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Runtime: 84 min.
Runtime: 90 min.

Diamond Swords

V.O.: Les Épées de diamant
Fr. 1993. War drama by Denys de La Patellière with Jason Flemyng, Caroline Goodall, Urbano Barberini. In 1942, a young German pilot about to be rewarded by Hitler is shocked to learn of the existence of the ""Final Solution"".
Runtime: 92 min.
Runtime: 340 min.
Fr. 1978. Police comedy by Denys de La Patellière with Julien Guiomar, Antoinette Moya, Jacques Richard. A former thug who has been gentrified organizes a robbery in the bank where he has deposited his money.
Fr. 1973. Psychological drama by Denys de La Patellière with Robert Hossein, Claude Jade, Claude Piéplu. In the late 1930s, a priest has an affair that leads to his dismissal.
Runtime: 90 min.
Fr. 1972. Crime drama by Denys de La Patellière with Jean Gabin, Fabio Testi, Uschi Glas. In pursuit of a murderer, a veteran commissioner finds his research methods challenged by a superior who favours a more scientific approach.
Runtime: 90 min.

The Tattoo

V.O.: Le Tatoué
Fr. 1968. Comedy by Denys de La Patellière with Louis de Funès, Jean Gabin, Dominique Davray. An art dealer buys a ""Modigliani"" tattooed on the back of a former legionnaire.
Runtime: 89 min.
Fr. 1967. Adventures by Denys de La Patellière with France Anglade, François Guérin, Bernard Blier. The romantic affairs of a young aristocrat during the French Revolution.
Runtime: 100 min.
Fr. 1966. Melodrama by Denys de La Patellière with Fernandel, Lilli Palmer, Laurent Terzieff. In search of his daughter, a peasant learns that she became a prostitute.
Runtime: 85 min.

Black Sun

V.O.: Soleil noir
Fr. 1966. Drama by Denys de La Patellière with Michèle Mercier, Daniel Gélin, Michel de Ré. An industrialist's daughter finds her older brother in Africa who has become a human wreck.
Runtime: 96 min.
Fr. 1966. Crime drama by Denys de La Patellière with Jean Gabin, Claudio Brook, Nadja Tiller. In order to discover the perpetrators of an arms smuggling operation, an American police officer infiltrates the entourage of a French gang leader
Runtime: 99 min.
Fr. 1965. Dramatic comedy by Denys de La Patellière with Jean Gabin, Lilli Palmer, Michèle Mercier. A retired veterinarian becomes the protector of a young prostitute.
Runtime: 91 min.

Marco the Magnificient

V.O.: La Fabuleuse Aventure de Marco Polo
It. 1964. Adventures by Denys de La Patellière, Noël Howard with Horst Buchholz, Anthony Quinn, Orson Welles. The extraordinary tribulations of a Venetian on his way to China.
Runtime: 122 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.

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.
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.
Fr. 1960. War drama by Denys de La Patellière with Lino Ventura, Charles Aznavour, Hardy Krüger. In North Africa, four French soldiers try to return to their lines with a German prisoner.
Runtime: 95 min.
Fr. 1959. Drama by Denys de La Patellière with Danielle Darrieux, Jean-Claude Brialy, Françoise Rosay. A resistance fighter who has gone blind is taken in by a single woman and becomes her lover.
Runtime: 98 min.

Rue de Paris

V.O.: Rue des Prairies
Fr. 1959. Drama by Denys de La Patellière with Jean Gabin, Marie-José Nat, Roger Dumas. A worker finds affection only in his adopted son.
Runtime: 87 min.

The Possessors

V.O.: Les Grandes Familles
Fr. 1958. Moral study by Denys de La Patellière with Jean Gabin, Jean Desailly, Bernard Blier. An magnate of industry and the press dominates his family members.
Runtime: 92 min.
Fr. 1957. Drama by Denys de La Patellière with Françoise Arnoul, Pierre Vaneck, James Robertson Justice. On the day of her wedding to a rich landowner, a young woman falls in love with her new husband's son.
Runtime: 80 min.

La Malfaitrice

V.O.: Retour de manivelle
Fr. 1957. Crime drama by Denys de La Patellière with Michèle Morgan, Daniel Gélin, Peter Van Eyck. In order to collect the life insurance of her husband who has just committed suicide, a young woman formulates a diabolical plan involving fake crime.
Runtime: 112 min.
Fr. 1956. Psychological drama by Denys de La Patellière with Danielle Darrieux, Jean-Claude Pascal, Jeanne Moreau. To get his wife's inheritance, a cynical man causes the death of his father-in-law with a heart problem, then plans to kill his wife.
Runtime: 102 min.
Fr. 1955. Mores drama by Denys de La Patellière with Pierre Fresnay, Brigitte Auber, Jacques Dacqmine. An aristocrat with traditional views sees his children rise up against him.
Runtime: 98 min.

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