Serge Reggiani

Serge Reggiani

Serge Reggiani (2 May 1922 – 23 July 2004) was an Italian-born French singer and actor. He was born in Reggio Emilia, Italy and moved to France with his parents at the age of eight. For many years, he struggled with alcoholism, caused in part by the 1980 suicide of his son Stephan. After acting school (Conservatoire des arts cinématographiques) he was discovered by Jean Cocteau and appeared in a wartime production of Les Parents terribles ("The Terrible Parents"). During World War II, he left Paris to join the French resistance. His first feature film came in 1946 with his role in Les portes de la nuit ("The Doors of the Night"). He later went on to perform in 80 films including Casque d'or, Les Misérables (1958),Tutti a casa, Le Doulos, Il Gattopardo, La terrazza, The Pianist (1998). In spite of never quite reaching the peak with his acting career, he did triumph in the theatre in 1959 with his performance in Jean-Paul Sartre’s play Les Séquestrés d'Altona. In the meantime, though, in 1965 he began a second career, that of a singer (at the age of 43), with the help of Simone Signoret and her husband Yves Montand and later with great assistance of the French diva Barbara. Reggiani became one of the most acclaimed performers of French "Chanson" ("song") and although he was in his 40s, his bad-boy rugged image made him popular with both young and older listeners. His best known songs include Les loups sont entrés dans Paris ("The Wolves Have Entered Paris") and Sarah (La femme qui est dans mon lit) ("The Woman Who Is In My Bed"), the latter written by Georges Moustaki. However, one of his regular songwriters throughout his career was Boris Vian (Le Déserteur, Arthur où t'as mis le corps, La Java des bombes atomiques). His new young fans identified with his left-wing ideals and antimilitarism, most notably during the 1968 student revolts in France. With age he became more and more acclaimed as one of the best interpreters of the French chanson also bringing the poetry of Rimbaud, Apollinaire and Prévert closer to his audience. In 1995, he made a comeback to the singing stage, giving a few concerts despite his deteriorated health and personal distress, the last one being held as late as in the year of his death, in spring of 2004. In later life he became a painter and gave a number of exhibitions of his artwork. Serge Reggiani died in Paris of a heart attack at the age of 82, one day after the death of another well known French singer Sacha Distel. He is interred in Montparnasse Cemetery.

  • Title: Serge Reggiani
  • Popularity: 1.023
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1922-05-02
  • Place of Birth: Reggio Emilia, Italy
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  • Also Known As: Серж Реджани
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Serge Reggiani Movies

  • 1963
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    The Leopard

    The Leopard

    7.7 1963 HD

    As Garibaldi's troops begin the unification of Italy in the 1860s, an aristocratic Sicilian family grudgingly adapts to the sweeping social changes...

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  • 1958
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    Les Misérables

    Les Misérables

    7.1 1958 HD

    In 19th century France, Jean Valjean, a man imprisoned for stealing bread, must flee a relentless policeman named Javert. The pursuit consumes both...

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  • 1976
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    The Good and the Bad

    The Good and the Bad

    5.545 1976 HD

    The film follows the exploits of Jacques, a car-mechanic turned pro-thief, and his Jewish co-conspirator Simon as their robberies, beginning well...

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  • 1962
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    Le Doulos

    Le Doulos

    7.4 1962 HD

    Enigmatic gangster Silien may or may not be responsible for informing on Faugel, who was just released from prison and is already involved in what...

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  • 1967
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    The Last Adventure

    The Last Adventure

    6.9 1967 HD

    Two adventurers and best friends, Roland and Manu, are the victims of a practical joke that costs Manu his pilot's license. With seeming contrition,...

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  • 1961
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    Paris Blues

    Paris Blues

    6.427 1961 HD

    During the 1960s, two American jazz musicians living in Paris meet and fall in love with two American tourist girls and must decide between music and...

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  • 2009
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    Henri-Georges Clouzot's Inferno

    Henri-Georges Clouzot's Inferno

    7.3 2009 HD

    In 1964, Henri-Georges Clouzot's production of L'Enfer came to a halt. Despite huge expectations, major studio backing and an unlimited budget, after...

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  • 1974
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    Vincent, Francois, Paul and the Others

    Vincent, Francois, Paul and the Others

    7 1974 HD

    Three friends navigate mid-life crises: a blocked writer, a disillusioned doctor, and a charming man facing bankruptcy and divorce. As their...

