Jacques Prévert

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, conniving thief Lacenaire, and Count Edouard of Montray.

Dir. Marcel Carné · With Arletty, Jean-Louis Barrault, Pierre Brasseur

Down a foggy, desolate road to the port city of Le Havre travels Jean, an army deserter looking for another chance to make good on life. Fate, however, has a different plan for him, as acts of both revenge and kindness render him front-page news.

Dir. Marcel Carné · With Jean Gabin, Michel Simon, Michèle Morgan

After committing a murder, a man locks himself in his apartment and recollects the events that led him to the killing.

Dir. Marcel Carné · With Jean Gabin, Jacqueline Laurent, Jules Berry

A young shepherdess and a chimneysweep plan to get married and escape the clutches of a tyrannical king in love with her, assisted by the guile of a cheeky mockingbird, the king's archenemy.

Dir. Paul Grimault · With Jean Martin, Renaud Marx, Agnès Viala

Paris, 1482. Today is the festival of the fools, taking place like each year in the square outside Cathedral Notre Dame. Among jugglers and other entertainers, Esmeralda, a sensuous gypsy, performs a bewitching dance in front of delighted spectators. From up in a tower of the cathedral, Frollo, an alchemist, gazes at her lustfully. Later in the night, Frollo orders Quasimodo, the deformed bell ringer and his faithful servant, to kidnap Esmeralda. But when the ugly freak comes close to her is touched by the young woman's beauty...

Dir. Jean Delannoy · With Gina Lollobrigida, Anthony Quinn, Alain Cuny