Voici le temps des assassins AKA Deadlier than the male (1956) - lesser known French crime flick directed by Julien Duvivier, starring Jean Gabin, Danièle Delorme, Gérard Blain and Lucienne Bogaert

Rating 7.5/10
Runtime: 115 min
Language: French
Country: France
Directed by: Julien Duvivier
IMDb Link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0051172/

Cast

Jean Gabin ... André Chatelin
Danièle Delorme ... Catherine
Robert Arnoux ... Bouvier
Liliane Bert ... Antoinette
Gérard Blain ... Gérard Delacroix
Lucienne Bogaert ... Gabrielle
Aimé Clariond ... Monsieur Prévost

Description: André Chatelin is a restaurant owner in Les Halles in Paris. One morning, a girl named Catherine asks to see him. She happens to be the daughter of his estranged wife, Gabrielle, that André left more than twenty years before. As Gabrielle has just died, André accepts to accommodate Catherine first, then gives her a job in his restaurant before finally marrying her. But the angel-faced young lady might well be a devil in disguise...

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Video and audio information:

Video : 3.56 GB, 4435 Kbps, 23.976 fps, 792x576 (1.37:1), V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC x264 core 157
Audio : 145 MB, 176 Kbps, 48000 Hz, 1 channel, 0x55 = AAC, CBR


Subtitles (English and French hearing impaired closed captions embedded, to play them choose Subtitle=>Sub Track in VLC Player and separate English, Spanish, French, Portuguese-Brazilian, Greek, Italian) posters and screenshots included

Gueule d'amour AKA Lady killer (1937) - classic French drama directed by Jean Grémillon, starring Jean Gabin, Mireille Balin, Pierre Etchepare and Henri Poupon

Rating 7.3/10
Runtime: 94 min
Language: French
Country: France
Directed by: Jean Grémillon
IMDb Link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0027478/

Cast

Jean Gabin ... Lucien Bourrache, 'Gueule d'Amour'
Mireille Balin ... Madeleine
Pierre Etchepare ... Le patron de l'hôtel
Henri Poupon ... Monsieur Cailloux
Jean Aymé ... Le valet de chambre
Pierre Magnier ... Le commandant
Marguerite Deval ... Madame Courtois
René Lefèvre ... René

Description: Lucien Bourrache, a good looking non-commissioned officer at the Spahis, is used to charm many women. He met Madeleine Courtois at Cannes. She is beautiful and lives in luxury. He lends her a large amount of money, which she loses gambling. Then she drops him. But Lucien is now in love, and once demobilized, he goes to Paris to find her again. But he's not so sexy without his uniform, and Madeleine and him do not belong to the same milieu...

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Video and audio information:

Video : 1.60 GB, 2430 Kbps, 24 fps, 656x480 (1.37:1), V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC x264 core 157
Audio : 85/53 MB (main/commentary), 126/80 Kbps, 48000 Hz, 2/2 channels, 0x55 = AAC/AAC, CBR/VBR


Subtitles (English and French closed captions embedded in a movie, to play them choose Subtitle=>Sub Track in VLC Player and English, Spanish, Portuguese-Brazilian, French, Greek, Italian, German) posters and screenshots included


Double audio track information

This movie contains two audio tracks, one is original English, and the other is commentary by HerrSchreck and flixyflox of Karagarga, classic, arthouse and experimental material private torrent tracker. You can use VLC Player to easily choose between any of audio tracks (Audio => Audio track and switch to main audio track on Track 1, additional track on Track 2)

Les bas-fonds AKA The lower depths (1936) - classic French drama directed by Jean Renoir, starring Jean Gabin, Suzy Prim, Louis Jouvet, Jany Holt and Vladimir Sokoloff

Rating 7.5/10
Runtime: 93 min
Language: French
Country: France
Directed by: Jean Renoir
IMDb Link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0027336/