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  • 1946
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    Gates of the Night

    Gates of the Night

    7.1 1946 HD

    In post-Liberation Paris, a man reunites with a friend and meets the woman of his dreams, only to discover her brother's dark past.

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  • 1969
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    Army of Shadows

    Army of Shadows

    7.9 1969 HD

    Betrayed by an informant, Philippe Gerbier finds himself trapped in a torturous Nazi prison camp. Though Gerbier escapes to rejoin the Resistance in...

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  • 1977
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    Solemn Communion

    Solemn Communion

    4.5 1977 HD

    In this complex chronicle of the evolution of a provincial family's life, the story follows three generations of at least two neighboring families...

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  • 2014
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    Les Enfoirés - Les Enfoirés en chœur de 1985 à aujourd'hui

    Les Enfoirés - Les Enfoirés en chœur de 1985 à aujourd'hui

    8 2014 HD

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  • 1949
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    Return to Life

    Return to Life

    6.2 1949 HD

    In France in 1946, the difficult return to civilian life of five deportees and prisoners of war after having lived through the hell of the Second...

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  • 1993
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    De force avec d'autres

    De force avec d'autres

    5 1993 HD

    Actor and singer on the decline, Sergio, alcoholic, goes adrift. His son, Simon, undertakes to make a film with and on him, to try to bring him back...

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  • 1986
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    Mauvais Sang

    Mauvais Sang

    7.126 1986 HD

    Two aging crooks are given two weeks to repay a debt to a woman named The American. They recruit their recently deceased partner's son to help them...

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  • 1960
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    Everybody Go Home!

    Everybody Go Home!

    7.6 1960 HD

    When Italy surrenders to the Allies, part of the Italian army is dispersed and soldiers begin to return to their homes.

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  • 1986
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    The Beekeeper

    The Beekeeper

    7 1986 HD

    Following the wedding of his daughter, stone-faced beekeeper Spyros makes an annual journey from the north of Greece to the south, traveling along...

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  • 1967
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    The 25th Hour

    The 25th Hour

    7.7 1967 HD

    A Romanian peasant fights to get back to his family after he's imprisoned by the Nazis.The picture is based on real events. It includes Hungary's...

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  • 1949
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    The Lovers of Verona

    The Lovers of Verona

    5 1949 HD

    Angelo, a glass-blower from Murano, and Georgia Maglia, the pretty daughter of a fallen fascist magistrate, are chosen to be the stand-ins for the...

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  • 1952
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    Casque d'Or

    Casque d'Or

    7.3 1952 HD

    At the end of the 19th century, during a ball in Joinville, on the outskirts of Paris, Georges, a former delinquent working as a carpenter, meets...

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  • 1950
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    La Ronde

    La Ronde

    7.4 1950 HD

    An all-knowing interlocutor guides us through a series of affairs in Vienna, 1900. A soldier meets an eager young lady of the evening. Later he has...

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  • 1990
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    There Were Days... and Moons

    There Were Days... and Moons

    6.3 1990 HD

    How can moon and time affect human mood and fate? In the manner of a Greek tragedy , this movie shows how the chaos of life ineluctably propels its...

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  • 1974
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    Don't Touch the White Woman!

    Don't Touch the White Woman!

    5.6 1974 HD

    A highly stylized surreal farce about the events leading up to Custer's Last Stand anachronistically reenacted in an urban renewal area in modern...

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  • 1941
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    Saturnin de Marseille

    Saturnin de Marseille

    1 1941 HD

    A student, who wishes to become an opera singer, is helped by a good boy, Saturnin, who improvises as a manager. The student succeeds and becomes...

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  • 1965
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    The Blue Panther

    The Blue Panther

    4.9 1965 HD

    Marie-Chantal travels by train to her cousin's place to spend a winter holiday, when a stranger entrusts her with false jewels that contain a virus...

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  • 1941
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    Night in December

    Night in December

    5 1941 HD

    In 1919, Pierre Darmont, a handsome, much-loved piano virtuoso, falls in love with Anne Morris, a young woman who shares his tender feelings. But,...

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  • 1959
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    Marie-Octobre

    Marie-Octobre

    7.3 1959 HD

    A group of ex-resistance fighters are brought together by Marie-Octobre, the code name of Marie-Helene Dumoulin. The former members of the network...

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  • 1975
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    Cat and Mouse

    Cat and Mouse

    5.722 1975 HD

    A jaded and charming police inspector is assigned along with his cheerful partner to a case involving the mysterious death and/or suicide of a...

