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1. Native Son (1951)
91 min | Drama, Film-Noir
In 1940s Chicago, a young black man takes a job as a chauffeur to a white family, which takes a turn for the worse when he accidentally kills the teenage daughter of the couple and then tries to cover it up.
Director: Pierre Chenal | Stars: Richard Wright, Jean Wallace, Gloria Madison, Nicholas Joy
Votes: 500
2. Crime and Punishment (1935)
107 min | Crime, Drama
Raskolnikov is a Russian man who follows an unusual moral code. A combination of vigilantism and hubris fuels his decision to aid a hapless prostitute by removing her antagonist, a local ... See full summary »
Director: Pierre Chenal | Stars: Harry Baur, Pierre Blanchar, Madeleine Ozeray, Lucienne Le Marchand
Votes: 175
3. The Alibi (1937)
84 min | Crime
Paris, 1937. Winckler kills his enemy Gordon, a Chicago mobster, from the stage of a Parisian music hall, where he performs telepathy. He pays another artist, Helene, so that she tells the ... See full summary »
Director: Pierre Chenal | Stars: Erich von Stroheim, Albert Préjean, Jany Holt, Louis Jouvet
Votes: 247
4. The Last Turning (1939)
90 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
Frank, a hobo, ends up in a garage-truck stop in the middle of nowhere. Nick Marino, its older, kind and naive owner, is married to Cora, a sexy and mercenary woman half his age. Frank, ... See full summary »
Director: Pierre Chenal | Stars: Fernand Gravey, Michel Simon, Marcel Vallée, Auguste Bovério
Votes: 302
5. Scandals of Clochemerle (1948)
90 min | Comedy
A little town erupts in turmoil about the construction of a public urinal. The army is sent in to restore order, but the military add to the confusion by getting involved with the local women.
Director: Pierre Chenal | Stars: Félix Oudart, Saturnin Fabre, Jean Brochard, Maximilienne
Votes: 92
6. Les libertines (1970)
90 min | Drama
Isabelle runs a nursing home for wealthy women who are trying to detox from their various obsessions.
Director: Pierre Chenal | Stars: Marisa Mell, Robert Hossein, Ettore Manni, Robert Dalban
Votes: 62
7. The Night They Killed Rasputin (1960)
87 min | Biography, Drama, History
Rasputin was a lusty steppes peasant, a god revealed, a cunning patriot, all that, or a mystifier? An intriguing biography.
Director: Pierre Chenal | Stars: Edmund Purdom, Gianna Maria Canale, Yvette Lebon, Giulia Rubini
Votes: 56
8. Devil and the Angel (1946)
107 min | Drama
An internationally renowned engraver manages to make counterfeit notes for the love of a woman. She is a blind woman who cannot see the ugliness of the excruciatingly disfigured engraver.
Director: Pierre Chenal | Stars: Madeleine Sologne, Erich von Stroheim, Louis Salou, Yves Vincent
Votes: 158
9. Sirocco (1938)
Approved | 90 min | Drama
Town trollop Safia, much against her better judgment, falls in love with Matteo, a beggar and mystic in the native quarter of Sirocco. She flees to France, first as the mistress and then ... See full summary »
Director: Pierre Chenal | Stars: Viviane Romance, Louis Jouvet, Pierre Renoir, Jany Holt
Votes: 160
10. Sinners of Paris (1958)
80 min | Crime, Drama
Le Fondu, a famous gangster, escapes from the hospital where he was detained, killing an inspector in the process. The colleague of the deceased inspector, Paul Vardier, vows to avenge him.... See full summary »
Director: Pierre Chenal | Stars: Charles Vanel, Bella Darvi, Danik Patisson, Michel Piccoli
Votes: 151
11. The Lafarge Case (1938)
110 min | Crime, Drama
Based on true facts ,a news item which was widely talked about in the nineteenth century ,this is the story of a wife who might have poisoned her husband .
Director: Pierre Chenal | Stars: Pierre Renoir, Marcelle Chantal, Raymond Rouleau, Margo Lion
Votes: 33
12. L'assassin connaît la musique... (1963)
80 min | Comedy, Crime
Lionel Fribourg, a great composer (at least that's what HE thinks) has a problem with his noisy environment: he can't complete his unfinished symphony. Of course there is a market for ... See full summary »
Director: Pierre Chenal | Stars: Maria Schell, Paul Meurisse, Sylvie Bréal, Yvonne Clech
Votes: 107
13. Todo un hombre (1943)
94 min | Drama
Based on the novel by Miguel de Unamuno "Nada menos que todo un hombre". A woman come to marry a rich man.
