Mayerling (1936) more movies like this

directed by Anatole Litvak
featuring Charles Boyer, Jean Dax, Jean Debucourt, Marthe Regnier, Danielle Darrieux, Suzy Prim, Gabrielle Dorziat

Based on Idol's End, a novel by Claude Anet, the French Mayerling is based on the tragic real-life story of Hapsburg Crown Prince Rudolph and his mistress, Baroness Marie Vetsera. Since the details of Rudolph and Marie's lives and deaths are clouded in controversy, much of the film is romanticized speculation-with emphasis on the romance. The film ...

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The Heart of a Nation (1943) more movies like this

directed by Julien Duvivier, Paul Graetz
featuring Michèle Morgan, Suzy Prim, Raimu, Louis Jouvet, Lucien Nat, Renee Devillers

Heart of a Nation was filmed in 1940, just after the Nazi occupation of Paris. The film traces the fortunes of the Froment family of Montmartre, from the Franco-Prussian war of 1871 to World War II. Comedy and tragedy are deftly blended throughout; Raimu's visit to the Moulin Rouge is as hilarious as Michele Morgan's loss of an arm during World ...

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Les Bas-Fonds (1936) more movies like this

directed by Jean Renoir
featuring Jean Gabin, Louis Jouvet, Suzy Prim, Jany Holt, Junie Astor, Vladimir Sokoloff

Voted 1936's best picture by a circle of prestigious French critics, Jean Renoir's The Lower Depths (Les Bas-Fonds) is based on the "gutter" play by Russian author Maxim Gorky. Louis Jouvet plays The Baron, forced by circumstance to give up his life of luxury and to set up residence in the slums of Paris. As Jouvet observes the passing parade, he ...

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