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Subgenre Sampler
Ossessione (1942)- Dir. Luchino Visconti
Feat. Clara Calamai, Massimo Girotti, Dhia Cristiani - Visconti's awesome debut interprets James Cain's novel of lust, greed, murder and recrimination, The Postman Always Rings Twice. Its stark rendering…
Jean Grémillon: During the Occupation (Remorques, Lumière d'été, Le Ciel Est à Vous) (1941-1944)- Dir. Jean Gremillon
Feat. Jean Gabin, Madeleine Renaud - Three character–driven dramas from the heralded French film director who has been little represented outside of his home country: Remorques…
Loyal 47 Ronin, The (47 Ronin) (1941)- Dir. Kenji Mizoguchi
Feat. Yoshizaburo Arashi - Sombre rendition of a famous Japanese legend that's both quietly dignified and overtly nationalistic, tooled as propaganda during the height of…
Jour Se Leve, Le (Daybreak) (1939)
- Dir. Marcel Carne
Feat. Jean Gabin, Arletty - A renowned example of 'poetic realism', Jean Gabin gives another consummate performance as a doomed anti–hero. His tragic story is told in…
La Regle Du Jeu (Rules of the Game) (1939)
- Dir. Jean Renoir
Feat. Marcel Dalio, Nora Gregor, Roland Toutain… - Considered one the greatest films in history, this downbeat yet incisive satire centres around weekend shooting party that results in a myriad of…
Story of the Last Chrysanthemums, The (1939)- Dir. Kenji Mizoguchi
Feat. Shôtarô Hanayagi - The story of an aspiring kabuki actor in late 19th–century Japan, and the woman who loves and supports him at a great cost to herself. A…
Alexander Nevsky (1938)- Dir. Sergei Eisenstein
Feat. Nikolai Cherkassov, Nikolai Okhlopkov - Eisenstein's first sound film is a patriotic epic about the 13th century hero who led his people against the Teutonic Knights. Monumental battle…
Bete Humaine, La (1938)- Dir. Jean Renoir
Feat. Jean Gabin, Simone Simon, Fernand Ledoux… - Adaptation of Zola's romantic tragedy brims with tension and exults the presense of French icon Jean Gabin as a hot–headed train driver coaxed…
I Accuse (J'Accuse) (1938)- Dir. Abel Gance
Feat. Victor Francen, Line Noro, Marie Lou - Dir. Gance’s own remake of his 1919 silent classic, in which a soldier traumatised by the slaughter of WWI attempts to prevent future…
Le Quai Des Brumes (Port of Shadows) (1938)- Dir. Marcel Carne
Feat. Jean Gabin, Michel Simon, Michele Morgan - The forever anti–heroic Jean Gabin takes on an underworld of pimps and perverts in this gloomy French classic, a major influence on the film…
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