Henri Alekan

Henri Alekan

Henri Alekan (10 February 1909, Paris – 15 June 2001, Auxerre, Bourgogne) was a French cinematographer. Alekan was born in Montmartre in 1909. At the age of sixteen he and his brother became travelling puppeteers. A little later he started work as third assistant cameraman at the Billancourt Studios. He then spent a short time in the army, returning to Billancourt in 1931. In the late 1930s he was the camera operator to Eugene Shufftan on Marcel Carné's Quai des Brumes and Drôle de drame. He was greatly influenced by Schufftan's non-naturalistic style. His first success as a director of photography was René Clément's realistic war drama La Bataille du Rail of 1946. In the same year he worked on Jean Cocteau's fable La Belle et la Bête. He found himself out of sympathy with the French New Wave cinema which emerged in the late 1950s and Alekan shot some rather conventional films in Hollywood. A new generation of directors appreciated his visionary style, however, and he worked with Raúl Ruiz on The Territory and On Top of the Whale, with Joseph Losey on Figures in a Landscape and The Trout, and with Wim Wenders on The State Of Things and Wings of Desire. His last films were made with the Israeli director Amos Gitai. He wrote one of the best books about cinematography Des lumières et des ombres (1984, Éditions du Collectionneur). Alekan died from leukemia on 15 June 2001 in Auxerre, Bourgogne, aged 92. Source: Article "Henri Alekan" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

  • Title: Henri Alekan
  • Popularity: 1.611
  • Known For: Camera
  • Birthday: 1909-02-10
  • Place of Birth: Paris, France
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  • Also Known As: Henri Albert Alakan, H. Alekan, Henry Alekan, Henri Alékan
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Henri Alekan Movies

  • 1996
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    Le travail d'un cinéaste : Julien Duvivier, 1896-1967

    Le travail d'un cinéaste : Julien Duvivier, 1896-1967

    1 1996 HD

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  • 1991
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    The Other Eye

    The Other Eye

    1 1991 HD

    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...

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  • 1984
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    Our Nazi

    Our Nazi

    8.5 1984 HD

    In Our Nazi, we are plunged into a situation we barely, and only slowly, understand: the filming of Thomas Harlan’s experimental feature...

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  • 1994
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    Carné, You Said Carné?

    Carné, You Said Carné?

    1 1994 HD

    A primer on French film director Marcel Carne's career through interviews with critics and close creative collaborators.

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  • 1997
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    Jean Cocteau: Lies and Truths

    Jean Cocteau: Lies and Truths

    1 1997 HD

    This documentary consists mainly of archive interviews of Jean Cocteau, and it features interesting contributions by Jean Marais and especially...

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  • 1997
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    Screening at the Majestic

    Screening at the Majestic

    1 1997 HD

    More than fifty years after its making, we return to the set of Jean Cocteau's 1946 film "La Belle et la Bete" (Beauty and the Beast). Included are...

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  • 1988
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    Alekan, la lumière

    Alekan, la lumière

    1 1988 HD

    An episode of the show "Océaniques " about the craft and lighting techniques of the legendary French cinematographer Henri Alekan

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  • 1990
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    Max Ophüls - Den schönen guten Waren

    Max Ophüls - Den schönen guten Waren

    1 1990 HD

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  • 1984
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    7 False Connections

    7 False Connections

    1 1984 HD

    Short film showing cinematographer Henri Alekan, director Raúl Ruiz and actress Olimpia Carlisi at work creating sublime visual effects of the...

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  • 1984
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    Cinématon XXXIV

    Cinématon XXXIV

    5 1984 HD

    Reel 34 of Gérard Courant’s on-going Cinematon series.

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  • 1952
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    Stranger on the Prowl

    Stranger on the Prowl

    6.375 1952 HD

    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...

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  • 1993
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    Faraway, So Close!

    Faraway, So Close!

