Simone Signoret

The cruel and abusive headmaster of a boarding school, Michel Delassalle, is murdered by an unlikely duo -- his meek wife and the mistress he brazenly flaunts. The women become increasingly unhinged by a series of odd occurrences after Delassalle's corpse mysteriously disappears.

Dir. Henri-Georges Clouzot · With Véra Clouzot, Simone Signoret, Paul Meurisse

Betrayed by an informant, Philippe Gerbier finds himself trapped in a torturous Nazi prison camp. Though Gerbier escapes to rejoin the Resistance in occupied Marseilles, France, and exacts his revenge on the informant, he must continue a quiet, seemingly endless battle against the Nazis in an atmosphere of tension, paranoia and distrust.

Dir. Jean-Pierre Melville · With Lino Ventura, Paul Meurisse, Jean-Pierre Cassel

An all-knowing interlocutor guides us through a series of affairs in Vienna, 1900. A soldier meets an eager young lady of the evening. Later he has an affair with a young lady, who becomes a maid and does similarly with the young man of the house. The young man seduces a married woman. On and on, spinning on the gay carousel of life.

Dir. Max Ophüls · With Anton Walbrook, Simone Signoret, Serge Reggiani

Julien Bouin, a former typographist, and his wife Clemence, who used to perform in a circus, hardly talk to each other in their small house, soon to be demolished. His cat Greffier being the only one he still gives affection to, he becomes the object of Clemence's anger.

Dir. Pierre Granier-Deferre · With Jean Gabin, Simone Signoret, Annie Cordy

At the end of the 19th century, during a ball in Joinville, on the outskirts of Paris, Georges, a former delinquent working as a carpenter, meets Marie, a young woman connected to a criminal gang.

Dir. Jacques Becker · With Simone Signoret, Serge Reggiani, Claude Dauphin

In 1950s communist Czechoslovakia, a government minister, a war veteran long a loyal party man, leads a relatively comfortable life with his wife. However, he soon finds himself under surveillance, then under arrest. Unclear what his offense is, agents for the totalitarian regime interrogate and torture him, aiming to use their unending power to gain a false confession for these supposed crimes against the state.

Dir. Costa-Gavras · With Yves Montand, Simone Signoret, Gabriele Ferzetti

The relationship between a middle-aged French widow and a young drifter takes a turn when her young niece pays a visit.

Dir. Pierre Granier-Deferre · With Simone Signoret, Alain Delon, Ottavia Piccolo

An ambitious young accountant schemes to wed a wealthy factory owner's daughter, despite falling in love with a married older woman.

Dir. Jack Clayton · With Laurence Harvey, Simone Signoret, Heather Sears

A varied group of passengers boarding a ship bound for pre-WWII Germany represents a microcosm of early-1930s society.

Dir. Stanley Kramer · With Vivien Leigh, Simone Signoret, José Ferrer