Émile Drain Movies

Proud, eccentric, and antisocial, Monsieur Hire has always kept to himself. But after a woman turns up dead in the Paris suburb where he lives, he...

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.

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

The film is a 125-minute, black-and-white biography of French priest and diplomat Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord (1754–1838),...

1947, in France, Antoine (Roger Pigaut) and Antoinette (Claire Mafféi), a young couple living in Paris, lead a monotonous existence: he works...

Historical film directed and written by Sacha Guitry follows the the history of Paris from its founding through the significant events in the city's...

Roger Laroque is now a rich man. He returns to France under the name of William Farnell. There, he discovers that on the one hand his wife has died...

The history of one of France's most famous streets is retold, featuring multiple performances from Guitry himself.

A beautiful young pianist falls for her mentor.

Elsa Lundenstein is accused of having murdered her lover. The jury discusses the case vividly. All members are somehow prejudiced because of personal...

A French washerwoman becomes a duchess and a friend of Napoleon.

Henri Chatelard is well into his forties, owns a restaurant and a cinema in the city, and appreciates women. When he meets Marie, an 18-ish...

A propaganda film of the communist party of France, showing how the comrades help the proletariat against the capitalists.

An adaptation of the play L'Aiglon by Edmond Rostand, which portrays the life of Napoleon I.

The story of the seven pearls of the English Crown, from Henry VIII to 1937 – three of them missing.

For fun and to dazzle his wife, the novelist Morgan steals a ring and gets rid of it in the costume jewelry section of a supermarket. Sophie buys the...

Kohlman, the attorney for the Fournil bank, diverts money from the institution. To hide his malpractices, he imagines to remove the director, the...

Agnès Bonnardet leaves her parents to marry Claude Sironi, a painter who becomes famous but loses his talent. Meanwhile Agnes acquires a style...

Fabienne believes herself to be cheated on by her husband Claude and divorces her. He leaves for America and does not return until eight years later....

Talkie remake of a 1927 silent about the adventures of the notorious womaniser and venetian adventurer Chevalier Giacomo Casanova. Action starts in...