List of French films of 1953

French films released in 1953

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A list of films produced in France in 1953.

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Act of Love | Anatole Litvak | Kirk Douglas, Dany Robin, Barbara Laage | Romance | Co-production with US
The Adventurer of Chad | Willy Rozier | Madeleine Lebeau, Jean Danet, Tania Fédor | Adventure |
Alarm in Morocco | Jean-Devaivre | Jean-Claude Pascal, Gianna Maria Canale, Erich von Stroheim | Adventure | Co-production with Italy
Arlette Conquers Paris | Viktor Tourjansky | Johanna Matz, Karlheinz Böhm, Paul Dahlke | Comedy | Co-production with West Germany
A Bachelor's Life | Jean Boyer | Roger Pierre, Geneviève Kervine, Jean-Marc Thibault, | Comedy |
The Baker of Valorgue | Henri Verneuil | Fernandel, Georges Chamarat, Leda Gloria | Comedy | Co-production with Italy
The Beauty of Cadiz | Raymond Bernard, Eusebio Fernández Ardavín | Luis Mariano, Carmen Sevilla, Jean Tissier | Musical | Co-production with Spain
The Blonde Gypsy | Jacqueline Audry | Tilda Thamar, Roger Pigaut | Drama |
Boum sur Paris | Maurice de Canonge | Jacques Pills, Armand Bernard | Comedy |
The Call of Destiny | Georges Lacombe | Jean Marais, Jacqueline Porel, Édouard Delmont | Comedy drama |
A Caprice of Darling Caroline | Jean Devaivre | Martine Carol, Jacques Dacqmine, Marthe Mercadier | Historical |
Carnival | Henri Verneuil | Fernandel, Jacqueline Pagnol, Pauline Carton | Comedy |
Children of Love | Léonide Moguy | Etchika Choureau, Joëlle Bernard, Lise Bourdin | Drama |
Companions of the Night | Ralph Habib | Françoise Arnoul, Raymond Pellegrin, Nicole Maurey, Noël Roquevert, Marthe Mercadier, Pierre Cressoy | Drama |
The Cucuroux Family | Émile Couzinet | Georges Rollin, Nathalie Nattier | Comedy |
Dortoir des grandes | Henri Decoin | Jean Marais, Françoise Arnoul, Denise Grey, Jeanne Moreau, Noël Roquevert | Crime |
Double or Quits | Robert Vernay | Zappy Max, Suzanne Dehelly, Danielle Godet | Comedy |
The Drunkard | Georges Combret | Pierre Brasseur, Monique Mélinand, François Patrice | Drama |
The Earrings of Madame de... | Max Ophüls | Danielle Darrieux, Charles Boyer | Drama | Nominated for 1 Oscar
Endless Horizons | Jean Dréville | Gisèle Pascal, Jean Chevrier | Drama | Entered into the 1953 Cannes Film Festival
The Eye Behind the Scenes | André Berthomieu | Henri Génès, Jeannette Batti, Nicole Maurey, Jean-Marc Thibault | Comedy |
The Father of the Girl | Marcel L'Herbier | Arletty, Suzy Carrier | Comedy |
The Fighting Drummer | Georges Combret | André Gabriello, Sophie Leclair | Comedy |
Finishing School | Bernard Vorhaus | Susan Stephen, Anna Maria Ferrero | Comedy | Co-production with Italy
Follow That Man | Georges Lampin | Bernard Blier, Suzy Prim | Crime |
Good Lord Without Confession | Claude Autant-Lara | Danielle Darrieux, Henri Vilbert, Claude Laydu | Drama |
His Father's Portrait | André Berthomieu | Jean Richard, Michèle Philippe, Brigitte Bardot | Comedy |
A Hundred Francs a Second | Jean Boyer | Henri Génès, Philippe Lemaire | Comedy |
I'm a Snitch | René Chanas | Madeleine Robinson, Paul Meurisse | Crime |
Julietta | Marc Allégret | Dany Robin, Jean Marais, Jeanne Moreau | Comedy |
L'art de Michael | Charles Gerdes | Frank Stuart | Drama |
The Lady of the Camellias | Raymond Bernard | Micheline Presle, Gino Cervi, Roland Alexandre | Historical | Co-production with Italy
