Henri Alekan Movie Trailers
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Roman Holiday Trailer (1953)
26 August 1953
Overwhelmed by her suffocating schedule, touring European princess Ann takes off for a night while in Rome.
The Territory Trailer (1981)
01 September 1981
A small group of well-to-do vacationers go on a hiking trip into the woods just to find themselves mysteriously lost.
The Poppy Is Also a Flower Trailer (1966)
20 May 1966
A special United Nations bureau organises a campaign to trace a drug-smuggling ring across Europe to its source on the Afghanistan-Iran border.
Wings of Desire Trailer (1987)
23 September 1987
Two angels, Damiel and Cassiel, glide through the streets of Berlin, observing the bustling population, providing invisible rays of hope to the distressed but never interacting with them.
Esther Trailer (1986)
01 January 1986
Ahasverus, king of Persia and Media, puts aside Vashti and makes Esther his queen, choosing her among maidens in a kingdom stretching from India to Ethiopia.
Blind Venus Trailer (1941)
14 September 1941
Vénus aveugle (Blind Venus) is a 1941 French film melodrama, directed by Abel Gance, and one of the first films to be undertaken in France during the German occupation.
Red Sun Trailer (1971)
15 September 1971
In 1870, Japanese ambassador Sakaguchi and his entourage travel by train to Washington to deliver a valuable sword to the President of the United States, a gift from the Emperor of Japan.
Beauty and the Beast Trailer (1946)
29 October 1946
The story of a gentle-hearted beast in love with a simple and beautiful girl. She is drawn to the repellent but strangely fascinating Beast, who tests her fidelity by giving her a key, telling her that if she doesn't return it to him by a specific time, he will die of grief.
Life Is Ours Trailer (1936)
07 April 1936
A propaganda film of the communist party of France, showing how the comrades help the proletariat against the capitalists.
Port of Shadows Trailer (1938)
17 May 1938
Down a foggy, desolate road to the port city of Le Havre travels Jean, an army deserter looking for another chance to make good on life.
Austerlitz Trailer (1960)
17 June 1960
Napoleon Bonaparte crowns himself emperor and fights the English, Austrians and Russians in 1802.
Street of Shadows Trailer (1937)
13 April 1937
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, a French military officer.
Faraway, So Close! Trailer (1993)
01 September 1993
A group of angels look longingly upon the life of humans. Berlin now is a very different place: unified in name but overrun with crime, corruption, and—in what turns out to be a key theme here—Americans.
Topkapi Trailer (1964)
02 September 1964
Arthur Simon Simpson is a small-time crook biding his time in Greece. One of his potential victims turns out to be a gentleman thief planning to steal the emerald-encrusted dagger of the Mehmed II from Istanbul's Topkapi Museum.
Mayerling Trailer (1968)
31 October 1968
Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria clashes with his father, Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria, over implementing progressive policies for their country.
Hatred Trailer (1938)
26 January 1938
Captain Justin Mollenard works for a company that sells armaments to the Far East. After an eventful stay in Shanghai, where he and his cargo are the victim of a malicious attack, he returns to his hometown of Dunkirk.
Triple Cross Trailer (1966)
09 December 1966
Safecracker Eddie Chapman is languishing in prison on the island of Jersey when the Nazis arrive. An adept manipulator of situations, Chapman convinces the Germans to use him to spy on the British.
Five Miles to Midnight Trailer (1962)
12 December 1962
American ex-Air Force man and current businessman Bob Macklin is married to the impoverished Italian-born Lisa.
Stranger on the Prowl Trailer (1952)
12 March 1952
A down-and-out crook on the lam befriends a young street urchin, in an Italian port city. At first amused that the boy is a sneak thief, he tries to deflects the kid from a life of crime.
Berlin-Jerusalem Trailer (1989)
03 February 1989
Two interconnected stories in the 1930s, one set in Berlin, the other in Palestine: Mania Vilbouchevich Shohat (1880-1961), called Tania, a Russian Jew and revolutionary, goes from Minsk to Palestine to live on a collective.
Such a Pretty Little Beach Trailer (1949)
19 January 1949
During the cold and rainy off-season a man arrives in a seaside town and, giving his name only as Pierre, checks into the only hotel which remains open.
Anna Karenina Trailer (1948)
22 January 1948
In Imperial Russia, Anna, wife of the officer Karenin, goes to Moscow to visit her brother. On the way, she meets charming cavalry officer Vronsky, to whom she's immediately attracted— but in St.
The Beautiful Prisoner Trailer (1983)
16 February 1983
Walter is told by his boss, Sara, to deliver an urgent letter to Henri de Corinthe. On the way he finds a beautiful woman he had been eying in a nightclub, lying in the road, bound up.
The Best Part Trailer (1955)
30 December 1955
Philippe Perrin, a young engineer passionate about his work, leads the construction of a huge dam in the High Alps.
The Case of Dr. Laurent Trailer (1957)
03 April 1957
A Paris-based doctor tries to spread the gospel of Natural Childbirth. Working in a cloistered rural community, Gabin runs up against the stone walls of fear and prejudice.
Frou-Frou Trailer (1955)
19 June 1955
A story of the love of Frou-Frou - an actress and singer in the in the beginning of her career.
Trip to America Trailer (1951)
31 October 1951
As part of the fascination in post World War II France with American culture, a young French couple here travel to the US to see for themselves the prosperity they have heard about.
