André Roanne

Thymian Henning, an innocent young girl, is raped by the clerk of her father's pharmacy. She becomes pregnant, is rejected by her family, and must...

A master of suspense admired even by Hitchcock, Henri-Georges Clouzot is famous for acid-tinged thrillers about cold-blooded murder and ugly...

The virtuous Nicole is the wife of wealthy composer Lucien. Through an error made by a dressmaker, Nicole discovers that Lucien is leading a double...

The ladykiller friend of a busy diplomatic attaché follows a masked blonde home after an elaborate ball without knowing she is that man's wife.

Lilian, a rich young girl, is to marry Baron de Plessis, captain of the bobsleigh team. However, Lilian is interested in Tressac, the captain of the...

An opinionated and cocky bookkeeper is certain he can rum his employer's business better than his employer can. The latter dive the bookkeeper a...

A philatelist absorbed in his collection abandons his wife. He had her followed by a detective and learned that two young people were courting her....

A charming little couple is watched by the misfortune that hides under the disturbing and enigmatic features of a femme fatale.

An idle and very jealous woman sets a trap for her husband by luring him to an appointment to which she goes herself. But the faithful husband sends...

Perrichon, a well-off self-satisfied bourgeois, goes on holiday with his wife and his pretty daughter Henriette. He is more or less willingly...

An aviator lands on the estate of a duchess, who has an attractive daughter. Will he overcome the obstacles that are put in his path?

Lucie turns the house of chic dandy Gaston upside down.

For sentimental reasons, Monsieur Imberger, a fifty-year-old, disappears. Everyone thinks he was murdered but repeatedly he reappears. Inspector...

A banker threatened by gangsters is replaced by a tramp who is his perfect double. The gangsters arrest the fake banker and take him for a madman.

Private Mamert is the heir to five million dollars. All his comrades borrow his identity to seduce girls.

A few colorful characters, with very different social origins and whose destinies are not always glorious, will parade before our eyes, for our...

Serge loves living it up but painting the town red has a price... too high for him! What to do then? Alfred, his servant and former pickpocket, has...

An outgoing deputy, put on ballot, experiences many political and marital difficulties before regaining his seat. Ultimately and without suspecting...

Maxime, heir to an old provincial family, is deeply in love with Maud whom he makes his fiancée. But learning that the young girl's life has...

For years now, Chief inspector Gustave Picard has been trying to bring down Salviati, the dreadful leader of a drug-selling gang. Lucienne...

This murder mystery is set in a Parisian cafe and examines the mysterious murder of a famed journalist and extortionist who is killed at his table in...

The film depicts events between the Fashoda crisis in 1898 and the 1904 signing of the Entente Cordiale creating an alliance between Britain and...

The hunter at Maxim's, whose family is unaware of the profession, turns around and plans to marry his daughter to a marquis when he recognizes a...

Madame Rose runs a seedy hotel in a suburb of Paris. Strong-minded but without the least moral scruple, she once killed her husband whose honesty was...

Some try to travel around the world with a time constraint, but Lavarède has to perform an even harder task than Phineas Fogg. His assignment...

Victor Boniface's life is not exactly a rest cure. Just imagine: Victor is both a store detective and a ... shoplifter (only when he walks in his...

Wealthy American Patricia comes to spend some time at her uncle's place in Paris. While out on her own for the evening she meets pseudo-Russian...

The story is about a lieutenant, nicknamed "the Rooster of the Regiment", a married man, who just can't help running after any woman passing around,...

Totte works in Paris when she meets the wealthy Renato. Renato's father wants him to marry so to fool him he proposes to Totte.

Paris, 30's declared professional rivalry between two stars of the musical, Yvonne and Gaby leads to dire consequences. Yvonne's body is found in the...

When Nathalie, a shoe seller, is abducted, her mother Flora wastes no time taking matters into her own hands. Reluctant to call in the police, she...

In a small east-european ghetto, the Jewish family is celebrating Easter. The fraternal dissonance between the Sigoulim brothers pretty accurately...

This historical melodrama (later remade by Henry Roussel himself in 1932 and Richard Pottier in 1952) set during the reign of Napoleon III of France....

Concepcion de la Playa Setta, an Andalusian noblewoman, the daughter of the provost marshall of Flanders, is in love with the Duke Philippe de...

The story of a how a love-struck young man eventually wins over an initially reluctant woman, charmingly told in shots that depict only their hands...

Marguerite Le Goff has a sad destiny. Daughter-mother to a holidaymaker at the age of sixteen, she tried to earn a living in Nantes, but succumbed to...

In Nice, a wealthy widow is charmed by a young man who marries her and manages her finances. He soon starts an affair with her secretary, who proves...

Nicknamed "the Aristo", a friendly tramp, once a very rich and influential man, will one fine day rediscover the splendor of his past...

A dying man entrusts 25 million to a young girl's care, but she's afraid of being suspected of theft.

Two men, lost in the desert, meet Queen Antinea, ruler of Atlantis.

The famous scientific detective Justin Crécelle and his faithful assistant Walter Jymson seek to halt the deeds of the "Clutching Foot" gang,...

a silent movie by Robert Wiene

Jacqueline took one of her friends to a place where tourists, informants, girls, pimps and Apaches rub shoulders. Her husband, who watches over her,...

Two police inspectors track down a mysterious criminal who signs his crimes with a fiery triangle. When they have just discovered an accomplice, one...

A wife who suspects (wrongly) her husband of infidelity, makes the decision to find herself a lover... Finally, morality will be saved.

An eccentric millionaire brings together four men who, under different circumstances, wanted to commit suicide. The proposal made to them is the...

The reservist Lafleur, having a wife, a mistress and still running after the first petticoat that comes along, his namesake, an active soldier, finds...

A Princess learns that the captain of a ship she owns has struck a passenger, indirectly causing the passenger's death. The Captain is immediately...

Archibald Burel, a banker, has had enough of his wife cheating on him, and with his best friend Hubert into the bargain! One day he has (at least...

In this French crime drama, a young man gets revenge upon the criminals who caused his grandfather to kill himself. Unfortunately, the fellow doesn't...

A deceived husband asks his priest to bring back the frivolous wife.

French language version of Nie wieder Liebe! (1931) Disgusted with love, a man bets 500,000 that he can live 5 years without a woman, joins a band of...

A young musician is too late in sending his work to the great international competition of musical composition, intended to foster a better...

Marceline, a fearless 17-year-old girl, is expelled from her boarding school. Her adoptive parents then sent her to a stricter school.

A British officer poses as a traitor in order to infiltrate a team of terrorists who are sabotaging ships, while a seductive cabaret dancer is...

A young intellectual, J. Powers, loses his faith in God after the untimely death of his wife. He devotes his great talents to writing a shockingly...

Historical film directed and written by Sacha Guitry follows the the history of Paris from its founding through the significant events in the city's...

Celestin works as an organist at a girl's school. By day, Celestin is the meek and mild target of the girls' incessant practical jokes. By night,...