Cast

Jean Gabin ... Pepel Wasska
Suzy Prim ... Vassilissa Kostyleva
Louis Jouvet ... Le baron
Jany Holt ... Nastia
Vladimir Sokoloff ... Kostylev
Robert Le Vigan ... L'acteur alcoolique
Camille Bert ... Le comte
René Génin ... Louka - le philosophe

Description: Inhabitants of a flophouse struggle to survive under the harsh treatment imposed by the landlord, Kostylev. One resident, young thief Wasska Pepel, ends his affair with the landlord’s wife, Vassilissa, and takes up with her sister, Natacha. Pepel also befriends the baron, a former nobleman fallen on hard times, but Pepel’s attempts at happiness are complicated when he’s accused of murder by a spiteful Vassilissa...

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Video and audio information:

Video : 2 GB, 3082 Kbps, 24 fps, 790x576 (1.37:1), V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC x264 core 161
Audio : 66 MB, 99 Kbps, 48000 Hz, 2 channels, 0x55 = AAC, CBR


Subtitles (English and French closed captions embedded in a movie, to play them choose Subtitle=>Sub Track in VLC Player and English, Spanish, Portuguese-Brazilian, Greek, Turkish) posters and screenshots included

La bete humaine AKA The human beast (1938) - classic crime movie directed by Jean Renoir, starring Jean Gabin, Simone Simon and Fernand Ledoux

Rating 7./10
Runtime: 100 min
Language: French
Country: France
Directed by: Jean Renoir
IMDb Link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0029557/

Cast

Jean Gabin ... Jacques Lantier
Simone Simon ... Séverine Roubaud
Fernand Ledoux ... Roubaud
Blanchette Brunoy ... Flore
Gérard Landry ... Le fils Dauvergne
Jenny Hélia ... Philomène Sauvagnat
Colette Régis ... Victoire Pecqueux
Claire Gérard ... Une voyageuse
Charlotte Clasis ... Tante Phasie, la marraine de Lantier

Description: Jacques Lantier is a train engineer who is prone to violent seizures, a condition he attributes to his forefathers' habit of excessive drinking. Roubaud is a train conductor on the same railroad that Lantier works on, married to the much younger Séverine. When Roubaud catches wind of his wife's affair with her godfather, the wealthy M. Grandmorin, he kills him during a train journey in a fit of jealousy. He makes sure that Séverine is also present, making her an accomplice to murder. Lantier, despite having witnessed them quite clearly in the train corridor, hides the fact during the investigation as he is attracted to Séverine. They both begin an affair, all the while Roubaud becomes increasingly withdrawn and starts to gamble. Séverine urges Lantier to kill her husband so that they would be free but she is unaware of Lantier's unfortunate condition...

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Video and audio information:

Video : 2.29 GB, 3320 Kbps, 24 fps, 788x576 (1.37:1), V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC x264 core 148
Audio : 73 MB, 104 Kbps, 48000 Hz, 2 channels, 0x55 = AAC, CBR


Subtitles (English closed captions embedded in a movie, to play them choose Subtitle=>Sub Track in VLC Player and separate English, Spanish, Portuguese-Brazilian, Greek, Turkish, Italian) posters and screenshots included

Le jour se lève AKA Daybreak (1939) - another classic French drama from director Marcel Carné, starring Jean Gabin

Rating 7.8/10
Runtime: 93 min
Language: French
Country: France
Directed by: Marcel Carné
IMDb Link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0031514/

Cast

Jean Gabin ... François
Jules Berry ... M. Valentin
Arletty ... Clara
Mady Berry ... La concierge
René Génin ... Le concierge
Arthur Devère ... Mr. Gerbois
René Bergeron ... Le patron du café

Description: Foundry worker François shoots and kills Valentin. François then locks himself in his apartment. He is soon besieged by the police, who fail in an attempt to shoot their way into the room. As they regroup to decide how to apprehend him, François begins to reminisce on how he came to be in this predicament. Several months earlier, he had begun to date Françoise, a florist's assistant. They bond over the similarities in their names and the fact that they both were orphans. François fell in love with her and hoped to marry her, but she turned him down in order to have a relationship with the older Valentin, a narcissistic, manipulative dog trainer. Embittered, François began a relationship with Clara, Valentin's former assistant in his dog show...

