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Edmond Séchan
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Edmond Séchan

French cinematographer (1919-2002)
September 20, 1919 (June 7, 2002)
Fr. 1987. Comedy by Pierre Etaix with Pierre Etaix, Nicole Calfan, Jean Carmet.
Runtime: 90 min.
Fr. 1986. Social drama by Edmond Séchan with Julien Guiomar, Aurélien Recoing, Marie-Thérèse Relin. An elderly shipowner who owns one of the first steamships attracts the wrath of fishers and sailors.
Fr. 1984. Crime drama by Claude Pinoteau with Lino Ventura, Élizabeth Bourgine, Jean Poiret. An ex-journalist is forced to pay a large sum of money to a blackmailer if he doesn
Runtime: 108 min.
Fr. 1983. War drama by Henri Verneuil with Jean-Paul Belmondo, Marie Laforêt, Mathias Habich. During the Tunisian campaign, French legionnaires fight with Germans over a treasure of gold bars.
Runtime: 107 min.
Fr. 1982. Mores comedy by Claude Pinoteau with Sophie Marceau, Brigitte Fossey, Claude Brasseur. The romance of a teenage girl is not without its ups and downs, while at the same time her parents' marriage is in crisis.
Runtime: 108 min.
Runtime: 110 min.
Fr. 1979. Dramatic comedy by Jean-Pierre Blanc with Pascale Rocard, Michel Serrault, Nicole Courcel.
Runtime: 90 min.
Fr. 1978. Fantasy by Edmond Séchan with Jean-Claude Carrière, Vania Vilers, Bernard Le Coq. A surgeon discovers strange things when he uses a camera that seems to have a life of its own.
Runtime: 80 min.

The Escape

V.O.: La Carapate
Runtime: 105 min.

Blue Country

V.O.: Le Pays bleu
Fr. 1976. Mores comedy by Jean-Charles Tacchella with Brigitte Fossey, Jacques Serres, Ginette Garcin. In a rural area, a nurse who has fled the city becomes attached to a single farmer without wanting to compromise her freedom.
Runtime: 105 min.
Fr. 1976. Mores comedy by Jean-Pierre Blanc with Julien Clerc, Miou-Miou, Annie Girardot. A young musician's emotional instability gets him into trouble.
Runtime: 86 min.
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.
Fr. 1973. Biography by Guy Casaril with Brigitte Ariel, Pascale Christophe, Guy Tréjan. The youth and the difficult beginnings of the famous singer Edith Piaf.
Runtime: 105 min.
Fr. 1972. Crime drama by Serge Leroy with Michel Constantin, Georges Géret, Annie Cordy. After a failed heist, three criminals are forced by a lawyer to steal secret documents.
Runtime: 90 min.
Fr. 1971. Comedy by Philippe Clair with Francis Blanche, Sydney Chaplin, Aldo Maccione. After receiving a mobster's heart through a transplant, a modest bank teller embarks on criminal exploits.
Runtime: 90 min.
Fr. 1971. Comedy by Serge Korber with Louis de Funès, Geraldine Chaplin, Olivier de Funès. A motorist and his passengers accidentally leave the road and perch on a tree at the side of a cliff.
Runtime: 90 min.

The Deathmakers

V.O.: La Peau de Torpedo
Fr. 1969. Spy drama by Jean Delannoy with Stéphane Audran, Lilli Palmer, Klaus Kinski. After killing her husband, whom she suspected of infidelity, a young woman finds herself involved in a dark tale of espionage.
Runtime: 110 min.
Runtime: 83 min.
Fr. 1968. Psychological drama by Edmond Séchan with Jean Rochefort, Isabel Jardim, Julien Guiomar. During a film shoot in Brazil, a young actor meets two charming twins.
Runtime: 95 min.

