French films of 1940
Encyclopedia
A list of film
s produced in France
in 1940
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Film
A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects...
s produced in France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
in 1940
1940 in film
The year 1940 in film involved some significant events, including the premieres of the Walt Disney classics Pinocchio and Fantasia.-Events:*February 7 - Walt Disney's animated film Pinocchio is released....
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1940
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| 1940 1940 in film The year 1940 in film involved some significant events, including the premieres of the Walt Disney classics Pinocchio and Fantasia.-Events:*February 7 - Walt Disney's animated film Pinocchio is released.... |
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| Apres Mein Kampf, Mes Crimes | Alexandre Ryder Alexandre Ryder Alexandre Ryder was a Polish born French film director best known for his crime drama films of the 1920s and 1930s.He directed some 20 films between 1920 and 1950.... |
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| Ceux du Ciel | Yvan Noé | |||
| Chambre 13 | André Hugon André Hugon André Hugon was a French film director, screenwriter and film producer best known for his silent films from 1913 onwards particularly of the 1920s and into sound.... |
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| Diamant Noir | Jean Delannoy Jean Delannoy Jean Delannoy was a French actor, film editor, screenwriter and film director.Although Delannoy was born in a Paris suburb, his family is from Haute-Normandie in the north of France... |
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| Documents Secrets | Léo Joannon Léo Joannon Léo Joannon was a French writer and film director. Born in Aix-en-Provence, Joannon was originally a law student who became a novelist and journalist before entering the film industry in the 1920s as a cameraman.... |
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| Elles Etaient Douze Femmes | Georges Lacombe Georges Lacombe (film director) -Filmography:* 1928 : La Zone * 1931 : Boule de gomme* 1932 : La Femme invisible* 1933 : Un jour d'été* 1933 : Ce cochon de Morin* 1934 : Jeunesse* 1935 : Épousez ma femme* 1935 : La Route heureuse... |
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| Espoirs... | Willy Rozier | |||
| Fausse Alerte | Jacques de Baroncelli Jacques de Baroncelli Jacques de Baroncelli was a French film director best known for his silent films from 1915 to the late 1930s.... |
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| Faut ce qu’il faut | René Pujol | |||
| Feu de paille | Jean-Benoît Lévy | |||
| Finance Noire | Félix Gandéra | |||
| Ils Etaient 5 Permissionn | Pierre Caron Sortie | |||
| L'Acrobate | Jean Boyer Jean Boyer Jean Boyer was a French film director and songwriter.- Songs :* 1930 : Un regardé, dans le film Flagrant délit... |
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| L'An 40 | Fernand Rivers | |||
| L’empreinte du dieu | Léonide Moguy Léonide Moguy Léonide Moguy was a Russian born French film director, screenwriter and film editor .He was active in film between 1936 and 1961.-Personal life:... |
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| La Comedie du Bonheur | Marcel l'Herbier Marcel L'Herbier Marcel L'Herbier, Légion d'honneur, was a French film-maker, who achieved prominence as an avant-garde theorist and imaginative practitioner with a series of silent films in the 1920s. His career as a director continued until the 1950s and he made more than 40 feature films in total... |
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| La Fille du Puisatier La Fille du Puisatier The Well-Digger's Daughter is a 1940 French romantic comedy drama film directed by Marcel Pagnol.-Selected cast:*Raimu as Pascal Amoretti*Fernandel as Félipe Rambert*Josette Day as Patricia Amoretti*Line Noro as Marie Mazel... |
Marcel Pagnol Marcel Pagnol Marcel Pagnol was a French novelist, playwright, and filmmaker. In 1946, he became the first filmmaker elected to the Académie Française.-Biography:... |
Raimu Raimu Raimu was the stage name for the French actor Jules Auguste Muraire .-Biography:Born in Toulon in the Var département, he made his stage debut there in 1899. After coming to the attention of the then great music hall star Félix Mayol who was also from Toulon, in 1908 he was given a chance to work... , Fernandel Fernandel Fernand Joseph Désiré Contandin , better known as Fernandel, was a French actor and singer. Born in Marseille, France, he was a comedy star who first gained popularity in French vaudeville, operettas, and music-hall revues... |
Romantic Comedy | |
| La Nuit Merveilleuse | Jean-Paul Paulin | |||
| La Collier de Chanvre | Léon Mathot Léon Mathot Léon Mathot was a French film actor and film director best known perhaps for playing Edmond Dantes in The Count of Monte Cristo film serial in 1918.... |
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| Les surprises de la radio | Marcel Aboulker | |||
| Miquette | Jean Boyer Jean Boyer Jean Boyer was a French film director and songwriter.- Songs :* 1930 : Un regardé, dans le film Flagrant délit... |
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| Monsieur Bibi | René Pujol | |||
| Monsieur Hector | Maurice Cammage | |||
| Parade en Sept Nuis | Marc Allégret Marc Allégret Marc Allégret was a French screenwriter and film director.Born in Basel, Basel-Stadt, Switzerland, he was the elder brother of Yves Allégret. Marc was educated to be a lawyer. Allégret became André Gide's lover when he was fifteen and Gide was forty-seven... |
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| Paris-New York | Yves Mirande Yves Mirande Yves Mirande was a French screenwriter, director, actor, and producer.-As screenwriter:* 1909 : La Tournée des grands ducs* 1909 : Le Petit qui a faim* 1909 : Octave* 1930 : Le Spectre vert... |
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| Soyez les Bienvenus | Jacques de Baroncelli Jacques de Baroncelli Jacques de Baroncelli was a French film director best known for his silent films from 1915 to the late 1930s.... |
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| Trois argentins à Montmartre | André Hugon André Hugon André Hugon was a French film director, screenwriter and film producer best known for his silent films from 1913 onwards particularly of the 1920s and into sound.... |
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| Un chapeau de paille d'Italie Un chapeau de paille d'Italie Un chapeau de paille d'Italie may refer to:* Un chapeau de paille d'Italie , an 1851 vaudevilliste play by Eugène Marin Labiche and Marc MichelAdaptations of the play include:... |
Maurice Cammage | |||
| Vingt-Quatre Heures de Perm | Maurice Cloche Maurice Cloche Maurice Cloche was a French film director, screenwriter and film producer. His movie Monsieur Vincent won a 1948 Special Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.-External links:... |
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| Volpone Volpone Volpone is a comedy by Ben Jonson first produced in 1606, drawing on elements of city comedy, black comedy and beast fable... |
Maurice Tourneur Maurice Tourneur Maurice Tourneur was an important international film director and screenwriter.-Life:Born Maurice Thomas in the Belleville district of Paris, France, his father was a jeweler. As a young man, Maurice Thomas first trained as a graphic designer and a magazine illustrator but was soon drawn to the... |
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External links
- French films of 1940 at the Internet Movie DatabaseInternet Movie DatabaseInternet Movie Database is an online database of information related to movies, television shows, actors, production crew personnel, video games and fictional characters featured in visual entertainment media. It is one of the most popular online entertainment destinations, with over 100 million...
- 1940s film at Filmsdefrance.com
- Films by year at Cinema-francais.fr