The Lady Without Camelias | Michelangelo Antonioni | Lucia Bosè, Gino Cervi | Drama | Co-production with Italy
The Last Robin Hood | André Berthomieu | Roger Nicolas, Nicole Maurey, Lucien Nat | Comedy |
Le Chevalier de la nuit | Robert Darène | Renée Saint-Cyr, Jean-Claude Pascal | Comedy |
Little Jacques | Robert Bibal | Jean-Pierre Kérien, Blanchette Brunoy | Drama |
The Long Teeth | Daniel Gélin | Danièle Delorme, Jean Chevrier, Olivier Hussenot | Comedy drama |
The Lottery of Happiness | Jean Gehret | Yves Deniaud, Suzanne Dehelly | Comedy |
The Love of a Woman | Jean Grémillon | Micheline Presle, Massimo Girotti, Gaby Morlay | Drama | Co-production with Italy
The Lovers of Marianne | Jean Stelli | Gaby Morlay, André Luguet | Comedy |
The Lovers of Midnight | Roger Richebé | Dany Robin, Jean Marais | Drama |
Lovers of Toledo | Henri Decoin, Fernando Palacios | Alida Valli, Pedro Armendáriz | Historical | Co-production with Italy and Spain
Lucrèce Borgia | Christian-Jacque | Martine Carol, Pedro Armendáriz | Historical | Co-production with Italy
The Merchant of Venice | Pierre Billon | Michel Simon, Massimo Serato | Drama | Co-production with Italy
The Midnight Witness | Dimitri Kirsanoff | Henri Guisol, Claude May, Catherine Erard, Raymond Pellegrin | Crime |
Minuit... Quai de Bercy | Christian Stengel | Madeleine Robinson, Erich von Stroheim | Crime |
Monsieur Hulot's Holiday | Jacques Tati | Jacques Tati | Comedy | Nominated for Oscar, +1 win, +1 nomination
Monsieur Scrupule, Gangster | Jacques Daroy | Tilda Thamar, Yves Vincent | Crime |
The Most Wanted Man | Henri Verneuil | Fernandel, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Louis Seigner | Comedy |
My Brother from Senegal | Guy Lacourt | Raymond Bussières, Annette Poivre | Comedy |
My Childish Father | Léon Mathot | Maurice Teynac, Jean Tissier, Arlette Poirier | Drama |
Naked in the Wind | Henri Lepage | Félix Oudart, Lili Bontemps, Armand Bernard | Comedy |
Napoleon Road | Jean Delannoy | Pierre Fresnay, Henri Vilbert | Comedy |
The Night Is Ours | Jean Stelli | Simone Renant, Jean Danet | Drama |
One Night in Megève | Raoul André | Jeannette Batti, Raymond Bussières, Paul Cambo | Comedy |
Open Letter | Alex Joffé | Robert Lamoureux, Geneviève Page, Jean-Marc Thibault | Comedy |
Operation Magali | László V. Kish | Raymond Souplex, Nicole Maurey, Germaine Montero | Thriller |
The Other Side of Paradise | Edmond T. Gréville | Erich von Stroheim, Denise Vernac | Drama |
La môme vert-de-gris | Bernard Borderie | Eddie Constantine, Dominique Wilms, Howard Vernon | Crime |
The Porter from Maxim's | Henri Diamant-Berger | Yves Deniaud, Pierre Larquey | Comedy |
The Proud and the Beautiful | Yves Allégret | Michèle Morgan, Gérard Philipe | Drama | Co-production with Mexico
Puccini | Carmine Gallone | Gabriele Ferzetti, Märta Torén | Drama | Co-production with Italy
Quintuplets in the Boarding School | René Jayet | Valentine Tessier, Armand Bernard, Maurice Escande | Comedy |
The Return of Don Camillo | Julien Duvivier | Fernandel, Gino Cervi | Comedy | Co-production with Italy
Rhine Virgin | Gilles Grangier | Jean Gabin, Elina Labourdette, Andrée Clément | Crime |
Rue de l'Estrapade | Jacques Becker | Louis Jourdan, Anne Vernon | Comedy drama |
Sins of Paris | Henri Lepage | André Claveau, Lysiane Rey, Georges Lannes | Comedy crime |
