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Claude Autant-Lara
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Claude Autant-Lara

French film director (1901-2000)
August 5, 1901 (February 5, 2000)
Fr. 2007. Comedy by Gérard Krawczyk with Christian Clavier, Josiane Balasko, Gérard Jugnot. In the 19th century, in the Pyrenees, a monk tries to prevent a couple of innkeepers from killing and robbing their customers.
Runtime: 95 min.
Fr. 1977. Melodrama by Claude Autant-Lara with Valérie Jeannet, Sophie Grimaldi, Alain Marcel. A countess comes to the aid of the biological daughter of her deceased husband.
Runtime: 117 min.
Fr. 1969. Dramatic comedy by Claude Autant-Lara with Pierre Perret, Henri Virlojeux, Bérengère Dautun. A farmer grows potatoes illegally during the Occupation.
Runtime: 100 min.
Fr. 1968. Drama by Claude Autant-Lara with Hardy Krüger, Jean-Pierre Dorat, Gérard Bernet. Mobilized as a nurse during the 1939 war, a Franciscan friar takes advantage of his situation to help the victims of the Gestapo.
Runtime: 110 min.

The Oldest Profession

V.O.: Le Plus vieux métier du monde
Fr. 1967. Sketches by Franco Indovina, Mauro Bolognini, Philippe de Broca, Michael Pfleghar, Claude Autant-Lara, Jean-Luc Godard with Michèle Mercier, Elsa Martinelli, Jeanne Moreau. Six stories of prostitutes taking place at different times.
Runtime: 118 min.
Fr. 1966. Social drama by Claude Autant-Lara with Danielle Volle, Michel Ruhl, Claude Titre. A young doctor is arrested for performing an abortion.
Runtime: 100 min.
Fr. 1965. Social drama by Claude Autant-Lara with Marie-José Nat, Jean Valmont, Paloma Matta. In a hospital, a young obstetrician has to face the issue of birth control.
Runtime: 107 min.
Fr. 1963. Comedy by Claude Autant-Lara with Anna Magnani, Bourvil, Pierre Brasseur. The misadventures of a village grocer who made everyone believe that she received an inheritance.
Runtime: 92 min.
Fr. 1962. Crime drama by Claude Autant-Lara with Gert Fröbe, Maurice Ronet, Robert Hossein. A man interested in a murder case is himself accused of killing of his wife.
Runtime: 115 min.
Fr. 1961. Social drama by Claude Autant-Lara with Laurent Terzieff, Horst Frank, Suzanne Flon. A French conscientious objector is tried on the same day as a German priest accused of a war crime.
Runtime: 125 min.
Fr. 1961. Comedy by Claude Autant-Lara with Francis Claude, Danielle Gaubert, Jean Sorel. Henry IV is looking for a complaisant husband for a young girl he wants to make his mistress.
Runtime: 83 min.

The Story of the Count of Monte-Cristo

V.O.: Le Comte de Monte-Cristo
Fr. 1961. Adventures by Claude Autant-Lara with Louis Jourdan, Yvonne Furneaux, Pierre Mondy. Imprisoned following a plot, a man escapes and returns for revenge.
Runtime: 180 min.
Runtime: 75 min.

Lovers Wood

V.O.: Le Bois des amants
Fr. 1960. War drama by Claude Autant-Lara with Laurent Terzieff, Erika Remberg, Françoise Rosay. A French agent falls in love with the wife of a German officer.
Runtime: 90 min.
Fr. 1959. Mores comedy by Claude Autant-Lara with Bourvil, Francis Blanche, Yves Robert. Two peasant families are at odds following incidents that occurred during the Franco-German war of 1870.
Runtime: 90 min.

Love is my Profession

V.O.: En cas de malheur
Fr. 1958. Drama by Claude Autant-Lara with Jean Gabin, Brigitte Bardot, Edwige Feuillère. After committing an armed robbery, a young girl seeks the protection of a lawyer.
Runtime: 122 min.
Fr. 1958. Psychological drama by Claude Autant-Lara with Gérard Philipe, Liselotte Pulver, Françoise Rosay. After a love affair, a young man indulges his passion for gambling.
Runtime: 102 min.

Four Bags Full

V.O.: La Traversée de Paris
Fr. 1956. Dramatic comedy by Claude Autant-Lara with Jean Gabin, Bourvil, Louis de Funès. In 1942, the tribulations of two men involved in black market operations.
Runtime: 83 min.
Fr. 1955. Drama by Claude Autant-Lara with Michèle Morgan, Yves Montand, Jean-François Calvé. In Paris, a descendant of Faust meets a shady character who offers him the chance to renew the pact his grandfather once made.
Runtime: 125 min.

The Red and the Black

V.O.: Le Rouge et le noir
Fr. 1954. Psychological drama by Claude Autant-Lara with Gérard Philipe, Danielle Darrieux, Antonella Lualdi. An ambitious young man chooses an ecclesiastical career to succeed in society.
Runtime: 186 min.
Fr. 1953. Psychological drama by Claude Autant-Lara with Pierre-Michel Beck, Nicole Berger, Edwige Feuillère. The childhood friendship of two teenagers turns into a love affair.
Runtime: 108 min.
U.S. 1953. Psychological drama by Claude Autant-Lara with Danielle Darrieux, Henri Vilbert, Claude Laydu. Although married, a woman is dating a rich man whose two children disapprove of their father's behavior.
Runtime: 100 min.

The Seven Deadly Sins

V.O.: Les Sept Péchés capitaux
Runtime: 120 min.
Fr. 1951. Police comedy by Claude Autant-Lara with Françoise Rosay, Fernandel, Julien Carette. In a mountain inn, the presence of a monk disturbs the plans of the owners who are in the habit of murdering their clients.
Runtime: 98 min.
Runtime: 92 min.
Fr. 1947. Sentimental drama by Claude Autant-Lara with Micheline Presle, Gérard Philipe, Jean Debucourt.
Runtime: 110 min.

Sylvia and the Phantom

V.O.: Sylvie et le fantôme
Fr. 1945. Fantasy comedy by Claude Autant-Lara with Odette Joyeux, François Périer, Pierre Larquey. The misadventures of a teenage girl who has fallen in love with the ghost that haunts the castle where she lives.
Runtime: 97 min.
Fr. 1943. Drama by Claude Autant-Lara with Odette Joyeux, Marguerite Moreno, Jean Debucourt. A young girl, raised as a recluse, experiences a short-lived love affair.
Runtime: 109 min.
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Runtime: 86 min.

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