Tender Scoundrel

V.O.: Tendre Voyou
Fr. 1966. Comedy by Jean Becker with Jean-Paul Belmondo, Jean-Pierre Marielle, Nadja Tiller. A young man is living off the backs of ladies under false pretenses.
Runtime: 96 min.

All Mad About Him

V.O.: Toutes folles de lui
Fr. 1966. Comedy by Norbert Carbonnaux with Robert Hirsch, Sophie Desmarets, Maria Latour. A young man unknowingly inherits a prostitution network.
Runtime: 80 min.

Up to His Ears

V.O.: Les Tribulations d'un Chinois en Chine
Fr. 1965. Comedy by Philippe de Broca with Jean-Paul Belmondo, Ursula Andress, Jean Rochefort. A disillusioned rich man, who hired assassins to ""kill"" him, tries to escape them after falling in love.
Runtime: 110 min.

The Troops in New York

V.O.: Le Gendarme à New-York
Fr. 1965. Comedy by Jean Girault with Louis de Funès, Michel Galabru, Jean Lefebvre. Some gendarmes from Saint-Tropez set out to to represent the French police in an international congress.
Runtime: 90 min.

Menace dans le ciel

V.O.: Le Ciel sur la tête
Fr. 1965. Science-fiction by Yves Ciampi with André Smagghe, Jacques Monod, Marcel Bozzuffi. A mysterious satellite alerts the crew of an aircraft carrier.
Runtime: 107 min.

Backfire

V.O.: Échappement libre
Fr. 1964. Police comedy by Jean Becker with Jean-Paul Belmondo, Jean Seberg, Gert Fröbe. A journalist agrees to smuggle gold hidden in a sports car.
Runtime: 105 min.

Your Shadow Is Mine

V.O.: Ton ombre est la mienne
Fr. 1963. Psychological drama by André Michel with Jill Haworth, Ruos Vanny, Michel Ruhl. A man tries to bring back to Europe his young sister who was raised by a family in Cambodia.
Runtime: 90 min.

The Triumph of Michael Strogoff

V.O.: Le Triomphe de Michel Strogoff
Fr. 1961. Adventures by Viktor Tourjansky with Curd Jürgens, Capucine, Pierre Massimi. A colonel joins a military expedition to ensure the safety of a Russian prince.
Runtime: 96 min.
Fr. 1957. Crime drama by Charles Brabant with Raf Vallone, Magali Noël, Charles Vanel. A young widow living with her father-in-law who covets her falls in love with an Italian worker wanted for murder by the police.
Runtime: 98 min.
Fr. 1957. War drama by Marcel Camus with Daniel Gélin, Anh Méchard, Lucien Callamand. In Indochina, a young Frenchman being pursued by traffickers takes refuge in a village of peasants and gradually becomes attached to them.
Runtime: 102 min.

The Adventures of Arsene Lupin

V.O.: Les Aventures d'Arsène Lupin
Fr. 1957. Police comedy by Jacques Becker with Robert Lamoureux, Liselotte Pulver, O.E. Hasse. With brilliance and ingenuity, the famous Ars?ne Lupin indulges in his favourite sport: theft.
Runtime: 102 min.

The Red Balloon

V.O.: Le Ballon rouge
Fr. 1956. Tale by Albert Lamorisse with Pascal Lamorisse, Sabine Lamorisse, Georges Sellier. The friendship between a balloon and a child provokes jealousy in other children.
Runtime: 36 min.
Fr. 1955. Adventures by Hervé Bromberger with Renato Baldini, Barbara Laage, Raymond Souplex. Under the pretext of a fake medical expedition, adventurers travel to Africa to exchange trinkets for gold with the natives.
Runtime: 92 min.
Fr. 1955. Psychological drama by Charles Brabant with Raf Vallone, Madeleine Robinson, Magali Noël. The arrival of a man on an isolated farm creates tension and jealousy between three women.
Runtime: 90 min.

White Mane

V.O.: Crin blanc
Runtime: 47 min.

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