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The Devil Is a Woman
The Devil Is a Woman (1935)
, 1h19
Directed by Josef von Sternberg
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Historical, Romance
Actors Marlene Dietrich, Lionel Atwill, Cesar Romero, Edward Everett Horton, Alison Skipworth, Don Alvarado

Inspiré du roman de Pierre Louÿs, La Femme et le Pantin, le film raconte la rivalité d'un jeune homme, Antonio Galvan, et d'un homme plus âgé, Don Pasqual, dans la tentative d'obtenir les faveurs de la belle et capricieuse Concha Perez.
Joan of Arc
Joan of Arc (1935)
, 1h27
Directed by Gustav Ucicky
Origin German
Genres Drama, Historical
Themes Politique, Films about religion, Jeanne d'Arc, Political films, Histoire de France
Actors Gustaf Gründgens, Heinrich George, Erich Ponto, Willy Birgel, Theodor Loos, Aribert Wäscher

La France pendant la guerre de Cent Ans. Les Français risquent de perdre la guerre depuis 92 ans contre l'Angleterre et des ennemis intérieurs. Seule la ville d'Orléans résiste bien encore ; c'est ici que se trouve le roi de France Charles VII. Pour discuter de conditions de paix acceptables, le roi envoie son émissaire Maillezais dans le camp ennemi, chez John Talbot et son allié Philippe III de Bourgogne. Mais Talbot refuse le compromis ; il préfère se préparer à la bataille finale. Son mépris est tel que, devant Maillezais, il jette les armes de sa famille d'origine française.
Joymoti
Joymoti (1935)

Directed by Jyoti Prasad Agarwala
Genres Biography, Historical
Actors Aideu Handique, Swargajyoti Barooah, Phani Sarma

Set in 17th-century Assam, the film recounts the sacrifice of Joymoti, an Ahom princess tortured and killed by the Ahom king Borphukan for refusing to betray her husband Gadapani by disclosing his whereabouts. The event is interpreted in contemporary patriotic terms, and calls for a greater harmony between the people of the hills and those of the plains. The hills are represented by the leader Dalimi, a Naga tribeswoman who shelters the fugitive Prince Gadapani.
Les Misérables
Les Misérables (1935)
, 1h48
Directed by Richard Boleslawski
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Historical, Romance
Themes Children's films
Actors Fredric March, Charles Laughton, Cedric Hardwicke, Rochelle Hudson, Florence Eldridge, Marilyn Knowlden

Jean Valjean est un bagnard emprisonné pour un simple vol de pain parce qu'il était affamé. Il parvient à s'échapper et sur sa route, il rencontre un homme d'église qui changera sa vie. Il devient peu à peu un homme en vue de la ville où il s'est installé sous un faux nom pour échapper à son passé. La jeune Cosette que les vils Thénardiers exploitent à leur service, est recueillie par Valjean qui en prendra soin quant à son éducation. Mais l'inspecteur Javert, Policier obtus et convaincu que l'âme humaine ne peut changer, reconnaît en Valjean l'ancien détenu et veut à tout prix le compromettre...
The Youth of Maxim
The Youth of Maxim (1935)
, 1h38
Directed by Grigori Kozintsev, Leonid Trauberg
Genres Drama, War, Historical
Actors Boris Chirkov, Valentina Kibardina, Stepan Kayukov, Leonid Lioubachevski

In 1910, a revolutionary underground group spreads leaflets featuring anti-tsarist slogans. Maksim, a young, happy-go-lucky worker and his comrades help the teacher Natasha, who is engaged in illegal activities in the factory, hide from the police.
The Making of a King
The Making of a King (1935)
, 1h40
Directed by Hans Steinhoff
Genres Biography, Historical
Themes Political films, Films about royalty
Actors Emil Jannings, Leopoldine Konstantin, Claus Clausen, Carola Höhn, Paul Henckels, Walter Janssen

