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Dir: André Hugon

During a carnival, the two brothers of a poor girl ,who has been impregnated by the son of a well to do farmer, seek vengeance.

Dir: André Hugon

Maurin is a jovial and chivalrous poacher who loves outsmarting the local police, fixing wrongs, and charming women. His carefox lifestyle is challenged when he falls for a sweet young girl who happens to be engaged to a gendarme.

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of Maurin des Maures perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

Dir: André Hugon

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.

Dir: André Hugon

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of La princesse aux clowns perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

Dir: André Hugon

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.

Dir: André Hugon

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.

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

Dir: André Hugon

The action takes place on a liner sailing for New York. Aboard there are no fewer than two hundred passengers bearing the name of Lévy, all persuaded that they are the heirs to Abraham Levy, a multimillionaire. Among them, David Lévy has fallen in love with Esther... Lévy! Which is not to the liking of Salomon and Moïse, his uncles, who have another future in mind for him...

Dir: André Hugon

Yasmina, a rich Tunisian Princess, daughter of a French lady and a Muslim gentleman, is betrothed by her father to a rich 50-year-old man named Afsen. She reluctantly accepts the marriage but soon becomes ill from boredom and falls in love with the French doctor called from Tunis to take care of her, Hector Grandier, who also happens to be a childhood friend. Her husband finds out and Yasmina sticks a knife in her own bosom in the middle of a fight. The Princess's maid Athima accuses the old husband of attempting to kill the girl and he is sentenced to death. Hector rescues him from his fate and the two lovers are free to love each other in the eyes of the law.

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

Dir: André Hugon

Now that they have inherited a huge sum of money Moïse Lévy and his brother Salomon are the prosperous owners of a a department store, the Galeries Lévy & Cie. Life is sweet but unexpectedly sours the day a fake Lévy cousin gets into their lives, claiming that the business is his, not theirs...

Dir: André Hugon

A silent movie about Rugby intertwined with a love story.