    6.857 1993 HD

    Damiel is now married to Marion, runs the pizzeria “Da Angelo” and the two have a child. The solitarily remaining angel Cassiel is more...

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  • 1984
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    Cinématon n°330 : Henri Alekan

    Cinématon n°330 : Henri Alekan

    1 1984 HD

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  • 1987
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    Wings of Desire

    Wings of Desire

    7.8 1987 HD

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  • 1946
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    Beauty and the Beast

    Beauty and the Beast

    7.491 1946 HD

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  • 1953
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    Roman Holiday

    Roman Holiday

    7.878 1953 HD

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  • 1957
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    The Case of Dr. Laurent

    The Case of Dr. Laurent

    7.2 1957 HD

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  • 1966
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    Triple Cross

    Triple Cross

    6 1966 HD

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  • 1964
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    Topkapi

    Topkapi

    6.5 1964 HD

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  • 1971
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    Red Sun

    Red Sun

    6.939 1971 HD

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  • 1982
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    The Trout

    The Trout

    6 1982 HD

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  • 1938
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    Hatred

    Hatred

    7.4 1938 HD

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  • 1990
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    Birth of a Golem

    Birth of a Golem

    2.8 1990 HD

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  • 1943
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    Les Chevaux du Vercors

    Les Chevaux du Vercors

    1 1943 HD

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  • 1957
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    Paris Casino

    Paris Casino

    5 1957 HD

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  • 1990
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    Cézanne – Conversation with Joachim Gasquet

    Cézanne – Conversation with Joachim Gasquet

    6.4 1990 HD

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  • 1978
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    The Divisions of Nature

    The Divisions of Nature

    6.6 1978 HD

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  • 1969
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    Fun and Games for Everyone

    Fun and Games for Everyone

    6.6 1969 HD

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  • 1969
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    Ici et maintenant

    Ici et maintenant

    1 1969 HD

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  • 1953
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    When You Read This Letter

    When You Read This Letter

    6 1953 HD

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  • 1954
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    Les impures

    Les impures

    4.2 1954 HD

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  • 1937
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    Street of Shadows

    Street of Shadows

    7 1937 HD

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  • 1938
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    The Shanghai Drama

    The Shanghai Drama

    6.4 1938 HD

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  • 1979
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    La Dame de Monte-Carlo

    La Dame de Monte-Carlo

    1 1979 HD

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  • 1992
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    Golem, l'esprit de l'exil

    Golem, l'esprit de l'exil

    4.7 1992 HD

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  • 1941
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    Blind Venus

    Blind Venus

    6.1 1941 HD

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  • 1947
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    The Damned

    The Damned

    6 1947 HD

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  • 1948
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    Anna Karenina

    Anna Karenina

    6 1948 HD

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  • 1952
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    Three Women

    Three Women

    1 1952 HD

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  • 1959
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    Twelve Hours by the Clock

    Twelve Hours by the Clock

    4.2 1959 HD

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  • 1961
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    Black Tights

    Black Tights

    6.2 1961 HD

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  • 1984
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    Our Nazi

    Our Nazi

    8.5 1984 HD

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  • 1984
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    Wundkanal

    Wundkanal

    6 1984 HD

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  • 1993
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    Golem: The Petrified Garden

    Golem: The Petrified Garden

    4.2 1993 HD

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  • 1944
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    The Little Ones of the Flower Platform

    The Little Ones of the Flower Platform

    6.1 1944 HD

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  • 1960
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    The Battle of Austerlitz

    The Battle of Austerlitz

    6.7 1960 HD

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  • 1959
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    Rodin's Hell

    Rodin's Hell

    7 1959 HD

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  • 1963
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    The Other Christopher

    The Other Christopher

    5.3 1963 HD

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  • 1982
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    The State of Things

    The State of Things

    6.5 1982 HD

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  • 1951
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    Paris Is Always Paris

    Paris Is Always Paris

    5.059 1951 HD

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  • 1989
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    Berlin-Jerusalem

