Cinédis was a French
film distribution
Film distribution, also called film exhibition or film distribution and exhibition, is the process of making a film available for viewing to an audience. This is normally the task of a professional film distributor, who would determine the marketin ...
company active from the 1930s to the 1960s, releasing a mixture of French films and
dubbed imports from abroad. The company enjoyed its strongest years during the 1950s, when French audience numbers reached their peak. It handled a number of
co-productions between
France
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and
Italy
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. The artist
René Ferracci designed many of the company's
posters
A poster is a large sheet that is placed either on a public space to promote something or on a wall as decoration. Typically, posters include both textual and graphic elements, although a poster may be either wholly graphical or wholly text. ...
.
[Smith p.203]
Selected filmography
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Colomba'' (1933)
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A Man of Gold'' (1934)
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The Imberger Mystery'' (1935)
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Thirteen Days of Love'' (1935)
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Holiday for Henrietta
''Holiday for Henrietta'' () is a 1952 French comedy film directed by Julien Duvivier and starring Dany Robin, Michel Auclair, and Hildegard Knef. It was shot at the Billancourt Studios and on location around Paris including at the Gaumont-Pala ...
'' (1952)
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The Wages of Fear
''The Wages of Fear'' () is a 1953 thriller film directed and co-written by Henri-Georges Clouzot, and starring Yves Montand, Charles Vanel, Peter van Eyck and Véra Clouzot. The film centres on a group of four down-on-their-luck European men w ...
'' (1953)
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Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
"Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves" () is a folk tale in Arabic added to the ''One Thousand and One Nights'' in the 18th century by its French translator Antoine Galland, who heard it from Syrian storyteller Hanna Diyab. As one of the most popul ...
'' (1954)
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House of Ricordi
''House of Ricordi'' () is a 1954 French-Italian historical film, historical biographical melodrama film based on the early history of the Italian music publishing house Casa Ricordi. It is directed by Carmine Gallone and stars Märta Torén, Mar ...
'' (1954)
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Wild Fruit'' (1954)
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Knave of Hearts'' (1954)
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Flesh and the Woman'' (1954)
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Madame du Barry
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'' (1954)
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Marianne of My Youth'' (1955)
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Black Dossier'' (1955)
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Spring, Autumn and Love
''Spring, Autumn and Love'' (French: ''Le printemps, l'automne et l'amour'') is a 1955 French-Italian comedy drama film directed by Gilles Grangier and starring Fernandel, Nicole Berger and Andrex.Parish p.177
The film's sets were designed by ...
'' (1955)
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Les Diaboliques'' (1955)
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Don Camillo's Last Round'' (1955)
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The Grand Maneuver'' (1955)
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Madelon'' (1955)
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Race for Life'' (1955)
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Elena and Her Men'' (1956)
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L'homme aux clefs d'or'' (1956)
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Paris, Palace Hotel'' (1956)
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Fernandel the Dressmaker
''Fernandel the Dressmaker'' (French: ''Le Couturier de ces dames'') is a 1956 French comedy film directed by Jean Boyer and starring Fernandel, Suzy Delair and Fred Pasquali.Oscherwitz & Higgins p.163 It was shot at the Saint-Maurice Studio ...
'' (1956)
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Le secret de soeur Angèle'' (1956)
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Death in the Garden'' (1956)
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Women's Club
The club movement is an American women's social movement that started in the mid-19th century and spread throughout the United States. It established the idea that women had a moral duty and responsibility to transform public policy. While wome ...
'' (1956)
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He Who Must Die'' (1957)
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Sait-on jamais'' (1957)
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Mademoiselle et son gang'' (1957)
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Sénéchal the Magnificent
''Sénéchal the Magnificent'' (French: ''Sénéchal le magnifique'') is a 1957 French-Italian comedy film directed by Jean Boyer and starring Fernandel, Nadia Gray and Madeleine Barbulée.Bessy & Chirat p.191 It was shot at Billancourt Stud ...
'' (1957)
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Nous autres à Champignol'' (1957)
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À pied, à cheval et en voiture'' (1957)
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Porte des Lilas'' (1957)
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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. ...
'' (1957)
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Quand la femme s'en mêle'' (1957)
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Une manche et la belle'' (1957)
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La Parisienne'' (1957)
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The Innocent with Forty Children'' (1957)
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Anna of Brooklyn'' (1958)
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Cette nuit là...'' (1958)
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La legge è legge'' (1958)
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En cas de malheur'' (1958)
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Too Late to Love'' (1959)
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Du rififi chez les femmes'' (1959)
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The Gendarme of Champignol'' (1959)
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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)
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Classe Tous Risques'' (1960)
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Katia
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Notable people with this name
Actresses and models
* Katia Dandoulaki, Greek actress
* Katia Margaritoglou, Greek fashion model and beauty contestant
* Katia Winter (born 1983), Sw ...
'' (1960)
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Wasteland'' (1960)
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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)
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All the Gold in the World'' (1961)
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The Devil and the Ten Commandments
''Le Diable et les Dix Commandements'' () 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 that includes Michel Simon, Micheline ...
'' (1962)
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Emile's Boat'' (1962)
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Jules and Jim
''Jules and Jim'' ( ) is a 1962 French New Wave romantic drama film directed, produced and co-written by François Truffaut. Set before, during, and after World War I, it follows a tragic love triangle involving French bohemian Jim ( Henri Ser ...
'' (1962)
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How to Succeed in Love'' (1962)
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The Trip to Biarritz
''The Trip to Biarritz'' (French: ''Le voyage à Biarritz'') is a 1963 French-Italian comedy film directed by Gilles Grangier and starring Fernandel, Michel Galabru and Rellys. It is based on the play of the same title by Jean Sarment which wa ...
'' (1963)
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Mad Sea'' (1963)
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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
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