Jean Desailly Movies

  • 1974
    The Irony of Chance

    The Irony of Chance

    The Irony of Chance

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    A series of events beginning during the German occupation of France showing what might have happened if one thing had gone differently. The premise...

    The Irony of Chance
  • 1954
    Royal Affairs in Versailles

    Royal Affairs in Versailles

    Royal Affairs in Versailles

    6.81954HD

    Witty narration follows the history of Versailles Palace; founded by Louis XIII, enlarged by autocratic Louis XIV, whose personal affairs and amours,...

    Royal Affairs in Versailles
  • 1952
    Jocelyn

    Jocelyn

    Jocelyn

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    In 1786, Jocelyn entered the Seminary. He leaves his share of the inheritance to his younger sister Julie. In 1793, on the point of being ordained a...

    Jocelyn
  • 1958
    The Possessors

    The Possessors

    The Possessors

    6.81958HD

    Noël Schoudler, founder of an empire built on three foundations - sugar, banking and the press - reigns like an absolute sovereign over his...

    The Possessors
  • 1979
    La pitié dangereuse

    La pitié dangereuse

    La pitié dangereuse

    01979HD

    Set in a garrison town in Austria before 1914, is the story of the unfortunate love between simple lieutenant Anton Hofmiller and Edith, the...

    La pitié dangereuse
  • 1948
    Just a Big Simple Girl

    Just a Big Simple Girl

    Just a Big Simple Girl

    01948HD

    The tour of a theatrical troupe is disturbed by the waltz-hesitation love of the young actress Stepha between the young first and the director.

    Just a Big Simple Girl
  • 1946
    Pastoral Symphony

    Pastoral Symphony

    Pastoral Symphony

    6.21946HD

    A minister falls in love with a blind young woman he sheltered, but so does his son.

    Pastoral Symphony
  • 1961
    One Night at the Beach

    One Night at the Beach

    One Night at the Beach

    4.71961HD

    Un soir sur la plage is relatively interesting; the cast includes highly talented Jean Dessailly, Martine Carol, a cast against type Michel Galabru...

    One Night at the Beach
  • 1961
    The Passion of Slow Fire

    The Passion of Slow Fire

    The Passion of Slow Fire

    6.61961HD

    Stéphane Blanchon lives a quiet life in Switzerland with his wife, Christine, until a young American boarder named Belle, who was living with...

    The Passion of Slow Fire
  • 1962
    Lust

    Lust

    Lust

    7.51962HD

    This short film by Jacques Demy was based on his memories of growing up in Nantes, France. While it was initially made for the omnibus film THE SEVEN...

    Lust
  • 1959
    125 rue Montmartre

    125 rue Montmartre

    125 rue Montmartre

    7.51959HD

    Desperate, Didier throws himself out in the Seine. Pascal, a newsboy, jumps and saves him. It’s the beginning of the friendship between...

    125 rue Montmartre
  • 1960
    Love and the Frenchwoman

    Love and the Frenchwoman

    Love and the Frenchwoman

    4.91960HD

    The seven stages in the life of the modern Frenchwomen are disclosed by seven directors in a witty way: 1 - Childhood, 2 - Adolescence, 3 -...

    Love and the Frenchwoman
  • 1945
    The Last Judgment

    The Last Judgment

    The Last Judgment

    01945HD

    In Central Europe, resistance to the Germans in growing. But the partisan leader is denounced and killed. His daughter and the son of the traitor...

    The Last Judgment
  • 1984
    Le fou du roi

    Le fou du roi

    Le fou du roi

    2.31984HD

    Dieudonné, poet and dreamer, is the opposite of his father, the famous D'Artagnan, as he hates walks and duels.

    Le fou du roi
  • 1969
    Le deuxième coup de feu

    Le deuxième coup de feu

    Le deuxième coup de feu

    01969HD

    Le deuxième coup de feu
  • 1958
    La Répétition ou l'Amour puni

    La Répétition ou l'Amour puni

    La Répétition ou l'Amour puni

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    La Répétition ou l'Amour puni
  • 1985
    La Dixième de Beethoven

    La Dixième de Beethoven

    La Dixième de Beethoven

    01985HD

    Play by Peter Ustinov, about a return to the modern world by Beethoven, who knocks on the door of a London music critic. He is fitted with a hearing...

    La Dixième de Beethoven
  • 1943
    Le Voyageur de la Toussaint

    Le Voyageur de la Toussaint

    Le Voyageur de la Toussaint

    7.11943HD

    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...

    Le Voyageur de la Toussaint
  • 1969
    You Will Reap the Tempest

    You Will Reap the Tempest

    You Will Reap the Tempest

    01969HD

    Montage film dedicated to the Resistance, under German occupation from 1940 to 1945, with documents from French, Canadian, American, English and...

    You Will Reap the Tempest
  • 1960
    The Dance of Death

    The Dance of Death

    The Dance of Death

    31960HD

    On his journey through USA, Simon Templar, alias 'the Saint', landed in Palm Springs. After arrival, Simon is offered a job as a bodyguard of a...

    The Dance of Death