8 Women 2002  R, 103 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama / Musical / Comedy
Director: Francois Ozon
Cast: Danielle Darrieux, Isabelle Huppert, Emmanuelle Beart, Catherine Deneuve, Fanny Ardant, Virginie Ledoyen, Ludivine Sagnier, Firmine Richard, Dominique Lamure
Stranded by a snowstorm, eight women search for the truth of who murdered the family patriarch. Telephone lines have been cut. One of them must be the killer. Whodunit?
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Alexander the Great 1956 N/R, 143 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Robert Rossen
Cast: Richard Burton, Fredric March, Claire Bloom, Danielle Darrieux, Barry Jones, Harry Andrews, Stanley Baker, Niall MacGinnis, Peter Cushing, Michael Hordern
Alexander (Richard Burton) ascends to the throne of Macedonia after his mother (Danielle Darrieux) has the king assassinated. Thus begins the wars that put Alexander at the head of most of the known world and ends with his death in 323 BC at the age of 32. The film concentrates on his battles, and CinemaScope photography aids in the realism. Good cast with so-so results.
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A Chef in Love 1997  N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Nana Dzhordzadze
Cast: Pierre Richard, Micheline Presle, Nino Kirtadze, Timur Kamkhadze, Jean-Yves Gautier, Ramaz Chkhikvadze, Aleksandr Baluyev, Danielle Darrieux
This story is told in flashback via a journal. The story is told by Cecilia (Nino Kirtadze) who met and fell in love with a Frenchman, Pascal Ichac (Pierre Richard), in the 1920s–before her native Georgia became part of the Soviet Union. When Communism became their way of life, Pascal lost his restaurant (and Cecilia)–but NEVER his unique talent for preparing culinary delights.
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Five Fingers 1952  N/R, 108 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Cast: James Mason, Danielle Darrieux, Michael Rennie, Walter Hampden, Oscar Karlweis, Herbert Berghof, John Wengraf, Nestor Paiva, Michael Pate, Richard Loo
Based on a true story of World War II German spy Ulysses Diello (whose code name was Cicero (James Mason)), this is a great thriller. Stationed in Turkey, Cicero's mission was to gain information from documents in the British Embassy.
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The Holy Year 1976  N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Foreign / Comedy
aka: Pilgrimage to Rome
Director: Jean Girault
Cast: Jean Gabin, Danielle Darrieux, Jean-Claude Brialy, Henri Virlojeux, Renato Romano, Maurice Teynac, Luciano Bartoli, Paolo Guisti, Nicoletta Machiavelli, Umberto Raho
This comedy revolves around escaped thief Max Lambert (Jean Gabin) who plots to recover the money he hid years before. Dressed as a priest, he takes a plane to Rome. The plane is hijacked, and now Max must act to get to the money.
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La Ronde 1950 N/R, 97 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Max Ophuls
Cast: Anton Walbrook, Simone Signoret, Serge Reggiani, Simone Simon, Daniel Gelin, Danielle Darrieux, Fernand Gravey, Odette Joyeux, Jean-Louis Barrault, Isa Miranda, Gerard Philipe, Robert Vattier
Set in Vienna during the early 1900s, this story is narrated by Anton Walbrook who introduces a series of affairs in which a new character is involved with a character from the last scene. Beginning with young soldier Franz (Serge Reggiani) falling into the arms of prostitute Leocadie (Simone Signoret) who then has a short liaison with Alfred (Daniel Gelin), but he leaves her when he seduces housewife Emma Breitkopf (Danielle Darrieux). And on it goes until the seductions go full circle, and Franz is back with Leocadie.
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Landru 1963 N/R, 114 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
aka: Bluebeard
Director: Claude Chabrol
Cast: Charles Denner, Michele Morgan, Danielle Darrieux, Hildegarde Neff, Juliette Mayniel, Stephane Audran, Catherine Rouvel, Denise Provence, Francoise Lugagne, Mary Marquet
Henri-Desire Landru (Charles Denner) was a mass murderer during World War I who preyed upon women with fortunes. After wooing and swindling them, he killed, dismembered, and burned them in his incinerator. This is Claude Chabrol's unique telling of the story.
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Madame De... 1953 N/R, 171 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
aka: The Earrings of Madame De...
Director: Max Ophuls
Cast: Danielle Darrieux, Charles Boyer, Vittorio De Sica, Mireille Perrey, Jean Debucourt, Serge Lecointe, Lia Di Leo, Jean Galland, Hubert Noel, Paul Azais, Josselin, Madeleine Barbulee, Gerard Buhr, Michel Salina, Colette Regis
Set in Paris during the early 19th century, the story begins when the wife, Comtesse Louise de... (Danielle Darrieux), of General Andre de... (Charles Boyer) sells her earrings to pay off a gambling debt and then tells her husband that she lost them. This sets off a series of events as the earrings are again bought and resold, revealing depth in the characters of the general and his wife. Good acting and directing.
