Best movies of Denys de La Patellière

Actors : Yves Barsacq, Paul Mercey, Jean Gabin, Louis de Funès,
Directors : Denys de La Patellière,

An art dealer wants to buy a Modigliani, which is tattooed on the back of an old soldier.

Actors : Hardy Krüger, Lino Ventura, Maurice Biraud, Charles Aznavour,
Directors : Denys de La Patellière,

During World War II, French Commandos join forces with a German officer in order to survive the African desert.

Actors : Nadja Tiller, Gert Fröbe, Jean Gabin, George Raft,
Directors : Denys de La Patellière,

In Paris, a gold smuggler is at war with other local gangsters who want piece of the action. Then the mob shows up and makes things worse. Also, an undercover US Treasury Department agent is trying to infiltrate the smuggler's business.

Actors : Fabio Testi, Uschi Glas, Jean Gabin, Jacques Richard,
Directors : Denys de La Patellière,

Whilst being transferred to a psychiatric hospital, a ruthless serial killer Gassot makes a break and goes on the run. He arrives in Marseilles, intending to escape abroad. Here, he falls for a young prostitute, Gerda.

Actors : Michel Simon, Lino Ventura, Pierre Brasseur, Annie Girardot,
Directors : Denys de La Patellière,

Charles-Edmond, the eldest of the Larmentiel brothers decides to return to his hometown La Rochelle to die. Forty years earlier, he had been driven by his father. Before passing away he had...

Actors : Pierre Mondy, Robert Hossein, Claude Jade, Claude Piéplu,
Directors : Denys de La Patellière,

L'histoire d'un amour exceptionnel contre toutes les hypocrisies.

Actors : Robert Hossein, Jean Gabin, Georges Géret, Michèle Mercier,
Directors : Denys de La Patellière,

Léandre Brassac is a misanthrope and alcoholic, who lives on a large remote county estate with his wife, Marie. Brassac has a reputation as a violent and unpredictable man, but who has a love for animals, particularly dogs.

Actors : Lilli Palmer, Laurent Terzieff, Philippe Noiret, Fernandel,
Directors : Denys de La Patellière,

Quantin lives with his family in a village near the Swiss border. He is increasingly anxious that he has received no news from his eldest daughter, Marie-Louise, who went to Lyon to find work as a hairdresser.

Actors : Gregor von Rezzori, Charles Aznavour, Marisa Merlini, Arletty,
Directors : Denys de La Patellière,

After the WWII, a young man without perspective arrives in Rome. Living in a loft, he gradually discovers the city becoming a tour guide.

Actors : Assi Dayan, Jean Claudio, Azaria Rapaport, Akim Tamiroff,
Directors : Denys de La Patellière,

A confrontation between two enemies. One is a young, captured Israeli agent and the other an older Arab inspector who tries to get the agent talk by making him regain his desire to live.

Actors : Daniel Gélin, Valentina Cortese, Denise Vernac, Michèle Mercier,
Directors : Denys de La Patellière,

A young girl goes to Africa to find her lost brother living among sordid people but finds true love with a disqualified pilot.

Actors : Monique Bertho, Eddie Barclay, Charles Aznavour, André Badin,
Directors : Denys de La Patellière,

Monique, a Belgian girl, comes to Paris to learn painting and become an artist. She took courses at the Academy and found a studio in Montmartre.

Actors : Bernard Blier, France Anglade, Karin Dor, Vittorio De Sica,
Directors : Denys de La Patellière,

France, July, 1789. Whilst a party of aristocrats are enjoying themselves in the Bois de Vincennes, the French Revolution is beginning to get underway. At the insistence of her father, 16 ...