Henri Alekan Movies

  • 1946
    Beauty and the Beast

    Beauty and the Beast

    Beauty and the Beast

    7.5071946HD

    The story of a gentle-hearted beast in love with a simple and beautiful girl. She is drawn to the repellent but strangely fascinating Beast, who...

    Beauty and the Beast
  • 1954
    Les impures

    Les impures

    Les impures

    3.8331954HD

    When Mario, a bad boy, is released from prison, he plans to live honestly with his wife Geneviève. But the latter has not waited for him and...

    Les impures
  • 1993
    Faraway, So Close!

    Faraway, So Close!

    Faraway, So Close!

    6.91993HD

    A group of angels look longingly upon the life of humans. Berlin now is a very different place: unified in name but overrun with crime, corruption,...

    Faraway, So Close!
  • 1938
    Port of Shadows

    Port of Shadows

    Port of Shadows

    7.4191938HD

    Down a foggy, desolate road to the port city of Le Havre travels Jean, an army deserter looking for another chance to make good on life. Fate,...

    Port of Shadows
  • 1966
    Triple Cross

    Triple Cross

    Triple Cross

    61966HD

    Safecracker Eddie Chapman is languishing in prison on the island of Jersey when the Nazis arrive. An adept manipulator of situations, Chapman...

    Triple Cross
  • 1966
    The Poppy Is Also a Flower

    The Poppy Is Also a Flower

    The Poppy Is Also a Flower

    5.81966HD

    A special United Nations bureau organises a campaign to trace a drug-smuggling ring across Europe to its source on the Afghanistan-Iran border.

    The Poppy Is Also a Flower
  • 1958
    The Magic of the Kite

    The Magic of the Kite

    The Magic of the Kite

    71958HD

    Come fly with Peter and Nicole and the Chinese wizard on an exciting adventure to the ends of the earth.

    The Magic of the Kite
  • 1970
    Figures in a Landscape

    Figures in a Landscape

    Figures in a Landscape

    61970HD

    Two escaped convicts are on the run in an unnamed Latin American country. But everywhere they go, they are followed and hounded by a menacing black...

    Figures in a Landscape
  • 2001
    Jean Cocteau, cinéaste

    Jean Cocteau, cinéaste

    Jean Cocteau, cinéaste

    7.52001HD

    Jean Cocteau, cinéaste
  • 1937
    La Danseuse rouge

    La Danseuse rouge

    La Danseuse rouge

    01937HD

    Tania, a young girl from Central Europe, leaves her home because of her abusive father. Trained, in spite of herself, in the nets of the secret...

    La Danseuse rouge
  • 1959
    Twelve Hours by the Clock

    Twelve Hours by the Clock

    Twelve Hours by the Clock

    3.91959HD

    Three criminals escape from a French prison and hide in a coastal village where they have to wait for 12 hours until the boat that is supposed to...

    Twelve Hours by the Clock
  • 1984
    Our Nazi

    Our Nazi

    Our Nazi

    8.51984HD

    In Our Nazi, we are plunged into a situation we barely, and only slowly, understand: the filming of Thomas Harlan’s experimental feature...

    Our Nazi
  • 1997
    Jean Cocteau: Lies and Truths

    Jean Cocteau: Lies and Truths

    Jean Cocteau: Lies and Truths

    01997HD

    This documentary consists mainly of archive interviews of Jean Cocteau, and it features interesting contributions by Jean Marais and especially...

    Jean Cocteau: Lies and Truths
  • 1985
    A Strange Love Affair

    A Strange Love Affair

    A Strange Love Affair

    31985HD

    Film professor Michael falls in love with one of his students and is confronted with his pupil's father, with whom he had an affair over 15 years...

    A Strange Love Affair
  • 1993
    Golem: The Petrified Garden

    Golem: The Petrified Garden

    Golem: The Petrified Garden

    4.21993HD

    Danny Cornish, a sort of stateless man who arranges art exhibits, is called from Tel Aviv to Paris with the news that a great uncle has died, in...

    Golem: The Petrified Garden
  • 1961
    Black Tights

    Black Tights

    Black Tights

    6.21961HD

    Lively scenes of Paris, all narrated by Maurice Chevalier, link together four dramatic ballet choreographies by Roland Petit: La Croqueuse de...

    Black Tights
  • 1983
    The Beautiful Prisoner

    The Beautiful Prisoner

    The Beautiful Prisoner

    6.1161983HD

    Walter is told by his boss, Sara, to deliver an urgent letter to Henri de Corinthe. On the way he finds a beautiful woman he had been eying in a...

    The Beautiful Prisoner
  • 1982
    The State of Things

    The State of Things

    The State of Things

    6.41982HD

    On location in Portugal, a film crew runs out of film while making their own version of Roger Corman's The Day the World Ended (1956). The producer...

    The State of Things
  • 1958
    Would-Be Gentleman

    Would-Be Gentleman

    Would-Be Gentleman

    81958HD

    M. Jourdain is a cloth merchant who wants to become a gentleman, learning dance, music, fencing and philosophy. Mme Jourdain is worried about...

    Would-Be Gentleman
  • 1951
    Paris Is Always Paris

    Paris Is Always Paris

    Paris Is Always Paris

    51951HD

    A group of Italian soccer fans arrive in Paris for a match, but most of them go their separate ways to explore the sights, have a bit of an...

    Paris Is Always Paris