Director: Pierre Chenal | Stars: Francisco Petrone, Amelia Bence, Nicolás Fregues, Florindo Ferrario
Votes: 18
14. La bête à l'affût (1959)
95 min | Drama, Thriller
A cop's widow is through with love and she spends her time collecting money for the orphans of the Police,abetted by a bunch of snobs and false friends.Unfortunately the person who was in ... See full summary »
Director: Pierre Chenal | Stars: Françoise Arnoul, Henri Vidal, Gaby Sylvia, Agnès Laury
Votes: 65
15. The Man from Nowhere (1937)
83 min | Drama
Mathias Pascal, saddled with a stupid wife and a nagging mother-in-law, leaves home and is extremely lucky at several gambling resorts. He returns home and discovers that a drowned man, ... See full summary »
Director: Pierre Chenal | Stars: Pierre Blanchar, Isa Miranda, Catherine Fonteney, Ginette Leclerc
Votes: 166
16. Il fu Mattia Pascal (1937)
93 min | Drama
A henpecked husband takes the opportunity to start a new life in a different city, when a corpse that resembles him is found in his hometown.Will he be able to get away with the ruse?
Director: Pierre Chenal | Stars: Pierre Blanchar, Isa Miranda, Irma Gramatica, Nella Maria Bonora
17. L'architecture d'aujourd'hui (1931)
17 min | Documentary, Short
One of 3 early 30s Paris architecture films by Chenal: Shows reinforced concrete used in 1920s churches and homes, concludes with Le Corbusier's vision of skyscrapers, light, air, and green space rather than old dark and narrow streets.
Director: Pierre Chenal | Star: Charles-Édouard Jeanneret-Gris
Votes: 5
18. El ídolo (1952)
83 min | Thriller
Director: Pierre Chenal | Stars: Alberto Closas, Elisa Galvé, Florence Marly, Eduardo Naveda
Votes: 14
19. Les petits métiers de Paris (1932)
20 min | Documentary, Short
Grinders, rag-men, China menders, mattress carders are among those small trades of yesteryear that have disappeared from our sight and fallen into oblivion. But way back in 1931 they were ... See full summary »
Director: Pierre Chenal | Star: Pierre Mac Orlan
20. Le martyre de l'obèse (1933)
87 min | Comedy
A young lady whose husband has been seeing someone else decides to make him jealous by flirting with the unlikely prospect of a fat man.Is it worth that guy's trouble to try to lose some weight, or is he kidding himself?
Director: Pierre Chenal | Stars: André Berley, Suzet Maïs, Jacques Maury, Colette Darfeuil
Votes: 21
21. El muerto falta a la cita (1944)
80 min | Drama
On the eve of his wedding, the groom thinks he has run down a cyclist with his roadster, after he had consumed too many drinks. After postponing his marriage for a while, he and his new bride are threatened by a blackmailer.
Director: Pierre Chenal | Stars: Ángel Magaña, Nélida Bilbao, Sebastián Chiola, Guillermo Battaglia
Votes: 42
22. Les mutinés de l'Elseneur (1936)
90 min | Adventure
A ship bound for Australia with a crew of criminal types, who decide to mutiny.
Director: Pierre Chenal | Stars: Jean Murat, Winna Winifried, André Berley, Robert Le Vigan
Votes: 22
23. Dangerous Games (1958)
95 min | Crime, Drama
A poor girl in Paris's Menilmontant neighborhood needs to get a lawyer for her brother, accused of killing a cop.She and her cronies kidnap a spoiled youth, the only son of a bourgeois couple, he's gone to the area to study violin.
Director: Pierre Chenal | Stars: Jean Servais, Pascale Audret, Joël Flateau, Fabrice Bessy
Votes: 54
24. Section des disparus (1956)
85 min | Crime
The love affair of an ex-convict with a showgirl, unleashes the jealousy of his wife, a wealthy and unbalanced forty.
