Fernand Gravey

Romantic comedy about a woman who must steal a statue from a Paris museum to help conceal her father's art forgeries, and the man who helps her. (imdb)

An all-knowing interlocutor guides us through a series of affairs in Vienna, 1900. A soldier meets an eager young lady of the evening. Later he has an affair with a young lady, who becomes a maid and does similarly with the young man of the house (imdb)

Ex-King Alfred VII is a young, handsome, and charming erstwhile monarch who once ruled a nation of two million people. Now all he has left are his Count Humbert and Duchess Anna, along with enough money to live an idle life in Paris with dozens of servants... (imdb)

The film is a loosely based bio-pic of Johann Strauss, critics have claimed that the film is really nothing more than a love triangle covered up by many, many waltz's, some sung by Korjus, who was, and plays, a famous opera soprano... (wikipedia.org)

Made in 1971 for French TV, this epic film comes from early in the Pialat's belated feature-filmmaking career. It begins in costume drama and an ethnographic view of rural French life during World War One, and in an apparently sentimental tale of war orphans. But then it irises out from costume drama conventions into the transcendental, exploring Pialat*s spiritual themes, as well as the social dynamics, trauma and collective experiences of war. (KG)

Eddy Roback (Dane Clark) is a rough-edged American criminal captured by the Paris authorities. As he is being transported through the city he escapes during an explosive shootout staged by his henchmen, and Roback has to work to stay one step ahead of the ever-closing dragnet that is set up by Commissioner Dufresne (Ferdinand Gravet) and to try and contact his former lover Denise Vernon (Simone Signoret). (digitallyobsessed.com)

A married woman and a drifter fall in love, then plot to murder her husband... but even once the deed is done, they must live with the consequences of their actions. (imdb)

Denis is distracted: he's studying all day for philosophy exams and working all night at the flower market; plus... (imdb)

Rene is broke and Kay is a rich actress visiting Paris. They meet, share a cab and dinner. He is smitten by her, but she leaves for London and he follows. At her house, when he cooks the dessert, the chef quits and he takes the job, unbeknownst to Kay. By the next day, the scandal is all over London about him living in her house and that upsets Philip, who wants Kay for his wife. Kay tells Rene to leave, but Rene plans to get rid of Philip. (imdb)

A young baron who's fallen upon hard times takes advantage of the arrival of a group of traveling players to seek help from the king.

The leopard Saïda steals the famous Manneken-Pis statue, and comical events occur while the Belgian police attempt to recapture it.

A young girl falls in love with a young conductor in Vienna, and they marry. Their marriage, however, is threatened by a wealthy man who sets his sights on the wife. (imdb)

Commissioned by Pathé Frères, Alfred Machin shoots several local stories in Belgium, in a typically Belgian setting. Mr Beulemeester, notorious member of the local militia and very possessive when it comes to his daughter, is in this film fooled by charmer and suitor Van Soest.

Kaatje, the daughter of the miller Schoonejans, and Jef, a little shepherd, who live near Delft, are happy together. In a floral parade, the carriage the two children have decorated with tulips wins the first prize. The next day, during a thunderstorm, lightning destroys the mill and kills Schoonejans. A life of misery starts for his widow and daughter. Remembering how the theatre manager Boolmans had applauded the dancing of Kaatje and Jef, the widow takes her daughter to Amsterdam.

In pre-World Ward I in Paris, a budding artist, Pierre LeBlanc, falls in love and marries Janine, a dressmaker's assistant. Pierre has a flair for designing clothes, and he and his bride live in a blissful paradise, until the war breaks out and he becomes a soldier. Janine dies in childbirth and, no longer desiring to live, Pierre volunteers for a dangerous patrol behind German lines. While recuperating from a wound he received on the mission, Pierre spends his time drawing sketches of dresses. (imdb)

Every Friday, businessman Gérard Barbier locks himself up in his attic so that he can pass the time with his old friend Jean-Louis Deshayes. Naturally, his wife Adelaide feels neglected, so she starts an affair with the young Achille Bellorson. Too sure of Adelaide's fidelity, Gérard is not remotely jealous, but he finally gets the message when Adelaide disappears one Friday with Achille. (KG)

A struggling lawyer is responsible for defending a formidable criminal. He falls in love with the bandit's mistress. The young woman finally becomes in love with the lawyer while Mr. Flow stays in prison.

Two unemployed musicians dress up as women to be hired by an all-female orchestra "Tulips from Holland". They fall in love with two gorgeous musicians.

A young supervisor is expelled from his high school after losing his students during an outing. He made his fortune and lounged on the Côte d'Azur. A young maid comes to his aid before he has lost everything. She reveals to him that she is in fact a successful novelist. (wikipedia)