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Jean Delannoy

Jean Delannoy

French film director, screenwriter, film editor and actor
January 12, 1908 (June 18, 2008)

Mary of Nazareth

V.O.: Marie de Nazareth
Fr. 1994. Biblical drama by Jean Delannoy with Myriam Muller, Didier Bienaimé, Francis Lalanne.
Runtime: 111 min.
Runtime: 92 min.

The Passion of Bernadette

V.O.: La Passion de Bernadette
Fr. 1989. Religious drama by Jean Delannoy with Sydney Penny, Emmanuelle Riva, Malka Ribowska. The young Bernadette Soubirous enters a convent after witnessing apparitions of the Virgin Mary.
Runtime: 106 min.
Fr. 1987. Crime drama by Jean Delannoy with Michel Duchaussoy, Roger Dumas, Fiona Gelin.
Fr. 1987. Religious drama by Jean Delannoy with Sydney Penny, Jean-Marc Bory, Roland Lesaffre. The story of the Virgin's apparitions to Bernadette Soubirous in Lourdes in 1858.
Runtime: 120 min.

The Crime of Pierre Lacaze

V.O.: Le Crime de Pierre Lacaze
Fr. 1983. Drama by Jean Delannoy with Roger Hanin, Marie-France Pisier, Corinne Marchand. A politician lets himself be accused of the murder committed by his son.
Runtime: 180 min.
Fr. 1976. History by Jean Delannoy with Georges Wilson, Mathieu Carrière, Louis Eymond. The relationship established between the emperor Charlemagne and his nephew, the valiant Roland.
Runtime: 180 min.
Runtime: 96 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.

Action Man

V.O.: Le Soleil des voyous
Fr. 1967. Crime drama by Jean Delannoy with Jean Gabin, Robert Stack, Margaret Lee. A former gangster organizes a bank robbery.
Runtime: 105 min.
Fr. 1965. Dramatic comedy by Jean Delannoy with Gina Lollobrigida, Louis Jourdan, Muriel Baptiste. A playboy, held back by his daughter's problems, neglects his mistress.
Runtime: 98 min.
Fr. 1965. Sketches by Jean Delannoy, Gianni Puccini, François Dupont-Midy, Alvaro Mancori with Jean Richard, Leopoldo Trieste, Michel Serrault. Various sketches focused on alcove stories.
Runtime: 114 min.
Runtime: 93 min.
Fr. 1964. Psychological drama by Jean Delannoy with Michel Bouquet, Francis Lacombrade, Didier Haudepin. A secret friendship develops between two college students.
Runtime: 100 min.

Imperial Venus

V.O.: Venere imperiale
It. 1962. History by Jean Delannoy with Gina Lollobrigida, Stephen Boyd, Raymond Pellegrin. The gallant adventures of Paulette, one of Napoleon's sisters.
Runtime: 122 min.
Fr. 1961. Drama by Jean Delannoy with Annie Girardot, Jean-Claude Pascal, Odile Versois. Divorced from his wife, a man nevertheless tries to clear her of a murder.
Runtime: 129 min.
Fr. 1960. Sentimental drama by Jean Delannoy with Marina Vlady, Jean-François Poron, Jean Marais. Troubled by her attraction to a duke, a virtuous princess asks her husband to keep her away from the court.
Runtime: 101 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.

Inspector Maigret and the Saint Fiacre Affair

V.O.: Maigret et l'affaire Saint-Fiacre
Fr. 1959. Crime drama by Jean Delannoy with Jean Gabin, Valentine Tessier, Robert Hirsch. Inspector Maigret clarifies the enigma surrounding the death of the countess of Saint-Fiacre.
Runtime: 101 min.
Fr. 1959. Mores comedy by Jean Delannoy with Jean Gabin, Micheline Presle, Blanchette Brunoy. In need of fuel and money, a penniless baron in his fifties moors his luxurious yacht near a lock.
Runtime: 95 min.
Fr. 1958. Dramatic comedy by Jean Delannoy with Zizi Jeanmaire, Jean-Claude Pascal, Cristina Gajoni. A former prostitute acquires a beergarden.
Runtime: 104 min.

