Cinédis was a French

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company active from the 1930s to the 1960s, releasing a mixture of French films and dubbed imports from aboard. The company enjoyed its strongest years during the 1950s, when French audience numbers reached their peak. It handled a number of co-productions between

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and

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. The artist René Ferracci designed many of the company's

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.Smith p.203

Selected filmography

* '' A Man of Gold'' (1934) * ''

Holiday for Henrietta ''Holiday for Henrietta'' (french: La fête à Henriette) is a 1952 French comedy film directed by Julien Duvivier, and starring Dany Robin, Michel Auclair, and Hildegard Knef. While urgently trying to develop a screenplay for a new film, two s ...

'' (1952) * ''

The Wages of Fear ''The Wages of Fear'' (french: Le Salaire de la peur) is a 1953 French thriller film directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot, starring Yves Montand, and based on the 1950 French novel ''Le Salaire de la peur'' (lit. "The Salary of Fear") by Georges A ...

'' (1953) * ''

Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves "Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves" ( ar, علي بابا والأربعون لصا) is a folk tale from the ''One Thousand and One Nights''. It was added to the collection in the 18th century by its French translator Antoine Galland, who heard ...

'' (1954) * '' House of Ricordi'' (1954) * ''

Wild Fruit ''Wild Fruit'' (French: ''Les fruits sauvages'') is a 1954 French drama film directed by Hervé Bromberger and starring Estella Blain, Évelyne Ker and Nadine Basile. It was shot at the Saint-Maurice Studios in Paris and distributed by Cinédis. ...

'' (1954) * '' Knave of Hearts'' (1954) * '' Flesh and the Woman'' (1954) * ''

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'' (1954) * '' Marianne of My Youth'' (1955) * '' Spring, Autumn and Love'' (1955) * '' Les Diaboliques'' (1955) * '' Don Camillo's Last Round'' (1955) * '' The Grand Maneuver'' (1955) * '' Madelon'' (1955) * ''

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'' (1955) * ''

Elena and Her Men ''Elena and Her Men'' is a 1956 film directed by Jean Renoir and starring Ingrid Bergman and Jean Marais. The film's original French title was ''Elena et les Hommes'', and in English-speaking countries, the title was ''Paris Does Strange Thing ...

'' (1956) * '' L'homme aux clefs d'or'' (1956) * ''

Paris, Palace Hotel ''Paris, Palace Hotel'' is a 1956 French-Italian romantic comedy film directed by Henri Verneuil and starring Charles Boyer, Françoise Arnoul and Tilda Thamar.Parish p.61 It was shot in Eastmancolor at the Boulogne Studios in Paris. The fi ...

'' (1956) * ''

Fernandel the Dressmaker Fernand Joseph Désiré Contandin (8 May 1903 – 26 February 1971), better known as Fernandel, was a French actor and singer. Born near Marseille, France, to Désirée Bedouin and Denis Contandin, originating in Perosa Argentina, an Occitan to ...

'' (1956) * '' Le secret de soeur Angèle'' (1956) * '' Le couturier de ces dames'' (1956) * '' Death in the Garden'' (1956) * ''

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'' (1956) * '' A Kiss for a Killer'' (1957) * ''

Les Espions ''Les Espions'' ("The Spies") is a 1957 French-Italian noir mystery film directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot and starring Curd Jürgens, Peter Ustinov O. E. Hasse, Sam Jaffe, Paul Carpenter, Véra Clouzot, Martita Hunt and Gérard Séty,. The mu ...

'' (1957) * '' On Foot, on Horse, and on Wheels'' (1957) * '' Gates of Paris'' (1957) * '' Mademoiselle and Her Gang'' (1957) * '' La Parisienne'' (1957) * ''

Vacanze a Ischia ''Vacanze a Ischia'' (also known as ''Holiday Island'') is a 1957 Italian comedy film directed by Mario Camerini. Plot The lives of several people intersect as they go on vacation to enjoy a pleasant holiday on the island. A lawyer spends it i ...

'' (1957) * '' Send a Woman When the Devil Fails'' (1957) * '' No Sun in Venice'' (1957) * '' He Who Must Die'' (1957) * '' Anna of Brooklyn'' (1958) * ''

The Law Is the Law ''The Law Is the Law'' (french: La loi, c'est la loi, it, La legge è legge) is a 1958 French-Italian comedy film directed by Christian-Jaque. It was entered into the 8th Berlin International Film Festival. Plot In the village of Assola, divid ...

'' (1958) * '' That Night'' (1958) * ''

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'' (1958) * ''

Too Late to Love ''Pourquoi viens-tu si tard?'' (also known as ''Why Do You Come So Late?'' or US title: ''Too Late to Love'') is a 1959 French drama film directed by Henri Decoin and starring Michèle Morgan and Henri Vidal. Plot Reporter-photographer Walter He ...

'' (1959) * '' Du rififi chez les femmes'' (1959) * ''

Fortunat ''Fortunat'' (English: ''Fortunate'') is a 1960 Franco-Italian co-production motion picture comedy directed and written by Alex Joffé, based on a novel by Michel Breitman. The film stars Bourvil and Michèle Morgan. It tells the story of a la ...

'' (1960) * '' Classe Tous Risques'' (1960) * ''

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'' (1960) * ''

The Nina B. Affair ''The Nina B. Affair'' (French: ''L'affaire Nina B.'', German: ''Affäre Nina B'') is a 1961 French-West German drama film directed by Robert Siodmak and starring Nadja Tiller, Pierre Brasseur and Walter Giller.Bock & Bergfelder p.447 The film's ...

'' (1961) * ''

All the Gold in the World ''All the Gold in the World'' (French: ''Tout l'or du monde'') is a 1961 French-Italian comedy film directed by René Clair and starring Bourvil, Alfred Adam and Philippe Noiret. It was shot at the Billancourt Studios in Paris. The film's se ...

'' (1961) * ''

The Devil and the Ten Commandments ''Le Diable et les Dix Commandements'' ( en, The Devil and the Ten Commandments) is a French film from 1962 directed by Julien Duvivier that consists of seven sketches (eight in the versions shown in Germany and Japan) played by an ensemble cast t ...

'' (1962) * ''

Emile's Boat Emile's Boat (french: Le Bateau d'Émile) is a 1962 French-Italian drama film directed by Denys de La Patellière and starring Annie Girardot, Lino Ventura and Michel Simon. It is based on the eponymous 1954 novel by Georges Simenon. It was made ...

'' (1962) * ''

Jules and Jim ''Jules and Jim'' (french: Jules et Jim ) is a 1962 French New Wave romantic drama film, directed, produced and written by François Truffaut. Set before and after World War I, it describes a tragic love triangle involving French Bohemian Jim ...

'' (1962) * '' How to Succeed in Love'' (1962) * '' The Trip to Biarritz'' (1963) * '' Mare matto'' (1963) * '' Shéhérazade'' (1963)

References

Bibliography

* Smith, Ian Hayden. ''Selling the Movie: The Art of the Film Poster''. Quarto Publishing Group, 2018. French film studios Film distributors of France {{film-studio-stub