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  • 1947
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    Coïncidences

    Coïncidences

    1 1947 HD

    A rich girl is in love with her father-in-law 's librarian. The wealthy man wants her to marry a military man but she's not prepared to accept it....

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  • 1980
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    The Terrace

    The Terrace

    7.1 1980 HD

    Eight Italian politicians from the communist party gather on a terrace in Rome for a get-to-gather. They discuss about their past, present and future.

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  • 2011
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    Il était une fois... Vincent, François, Paul et les autres

    Il était une fois... Vincent, François, Paul et les autres

    1 2011 HD

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  • 1951
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    Good Enough to Eat

    Good Enough to Eat

    6.5 1951 HD

    Rose Chaperon is asked by her confectioner mother Mathilde to bring jewels to her sick grandmother, Madame de Mergrand. But Hugues, the latter's...

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  • 1970
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    36, le grand tournant

    36, le grand tournant

    1 1970 HD

    Based on a montage of photographic and cinematographic archives, this documentary evokes, from the demonstrations of February 1934 to the resignation...

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  • 1952
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    Secret People

    Secret People

    6 1952 HD

    This tale of intrigue finds Valentina Cortese involved in an assassination plot. She helps the police apprehend the conspirators after an innocent...

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  • 1953
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    Storms

    Storms

    5.167 1953 HD

    A renowned surgeon becomes involved with an attractive circus trapeze artist with the relationship threatening his marriage and family life.

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  • 1946
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    Star Without Light

    Star Without Light

    5.4 1946 HD

    An aspiring singer tries to break into films during the early talkie era. She is hired to dub the singing and speaking voice of a silent-movie...

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  • 1949
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    Manon

    Manon

    6.9 1949 HD

    Port of Marseille, France, recently liberated from the German yoke. Caught as stowaways aboard a ship, Manon, a young woman who was accused of...

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  • 1949
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    The Sinners

    The Sinners

    6.1 1949 HD

    Au Royaume des Cieux takes place in in a dreadful girls' reformatory. A couple of lovers will try to escape from this living hell.

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  • 1993
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    Rosen-Emil

    Rosen-Emil

    6 1993 HD

    The ex-gymnast and survival artist Emil falls in love with the prostitute Lissy. Through her he meets some criminals whom he can help thanks to his...

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  • 1990
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    Plein fer

    Plein fer

    3.2 1990 HD

    The Italians have bocce ball, and the French have a similar game, boules. This is played (generally in the southern part of the country) with steel...

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  • 1953
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    Act of Love

    Act of Love

    6.714 1953 HD

    An American soldier romances a beautiful Parisian during the final days of World War II.

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  • 1949
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    The Mystery of the Yellow Room

    The Mystery of the Yellow Room

    1 1949 HD

    A young reporter solves a mystery crime. The fictional reporter is Joseph Rouletabille. He works on a complex, and seemingly impossible, crime in...

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  • 1949
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    The Perfume of the Lady in Black

    The Perfume of the Lady in Black

    5 1949 HD

    Mathilde Stangerson just married her fiance, when she heard that Larsan, her cruel former husband, whom she believed to be dead, is actually very...

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  • 1955
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    The Wicked Go to Hell

    The Wicked Go to Hell

    6.2 1955 HD

    Making his directorial debut, Robert Hossein also assumes the leading role, playing an escaped convict. Hossein and his fellow escapees cross the...

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  • 1980
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    Fantastica

    Fantastica

    5.9 1980 HD

    In this French–Canadian oddity of music and drama, an actress in a traveling musical revue is involved with the show's director until she meets...

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  • 1950
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    The Elders of Saint-Loup

    The Elders of Saint-Loup

    5.9 1950 HD

    Due to financial problems, the boarding-school of Saint-Loup is on the verge of closing its doors. In desperation, Jacquelin, the headmaster, has the...

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  • 1958
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    Not Delivered

    Not Delivered

    6 1958 HD

    After resolving to start a new life with his girlfriend Jacqueline, Bastien Sassey decides to give up working as a courier for drugs traffickers. So...

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  • 1944
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    Children of Chaos

    Children of Chaos

    5 1944 HD

    An officer, two of his comrades and a social worker want to create the "Carrefour", a place for lost children and teens to give them a chance not to...

