Movies: Maurice Pecqueux

  • 1950
    Amédée

    Amédée (1950)

    Amédée

    11950HD

    Employed in a beauty salon, Amédée must undergo a pentothal injection. The dose is too strong; suddenly Amédée reveals the truth to everyone; to clients of the institute; to his cheating wife; to his boss that he robs; to the tax collector; etc. When...

    Amédée
  • 1940
    Schubert's Serenade

    Schubert's Serenade (1940)

    Schubert's Serenade

    01940HD

    Serenade represented the return to the screen of international favorite Lillian Harvey after an absence of two years. Based loosely on the life of composer Franz Schubert, the film casts Bernard Lancret as Schubert, Harvey as his dancer sweetheart, a...

    Schubert's Serenade
  • 1938
    La Bête Humaine

    La Bête Humaine (1938)

    La Bête Humaine

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    Returning by train to the French port of Le Havre, Jacques Lantier, a tormented railwayman, meets by chance the impulsive stationmaster Roubard and Séverine, his wife....

    La Bête Humaine
  • 1946
    The Temptation of Barbizon

    The Temptation of Barbizon (1946)

    The Temptation of Barbizon

    5.71946HD

    Daniel Gelin and Juliette Faber star as a blissfully happy honeymooning couple. They are so happy that they arouse the jealous attentions of Satan. The Dark Prince sends an emissary to beak up the romance, but his advocate is promptly challenged by a...

    The Temptation of Barbizon
  • 1949
    Truant School

    Truant School (1949)

    Truant School

    71949HD

    1920, in a small village in Provence. Monsieur Pascal, a young schoolteacher, is faced with a lack of interest from his pupils. He decides to radically change the methods employed by his predecessor. He listens to the children, draws inspiration from...

    Truant School
  • 1950
    Brasil

    Brasil (1950)

    Brasil

    61950HD

    Abandoned documentary on the country Brazil which director Clouzot wanted to make while on honeymoon with his wife Véra Clouzot whose of Brazilian origin. Only an introductionary section set in Paris was ever filmed....

    Brasil
  • 1950
    Life Begins Tomorrow

    Life Begins Tomorrow (1950)

    Life Begins Tomorrow

    6.21950HD

    Documentary filmmaker Védrès' first semi-fictional feature was released in France in 1949 as La Vie Commence Demain. The film made it to the U.S. in 1952 as Life Begins Tomorrow. Made in cooperation with UNESCO, the film speculates on the future of m...

    Life Begins Tomorrow
  • 1945
    Les Dames du bois de Boulogne

    Les Dames du bois de Boulogne (1945)

    Les Dames du bois de Boulogne

    6.91945HD

    A love story that follows the maneuverings of a society lady as she connives to initiate a scandalous affair between her aristocratic ex-lover and a prostitute....

    Les Dames du bois de Boulogne
  • 1947
    Il Était... Trois Chansons

    Il Était... Trois Chansons (1947)

    Il Était... Trois Chansons

    101947HD

    Director Claude André Lalande illustrates the theme of three songs in images. We see and hear in turn Roland Gerbeau "Himalaya", Jacqueline François "From Montmartre to the Latin Quarter" and Jean Marco "The Ghost of Aunt Anna". This mini musical is ...

    Il Était... Trois Chansons
  • 1947
    Love Around the House

    Love Around the House (1947)

    Love Around the House

    01947HD

    In an isolated house, in Brittany, live two sisters around whom gravitate a whole series of strange characters. Between the eruption of the vagrant voyeur and that of the couple in love, the youngest kills her eldest and goes mad....

    Love Around the House
  • 1948
    Le Cavalier de Croix-Mort

    Le Cavalier de Croix-Mort (1948)

    Le Cavalier de Croix-Mort

    71948HD

    Elisabeth D'Anthar cheats on her husband François with Simon De Chabre. François, who suspects something, surprises his rival and wounds him. Elisabeth 's sister, to save the situation, claims that Simon is actually in love with her and came to see h...

    Le Cavalier de Croix-Mort
  • 1949
    The Charms of Life

    The Charms of Life (1949)

    The Charms of Life

    5.31949HD

    An incisive exploration of the dubious beauty of "official" art....

    The Charms of Life