List of French films of 1961
A list of films produced in France in 1961 .
Title
Director
Cast
Genre
Notes
All the Gold in the World
René Clair
Bourvil , Alfred Adam , Philippe Noiret
Comedy
French-Italian co-production[ 1]
Amelie or The Time to Love
Michel Drach
Marie-José Nat , Clotilde Joano , Jean Sorel
Drama
[ 2]
Captain Fracasse
Pierre Gaspard-Huit
Jean Marais , Geneviève Grad , Gérard Barray
Adventure
French-Italian co-production[ 3]
Cocagne
Maurice Cloche
Fernandel , Dora Doll , Leda Gloria
Comedy
Co-production with Italy
The Colossus of Rhodes
Sergio Leone
Rory Calhoun , Lea Massari , Georges Marchal
Adventure
Italian-Spanish-French co-production[ 4] [ 5]
The Counterfeiters of Paris
Gilles Grangier
Jean Gabin , Martine Carol , Bernard Blier
Comedy
French-Italian co-production[ 6]
The Count of Monte Cristo
Claude Autant-Lara
Louis Jourdan , Yvonne Furneaux , Pierre Mondy
Adventure
[ 7]
Daniella by Night
Max Pécas
Elke Sommer , Ivan Desny , Helmut Schmid
Spy
Co-production with West Germany[ 8]
Dynamite Jack
Jean Bastia
Fernandel , Eleonora Vargas , Lucien Raimbourg
Western comedy
Co-production with Italy
Enclosure
Armand Gatti
Jean Négroni
Drama
French-Yugoslavian co-production[ 9]
Erik the Conqueror
Mario Bava
Cameron Mitchell , Andrea Checchi , Françoise Christophe
Adventure
Italian-French co-production[ 10] [ 11]
Five Day Lover
Philippe de Broca
Jean Seberg , Jean-Pierre Cassel , Micheline Presle
Comedy, romance
French-Italian co-production[ 12]
Girl with a Suitcase
Valerio Zurlini
Claudia Cardinale , Jacques Perrin , Corrado Pani
Drama, romance
Italian-French co-production[ 13] [ 14]
Goodbye Again
Anatole Litvak
Ingrid Bergman , Yves Montand , Anthony Perkins
Drama, romance
American-French co-production[ 15] [ 16]
Hercules and the Conquest of Atlantis
Vittorio Cottafavi
Reg Park , Alessandro Sperli , Fay Spain
Adventure, fantasy
Italian-French co-production[ 17] [ 18]
Dans l'eau qui fait des bulles
Maurice Delbez
Louis de Funès , Pierre Dudan , Marthe Mercadier , María Riquelme , Philippe Lemaire , Jacques Castelot
Comedy
[ 19]
The Joy of Living
René Clément
Barbara Lass , Alain Delon , Gino Cervi
Comedy
French-Italian co-production[ 20]
Keep Talking, Baby
Guy Lefranc
Eddie Constantine , François Chauveau
Crime
[ 21]
La Notte
Michelangelo Antonioni
Marcello Mastroianni , Jeanne Moreau , Monica Vitti
Drama
Italian-French co-production[ 22] [ 23]
The Last of Mrs. Cheyney
Franz Josef Wild [de ]
Lilli Palmer , Carlos Thompson
Comedy
Co-production with West Germany
Last Year at Marienbad
Alain Resnais
Delphine Seyrig , Giorgio Albertazzi , Sacha Pitoeff
Drama
French-Italian co-production[ 24]
Léon Morin, Priest
Jean-Pierre Melville
Jean-Paul Belmondo , Emmanuelle Riva , Irène Tunc
Drama
French-Italian co-production[ 25]
Lola
Jacques Demy
Anouk Aimée , Marc Michel , Elina Labourdette
Drama, romance
French-Italian co-production[ 26]
The Long Absence
Henri Colpi
Alida Valli , Georges Wilson , Jacques Harden
Drama
French-Italian co-production[ 27]
Long Live Henry IV... Long Live Love!
Claude Autant-Lara
Francis Blanche , Bernard Blier , Pierre Brasseur , Francis Claude , Nicole Courcel , Danielle Darrieux , Danielle Gaubert , Roger Hanin , Melina Mercouri , Armand Mestral , Simone Renant , Vittorio De Sica , Jean Sorel
Adventure, comedy, historical
French-Italian co-production[ 28]
Madame Sans-Gêne
Christian-Jaque
Sophia Loren , Robert Hossein , Julien Bertheau
Comedy
French-Italian-Spanish co-production[ 29] [ 30]
The Menace
Gérard Oury
Robert Hossein , Marie-José Nat
Drama
French-Italian co-production[ 31]
Le Miracle des loups
André Hunebelle
Jean Marais , Rosanna Schiaffino , Roger Hanin
Historical
French-Italian co-production[ 32]
The Nina B. Affair
Robert Siodmak
Nadja Tiller , Pierre Brasseur , Walter Giller
Drama
French-West German co-production[ 33]
One Night on the Beach
Michel Boisrond
Martine Carol , Jean Desailly , Geneviève Grad , Daliah Lavi
Drama, Romance
French-Italian co-production[ 34]
The Passion of Slow Fire
Édouard Molinaro
Jean Desailly
Crime
[ 35]
Please, Not Now!
