Movies: Nicole Besnard

  • 1950
    The Beauty of the Devil

    The Beauty of the Devil (1950)

    The Beauty of the Devil

    7.31950HD

    Henri Faust, retiring after 50 years as a professor in a circa-1700 French university, despairs at the ravages of old age ... whereupon Mephistopheles, agent of Lucifer, appears as a virile, handsome young man and exchanges bodies with him to induce...

    The Beauty of the Devil
  • 1949
    The Sinners

    The Sinners (1949)

    The Sinners

    6.11949HD

    Au Royaume des Cieux takes place in in a dreadful girls' reformatory. A couple of lovers will try to escape from this living hell....

    The Sinners
  • 1954
    Leguignon the Healer

    Leguignon the Healer (1954)

    Leguignon the Healer

    5.71954HD

    Having cured the local café owner, Diogène Leguignon becomes convinced that he is a healer and possesses the fluid. His wife sees the benefits of this gift and urges Diogene to exercise his power, particularly on a wealthy old man, M. Coq. Arlette Le...

    Leguignon the Healer
  • 1952
    They Were Five

    They Were Five (1952)

    They Were Five

    5.21952HD

    Now that the world conflict is over, five inseparable wartime buddies swear eternal friendship now to each other. But there's many a slip 'twixt the cup and the lip. Jean becomes a postman, Marcel a boxer, Roger an actor, André a student and Philippe...

    They Were Five
  • 1954
    Le collège en folie

    Le collège en folie (1954)

    Le collège en folie

    01954HD

    Charming, charming but unstable, Rudy is married to Lydia. He dreams of becoming a famous painter. His father-in-law offers him a contract: if he stays in the same job for at least two months, he can devote himself to painting. Under the name of his ...

    Le collège en folie
  • 1953
    Naked in the Wind

    Naked in the Wind (1953)

    Naked in the Wind

    01953HD

    Smalltown confectioner Lespinasse, hopeful of being reelected as chief councillor, is opposed by Darcepoil, the local druggist. Darcepoil arranges for the incumbent's defeat by having Pantaflon, a nightclub singer, lure him to the nudist camp on the ...

    Naked in the Wind
  • 1954
    On the Bench

    On the Bench (1954)

    On the Bench

    4.21954HD

    La Hurlette and Carmen are a pair of philosophical tramps who enjoy simple pleasures in the company of the cheerful Sosthène. As in the fairy tales, La Hurlette learns that he has just inherited a tidy fortune, provided he can find a job. By dint of ...

    On the Bench
  • 1955
    An der schönen blauen Donau

    An der schönen blauen Donau (1955)

    An der schönen blauen Donau

    01955HD

    A young king and a princess are engaged to be married but have never met. Both are reluctant to take part in an arranged marriage but they meet in Vienna and fall in love....

    An der schönen blauen Donau
  • 1954
    The Big Flag

    The Big Flag (1954)

    The Big Flag

    01954HD

    For Naval officers duty comes first. Navy Lieutenant Favrel is one of these men. He has promised his wife Simone to stay with her all the time but a last mission aboard a training cruiser makes him realize that his life is tied to the sea. For his pa...

    The Big Flag
  • 1957
    The Crazy Hostel

    The Crazy Hostel (1957)

    The Crazy Hostel

    61957HD

    As a favor to his grandmother, singer Rudy Hirigoyen agrees to sing incognito, under the name Romano, in the nightclub his cousin Gustave has just opened in a small seaside resort. The staff and musicians are students camping out in the pine forest n...

    The Crazy Hostel