Director: Pierre Chenal | Stars: Nicole Maurey, Maurice Ronet, Inda Ledesma, Ubaldo Martínez
Votes: 58
25. Bâtir (1931)
12 min | Short
After filming the construction site of the Berlitz Palace (2nd), Pierre Chenal shows us in contrast other contemporary architectural achievements which, using the same technical processes, ... See full summary »
Director: Pierre Chenal
27. Se abre el abismo (1945)
96 min | Drama
Director: Pierre Chenal | Stars: Sebastián Chiola, Silvana Roth, Ricardo Passano, Homero Cárpena
Votes: 17
28. Paris-Cinéma (1929)
39 min | Documentary, Short
Director: Pierre Chenal | Stars: M. Bizot, Carmen Boni, Alberto Cavalcanti, Pierre Chenal
Votes: 24
29. Histoire du cinéma français par ceux qui l'ont fait (1974– )
Documentary
Stars: Armand Panigel, Christian-Jaque, Marcel Carné, Marcel L'Herbier
Votes: 22
30. Viaje sin regreso (1946)
85 min | Drama
A man kills his ex-girlfriend's husband without being seen and joins her again but remorse makes him confess and together they commit suicide.
Director: Pierre Chenal | Stars: Iris Marga, Guillermo Battaglia, Sebastián Chiola, Morena Chiolo
Votes: 11
31. Acteur studio (1986–1987)
Talk-Show
Stars: Frédéric Mitterrand, Alicia Alonso, Anne Guillemard, Laurence Leissen
32. Confesiones al amanecer (1954)
80 min | Drama
Director: Pierre Chenal | Stars: Florence Marly, Ricardo Mendoza, Pepe Rojas, Lautaro Murúa
33. Les suites d'un premier lit (1934)
42 min | Short
Director: Pierre Chenal | Stars: Jean Weber, Alice Tissot, Gaby Basset, Jeanne Fusier-Gir
34. La rue sans nom (1934)
82 min | Drama
Early example of poetic realism: A grubby poor neighborhood, where buildings are slated to be taken down, reacts to the arrival of a young woman, whose father has spent time in prison.
Director: Pierre Chenal | Stars: Constant Rémy, Gabriel Gabrio, Paule Andral, Paul Azaïs
Votes: 16
35. Le hasard mène le jeu (1985)
13 min | Short
Director: Pierre Chenal | Stars: Gabrielle Lazure, Jacques Fieschi, Jean Bouise, Yvonne Clech
Votes: 6
36. Au cinéma ce soir (1969–1975)
Talk-Show
Stars: Armand Panigel, Michel Simon, Christian-Jaque, Marcel Carné
37.
Au cinéma ce soir (1969–1975)
Episode:
La maison du Maltais
(1974)
Talk-Show
Director: Armand Panigel | Stars: Armand Panigel, Pierre Chenal, Marcel Dalio, Viviane Romance
38.
Au cinéma ce soir (1969–1975)
Episode:
Crime et châtiment
(1972)
Talk-Show
Director: Solange Peter | Stars: Armand Panigel, Pierre Chenal, Madeleine Ozeray
39.
Au cinéma ce soir (1969–1975)
Episode:
L'alibi
(1972)
Talk-Show
Director: Solange Peter | Stars: Armand Panigel, Marcel Achard, Pierre Chenal, Jany Holt
40.
Acteur studio (1986–1987)
Episode:
Episode dated 2 February 1987
(1987)
Talk-Show
Director: Jean-Louis Cap | Stars: Frédéric Mitterrand, Denys Arcand, Pierre Chenal, Béatrice Fontaine
41.
Histoire du cinéma français par ceux qui l'ont fait (1974– )
Episode:
De Munich à la drôle de guerre 1938-1939
(1975)
Documentary
Director: Armand Panigel | Stars: Marcel Achard, Marc Allégret, Pierre Chenal, Christian-Jaque
42.
Histoire du cinéma français par ceux qui l'ont fait (1974– )
Episode:
Les grandes illusions 1939-1942
(1975)
Documentary
Director: Armand Panigel | Stars: Pierre Braunberger, Marcel Carné, Pierre Chenal, Christian-Jaque
43.
Histoire du cinéma français par ceux qui l'ont fait (1974– )
Episode:
Un art classique sous l'Occupation et la Libération 1942-1944
(1975)
Documentary
Director: Armand Panigel | Stars: Jean Aurenche, Claude Autant-Lara, Pierre Bost, Marcel Carné