Movies: Denys de La Patellière
- 1968
The Tattoo (1968)
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An art dealer wants to buy a Modigliani, which is tattooed on the back of an old soldier....
- 1961
Taxi for Tobruk (1961)
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During World War II, French Commandos join forces with a German officer in order to survive the African desert....
- 1958
The Possessors (1958)
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Noël Schoudler, founder of an empire built on three foundations - sugar, banking and the press - reigns like an absolute sovereign over his business and his family. But someone is about to challenge this authority: his son François......
- 1965
Marco the Magnificent (1965)
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Young Marco Polo travels to China to help Kublai Khan fight against rebels, headed by his own son, with a new invention: gunpowder....
- 1965
God's Thunder (1965)
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Veterinarian Léandre Brassac lives with his wife Marie on a remote estate. One day, he decides to shelter a young woman with no bearings....
- 1951
The Sleepwalker (1951)
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Victor Boniface's life is not exactly a rest cure. Just imagine: Victor is both a store detective and a ... shoplifter (only when he walks in his sleep, mind you)! And falling in love while sleepwalking is no bed of roses either, as the good-natured ...
- 1966
The Upper Hand (1966)
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In Paris, a gold smuggler is at war with other local gangsters who want piece of the action. Then the mob shows up and makes things worse. And an undercover US Treasury Department agent is trying to infiltrate the smuggling business....
- 1966
Father's Trip (1966)
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Determined to assert his paternal rights, Quentin leaves his small village on the Swiss border to go to Lyon to look for his daughter, now a hairdresser, who, busy with her work, hasn't been back to the village for two years. In a few days, it will b...
- 1972
Killer (1972)
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Whilst being transferred to a psychiatric hospital, a ruthless serial killer Gassot makes a break and goes on the run. He arrives in Marseilles, intending to escape abroad. Here, he falls for a young prostitute, Gerda....
- 1953
Follow That Man (1953)
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While celebrating his birthday, police inspector Basquier recalls two of his most celebrated cases. The first involves duplicitous moneylender Olga. The second concerns the brutal broad daylight murder of innocent young Yvonne....
- 1962
Emile's Boat (1962)
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Charles-Edmond, the eldest of the Larmentiel brothers, decides to return to La Rochelle, his hometown to die there. Forty years earlier he had been driven out by his father. Before passing away, the old eccentric announces that he has a hidden son, É...
- 1957
There's Always a Price Tag (1957)
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A wealthy businessman's wife tries to cover up his suicide to cash in his life insurance policy....
- 1955
The Aristocrats (1955)
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A novel by Michel De Saint Pierre was the source for Les Aristocrates. Pierre Fresnay stars an aging Marquis, who tries his best to uphold the traditions of nobility in an ever-changing world. The Marquis' children prefer the trappings of modern soci...
- 1949
Alice in Wonderland (1949)
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This exceptional theatrical version of Lewis Carroll's 1865 classic features a combination of live characters and puppets....
- 1958
King on Horseback (1958)
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Henri La Tour, a strolling player, is also a daring adventurer. So, when, after accomplishing a brilliant feat, he is awarded a title by King Louis XV, the Duke of Saint-Sever takes offense at it and challenges Henri to a duel. However, while they fi...
- 1956
The Wages of Sin (1956)
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Bourgeois melodrama about the family of a wealthy businessman in La Rochelle, who dismisses the marriage of his only daughter with a journalist....
- 1973
Prêtres interdits (1973)
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- 1959
Rue de Paris (1959)
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Life in a one-parent family with a focus on the parent, Henri Neveu (Jean Gabin), is the topic of this standard drama with a dash of comedy. While Henri was a POW during the war, his wife passed away and he returned to face the challenges of bringing...
- 1954
The Unfrocked One (1954)
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Pierre Fresnay plays the title character in Le Defroque (The Defrocked One). Cast out by his church, former priest Maurice (Fresnay) delights in mocking the traditions and credos of Catholicism. Even so, young Gerard (Pierre Trabaud) becomes convince...
- 1950
Prelude to Glory (1950)
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Roberto, a 10-year-old boy, is drawn to music. An old organist discovers his gifts, and begins his musical education which will lead him to the head of an orchestra....