List of French films of 1959
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A list of films produced in France in 1959.
Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
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The 400 Blows | François Truffaut | Jean-Pierre Léaud, Robert Beauvais, Claire Maurier | Drama | [1] |
All the Boys Are Called Patrick | Jean-Luc Godard | Drama (short) | ||
Archimède le clochard | Gilles Grangier | Jean Gabin, Darry Cowl, Bernard Blier | Comedy | French-Italian co-production[2] |
Black Orpheus | Marcel Camus | Breno Mello, Marpessa Dawn, Léa Garcia | Fantasy, romance | French-Italian-Brazilian co-production[3][4] |
Come Dance with Me | Michel Boisrond | Brigitte Bardot, Henri Vidal, Dawn Addams | Mystery | French-Italian co-production[5] |
Les Cousins | Claude Chabrol | Gérard Blain, Jean-Claude Brialy, Juliette Mayniel | Drama | [6] |
The Cow and I | Henri Verneuil | Fernandel, René Havard, Ingeborg Schöner | Comedy-Drama | French-Italian co-production[7] |
Du rififi chez les femmes | Alex Joffé | Nadja Tiller, Robert Hossein, Silvia Monfort | Crime | French-Italian co-production[8] |
The Female | Julien Duvivier | Brigitte Bardot, António Vilar, Lila Kedrova | Drama | French-Italian production[9] |
La Fievre Monte a El Pao | Luis Buñuel | Gérard Philipe, María Félix, Jean Servais | Drama | French-Mexican production[10] |
General Della Rovere | Roberto Rossellini | Vittorio De Sica, Hannes Messemer, Vittorio Caprioli | Drama | Italian-French co-production[11] |
The Giant of Marathon | Jacques Tourneur | Steve Reeves, Mylène Demongeot | Action adventure | Co-produced with Italy [12] |
Head of a Tyrant | Fernando Cerchio | Massimo Girotti, Isabelle Corey | Historical | Co-production with Italy |
Hercules Unchained | Pietro Francisci | Steve Reeves, Sylvia Lopez, Sylva Koscina | Adventure, fantasy | Italian-French co-production[13][14] |
Hiroshima Mon Amour | Alain Resnais | Emmanuelle Riva, Eiji Okada, | Drama | French-Japanese co-production[15] |
The Indestructible | Jean Boyer | Fernandel, Line Renaud, Michel Galabru | Comedy | |
The Indian Tomb | Fritz Lang | Debra Paget, Paul Christian, Paul Hubschmid | Adventure | West German-French-Italian co-production[16][17][18] |
Les Liaisons Dangereuses | Roger Vadim | Jeanne Moreau, Gérard Philipe, Jeanne Valérie | Drama | French-Italian co-production[19] |
Magnificent Sinner | Robert Siodmak | Romy Schneider, Curd Jurgens | Drama | |
Marie-Octobre | Julien Duvivier | Danielle Darrieux, Bernard Blier | Drama | |
Nina | Jean Boyer | Sophie Desmarets, Olivier Hussenot, Agnès Laurent | Comedy | |
Picnic on the Grass | Jean Renoir | Paul Meurisse, Blavette, André Brunot | Comedy Romance | [20] |
Pickpocket | Robert Bresson | Martin LaSalle, Marika Green, | Drama | [21] |
The Sign of Leo | Éric Rohmer | Jess Hahn, Michèle Girardon, | Comedy-drama | [22] |
Pourquoi viens-tu si tard? | Henri Decoin | Henri Vidal, Michèle Morgan, Claude Dauphin | Drama | |
Stars at Noon | Jacques Ertaud, Marcel Ichac | Roger Blin | Adventure | Entered into the 9th Berlin International Film Festival |
The Tiger of Eschnapur | Fritz Lang | Debra Paget, Paul Hubschmid, Claus Holm | Adventure | West German-French-Italian co-production[23][24][25] |
Venetian Honeymoon | Alberto Cavalcanti | Martine Carol, Vittorio De Sica, Philippe Nicaud | Romantic comedy | Co-production with Italy |
The Verdict | Marina Vlady, Robert Hossein | Drama | Entered into the 1st Moscow International Film Festival | |
Way of Youth | Michel Boisrond | Bourvil, Françoise Arnoul, Lino Ventura, Alain Delon, Jean-Claude Brialy | Drama | [26] |
Women Are Weak | Michel Boisrond | Alain Delon, Mylène Demongeot, Pascale Petit, Jacqueline Sassard | Comedy Romance | [27] |
See also[]
- 1959 in France
- 1959 in French television
Notes[]
- ^ Erickson, Hal. "The 400 Blows". AllMovie. Retrieved February 18, 2013.
