List of French films of 1959

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A list of films produced in France in 1959.

Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes

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125 Rue Montmartre | Gilles Grangier | Lino Ventura, Andréa Parisy, Dora Doll  | Crime |
The 400 Blows | François Truffaut | Jean-Pierre Léaud, Robert Beauvais, Claire Maurier | Drama | [1]
All the Boys Are Called Patrick | Jean-Luc Godard |  | Drama (short) |
Archimède le clochard | Gilles Grangier | Jean Gabin, Darry Cowl, Bernard Blier | Comedy | French-Italian co-production[2]
Beast at Bay | Pierre Chenal | Françoise Arnoul, Henri Vidal | Thriller |
The Big Chief | Henri Verneuil | Fernandel, Gino Cervi, Florence Blot | Comedy | Co-production with Italy
Black Orpheus | Marcel Camus | Breno Mello, Marpessa Dawn, Léa Garcia | Fantasy, romance | French-Italian-Brazilian co-production[3][4]
Butterfly Minute | Jean Lefèvre | Fernand Raynaud, Françoise Delbart | Comedy |
Cigarettes, Whiskey and Wild Women | Maurice Régamey | Annie Cordy, Pierre Mondy | Comedy | Co-production with Italy
Come Dance with Me | Michel Boisrond | Brigitte Bardot, Henri Vidal, Dawn Addams | Mystery | French-Italian co-production[5]
Les Cousins | Claude Chabrol | Gérard Blain, Jean-Claude Brialy, Juliette Mayniel | Drama | [6]
The Cow and I | Henri Verneuil | Fernandel, René Havard, Ingeborg Schöner | Comedy-Drama | French-Italian co-production[7]
Deathmatch | Claude Bernard-Aubert | Gérard Blain, Antonella Lualdi | Drama | Co-production with Italy
Double Agents | Robert Hossein | Robert Hossein, Marina Vlady | Thriller | French-Italian co-production
Du rififi chez les femmes | Alex Joffé | Nadja Tiller, Robert Hossein, Silvia Monfort | Crime | French-Italian co-production[8]
Eyes of Love | Denys de La Patellière | Danielle Darrieux, Jean-Claude Brialy | Drama | Co-production with Italy
The Female | Julien Duvivier | Brigitte Bardot, António Vilar, Lila Kedrova | Drama | French-Italian production[9]
La Fievre Monte a El Pao | Luis Buñuel | Gérard Philipe, María Félix, Jean Servais | Drama | French-Mexican production[10]
The Gendarme of Champignol | Jean Bastia | Jean Richard, Roger Pierre, Noël Roquevert | Comedy | [11]
General Della Rovere | Roberto Rossellini | Vittorio De Sica, Hannes Messemer, Vittorio Caprioli | Drama | Italian-French co-production[12]
The Giant of Marathon | Jacques Tourneur | Steve Reeves, Mylène Demongeot | Action adventure | Co-produced with Italy [13]
Gorilla's Waltz | Bernard Borderie | Charles Vanel, Jess Hahn, Ursula Herking | Crime |
The Green Mare | Claude Autant-Lara | Bourvil, Francis Blanche, Sandra Milo, Yves Robert | Comedy, drama, history | Co-production with Italy
Head Against the Wall | Georges Franju | Pierre Brasseur, Paul Meurisse, Jean-Pierre Mocky, Anouk Aimée | Drama |
Head of a Tyrant | Fernando Cerchio | Massimo Girotti, Isabelle Corey | Historical | Co-production with Italy
Hercules Unchained | Pietro Francisci | Steve Reeves, Sylvia Lopez, Sylva Koscina | Adventure, fantasy | Italian-French co-production[14][15]
Hiroshima Mon Amour | Alain Resnais | Emmanuelle Riva, Eiji Okada, Stella Dassas | Drama | Co-production with Japan[16]
Hit and Run | Bernard Borderie | Antonella Lualdi, Félix Marten, Aimè Clariond | Crime | French-Italian-Yugoslav co-production
Houla Houla | Robert Darène | Fernand Raynaud, Noël Roquevert | Comedy |
The Indestructible | Jean Boyer | Fernandel, Line Renaud, Michel Galabru | Comedy |
The Indian Tomb | Fritz Lang | Debra Paget, Paul Christian, Paul Hubschmid | Adventure | West German-French-Italian co-production[17][18][19]
Island Fishermen | Pierre Schoendoerffer | Jean-Claude Pascal, Juliette Mayniel, Charles Vanel | Adventure |
I Spit on Your Grave | Michel Gast | Christian Marquand, Antonella Lualdi | Crime |
It Only Happens to the Living | Tony Saytor | Raymond Pellegrin, Magali Noël | Drama mystery thriller |
Julie the Redhead | Claude Boissol | Daniel Gélin, Pascale Petit, Margo Lion | Comedy | [20]
