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Charles Spaak

Charles Spaak

screenwriter (1903-1975)
May 25, 1903 (March 4, 1975)
Fr. 1973. Crime drama by Étienne Périer with Lea Massari, Michel Bouquet, Bernard Blier. After finding her lover murdered, a surgeon's wife is blackmailed.
Runtime: 93 min.
Fr. 1963. Social drama by Yves Allégret with Jean Sorel, Bernard Blier, Berthe Granval. In 1863, a man tries to improve the working conditions of miners.
Runtime: 110 min.
Fr. 1962. Adventures by Georges Lampin with Louis Jourdan, Bernard Blier, Serena Vergano. A count decides to overthrow the tyrannical regime of his country.
Runtime: 115 min.

Two Are Guilty

V.O.: Le Glaive et la balance
Fr. 1962. Social drama by André Cayatte with Anthony Perkins, Jean-Claude Brialy, Renato Salvatori. Three men are suspected of a crime for which there can only be two culprits.
Runtime: 140 min.

Swords of Blood

V.O.: Cartouche
Fr. 1961. Adventures by Philippe de Broca with Jean-Paul Belmondo, Claudia Cardinale, Odile Versois. The prowess of a whimsical and chivalrous bandit in the seventeenth century.
Runtime: 115 min.
Fr. 1961. Crime drama by Julien Duvivier with Jean-Claude Brialy, Nadja Tiller, Édith Scob. In the Black Forest, a squire is found dead in his bed, apparently poisoned by one of the women who were present in the old manor that night.
Runtime: 110 min.
Fr. 1960. Psychological drama by René Wheeler with Pascale Petit, Giani Esposito, Michel Etcheverry. In the throes of a mystical crisis, a young woman leaves her husband and hires herself out as a servant.
Runtime: 90 min.

Love and the Frenchwoman

V.O.: La Française et l'amour
Fr. 1960. Sketches by Henri Decoin, Jean Delannoy, Michel Boisrond, René Clair, Henri Verneuil, Christian-Jaque, Jean-Paul Le Chanois with Jacqueline Porel, Darry Cowl, Noël Roquevert. Various aspects of the love life of the French woman.
Runtime: 135 min.
Fr. 1959. Sentimental drama by Robert Siodmak with Romy Schneider, Curd Jürgens, Pierre Blanchar. Tsar Alexander II falls in love with a young girl of minor nobility.
Runtime: 95 min.

When a Woman Meddles

V.O.: Quand la femme s'en mêle
Fr. 1957. Social drama by Yves Allégret with Edwige Feuillère, Bernard Blier, Jean Servais. A woman provokes the rivalry between two gang leaders.
Runtime: 90 min.
Fr. 1956. Comedy by Henri Verneuil with Charles Boyer, Françoise Arnoul, Tilda Thamar. A manicurist pretends to be the daughter of a rich client at the hotel where she works.
Runtime: 104 min.
Fr. 1956. Comedy by Georges Lampin with Betsy Blair, Robert Lamoureux, Raymond Bussières. A young American billionaire in Paris acquires a taste for work, thanks to the writer who is in charge of watching her.
Runtime: 88 min.
Fr. 1956. Psychological drama by Georges Lampin with Robert Hossein, Jean Gabin, Marina Vlady. A poor student commits a murder that plunges him into deep remorse.
Runtime: 106 min.
Fr. 1955. Drama by André Cayatte with Jean-Marc Bory, Nelly Borgeaud, Antoine Balpêtré. An investigating judge tries to shed light on an ambiguous death.
Runtime: 115 min.

Flesh and the Woman

V.O.: Le Grand Jeu
Fr. 1954. Drama by Robert Siodmak with Jean-Claude Pascal, Gina Lollobrigida, Raymond Pellegrin. A legionnaire believes he found his mistress in a prostitute who was supposed to follow him to Morocco.
Runtime: 95 min.

