Émile Drain

Le diamant de cent sous

Jacques Daniel-Norman

René Dary, Suzy Carrier

For fun and to dazzle his wife, the novelist Morgan steals a ring and gets rid of it in the costume jewelry section of a supermarket. Sophie buys the diamond, which forces the novelist to embark on crazy adventures to recover the jewel.

Panique

Julien Duvivier

Michel Simon, Viviane Romance

Proud, eccentric, and antisocial, Monsieur Hire has always kept to himself. But after a woman turns up dead in the Paris suburb where he lives, he feels drawn to a pretty young newcomer to town and discovers that his neighbors are only too ready to suspect the worst of him.

Casanova

René Barberis

Ivan Mosjoukine, Jeanne Boitel

Talkie remake of a 1927 silent about the adventures of the notorious womaniser and venetian adventurer Chevalier Giacomo Casanova. Action starts in Venice and then the plot takes Casanova to France and Russia.

Antoine et Antoinette

Jacques Becker

Roger Pigaut, Claire Mafféi

She's working in a big store, he's a typographer and they lost their winning lottery ticket.

Les amoureux sont seuls au monde

Henri Decoin

Louis Jouvet, Dany Robin

A beautiful young pianist falls for her mentor.

Le Diable boiteux

Sacha Guitry

Sacha Guitry, Lana Marconi

The film is a 125-minute, black-and-white biography of French priest and diplomat Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord (1754–1838), who served for 50 years under five different French regimes: the Absolute Monarchy, the Revolution, the Consulate, the Empire, and the Constitutional Monarchy. Its title comes from one of the main historical nicknames for Talleyrand, that he shares with demon king Asmodeus and English poet Lord Byron.

L'aiglonne

Émile Keppens, René Navarre

Cyprian Gilles, Émile Drain

Remontons les Champs-Elysées

Sacha Guitry

Sacha Guitry, Lucien Baroux

The history of one of France's most famous streets is retold, featuring multiple performances from Guitry himself.

Violettes impériales

Henry Roussel

Raquel Meller, Suzanne Bianchetti

During a stay in Seville, Empress Eugénie was charmed by the song of Violetta, a flower girl of gypsy origin. She invites her to Paris where she becomes a prima donna.

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.

La vie est à nous

Jacques Becker, Jean-Paul Le Chanois

Jean Dasté, Nadia Sibirskaïa

A propaganda film of the communist party of France, showing how the comrades help the proletariat against the capitalists.

Croisière pour l'inconnu

Pierre Montazel

Claude Dauphin, Sophie Desmarets

Kohlman, the attorney for the Fournil bank, diverts money from the institution. To hide his malpractices, he imagines to remove the director, the young and overconfident Clement Fournil, during a cruise at sea on the yacht Emile Frechisse.

L'aiglon

Viktor Tourjansky

Jean Weber, Victor Francen

An adaptation of the play L'Aiglon by Edmond Rostand, which portrays the life of Napoleon I.

La rue sans joie

André Hugon

Dita Parlo, Albert Préjean

Jeanne supports supports his family on his modest salary. Her boss is arrested for fraud. Jeanne is forced, out of poverty, in the street.

Le bal des passants

Guillaume Radot

Annie Ducaux, Jacques Dumesnil

Fabienne believes herself to be cheated on by her husband Claude and divorces her. He leaves for America and does not return until eight years later. He then meets his daughter.

Madame Sans-Gêne

Léonce Perret

Gloria Swanson, Émile Drain

A French washerwoman becomes a duchess and a friend of Napoleon.