Henri-Georges Clouzot’s Inferno
In 1964, Henri-Georges Clouzot’s production of L’Enfer came to a halt. Despite huge expectations, major studio backing and an unlimited budget, after three weeks the production collapsed. This documentary presents…
The Mad Genius
A crippled puppeteer rescues an abused young boy and turns the boy into a great ballet dancer. Complications ensue when, as a young man, the dancer falls in love with…
Jewel Robbery
A gentleman thief charms a Viennese baron’s wife and also conducts a daring daylight robbery of a jewellers.
Love Is a Racket
A gossip columnist helps a Broadway ingenue who’s beholden to a penthouse gangster.
The Man Who Played God
While giving a private performance for a visiting monarch, concert pianist Montgomery Royale is deafened when a bomb is detonated in an attempt to assassinate the foreign ruler. With his…
Paris Blues
Ram Bowen and Eddie Cook are two expatriate jazz musicians living in Paris where, unlike America at the time, Jazz musicians are celebrated and racism is a non-issue. When they…
The Marriage of Chiffon
Odette Joyeux plays an eccentric young aristocrat called “Chiffon”, who is struggling to comply with the social conventions of the community. A widow, her mother (Suzanne Dantes) would like to…