Roger Vadim
Brigitte Bardot , Jacques Riberolles , Claude Brasseur
Comedy
French-Italian co-production[ 36]
The President
Henri Verneuil
Jean Gabin , Bernard Blier
Thriller
French-Italian co-production[ 37]
Rendezvous
Jean Delannoy
Annie Girardot , Andréa Parisy , Odile Versois , Jean-Claude Pascal , Philippe Noiret , Michel Piccoli , Jean-François Poron
Crime
French-Italian co-production[ 38]
The Return of Dr. Mabuse
Harald Reinl
Rudolf Fernau , Werner Peters , Lou Seitz
Crime
West German-French-Italian co-production[ 39] [ 40]
The Season for Love
Pierre Kast
Françoise Arnoul , Daniel Gélin , Françoise Prevost
Comedy drama
[ 41]
Second Bureau Against
Jean Stelli
Frank Villard , Dominique Wilms
Thriller
[ 42]
Spotlight on a Murderer
Georges Franju
Pierre Brasseur , Pascale Audret , Marianne Koch
Mystery
[ 43] [ 44]
The Taste of Violence
Robert Hossein
Robert Hossein , Giovanna Ralli , Mario Adorf
Western
French-West German-Italian co-production[ 45] [ 46]
Taxi for Tobruk
Denys de La Patellière
Hardy Krüger , Lino Ventura , Maurice Biraud , Charles Aznavour
War
[ 47]
The Thief of Bagdad
Arthur Lubin
Steve Reeves , Giorgia Moll , Edy Vessel
Adventure, fantasy
Italian-French co-production[ 48] [ 49]
The Three Musketeers
Bernard Borderie
Gérard Barray , Bernard Woringer , Gérard Barray
Adventure
French-Italian co-production[ 50] [ 51]
Tintin and the Golden Fleece
Jean-Jacques Vierne
Georges Wilson , Charles Vanel , Darío Moreno
Adventure
[ 52]
Wise Guys
Claude Chabrol
Jean-Claude Brialy , Bernadette Lafont , Charles Belmont
Comedy-drama
French-Italian co-production[ 53] [ 54]
A Woman Is a Woman
Jean-Luc Godard
Anna Karina , Jean-Paul Belmondo , Jean-Claude Brialy
Comedy
French-Italian co-production[ 55]
The Wonders of Aladdin
Henry Levin
Donald O'Connor , Noëlle Adam , Vittorio De Sica
Children's, comedy, fantasy
Italian-French-American co-production[ 56] [ 57]
See also
Notes
^ Mannika, Eleanor. "Tout l'Or du Monde (1961)" . AllMovie . Retrieved December 11, 2012 .
^ Erickson, Hal . "Amelie or the Time to Love (1961)" . AllMovie . Retrieved December 11, 2012 .
^ Mannikka, Eleanor. "Le Capitaine Francasse (1961)" . AllMovie . Retrieved December 11, 2012 .
^ "Il colosso di Rodi" . BFI Film & TV Database . London: British Film Institute . Archived from the original on February 7, 2009. Retrieved December 11, 2012 .
^ Firsching, Robert. "Il Colosso di Rodi" . AllMovie . Retrieved December 11, 2012 .
^ Mannikka, Eleanor. "Le cave se rebiffe (1961)" . AllMovie . Retrieved December 11, 2012 .
^ Erickson, Hal. "Le Comte de Mont-Cristo" . AllMovie . Retrieved December 11, 2012 .
^ "De quoi tu te mêles, Daniela! (1961)" .
^ "L'Enclos" . BFI Film & TV Database . London: British Film Institute . Archived from the original on February 7, 2009. Retrieved December 11, 2012 .
^ "Gli Invasori" . BFI Film & TV Database . London: British Film Institute . Archived from the original on January 14, 2009. Retrieved December 11, 2012 .
^ Firsching, Robert. "Gli Invasori" . AllMovie . Retrieved December 11, 2012 .
^ Mannikka, Eleanor. "L'Amant de Cinq Jours (1961)" . AllMovie . Retrieved December 11, 2012 .
^ "La ragazza con la valigia" . BFI Film & TV Database . London: British Film Institute. Archived from the original on January 15, 2009. Retrieved December 11, 2012 .
^ Erickson, Hal. "Girl with a Suitcase (1961)" . AllMovie . Retrieved December 11, 2012 .
^ "Aimez-Vous Brahms?" . BFI Film & TV Database . London: British Film Institute. Archived from the original on January 14, 2009. Retrieved December 11, 2012 .
^ Erickson, Hal. "Aimez-Vous Brahms (1961)" . AllMovie . Retrieved December 11, 2012 .
^ "Ercole alla conquista di Atlantide" . BFI Film & TV Database . London: British Film Institute. Archived from the original on February 7, 2009. Retrieved December 11, 2012 .
^ Eder, Bruce. "Herecules and the Captive Women (1961)" . AllMovie . Retrieved December 11, 2012 .
