Les enfants du paradis (1945)

A bourgeois life in France at the onset of World War II, as the rich and their poor servants meet up at a French chateau.

During the First World War, two French soldiers are captured and imprisoned in a German P.O.W. camp. Several escape attempts follow until they are sent to a seemingly impenetrable fortress which seems impossible to escape from.

After committing a murder, a man locks himself in his apartment and recollects the events that led him to the killing.

Newly married couple Juliette and a ship captain Jean struggle through marriage as they travel on the L'atalante along with the captain's first mate Le père Jules and a cabin boy.

A military deserter finds love and trouble (and a small dog) in a smoky French port city.

A beautiful young woman takes her father's place as the prisoner of a mysterious beast, who wishes to marry her.

In medieval Japan, a compassionate governor is sent into exile. His wife and children try to join him, but are separated, and the children grow up amid suffering and oppression.

A tale of ambition, family, love, and war set in the midst of the Japanese Civil Wars of the sixteenth century.

A young couple, Renee and Pierre, take one night a room at the Hotel du Nord, in Paris, near the canal Saint-Martin. They want to die together, but after having shooted at Renee, Pierre ... See full summary »

A poet in love with Death follows his unhappy wife into the underworld.

In the Paris of the late 19th century, Louise, wife of a general, sells the earrings her husband gave her as a wedding gift: she needs money to cover her debts. The general secretly buys ... See full summary »

During the Nazi occupation of Rome in 1944, resistance leader Giorgio Manfredi is chased by Nazis and he seeks refuge and escape.