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Video and audio information:

Video : 2.06 GB, 3275 Kbps, 23.976 fps, 664x448 ~> 664x498 (4:3), V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC x264 core 120
Audio : 124 MB, 192 Kbps, 48000 Hz, 1 channel, 0x55 = AC3, CBR


Subtitles (English closed captions embedded in a movie, to play them choose Subtitle=>Sub Track in VLC Player and separate English, Spanish, Turkish, German, Polish, Greek) posters and screenshots included

Le quai des brumes AKA Port of shadows (1938) - classic French drama/romance from director Marcel Carné, starring Jean Gabin and Michèle Morgan

Rating 7.7/10
Runtime: 91 min
Language: French
Country: France
Directed by: Marcel Carné
IMDb Link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0030643/

Cast

Jean Gabinv ... Jean
Michel Simon ... Zabel
Michèle Morgan ... Nelly
Pierre Brasseur ... Lucien
Édouard Delmont ... Panama
Raymond Aimos ... Quart Vittel
Robert Le Vigan ... Le peintre
René Génin ... Le docteur

Description: Life's a rotten business, says Jean, a deserter who arrives at night in Le Havre, looking to leave the country. He lucks into civilian clothes, a little bit of money, a passport, and a dog, and he also meets Nelly, a 17-year-old who's grown up too fast. She's the object of lust of men: including a boyfriend Maurice, her putative protector Zabel, and Lucien, a local hood. Jean falls for her, faces down Lucien, and gives her courage to stand on her own feet. A ship is leaving for Venezuela; can at least one of them be on it, or is that just a dream?

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Video and audio information:

Video : 2.10 GB, 3251 Kbps, 23.976 fps, 658x480 (1.37:1), V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC x264 core 146
Audio : 147 MB, 223 Kbps, 48000 Hz, 1 channel, 0x55 = FLAC, VBR


Subtitles (English, French, German closed captions embedded in a movie, to play them choose Subtitle=>Sub Track in VLC Player and separate English, Spanish, French, Portuguese-Brazilian, German, Turkish, Greek, Polish, Hungarian, Serbian) posters and screenshots included

La grande illusion AKA The grand illusion (1937) - classic WWI-themed masterpiece from director Jean Renoir, starring Jean Gabin, Pierre Fresnay, Marcel Dalio and Erich von Stroheim

Rating 8.1/10
Runtime: 113 min
Language: French/German/English/Russian
Country: France
Directed by: Jean Renoir
IMDb Link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0028950/

Cast

Jean Gabin ... Le lieutenant Maréchal
Dita Parlo ... Elsa
Pierre Fresnay ... Le captaine de Boeldieu
Erich von Stroheim ... Le captaine von Rauffenstein
Julien Carette ... Cartier - l'acteur
Georges Péclet ... Le serrurier
Werner Florian ... Le sergent Arthur
Jean Dasté ... L'instituteur
Marcel Dalio ... Le lieutenant Rosenthal

Description: During 1st WW, two French officers are captured. Captain De Boeldieu is an aristocrat while Lieutenant Marechal was a mechanic in civilian life. They meet other prisoners from various backgrounds, as Rosenthal, son of wealthy Jewish bankers. They are separated from Rosenthal before managing to escape. A few months later, they meet again in a fortress commanded by the aristocrat Van Rauffenstein. De Boeldieu strikes up a friendship with him but Marechal and Rosenthal still want to escape...

