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Maigret et l'affaire Saint-Fiacre

Fr. 1995. Crime drama by Denys de La Patellière with Bruno Cremer, Jacques Spiesser, Anne Bellec.

Runtime: 84 min.

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Cécile est morte

Fr. 1994. Crime drama by Denys de La Patellière with Bruno Cremer, Claude Piéplu, Annick Alane.

Runtime: 90 min.

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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.

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Paparoff se dédouble

Fr. 1990. Police comedy by Denys de La Patellière with Michel Constantin, Michel Duchaussoy, Pascale Petit. At the request of the government, a retired police inspector returns to duty to rid the country of a dictator who has taken refuge in France after a failed coup.

Runtime: 90 min.

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Paparoff effeuille la marguerite

Fr. 1989. Police comedy by Denys de La Patellière with Michel Constantin, André Pousse, Pascale Petit. After their friend becomes the victim of an assassination attempt, a retired police inspector and an ex-mobster go down to Grenoble to settle their accounts with the killers.

Runtime: 76 min.

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Paparoff enfonce les portes

Fr. 1989. Police comedy by Denys de La Patellière with Michel Constantin, Michel Duchaussoy, André Pousse. A senior police officer is aware that someone has it in for him, so he forces a retired detective to return to duty to solve the case.

Runtime: 87 min.

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José la baleine

Fr. 1989. Police comedy by Denys de La Patellière with Michel Constantin, Léa Gabriele, Serge Beauvois. At the request of a journalist friend who is going to China, a retired police inspector monitors the comings and goings of the reporter's daughter, who claims to be followed by a man.

Runtime: 82 min.

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Le Fric des flics

Fr. 1989. Police comedy by Denys de La Patellière with Michel Constantin, Pascale Petit, André Pousse. A retired police inspector gives a hand to two young police officers who have incurred the wrath of their superior.

Runtime: 80 min.

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Paparoff est de retour

Fr. 1988. Police comedy by Denys de La Patellière with Michel Constantin, Pascale Petit, André Pousse. A retired police detective returns to duty to find out who is behind the kidnapping of his ex-boss's daughter.

Runtime: 90 min.

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Le Paria

Fr. 1985. Melodrama by Denys de La Patellière with Charles Aznavour, Ottavia Piccolo, Judy Winter. A man, shunned by his powerful and wealthy family, returns twenty years later to settle scores.

Runtime: 312 min.

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Le Comte de Monte-Cristo

Fr. 1979. Drama by Denys de La Patellière with Jacques Weber, Carla Romanelli, Jean-François Poron.

Runtime: 340 min.

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Le Casse des Rois Mages

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.

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La Manipulation

Fr. 1975. Spy drama by Denys de La Patellière with Henri Garcin, Vania Vilers, Elizabeth Teissier. The French secret services contact a high ranking Swiss official to act as an informant.

Runtime: 90 min.

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Prêtres interdits

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.

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Le Tueur

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.

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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.

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Caroline chérie

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.

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Le Voyage du père

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.

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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.

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Du rififi à Paname

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.

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Le Tonnerre de Dieu

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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Trouble Among Widows

V.O.: Du grabuge chez les veuves

Fr. 1963. Crime drama by Jacques Poitrenaud with Dany Carrel, Danielle Darrieux, Enzo Doria. A widow discovers that her deceased husband was a drug dealer.

Runtime: 95 min.

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Le Bateau d'Émile

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.

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Carillons sans joie

Fr. 1961. War drama by Charles Brabant with Dany Carrel, Paul Meurisse, Raymond Pellegrin. In 1942, a French squadron prevented a German regiment from crossing a bridge between Tunisia and Algeria.

Runtime: 100 min.

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Un Taxi pour Tobrouk

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.

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Les Yeux de l'amour

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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Thérèse Étienne

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.

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Les Oeufs de l'autruche

Fr. 1957. Comedy by Denys de La Patellière with Pierre Fresnay, Simone Renant, Georges Poujouly.

Runtime: 82 min.

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Le Salaire du péché

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.

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Les Aristocrates

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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Le Défroqué

Fr. 1954. Psychological drama by Léo Joannon with Pierre Fresnay, Pierre Trabaud, Nicole Stephane. Awakened to the priestly vocation by the courageous act of a defrocked man, a young priest helps the latter to rediscover his faith.

Runtime: 119 min.