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Adorable Creatures (1952) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
Adorables créatures
other title: Liebenswerte Frauen / Adorables créatures
Andre Noblet, a 21-year-old French artist falls madly in love with Christine, the mother of two children. He tells Chistine he will tell all to her husband and demand her freedom. Christine learns that her husband has been carrying on a romance of his own and they have a meeting.
Boys' School (1938) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
Les Disparus de Saint-Agil
other title: Das Geheimnis von St. Agil / Les Disparus de Saint-Agil
In a college, three friends form a secret society. Their objective - going to America. One night, after one of their secret meetings, one of them sees a man coming out from a wall. The next day, after he talks about it, he disappears. Then, the second one vanishes. Are they gone to their dreams? That's when the art teacher is murdered. Suspicions now are too high so the third one decides to investigate.
Madame (1961) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Madame Sans-Gêne
other title: Ungezähmte Catherine / Madame Sans-Gêne
Catherine Hubscher, who washes the shirts of young Napoleon and other soldiers fighting the Revolution, falls in love with Sergeant Lefebvre. Circumstances bring Lefebvre a noble title and even more -- Napoleon decides to make him the local ruler over a large territorial fiefdom. But trouble brews when Madame Sans-Gene, now elevated to the nobility along with her man -- cannot keep her frank observations under control.
Babette Goes to War (1959) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Babette s'en va-t-en guerre
other title: Babette va alla guerra / Babette zieht in den Krieg
Beautiful housekeeper Babette travels to England after the Nazis invade France. There, British intelligence devise a plan for Babette to sneak back home, where she could use her feminine charm on key Nazi officer Schulz, gleaning valuable information for England. However, Babette, although willing and spirited, is naïve and untrained, making her less than ideal for matters of national security.
Fan-Fan the Tulip (1952) [Movie] IMDb TMDB WikiData
Fanfan la Tulipe
other title: Fanfan, der Husar / Fanfan la Tulipe
Fanfan is a young handsome peasant. He joins the army to escape marriage because a gypsy girl predicted he will get glory and the king's daughter as a wife. But the gypsy girl was in fact Adeline, the daughter of the recruiting officer. Once he has discovered the stratagem, Fanfan refuses to forget this dream and decides to fulfill the destiny of the fake prediction.