Jean Dréville Movies

  • 1938
    The Chess Player

    The Chess Player

    The Chess Player

    4.71938HD

    A toymaker in Poland specializes in building lifesize mechanical men. He builds a chess-playing "automaton" to hide a pretty young Polish activist...

    The Chess Player
  • 1939
    Savage Brigade

    Savage Brigade

    Savage Brigade

    01939HD

    The duel between a Czarist general and a lieutenant, over the general's wife, is postponed with war approaching. Years later, the rivals meet again...

    Savage Brigade
  • 1929
    Cagliostro

    Cagliostro

    Cagliostro

    5.21929HD

    Paris, France, 1784. After living many tribulations, Joseph Balsamo, known as Count Cagliostro, an infamous adventurer, enigmatic magician and...

    Cagliostro
  • 1982
    Cinématon XVI

    Cinématon XVI

    Cinématon XVI

    01982HD

    Reel 16 of Gérard Courant's on-going Cinematon series.

    Cinématon XVI
  • 1942
    Business Is Business

    Business Is Business

    Business Is Business

    6.51942HD

    Isidore Lechat is a ruthless self-made man whose money allows him to humiliate the others, particularly a ruined noble: he wants his daughter to...

    Business Is Business
  • 1935
    Touche-à-tout

    Touche-à-tout

    Touche-à-tout

    01935HD

    A young supervisor is expelled from his high school after misleading his students during an outing. He made his fortune and basked on the Côte...

    Touche-à-tout
  • 1942
    Annette and the Blonde Woman

    Annette and the Blonde Woman

    Annette and the Blonde Woman

    61942HD

    A scatterbrained girl harasses a lawyer in Cannes.

    Annette and the Blonde Woman
  • 1943
    Tornavara

    Tornavara

    Tornavara

    01943HD

    In a lost village in Lapland, Gérard comes to the aid of his friend Anders, in conflict with his father, a rich owner of gold mines.

    Tornavara
  • 1936
    Les Petites Alliées

    Les Petites Alliées

    Les Petites Alliées

    01936HD

    A young girl has left her family and lives as best she can on the generosity of her lovers. A naval officer introduces her to Toulon in a special...

    Les Petites Alliées
  • 2019
    1940: Taking over French Cinema

    1940: Taking over French Cinema

    1940: Taking over French Cinema

    92019HD

    Paris, 1940. German occupation forces create a new film production company, Continental, and put Alfred Greven – producer, cinephile, and...

    1940: Taking over French Cinema
  • 1939
    His Uncle from Normandy

    His Uncle from Normandy

    His Uncle from Normandy

    01939HD

    A young American businessman, tired of his hectic life, makes an unexpected inheritance which leads him to Normandy. There he discovers, with the...

    His Uncle from Normandy
  • 1936
    Coup de vent

    Coup de vent

    Coup de vent

    01936HD

    In Pisa, chance forces an old bookseller out of his isolation. He unleashes the fury of the tenants of his building, he undergoes the rigors of the...

    Coup de vent
  • 1953
    Endless Horizons

    Endless Horizons

    Endless Horizons

    01953HD

    The life story of famed French aviatrix Helene Boucher is detailed in Horizons sans fin (Endless Horizons). Giselle Pascal stars as Boucher, who is...

    Endless Horizons
  • 1937
    Troïka sur la piste blanche

    Troïka sur la piste blanche

    Troïka sur la piste blanche

    01937HD

    Wife of an arms trafficker in Poland, Georgina is forced to help him. She will only be able to regain her freedom - and love - after a troika chase...

    Troïka sur la piste blanche
  • 1952
    The Girl with the Whip

    The Girl with the Whip

    The Girl with the Whip

    01952HD

    The daughter of a notorious smuggler is raised as a boy by her foster mother.

    The Girl with the Whip
  • 1932
    Candy Apple

    Candy Apple

    Candy Apple

    01932HD

    Candy Apple
  • 1934
    A Man and His Woman

    A Man and His Woman

    A Man and His Woman

    01934HD

    An honest civil servant learns about his wife’s infidelity. He pretends not to be aware of it and decides to start a businessman career. He...

    A Man and His Woman
  • 1940
    President Haudecoeur

    President Haudecoeur

    President Haudecoeur

    61940HD

    A public prosecutor wants his son to marry an ugly girl(who has a squint) because her mom is very rich.But it's too late for the boy has already...

    President Haudecoeur
  • 1937
    Mama Hummingbird

    Mama Hummingbird

    Mama Hummingbird

    01937HD

    A middle aged baroness thinks she is still young enough to have an affair with a military man the age of her son.She deserts her family and follows...

    Mama Hummingbird
  • 1945
    Les Cadets de l'océan

    Les Cadets de l'océan

    Les Cadets de l'océan

    51945HD

    In the harbor of Toulon, on the “Ocean” training ship, the apprenticeship of the cabin boys and experts of the Navy is punctuated by...

    Les Cadets de l'océan