Les Liaisons Dangereuses | Roger Vadim | Jeanne Moreau, Gérard Philipe, Jeanne Valérie | Drama | French-Italian co-production[21]
The Little Professor | Carlo Rim | Darry Cowl, Yves Robert | Comedy |
The Lovers of Tomorrow | Marcel Blistène | Édith Piaf, Michel Auclair, Armand Mestral | Drama musical mystery |
Magnificent Sinner | Robert Siodmak | Romy Schneider, Curd Jurgens | Drama, Historical, Romance |
Marriage of Fiagaro | Jean Meyer | Jean Piat, Jean Meyer, Louis Seigner, Georges Chamarat, Georges Descrières, Maurice Porterat, Georges Baconnet, Jean-Paul Roussillon, Louis Eymond, Henri Tisot | Comedy |
Marie-Octobre | Julien Duvivier | Danielle Darrieux, Bernard Blier | Mystery |
Marie of the Isles | Pierre Maudru | Belinda Lee, Alain Saury, Darío Moreno | Adventure | Co-production with Italy
Milk Soup | Pierre Chevalier | Geneviève Kervine, Jean Bretonnière | Comedy |
Nathalie, Secret Agent | Henri Decoin | Martine Carol, Félix Marten, Darío Moreno | Comedy | Co-production with Italy
The Night of the Hunted | Bernard-Roland | Philippe Clay, Juliette Mayniel, Sami Frey | Crime | Co-production with Belgium
Nina | Jean Boyer | Sophie Desmarets, Olivier Hussenot, Agnès Laurent | Comedy |
Toi, le venin | Robert Hossein | Robert Hossein, Marina Vlady, Odile Versois | Mystery | Co-production with Italy
Pensione Edelweiss | Ottorino Franco Bertolini, Víctor Merenda | Henri Vidal, Dawn Addams, Lino Ventura | Drama thriller | Co-production with Italy
Picnic on the Grass | Jean Renoir | Paul Meurisse, Blavette, André Brunot Régine Blaes | Comedy Romance | [22]
Pickpocket | Robert Bresson | Martin LaSalle, Marika Green, Pierre Leymarie | Drama | [23]
Quay of Illusions | Émile Couzinet | Gaby Morlay, Louis Seigner, Lise Bourdin | Drama | Co-production with Italy
The Road to Shame | Édouard Molinaro | Robert Hossein, Magali Noël, Estella Blain, Philippe Clay | Crime |
Rue de Paris | Denys de La Patellière | Jean Gabin, Marie-José Nat, Claude Brasseur, Roger Dumas | Comedy drama | Co-production with Italy
Signé Arsène Lupin | Yves Robert | Robert Lamoureux, Alida Valli | Comedy crime | Co-production with Italy
The Sign of Leo | Éric Rohmer | Jess Hahn, Michèle Girardon, Van Doude | Comedy-drama | [24]
Stars at Noon | Jacques Ertaud, Marcel Ichac | Roger Blin | Adventure | Entered into the 9th Berlin International Film Festival
Strange Phenomena | Robert Vernay | Sophie Desmarets, Philippe Clay | Comedy |
The Tiger Attacks | Maurice Labro | Lino Ventura, Estella Blain, Paul Frankeur | Crime |
The Tiger of Eschnapur | Fritz Lang | Debra Paget, Paul Hubschmid, Claus Holm | Adventure | West German-French-Italian co-production[25][26][27]
This Desired Body | Luis Saslavsky | Daniel Gélin, Dany Carrel, Maurice Ronet, Belinda Lee | Drama |
Tonight We Kill | Ivan Govar | Pierre Trabaud, Dominique Wilms, René Dary | Action thriller | Co-production with Belgium
Too Late to Love | Henri Decoin | Michèle Morgan, Henri Vidal | Drama |
Twelve Hours by the Clock | Géza von Radványi | Lino Ventura, Eva Bartok, Hannes Messemer, Laurent Terzieff | Crime | Co-production with West Germany
Venetian Honeymoon | Alberto Cavalcanti | Martine Carol, Vittorio De Sica, Philippe Nicaud | Romantic comedy | Co-production with Italy
The Verdict | Jean Valère | Marina Vlady, Robert Hossein | Drama war | Entered into the 1st Moscow International Film Festival
Visa to Hell | Alfred Rode | Claudine Dupuis, Jean Gaven, Pierre Dudan, Georges Rivière, Nadine Tallier | Crime |
Way of Youth | Michel Boisrond | Françoise Arnoul, Bourvil, Lino Ventura, Alain Delon | Drama | [28]
Witness in the City | Édouard Molinaro | Lino Ventura, Sandra Milo, Franco Fabrizi | Crime | Co-production with Italy
The Wreckers | Charles Brabant | Henri Vidal, Dany Carrel, Charles Vanel, Renée Cosima | Adventure |
The Woman's Confident | Jean Boyer | Fernandel, Sylva Koscina, Ugo Tognazzi | Comedy | Co-production with Italy
Women Are Weak | Michel Boisrond | Alain Delon, Mylène Demongeot, Pascale Petit, Jacqueline Sassard | Comedy Romance | [29]
You Have Nothing to Declare? | Clément Duhour | Darry Cowl, Jean Richard, Jean Poiret, Michel Serrault | Comedy |