The Boarder

V.O.: La Spiaggia
It. 1953. Dramatic comedy by Alberto Lattuada with Martine Carol, Raf Vallone, Carlo Bianco. On vacation on the Italian Riviera, a prostitute is taken for an honest widow by the other vacationers.
Runtime: 101 min.
Fr. 1953. Drama by Marcel Carné with Simone Signoret, Raf Vallone, Jacques Duby. A truck driver kills the husband of the woman he loves and is blackmailed.
Runtime: 105 min.
Fr. 1953. Social drama by André Cayatte with Bernard Blier, Marina Vlady, Isa Miranda. Teenagers are led to commit a robbery and two murders.
Runtime: 138 min.

The Seven Deadly Sins

V.O.: Les Sept Péchés capitaux
Runtime: 120 min.

We Are All Murderers

V.O.: Nous sommes tous des assassins
Fr. 1952. Social drama by André Cayatte with Claude Laydu, Mouloudji, Raymond Pellegrin. Sentenced to death for murder, a young man finds himself in a cell with three other criminals who are anxiously awaiting death like him.
Runtime: 115 min.
Fr. 1951. Psychological drama by Georges Lacombe with Jean Gabin, Simone Valère, Suzanne Dehelly. The re-education of a blind railway worker.
Runtime: 110 min.
Fr. 1950. Court drama by André Cayatte with Michel Auclair, Raymond Bussières, Valentine Tessier. In a court of assizes, seven jurors must judge a woman guilty of euthanasia.
Runtime: 95 min.

Portrait of an Assassin

V.O.: Portrait d'un assassin
Fr. 1949. Drama by Bernard Roland with Maria Montez, Erich von Stroheim, Arletty. A woman who works in the circus industry puts an acrobat in grave danger.
Runtime: 100 min.
Fr. 1948. Drama by André Cayatte with Madeleine Sologne, Serge Reggiani, Paul Meurisse. A greedy woman, who is the cause of her husband's suicide, uses any means necessary to collect the insurance.
Runtime: 90 min.

Heroes in White

V.O.: D'homme à hommes
Fr. 1948. Biography by Christian-Jaque with Jean-Louis Barrault, Bernard Blier, Hélène Perdrière. Witnessing the horrors of war, Swiss man Henri Dunant founds the Red Cross to help all wounded soldiers.
Runtime: 97 min.
Fr. 1948. Sketches by Georges Lampin, André Cayatte, Henri-Georges Clouzot, Jean Dréville with Bernard Blier, Tanis Chandler, Janine Darcey. The difficult return to normal life for a prisoner of war.
Runtime: 112 min.
Fr. 1948. Crime drama by Charles Spaak with Fernand Ledoux, Françoise Rosay, Madeleine Robinson. A clairvoyant psychologist investigates the murder of a banker.
Runtime: 88 min.
Fr. 1947. Psychological drama by Georges Lampin with Annabella, Fernand Ledoux, Louis Salou. A clown helps a young acrobat with two lovers get out of her predicament.
Runtime: 95 min.
Runtime: 88 min.
Fr. 1947. Psychological drama by Jean Stelli with Claude Dauphin, Hélène Perdrière, René Blancard. After discovering that his wife was cheating on him, a widower sets out to find his rival.
Runtime: 95 min.

Panic

V.O.: Panique
Fr. 1946. Drama by Julien Duvivier with Michel Simon, Viviane Romance, Paul Bernard. A strange and unsympathetic character is wrongly suspected of a murder.
Runtime: 91 min.
Fr. 1946. Drama by Pierre Billon with Raimu, Aimé Clariond, Gisèle Casadesus. A widower driven by hatred pursues his wife's former lover.
Runtime: 95 min.
Fr. 1946. Psychological drama by Georges Lampin with Gérard Philipe, Edwige Feuillère, Lucien Coëdel. A kind and loyal prince tries to win the love of a woman from a corrupt world.
Runtime: 101 min.