^ Mannikka, Eleanor. "Dans l'eau qui fait des bulles (1961)" . AllMovie . Retrieved February 17, 2024 .
^ Mannikka, Eleanor. "Quelle Joie De Vivre (1961)" . AllMovie . Retrieved December 11, 2012 .
^ Ankeny, Jason. "Keep Talking, Baby (1961)" . AllMovie . Retrieved July 31, 2024 .
^ "La Notte" . BFI Film & TV Database . London: British Film Institute . Archived from the original on January 16, 2009. Retrieved December 11, 2012 .
^ Erickson, Hal. "La Notte (1961)" . AllMovie . Retrieved December 11, 2012 .
^ Ankeny, Jason. "Last year at Marienbad (1961)" . AllMovie . Retrieved December 11, 2012 .
^ Erickson, Hal. "Leon Morin, Priest (1961)" . AllMovie . Retrieved December 11, 2012 .
^ German, Yuri. "Leon Morin, Priest (1961)" . AllMovie . Retrieved December 11, 2012 .
^ "Une Aussi Longue Absence" . BFI Film & TV Database . London: British Film Institute . Archived from the original on January 13, 2009. Retrieved December 11, 2012 .
^ Erickson, Hal. "Long Live Henry IV... Long Live Love! (1961" . AllMovie . Retrieved November 7, 2023 .
^ "Madame Sans-Gêne" . BFI Film & TV Database . London: British Film Institute . Archived from the original on January 14, 2009. Retrieved December 11, 2012 .
^ Brennan, Sandra. "Madame Sans-Gene (1961)" . AllMovie . Retrieved December 11, 2012 .
^ Pavlides, Dan. "Le menace (1961)" . AllMovie . Retrieved July 31, 2024 .
^ Mannika, Eleanor. "Le Miracle des loups" . AllMovie . Retrieved December 11, 2012 .
^ Mannikka, Eleanor. "L'affaire Nina B (1961)" . AllMovie . Retrieved May 6, 2023 .
^ Mannika, Eleanor. "Un soir sur la plage" . AllMovie . Retrieved May 21, 2023 .
^ Pavlides, Dan. "The Passion of Slow Fire (1961)" . AllMovie . Retrieved February 3, 2024 .
^ Pavlides, Dan. "Please, Not Now! (1961)" . AllMovie . Retrieved December 11, 2012 .
^ Pavlides, Dan. "Le President (1961)" . AllMovie . Retrieved February 6, 2024 .
^ Erickson, Hal. "Le rendez-vous (1961)" . AllMovie . Retrieved May 6, 2023 .
^ "Im Stahlnetz des Dr. Mabuse" . BFI Film & TV Database . London: British Film Institute. Archived from the original on January 15, 2009. Retrieved December 11, 2012 .
^ Erickson, Hal. "The Return of Dr. Mabuse (1961)" . AllMovie . Retrieved December 11, 2012 .
^ "La Morte-saison des amours" . Bifi.fr . Archived from the original on February 2, 2014. Retrieved December 11, 2012 .
^ Pavlides, Dan. "Deuxième bureau contre terroristes (1961)" . AllMovie . Retrieved February 6, 2024 .
^ Mannikka, Eleanor. "Pleins Feux Sur L'assassin (1961)" . AllMovie . Retrieved December 11, 2012 .
^ Ince, Kate (2005). Georges Franju . Manchester University Press . p. 163. ISBN 978-0816634149 .
^ "Le Goût de la Violence" . BFI Film & TV Database . London: British Film Institute. Archived from the original on February 7, 2009. Retrieved December 11, 2012 .
^ Mannikka, Eleanor. "Le Gout de la Violence (1961)" . AllMovie . Retrieved December 11, 2012 .
^ "Un taxi pour Tobrouk (1960)" .
^ "Il ladro di Bagdad" . BFI Film & TV Database . London: British Film Institute. Archived from the original on February 7, 2009. Retrieved December 11, 2012 .
^ Mannika, Eleanor. "The Thief of Baghdad" . AllMovie . Retrieved December 11, 2012 .
^ "The Three Musketeers" . BFI Film & TV Database . London: British Film Institute . Archived from the original on February 7, 2009. Retrieved December 11, 2012 .
^ "Les Trois Mousquetaires - Les Ferrets De la Reine (1961)" . AllMovie . Retrieved December 11, 2012 .
^ Mannika, Eleanor. "Tintin et le Mystere de la Toison d'or (1961)" . AllMovie . Retrieved December 11, 2012 .
^ Mannikka, Eleanor. "Godleureaux" . AllMovie . Retrieved December 11, 2012 .
^ "Les godelureaux" . Bifi.fr . Archived from the original on May 13, 2013. Retrieved December 11, 2012 .
^ Blaise, Judd. "A Woman Is a Woman (1961)" . AllMovie . Retrieved December 11, 2012 .
^ Eder, Bruce. "Le Meravigli Die Aladino (1961)" . AllMovie . Retrieved December 11, 2012 .
^ "Le Meraviglie Di Aladino" . BFI Film & TV Database . London: British Film Institute. Archived from the original on January 15, 2009. Retrieved December 11, 2012 .
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