List of French films of 1959
A list of films produced in France in 1959.
Title |
Director |
Cast |
Genre |
Notes
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125 Rue Montmartre |
Gilles Grangier |
Lino Ventura, Andréa Parisy, Dora Doll |
Crime |
|
The 400 Blows |
François Truffaut |
Jean-Pierre Léaud, Robert Beauvais, Claire Maurier |
Drama |
[1]
|
All the Boys Are Called Patrick |
Jean-Luc Godard |
|
Drama (short) |
|
Archimède le clochard |
Gilles Grangier |
Jean Gabin, Darry Cowl, Bernard Blier |
Comedy |
French-Italian co-production[2]
|
Beast at Bay |
Pierre Chenal |
Françoise Arnoul, Henri Vidal |
Thriller |
|
The Big Chief |
Henri Verneuil |
Fernandel, Gino Cervi, Florence Blot |
Comedy |
Co-production with Italy
|
Black Orpheus |
Marcel Camus |
Breno Mello, Marpessa Dawn, Léa Garcia |
Fantasy, romance |
French-Italian-Brazilian co-production[3][4]
|
Butterfly Minute |
Jean Lefèvre |
Fernand Raynaud, Françoise Delbart |
Comedy |
|
Come Dance with Me |
Michel Boisrond |
Brigitte Bardot, Henri Vidal, Dawn Addams |
Mystery |
French-Italian co-production[5]
|
Les Cousins |
Claude Chabrol |
Gérard Blain, Jean-Claude Brialy, Juliette Mayniel |
Drama |
[6]
|
The Cow and I |
Henri Verneuil |
Fernandel, René Havard, Ingeborg Schöner |
Comedy-Drama |
French-Italian co-production[7]
|
Deathmatch |
Claude Bernard-Aubert |
Gérard Blain, Antonella Lualdi |
Drama |
Co-production with Italy
|
Double Agents |
Robert Hossein |
Robert Hossein, Marina Vlady |
Thriller |
French-Italian co-production
|
Du rififi chez les femmes |
Alex Joffé |
Nadja Tiller, Robert Hossein, Silvia Monfort |
Crime |
French-Italian co-production[8]
|
Eyes of Love |
Denys de La Patellière |
Danielle Darrieux, Jean-Claude Brialy |
Drama |
Co-production with Italy
|
The Female |
Julien Duvivier |
Brigitte Bardot, António Vilar, Lila Kedrova |
Drama |
French-Italian production[9]
|
La Fievre Monte a El Pao |
Luis Buñuel |
Gérard Philipe, María Félix, Jean Servais |
Drama |
French-Mexican production[10]
|
The Gendarme of Champignol |
Jean Bastia |
Jean Richard, Roger Pierre, Noël Roquevert |
Comedy |
[11]
|
General Della Rovere |
Roberto Rossellini |
Vittorio De Sica, Hannes Messemer, Vittorio Caprioli |
Drama |
Italian-French co-production[12]
|
The Giant of Marathon |
Jacques Tourneur |
Steve Reeves, Mylène Demongeot |
Action adventure |
Co-produced with Italy [13]
|
Gorilla's Waltz |
Bernard Borderie |
Charles Vanel, Jess Hahn, Ursula Herking |
Crime |
|
The Green Mare |
Claude Autant-Lara |
Bourvil, Francis Blanche, Sandra Milo, Yves Robert |
Comedy, drama, history |
Co-production with Italy
|
Head Against the Wall |
Georges Franju |
Pierre Brasseur, Paul Meurisse, Jean-Pierre Mocky, Anouk Aimée |
Drama |
|
Head of a Tyrant |
Fernando Cerchio |
Massimo Girotti, Isabelle Corey |
Historical |
Co-production with Italy
|
Hercules Unchained |
Pietro Francisci |
Steve Reeves, Sylvia Lopez, Sylva Koscina |
Adventure, fantasy |
Italian-French co-production[14][15]
|
Hiroshima Mon Amour |
Alain Resnais |
Emmanuelle Riva, Eiji Okada, Stella Dassas |
Drama |
French-Japanese co-production[16]
|
Hit and Run |
Bernard Borderie |
Antonella Lualdi, Félix Marten, Aimè Clariond |
Crime |
French-Italian-Yugoslav co-production
|
Houla Houla |
Robert Darène |
Fernand Raynaud, Noël Roquevert |
Comedy |
|
The Indestructible |
Jean Boyer |
Fernandel, Line Renaud, Michel Galabru |
Comedy |
|
The Indian Tomb |
Fritz Lang |
Debra Paget, Paul Christian, Paul Hubschmid |
Adventure |
West German-French-Italian co-production[17][18][19]
|
Island Fishermen |
Pierre Schoendoerffer |