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Video and audio information:

Video : 2.25 GB, 1625 Kbps, 23.976 fps, 660x480 (1.37:1), V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC x264 core 129
Audio : 203 MB, 250 Kbps, 48000 Hz, 2 channels, 0x55 = FLAC, VBR


Subtitles (English closed captions embedded in a movie, to play them choose Subtitle=>Sub Track in VLC Player and separate English, Spanish, French, Portuguese, German, Turkish, Greek, Italian, Polish, Czech, Hungarian, Serbian) posters and screenshots included

Pépé le Moko (1937) - classic French crime movie starring Jean Gabin

Rating 7.8/10
Runtime: 94 min
Language: French/Arabic
Country: France
Directed by: Julien Duvivier
IMDb Link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0029453/

Cast

Jean Gabin ... Pépé le Moko
Gabriel Gabrio ... Carlos
Saturnin Fabre ... Le Grand Père
Fernand Charpin ... Régis
Lucas Gridoux ... Slimane
Gilbert Gil ... Pierrot
Marcel Dalio ... L'Arbi
Charles Granval ... Maxime
Gaston Modot ... Jimmy

Description: Pépé le Moko is a gangster from Paris that hides in Algier's Casbah. In the Casbah, he is safe and is able to elude the police's attempts to capture him. But he misses his freedom, after two years in the Casbah. He meets a gorgeous Parisian tourist, Gaby, and they fall in love. Native inspector Slimane tries to use her to attract Pépé out of the Casbah in order to catch him.

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Video and audio information:

Video : 1.27 GB, 1966 Kbps, 23.976 fps, 706x480 ~> 706x530 (4:3), V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC x264 core 112
Audio : 129 MB, 192 Kbps, 48000 Hz, 1 channel, 0x55 = AC3, CBR


Subtitles (English closed captions embedded in a movie, to play them choose Subtitle=>Sub Track in VLC Player and separate English, Spanish, Portuguese, Serbian, Turkish, Greek, Hungarian) posters and screenshots included

Touchez pas au grisbi AKA Hands off the loot (1954) - French crime movie directed by Jaques Becker, starring Jean Gabin, René Dary, Dora Doll,Vittorio Sanipoli,Daniel Cauchy and Lino Ventura

Rating 7.7/10
Runtime: 96 min
Language: French
Country: France
Directed by: Jaques Becker
IMDb Link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0046451/

Cast

Jean Gabin ... Max dit Max le Menteur
René Dary ... Henri Ducros dit Riton
Dora Doll ... Lola
Vittorio Sanipoli ... Ramon
Marilyn Buferd ... Betty
Gaby Basset ... Marinette
Daniel Cauchy ... Fifi
Lino Ventura ... Angelo Fraiser

Description: Max, an old gangster, and his buddy Riton have got away with 50-million francs in gold bars. They think they ought to retire now, but Riton's girl-friend is tired of him, and has a new protector, Angelo, who is the boss of a rival gang. Through her, Angelo learns about his rival's "grisbi" (loot) and plots to get it. So he kidnaps Max's partner. Max asks some of his friends for help but then gets the message he can exchange the money for his partner.

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Also included set of extras, with English subtitles:

* Video interview with actor Daniel Cauchy - 7'27"

* Excerpt from an episode of the French television series Cineastes de notre temps dedicated to Jacques Becker, with screenwriter Maurice Griffe, Grisbi author Albert Simonin, actor Lino Ventura and François Truffaut - 5'41"

* 1972 interview excerpt with Lino Ventura - 9'11"

* Original theatrical trailer - 4'00"

* Clip from a 1978 interview with composer Jean Wiener - 1'52"


Video and audio information:

Video : 3.04 GB, 4533 Kbps, 24 fps, 764x576 (4:3), V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC x264 core 152
Audio : 88 MB, 129 Kbps, 48000 Hz, 2 channels, 0x55 = AAC, CBR


Subtitles (English closed captions embedded in a movie, to play them choose Subtitle=>Sub Track in VLC Player and separate English, Spanish, German, Portuguese-Brazilian, Italian, Polish, Turkish, Greek, Serbian), posters, sample and screenshots included