Movies: Héléna Manson

  • 1956
    Les Truands

    Les Truands (1956)

    Les Truands

    4.51956HD

    "Thieves We Are" - In flashback, the audience learns why 104-year-old Amedee steals the watch belonging to the town mayor. The story develops into a history of the watch-thievery business, told in anecdotal fashion....

    Les Truands
  • 1959
    Blonde in a White Car

    Blonde in a White Car (1959)

    Blonde in a White Car

    6.61959HD

    Picked up by a beautiful motorist, jobless hitchhiker Pierre (Hossein) is subsequently romanced by the girl. Immediately thereafter, however, she dumps him, attempting to run him over as a final insult. Memorizing her license number, Pierre pursues t...

    Blonde in a White Car
  • 1966
    Paris in August

    Paris in August (1966)

    Paris in August

    7.31966HD

    A man is alone in Paris during the month of August while his woman and children go on vacation. He meets a young English girl posing as a model who came to Paris for a shoot....

    Paris in August
  • 1956
    People of No Importance

    People of No Importance (1956)

    People of No Importance

    5.91956HD

    During a stay at a roadside inn, long-distance lorry driver Jean Viard meets a young woman Clothilde who works there. Their friendship soon develops into a passionate love affair, even though Jean is already married and is old enough to be Clothilde’...

    People of No Importance
  • 1989
    The Husbands, the Wives, the Lovers

    The Husbands, the Wives, the Lovers (1989)

    The Husbands, the Wives, the Lovers

    4.51989HD

    In the summer holidays, a group of women stay behind in Paris whilst their husbands and children take a vacation on the sunny Island of Ré. The women – wives, frustrated spinsters and adolescents – profit from their new-found freedom to sort out thei...

    The Husbands, the Wives, the Lovers
  • 1965
    A Trap for Cinderella

    A Trap for Cinderella (1965)

    A Trap for Cinderella

    6.11965HD

    Based on Sébastien Japrisot's novel, the story revolves around a young girl who suffers from amnesia after surviving a terrible fire....

    A Trap for Cinderella
  • 1931
    The indictment

    The indictment (1931)

    The indictment

    01931HD

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    The indictment
  • 1962
    The Burning Court

    The Burning Court (1962)

    The Burning Court

    51962HD

    A group of people visit a weird old man who is a student of the black arts. The man lives in an ancient, cursed castle. Soon people in the group start being killed off....

    The Burning Court
  • 1949
    The Farm of Seven Sins

    The Farm of Seven Sins (1949)

    The Farm of Seven Sins

    5.71949HD

    In 1825, Paul-Louis Courier, a Republican writer known for publishing pamphlets against the French monarchy, was killed in the farm where he had retired. Was it a political assassination or a vicious crime? Those who have known him loved him or hated...

    The Farm of Seven Sins
  • 1957
    The Vintage

    The Vintage (1957)

    The Vintage

    5.51957HD

    A young Italian fugitive and his older protective brother hide among the grape pickers at a vineyard in Provence....

    The Vintage
  • 1942
    The Newspaper Falls at Five O'Clock

    The Newspaper Falls at Five O'Clock (1942)

    The Newspaper Falls at Five O'Clock

    61942HD

    The everyday life and activity of "La Dernière Heure", a major evening newspaper, seen through the eyes of Hélène Perrin, a cub reporter trained by Pierre Rabaud, a star in his field. Side by side they will investigate several events: an air show tha...

    The Newspaper Falls at Five O'Clock
  • 1946
    The Eternal Husband

    The Eternal Husband (1946)

    The Eternal Husband

    7.71946HD

    An adaptation of Fyodor Dostoyevsky's "Le Eternel Mari", a somber story of marital infidelity, revenge and near madness, and starring Raimu in his last film appearance....

    The Eternal Husband
  • 1957
    An Eye for an Eye

    An Eye for an Eye (1957)

    An Eye for an Eye

    5.81957HD

    In North Africa, an anguished husband tests the character of the doctor he believes is responsible for his wife’s death....

    An Eye for an Eye
  • 1952
    Stranger on the Prowl

    Stranger on the Prowl (1952)

    Stranger on the Prowl

    6.41952HD

    A down-and-out crook on the lam befriends a young street urchin, in an Italian port city. At first amused that the boy is a sneak thief, he tries to deflects the kid from a life of crime. Tipped off by a woman anxious to collect the reward for him (w...

    Stranger on the Prowl
  • 1951
    Two Pennies Worth of Violets

    Two Pennies Worth of Violets (1951)

    Two Pennies Worth of Violets

    31951HD

    Thérèse, a young flower girl, tries hard to remain virtuous but the whole world seems to conspire against her, whether her petty Paris family, or her relatives in the province bristling with false respectability, or her lustful employer, or the boy s...

    Two Pennies Worth of Violets
  • 1943
    The London Man

    The London Man (1943)

    The London Man

    5.91943HD

    Maloin, a maritime station guard, spends his nights at the port signal box. One night, he becomes the witness of a murder: for a simple suitcase smuggled, the altercation between the two men turns to drama. While the first falls and drowns, the secon...

    The London Man
  • 1943
    Picpus

    Picpus (1943)

    Picpus

    4.71943HD

    Picpus is a street and a subway stop where a number of murders have been committed. Maigret tries to find the killer....

    Picpus
  • 1965
    Don Quijote

    Don Quijote (1965)

    Don Quijote

    01965HD

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    Don Quijote
  • 1943
    Marie-Martine

    Marie-Martine (1943)

    Marie-Martine

    6.81943HD

    The novelist Loïc Limousin knew the turbulent past of Marie-Martine and he extracted the material for a novel from which the young girl risks paying the price. After the drama that had thrown her in prison, she met a brave boy ready to make his life ...

    Marie-Martine
  • 1952
    Le Secret d'une mère

    Le Secret d'une mère (1952)

    Le Secret d'une mère

    31952HD

    After his wife's death, a man discovers that his daughter may not be his....

    Le Secret d'une mère