French Movies

Le vieux fusil (English title: The Old Gun or Vengeance One by One) is a 1975 French-West German war drama film directed by Robert Enrico, and starring Philippe Noiret, Romy Schneider and Jean Bouise. Audio in French with English subtitles. The film is based on the Massacre of Oradour-sur-Glane in 1944. It won the 1976 César Award for Best Film, Best Actor and Best Music, and was nominated for best director, supporting actor, Screenplay, Dialogue or Adaptation, cinematography, editing and sound. In Montauban in 1944, during the Invasion of Normandy, Julien Dandieu a pacifist surgeon and convinced humanist, leads a comfortable middle class life with his wife Clara and his daughter Florence, born from a previous union. As a member of the French Resistance, he provides treatment to the maquisards in his hospital and is regularly threatened by the French Milice. Worried about the advances of German troops entering Montauban, Dandieu asks his friend Francois to drive his wife and his daughter to the remote village where he owns a château. One week later, Dandieu sets off to meet them for the weekend, but the Germans have now occupied the village. Cast & Characters: Philippe Noiret as Julien Dandieu Romy Schneider as Clara Dandieu Jean Bouise as François Joachim Hansen as SS Officer Robert Hoffmann as SS Lieutenant Karl Michael Vogler as Dr. Müller Madeleine Ozeray as Julien's Mother

Marie-Octobre is a 1959 French drama mystery film directed by Julien Duvivier and starring Danielle Darrieux, Bernard Blier and Robert Dalban. It is based on the eponymous novel by Jacques Robert. The entire action takes place in real time over 99 minutes. It was shot at the Boulogne Studios in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art director Georges Wakhévitch. It is also known by the alternative title Secret Meeting. Audio in French with English subtitles (click on CC for subtitles). A group of ex-resistance fighters are brought together by Marie-Octobre, the code name of Marie-Helene Dumoulin (Danielle Darrieux). The former members of the network have carried on with their lives after the war, but this evening they are going to have to live again a fateful night – the night their leader was killed. He had been betrayed, his name given to the Germans. The search for the traitor puts each personality in the spotlight – and also that of the killed leader, Castille. Cast & Characters: Danielle Darrieux as Marie-Helene Dumoulin Bernard Blier as Julien Simoneau, a lawyer Robert Dalban as Leon Blanchet, a locksmith Paul Frankeur as Lucien Marinval, a sales agent in Les Halles Daniel Ivernel as Robert Thibaud, a doctor Paul Meurisse as Francois Renaud-Picart, an industrialist Serge Reggiani as Antoine Rougier, a printer Jeanne Fusier-Gir as Victorine, governess Paul Guers as Père Yves Le Guen, a priest Noel Roquevert as Etienne Vandamme, a tax inspector Lino Ventura as Carlo Bernardi, a night club owner

Richelieu: The Purple and the Blood (French title: Richelieu, la Pourpre et le Sang) is a 2014 French TV film directed by Henri Helman. Audio in French with subtitles in; English, Russian and French (click on CC for subtitles). In 1640, Cardinal Richelieu, powerful Prime Minister of Louis XIII, was a tired and sick man. These are the last years of his life. He is faced with the machinations of his tipped designated successor, the Marquis de Cinq-Mars. Henri Coiffier de Ruzé, Marquis of Cinq-Mars (1620 – 12 September 1642) was a favourite of King Louis XIII of France, who led the last and most nearly successful of many conspiracies against the Cardinal Richelieu, the king's powerful first minister. Cinq-Mars was the son of Marshal Antoine Coiffier de Ruzé, marquis d'Effiat, a close friend of Cardinal Richelieu, who took the boy under his protection on his father's death in 1632. In 1641, Cinq-Mars was active in the Comte de Soissons' rebellion, but the effort failed. The next year, he conspired again with the king's brother, Gaston, Duke of Orleans, to try to get support for the rebellion from Philip IV, the king of Spain; Richelieu's spy service caught him doing so. Consequently, Richelieu had Cinq-Mars imprisoned and beheaded in the Place des Terreaux in Lyon, along with his accomplice, François Auguste de Thou. The Marquis of Cinq-Mars' last words were, "Mon Dieu! Qu’est-ce que ce monde". Cardinal Armand Jean du Plessis, Duke of Richelieu, commonly referred to as Cardinal Richelieu, was a French clergyman and statesman. He was consecrated as a bishop in 1607 and was appointed Foreign Secretary in 1616. Richelieu soon rose in both the Catholic Church and the French government, becoming a cardinal in 1622, and King Louis XIII's chief minister in 1624. He remained in office until his death in 1642; he was succeeded by Cardinal Mazarin, whose career he had fostered. Cardinal de Richelieu was often known by the title of the king's "Chief Minister" or "First Minister". He sought to consolidate royal power and crush domestic factions. By restraining the power of the nobility, he transformed France into a strong, centralized state. His chief foreign policy objective was to check the power of the Austro-Spanish Habsburg dynasty, and to ensure French dominance in the Thirty Years' War that engulfed Europe. Cast & Characters: Jacques Perrin as cardinal de Richelieu Pierre Boulanger as Marquis de Cinq-Mars Stéphan Guérin-Tillié as Louis XIII Hélène Seuzaret as Marie Gonzague Gaëlle Bona as Melle de Chemerault Cécile Bois as Anne d'Autriche https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3156284/

