Raymond Rouleau

La Tête des autres

Georges Folgoas, Raymond Rouleau

Guy Tréjan, Judith Magre

Prosecutor Maillard can rejoice: he has just obtained the death sentence of an accused accused of murder. It is the third head he gets at the assizes. There followed an evening of rejoicing with his wife and friends, including the prosecutor Bertolier. The latter's wife is Maillard's mistress. The lovers left alone, the condemned man, Valorin, burst into the room. He managed to escape during his transfer to the remand center. Valorin immediately recognized Bertolier's wife. And for good reason: at the time of the crime, they were together in a brothel. Stunned by the miscarriage of justice he has just committed, Maillard then tries to rehabilitate Vallorin while trying to avoid a scandal in the judiciary. He then calls Bertolier to the rescue. Valorin is opportunely killed "accidentally" and ... everything will go back to "order".

Vertiges

Richard Pottier

Raymond Rouleau, Micheline Francey

A specialist in the fight against cancer, a young doctor finds himself suffering from a terrible illness.

Un mari idéal

Pierre Sabbagh, Raymond Rouleau

Robert Rimbaud, Marie-Christine Barrault

L'école des femmes

Raymond Rouleau

Bernard Blier, Robert Rimbaud

A man makes clumsy attempts to marry his naive young ward.

Les amants de Teruel

Raymond Rouleau

Ludmilla Tchérina, René-Louis Lafforgue

This puzzling experimental film is written and directed by Raymond Rouleau, who uses effects like changing color tones and masks to put across a drama within a dance drama. The set is a sound stage and the actors in this film are dancers on the stage, performing a mime-ballet derived from one particular legend. Both the enacted legend and the actual events affecting the dancers are parallel. The lead dancer Isa (Ludmila Tcherina) is still nursing her wounds after her first love left her to stand alone at the altar. Now one of the dancers wants to expand his relationship with Isa -- and soon after, the cad who jilted her suddenly shows up again. Tragedy follows closely behind.

Ondine

Raymond Rouleau

Isabelle Adjani, François Chaumette

In the forest, knight-errant Hans meets and falls in love with Ondine, a water-sprite who is attracted to the world of mortal man.

Hedda Gabler

Raymond Rouleau

Delphine Seyrig, Catherine Ariel

Hedda and Tesman have just returned from their honeymoon and the relationship is already in trouble. Trapped but determined, Hedda tries to control those around her, only to see her own world unravel.

Coups de feu

René Barberis

Mireille Balin, Ginette Leclerc

A vindicative and spiteful captain carefully plots his vengeance against his best friend who lured away from him the woman he loved.

L'Argent

Marcel L'Herbier

Pierre Alcover, Brigitte Helm

Adapted from the novel L'Argent by Émile Zola, the film portrays the world of banking and the stock market in Paris in the 1920s.

L'assassinat du Père Noël

Christian-Jaque

Harry Baur, Renée Faure

A village in the French Alps is rocked by a series of crimes, including the theft of a sacred ring and the murder of a man dressed as Père Noël (Father Christmas).

Les Sorcières de Salem

Raymond Rouleau

Simone Signoret, Yves Montand

Salem 1692. The young Abigail, seduced and abandoned by John Proctor, accuses John's wife of being a witch in revenge. A series of tragic trials soon befall Salem as fear and suspicion blur the lines of reality.

Saint-Tropez, devoirs de vacances

Paul Paviot

Michel Piccoli, Eléonore Hirt

Le tour d'écrou

Raymond Rouleau

Suzanne Flon, Stéphane Guiraud

A new governess arrives at a country house to take care of two seemingly angelic young children. But she begins to suspect that the house is haunted, and that the ghosts mean harm to the children.

Falbalas

Jacques Becker

Raymond Rouleau, Micheline Presle

Philippe Clarence, a famous Parisian dressmaker, seduces his friend's fiancee. But, for the first time in his life, this is for real. The film is also a sharp picture of the fashion world.

Une idylle à la plage

Henri Storck

Gwen Norman, Raymond Rouleau

The North Sea. Rain is falling. Two young people take shelter under a bathing hut. The sun returns, and sand, sea and shells all figure in their amorous games.

L'Honorable Catherine

Marcel L'Herbier

Edwige Feuillère, Raymond Rouleau

Catherine's technique to sell her clocks is to blackmail illegitimate couples such as Jacques and Gisèle. However when Gisèle's husband Pierre walks in on them, Catherine pretends to be Jacques's lover to save the day. Jacques then gets caught up in her schemes when the next couple she deals with turn out to be jewel thieves who kidnap them.