- ^ Pavlides, Dan. "Archimède le clochard". AllMovie. Retrieved February 18, 2013.
- ^ Erickson, Hal. "Black Orpheus". AllMovie. Retrieved February 18, 2013.
- ^ "Orfeu Negro". Bifi.fr (in French). Archived from the original on February 2, 2014. Retrieved February 18, 2013.
- ^ Mannikka, Eleanor. "Come Dance with Me!". AllMovie. Retrieved February 18, 2013.
- ^ Hobart, Tana. "Les Cousins". AllMovie. Retrieved February 18, 2013.
- ^ Erickson, Hal. "The Cow and I". AllMovie. Retrieved August 2, 2015.
- ^ Erelewine, Iotis. "Du rififi chez les femmes". AllMovie. Retrieved February 18, 2013.
- ^ Archer, Eugene (1960-04-28). "The Female". The New York Times. Retrieved August 2, 2015.
- ^ Erickson, Hal. "La Fievre monte a El Pao femmes". AllMovie. Retrieved February 18, 2013.
- ^ Mannikka, Eleanor. "Il General della Rovere". AllMovie. Retrieved February 18, 2013.
- ^ "La battaglia di Maratona (1960) - JPBox-Office".
- ^ Eder, Bruce. "Hercules Unchained". AllMovie. Retrieved February 18, 2013.
- ^ "Ercole e la regina di Lidia". BFI Film & Television Database. London: British Film Institute. Archived from the original on February 4, 2014. Retrieved February 18, 2013.
- ^ Erickson, Hal. "Hiroshima Mon Amour". AllMovie. Retrieved February 18, 2013.
- ^ Mannikka, Eleanor. "The Indian Tomb". AllMovie. Retrieved February 18, 2013.
- ^ "Das indische Grabmal". BFI Film & Television Database. London: British Film Institute. Archived from the original on February 7, 2009. Retrieved February 18, 2013.
- ^ "Das indische Grabmal". Filmportal.de. Retrieved February 18, 2013.
- ^ Erickson, Hal. "Les liaisons dangereuses". AllMovie. Retrieved February 18, 2013.
- ^ Grunes, Dennis (2008-08-20). "Picnic on the Grass". AllMovie. Retrieved August 2, 2015.
- ^ Erickson, Hal. "Pickpocket". The Ascetica Theme. WordPress. Retrieved February 18, 2013.
- ^ Mannikka, Eleanor. "Le Signe du Lion". AllMovie. Retrieved February 18, 2013.
- ^ Mannikka, Eleanor. "The Tiger of Eschnapur". AllMovie. Retrieved February 18, 2013.
- ^ "Der Tiger von Eschnapur". BFI Film & Television Database. London: British Film Institute. Archived from the original on February 7, 2009. Retrieved February 18, 2013.
- ^ "Der Tiger von Eschnapur". Filmportal.de. Retrieved February 18, 2013.
- ^ "Way of Youth". UniFrance Films. Retrieved August 2, 2015.
- ^ Crowther, Bosley (1959-06-09). "Women Are Weak". The New York Times. Retrieved August 2, 2015.
External links[]
- French films of 1959 at the Internet Movie Database
- French films of 1959 at Cinema-francais.fr
Categories:
- Lists of French films by year
- 1959 in France
- Lists of 1959 films by country or language