Films francais avant guerre

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poster The War and the Dream of Momi
The War and the Dream of Momi
(3.4/5)
37mn - Fantasy, Adventure, Drama
"The War and the Dream of Momi" was a patriotic war film directed by Giovanni Pastrone. Segundo de Chomón was responsible for the animation effects.
poster A Tale of Two Cities
A Tale of Two Cities
30mn - Drama, History
A condensed silent film version of the Charles Dickens classic about the French Revolution and its subsequent Reign of Terror.
poster Behind the Screen
Behind the Screen
30mn - Comedy, Romance
During the troubled shooting of several movies, David, the prop man's assistant, meets an aspiring actress who tries to find work in the studio. Things get messy when the stagehands decide to go on strike.
poster Marianne
Marianne
(3.1/5)
111mn - Comedy, Music, Romance
In the waning days of World War I, Marianne, a spirited French farm girl who runs an inn and cares for war orphans, finds herself torn between duty and desire. Promised to her fiancé André who's fighting …
poster A Desperate Crime
A Desperate Crime
7mn - Thriller, Drama, Crime
A man is murdered and the killer brought to justice by guillotine. This film is partly lost.
poster Half Shot at Sunrise
Half Shot at Sunrise
(3.0/5)
78mn - Comedy
Two soldiers go absent without leave in Paris during World War I.
poster Chicot the Jester
Chicot the Jester
(2.8/5)
59mn -
The film based on the novel of the same name by Alexandre Duma, is concerned with fraternal royal strife at the court of Henri III. Tragically caught between the millstones of history are the gallant Coun…
poster Cendrillon
Cendrillon
(2.8/5)
Nonemn -
1922 version of Walt Disney's Cinderella
poster Bon Voyage
Bon Voyage
(3.1/5)
26mn - War
A young, Scottish RAF gunner is debriefed by French officials about his escape from Nazi-occupied territory. They are particularly interested in one person who may or may not have been a German agent.
poster Sabotage
Sabotage
(3.6/5)
76mn - Drama, Thriller
Karl Anton Verloc and his wife own a small cinema in a quiet London suburb where they live seemingly happily. But Mrs. Verloc does not know that her husband has a secret that will affect their relationshi…
poster Entr'acte
Entr'acte
(3.7/5)
22mn - Comedy, Fantasy
Stop-motion photography blends with extreme slow-motion in Clair's first and most 'dada' film, composed of a series of zany, interconnected scenes. We witness a rooftop chess match between Marcel Duchamp …
poster The Mighty
The Mighty
(3.3/5)
72mn - Action, Drama, Crime
A hardened gangster's life transforms when he's drafted into World War I, rising from mob enforcer to decorated war hero. Upon returning home, he must honor a dying promise to a fallen comrade while accep…
poster The North Star
The North Star
(3.0/5)
108mn - Drama, War
A Ukrainian village must suddenly contend with the Nazi invasion of June 1941. Later re-edited and released as "Armored Attack."
poster Pack Up Your Troubles
Pack Up Your Troubles
(3.6/5)
68mn - Comedy, War
When their Army buddy Eddie Smith is killed in the trenches of World War I, bumbling soldiers Stan and Ollie promise to find his baby daughter's grandfather. Back home after the war, their well-meaning qu…
poster The Way Ahead
The Way Ahead
(3.5/5)
115mn - Drama, War
A mismatched collection of conscripted civilians find training tough under Lieutenant Jim Perry and Sergeant Ned Fletcher when they are called up to replace an infantry battalion that had suffered casual…
poster Between Calais and Dover
Between Calais and Dover
(2.7/5)
1mn - Comedy
A rocky sea voyage as reenacted by Georges Méliès.
poster The Girl from Carthage
The Girl from Carthage
17mn - Drama
The Girl from Carthage (also known as La fille de Carthage) is a 1924 Tunisian film directed by Albert Samama Chikly.
poster Waxworks
Waxworks
(3.3/5)
83mn - Fantasy, Drama, Horror
A poet is hired by the owner of a wax museum in a circus to write tales about Harun al Raschid, Ivan the Terrible and Jack the Ripper. While writing, the poet and the daughter of the owner, Eva, fantasize…
poster The Man I Married
The Man I Married
(3.5/5)
77mn - Drama
An American vacations in Europe with her husband and watches him turn into a Nazi.
poster The King of Paris
The King of Paris
(3.1/5)
64mn - Drama
The lives of two young men-- A virtuous artist who's renounced a background of riches and a debonair swindler proclaimed by many the King of Paris-- intersect when the artist's mother becomes the target o…
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