Jean Sylvain

Most Popular Jean Sylvain Trailers

Total trailers found: 33

Les Duraton Trailer (1956)

02 March 1956

Jules Duraton is the headmaster of Chatelbourg's high school. He is happily married, has a teenage daughter named Solange, and everything would be for the best of all possible worlds if he and his family were not the namesakes of the protagonists of a famous comic series broadcast every day on Radio Monde "La Famille Duraton".

Lady Paname Trailer (1950)

26 May 1950

The evocation of Paris in the 1920s mingles with the rapid rise of the irresistible Caprice, a talented singer, and her tumultuous love affair with Jeff the composer.

Captain Slipper Trailer (1953)

31 July 1953

A bank clerk is bored to death with his nine-to-five work under his boss ' watchful eye. His missus is a pain in the neck and his in-laws are not better.

Hardboiled Egg Time Trailer (1958)

19 March 1958

A shy, penniless employee of the garage owner Grillot, the gentle Louis wins $10 million in the lottery.

La Glu Trailer (1938)

27 April 1938

A young Breton sailor falls in love with a visiting stranger called 'La Glu'. He drops his betrothed, mother and friends so that he can live with her.

The Execrable Fate of Guillemette Babin Trailer (1948)

14 October 1948

Being born a witch's daughter did not bode well for your future in the Middle Ages. Guillaumette tries to stay on the straight and narrow with a little help from a priest she visits.

Asphalt Trailer (1959)

18 February 1959

Françoise Arnould plays here a married woman who decides one day to get away from her husband and return to her childhood place, where she meets all her former friends, and lovers.

Une de la cavalerie Trailer (1938)

13 April 1938

The merry Vigoulette wants to escape the yoke of his wife and asks to be recalled to a barracks regiment in Nice.

The Gates of Paris Trailer (1957)

27 September 1957

Juju, a drunken oaf who feels the need of being important to someone---anyone---and his friend The Artist are forced at gunpoint to house a fugitive, Pierre Barbier, in Juju's broken-down home.

The Phantom Wagon Trailer (1939)

07 September 1939

French version of the Selma Lagerlof story, most famously filmed in 1921 by Victor Sjostrom, about a poor sinner who only realizes what misery he's wrought when he dies on New Year's Eve and is collected by Death in his carriage.

Male Hunt Trailer (1964)

18 September 1964

A few stories about marriage and its problems. Antoine is about to marry Gisèle. His friend Julien, an established bachelor, desperately tries to convince him not to do it, recounting his own painful experiences.

Justice Is Done Trailer (1950)

20 September 1950

Elsa Lundenstein is accused of having murdered her lover. The jury discusses the case vividly. All members are somehow prejudiced because of personal life experience and subsequently each member reads something different into the presented facts.

She and Me Trailer (1952)

31 December 1952

You never can tell. Jean had always been one of the most confirmed bachelors that kept swearing to anyone that would listen he would never put a ring on a female finger.

The Bonnadieu House Trailer (1951)

27 November 1951

Felix is a middle-aged bourgeois husband. Much to his discomfort, he learns that his wife Gabrielle is carrying on with a young man--a very young man.

Lawless Street Trailer (1950)

01 December 1950

The eccentric characters of a street from the comic designs of Andre Dubout are brought to life with human performers instead of drawings.

Les Maîtres-nageurs Trailer (1951)

19 January 1951

A married industrialist maintains three mistresses. On the instructions of his wife, the tax inspector seizes the small notebook where he records his illegal dealings.

Mon bébé Trailer (1956)

02 June 1956

Sins of Madeleine Trailer (1951)

09 August 1951

Malou, a prostitute from Montmartre, and her pimp, have found a well laid scheme : whenever she (or he) wants to get rid of a lover, she announces to him in a tearful voice that she is pregnant.

Le Rouge et le Noir Trailer (1954)

29 October 1954

It's no holds barred for Julian in pursuit of upward mobility. Although expected to channel career aspirations into the Church of the post-Napoleonic era, his intensely romantic liaisons propel him forward at a pace he cannot control.

Male Companion Trailer (1964)

04 November 1964

A dedicated layabout (Jean-Pierre Cassel) bounces from relationship to relationship, moving on only when the prospect of employment presents itself.

King of Hearts Trailer (1966)

21 December 1966

An ornithologist mistaken for an explosives expert is sent alone into a small French town during WWI to investigate a garbled report from the resistance about a bomb which the departing Germans have set to blow up a weapons cache.

Princess of Cleves Trailer (1961)

22 March 1961

When a young teen marries the Prince of Cleves, more than twice her age, she automatically becomes an official Princess and takes her new position to heart.

Panic Trailer (1947)

15 January 1947

Proud, eccentric, and antisocial, Monsieur Hire has always kept to himself. But after a woman turns up dead in the Paris suburb where he lives, he feels drawn to a pretty young newcomer to town and discovers that his neighbors are only too ready to suspect the worst of him.

Beauties of the Night Trailer (1952)

14 November 1952

A daydreaming French composer sees himself as a fine figure dashing through history.

Dr. Knock Trailer (1951)

21 March 1951

Saint-Maurice, an ordinary peaceful village, lived healthily so much so that the local doctor's practice was scant.

Beating Heart Trailer (1940)

01 February 1940

Tells the story of a young woman escaping from reform school who tries to steal a foreign ambassador's watch but ends up falling in love with him.

Without Leaving an Address Trailer (1951)

17 January 1951

A woman in Paris hires a taxi driver to locate her ex-lover, father to her newborn child, who left her without leaving an address.

At the Grand Balcony Trailer (1949)

30 November 1949

World War I aviator Carbot attempts to establish a commercial airline after the war, for the purpose of delivering the mail to the outermost regions of France.

Emile the African Trailer (1948)

19 May 1948

Émile Boulard is a props man in a Paris movie studio. He has a wife, Suzanne. Or to be more accurate, let's say he HAD a wife since she left him fifteen years before, allegedly .

Girl on the Third Floor Trailer (1955)

02 August 1955

A Parisian reporter tries to exonerate a fugitive neighbor of charges he murdered his wife.

Four Flights to Love Trailer (1939)

27 October 1939

In pre-World Ward I in Paris, a budding artist, Pierre LeBlanc, falls in love and marries Janine, a dressmaker's assistant.

Three Sinners Trailer (1950)

10 October 1950

A man assists his gravely ill wife to die and wants to face justice for this, but his brothers try everything to keep the family's name clean.

Monsieur Badin Trailer (1947)

01 January 1947

Based on the short story by Georges Courteline. The story of Monsieur Badin, a model employee who can't bring himself to go to the office and suffers as a result.