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Films with the genre "Anthology film", sorted by production date
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The Irony of Money (1957)
, 1h16Directed by Guy Lefranc, Edgar Neville
Origin France
Genres Drama, Comedy, Anthology film
Actors Irene Caba Alba, Fernando Fernán Gómez, Philippe Lemaire, Guillero Marín, Cécile Aubry, Antonio Casal
The Counterfeit Coin (1955)
, 2h7Origin Grece
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Anthology film, Action, Romance
Actors Vassílis Logothetídis, Orestis Makris, Ilya Livykou, Mímis Fotópoulos, Sperantza Vrana, Vasilis Avlonitis
An honest, religious engraver, Anargyros Loumbardopoulos (Vassilis Logothetidis), has routinely invested his money in gold coins, specifically British gold sovereigns, bought from a friend of his, a banker. Upon having stored away 100 sovereigns, a friend of the banker suggests that Anargyros mints counterfeit sovereigns, but he adamantly refuses. The banker's friend then introduces Anargyros to a lady that he knows. Anargyros' resistance is soon curbed, and he spends all his invested 100 sovereigns to buy minting equipment.
The Secrets of the Bed (1954)
, 1h26Directed by Michel Deville, Henri Decoin, Jean Delannoy, Ralph Habib, Claude Pinoteau, Gianni Franciolini, Pierre Zimmer, Jacques Rouffio, Fabien Collin
Origin France
Genres Comedy, Anthology film
Actors Jeanne Moreau, Richard Todd, Dawn Addams, Vittorio De Sica, Françoise Arnoul, Marcel Mouloudji
L'histoire réunit quatre passagers d'une automobile, bloqués en rase campagne par les intempéries. Partageant leur logis provisoire, ils racontent leurs déboires dont le point commun est un lit.
Letters from My Windmill (1954)
, 2h40Directed by Marcel Pagnol
Origin France
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Anthology film
Actors Henri Crémieux, Robert Vattier, Roger Crouzet, Marcel Daxely, Henri Vilbert, René Sarvil
1/ L'elixir du Père Gaucher. Pour sauver l'abbaye de la ruine, le père Gaucher se lance dans la fabrication d'un élixir... Ou est-ce plutôt une liqueur ? 2/ Les ailes du moulin du vieux Maitre Cornille continuent de tourner alors qu’aucun villageois ne lui apporte de blé… D’où viennent donc tous ces sacs de farine ? Vivette révèlera-t-elle au monsieur de Paris, Alphonse Daudet, le secret de son grand-père, Maître Cornille ? 3/ Les trois messes basses. Une nuit de Noël, poussé par le Diable qui a pris les traits de son enfant de chœur, Dom Balaguère escamote les trois messes basses, en vue d'un réveillon parfumé aux truffes…
Love in the City (1953)
, 1h45Directed by Alberto Lattuada, Carlo Lizzani, Michelangelo Antonioni, Federico Fellini, Francesco Maselli, Dino Risi, Roberto Rossellini, Cesare Zavattini
Origin Italie
Genres Drama, Anthology film, Romance
Actors Ugo Tognazzi, Luisella Boni, Mara Berni, Antonio Cifariello, Marco Ferreri, Raimondo Vianello
Sous l’égide de Cesare Zavattini, précurseur et théoricien du néoréalisme, les différents auteurs de ce film à sketches tentent de reconstituer d’après les témoignages des protagonistes eux-mêmes différents aspects, drôles ou tragiques, de l’amour en ville.
Three Women (1952)
, 1h44Directed by André Michel
Origin France
Genres Comedy, Comedy-drama, Anthology film
Actors Maryse Martin, Michel Bouquet, Betty Daussmond, Jacques Duby, Jacques Fabbri, Agnès Delahaie
Boitelle avec Jacques Duby, Moune de Rivel. Mouche avec Marcelle Arnold, Jacques Fabbri, Pierre Olaf, Raymond Pellegrin, Marcel Mouloudji, Catherine Erard
Meet Me Tonight (1952)
, 1h21Directed by Anthony Pelissier
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy, Anthology film
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Nigel Patrick, Ted Ray, Valerie Hobson, Kay Walsh, Jessie Royce Landis, Martita Hunt
In "The Red Peppers", a husband and wife song and dance team (Kay Walsh, Ted Ray) bicker with each other, another performer (Martita Hunt), and the theatre manager (Frank Pettingell). In "Fumed Oak", a middle-aged man (Stanley Holloway) finally has enough of his wife, daughter, and mother-in-law (Betty Ann Davies, Dorothy Gordon, and Mary Merrall respectively). Having saved enough money secretly, he announces to his stunned family that he is leaving, never to see them again. In the final segment, "Ways and Means", a husband (Michael Trubshawe) informs his wife (Valerie Hobson) that he has gambled away their money, leaving little to pay their debts, especially to Olive (Jessie Royce Landis). They pawn their last few valuable possessions, hoping to win enough in the casino. However, Olive takes the seat the husband was waiting for and proceeds to win a great deal of money. When she gets up, he takes his rightful place and loses all he has. That night, the couple awake to find Olive's butler, Murdoch (Jack Warner), trying to steal from them. After laughing at him (since they have nothing worth the effort), the wife proposes he rob from his employer and split the money with them. Murdoch takes Olive's winnings, but double crosses the couple, only to end up caught by the police.
