Movies: Marthe Mellot

  • 1947
    Monsieur Vincent

    Monsieur Vincent (1947)

    Monsieur Vincent

    6.51947HD

    The life of Vincent de Paul, the 17th-century author and priest who founded two religious orders....

    Monsieur Vincent
  • 1947
    Devil in the Flesh

    Devil in the Flesh (1947)

    Devil in the Flesh

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    In France during World War I, Marthe waits for her husband, Jacques, while he fights on the front lines. Marthe then begins a tempestuous affair with 17-year-old François, with whom she had a dalliance before marrying Jacques. Jealous François strugg...

    Devil in the Flesh
  • 1945
    A Cage of Nightingales

    A Cage of Nightingales (1945)

    A Cage of Nightingales

    7.41945HD

    In France, in 1930, a supervisor of a boarding school for young offenders seeks to awaken the music by forming a choir, despite the skepticism of his boarding school director....

    A Cage of Nightingales
  • 1938
    The Puritan

    The Puritan (1938)

    The Puritan

    5.91938HD

    A religious fanatic finds his entire life and philosophy turned upside-down as he falls in love with a girl and kills her in a jealous rage. His search is for peace of mind and a desire to justify the murder of the girl to himself. His mind becomes d...

    The Puritan
  • 1934
    Madame Bovary

    Madame Bovary (1934)

    Madame Bovary

    5.51934HD

    Soon after the death of his first wife (whose dowry was inadequate), Charles Bovary, a country doctor in Normandy, marries Emma Rouault. In her new home, Emma finds conflict with her mother-in-law, a husband uninterested in the social whirl, and gene...

    Madame Bovary
  • 1947
    Antoine & Antoinette

    Antoine & Antoinette (1947)

    Antoine & Antoinette

    6.41947HD

    She's working in a big store, he's a typographer and they lost their winning lottery ticket....

    Antoine & Antoinette
  • 1934
    The Last Billionaire

    The Last Billionaire (1934)

    The Last Billionaire

    5.41934HD

    The Last Billionaire is a 1934 French comedy film directed by René Clair and starring Max Dearly, Marthe Mellot and Renée Saint-Cyr. The film is based on a fictional small European kingdom which is on the verge of going broke. Its French title is Le ...

    The Last Billionaire
  • 1933
    The Two Orphans

    The Two Orphans (1933)

    The Two Orphans

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    A more small scale version of the story Griffin used for his epic Orphans Of The Storm: a doctor tries to reunite two sisters who have become separated from each other during the whirlwind of the French Revolution....

    The Two Orphans
  • 1942
    L'homme qui joue avec le feu

    L'homme qui joue avec le feu (1942)

    L'homme qui joue avec le feu

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    A do gooder hopes to cure potential romantic partners of what he considers the disease of love, by putting them up in a property and having them watched over.Things do not turn out according to his plan....

    L'homme qui joue avec le feu
  • 1937
    Woman of Malacca

    Woman of Malacca (1937)

    Woman of Malacca

    6.81937HD

    Unhappy with her humdrum life as a provincial schoolteacher, Audrey Greenwood marries Major Carter, an officer in the British Army whom she does not love. Not long after the wedding Carter is on his way to Malaysia, accompanied by his wife, to take u...

    Woman of Malacca
  • 1937
    Marthe Richard

    Marthe Richard (1937)

    Marthe Richard

    4.51937HD

    Fictionalized reconstruction of the life of the French spy Marthe Richard who decided to contact the secret services during the First World War....

    Marthe Richard
  • 1938
    Prison Without Bars

    Prison Without Bars (1938)

    Prison Without Bars

    6.81938HD

    In a state correctional institute for teenage girls, Madame Appel, the superintendent, rules with an iron fist. The State appoints thirty-year-old Yvonne to evaluate the situation. The young woman is convinced that the girls should feel wanted rather...

    Prison Without Bars
  • 1947
    The Lost Village

    The Lost Village (1947)

    The Lost Village

    5.41947HD

    In the peaceful alpine village of Granges-de-Mortes, a tragedy has just taken place: Gustave Boeuf, the local Casanova, has mysteriously died at the foot of a wayside cross. Shortly afterwards, a peasant, who is suspected of having murdered him, hang...

    The Lost Village
  • 1947
    Torrents

    Torrents (1947)

    Torrents

    6.51947HD

    Sigrid and Yann are cousins, and in love with each other. A medical student, Jean marries Léna, who gives him a child, but he dies accidentally. Desperate, Yann finds Sigrid in their childhood home in Savoy. Afraid of seeing their passion revive, he ...

    Torrents
  • 1941
    The Chain Breaker

    The Chain Breaker (1941)

    The Chain Breaker

    71941HD

    Antoine Mouret, an authoritarian restaurateur, is the head of a large family where, for reasons of interest, people only marry cousins. But some have other plans, Marcus especially when he meets a passing circus girl....

    The Chain Breaker
  • 1942
    The Blue Veil

    The Blue Veil (1942)

    The Blue Veil

    51942HD

    In 1914, in the first months of World War I, Louise Jarraud loses her husband, killed on the front. Shortly after, she gives birth to a baby, who soon dies. Devastated by this double misfortune, Louise decides to dedicate her life to caring for the c...

    The Blue Veil
  • 1945
    Hanged Man's Farm

    Hanged Man's Farm (1945)

    Hanged Man's Farm

    5.41945HD

    A large farm in Vendée. The father is dying and the three brothers and sister swear not to marry not to break up the field. Months pass. Francis, the eldest, took things in hand. For him, the promise to their father is sacred. So he does everything f...

    Hanged Man's Farm
  • 1925
    The Late Mathias Pascal

    The Late Mathias Pascal (1925)

    The Late Mathias Pascal

    6.91925HD

    Mathias Pascal, only son of a once-rich family, marries beautiful Romalinda, who has a terrible mother-in-law. She controls her daughter, and soon his home life becomes a nightmare. His only moments of lights are his mother and baby, but both die on ...

    The Late Mathias Pascal
  • 1937
    The Citadel of Silence

    The Citadel of Silence (1937)

    The Citadel of Silence

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    During the students ' rebellion against Nicholas the Second in Russia, Viana tries to kill the governor but it's her lover who is arrested and sent to a sinister fortress : hence the title. To help the prisoner,Vania marries the officer who commands ...

    The Citadel of Silence
  • 1938
    Katia

    Katia (1938)

    Katia

    91938HD

    In the middle of the 19th century, Tsar Alexander II made the acquaintance of a young aristocratic girl from the provinces, unruly in character. He falls in love with her and tries to see her again....

    Katia