Paulette Dubost

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

On the meandering Canal St. Martin, at the Parisian Hôtel du Nord, a nearly fatal gunshot separates a dejected young couple. But, amid a sad but beautiful panorama of lively characters, love has the final say. Can life be a fairy tale?

Dir. Marcel Carné · With Annabella, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Louis Jouvet

In occupied Paris, an actress wed to a Jewish theater owner must keep him hidden from the Nazis while doing both of their jobs.

Dir. François Truffaut · With Catherine Deneuve, Gérard Depardieu, Jean Poiret

Four women were murdered, each was knifed and, though they had their clothes torn, they weren't molested. As the famed police inspector Jules Maigret pieces the clues together, he comes to realize that for the elusive man that he suspects to be unmasked, he has to set him a trap.

Dir. Jean Delannoy · With Jean Gabin, Annie Girardot, Olivier Hussenot

Duke Philippe de Nevers is an influential and popular man who is married to a beautiful wife called Aurore. His rival Philippe de Gonzague hates him enough to organise an attempt on him. The Duke is accompagnied by Henri de Lagardère when de Gonzague's henchmen altogether attack him. Lagardère cannot save his friend because the both of them are hopelessly outnumbered. He has to escape in order to save the Duke's daughter and swears revenge. Together with his old buddy Passepoil he raises the little girl in Spain. At the same time he returns frequently to France where he detects confronts his friend's murderers and puts them to the sword one by one until only their former leader is left. Finally he discovers that Philippe de Gonzague is the man for whom he is looking.

Dir. André Hunebelle · With Jean Marais, Bourvil, Sabine Sesselmann

Lola Montes, previously a great adventuress, is reduced to being the attraction of a circus after having been the lover of various important men.

Dir. Max Ophüls · With Martine Carol, Peter Ustinov, Anton Walbrook

1907 Central America: Maria II is the daughter of an Irish terrorist. After her father's death, she meets Maria I, a performer, and decides to stay with the circus, and on her debut as a singer, unintentionally invents the striptease and makes the circus famous. Their inadvertent encounter with a socialist revolutionary lands them leading a revolution against the dictator, the capitalists, and the Church.

Dir. Louis Malle · With Brigitte Bardot, Jeanne Moreau, Paulette Dubost