Directed by Jean Grémillon • 1937 • France, Germany
Starring Jean Gabin, Mireille Balin, Pierre Etchepare
The first collaboration between filmmaker Jean Grémillon and legendary actor Jean Gabin, this adaptation of a novel by André Beucler features the young Gabin as a Casanova of the French Foreign Legion—the “lady killer” Lucien Bourrache—who meets his match in the mysterious seductress Madeleine (Mireille Balin).
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Le ciel est à vous
Directed by Jean Grémillon • 1944 • France
In this uplifting romantic drama, the wife of a mechanic and former fighter pilot falls in love with the idea of flying herself. This soon becomes an obsession, and she undertakes a lofty feat: the longest solo flight ever made by a woman. A warm look a...
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Remorques
Directed by Jean Grémillon • 1941 • France
Jacques Prévert co-wrote this atmospheric tale of the romantic trials of a tugboat captain, played by the iconic French star Jean Gabin. For André and the other members of the Cyclone's crew, existence is harshly divided between the danger of the stormy...
