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Julien Duvivier (1896-1967) was one of the most talented French film directors of the 1930s and a superb technician. His work was praised by Jacques Doniol-Valcroze (“one of the best cinema artisans”), Michael Powell, Jean Renoir (“this great technician, this filmmaker of rigour who was also a poet”) and François Truffaut.
Boulevard: Directed by Julien Duvivier. With Jean-Pierre Léaud, Monique Brienne, Pierre Mondy, Magali Noël. Jojo has been living for a while in a room under the roof of a block of flats in Pigalle.
Feb 22, 2022 · Julien Duvivier is one of the most influential filmmakers of the Twentieth Century. He began working in the silent era in France. In the sound era, he continued to make significant films in Europe ...
Nov 25, 2015 · Criterion’s latest Eclipse box set, Julien Duvivier in the Thirties, is a revelation; collecting four features spanning from 1930 to 1937, not only does it illustrate Duvivier’s skills across a number of genres, revealing stylistic and thematic affinities with such masters as Renoir, Hitchcock and Max Ophuls, it also shows a wonderful touch ...
Pépé le Moko: Directed by Julien Duvivier. With Jean Gabin, Gabriel Gabrio, Saturnin Fabre, Fernand Charpin. A wanted gangster is both king and prisoner of the Casbah.
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La tête d’un homme. Directed by Julien Duvivier • 1933 • France. This meticulously crafted adaptation stars Harry Baur as novelist Georges Simenon's indelible creation Inspector Maigret, investigating the odd circumstances surrounding the killing of a wealthy American woman in Paris. Every bit Baur's equal is the Russian émigré actor ...
Marie-Octobre: Directed by Julien Duvivier. With Danielle Darrieux, Bernard Blier, Robert Dalban, Paul Frankeur. Fifteen years after WWII, a group of ex-resistance fighters are brought together by Marie-Octobre, so that the former members of the network can finally relive one fateful night and find out who betrayed their murdered leader, Castille.
