Movies: Guy Favières

  • 1927
    Napoleon

    Napoleon (1927)

    Napoleon

    7.91927HD

    A biopic of Napoleon Bonaparte, tracing the Corsican's career from his schooldays (where a snowball fight is staged like a military campaign) to his flight from Corsica, through the French Revolution (where a real storm is intercut with a political s...

    Napoleon
  • 1945
    Children of Paradise

    Children of Paradise (1945)

    Children of Paradise

    8.11945HD

    In a chaotic 19th-century Paris teeming with aristocrats, thieves, psychics, and courtesans, theater mime Baptiste is in love with the mysterious actress Garance. But Garance, in turn, is loved by three other men: pretentious actor Frederick, connivi...

    Children of Paradise
  • 1953
    The Earrings of Madame de...

    The Earrings of Madame de... (1953)

    The Earrings of Madame de...

    7.51953HD

    In France of the late 19th century, the wife of a wealthy general, the Countess Louise, sells the earrings her husband gave her on their wedding day to pay off debts; she claims to have lost them. Her husband quickly learns of the deceit, which is th...

    The Earrings of Madame de...
  • 1958
    Neither Seen Nor Recognized

    Neither Seen Nor Recognized (1958)

    Neither Seen Nor Recognized

    6.91958HD

    In a small French village, everything would be quiet if the local wildlife cop was not being ridiculed by a smart poacher....

    Neither Seen Nor Recognized
  • 1947
    Panic

    Panic (1947)

    Panic

    7.41947HD

    Proud, eccentric, and antisocial, Monsieur Hire has always kept to himself. But after a woman turns up dead in the Paris suburb where he lives, he feels drawn to a pretty young newcomer to town and discovers that his neighbors are only too ready to s...

    Panic
  • 1949
    The Lovers of Verona

    The Lovers of Verona (1949)

    The Lovers of Verona

    51949HD

    Angelo, a glass-blower from Murano, and Georgia Maglia, the pretty daughter of a fallen fascist magistrate, are chosen to be the stand-ins for the stars of a film version of "Romeo and Juliet" being shot on location in Venice and Verona. It is not lo...

    The Lovers of Verona
  • 1947
    Monsieur Vincent

    Monsieur Vincent (1947)

    Monsieur Vincent

    6.51947HD

    The life of Vincent de Paul, the 17th-century author and priest who founded two religious orders....

    Monsieur Vincent
  • 1943
    It Happened at the Inn

    It Happened at the Inn (1943)

    It Happened at the Inn

    6.81943HD

    An old woman living in an inn is killed and her family members seem like the likely culprits....

    It Happened at the Inn
  • 1960
    Recourse in Grace

    Recourse in Grace (1960)

    Recourse in Grace

    11960HD

    Mario di Donati, a deserter from the Italian army, lives in Paris under a false name with Germaine, his French lover. When the latter learns about his hidden past, she feels hurt by Mario's lack of trust in her and she distances herself from him. In ...

    Recourse in Grace
  • 1951
    Under the Paris Sky

    Under the Paris Sky (1951)

    Under the Paris Sky

    71951HD

    Fates of multiple otherwise disconnected characters intertwine miraculously under the sky of Paris. And it all happens in one day....

    Under the Paris Sky
  • 1952
    Three Women

    Three Women (1952)

    Three Women

    01952HD

    The short stories of Guy de Maupassant enjoyed a renaissance in the early 1950s, thanks in great part to the Max Ophuls production Le Plaisir. In Trois Femmes, three De Maupassant stories are dramatized, each conveying the central theme of women fall...

    Three Women
  • 1953
    Les Dents longues

    Les Dents longues (1953)

    Les Dents longues

    5.41953HD

    A young, talented and ambitious journalist, Louis heads off to try his luck in Paris. He's spotted by Walter, editor-in-chief for a major daily newspaper, who takes to him and furthers his career. What he doesn't realise is that Louis is ready to bet...

    Les Dents longues
  • 1950
    Sorceror

    Sorceror (1950)

    Sorceror

    01950HD

    A young rogue kills an old lady to rob her. Arrested, he believes it is for this crime, hides nothing from his lawyer, who soon tells him that he is only accused of another theft prior to his crime. Sentenced to six months suspended prison sentence, ...

    Sorceror
  • 1947
    The Royalists

    The Royalists (1947)

    The Royalists

    71947HD

    The Marquis de Montauran was appointed to command the Chouans whose first two revolts were crushed. An aristocrat, Marie-Nathalie de Verneuil, is sent by Joseph Fouché to seduce and capture him....

    The Royalists
  • 1952
    Adorable Creatures

    Adorable Creatures (1952)

    Adorable Creatures

    5.11952HD

    Andre Noblet, a 21-year-old French artist falls madly in love with Christine, the mother of two children. He tells Chistine he will tell all to her husband and demand her freedom. Christine learns that her husband has been carrying on a romance of hi...

    Adorable Creatures
  • 1948
    The Queen's Lover

    The Queen's Lover (1948)

    The Queen's Lover

    6.91948HD

    Exiled from the court of Spain, Don Salluste, the chief of police, wants to take revenge on the Queen. One day he meets Ruy Blas, a young student who happens to be a lookalike of Don Cesar, his nephew. Salluste disguises Ruy Blas and presents him as ...

    The Queen's Lover
  • 1936
    Life Is Ours

    Life Is Ours (1936)

    Life Is Ours

    6.21936HD

    A propaganda film of the communist party of France, showing how the comrades help the proletariat against the capitalists....

    Life Is Ours
  • 1948
    Man to Men

    Man to Men (1948)

    Man to Men

    4.21948HD

    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....

    Man to Men
  • 1949
    Between Eleven and Midnight

    Between Eleven and Midnight (1949)

    Between Eleven and Midnight

    6.71949HD

    Between eleven o’clock and midnight one evening, a notorious trafficker Jérôme Vidauban is shot whilst walking in a tunnel in Paris. The case is assigned to Inspector Carrel, who is Vidauban’s perfect double. Using his resemblance to the arch crimina...

    Between Eleven and Midnight
  • 1946
    Behind These Walls

    Behind These Walls (1946)

    Behind These Walls

    5.81946HD

    June 1944, a French town towards the end of the occupation. Following several attacks perpetrated by the resistance, the inhabitants who listen to English radio are rounded up by the Germans in a prison and considered as hostages. In one of the cells...

    Behind These Walls