The best Henri Vidal’s drama movies

Henri Vidal

Henri Vidal

26/11/1919- 10/12/1959
Today we present the best Henri Vidal’s movies. If you are a great movie fan, you will surely know most of them, but we hope to discover a movie that you have not yet seen … and that you love! Let’s go there with the best Henri Vidal’s movies.

The Gates of Paris

The Gates of Paris
7.1/10
  • Genre: ComedyDrama
  • Release: 27/09/1957
  • Character: Pierre Barbier
Juju, a drunken oaf who feels the need of being important to someone---anyone---and his friend The Artist are forced at gunpoint to house a fugitive, Pierre Barbier, in Juju's broken-down home. The urge for being needed is such in Juju that he gives up drinking and takes care of Pierre. But one day Juju finds out that Pierre has been making love to his girl Maria...

Attila

Attila
5.4/10
  • Genre: DramaWar
  • Release: 01/04/1955
  • Character: Aetius
Attila, the leader of the barbarian Huns and called by the Romans "The Scourge of God", sweeps onto the Italian peninsula, defeating all of the armies of Rome, until he and his men reach the gates of the city itself.

The Seven Deadly Sins

The Seven Deadly Sins
6.3/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 27/03/1952
  • Character: Dr. Henri (in La gourmandise / Gluttony)
A French/Italian motion picture drama covering the seven deadly sins in seven separate sections.

The Damned

The Damned
7.1/10
A group of Nazis and sympathizers board a submarine bound for South America in the hopes of finding shelter.

Fabiola

Fabiola
6.5/10

Come Dance with Me!

Come Dance with Me!
6.3/10
Herve argues with his wife, after which he meets an appealing woman at a nightclub. A subsequent one-night stand with her turns into a tragedy when the woman is killed.

Napoleon

Napoleon
6.1/10
The film follows the life of Napoleon from his early life in Corsica to his death at Saint Helena. The film is notable for its use of location shooting for numerous scenes, especially at the French estates of Malmaison and Fontainebleau, the Palace of Versailles, and sites of Napoleonic battles including Austerlitz and Waterloo.

A Kiss for a Killer

A Kiss for a Killer
6.9/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 27/11/1957
  • Character: Philippe Delaroche
In Nice, the wealthy widow Betty Farnwell falls for the charms of a handsome young man, Philippe Delaroche. Mrs Farnwell is so taken with Philippe that she persuades her bank to allow him to manage her financial affairs. Philippe, an unscrupulous opportunist, is not slow to turn the situation to his advantage and within no time he is married to his wealthy benefactor. Philippe has barely grown accustomed to wearing a wedding ring when he begins a romantic liaison with his wife’s attractive secretary, Eva. It soon transpires that Eva is even more ruthless than Philippe...

The Wicked Go to Hell

The Wicked Go to Hell
6.5/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 07/12/1955
  • Character: Pierre Macquart
Making his directorial debut, Robert Hossein also assumes the leading role, playing an escaped convict. Hossein and his fellow escapees cross the path of Marina Vlady, with whom they all fall in love. Alas for our "heroes," Vlady intends to avenge the death of her sweetheart at the hands of Hossein and his confreres. Not only do these heels go to Hell, but they do so with a spectacular flourish. Les Salauds Vont en Enfer was adapted by Rene Wheeler from a play by Frederic Dard.

Montmartre sur Seine

Montmartre sur Seine
6.2/10
  • Genre: ComedyDrama
  • Release: 19/11/1941
  • Character: Maurice Cazaux

Orient Express

Orient Express
5.3/10

The Strollers

The Strollers
6.8/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 25/11/1950
  • Character: Jean-Louis Cavalade
Jean-Louis forgets to use the pedestrian crossing;Who could have believed then where it would lead the unfortunate guy to?

The Passerby

The Passerby
5.9/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 18/05/1951
  • Character: François Malard
A woman who has a terrible secret to conceal takes refuge on a barge.

Série noire

Série noire
6.6/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 04/03/1955
  • Character: L'inspecteur Léo Fardier

La Jeune Folle

La Jeune Folle
6.2/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 01/10/1952
  • Character: Steve

The Strange Madame X

The Strange Madame X
6.7/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 24/05/1951
  • Character: Étienne
Irène is the unhappy wife of a wealthy publisher, Jacques Voisin-Larive, who cares about her no more than a beautiful piece of furniture. Her meeting with Étienne, a young cabinetmaker with whom she falls in love, turns her dismal existence upside down. Not wanting to reveal her condition to her lover, she pretends to be a modest maid, employed by the Voisin-Larive. At the end of a weekend spent with her lover, Irène discovers that she is pregnant. The fragile balance of their existence is suddenly broken. Taking the initiative, she reveals her affair to Jacques and tells him about her desire to divorce. But her husband has no intention of giving her back her freedom...

Pourquoi viens-tu si tard...

Pourquoi viens-tu si tard...
6/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 05/05/1959
  • Character: Walter Hermelin
Walter, a reporter and photographer, meets Catherine in a train. The young lawyer recently gained an acquittal for a man who killed his alcoholic father to save his mother. Campaigning against alcoholism, she asks Walter to help her unmask a wine merchant engaged in shady practices.

House on the Waterfront

House on the Waterfront
6.2/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 15/04/1955
  • Character: Michel
Martine is searching for her sister that disappeared mysteriously. Lequévic agrees to help her.

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