List of French films of 1951 explained

A list of films produced in France in 1951.

A-L

Title	Director	Cast	Genre	Notes
Adele's Gift			Comedy
Adhémar			Comedy	[1]
Alone in Paris			Comedy drama
Amazing Monsieur Fabre			Comedy drama
Andalusia	Robert Vernay	Luis Mariano, Carmen Sevilla, Arlette Poirier	Musical	Co-production with Spain[2]
Atoll K			Comedy	Co-production with Italy
The Beautiful Image			Drama
Beautiful Love			Drama
Bernard and the Lion			Comedy
Bibi Fricotin	Marcel Blistène	Maurice Baquet, Colette Darfeuil, Alexandre Rignault	Comedy
The Billionaire Tramp			Comedy
Bluebeard	Christian-Jaque	Hans Albers, Cécile Aubry, Lina Carstens	Comedy	Co-production with West Germany and Switzerland
Bouquet of Joy	Maurice Cam	Charles Trenet, Tilda Thamar, Jean Lefebvre	Comedy	[3]
The Cape of Hope			Drama	Co-production with Italy
Captain Ardant			Adventure
Casabianca	Georges Péclet	Pierre Dudan, Gérard Landry, Alain Terrane	War	[4]
The Case of Doctor Galloy			Drama
Clara de Montargis			Drama
Come Down, Someone Wants You			Comedy
The Convict			Drama
Coq en pâte	Charles-Félix Tavano	Jacqueline Gauthier, Maurice Escande, Annette Poivre	Comedy	[5]
Dakota 308	Jacques Daniel-Norman	Suzy Carrier, Jean Pâqui, Louis Seigner	Crime
Darling Caroline	Richard Pottier	Martine Carol, Jacques Dacqmine, Marie Déa	Historical
The Darling of His Concierge			Comedy
Deburau			Biopic
Diary of a Country Priest		Claude Laydu, Adrien Borel, Nicole Maurey	Drama	5 wins & 2 nominations
Dirty Hands			Drama
Dr. Knock			Comedy
Edward and Caroline			Comedy
Gigolo			Drama	[6]
Good Enough to Eat			Comedy
Great Man			Drama
Guilty?			Mystery
His Last Twelve Hours			Drama	Co-production with Italy
Juliette, or Key of Dreams			Drama	Entered into the 1951 Cannes Film Festival
The King of Camelots			Comedy
Life Is a Game			Comedy
Love and Desire	Henri Decoin		Drama	Co-production with Spain
The Lovers of Bras-Mort			Drama

M-Z

Title	Director	Cast	Genre	Notes
Mammy			Drama
Maria of the End of the World			Drama
Miracles Only Happen Once			Drama	Co-production with Italy
Monsieur Fabre			Comedy
Monsieur Octave			Comedy
The Most Beautiful Girl in the World			Comedy
Moumou			Comedy
Mr. Peek-a-Boo			Comedy
Music in the Head			Musical
My Seal and Them			Comedy
My Wife Is Formidable			Comedy
Never Two Without Three			Comedy
The Night Is My Kingdom			Drama
Nightclub			Musical crime
Olivia			Drama
Paris Still Sings			Musical
Paris Vice Squad	Hervé Bromberger		Crime thriller
The Passage of Venus			Comedy
The Passerby			Drama
Passion			Drama
Piédalu in Paris			Comedy
Poison			Comedy drama
The Prettiest Sin in the World			Romantic comedy	[7]
The Real Culprit	Pierre Thévenard		Crime
The Red Inn			Comedy crime
The Red Needle			Drama
The Red Rose			Comedy
Rendezvous in Grenada			Musical
The River			Romantic drama	Nominated for 2 BAFTA, 1+ win, +1 nom.
Rome-Paris-Rome			Comedy	Co-production with Italy
Rue des Saussaies			Crime
Savage Triangle			Drama	[8]
Serenade to the Executioner			Crime
Shadow and Light			Drama
Sins of Madeleine			Drama
Skipper Next to God			Drama
The Sleepwalker			Comedy
The Straw Lover			Comedy
The Strange Madame X			Drama
Sweet Madness			Comedy
That Rascal Anatole			Comedy
Tomorrow We Get Divorced	Louis Cuny	Sophie Desmarets, Jean Desailly, Armand Bernard	Comedy	[9]
Topaze			Comedy
The Two Girls			Drama
Two Pennies Worth of Violets			Drama
Under the Sky of Paris			Drama
Victor			Drama
Village Feud			Comedy
The Voyage to America			Comedy
Without Leaving an Address			Comedy	Won the Golden Bear at the 1st Berlin International Film Festival
Young Love			Drama
Sous le ciel de Paris		Brigitte Auber, Paul Frankeur, Daniel Ivernel	Drama

See also

• 1951 in France

References

1. Web site: Review of the film Adhémar ou le jouet de la fatalité (1951). 2001.
2. Web site: Andalousie. https://web.archive.org/web/20180729230843/https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6ec0ae78. dead. July 29, 2018. British Film Institute. 29 July 2018.
3. Web site: Bille de Clown. UniFrance. 29 July 2018.
4. Web site: Casabianca. UniFrance. 29 July 2018.
5. Web site: Coq en pate. fr. 29 July 2018.
6. Web site: Gibier de potence (1951).
7. Web site: Review of the film le Plus joli péché du monde (1951). 10 January 2015.
8. Web site: Review of the film le Garçon sauvage (1951). 6 November 2014.
9. Web site: Demain, Nous Divorcons. UniFrance. 29 July 2018.

External links

• French films of 1951 at the Internet Movie Database
• French films of 1951 at Cinema-francais.fr