Julien Carette

A group of French soldiers, including the patrician Captain de Boeldieu and the working-class Lieutenant Maréchal, grapple with their own class differences after being captured and held in a World War I German prison camp. When the men are transferred to a high-security fortress, they must concoct a plan to escape beneath the watchful eye of aristocratic German officer von Rauffenstein, who has formed an unexpected bond with de Boeldieu.

Dir. Jean Renoir · With Jean Gabin, Pierre Fresnay, Erich von Stroheim

The Marquis de la Chesnaye and his wife host a weekend gala where a variety of complicated romantic and social entanglements between guests and servants lead to tragedy, all against the backdrop of a looming war.

Dir. Jean Renoir · With Jean Renoir, Marcel Dalio, Nora Gregor

A group of travelers, including a monk, stay in a lonely inn in the mountains. The host confesses the monk his habit of serving poisoned soup to the guests, to rob their possessions and to bury them in the backyard.

Dir. Claude Autant-Lara · With Fernandel, Françoise Rosay, Marie-Claire Olivia

Returning by train to the French port of Le Havre, Jacques Lantier, a tormented railwayman, meets by chance the impulsive stationmaster Roubard and Séverine, his wife.

Dir. Jean Renoir · With Jean Gabin, Simone Simon, Fernand Ledoux