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  • 1943
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    Le Voyageur de la Toussaint

    Le Voyageur de la Toussaint

    7.1 1943 HD

    A young man comes back to his hometown to be confronted with a bourgeois obnoxious family who has always despised his -now dead - parents because...

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  • 1958
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    The Stowaway

    The Stowaway

    1 1958 HD

    A group of adventurers compete with one another to find the missing heir Rene Marechal, thought to be near Tahiti.

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  • 1953
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    The Curious Adventures of Mr. Wonderbird

    The Curious Adventures of Mr. Wonderbird

    7.1 1953 HD

    A chimney sweep and his beloved shepherdess are aided by Wonderbird in their escape from a ruthless dictator

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  • 1977
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    Violette & Francois

    Violette & Francois

    6.2 1977 HD

    Violette and François are a couple with a child. As they cannot lead a good life with odd jobs, François starts to steal.

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  • 1952
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    Red Shirts - Anita Garibaldi

    Red Shirts - Anita Garibaldi

    6 1952 HD

    The story of Giuseppe Garibaldi's 1849 campaign to free Italy from Austrian domination.

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  • 1997
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    Heroines

    Heroines

    5 1997 HD

    Two best friends, Johanna and Jeanne, live in the small town of Decazeville, a mining town in France and sing in the music group "The Sirens"....

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  • 1953
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    The World Condemns Them

    The World Condemns Them

    1 1953 HD

    Forced by her lover to sell her body, Renata is saved from a suicide attempt by Paolo Martelli, an engineer. She asks him to help her find a job....

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  • 1962
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    Warriors Five

    Warriors Five

    1 1962 HD

    World War II Italy...1943. After parachuting behind enemy lines on an espionage mission, an American soldier is imprisoned by the enemy. He escapes...

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  • 1957
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    Élisa

    Élisa

    1 1957 HD

    Recently released from reform school, Élisa works at Madame Irma's before moving to Paris, where her success is growing. On a trip to the...

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  • 1977
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    Une fille cousue de fil blanc

    Une fille cousue de fil blanc

    6.3 1977 HD

    A young girl dies in an accident just before her wedding. But when her sister starts to look into it, she discovers the truth about her.

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  • 1970
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    Pueblo en armas

    Pueblo en armas

    1 1970 HD

    Joris Ivens documentary.

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  • 2022
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    La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président

    La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président

    7.2 2022 HD

    In May 1974, Valéry Giscard d'Estaing became President of the Republic and wanted to bring about a new era of modernity. One of his first...

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  • 1988
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    L'écho

    L'écho

    1 1988 HD

    An old cowherd from Haute-Savoie who continues to raise his animals, according to the old methods, falls in love with a young shepherdess.

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  • 1957
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    The Seine Meets Paris

    The Seine Meets Paris

    6.9 1957 HD

    A poetic ode to the River Seine, Ivens' distinguished camera eye surveys its lively banks and step-stone canals with a vérité candor, a...

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  • 1972
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    The Big Shots

    The Big Shots

    6.1 1972 HD

    Thia and Murelli, who live from car stunt shows, make ends meet by carrying out small burglaries.

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  • 1990
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    I Hired a Contract Killer

    I Hired a Contract Killer

    6.9 1990 HD

    After losing his job and realizing that he is alone in the world, a businessman opts to voluntarily end his life. Lacking courage, he hires a...

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  • 1938
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    Boys' School

    Boys' School

    7.3 1938 HD

    In a college, three friends form a secret society. Their objective - going to America. One night, after one of their secret meetings, one of them...

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  • 1948
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    Le Dessous des cartes

    Le Dessous des cartes

    5.5 1948 HD

    Claude Géraudy, a banker responsible for a financial scandal, is forced to flee and hides in the mountains with the help of Manu, a young...

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  • 1988
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    Let Sleeping Cops Lie

    Let Sleeping Cops Lie

    5.6 1988 HD

    This movie tells the story of a group of right-wing cops have begun carrying out vigilante justice on drug dealers and other crime figures who might...

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  • 1993
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    Serge Reggiani - Palais des congrès

    Serge Reggiani - Palais des congrès

    1 1993 HD

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  • 1960
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    Mad Years

    Mad Years

    6 1960 HD

    A film that evokes the period between the end of the First World War and the Great Depression of 1929. For some, it was the golden age of pleasure...

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  • 1957
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    The Doll that Took the Town

    The Doll that Took the Town

    4 1957 HD

    A struggling model concocts a story of being raped and beaten by three strangers and soon becomes a media darling. Complications arise when the...

