Austerlitz 1960  N/R, 180 min.
Genre: Action
aka: The Battle of Austerlitz
Director: Abel Gance
Cast: Pierre Mondy, Martine Carol, Leslie Caron, Vittorio De Sica, Jean Marais, Jack Palance, Orson Welles, Ettore Manni, Claudia Cardinale, Elvire Popesco, Michel Simon, Georges Marchal, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Rossano Brazzi
At the beginning of this film, the private life of Napoleon Bonaparte (Pierre Mondy) unfolds–showing his family life with wife Josephine (Martine Carol)–before the story moves on to the battlefields of the Napoleonic War and Napoleon proclaiming himself Emperor of France.
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 Beauty and the Beast 1946  N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama / Fantasy / Romance
Director: Jean Cocteau
Cast: Jean Marais, Josette Day, Marcel Andre, Nane Germon, Mila Parely, Michel Auclair, Raoul Marco, Jean Cocteau, Christian Marquand, Gilles Watteaux, Noel Blin
As the third daughter, young Belle (Josette Day) is exploited by her family and works as their servant. One day, a Beast (Jean Marais) appears and threatens Belle's father (Marcel Andre) with death unless he gives up one of his daughters. Belle sacrifices herself and goes to the castle with the Beast. After much wooing, Belle falls in love with the bewitching Beast who gives her a key and tells her that if she fails to return it to him he will die of grief.
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The Count of Monte Cristo 1954  N/R, 97 min.
Genre: Foreign / Adventure
Director: Robert Vernay
Cast: Jean Marais, Roger Piquat, Lia Amanda, Folco Lulli, Daniel Ivernel, Daniel Cauchy
A young French soldier, Edmond Dantes (Jean Marais), escapes from prison, assumes a new identity, seeks revenge for his trials and tribulations, and lives happily ever after.
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Donkey Skin 1970 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Foreign / Fantasy
Director: Jacques Demy
Cast: Catherine Deneuve, Jacques Perrin, Jean Marais, Delphine Seyrig, Micheline Presle, Fernand Ledoux, Henri Cremieux, Sacha Pitoeff, Pierre Repp, Jean Servais, Louise Chevalier
When the queen (Catherine Deneuve) died, she made the king (Jean Marais) promise to marry a woman as beautiful as she, and he chooses his own daughter (also played by Catherine Deneuve). The daughter is not happy with this match, and a fairy (Delphine Seyrig) offers advice and helps her to escape. But, it is a prince (Jacques Perrin) who finally comes to the rescue.
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Elena and Her Men 1956  N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
aka: Paris Does Strange Things
Director: Jean Renoir
Cast: Ingrid Bergman, Jean Marais, Mel Ferrer, Jean Richard, Magali Noel, Juliette Greco, Pierre Bertin, Elina Labourdette, Juliette Greco, Leon Larive
Nineteenth-century Polish Princess Elena (Ingrid Bergman) is romanced by three very different suitors, and she must choose between them.
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 Les Miserables 1995  R, 174 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Claude Lelouch
Cast: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Michel Boujenah, Alessandra Martines, Annie Girardot, Clementine Celarie, Philippe Leotard, Jean Marais, Micheline Presle, Philippe Khorsand, Salome Lelouch
This is an extravagant, heart-felt rendition of Victor Hugo's epic novel about Valjean's (Jean-Paul Belmondo) attempts to lead a new life after being imprisoned for stealing a loaf of bread. Although he spends the rest of his life performing noble acts of sacrifice for his fellow outcasts, his every move is closely watched by detective Javert (Philippe Khorsand).
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 Stealing Beauty 1996  R, 102 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Bernardo Bertolucci
Cast: Liv Tyler, Carlo Cecchi, Sinead Cusack, Jeremy Irons, Jean Marais, Donal McCann, D.W. Moffett, Stefania Sandrelli, Jason Flemyng, Joseph Fiennes, Rachel Weisz
Lucy (Liv Tyler) is a beautiful, sexy young woman who searches in Tuscany for the identity of her father. She visits an artist's (Donal McCann) villa and meets an eclectic group of characters who wander in and out of the villa.
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 The Testament of Orpheus 1960 N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
aka: Le Testament d'Orphee
Director: Jean Cocteau
Cast: Jean Cocteau, Edouard Dermithe, Jean-Pierre Leaud, Jean Marais, Francoise Christophe, Maria Casares, Francois Perier, Yul Brynner, Daniel Gelin, Brigitte Bardot
This is filmmaker, poet, painter, and sculptor Jean Cocteau's farewell, as he brings back memories of his films, stars, and friends. Cocteau plays a dying poet (Cocteau was actually dying) who is after immortality. Beautifully photographed and full of Cocteau's inventive scenes.
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White Nights 1957 N/R, 97 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Luchino Visconti
Cast: Maria Schell, Marcello Mastroianni, Jean Marais, Clara Calamai, Romano Barbieri, Alberto Carloni, Renato Terra, Corrado Pani, Marcella Rovena, Maria Zanoli
In this drama based on a Dostoyevsky story, Mario (Marcello Mastroianni) is a shy man who is in love with Natalia (Maria Schell). However, she awaits the return of her lover.
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| 1. Austerlitz (1960)
aka: The Battle of Austerlitz
2. Beauty and the Beast (1946)
3. The Count of Monte Cristo (1954)
4. Donkey Skin (1970)
5. Elena and Her Men (1956)
aka: Paris Does Strange Things
6. Les Miserables (1995)
7. Stealing Beauty (1996)
8. The Testament of Orpheus (1960)
aka: Le Testament d'Orphee
9. White Nights (1957)
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