Christian-Jaque
Christian-Jaque (byname of Christian Maudet; 4 September 1904 – 8 July 1994) was a French filmmaker. From 1954 to 1959, he was married to actress Martine Carol, who starred in several of his films, including Lucrèce Borgia (1953), Madame du Barry (1954), and Nana (1955).
Les pétroleuses
Outlaw sisters in the old West inherit a ranch and try to settle down and develop relationships with neighboring family of lots of brothers.
Le gentleman de Cocody
An Embassy attache and a butterfly hunter become involved in a treasure hunt between two rival gangs.
La tulipe noire
French Revolution-era count leads double life as bandit "Black Tulip," robbing village. Injured, he has brother impersonate him. Brother discovers count's selfish motives, sparking conflict between their principles and truth.
Les bonnes causes
A lovely young nurse finds herself framed for the murder of a hospital patient who died after she administered an injection.
Madame Sans Gêne
Catherine, a laundress, joins lover Lefevre in war. Their heroics help Napoleon win. As a reward, they're granted nobility. Catherine's lack of courtly etiquette shocks high society, but she remains authentic despite her new rank.
Babette s'en va-t-en guerre
Comedy about a naive French country girl in London who helps the war effort by parachuting into German-occupied France to help kidnap an important German general. She bungles through to a heroic finish of plot and counter-plot.
La legge è legge
Assola is an imaginary village on the border between Italy and France and the borderline crosses the village itself. The French customs agent Ferdinand is always trying to catch the Italian smuggler Giuseppe. Giuseppe discovers that Ferdinand was actually born in Italy and therefore he can't be a French customs agent.
Nana
Nana or Nanà is a French-Italian film by Christian-Jaque starring Charles Boyer. It is an adaptation of Émile Zola's novel Nana.
Madame Du Barry
A la demande de la cour de Louis XV, le comte Du Barry se met en quête d'une maîtresse capable de consoler le souverain de la perte récente de La Pompadour, la favorite du roi. Il trouve bientôt une jeune beauté, Jeanne Bécu. De cette roturière, il doit tout d'abord faire une noble...
Fanfan la Tulipe
Intrépide, fougueux, effronté et généreux, Fanfan la Tulipe, soldat dans l'armée du roi, part à la conquête de la gloire et du coeur de la belle Adeline, la fille du sergent recruteur.
Souvenirs perdus
Suppose lost and found objects could talk... But they can!
La Chartreuse de Parme
Fabrice del Dongo se rend a Parme, chez la Sanseverina, ou il tombe amoureux de la fille du directeur de la prison.
D'homme à hommes
The story of the Swiss soldier, Henri Dunant, who was responsible for the founding of the Red Cross, and who was offered the first Nobel Peace Prize.
Un revenant
A man returns to his hometown after 20 years: to the woman he loved and the man who tried to kill him.
Sortilèges
The story begins with the murder of a horse trader, which sets free a black stallion that roams through the snow and the village terrifying the people as it gallops.
Boule de suif
An adaptation of Guy de Maupassant's short story Boule de Suif.
Voyage sans espoir
Gohelle, escaped from prison, seeks to flee occupied France for Argentina. The captain of a cargo ship is willing to smuggle him out out France for a price but Gohelle has no money. His mistress, Marie-Angel tries to charm the money out of wealthy Alain Ginestier who seems the ideal pigeon but Marie-Angel falls in love with Ginestier.
L'assassinat du Père Noël
The story concerns an old globe-maker who is mysteriously killed while going through the town portraying Pere Noel ("Father Christmas" aka Santa Claus).
Les disparus de Saint-Agil
Trois étudiants du collège de Saint-Agil disparaissent mystérieusement après avoir surpris un visiteur nocturne...
Les Pirates du rail
Henri Pierson, the chief engineer of a railway line crossing Yunnan in China, must prevent the incessant attacks of a gang of looters.
Un de la légion
Fernand Espitalion is miserable as totally whipped husband of a dragon 'passed on' -like cloths- by his late cousin. She often leaves him waiting outside like a dog when she does business. While she sees a notary about an inheritance, he's seduced to a bar by a shady man.