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  • 1972
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    3000 Million Without an Elevator

    3000 Million Without an Elevator

    5.1 1972 HD

    Seven small rogues dream of stealing the beautiful jewels which are in Paris for an exhibition.

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  • 1955
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    Napoleon

    Napoleon

    6.3 1955 HD

    The film follows the life of Napoleon from his early life in Corsica to his death at Saint Helena. The film is notable for its use of location...

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  • 1998
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    The Pianist

    The Pianist

    7 1998 HD

    Mario Gas directed this music-themed Spanish drama set in Barcelona of the mid-'80s. When famed composer Lluis Doria (Laurent Terzieff) visits a...

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  • 1968
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    The Day of the Owl

    The Day of the Owl

    6.955 1968 HD

    Set in Sicily, this violent crime drama tells the tale of an Italian cop who heads to a small island town to look into the death of a construction...

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  • 1980
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    The Imprint of Giants

    The Imprint of Giants

    1 1980 HD

    The life of workers and their families in a construction site of a highway in 1965.

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  • 1970
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    Countdown to Vengeance

    Countdown to Vengeance

    5.9 1970 HD

    10 years ago, François Nolan and his brother have been betrayed by one of their accomplices after a break-in. During the fight with the...

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  • 1968
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    The Seven Cervi Brothers

    The Seven Cervi Brothers

    6.9 1968 HD

    The story of the Cervi family. Rural farmers brought up to be idealogically opposed to fascism during the era of Mussolini's rule of Italy and World...

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  • 1945
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    François Villon

    François Villon

    1 1945 HD

    An episode in the life of the tumultuous poet who murdered his rival, in love with Catherine de Vauselles.

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  • 1966
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    The Threatening Sky

    The Threatening Sky

    1 1966 HD

    Pro-Vietnamese film created by Dutch filmmaker Joris Ivens. This black and white film begins with an introduction by Bertrand Russell, who explains...

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  • 1995
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    Les Enfoirés 1995 - Les Enfoirés à l'Opéra-Comique

    Les Enfoirés 1995 - Les Enfoirés à l'Opéra-Comique

    6 1995 HD

    Show recorded at the Opéra Comique in Paris on March 6, 1995 for the benefit of the Restos du Coeur.

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  • 2010
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    They Saw Inferno

    They Saw Inferno

    1 2010 HD

    A wonderful documentary that sheds additional light on the fascinating project ‘Inferno’ was, as well as how those who were involved with...

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  • 1995
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    The Little Boy

    The Little Boy

    7 1995 HD

    Eight-year old Francois has moved from Paris to a quiet chateau with his parents who want to escape the stress of the war. In a nearby town, his...

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  • 1965
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    Bestiary of Love

    Bestiary of Love

    1 1965 HD

    If love is a universal phenomenon, it is never the same: the animal world experiences brutal and rapid unions, or, on the contrary, slow and...

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  • 1985
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    Victoires de la musique

    Victoires de la musique

    2 1985 HD

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  • 1972
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    Le Grand Échiquier

    Le Grand Échiquier

    8 1972 HD

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  • 1975
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    Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

    Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

    6 1975 HD

    A talk show presented by Michel Drucker

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  • 1968
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    À bout portant

    À bout portant

    8 1968 HD

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  • 1975
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    Numéro un

    Numéro un

    6 1975 HD

    A French variety show.

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  • 1975
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    Numéro un

    Numéro un

    6 1975 HD

    A French variety show.

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  • 1972
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    Midi trente

    Midi trente

    6 1972 HD

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  • 1982
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    Champs-Elysées

    Champs-Elysées

    6.2 1982 HD

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  • 1956
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    Cinépanorama

    Cinépanorama

    8 1956 HD

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  • 1984
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    La Chance aux chansons

    La Chance aux chansons

    4 1984 HD

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  • 1987
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    Le monde est à vous

    Le monde est à vous

    1 1987 HD

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  • 1998
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    Vivement dimanche

    Vivement dimanche

    3.2 1998 HD

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  • 1959
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    Discorama

    Discorama

    1 1959 HD

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  • 1956
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    Une enquête du commissaire Prévôt

    Une enquête du commissaire Prévôt

    9 1956 HD

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  • 1976
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    30 millions d'amis

    30 millions d'amis

    5.8 1976 HD

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  • 1971
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    Samedi soir

    Samedi soir

    6 1971 HD

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