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Browse 56 movies from Radio-Télévision Française
A man confronts his past during an experiment that attempts to find a solution to the problems of a post-apocalyptic world caused by a world war.
Feb 1962
Dr. Cordelier, living in a suburb of Paris, withdraws from society to pursue research into the functioning of the human brain. His lifelong friend, Maître Joly, becomes concerned when Cordelier draws up a will that bequeaths his entire estate to a stranger, Monsieur Opale; he cannot understand why Cordelier defends him, considering Opale attacks women and children. After a colleague is killed, Joly confronts Cordelier and discovers the truth behind his friend's behavior.
Jul 1960
Dec 1961
In 1962, in the small town of Marvejols, young technicians from the RTF are trained to what can and should be direct cinema. “Liberate the camera, be able to throw it into the human space, into life.”
Jun 1963
Nov 1957
Mar 1962
How did Master Brown turn from a man of faith into a cantankerous, distrustful and cynical man? Nathaniel Hawthorne's character recounts the night when everything changed. In Canada, in a village where everyone seems more virtuous than he is, Tom Brown meets a man who claims to be the devil.
Mar 1959
Apr 1963
Jan 1954
A haunting short version of Edgar Allan Poe's famous story about a cruel and unusual punishment inflicted on a victim of the Spanish Inquisition...
Jan 1964
Nov 1960
Ikhariev is a professional gambler who made his fortune by cheating. Having just won eighty thousand roubles, he comes to try his luck again at a new inn. He is accosted by three men, also cheaters, who offer to join forces with him to ruin their new prey: young Glov, heir to a rich landed estate.
Jan 1960
Antoine is a violinist in love with sweet Sophie. Problem: his sweetheart is the daughter of the master of the municipal harmony, a stubborn man who swears only by the brass. Never mind: Antoine decides to ask him for his daughter's hand and to win his place at the orpheon. Will the two men be able to get in tune?
Mar 1957
Roberto Rossellini shot the film Psycodrame in 1956 for the Center d'études de radiotélévision. The staging of three "psychodramas" - organized by Professor Jacob Levi Moreno with Anne Ancelin Schutzemberger - gives Rossellini the opportunity to reflect on what can become a particularly congenial acting technique, and, in general, on the potential of didactic tv. Director of photography a very young Claude Lelouche. Digital restoration by the Archivio Nazionale Cinema Impresa - CSC and Institut National of l'Audiovisuel in collaboration with Museo Moreno.
Jan 1956
Apr 1954
Jul 1957
It was in 1973 that this film, the first film shot in Super 8 mm with magnetic sound, was broadcast on television. The Carnival of Basel is famous for the music of its fife-and-drum military bands. The imaginary quality of the carnival comes face to face with musique concrète.
Jan 1973
Berthon, racing driver, is committed to the 24 Hours of Le Mans while Genevieve, his wife, has been trying for years to convince him to retire. Desperate, she became the mistress of his brother, always jealous of his elder.
Jan 1959
Emperor Claudius had a son, Britannicus, before marrying Agrippina and adopting her son Nero, born of a previous marriage. Nero succeeded Claudius and ruled the Empire. Despite his reign, Nero decides to free himself from his mother's yoke and take revenge on Britannicus, the brother who has everything and whom he envies.
Apr 1959
Dec 1959