The film opens at Potsdam in the time of "The Soldier's King" Friedrich Wilhelm I of Prussia, with the Royal Family sitting at the breakfast table. It turns out that Crown Prince Friedrich, informally called "Fritz", had lost so much money at the gaming tables that he had to sign debentures. Members of the grenadier regiment had seen the crown prince appearing late in a wretched state, which greatly angers his father. The King would like to prepare his son for the future role as a ruler, and regards his preoccupation with music and literature with big displeasure.
Frisco Kid
Frisco Kid (1935)
, 1h17
Directed by Lloyd Bacon
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Adventure, Historical, Romance
Actors James Cagney, Margaret Lindsay, Ricardo Cortez, Lili Damita, Donald Woods, Barton MacLane

In San Francisco in the 1850s, a city where gold fever has left shipowners short-handed, Bat Morgan, a sailor come ashore is robbed and nearly shanghaied aboard another ship. Managing to escape, he sticks around town to pay back those responsible and then to take a cut in the action in the vice district. Organizing the various gambling houses (and other forms of vice implied but, for Code reasons, not explicitly stated) into a consolidated enterprise in alliance with a corrupt city boss, Jim Dailey, he comes into conflict with a crusading newspaper, run by Jean Barrat, the daughter of the late murdered publisher, and Charles Ford, the idealistic editor to whom Jean is all but engaged.
Westward Ho
Westward Ho (1935)
, 1h1
Directed by Robert N. Bradbury
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Historical, Western
Actors John Wayne, Sheila Bromley, Dickie Jones, Glenn Strange, Jim Farley, Jack Curtis

John Wyatt (John Wayne) vows to avenge the death of his parents at the hands of cattle rustlers. Years later, Wyatt is put in charge of a band of vigilantes, bent on rounding up a gang of outlaws. He discovers that one of the bandits is his own long-lost brother Jim Wyatt (Frank McGlynn Jr.) This revelation eventually leads John to the men responsible for the slaughter of his family.
Lucrezia Borgia
Lucrezia Borgia (1935)
, 1h33
Directed by Abel Gance
Origin France
Genres Drama, Historical, Romance
Actors Edwige Feuillère, Gabriel Lelièvre, Antonin Artaud, Maurice Escande, Roger Karl, Aimé Clariond

César Borgia, fils du pape Alexandre VI, veut marier sa sœur Lucrèce Borgia à des fins politiques. Mais Lucrèce se rebelle contre son frère...
Pasteur
Pasteur (1935)
, 1h15
Directed by Sacha Guitry
Origin France
Genres Biography, Historical
Actors Sacha Guitry, Maurice Schutz, Jean Périer, Armand Lurville, Camille Cousin, Gaston Dubosc

Louis Pasteur a une passion : la recherche scientifique. Il est à contre-courant de son temps, ses idées sur l'existence d'un infiniment petit contre lequel on peut lutter par l'asepsie se heurtent au conformisme et aux préjugés. La solitude est donc son lot quotidien. Mais sa foi en la science le mène à un combat acharné.
Al Hilal
Al Hilal (1935)
, 2h38
Directed by Mehboob Khan
Genres Historical
Actors Yakub, Mehboob Khan

Set in the Ottoman Empire it deals with the Caesar’s (Pande) army and their skirmishes with the local Muslim rulers. The Sultan’s (Asooji) son Ziyad (Kumar) is arrested by the Roman army. The Roman princess Rahil falls in love with him. A Muslim maid Leela (Sitara Devi) and the princess help him escape. What follows are long chase scenes and fights which ultimately lead to success for Ziyad and his people.
The Queen and the Cardinal
The Queen and the Cardinal (1935)
, 1h55
Directed by Abel Gance
Origin France
Genres Drama, Comedy, Adventure, Historical
Actors Georges Milton, Samson Fainsilber, Tania Fédor, Valentine Tessier, Robert Le Vigan, Janine Borelli

En 1648, à l'époque de la Fronde, les aventures de Jérôme Perreau, un brave tailleur-fabricant de pourpoints parisien.