Almost 19-year-old Marius feels himself in a rut in Marseille, his life planned for him by his cafe'-owning father, and he longs for the sea. The night before he is to leave on a 5-year voyage, Fanny, a girl he grew up with, reveals that she is in love with him, and he discovers that he is in love with her. He must choose between an exciting life at sea, and a boring life with the woman he loves. And Fanny must choose between keeping the man she loves, and letting him live the life he seems to want.

The Battle of the Rails

1946

French

7.0

♡ 4

René Clément Director

Jacques Desagneaux as Athos

Pierre Latour as Cheminot

Pierre Lozach as Cheminot

Charles Boyer as Narrator

A dramatized account of the French Resistance, this wartime film depicts how railway workers sabotaged German trains to disrupt troop movements and supply lines during the Nazi occupation. Blending documentary realism with fiction, it pays tribute to the courage and sacrifice of ordinary workers who became central to the fight for liberation.

F.P.1 Doesn't Answer

1932

German

6.2

♡ 3

Karl Hartl Director

Peter Lorre as Bildreporter Johnny

Charles Boyer as Ellisen

Gustav Püttjer as Mann mit der Fistelstimme

Paul Rehkopf as (uncredited)

F.P.1 is a huge airplane landing dock in the Atlantic where pilots making the transatlantic flight can stop. Yet a saboteur tries to sink the technical wonder in this classic German science fiction film from 1932. The film was also created with English and French speaking actors at the same time.

Mayerling

1936

French

7.0

♡ 5

74%

Anatole Litvak Director

Odette Talazac as La nourrice de Marie

Yolande Laffon as L'archiduchesse Stéphanie

Charles Boyer as L'archiduc Rodolphe

Vladimir Sokoloff as Le chef de la police

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.

The Fighting Lady

1944

English

7.2

♡ 3

William Wyler Director

Robert Taylor as Narrator

Charles Boyer as Récitant / Narrator

Joseph J. Clark as Self

Dixie Kiefer as Self

Oscar winner William Wyler directed this 1944 "newsdrama," narrated by Lieut. Robert Taylor, USNR (Bataan), and photographed in zones of combat by the U.S. Navy. The film follows one of the many new aircraft carriers built since Pearl Harbor, known as THE FIGHTING LADY in honor of all American carriers, as it goes into action against the Japanese in the Pacific Ocean in 1943. See the ship and its pilots undergo their baptism of fire, attacking the Japanese base on Marcus Island. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with The Film Foundation.

The Earrings of Madame De...

1953

French

7.9

♡ 9

97%

Max Ophüls Director

Charles Boyer as Général André de...

Hubert Noël as Henri de Maleville

Paul Azaïs as Le premier cocher

Daniel Mendaille as Un passant

In late 19th century France, the Countess Louise, wife of a wealthy general, sells the earrings her husband gave her on their wedding day to pay off her secret debts, then claims to have lost them. Her husband quickly learns of the deceit, which is the beginning of many tragic misunderstandings, all involving the earrings, the general, the countess, and her new lover, the Italian Baron Donati.

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The Battle of the Rails

F.P.1 Doesn't Answer

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The Fighting Lady

The Earrings of Madame De...