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Pierre Montazel
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Pierre Montazel

French cinematographer and screenwriter
March 5, 1911 (September 8, 1975)

The Troops on Vacation

V.O.: Le Gendarme en balade
Fr. 1970. Comedy by Jean Girault with Louis de Funès, Michel Galabru, Jean Lefebvre. Retired armed police officers try to relive their past adventures.
Runtime: 102 min.
Fr. 1960. Police comedy by Pierre Montazel with Eddie Constantine, Barbara Laage, Stefan Schnabel. In Lisbon, a secret agent is looking for a man that he doesn't know, and that enemy spies want to make disappear.
Runtime: 83 min.
Fr. 1959. Burlesque by Clément Duhour with Darry Cowl, Jean Richard, Jean Poiret. Unable to stop a marriage, a man follows the couple on their honeymoon to prevent, at all costs, the consummation of their union.
Runtime: 95 min.

Riff Raff Girls

V.O.: Du rififi chez les femmes
Fr. 1959. Crime drama by Alex Joffé with Nadja Tiller, Robert Hossein, Silvia Monfort. In Brussels, gangsters planning a daring bank robbery come into conflict with other mobsters who want their share of the loot.
Runtime: 96 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.

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. 1957. Crime drama by Henri Decoin with Anouk Aimée, Peter Van Eyck, François Périer. To provide themselves with an alibi, five young criminals go to jail for a peccadillo.
Runtime: 99 min.
Fr. 1956. Crime drama by Victor Vicas with François Périer, Daniel Gélin, Bella Darvi. A young teacher witnesses a heinous crime and finds himself caught up in the vicious cycle of a miscarriage of justice.
Runtime: 102 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.

Napoleon

V.O.: Napoléon
Fr. 1955. History by Sacha Guitry with Daniel Gélin, Raymond Pellegrin, Michèle Morgan. A few moments in the life of Napoleon.
Runtime: 183 min.

Razzia

V.O.: Razzia sur la chnouf
Fr. 1955. Crime drama by Henri Decoin with Jean Gabin, Lino Ventura, Magali Noël. A police officer manages to infiltrate a drug gang.
Runtime: 105 min.

Hi-Jack Highway

V.O.: Gas-Oil
Fr. 1955. Adventures by Gilles Grangier with Jean Gabin, Jeanne Moreau, Ginette Leclerc. A trucking boss gets involved in a series of police adventures.
Runtime: 92 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.

Grisbi

V.O.: Touchez pas au grisbi
Fr. 1953. Crime drama by Jacques Becker with Jean Gabin, René Dary, Jeanne Moreau. After having succeeded in a major coup, two aging gangsters are betrayed by the young mistress of one of them who denounces them to a rival gang.
Runtime: 94 min.
Fr. 1953. Historic chronicle by Sacha Guitry with Sacha Guitry, Jean Marais, Georges Marchal. Evoking three centuries of French history, from Louis XIII to Cl?menceau.
Runtime: 165 min.
Fr. 1951. Musical by Pierre Montazel with Luis Mariano, Madeleine Lebeau, Édith Piaf. To become the sole heir of a successful singer, two young people compete in an original rally that consists in bringing back, within the same day, the most number of artists' autographs.
Runtime: 90 min.
Fr. 1949. Musical by Pierre Montazel with Luis Mariano, Jules Berry, Maria Mauban. While taking a few days off with his family, a charming singer is pursued by a seductive young girl who manages to infiltrate his private life.
Fr. 1949. Musical drama by Pierre Montazel with Luis Mariano, Martine Carol, Raymond Bussières. The turbulent life of a famous singer prompts his wife to leave him.
Runtime: 94 min.

Six Heures à perdre

V.O.: 6 Heures à perdre
Fr. 1947. Dramatic comedy by Alex Joffé, Jean Lévitte with André Luguet, Denise Grey, Pierre Larquey. Mistaken for another, a man succeeds in restoring quite a bit of order to the affairs of the one who is absent.
Runtime: 90 min.
Fr. 1947. Crime drama by Louis Cuny with Yves Furet, Jean Debucourt, Simone Sylvestre. A police officer seeks to track down criminals who specialize in stealing works of art.
Runtime: 90 min.
Fr. 1947. Comedy by Jacques Becker with Roger Pigaut, Claire Mafféi, Noël Roquevert. A young couple misplaces a winning lottery ticket.
Runtime: 80 min.
Fr. 1946. Melodrama by Pierre Chenal with Madeleine Sologne, Erich von Stroheim, Louis Salou. A bank manager becomes dishonest out of love for a young woman who is blind.
Runtime: 105 min.
Runtime: 95 min.
Runtime: 90 min.
Fr. 1943. Comedy by Marcel L'Herbier with Edwige Feuillère, Raymond Rouleau, André Luguet. A woman makes her living by blackmailing unconventional couples.
Runtime: 99 min.

The Fantastic Night

V.O.: La Nuit fantastique
Fr. 1942. Fantasy comedy by Marcel L'Herbier with Fernand Gravey, Micheline Presle, Saturnin Fabre. Haunted every night by a veiled young girl, a student realizes after various adventures that the dream has become reality.
Runtime: 90 min.
Fr. 1942. Drama by Roland Tual with Fernand Ledoux, Jean Marais, Odette Joyeux. A prison warden poses as a composer by appropriating the work of an inmate.
Runtime: 107 min.
Fr. 1942. Fantasy by Guillaume Radot with Madeleine Sologne, Pierre Renoir, Gabrielle Dorziat. In a sinister and isolated castle, the Malveneur's descendant pursues mysterious biological research.
Runtime: 99 min.
Runtime: 90 min.
Fr. 1939. Drama by Jacques Daroy with André Brulé, Nadine Vogel, Jean Worms.
Runtime: 105 min.

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