Jean-Claude Pascal, Juliette Mayniel, Charles Vanel |
Adventure |
|
I Spit on Your Grave |
Michel Gast |
Christian Marquand, Antonella Lualdi |
Crime |
|
It Only Happens to the Living |
Tony Saytor |
Raymond Pellegrin, Magali Noël |
Drama mystery thriller |
|
Julie the Redhead |
Claude Boissol |
Daniel Gélin, Pascale Petit, Margo Lion |
Comedy |
[20]
|
Les Liaisons Dangereuses |
Roger Vadim |
Jeanne Moreau, Gérard Philipe, Jeanne Valérie |
Drama |
French-Italian co-production[21]
|
The Little Professor |
Carlo Rim |
Darry Cowl, Yves Robert |
Comedy |
|
The Lovers of Tomorrow |
Marcel Blistène |
Édith Piaf, Michel Auclair, Armand Mestral |
Drama musical mystery |
|
Magnificent Sinner |
Robert Siodmak |
Romy Schneider, Curd Jurgens |
Drama, Historical, Romance |
|
Marriage of Fiagaro |
Jean Meyer |
Jean Piat, Jean Meyer, Louis Seigner, Georges Chamarat, Georges Descrières, Maurice Porterat, Georges Baconnet, Jean-Paul Roussillon, Louis Eymond, Henri Tisot |
Comedy |
|
Marie-Octobre |
Julien Duvivier |
Danielle Darrieux, Bernard Blier |
Mystery |
|
Marie of the Isles |
Pierre Maudru |
Belinda Lee, Alain Saury, Darío Moreno |
Adventure |
Co-production with Italy
|
Milk Soup |
Pierre Chevalier |
Geneviève Kervine, Jean Bretonnière |
Comedy |
|
Nathalie, Secret Agent |
Henri Decoin |
Martine Carol, Félix Marten, Darío Moreno |
Comedy |
Co-production with Italy
|
The Night of the Hunted |
Bernard-Roland |
Philippe Clay, Juliette Mayniel, Sami Frey |
Crime |
Co-production with Belgium
|
Nina |
Jean Boyer |
Sophie Desmarets, Olivier Hussenot, Agnès Laurent |
Comedy |
|
Toi, le venin |
Robert Hossein |
Robert Hossein, Marina Vlady, Odile Versois |
Mystery |
Co-production with Italy
|
Pensione Edelweiss |
Ottorino Franco Bertolini, Víctor Merenda |
Henri Vidal, Dawn Addams, Lino Ventura |
Drama thriller |
Co-production with Italy
|
Picnic on the Grass |
Jean Renoir |
Paul Meurisse, Blavette, André Brunot Régine Blaes |
Comedy Romance |
[22]
|
Pickpocket |
Robert Bresson |
Martin LaSalle, Marika Green, Pierre Leymarie |
Drama |
[23]
|
Quay of Illusions |
Émile Couzinet |
Gaby Morlay, Louis Seigner, Lise Bourdin |
Drama |
Co-production with Italy
|
The Road to Shame |
Édouard Molinaro |
Robert Hossein, Magali Noël, Estella Blain, Philippe Clay |
Crime |
|
Rue de Paris |
Denys de La Patellière |
Jean Gabin, Marie-José Nat, Claude Brasseur, Roger Dumas |
Comedy drama |
Co-production with Italy
|
Signé Arsène Lupin |
Yves Robert |
Robert Lamoureux, Alida Valli |
Comedy crime |
Co-production with Italy
|
The Sign of Leo |
Éric Rohmer |
Jess Hahn, Michèle Girardon, Van Doude |
Comedy-drama |
[24]
|
Stars at Noon |
Jacques Ertaud, Marcel Ichac |
Roger Blin |
Adventure |
Entered into the 9th Berlin International Film Festival
|
Strange Phenomena |
Robert Vernay |
Sophie Desmarets, Philippe Clay |
Comedy |
|
The Tiger Attacks |
Maurice Labro |
Lino Ventura, Estella Blain, Paul Frankeur |
Crime |
|
The Tiger of Eschnapur |
Fritz Lang |
Debra Paget, Paul Hubschmid, Claus Holm |
Adventure |
West German-French-Italian co-production[25][26][27]
|
This Desired Body |
Luis Saslavsky |
Daniel Gélin, Dany Carrel, Maurice Ronet, Belinda Lee |
Drama |
|
Tonight We Kill |
Ivan Govar |
Pierre Trabaud, Dominique Wilms, René Dary |
Action thriller |
Co-production with Belgium
|
Too Late to Love |
Henri Decoin |
Michèle Morgan, Henri Vidal |
Drama |
|
Twelve Hours by the Clock |
Géza von Radványi |
Lino Ventura, Eva Bartok, Hannes Messemer, Laurent Terzieff |
Crime |
Co-production with West Germany
|
Venetian Honeymoon |
Alberto Cavalcanti |
Martine Carol, Vittorio De Sica, Philippe Nicaud |