## See also

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* 1959 in France
* 1959 in French television

## Notes

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1. ^ Erickson, Hal. "The 400 Blows". AllMovie. Retrieved February 18, 2013.
2. ^ Pavlides, Dan. "Archimède le clochard". AllMovie. Retrieved February 18, 2013.
3. ^ Erickson, Hal. "Black Orpheus". AllMovie. Retrieved February 18, 2013.
4. ^ "Orfeu Negro". Bifi.fr (in French). Archived from the original on February 2, 2014. Retrieved February 18, 2013.
5. ^ Mannikka, Eleanor. "Come Dance with Me!". AllMovie. Retrieved February 18, 2013.
6. ^ Hobart, Tana. "Les Cousins". AllMovie. Retrieved February 18, 2013.
7. ^ Erickson, Hal. "The Cow and I". AllMovie. Retrieved August 2, 2015.
8. ^ Erelewine, Iotis. "Du rififi chez les femmes". AllMovie. Retrieved February 18, 2013.
9. ^ Archer, Eugene (1960-04-28). "The Female". The New York Times. Retrieved August 2, 2015.
10. ^ Erickson, Hal. "La Fievre monte a El Pao femmes". AllMovie. Retrieved February 18, 2013.
11. ^ "Le Gendarme de Champignol (1959)".
12. ^ Mannikka, Eleanor. "Il General della Rovere". AllMovie. Retrieved February 18, 2013.
13. ^ "La battaglia di Maratona (1960) - JPBox-Office".
14. ^ Eder, Bruce. "Hercules Unchained". AllMovie. Retrieved February 18, 2013.
15. ^ "Ercole e la regina di Lidia". BFI Film & Television Database. London: British Film Institute. Archived from the original on February 4, 2014. Retrieved February 18, 2013.
16. ^ Erickson, Hal. "Hiroshima Mon Amour". AllMovie. Retrieved February 18, 2013.
17. ^ Mannikka, Eleanor. "The Indian Tomb". AllMovie. Retrieved February 18, 2013.
18. ^ "Das indische Grabmal". BFI Film & Television Database. London: British Film Institute. Archived from the original on February 7, 2009. Retrieved February 18, 2013.
19. ^ "Das indische Grabmal". Filmportal.de. Retrieved February 18, 2013.
20. ^ "Julie la Rousse (1959)".
21. ^ Erickson, Hal. "Les liaisons dangereuses". AllMovie. Retrieved February 18, 2013.
22. ^ Grunes, Dennis (2008-08-20). "Picnic on the Grass". AllMovie. Retrieved August 2, 2015.
23. ^ Erickson, Hal. "Pickpocket". The Ascetica Theme. WordPress. Retrieved February 18, 2013.
24. ^ Mannikka, Eleanor. "Le Signe du Lion". AllMovie. Retrieved February 18, 2013.
25. ^ Mannikka, Eleanor. "The Tiger of Eschnapur". AllMovie. Retrieved February 18, 2013.
26. ^ "Der Tiger von Eschnapur". BFI Film & Television Database. London: British Film Institute. Archived from the original on February 7, 2009. Retrieved February 18, 2013.
27. ^ "Der Tiger von Eschnapur". Filmportal.de. Retrieved February 18, 2013.
28. ^ "Way of Youth". UniFrance Films. Retrieved August 2, 2015.
29. ^ Crowther, Bosley (1959-06-09). "Women Are Weak". The New York Times. Retrieved August 2, 2015.

## External links

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