    Berlin-Jerusalem

    5.2 1989 HD

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  • 1951
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    Trip to America

    Trip to America

    6 1951 HD

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  • 1965
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    Lady L

    Lady L

    5.9 1965 HD

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  • 1981
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    The Territory

    The Territory

    5.6 1981 HD

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  • 1964
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    The Story of Rebecca

    The Story of Rebecca

    5.7 1964 HD

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  • 1946
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    The Battle of the Rails

    The Battle of the Rails

    6.7 1946 HD

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  • 1950
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    Just Me

    Just Me

    3.8 1950 HD

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  • 1982
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    On Top of the Whale

    On Top of the Whale

    7 1982 HD

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  • 1985
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    A Strange Love Affair

    A Strange Love Affair

    1 1985 HD

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  • 1986
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    Esther

    Esther

    6.4 1986 HD

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  • 1983
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    A Stone in the Mouth

    A Stone in the Mouth

    5.1 1983 HD

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  • 1983
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    The Beautiful Prisoner

    The Beautiful Prisoner

    6.3 1983 HD

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  • 1975
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    Gun Moll

    Gun Moll

    5.2 1975 HD

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  • 1962
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    Five Miles to Midnight

    Five Miles to Midnight

    5.8 1962 HD

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  • 1970
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    Figures in a Landscape

    Figures in a Landscape

    6 1970 HD

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  • 1950
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    Marie of the Port

    Marie of the Port

    5.8 1950 HD

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  • 1968
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    Mayerling

    Mayerling

    6.2 1968 HD

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  • 1982
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    En rachâchant

    En rachâchant

    5.2 1982 HD

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  • 1989
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    J'écris dans l'espace

    J'écris dans l'espace

    5.5 1989 HD

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  • 1959
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    Rodin's Hell

    Rodin's Hell

    7 1959 HD

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  • 1953
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    Julietta

    Julietta

    5.9 1953 HD

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  • 1966
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    The Poppy Is Also a Flower

    The Poppy Is Also a Flower

    5.762 1966 HD

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  • 1969
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    The Christmas Tree

    The Christmas Tree

    6.359 1969 HD

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  • 1954
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    Queen Margot

    Queen Margot

    6.833 1954 HD

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  • 1991
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    paint'o jazz

    paint'o jazz

    1 1991 HD

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  • 1949
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    The Lovers of Verona

    The Lovers of Verona

    5 1949 HD

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  • 1947
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    Woman of Evil

    Woman of Evil

    6.7 1947 HD

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  • 1949
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    Such a Pretty Little Beach

    Such a Pretty Little Beach

    6.7 1949 HD

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  • 1957
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    Typhoon Over Nagasaki

    Typhoon Over Nagasaki

    6.2 1957 HD

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  • 1938
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    Port of Shadows

    Port of Shadows

    7.4 1938 HD

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  • 1955
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    Heroes and Sinners

    Heroes and Sinners

    8.3 1955 HD

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  • 1951
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    Juliette, or Key of Dreams

    Juliette, or Key of Dreams

    7.1 1951 HD

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  • 1936
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    Life Is Ours

    Life Is Ours

    6.2 1936 HD

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  • 1955
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    The Best Part

    The Best Part

    6.8 1955 HD

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  • 1958
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    The Magic of the Kite

    The Magic of the Kite

    8 1958 HD

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  • 1955
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    Frou-Frou

    Frou-Frou

    5.9 1955 HD

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  • 1958
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    Would-Be Gentleman

    Would-Be Gentleman

    8 1958 HD

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  • 1952
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    Stranger on the Prowl

    Stranger on the Prowl

    6.375 1952 HD

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  • 1959
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    The Great Deception

    The Great Deception

    5.9 1959 HD

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  • 1951
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    Deutscher Filmpreis

    Deutscher Filmpreis

    6 1951 HD

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  • 1987
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    40° à l'ombre

    40° à l'ombre

    1 1987 HD

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