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Albert Valentin
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Albert Valentin

Belgian film director (1902-1968)
August 5, 1902 (April 13, 1968)
Fr. 1967. Adventures by Jacques Poitrenaud with Roger Hanin, Corinne Marchand, Francis Blanche. The adventures of an airplane pilot sentenced to death and delivered by political exiles.
Runtime: 88 min.

Why Paris?

V.O.: Pourquoi Paris?
Fr. 1963. Dramatic comedy by Denys de La Patellière with Monique Bertho, Charles Aznavour, Jacques Monod. A young Belgian arrives in Paris to pursue a career in painting and goes from disillusionment to disillusionment.
Runtime: 79 min.

Destination Rome

V.O.: Tempo di Roma
Fr. 1963. Mores comedy by Denys de La Patellière with Charles Aznavour, Arletty, Gregor von Rezzori. A French fellow seeks to make a living in Rome.
Runtime: 92 min.

Good King Dagobert

V.O.: Le Bon Roi Dagobert
Fr. 1963. Comedy by Pierre Chevalier with Fernandel, Gino Cervi, Pascale Roberts. A student dreams that his father is King Dagobert, who is fighting to crown his son in Reims.
Runtime: 90 min.
Fr. 1962. Psychological drama by Denys de La Patellière with Lino Ventura, Annie Girardot, Pierre Brasseur. A simple, hard-working man has to deal with the machinations of an industrialist.
Runtime: 90 min.

Murder at 45 R.P.M.

V.O.: Meurtre en 45 tours
Fr. 1960. Crime drama by Étienne Périer with Danielle Darrieux, Michel Auclair, Jean Servais. A singer receives records containing accusations after the mysterious death of her husband.
Runtime: 98 min.

Le Clochard

V.O.: Archimède, le clochard
Runtime: 86 min.

A Woman Like Satan

V.O.: La Femme et le pantin
Fr. 1958. Sentimental drama by Julien Duvivier with Brigitte Bardot, Antonio Vilar, Michel Roux. A wealthy Spanish landowner falls in love with a young French woman living in exile in Seville who turns him down but still teases him.
Runtime: 70 min.
Fr. 1958. Comedy by Henri Verneuil with Michèle Morgan, Charles Boyer, Félix Marten. A ruined socialite serves as a matchmaker to a young, wealthy man.
Runtime: 122 min.
Fr. 1957. Police comedy by Ralph Habib with Louis Jourdan, Dany Carrel, Roger Hanin. A reckless young woman gets caught up in a gang?s activities.
Runtime: 84 min.
Fr. 1955. Drama by Christian-Jaque with Martine Carol, Charles Boyer, Jacques Castelot. A chamberlain of Napoleon III falls in love with a music hall star.
Runtime: 120 min.

Sheep Has Five Legs

V.O.: Le Mouton a cinq pattes
Fr. 1954. Sketches by Henri Verneuil with Fernandel, Françoise Arnoul, Paulette Dubost. An old doctor tries to find quintuplets scattered around the world to reunite them for a village party.
Runtime: 104 min.
It. 1951. History by Carmine Gallone with Maria Felix, Georges Marchal, Jean Chevrier. In 44 A.D., with the help of a courtier, Messalina conspires against her husband, Emperor Claudius, to put her lover Caius Silius on the throne.
Runtime: 104 min.
Fr. 1950. Crime drama by Gilles Grangier with François Périer, Dany Robin, Marie Daems. The police are looking for a murderer among the suspicious customers of a bistro.
Runtime: 104 min.

Strange Madame X

V.O.: L'Étrange Madame X
Fr. 1950. Melodrama by Jean Grémillon with Michèle Morgan, Henri Vidal, Maurice Escande. A good cabinetmaker falls in love with a maid who turns out to be the disillusioned wife of a rich socialite publisher.
Runtime: 91 min.
Fr. 1949. Crime drama by Albert Valentin with Paul Bernard, Jean Desailly, Jany Holt. Thinking to clear his name through a game of false imprints, a criminal is accused of a murder he didn't commit.
Runtime: 87 min.
Fr. 1944. Dramatic comedy by Jean Grémillon with Madeleine Renaud, Charles Vanel, Jean Debucourt. With the help of her husband, a young woman tries to break an aviation record.
Runtime: 105 min.
Fr. 1942. Drama by Albert Valentin with Renée Saint-Cyr, Jules Berry, Jeanne Fusier-Gir. By delving into the mysterious past of a young girl, a writer lifts the veil on a painful tragedy.

Sins of Youth

V.O.: Péchés de jeunesse
Runtime: 95 min.
Fr. 1940. Comedy by Albert Valentin with Fernandel, Jules Berry, Elvire Popesco.
Runtime: 100 min.
Fr. 1938. Crime drama by Jean Grémillon with Raimu, Pierre Blanchar, Madeleine Renaud.
Runtime: 103 min.

Boudu Saved from Drowning

V.O.: Boudu sauvé des eaux
Runtime: 87 min.

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