Daniel Mendaille

Saint Joan the Maid

This relatively straightforward dramatic biography was one of two films commissioned to honor Joan o…

Captain Fracasse

A nobleman decides to join a traveling group of actors to be with a girl he admires, but ultimately …

The Crew

First adaptation of Joseph Kessel World War I novel, in which an aviator falls in love with a woman …

Le film du poilu

Kids playact war in the backyard and the adults decide to show them a documentary about World War 1.…

Verdun: Visions of History

A dramatized re-enactment and documentary of the Battle of Verdun as seen by both French and German …

Napoleon

A biopic of Napoleon Bonaparte, tracing the Corsican's career from his schooldays (where a snowball …

En plongée

The naval officer Maurice de Vergnes, tired of the extravagance of his fiancée Moussia, finds with p…

La course du flambeau

The Irony of Fate