Le bal des passants

Le bal des passants

Fabienne believes herself to be cheated on by her husband Claude and divorces her. He leaves for America and does not return until eight years...

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A Royal Affair

A Royal Affair

Mme Beaudrier, the wife of a Parliamentary Senator, hurls a pastry at visiting King Joan IV of Cerdagne, sparking off a series of farcical events...

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Cease Firing

Cease Firing

When the war is over, a captain finds it very difficult to reintegrate into civilian life. Nothing happens, neither in journalism nor in insurance.

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African Diary

African Diary

During a French construction project in the Sudan, a military doctor fights against leprosy and the natives seek protection against witch doctors.

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Électre

Électre

During the long journey that brought him home victorious in the Trojan War, Agamemnon fell in love with one of his captives, Cassander, daughter of...

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The Woman Thief

The Woman Thief

The woman thief evades a young lady who is onto his game, but then tries his wiles elsewhere on a married woman by attempting to compromise and...

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Port-Royal

Port-Royal

1661, the Assemblée du Clergé de France obliged all clergy to sign a form testifying to their submission to the decisions of the Holy See. In 1664,...

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Un homme de trop à bord

Un homme de trop à bord

Two Women

Two Women

Considering his wife as his property, a smuggler bullies the unfortunate woman and does not allow her to turn to another man.

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L'Agonie des aigles

L'Agonie des aigles

Under the regime of Louis XVIII. Years after Waterloo, Napoleon's loyal officers live in retirement on half-pay. Useless and idle, they have lost...

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Le Petit Jacques

Le Petit Jacques

An honest worker is unjustly accused of murder. The culprit promises him to give his son a good education if he allows himself to be condemned.

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Tartuffe ou L'Imposteur

Tartuffe ou L'Imposteur

Tartuffe, a hypocritical man confided in false devotion, monopolizes the confidence of Orgon, a wealthy bourgeois and undertakes to seduce his wife...

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Les Filles du Rhône

Les Filles du Rhône

Frédérique, married to a brutal and vile being who dies tragically during a duel with the trident, falls in love with Jean, the fiancé of her...

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The Inevitable Mr. Dubois

The Inevitable Mr. Dubois

With a hand of steel, Hélène efficiently runs a big luxury perfume factory in Grasse. There is no room for fun in her dull businesswoman's life...

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