Opération Jéricho

V.O.: Jéricho
Fr. 1946. Drama by Henri Calef with Louis Seigner, Pierre Brasseur, Pierre Larquey. Men are held hostage by the Germans in a fortress so as to prevent an attack by the resistance.
Runtime: 117 min.
Fr. 1946. History by Marcel L'Herbier with Viviane Romance, Maurice Escande, Pierre Bertin. In Paris in 1786, the tragic consequences of a cardinal's gift of a necklace to Queen Marie Antoinette.
Runtime: 118 min.
Fr. 1946. Melodrama by Louis Daquin with Pierre Blanchar, Maria Mauban, Jean Desailly. In the sixteenth century in the Netherlands, an aristocrat organizes the resistance against Spanish occupiers.
Runtime: 95 min.
Fr. 1946. History by Henri Calef with Jean Marais, Madeleine Robinson, Marcel Herrand. The aristocratic leader of the Bretons, rebelling against the young French republic, allows himself to be seduced by a spy.
Runtime: 109 min.
Fr. 1946. Melodrama by André Cayatte with Maria Casarès, Lucien Coëdel, Paul Bernard. Wrongly accused of murder, an escaped convict who made his fortune in Canada returns to France to expose the real culprits and restore his reputation.
Runtime: 90 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 Roland Tual with Fernand Ledoux, Jean Marais, Odette Joyeux. A prison warden poses as a composer by appropriating the work of an inmate.
Runtime: 107 min.
Fr. 1942. Drama by Robert Vernay with Pierre Richard-Willm, Michèle Alfa, Aimé Clariond. Denounced as a Bonapartist traitor by a rival, an innocent man is arrested and locked up in prison on an island, from which he escapes to seek revenge.
Runtime: 94 min.
Fr. 1942. Drama by Robert Vernay with Pierre Richard-Willm, Michèle Alfa, Aimé Clariond. A man who manages to escape his unjust imprisonment returns twenty years later under a different identity to seek revenge.
Runtime: 90 min.

La Piste du Nord

V.O.: La Loi du Nord
Fr. 1942. Psychological drama by Jacques Feyder with Michèle Morgan, Pierre Richard-Willm, Charles Vanel. A murderer runs away with his mistress in the Canadian Great North.
Runtime: 110 min.
Fr. 1941. Police comedy by Christian-Jaque with Harry Baur, Raymond Rouleau, Renée Faure. In a mountain village one Christmas night, a precious jewel is stolen and Santa Claus is murdered.
Runtime: 105 min.

Sins of Youth

V.O.: Péchés de jeunesse
Runtime: 95 min.
Runtime: 130 min.

The End of the Day

V.O.: La Fin du jour
Runtime: 99 min.
Fr. 1939. Mores drama by Pierre Chenal with Fernand Gravey, Michel Simon, Corinne Luchaire.
Runtime: 87 min.

Coral Reefs

V.O.: Le Récif de corail
Runtime: 95 min.
Fr. 1938. Crime drama by Jean Grémillon with Raimu, Pierre Blanchar, Madeleine Renaud.
Runtime: 103 min.
Runtime: 106 min.

Grand Illusion

V.O.: La Grande Illusion
Fr. 1937. War drama by Jean Renoir with Jean Gabin, Pierre Fresnay, Erich von Stroheim.
Runtime: 111 min.

Lady Killer

V.O.: Gueule d'amour
Runtime: 94 min.
Runtime: 105 min.
Runtime: 90 min.
Fr. 1936. Spy drama by Léon Mathot with Jules Berry, Roger Duchesne, Renée Saint-Cyr.
Runtime: 103 min.

The Lower Depths

V.O.: Les Bas-fonds
Fr. 1936. Social drama by Jean Renoir with Louis Jouvet, Jean Gabin, Suzy Prim.
Runtime: 90 min.
Fr. 1936. Sentimental comedy by Marc Allégret with Simone Simon, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Raymond Rouleau.
Runtime: 80 min.
Fr. 1936. Dramatic comedy by Julien Duvivier with Jean Gabin, Charles Vanel, Raymond Aimos.
Runtime: 100 min.
Runtime: 80 min.
Runtime: 80 min.

Escape from Yesterday

V.O.: La Bandéra
Fr. 1935. Adventures by Julien Duvivier with Jean Gabin, Annabella, Robert Le Vigan.
Runtime: 85 min.

Carnival in Flanders

V.O.: La Kermesse héroïque
Runtime: 90 min.
Runtime: 95 min.
Runtime: 120 min.
Runtime: 109 min.
Runtime: 87 min.
Runtime: 51 min.
Runtime: 84 min.

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