Charles Vanel Movies

Maddalena

74/100

During the annual Good Friday pageant in a tiny Italian village local priest Don Vincenzo faces a crisis when the girl selected to play the Virgin Mary shows up pregnant.

Ne pleure pas

69/100

The Fighting Men

44/100

Saverio Luparello is the manager of Sicilian baron Occipinti's estate. The cunning greedy man intentionally lets the land turn into a wasteland...

Them

41/100

Il bivio

65/100

After the war, Aldo and his men became gangster. But now the times are changing and Aldo decides to became a policeman to help better his men in crime...

The Steppe

68/100

In 19th century Russia, an 8 year-old boy is sent from his home village to the big city to go to school. On his long way there, he gets to witness the often harsh realities of life in the steppe. Based on allegorical novel by Chekhov.

La puce et le privé

45/100

Les Roquevillard

69/100

France, 1880. Francois Roquevillard is a respected lawyer in Chambery and the head of a family that prides itself on its impeccable morals. Francois's world rapidly begins to fall apart ... See full summary »

No Escape

60/100

I Give My Life

58/100

French-language remake of Port Arthur (1936/I): espionage, action and romance in the Russo-Japanese War, as the conflict threatens Russian naval officer Boris Ranewsky and his Japanese wife Youki.

Cristobal's Gold

64/100

Based on the novel by Albert t'Serstevens. Dupuy, the first mate of the French freighter "Cristobal" is informed by cabaret dancer La Rubia that the "Cristobal" carries a priceless secret cargo of gold.

Les naufrageurs

56/100

Mondo Keazunt

60/100

Le bateau à soupe

67/100

Hervé is a tough sea captain in command of the "Duchesse Anne", a rum-trading ship. But the sea dog hides a tender heart and he allows Marie-Douce, a poor slum girl who dreams of seeing the... See full summary »

Island Fishermen

66/100

La femme du bout du monde

61/100

A criminal ship-owner claims to find radium ore in a lost island in Antarctic Ocean. The ship approaches...

S.O.S. Sahara

75/100

Lo sgarro

78/100

Maison de danses

42/100

À l'ombre d'un été

62/100

Ruthless lawyer Claude Landot thinks he hit the jackpot when he meets sweet and shy Anna Bellecour : in spite of her humble life...