Jacques de Féraudy

La chanson du souvenir

Douglas Sirk, Serge de Poligny

Mártha Eggerth, Max Michel

A French-language remake of Douglas Sirk's "The Court Concert" (1936).

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.

Si Paris nous était conté

Sacha Guitry

Sacha Guitry, Louis de Funès

Historical film directed and written by Sacha Guitry follows the the history of Paris from its founding through the significant events in the city's history.

L'âtre

Robert Boudrioz

Charles Vanel, Jacques de Féraudy

One of two peasant brothers in love with the same woman escapes his grim country life and pursues a career as a Parisian sculptor.

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.

L'École des contribuables

René Guissart

Armand Bernard, Mireille Perrey

A bureaucrat, tax assessor, specialized in tax return and fraud, complains about his son-in-law's inactivity. He'd rather have thought twice before urging him to work...

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.

L'âpre lutte

Jacques de Féraudy, Robert Boudrioz

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.

Passé à vendre

René Pujol

Jeanne Aubert, Pierre Brasseur

Maryse blackmails her former lovers by threatening to mention their names in her memoirs. But a real blackmailer appears and cashes the checks for him.

La famille Pont-Biquet

Christian-Jaque

Paul Pauley, Armand Bernard

The family Pont-Biquet is composed as follows: father, the judge, afflicted by deafness; authoritarian and irascible mother; funny son-in-law; an ingenious son who has a mistress.

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".

Les surprises du sleeping

Karl Anton

Nicolas Amato, Georges Bever

Prince Philippe of Bracowa must join his fiancée by train. The young and pretty Gisèle is on the same train, for her too to join her fiancé.

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.