril, Elina Labourdette, Bernard Verley, Orane Demazis, Patrick Jouané
A young girl remembers her impossible love for a melancholic boy.
Stars: Jean Rougeul, Marc Chapiteau, Pierre Baillot, Michèle Moretti, Michel Auclair
In the 1930s, a maid named Berth marries the eldest son of a middle-class family and...
