The Crime of Monsieur Lange
A man and a woman arrive in a cafe-hotel near the Belgian frontier. The customers recognize the man from the police's description: his name is Amedee Lange, and he murdered somebody in Paris. Lange was an employee in a printing works. His boss was a real bastard, swindling every one, seducing female workers... One day he fled to avoid facing his creditors, and the workers set up a cooperative to go on working. What then made Lange a killer?
The Blood of a Poet
In a poet’s room, an armless statue abruptly comes to life. It invites the poet to step through a mirror and to discover another world. Strange places and characters present themselves to him. The poet tears himself away from these twisted fascinations and returns, with some difficulty, to his room.
The Murderer Lives at Number 21
Paris, France. Commissaire Wens follows the lead of a ruthless murderer to an unexpected place.
Mayerling
Rudolf, the only heir to Emperor Franz Josef of Austria-Hungary, is trapped in a loveless marriage to a Belgian princess. As he seeks to flee his stifling environment, he meets the beautiful Maria, and the two enter into a scandalous affair. Despite the interference of the Emperor, the couple refuse to give each other up.
Figaro
A silent adaptation of the 1778 Beaumarchais play The Marriage of Figaro, with material also used from its two sequels.
The Alibi
Paris, 1937. Winckler kills his enemy Gordon, a Chicago mobster, from the stage of a Parisian music hall, where he performs telepathy. He pays another artist, Helene, so that she tells the police they've spent the night together, which doesn't fool Callas, the police officer who investigates the murder. He hires one of his fellow officers in order to seduce Helene.
La fin du jour
Aged penniless actors are living in a old people's home. They always talk about their past glory or failures. One day Raphael Saint-Clair comes; he has been a famous actor and had a lot of love affairs. Passions come back, and jealousies... A bitter film about aging, failure and the entertainment.
The Rules of the Game
A weekend at a marquis’ country château lays bare some ugly truths about a group of haut bourgeois acquaintances.
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Jean Renoir
Director
Sylvia Bataille
as
Edith
Odette Talazac
as
The Concierge's Wife
Henri Guisol
as
The Son Meunier
Marcel Lupovici
as
(uncredited)
Huguette Vivier
as
Mademoiselle Vania
Yolande Laffon
as
L'archiduchesse Stéphanie
Roger Blin
as
Kretz, l'homme de main de Winckler
Gaby André
as
Danielle
Henri Nassiet
as
Gaston Noblet
Roland Toutain
as
André Jurieux
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