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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The Passion of Joan of Arc 1928  N/R, 110 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Carl Theodor Dreyer
Cast: Maria Falconetti, Eugene Silvain, Andre Berley, Maurice Schutz, Michel Simon, Antonin Artaud, Jean d'Yd, Louis Ravet, Armand Lurville, Jacques Amna, Alexandre Mihalesco, Leon Larive
In this, one of the all-time great silent films, the story of the Maid of Orleans (Maria Falconetti), heroine of France, is told. Young Joan led her countrymen against their English conquerors in 1431 and was burned at the stake for her efforts.
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Zero for Conduct 1933 N/R, 44 min.
Genre: Foreign / Comedy
Director: Jean Vigo
Cast: Jean Daste, Robert Le Flon, Du Verron, Delphin, Mme. Emile, Leon Larive, Louis Lefebvre, Gilbert Pruchon, Gerard de Bedarieux
Returning from the holidays, students at a boys' boarding school decide they have had enough, and a full-scale rebellion ensues. A landmark film that inspired the French New Wave Movement.
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| 1. Elena and Her Men (1956)
aka: Paris Does Strange Things
2. The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928)
3. Zero for Conduct (1933)
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