It's a Big Country (1951)
, 1h29Directed by Don Hartman, John Sturges, Richard Thorpe, William A. Wellman, Charles Vidor, Clarence Brown, Don Weis
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Anthology film
Actors Gary Cooper, Ethel Barrymore, Gene Kelly, Van Johnson, Janet Leigh, Fredric March
A professor traveling on a train overhears a fellow passenger make a comment about "America". The professor then asks: "Which America?" This provides a lead-in for multiple tales of American life. There is the tale of Mrs. Riordan, an elderly lady from Boston. She is upset about not having been counted in the 1950 census. She asks a newspaper editor named Callaghan to intervene on her behalf, and he makes the mistake of not taking her seriously.
Encore (1951)
, 1h25Directed by Harold French, Anthony Pelissier, Pat Jackson
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Anthology film
Actors Nigel Patrick, Roland Culver, Charles Victor, Alison Leggatt, Noel Purcell, Glynis Johns
Idle Tom Ramsay (Nigel Patrick) continually borrows from his hard-working brother George (Roland Culver). George later puts up the Ramsay estate for sale so he can buy out his business partner, despite Tom's protests. Shortly afterwards, George is approached by car dealer Philip Cronshaw (Peter Graves), who notifies him that Tom has stolen one of his automobiles. To avoid a scandal, George pays for it. However, it was a fraud; Cronshaw and Tom split George's money.
Lost Souvenirs (1950)
, 1h45Directed by Christian-Jaque
Origin France
Genres Drama, Fantasy, Anthology film
Actors Edwige Feuillère, Gilberte Géniat, Danièle Delorme, Suzy Delair, Odette Barencey, Germaine Stainval
Film composé de quatre sketches : L'histoire de quatre objets trouvés :
Return to Life (1949)
, 1h52Directed by André Cayatte, Henri-Georges Clouzot, Jean Dréville, Georges Lampin
Origin France
Genres Drama, Comedy, Anthology film
Actors Bernard Blier, Jean Brochard, Jane Marken, Léonce Corne, Janine Darcey, Max Elloy
Étude sur le retour à la vie normale des prisonniers de guerre et des déportés.
Train of Events (1949)
, 1h28Directed by Basil Dearden, Charles Crichton, Sidney Cole
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Anthology film
Themes Transport films, Rail transport films, Film se déroulant dans un train
Actors Jack Warner, Peter Finch, Valerie Hobson, Susan Shaw, Miles Malleson, Leslie Phillips
The film opens with a long shot of a Liverpool-bound train waiting to depart from Euston station in London. The train leaves with various characters on board.
Quartet (1948)
, 2hDirected by Arthur Crabtree, Ken Annakin, Harold French, Ralph Foster Smart
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama, Anthology film
Actors Cecil Parker, Dirk Bogarde, Jack Watling, George Cole, Mai Zetterling, Honor Blackman
Despite their reservations, Mr. and Mrs. Garnet allow their promising tennis player son, nineteen-year-old Nicky Garnet, to travel by himself to Monte Carlo to compete in a tournament. Mr. Garnet gives him some advice: never gamble, never lend money, and don't have anything to do with women. On the last night of his stay, he disregards all three: he wins a large amount of money at roulette and meets a beautiful woman named Jeanne, who borrows from him before he can react. Later, she repays him, then takes him dancing at a nightclub.
Dead of Night (1945)
, 1h42Directed by Basil Dearden, Alberto Cavalcanti, Charles Crichton, Robert Hamer
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Fantastic, Comedy, Anthology film, Horror
Themes Ghost films
Actors Michael Redgrave, Mervyn Johns, Renee Gadd, Frederick Valk, Roland Culver, Sally Ann Howes
Architect Walter Craig (Mervyn Johns) arrives at a country house party where he reveals to the assembled guests that he has seen them all in a dream. He appears to have no prior personal knowledge of them but he is able to predict spontaneous events in the house before they unfold. The other guests attempt to test Craig's foresight, while entertaining each other with various tales of uncanny or supernatural events that they experienced or were told about. These include a racing car driver's premonition of a fatal bus crash; a light-hearted tale of two obsessed golfers, one of whom becomes haunted by the other's ghost (cut from the initial USA release); a ghostly encounter during a children's Christmas party (another tale cut from the initial USA release); a haunted antique mirror; and the story of an unbalanced ventriloquist (Michael Redgrave) who believes his amoral dummy is truly alive. The framing story is then capped by a twist ending.
Love Around the Clock (1943)
, 1h39Directed by Yvan Noé
Origin France
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Anthology film
Actors Fernandel, Gaby Morlay, Charles Lamy, Fernand Charpin, Félicien Tramel, Jeanne Fusier-Gir
« Hora », déesse des heures, apparaît tour à tour dans une suite de sketches : à un explorateur perdu dans le désert, à Léon, un petit bourgeois, qui cherche à s'évader de sa médiocrité, ensuite à une maman frivole qui délaisse son petit garçon, encore à un impénitent noceur, puis à un brave homme qui n'a plus un sou pour payer son restaurant, à un jeune sportif, à une vedette lasse de l'égoïsme de son public, à un condamné à mort enfin pour lequel elle arrive à fléchir le jugement dernier.