Top-Tier Alternatives Exploring the Legacy of L'enfant roi: Cult Guide

Dir: Jean Kemm

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.

Dir: Jean Kemm

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of Polish Jew perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

Based on the play "The Bells", by Sir Henry Irving and Richard Mansfield, and first shown in the USA in September, 1937 at the "Cinema de Paris," which was a theatre and not a distribution company. The story recounts the murder of an itinerant Jew (Jules Maurice)by the village Burgomaster (Harry Baur.) Years go by and Baur's crime does not weigh heavily on his conscience. But at a banquet one night, the subject of the killing comes up and he faints, and is haunted from that point onward by the vision of the man he killed and the sound of the sleigh bells that first accompanied the victim's arrival in the village. And, to complicate matters for Baur, the son of the victim arrives, and proceeds to fall in love with Baur's daughter.

Dir: Jean Kemm

Misanthrope Raymond Ferray's life of peace and quiet is disrupted by the arrival of his new neighbors the Rovels. Lady Rovel designs on marrying her daughter Meg to the much older Marquis de Boisgenêt. Her mother agrees not to force her, however, if she can find a suitable alternative. Raymond, who despite himself has taken a great interest in Miss Rovel, helps her to find one.

Dir: Jean Kemm

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of Miss Rovel perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.

Dir: Jean Kemm

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.

Dir: Jean Kemm

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of L'énigme perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

A famous but hated scientist, Sir Claude Amory, is killed during a party and some of his valuable papers are missing. Poirot rapidly determines the cause of death and the motive, then narrows down the suspects to the most likely culprit.

Dir: Jean Kemm

Céleste Noménoé, a provincial actor, comes to Paris for an inheritance. He also gets a part in a movie. The managers of a music-hall notice him. He takes the stage name of Grock, becomes famous and even gets married.

Dir: Jean Kemm

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of Les surprises du divorce perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.

Dir: Jean Kemm

François Vidocq has deserted to go back to his wife and kids, so he becomes a thief. Unfortunately, he finds she had become Manon-la-blonde, mistress of a rich man named Ouvrard, and his children have disappeared. He offers his services to the chief of intelligence service and begins a fight against the Aristo, chief of the gang of the children of the sun. After a few years, he dismantles the gang, and finds both his sons. One has become a blackguard, the other a famous organist who is about to be knighted and will soon get married to his beloved.