Lucien Callamand

Dr. Lawrence is forced for health reasons, to leave Paris. He arrives in a small town in the hinterland of the Alpes-Maritimes, in Saint-Martin-Vésubie, where he must replace the town doctor, who's too old to continue practicing.

The practice of Dr. Julien, a GP of Marseilles, consists mainly of drug-addicts. One day, one of his patient dies at his surgery and Julien yields to the temptation : he steals the dead man’s money and hides the corpse in a trunk. But the whole thing is discovered and … misinterpreted. The doctor is condemned for killing the junkie and sent to the Cayenne convict prison, from which he escapes. The Indians give him shelter and he is soon given the opportunity to return their good deed when a yell

Agnès de Louvigny, aviator, crashes with her plane on the villa of Martial Simonet, a great fashion designer nicknamed La Patronne. But tourists are busy in front of the villa. (wikipedia)

Having pulled off a robbery with his friend Maurice, Olivier leaves his mistress Lola and hides out in a small village in the country. He finds work, thanks to a young man named Gilbert, who introduces him to his sister, Monique. Once the robbery has been all but forgotten, Olivier intends to head back to Paris, but before he goes, he steals money from his employer.

Separated by an ancestral hatred, two small villages of the South see their infant population engaging in war, while the teacher of the first village and the mayor of the second love each other. (imdb)

Monsieur Serval has made a deal with his daughter Jacqueline. She can be a lawyer and act her own way provided that, in a given period of time, she becomes a great name of the profession. If she does not, she must pledge herself to marry the son of a rich man, Monsieur Feutrier. Jacqueline accepts and starts her career by defending Pierre Besnard, a bad Boy. Not only does she get the case dismissed but she falls in love with Pierre as well.

Bernard, Sleeper Coach conductor and automobile inventor, is confused to be the racing car company president, and falls in love with a countess, who is actually a slogan prize winner chorine.

A very rich businessman, knight of the Legion of Honor, bets that he can start his career from scratch. After all kinds of adventures, he climbs the ladder of society and, having become rich again, finds love and a new fortune.

A silent film theater projectionist is kidnapped by a gangster group, so he can show them footage of a Dutch jewel dealer they want to steal from. The head gangster's sister helps foil their plan.

Fresh out of prison a small-time crook finds his girlfriend's dropped him, which sends him into a murderous rage.

On his wedding night with Hilda Bergmann, the daughter of a swedish chemist, the young and rich american Willy Keanton is stabbed by an unidentified masked man. He kidnaps the young woman, who is found later on by the count Robert d’Arbel. The detective Jacques Miral, nicknamed « the pointed tower’s ferret » is put in charge of the case. Soon, he discovers that an international bandit, Méphisto, seeks to seize the formula of a process against asphyxiating gas, invented by professor Bergmann.

Madeleine Aubry is the new concierge at the apartment house, and she's a hard-working girl. She can get no work done, because all the men insist on doing it for her. If she is sweeping out the foyer, one comes and sweeps for her; when she turns her attention to polishing the stair rail, another shows up to do the task; and when she takes the opportunity to darn socks, a third does that chore.

The fictional rags-to-riches story of a dancer, her benefactor a kind-hearted old piano tutor. Like Max Ophüls, Capellani set many flms in the theatre – backstage, on stage, in the auditorium and the public.

At the time of its release, L'Assommoir was hugely successful. Based on Zola's novel, this movie is about the free fall of human beings, deals with degradation, alcoholism and it is, in short, a very pessimistic story.