Movies: Alexandre Astruc

  • 1953
    Les Crimes de l'amour

    Les Crimes de l'amour (1953)

    Les Crimes de l'amour

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    Two adaptations. First, "Le Rideau cramoisi" by Jules-Amédée Barbey d'Aurevilly is about a young second lieutenant of hussars, garrisoned in the provinces, who evokes a strange adventure. Staying with an old couple, he acts as acquaintance with Alber...

    Les Crimes de l'amour
  • 1976
    Sartre by Himself

    Sartre by Himself (1976)

    Sartre by Himself

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    Michel Contat is Emeritus Director of Research at the CNRS, ITEM/CNRS/ENS and a specialist of Jean-Paul Sartre whose novels and theater he has edited in the Pléiade edition and about whom he has written several books. With Alexander Astruc, he made t...

    Sartre by Himself
  • 1966
    Long March

    Long March (1966)

    Long March

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    In June 1944, a young doctor, Chevalier, under the threat of guns, is forced to treat a wounded man in a camp of resistance fighters (maquisards). He recognizes the man, minister of the Third Republic, called Morel by his companions. Carnot, the chie...

    Long March
  • 1974
    The Purloined Letter

    The Purloined Letter (1974)

    The Purloined Letter

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    Part of a 6-film collection called “Grands Détectives” about famous fictional private detectives....

    The Purloined Letter
  • 1970
    Introduction à la Méthode de F. W. Murnau

    Introduction à la Méthode de F. W. Murnau (1970)

    Introduction à la Méthode de F. W. Murnau

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    A “Cinéastes de notre temps” series episode directed by french film critic and filmmaker Alexandre Astruc, originally aired sometime around 1970....

    Introduction à la Méthode de F. W. Murnau