Army of Shadows (French: L'Armée des ombres; Italian: L'armata degli eroi) is a 1969 Franco-Italian World War II suspense-drama film written and directed by Jean-Pierre Melville, and starring Lino Ventura, Paul Meurisse, Jean-Pierre Cassel, and Simone Signoret. Audio in French with English subtitles (click on CC for subtitles). It is an adaptation of Joseph Kessel's 1943 book of the same name, which mixes Kessel's experiences as a member of the French Resistance with fictional versions of other Resistance members. The film follows a small group of Resistance fighters as they move between safe houses, work with the Allied militaries, kill informers, and attempt to evade the capture and execution that they know is their most likely fate. While portraying its characters as heroic, the film presents a bleak, unromantic view of the Resistance. Cast & Characters: Lino Ventura as Philippe Gerbier, a civil engineer who leads a French Resistance cell based in Lyon Paul Meurisse as "Saint" Luc Jardie, who, unknown to his brother Jean-François, is a senior member of the Resistance. This character is partly based on the philosopher and Resistance leader Jean Cavaillès. Jean-Pierre Cassel as Jean-François Jardie, Luc's younger brother, who joins Gerbier's Resistance cell through his friendship with Félix Simone Signoret as Mathilde, who becomes Gerbier's assistant Claude Mann as Claude "Le Masque" Ullmann, the youngest member of Gerbier's Resistance cell Paul Crauchet as Félix Lepercq, a member of Gerbier's Resistance cell Christian Barbier as Guillaume "Le Bison" Vermersch, a member of Gerbier's Resistance cell Serge Reggiani as the barber who gives Gerbier a shave and a jacket André "Colonel Passy" Dewavrin as himself, an official of the Free France intelligence services based in London Alain Dekok as Legrain, the young Communist who works at the power plant of the internment camp to which Gerbier is sent Alain Mottet as the commander of the internment camp to which Gerbier is sent Alain Libolt as Paul Dounat, the young member of Gerbier's Resistance cell who is killed by for informing on his associates Jean-Marie Robain as Baron de Ferté-Talloire, who lets Gerbier use his estate for Resistance activities Albert Michel as the gendarme who escorts Gerbier to the internment camp Denis Sadier as the doctor at the Gestapo headquarters in Lyon Georges Sellier as Colonel Jarret du Plessis, who is held in the same building as Gerbier at the internment camp Marco Perrin as Octave Bonnafous, a traveling salesman who is held in the same building as Gerbier at the internment camp Hubert de Lapparent as Aubert, a pharmacist who is held in the same building as Gerbier at the internment camp Colin Mann as the RAF soldier who rides in the plane with Gerbier Anthony Stuart as the RAF Major who teaches Gerbier about his parachuting equipment Michel Fretault as the "anonymous patriot" who escapes with Gerbier in Paris Michel Dacquin as one of Gerbier's cellmates after he is apprehended in the restaurant Jeanne Pérez as Marie, Luc's maid Pierre Vaudier as the man at the antique shop Jacques Marbeuf as the German officer and lead interrogator at the Gestapo headquarters in Lyon. Marcel Bernier as the customs agent who comes across Jean-François on the beach at night (uncredited) Nathalie Delon, who had made her big-screen debut in Melville's previous film, Le Samouraï (1967), has a cameo appearance in Army of Shadows as the woman with Jean-François at the bar in Marseille. The film's editor, Françoise Bonnot, plays the secretary at the talent agency in Lyon.

La Révolution française is a two-part 1989 film, co-produced by France, Germany, Italy, the United Kingdom and Canada for the 200th anniversary of the French Revolution. Audio in French with English subtitles. Translation is missing in the first 20 seconds of the movie, only. Part 2 - The Years of Terror: https://rumble.com/v2ayni8-the-french-revolution-film-1989-the-years-of-terror-part-ii.html When Louis XVI summoned the Etats-Generaux, he unleashes a revolution that would change his country and cost his life. This is the story of one of the crucial points in the history of France, and Europe, divided into two parts. The first part, titled La Révolution française: les Années lumière (The French Revolution: The Years of Light) was directed by Robert Enrico. The second part, La Révolution française: les Années terribles (The French Revolution: The Years of Terror), was directed by Richard T. Heffron. The first part "Les annees lumieres", focuses more on the privileged classes describing the political changes taking place in France as the revolution approaches. We also get acquainted with the three main revolutionaries, Desmoulins, Danton and Robespierre. Cast & Characters: Klaus Maria Brandauer as Georges Danton† Andrzej Seweryn as Maximilien de Robespierre† Jean-François Balmer as King Louis XVI of France† Jane Seymour as Queen Marie-Antoinette† Peter Ustinov as Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau† François Cluzet as Camille Desmoulins† Vittorio Mezzogiorno as Jean-Paul Marat† Claudia Cardinale as Gabrielle de Polastron, duchesse de Polignac Sam Neill as Gilbert du Motier, marquis de La Fayette Christopher Thompson as Louis de Saint-Just† Klaus Maria Brandauer as Georges Danton† Andrzej Seweryn as Maximilien de Robespierre† Jean-François Balmer as King Louis XVI of France† Jane Seymour as Queen Marie-Antoinette† Peter Ustinov as Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau† François Cluzet as Camille Desmoulins† Vittorio Mezzogiorno as Jean-Paul Marat† Claudia Cardinale as Gabrielle de Polastron, duchesse de Polignac Sam Neill as Gilbert du Motier, marquis de La Fayette Christopher Thompson as Louis de Saint-Just†

