Georges Franju

An early example of ultra-realism, this movie contrasts the quiet, bucolic life in the outskirts of Paris with the harsh, gory conditions inside ...

Shot as something of an afterthought to Le Theatre national populaire, during the fortnight in July 1956, when Franju and his crew had to wait ...

A tour of the Hotel des Invalides, and more particularly of the Army Museum and the Saint Louis Chapel. From François I’s armor to ...

Clad in a featureless red mask, The Man Without A Face is involved in a single-minded pursuit of the fabled treasure of the Knights Templar in ...

Story of a young, inexperienced ship captain named Marlow, who struggles in solitude during the voyage with disease, insubordinate crew and ...

Professor Genessier is guilt-stricken after his daughter’s face is disfigured in a car accident. He intends to rebuild his daughter’s ...

A visit to Lorraine, a land of contrast in the North-East of France, where blazing steelworks, dark coal mines and mining towns keep close to the ...

Georges Franju’s Judex is an arch, playful tribute to the serials of the influential silent filmmaker Louis Feuillade. Franju shuffles ...

Once again in this documentary Franju depicts a distressing scenario, another of those corners of society hidden from everyday eyes: the tale of ...

In the First World War, when Paris is expected to fall to the Germans, the attractive widow, Princesse de Bormes, organises a convoy of cars to ...

Serge Mouret is a frail and devout young priest in a tough country parish. When he falls down and loses his memory, he is nursed back to health ...

Thérèse is living in a provincial town, unhappily married to Bernard, a dull, pompous man whose only interest is preserving his family name and ...

An aimless young man is committed to a psychiatric hospital by his father in an attempt to cure him of his delinquent tendencies. Release: Head ...

The life and work of the pioneering scientists, told through the words of Marie Curie. Release: Mounsier et Madame Curie 1956 720p BluRay x264 ...

An old count hides just before he dies to annoy his heirs. The heirs search a manor for the count’s body and are killed off one by one. ...

A biography of the pioneer film director Georges Méliès, featuring his son André playing Georges, and with shots of his second wife, aged 90. ...