Marie of the Port Trailer (1950)
27 February 1950
Henri Chatelard is well into his forties, owns a restaurant and a cinema in the city, and appreciates women.
Birth of a Golem Trailer (1990)
27 August 1990
With the feel of experimental film, Gitai mixes storytelling, readers' theater, cityscapes (usually seen from moving trains), and desolate landscapes to mediate on the act of creation.
Ici et maintenant Trailer (1969)
16 September 1969
Maddening and mysterious,with the elements—ocean, wind, rocky terrain—dominating the scenes.
La Danseuse rouge Trailer (1937)
21 May 1937
Tania, a young girl from Central Europe, leaves her home because of her abusive father. Trained, in spite of herself, in the nets of the secret services, she becomes a renowned dancer who travels the major capitals, in search of military information.
The Magic of the Kite Trailer (1958)
17 December 1958
Come fly with Peter and Nicole and the Chinese wizard on an exciting adventure to the ends of the earth.
The Other Eye Trailer (1991)
25 September 1991
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 behind a cloud.
Tales of Paris Trailer (1962)
17 January 1962
A film made up of four sketches. In Marc Allégret's Sophie, a naive high-school girl invents a love affair with her mother's lover.
A Stone in the Mouth Trailer (1983)
05 October 1983
A fugitive takes refuge in a manor where a blind retired thespian lives.
The Christmas Tree Trailer (1969)
25 September 1969
A French-American millionaire, his girlfriend and his war buddy try to grant his dying son's every wish.
Twelve Hours by the Clock Trailer (1959)
21 April 1959
Three criminals escape from a French prison and hide in a coastal village where they have to wait for 12 hours until the boat that is supposed to take them to freedom arrives.
Paris Casino Trailer (1957)
26 September 1957
Catherine Miller's triumph at the Casino de Paris leads fashionable playwright Alexandre Gordi to ask her to create his next play.
The Lovers of Verona Trailer (1949)
07 March 1949
Angelo, a glass-blower from Murano, and Georgia Maglia, the pretty daughter of a fallen fascist magistrate, are chosen to be the stand-ins for the stars of a film version of "Romeo and Juliet" being shot on location in Venice and Verona.
Fanny Trailer (1932)
27 October 1932
Soon after Marius's departure, Fanny learns that she is pregnant with his child, to the disappointment of her mother and of Marius's father, César.
Three Women Trailer (1952)
13 August 1952
The short stories of Guy de Maupassant enjoyed a renaissance in the early 1950s, thanks in great part to the Max Ophuls production Le Plaisir.
The Divisions of Nature Trailer (1978)
01 January 1978
Ruiz on the film: "Les Divisions is a documentary about the Château de Chambord and the title comes from the Divisione of Johannes Scotus (Erigena), the ninth century Irish philosopher (who was a 'realist', although the film is more 'nominalist' in characterization of the castle which presents itself as a representation).
Woman of Evil Trailer (1947)
23 September 1947
Laurent meets Louvaine and brings her back to his island.
Lady L Trailer (1965)
17 December 1965
Lady L is an elegant 80-year-old woman who recalls her amorous life story, including past loves and lusty, scandalous adventures she has lived through.
Would-Be Gentleman Trailer (1958)
19 November 1958
M. Jourdain is a cloth merchant who wants to become a gentleman, learning dance, music, fencing and philosophy.
Queen Margot Trailer (1954)
25 November 1954
Marguerite de Valois, daughter of Catherine de Médicis, celebrates her wedding with Henri de Navarre.
The Trout Trailer (1982)
22 September 1982
The sexual and social dysfunctional behaviour of the corporate elite are further aggravated when a naive married woman becomes the obsession of two wealthy suitors.
Figures in a Landscape Trailer (1970)
12 November 1970
Two escaped convicts are on the run in an unnamed Latin American country. But everywhere they go, they are followed and hounded by a menacing black helicopter.
Julietta Trailer (1953)
17 June 1953
Julietta Valendor is in love with lawyer André Landrecourt. He is unaware of her feelings. He puts her up one day when he has his fiancée, Rosie, staying with him.
Jean Cocteau: Lies and Truths Trailer (1997)
22 February 1997
This documentary consists mainly of archive interviews of Jean Cocteau, and it features interesting contributions by Jean Marais and especially Jean-Luc Godard, who discusses Cocteau's foray into cinema.
When You Read This Letter Trailer (1953)
26 July 1953
After a novice nun learns of the sudden death of her parents, she leaves the convent to manage the family business and look after her teenage sister.
The State of Things Trailer (1982)
22 March 1982
On location in Portugal, a film crew runs out of film while making their own version of Roger Corman's The Day the World Ended (1956).
Rodin's Hell Trailer (1959)
01 January 1959
The work of Rodin imagined in the form of a ballet. It is the journey of man in his life, in his loves, until his death.
La Dame de Monte-Carlo Trailer (1979)
01 January 1979
On the banks of the Seine and in the metro, Édith Stockhausen performs a poem by Jean Cocteau.
Alekan, la lumière Trailer (1988)
04 August 1988
An episode of the show "Océaniques " about the craft and lighting techniques of the legendary Frencn
paint'o jazz Trailer (1991)
01 January 1991
A short film, shot in a long take, interpreted, drawn and directed by Jean-Louis Bompoint, with the precious collaboration of Hélène Bromberg; but especially Henri Alekan, who was the Director of Photography of the film.