The second part, La Révolution française: les Années terribles (The French Revolution: The Years of Terror) directed by Richard T. Heffron. Audio French with English subtitles. The second part focuses on the triumvirate of power centered around the main characters and how their ideologies distance them from one another. Part 1 - The Years of Light: https://rumble.com/v2aydo6-the-french-revolution-film-1989-the-years-of-light-part-i.html

Napoléon is a 1955 French historical epic film directed by Sacha Guitry that depicts major events in the life of Napoleon. Audio in French with English subtitiles. Part II: https://rumble.com/v2azd5o-napolon-part-ii-film-1955.html The film follows the life of Napoleon from his early life in Corsica to his death at Saint Helena in May 1821. The film is notable for its use of location shooting for numerous scenes, especially at the French estates of Malmaison and Fontainebleau, the Palace of Versailles, and sites of Napoleonic battles including Austerlitz and Waterloo. Napoleon is played by two actors, Daniel Gélin as a young man and Raymond Pellegrin in later life; the switch takes place during a scene at a barber. Director/actor Guitry played the role of Talleyrand, controversial diplomat and first Prime Minister of France, narrating the story from a drawing room as if having just heard of Napoleon's death on the island of Saint Helena in 1821. Guitry had played Talleyrand before, in 1948's Le Diable boiteux. Yves Montand appears as Marshal Lefebvre and Maria Schell as Marie-Louise of Austria. The film also has cameo appearances by a number of notable actors, particularly Erich von Stroheim as Ludwig van Beethoven, and Orson Welles as Napoleon's British jailer, Sir Hudson Lowe.

Audio in French with English subtitles. Part I: https://rumble.com/v2az9lm-napolon-part-i-film-1955.html

Amok is a 1934 French film, directed by Fyodor Otsep. Starring; Marcelle Chantal, Jean Yonnel and Jean Servais. Audio in French with subtitles in English and French (click on CC for subtitles). Dr. Holk leads a lonely life in a small dutch colony in the tropics. Fled from love and civilisation his only companions are alcohol and his work, which takes him to the villages ravaged by dirt, fever, fear and a strange illness turning innocent people into madmen: Amok. The film is based on the Stefan Zweig novel Der Amokläufer (Amok). Fyodor Otsep was nominated for the Mussolini Cup at the 1934 Venice International Film Festival.

Les Diaboliques (released as Diabolique in the United States and variously translated as The Devils or The Fiends) is a 1955 French psychological horror thriller film co-written and directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot, starring Simone Signoret, Véra Clouzot, Paul Meurisse and Charles Vanel. Audio in French with English subtitles. It is based on the 1952 novel She Who Was No More (Celle qui n'était plus) by Pierre Boileau and Thomas Narcejac. The story blends elements of thriller and horror, with the plot focusing on a woman and her husband's mistress who conspire to murder the man. It was the 10th highest-grossing film of the year in France, with a total of 3,674,380 admissions.[2] The film also received the 1954 Louis Delluc Prize. Clouzot, after finishing The Wages of Fear (1953), optioned the screenplay rights, preventing Alfred Hitchcock from making the film. Les Diaboliques is now considered a classic of the horror genre and film in general. The film helped inspire Hitchcock's Psycho (1960). Robert Bloch, the author of the novel Psycho, stated in an interview that his all-time favorite horror film was Les Diaboliques. Véra Clouzot died of a heart attack, aged 46, somewhat mirroring her character in the film, who also had heart problems. Cast & Characters: Simone Signoret as Nicole Horner Véra Clouzot as Christina Delassalle Paul Meurisse as Michel Delassalle Charles Vanel as Alfred Fichet Jean Brochard as Plantiveau Thérèse Dorny as Mme Herboux Michel Serrault as M. Raymond Georges Chamarat as Dr. Loisy Robert Dalban as the gas station attendant Camille Guérini as the photographer Jacques Hilling as the employee of the forensic institute Jean Lefebvre as the soldier Aminda Montserrat as Mme Plantiveau Jean Témerson as the hotel waiter Jacques Varennes as M. Bridoux Georges Poujouly as Soudieu Noël Roquevert as M. Herboux Pierre Larquey as M. Drain Johnny Hallyday as a student (uncredited) Madeleine Suffel as the degreaser (uncredited)