Henri Alekan Movies

  • 1990
    Max Ophüls - Den schönen guten Waren

    Max Ophüls - Den schönen guten Waren

    Max Ophüls - Den schönen guten Waren

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    Max Ophüls - Den schönen guten Waren
  • 1996
    Le travail d'un cinéaste : Julien Duvivier, 1896-1967

    Le travail d'un cinéaste : Julien Duvivier, 1896-1967

    Le travail d'un cinéaste : Julien Duvivier, 1896-1967

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    Le travail d'un cinéaste : Julien Duvivier, 1896-1967
  • 1963
    The Other Christopher

    The Other Christopher

    The Other Christopher

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    The dictator Anastasio rules with an iron fist backed by business-men making deals and speeches about building canals, completely disconnected from...

    The Other Christopher
  • 1983
    A Stone in the Mouth

    A Stone in the Mouth

    A Stone in the Mouth

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    A fugitive takes refuge in a manor where a blind retired thespian lives.

    A Stone in the Mouth
  • 1993
    Golem: The Petrified Garden

    Golem: The Petrified Garden

    Golem: The Petrified Garden

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    Danny Cornish, a sort of stateless man who arranges art exhibits, is called from Tel Aviv to Paris with the news that a great uncle has died, in...

    Golem: The Petrified Garden
  • 1950
    Just Me

    Just Me

    Just Me

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    Maurice Vallier, nicknamed "Ma Pomme"(which means "myself" in slang), is a cheerful man, well aware that money does not make happiness and who, of...

    Just Me
  • 1994
    Carné, You Said Carné?

    Carné, You Said Carné?

    Carné, You Said Carné?

    01994HD

    A primer on French film director Marcel Carne's career through interviews with critics and close creative collaborators.

    Carné, You Said Carné?
  • 1990
    Birth of a Golem

    Birth of a Golem

    Birth of a Golem

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    With the feel of experimental film, Gitai mixes storytelling, readers' theater, cityscapes (usually seen from moving trains), and desolate landscapes...

    Birth of a Golem
  • 1937
    Street of Shadows

    Street of Shadows

    Street of Shadows

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    A slippery femme fatale, a spy for Germany during the Great War, is sent to Thessaloniki in Greece and becomes involved with a man on the other side,...

    Street of Shadows
  • 1957
    Paris Casino

    Paris Casino

    Paris Casino

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    Catherine Miller's triumph at the Casino de Paris leads fashionable playwright Alexandre Gordi to ask her to create his next play. Flattered,...

    Paris Casino
  • 1990
    Cézanne: Conversation with Joachim Gasquet

    Cézanne: Conversation with Joachim Gasquet

    Cézanne: Conversation with Joachim Gasquet

    6.41990HD

    A landmark work of symbolistic imagery. The words that the filmmakers speak offscreen are imaginary conversation with Cézanne quoted from a...

    Cézanne: Conversation with Joachim Gasquet
  • 1989
    J'écris dans l'espace

    J'écris dans l'espace

    J'écris dans l'espace

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    J'écris dans l'espace
  • 1964
    The Story of Rebecca

    The Story of Rebecca

    The Story of Rebecca

    5.71964HD

    An adaptation of Jan Potocki's The Manuscript Found in Saragossa.

    The Story of Rebecca
  • 1985
    A Strange Love Affair

    A Strange Love Affair

    A Strange Love Affair

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    Film professor Michael falls in love with one of his students and is confronted with his pupil's father, with whom he had an affair over 15 years...

    A Strange Love Affair
  • 1991
    The Other Eye

    The Other Eye

    The Other Eye

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    This film essay explores the strange case of G.W. Pabst, the Austrian filmmaker who was considered a giant of early cinema before his reputation went...

    The Other Eye
  • 1979
    La Dame de Monte-Carlo

    La Dame de Monte-Carlo

    La Dame de Monte-Carlo

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    On the banks of the Seine and in the metro, Édith Stockhausen performs a poem by Jean Cocteau.

    La Dame de Monte-Carlo
  • 1997
    Screening at the Majestic

    Screening at the Majestic

    Screening at the Majestic

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    More than fifty years after its making, we return to the set of Jean Cocteau's 1946 film "La Belle et la Bete" (Beauty and the Beast). Included are...

    Screening at the Majestic
  • 1958
    Would-Be Gentleman

    Would-Be Gentleman

    Would-Be Gentleman

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    M. Jourdain is a cloth merchant who wants to become a gentleman, learning dance, music, fencing and philosophy. Mme Jourdain is worried about...

    Would-Be Gentleman
  • 1984
    7 False Connections

    7 False Connections

    7 False Connections

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    Short film showing cinematographer Henri Alekan, director Raúl Ruiz and actress Olimpia Carlisi at work creating sublime visual effects of the...

    7 False Connections
  • 1984
    Cinématon XXXIV

    Cinématon XXXIV

    Cinématon XXXIV

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    Reel 34 of Gérard Courant’s on-going Cinematon series.

    Cinématon XXXIV