Georges Franju Movies

A lyrical evocation of times past and a reflection on the inevitable passing of time through the recollections of an old fisherman.

A biographical film about cinematic illusionist Georges Méliès featuring Méliès’s widow, Jeanne d’Alcy, as...

At the editing table, Georges Franju comments on two sequences from his film, Les Yeux sans visage. Episode of the TV program "Cinéma,...

A family goes on holiday, abandoning the little girl’s dog.

Made for "Cinéma, de notre temps" series. Interview with Georges Franju (1912-1987), a figure of immense importance in the history of French...

This Government-commissioned documentary was intended to reflect the modernisation of French industry. However, in Franju’s hands it became an...

The life and work of the pioneering scientists, told through the words of Marie Curie.

This silent film on the Paris Metro was the first foray into film by Georges Franju and only foray into the realization of the future creator of the...

A portrait of feuilleton author, Marcel Allain, creator of one of Franju’s favourite heroes: Fantômas.

A very strange yet beautiful portrait of the French city of Amiens, with a voice-over by André Malraux.

A man comes back to his old haunts and surveys the changes around him