The Slave | Yves Ciampi | Daniel Gélin, Eleonora Rossi Drago | Crime, Drama | Co-production with Italy
The Sparrows of Paris | Maurice Cloche | Jean-Pierre Aumont, Virginia Keiley | Comedy |
Storms | Guido Brignone | Jean Gabin, Silvana Pampanini, Carla Del Poggio | Drama | Co-production with Italy
Their Last Night | Georges Lacombe | Jean Gabin, Madeleine Robinson, Robert Dalban | Crime |
Thérèse Raquin | Marcel Carné | Simone Signoret, Raf Vallone | Drama | Co-production with Italy
This Man Is Dangerous | Jean Sacha | Eddie Constantine, Colette Deréal, Grégoire Aslan | Crime, Thriller |
The Three Musketeers | André Hunebelle | Georges Marchal, Jean Martinelli, Gino Cervi | Adventure | Co-production with Italy
Too Young for Love | Lionello De Felice | Aldo Fabrizi, Marina Vlady | Comedy drama | Co-production with Italy
The Tour of the Grand Dukes | André Pellenc | Raymond Bussières, Denise Grey | Musical comedy |
The Treasure of Bengal | Gianni Vernuccio | Sabu, Luisella Boni | Adventure | Co-production with Italy
A Very Long Day. | Albert Stemler | Peter Hiller | Drama |
Virgile | Carlo Rim | Robert Lamoureux, Yves Robert | Comedy |
The Virtuous Scoundrel | Sacha Guitry | Michel Simon, Marguerite Pierry | Comedy |
Voice of Silence | Georg Wilhelm Pabst | Aldo Fabrizi, Jean Marais | Drama | Co-production with Italy
The Wages of Fear | Henri-Georges Clouzot | Yves Montand, Charles Vanel | Thriller / Adventure | Won BAFTA Award, +5 wins
When Do You Commit Suicide? | Émile Couzinet | Jean Tissier, Frédéric Duvallès | Comedy |
When You Read This Letter | Jean-Pierre Melville | Philippe Lemaire, Juliette Gréco, Yvonne Sanson | Drama | Co-production with Italy
White Mane | Albert Lamorisse | Alain Emery | Drama Short | Won Palme d'Or, +1 win, +1 nomination
A Woman's Treasure | Jean Stelli | François Périer, Marie Daëms, Jacques Morel | Comedy |
Women of Paris | Jean Boyer | Michel Simon, Brigitte Auber | Drama |
Wonderful Mentality | André Berthomieu | Jean Richard, Michèle Philippe | Comedy |
The World Condemns Them | Gianni Franciolini | Alida Valli, Amedeo Nazzari | Drama | Co-production with Italy

## See also

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* 1953 in France

## External links

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* French films of 1953 at the Internet Movie Database
* French films of 1953 at Cinema-francais.fr

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* Action Synthese
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* Billancourt Studios
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* Ciby 2000
* Def2shoot
* EuropaCorp
* Les Films du Losange
* Folimage
* Francoeur Studios
* Francinex
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* Honkytonk Films
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* Joinville Studios
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* Réalisation d'art cinématographique
* Sciapode
* Sofracima
* Star Film Company
* StudioCanal
* Victorine Studios
* Wild Bunch

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* César Awards
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* Louis Delluc Prize
* Prix Romy Schneider
* Prix Patrick Dewaere (formerly Prix Jean Gabin)
* Prix Jacques Prévert du Scénario
* Prix Jean Vigo
* Prix Suzanne Bianchetti
* René Clair Award

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