Romantic comedy |
Co-production with Italy
|
The Verdict |
Jean Valère |
Marina Vlady, Robert Hossein |
Drama war |
Entered into the 1st Moscow International Film Festival
|
Visa to Hell |
Alfred Rode |
Claudine Dupuis, Jean Gaven, Pierre Dudan, Georges Rivière, Nadine Tallier |
Crime |
|
Way of Youth |
Michel Boisrond |
Françoise Arnoul, Bourvil, Lino Ventura, Alain Delon |
Drama |
[28]
|
Witness in the City |
Édouard Molinaro |
Lino Ventura, Sandra Milo, Franco Fabrizi |
Crime |
Co-production with Italy
|
The Wreckers |
Charles Brabant |
Henri Vidal, Dany Carrel, Charles Vanel, Renée Cosima |
Adventure |
|
The Woman's Confident |
Jean Boyer |
Fernandel, Sylva Koscina, Ugo Tognazzi |
Comedy |
Co-production with Italy
|
Women Are Weak |
Michel Boisrond |
Alain Delon, Mylène Demongeot, Pascale Petit, Jacqueline Sassard |
Comedy Romance |
[29]
|
You Have Nothing to Declare? |
Clément Duhour |
Darry Cowl, Jean Richard, Jean Poiret, Michel Serrault |
Comedy |
|
See also
Notes
- ^ Erickson, Hal. "The 400 Blows". AllMovie. Retrieved February 18, 2013.
- ^ Pavlides, Dan. "Archimède le clochard". AllMovie. Retrieved February 18, 2013.
- ^ Erickson, Hal. "Black Orpheus". AllMovie. Retrieved February 18, 2013.
- ^ "Orfeu Negro". Bifi.fr (in French). Archived from the original on February 2, 2014. Retrieved February 18, 2013.
- ^ Mannikka, Eleanor. "Come Dance with Me!". AllMovie. Retrieved February 18, 2013.
- ^ Hobart, Tana. "Les Cousins". AllMovie. Retrieved February 18, 2013.
- ^ Erickson, Hal. "The Cow and I". AllMovie. Retrieved August 2, 2015.
- ^ Erelewine, Iotis. "Du rififi chez les femmes". AllMovie. Retrieved February 18, 2013.
- ^ Archer, Eugene (1960-04-28). "The Female". The New York Times. Retrieved August 2, 2015.
- ^ Erickson, Hal. "La Fievre monte a El Pao femmes". AllMovie. Retrieved February 18, 2013.
- ^ "Le Gendarme de Champignol (1959)".
- ^ Mannikka, Eleanor. "Il General della Rovere". AllMovie. Retrieved February 18, 2013.
- ^ "La battaglia di Maratona (1960) - JPBox-Office".
- ^ Eder, Bruce. "Hercules Unchained". AllMovie. Retrieved February 18, 2013.
- ^ "Ercole e la regina di Lidia". BFI Film & Television Database. London: British Film Institute. Archived from the original on February 4, 2014. Retrieved February 18, 2013.
- ^ Erickson, Hal. "Hiroshima Mon Amour". AllMovie. Retrieved February 18, 2013.
- ^ Mannikka, Eleanor. "The Indian Tomb". AllMovie. Retrieved February 18, 2013.
- ^ "Das indische Grabmal". BFI Film & Television Database. London: British Film Institute. Archived from the original on February 7, 2009. Retrieved February 18, 2013.
- ^ "Das indische Grabmal". Filmportal.de. Retrieved February 18, 2013.
- ^ "Julie la Rousse (1959)".
- ^ Erickson, Hal. "Les liaisons dangereuses". AllMovie. Retrieved February 18, 2013.
- ^ Grunes, Dennis (2008-08-20). "Picnic on the Grass". AllMovie. Retrieved August 2, 2015.
- ^ Erickson, Hal. "Pickpocket". The Ascetica Theme. WordPress. Retrieved February 18, 2013.
- ^ Mannikka, Eleanor. "Le Signe du Lion". AllMovie. Retrieved February 18, 2013.
- ^ Mannikka, Eleanor. "The Tiger of Eschnapur". AllMovie. Retrieved February 18, 2013.
- ^ "Der Tiger von Eschnapur". BFI Film & Television Database. London: British Film Institute. Archived from the original on February 7, 2009. Retrieved February 18, 2013.
- ^ "Der Tiger von Eschnapur". Filmportal.de. Retrieved February 18, 2013.
- ^ "Way of Youth". UniFrance Films. Retrieved August 2, 2015.
- ^ Crowther, Bosley (1959-06-09). "Women Are Weak". The New York Times. Retrieved August 2, 2015.
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