Julien Duvivier — Director (26)
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Marianne of My Youth (1955) [Movie] IMDb TMDB WikiData
Marianne de ma jeunesse
director: Julien Duvivier actor: Horst Buchholz / Marianne Hold …
other title: Marianne meine Jugendliebe / Marianne de ma jeunesse …
A new teenage student arrives at a prestige boarding school in Bavaria, having not only the ability to play the guitar and sing, but also to charm animals and detect ghosts. Quickly becoming part of a secretive club of five other students, he is inadvertently stranded by them at an abandoned chateau on an island in the middle of a large lake, where he encounters an enchanting young woman who wants to escape. Also filmed in a separate French language version with largely different cast, MARIANNE DE MA JEUNESSE.
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Life Dances On (1937) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Un carnet de bal
director: Julien Duvivier actor: Harry Baur / Marie Bell …
other title: Carnet di ballo / Spiel der Erinnerung …
After the death of her husband, Christine realizes she has possibly wasted her life by marrying him instead of the man towards whom, in her youth, she had a stronger inclination. To overcome these dreary thoughts, she decides to find out about him and the other men who danced with her during a ball that was a turning point in her life, many years ago. She pays a visit to those forgotten acquaintances one after the other; Christine is not only surprised to see how they have fared, but also discovers the impact she had, unknowingly, on the feelings and the destiny of these persons.
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Here's Berlin (1932) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
Allo Berlin? Ici Paris!
director: Julien Duvivier actor: Josette Day / Germaine Aussey …
other title: Hallo hallo! Hier spricht Berlin! / Allo Berlin? Ici Paris!
Story of a rendezvous in Paris which is prepared through telephone calls between a Berlin telephonist and his female colleague in Paris.
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Moon over Morocco (1931) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
Les Cinq Gentlemen maudits
director: Julien Duvivier actor: René Lefèvre / Rosine Deréan …
other title: Les Cinq Gentlemen maudits
When one of their number tries to tear away the veil from the face of a woman of Morocco, five French tourists find themselves cursed by an Arabic sorcerer to die in a specified order before the next new moon appears - and one by one, in different ways, they begin to die as predicted...
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Tales of Manhattan (1942) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
Tales of Manhattan
director: Julien Duvivier actor: Charles Boyer / Rita Hayworth …
other title: Destino / Seis Destinos …
Ten screenwriters collaborated on this series of tales concerning the effect a tailcoat cursed by its tailor has on those who wear it. The video release features a W.C. Fields segment not included in the original theatrical release.
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Destiny (1944) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Destiny
director: Reginald Le Borg / Julien Duvivier actor: Gloria Jean / Alan Curtis …
Framed for two crimes he didn't commit, and betrayed by his girl, Cliff Banks finds himself on the run from the police. Now distrustful of everyone, he finds a safe haven hiding out at a quaint country cottage under the care of a kindly old farmer and his daughter, a Cinderella-like blind woman who seems to be able to communicate with nature. There he is forced by their love to question his misanthropy.
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The Man in the Raincoat (1957) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
L'Homme à l'imperméable
director: Julien Duvivier actor: Fernandel / Bernard Blier …
other title: L'uomo dall'impermeabile / Der Mann im Regenmantel …
In the absence of his wife, a clarinet player is induced by a friend to meet a call girl, but arrived after a crime. Perceived by some people leaving the scene of the crime covered by his raincoat, he became the only suspect for the police. His only hope is to discover the murderer before is name is mentionned publicly, specially in front of his wife.
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On Trial (1954) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
L'Affaire Maurizius
director: Julien Duvivier actor: Daniel Gélin / Madeleine Robinson …
other title: Il caso Maurizius / Der Fall Maurizius …
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 the sources of the case to uncover the truth.
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Anna Karenina (1948) [Movie] IMDb TMDB WikiData
Anna Karenina
director: Julien Duvivier actor: Vivien Leigh / Ralph Richardson …
other title: Anna Karénine / Ana Karenina
In Imperial Russia, Anna, wife of the officer Karenin, goes to Moscow to visit her brother. On the way, she meets charming cavalry officer Vronsky, to whom she's immediately attracted. But in St. Petersburg’s high society, a relationship like this could destroy a woman’s reputation.
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Holiday for Henrietta (1952) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
La Fête à Henriette
director: Julien Duvivier actor: Dany Robin / Michel Auclair …
other title: Henriette / Auf den Straßen von Paris …
Two scriptwriters argue about the fate of Henrietta, a charming and gamine shopgirl. One favors a comical path for their heroine, who is overcome with sentimental love for a young photographer on Bastille Day. The other has a more thrilling and dastardly fate in mind for her. Among the film's irresistible conceits is Hildegarde Neff as an oversexed circus bareback rider.