Jacques de Féraudy
2021
Deburau
Sacha Guitry
Sacha Guitry, Lana Marconi
Jean-Gaspard Deburau is a very successful mime, the most famous in his category. One day, he falls head over heels in love with Marie Duplessis, a courtesan better known as "La Dame aux Camélias". But he soon realizes that he is but a number in her long list of lovers. He will find comfort in devoting his time teaching his art to his son Charles.
Deburau
Fedora
Louis J. Gasnier
Marie Bell, Ernest Ferny
Fedora swears to avenge the death of her fiancé, Prince Yarischkine, killed by Ipanoff who fled to Paris. She finds Ipanoff whom she falls in love with and he confesses to having killed her fiancé because Yarischkine was his wife's lover. But learning that her brother was executed because of Fedora, Ipanoff leaves her. Fedora commits suicide.
Fedora
Caroline chérie
Richard Pottier
Martine Carol, Jacques Baumer
France, July 1782. During her birthday, the beautiful young Marchioness Caroline meets the attractive soldier Gaston. It's love at first sight but Gaston does not wish to make a commitment because a military career waits for him. Caroline marries then a politician but the French Revolution bursts and Caroline has to run away to escape the guillotine. By running away she meets Gaston again who decides to help her.
Dear Caroline
L'ami Fritz
Jacques de Baroncelli
Lucien Duboscq, Jacques de Féraudy
The adaptation of a french novel from 1864 describes the idyllic life of a convinced bachelor, Fritz Kobus, in a village in Alsace. With help by the local rabbi, he does get married to young Suzel in the end.
In Old Alsace
Lorsque l'enfant paraît
Michel Boisrond
Gaby Morlay, Béatrice Altariba
Charles Fouquet, the Minister of Family Affairs, is having a hard time. His wife Olympe, although not that young, is expecting a baby. His daughter Annie, as for her, is pregnant by her fiance. And let's not forget Georges, Fouquet's son, who has seduced Natacha, his close (too close!) collaborator. As if that were not enough, a former mistress of Charles' comes and reveals to him the existence of a son he knew nothing about. But Charles is a man of action and he is not so easily deterred: he WILL take action against this abundance of offspring.
When the Child Appears
Molière, sa vie, son oeuvre
Jacques de Féraudy
The viewer is first reminded of the places where Molière was born, studied, played his works and died. Then, through engravings, Molière is seen performing at Versailles and in front of Parisian audiences. Finally various actors of the Comédie Française interpret selected scenes from Molière's work among which "Le dépit amoureux","Tartuffe", "Les précieuses ridicules", "Le Misanthrope", "le bourgeois gentilhomme", "Don Juan" et "Le malade imaginaire". Firmin Gémier performs a scene froùm "L'avare".
Molière, sa vie, son oeuvre