Inspector Maigret

V.O.: Maigret tend un piège
Fr. 1957. Crime drama by Jean Delannoy with Jean Gabin, Jean Desailly, Annie Girardot. Inspector Maigret investigates a series of murders of women, all committed in the Parisian neighbourhood of Place des Vosges.
Runtime: 117 min.

The Hunchback of Notre-Dame

V.O.: Notre-Dame de Paris
Fr. 1956. Drama by Jean Delannoy with Anthony Quinn, Gina Lollobrigida, Alain Cuny. In the Middle Ages, a young dancer accused of witchcraft is defended by a hunchback.
Runtime: 115 min.
Fr. 1956. History by Jean Delannoy with Michèle Morgan, Jacques Morel, Richard Todd. The life of the queen of France, Marie-Antoinette.
Runtime: 117 min.
Fr. 1955. Social drama by Jean Delannoy with Jean Gabin, Anne Doat, Serge Lecointe. The drama of three delinquent teenagers entrusted to a rehabilitation centre.
Runtime: 92 min.

Obsession

V.O.: Domanda di grazia
Fr. 1954. Psychological drama by Jean Delannoy with Michèle Morgan, Raf Vallone, Marthe Mercadier. Although she suspects her husband of the murder, a young trapeze artist lets a fellow circus performer be arrested.
Runtime: 103 min.
Runtime: 90 min.
Fr. 1953. Sketches by Henri Decoin, Gianni Franciolini, Ralph Habib, Jean Delannoy with Vittorio De Sica, Jeanne Moreau, Bernard Blier. Four travelers, immobilized by the fog, tell each other stories of sleepless nights.
Runtime: 86 min.
Fr. 1952. Psychological drama by Jean Delannoy with Michèle Morgan, Jean Gabin, Daniel Gélin. A couple reflects on ten years of marriage.
Runtime: 103 min.
Fr. 1951. Psychological drama by Jean Delannoy with Pierre-Michel Beck, Madeleine Robinson, Frank Villard. In Marseille, a natural child revolts when he discovers that his mother is a prostitute.
Runtime: 112 min.
Fr. 1950. Religious drama by Jean Delannoy with Pierre Fresnay, Madeleine Robinson, Daniel Gélin. On the island of Sein, a sacristan temporarily occupies the vacant place left by the departure of the priest.
Runtime: 95 min.
Fr. 1949. History by Jean Delannoy with Jean Marais, Dominique Blanchar, Claude Farell. The thwarted love affairs of Archduke Rudolf of Habsburg, son of Franz Joseph, and the young Marie Vetsera.
Runtime: 90 min.
Fr. 1948. Sentimental drama by Jean Delannoy with Jean Marais, Michèle Morgan, Jean Chevrier. A flight attendant reunites with her former fianc?, who has become an airline pilot.
Runtime: 105 min.

The Chips Are Down

V.O.: Les Jeux sont faits
Runtime: 105 min.
Fr. 1946. Sentimental drama by Jean Delannoy with Michèle Morgan, Pierre Blanchar, Line Noro. A Protestant minister lusts after a young girl he has raised, who is blind.
Runtime: 105 min.
Fr. 1944. Adventures by Jean Delannoy with Pierre Blanchar, Yvonne Gaudeau, Paul Bernard. The knight of Lagard?re swears to the dying duke of Nevers that he will watch over his daughter.
Runtime: 110 min.
Fr. 1943. Poetic drama by Jean Delannoy with Jean Marais, Madeleine Sologne, Jean Murat. The odds are against a young couple that a love potion has bound together forever.
Runtime: 120 min.
Fr. 1942. Adventures by Jean Delannoy with Erich von Stroheim, Mireille Balin, Sessue Hayakawa. A journalist, who is engaged to the daughter of a fearsome Macau smuggler, faces all sorts of perils.
Runtime: 90 min.
Fr. 1942. History by Jean Delannoy with Pierre Blanchar, Annie Ducaux, Suzy Carrier. After Waterloo, conflicts arise between the Emperor's loyalists and the new masters of France.
Runtime: 125 min.
Fr. 1942. Crime drama by Jean Delannoy with Jean Chevrier, Louise Carletti, Mireille Balin. The remorse of a burglar who believes he has killed a man.
Runtime: 100 min.
Runtime: 98 min.
Runtime: 125 min.
Runtime: 87 min.
Runtime: 83 min.
Runtime: 80 min.
Runtime: 80 min.

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