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 Napoleon 1955  N/R, 115 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Sacha Guitry
Cast: Orson Welles, Maria Schell, Raymond Pellegrin, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Erich von Stroheim, Pierre Brasseur, Daniel Gelin, Danielle Darrieux, Sacha Guitry, Dany Robin, Jean Gabin, Cosetta Greco, Yves Montand, Roger Pigaut, Micheline Presle
Writer/director Sacha Guitry costars as Tallyrand who tells his friends about Napoleon Bonaparte's life. The story covers Napoleon's (Raymond Pellegrin) life from his campaigns in Italy to the Battle of Waterloo and, finally, his imprisonment and death on St. Helena.
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Persepolis 2007 PG-13, 95 min.
Genre: Animation / Drama / Comedy
Director: Vincent Paronnaud, Marjane Satrapi
Cast: Chiara Mastroianni, Catherine Deneuve, Danielle Darrieux, Sean Penn, Iggy Pop, Gena Rowlands, Gabrielle Lopes Benites, Gabrielle Lopes, Arie Elmaleh, Jean-Francois Gallotte, Mathias Mlekuz, Sacha Alliel
This animated film is adapted from Marjane Satrapi's two autobiographical novels. Spirited, fun-loving Marjane (voice of Gabrielle Lopes ) is nine years old and living in Tehran when the Shah is overthrown. Her parents (voices of Catherine Deneuve and Simon Abkarian) and grandmother (voice of Danielle Darrieux) are in support of the revolution, and, after learning about Iran's history, Marjane agrees. Later, as a teenager, Marjane (now the voice of Chiara Mastroianni) finds her own ways to rebel–until her parents send her to a boarding school in Vienna. Feeling stranded, Marjane returns to Iran but suffers more under the mullahs and, finally, leaves for France when she is 24 and finds a better life. An Academy Award nomination was received for Best Animation Feature.
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The Rage of Paris 1938 N/R, 78 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Henry Koster
Cast: Danielle Darrieux, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Mischa Auer, Louis Hayward, Helen Broderick, Charles Coleman, Samuel S. Hinds, Nella Walker, Harry Davenport, Lionel Pape, Mary Forbes, Leonard Mudie
Nicole de Cortillon (Danielle Darrieux) needs money. Her solution: catch a rich husband. Wealthy Canadian Bill Duncan (Louis Hayward) becomes the target, and the plan works–until Bill's friend, Jim (Douglas Fairbanks Jr.), enters the scene and complications are assured.
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Rich, Young and Pretty 1951 N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Norman Taurog
Cast: Jane Powell, Danielle Darrieux, Wendell Corey, Vic Damone, Fernando Lamas, Marcel Dalio, Una Merkel, Richard Anderson, Hans Conried
While accompanying her father (Wendell Corey) on a United Nations trip to Paris, Elizabeth (Jane Powell) meets her long-lost mother (Danielle Darrieux) and falls in love with Andre Milan (Vic Damone).
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The Young Girls of Rochefort 1968 G, 126 min.
Genre: Comedy / Musical / Romance
Director: Jacques Demy, Agnes Varda
Cast: Catherine Deneuve, George Chakiris, Gene Kelly, Jacques Perrin, Danielle Darrieux, Michel Piccoli, Francoise Dorleac, Jacques Riberolles, Grover Dale, Genevieve Thenier, Henri Cremieux, Pamela Hart, Leslie North, Patrick Jeantet, Rene Bazart
Every word is sung and every step is choreographed in this film about sisters Delphine (Catherine Deneuve) and Solange (Francoise Dorleac). They help their mother Madam Yvonne (Danielle Darrieux) with her cafe in the Town Square and run a music and ballet school in Rochefort, France, in their spare time. Although happy while entertaining on stage, Delphine and Solange lack romance in their real lives. Now, the town's annual fair attracts new romantic possibilities in the form of painter Maxence (Jacques Perrin) and tourist Andy Miller (Gene Kelly) as songs and dancing fill the screen.
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| 1. 8 Women (2002)
2. Alexander the Great (1956)
3. A Chef in Love (1997)
4. Five Fingers (1952)
5. The Holy Year (1976)
aka: Pilgrimage to Rome
6. La Ronde (1950)
7. Landru (1963)
aka: Bluebeard
8. Madame De... (1953)
aka: The Earrings of Madame De...
9. Napoleon (1955)
10. Persepolis (2007)
11. The Rage of Paris (1938)
12. Rich, Young and Pretty (1951)
13. The Young Girls of Rochefort (1968)
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