Jacques Varennes Movies

  • 1908
    L'Assommoir

    L'Assommoir

    L'Assommoir

    5.61908HD

    Everyman Coupeau's attempts to stop drinking are routinely thwarted by the wicked and vengeful Virginie. Based on Zola's novel, Capellani's film is...

    L'Assommoir
  • 1956
    If Paris Were Told to Us

    If Paris Were Told to Us

    If Paris Were Told to Us

    5.71956HD

    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...

    If Paris Were Told to Us
  • 1954
    On Trial

    On Trial

    On Trial

    6.81954HD

    Prosecutor Etzel discovers that his father has sentenced a man, Leonardo Maurizius, on mere presumptions. He then makes it a point of honor to trace...

    On Trial
  • 1953
    Mandat d'amener

    Mandat d'amener

    Mandat d'amener

    01953HD

    Appointed public prosecutor in a small provincial town, Gérard Latour befriends Delanglade, whose young wife becomes his mistress. Shortly...

    Mandat d'amener
  • 1943
    Finance noire

    Finance noire

    Finance noire

    01943HD

    In Central Europe, an organization of counterfeiters is headed by Burcq. An Air France pilot introduces an intelligence agent to the principality. A...

    Finance noire
  • 1948
    The Devil Who Limped

    The Devil Who Limped

    The Devil Who Limped

    6.41948HD

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

    The Devil Who Limped
  • 1935
    A Bombshell Night

    A Bombshell Night

    A Bombshell Night

    51935HD

    A banker threatened by gangsters is replaced by a tramp who is his perfect double. The gangsters arrest the fake banker and take him for a madman.

    A Bombshell Night
  • 1938
    Bouquets from Nicholas

    Bouquets from Nicholas

    Bouquets from Nicholas

    01938HD

    A florist in a nightclub in Montmartre, a good, naive man is manipulated by a gang of gangsters who use him to smuggle drugs.

    Bouquets from Nicholas
  • 1938
    The Patriot

    The Patriot

    The Patriot

    01938HD

    The reign of Tsar Paul I and the intrigues of his friend, Governor Pahlen, to rid the country of the mad despot by plotting to have him murdered.

    The Patriot
  • 1955
    Une fille épatante

    Une fille épatante

    Une fille épatante

    31955HD

    Dominique is a pretty, vivacious girl. When she witnesses a car theft, she throws herself and her bicycle under the vehicle. Jacques Mareuil, whom...

    Une fille épatante
  • 1939
    Le Prince Bouboule

    Le Prince Bouboule

    Le Prince Bouboule

    01939HD

    Bouboule is a taxi driver. A Russian princess wishing to acquire French nationality offers to marry her to divorce a few months later. After...

    Le Prince Bouboule
  • 1941
    Sins of Youth

    Sins of Youth

    Sins of Youth

    5.51941HD

    A rich businessman living alone is deprived of the nephew he was to have brought up decides on his doctor's advice to search for the four...

    Sins of Youth
  • 1948
    The Spice of Life

    The Spice of Life

    The Spice of Life

    5.5451948HD

    A series of vignettes, in which Noel-Noel appears as the moderator, lecturer, commentator and leading actor, that examine the bores and pests of...

    The Spice of Life
  • 1931
    The Lovers of Midnight

    The Lovers of Midnight

    The Lovers of Midnight

    4.31931HD

    A bank employee who stole money at work falls in the hands of a dangerous escaped convict whose girlfriend is going to help him out of this mess.

    The Lovers of Midnight
  • 1936
    One of the Legion

    One of the Legion

    One of the Legion

    4.61936HD

    Fernand Espitalion is miserable as totally whipped husband of a dragon 'passed on' -like cloths- by his late cousin. She often leaves him waiting...

    One of the Legion
  • 1956
    Maid in Paris

    Maid in Paris

    Maid in Paris

    01956HD

    Penelope Benson, known as Penny, is both romantic and determined. Put in a select boarding school by her mother, she takes advantage of a trip to...

    Maid in Paris
  • 1943
    Monsieur des Lourdines

    Monsieur des Lourdines

    Monsieur des Lourdines

    01943HD

    A young man from an aristocratic family tires of the country life and moves to Paris where he squanders his inheritance. Returning to his home with...

    Monsieur des Lourdines
  • 1944
    From Joan of Arc to Philippe Pétain

    From Joan of Arc to Philippe Pétain

    From Joan of Arc to Philippe Pétain

    01944HD

    Sitting at his desk, Guitry gives us a lecture on French history from Joan of Arc to the Occupation, with some focus on a number of its great writers...

    From Joan of Arc to Philippe Pétain
  • 1943
    The Roquevillards

    The Roquevillards

    The Roquevillards

    01943HD

    France, 1880. Francois Roquevillard is a respected lawyer in Chambery and the head of a family that prides itself on its impeccable morals....

    The Roquevillards
  • 1934
    A Night of Madness

    A Night of Madness

    A Night of Madness

    01934HD

    Jacqueline took one of her friends to a place where tourists, informants, girls, pimps and Apaches rub shoulders. Her husband, who watches over her,...

    A Night of Madness