Love and the Frenchwoman (1960) more movies like this

directed by Christian-Jaque, Henri Decoin, Henri Verneuil, Jean Delannoy, Jean-Paul Le Chanois, Michel Boisrond, René Clair
featuring Marie-José Nat, Sylvia Montfort, Darry Cowl, Jacqueline Porel, Sophie Desmarets, Dany Robin, Paul Meurisse, Valerie Lagrange, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Annie Girardot, François Perier, Martine Carol

Love and the Frenchwoman (La Francaise et L'Amour) concentrates on the nature of love by illustrating seven separate aspects of the emotion. In "Childhood," 9-year old Pierre-Jean Vaillard suffers a traumatic experience when he takes his parents' "cabbage patch" theory of conception too literally. In "Adolescence," a little girl (Annie Sinigalla) ...

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Lola Montès (1955) more movies like this

directed by Max Ophüls
featuring Martine Carol, Peter Ustinov, Anton Walbrook, Oskar Werner, Ivan Desny, Will Quadflieg

Martine Carol stars as notorious 19th century Mexican circus performer Lola Montes, who in her heyday counted among her lovers the crowned heads of France, Italy, Poland, and Russia. The film dwells upon Lolas' extended affairs with King Ludwig of Bavaria (Anton Walbrook) and composer Franz Liszt (Will Quadflieg). We learn of these various amours ...

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Les Belles de Nuit (1952) more movies like this

directed by René Clair
featuring Gérard Philipe, Martine Carol, Gina Lollobrigida, Magali Vendeuil, Marilyn Buferd

Director René Clair insisted that his 1952 production Beauties of the Night (Les Belles du Nuit) was intended as a comic variation on Griffith's multipart Intolerance (1916). The Clair film deals with a disillusioned music teacher (Gérard Philipe) who dreams of the beautiful women of history, envisioning himself as the central male figure in each ...

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Vanina Vanini (1961) more movies like this

directed by Roberto Rossellini
featuring Sandra Milo, Laurent Terzieff, Martine Carol, Paolo Stoppa

Robert Rossellini's Vanina Vanini was released in many US markets as The Betrayer. Based on a Stendhal novel, the film is set in Italy during the turbulent years of the mid-19th century. Princess Vanini (Sandra Milo) confronts a strange looking woman in her palace. The woman turns out to be a man (Laurent Terzieff), an Italian revolutionary on the ...

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The Battle of Austerlitz (1960) more movies like this

directed by Abel Gance
featuring Pierre Mondy, Rossano Brazzi, Claudia Cardinale, Vittorio De Sica, Martine Carol, Jean Marais

In what must be the longest lapse of time between a film and its sequel, 70-year-old Abel Gance continues his nearly legendary, 1927 historical drama Napoleon with this tale of Napoleon's life after his victories in Italy. The first half of Austerlitz delves into the private life of Napoleon Bonaparte (Pierre Mondy), the prodigal son of Corsica. ...

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Nana (1955) more movies like this

directed by Christian-Jaque
featuring Martine Carol, Charles Boyer, Noël Roquevert, Jacques Castelot

The most frequently filmed of Emile Zola's works, Nana was given a slick, polished cinemazation by French- filmmaker Christian-Jacque in 1955. Martine Carol is well (if predictably) cast in the title role, playing a poverty-stricken Parisian girl who rises to prominence as a high-priced whore. Nana is content to love 'em and leave 'em until she ...

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