Michel Auclair Movies

The Day of the Jackal

78/100

A professional assassin codenamed "Jackal" plots to kill Charles de Gaulle, the President of France.

Funny Face

71/100

An impromptu fashion shoot at a book store brings about a new fashion model discovery in the shop clerk.

Killer stellen sich nicht vor

63/100

A man is pursued by killers after helping someone at a car crash.

Swashbuckler

66/100

Nicolas Philibert goes to America after killing a French aristocrat. On his return he tries to divorce his wife, Charlotte, but when he sees others trying to woo her his own interest is rekindled.

Maigret kennt kein Erbarmen

71/100

Inspector Maigret is traveling to the French countryside to visit his friend, the duchess of Saint-Fiacre. She has received a letter recently stating that she will die soon. A few days ... See full summary »

Tausend Milliarden Dollar

71/100

A young journalist stumbles across something much more sinister than a simple suicide in the death of a politician - the death seems to be an assassination contrived by an American ... See full summary »

Manon

71/100

An adaptation of Abbe Prevost's classic French novel 'Manon Lescaut', updated to post-World War II France, in which a former French Resistance activist rescues Manon from villagers who want... See full summary »

Le Sheriff

71/100

The young judge Fayard is not afraid of anybody as he does his work honestly.

Barbarous Street

55/100

Daniel Chetman is tired of the violent neighborhood, and takes on the local gangster Mathias Hagen and his tugs.

Le bon plaisir

63/100

In Paris, a women's bag, which contains an embarrassing letter from the french president, is stolen.

Royal Affairs in Versailles

69/100

The history of the palace of Versailles from it's founding to the present.

Le coup de sirocco

51/100

Holiday for Henrietta

74/100

After the rejection of their latest - and preposterous - scenario, two script writers get back to basics to prepare a new movie...

Justice Is Done

71/100

Known as "Justice Is Done" in 1953 when it was first shown in the USA, it opens with a short briefing...

The Corrupt

70/100

Der Fuchs von Paris

65/100

One Step to Eternity

64/100

Francois Roques, a power-and-money-mad editor of a Paris newspaper (who justifies his actions by calling attention to his poverty-stricken childhood)...

Story of a Love Story

58/100

Harry is a married writer who has an affair with a woman whose husband knows that she is unfaithful...

Mord bei 45 Touren

61/100

(1961) Danielle Darrieux, Michael Auclair. A singer believes she's being haunted by the ghost of her dead husband.

Lise and Laura

81/100

Laura (Claude Jade) lives in a Hotel in Britanny and meets there an old man (Michel Auclair). Laura looks like his wife Lise (Claude Jade), who's killed by the Gestapo...

Anklage - Mord

60/100

Architect Dumas dies from a bullet of his own gun in front of his house. The police suspects his young Swedish wife Catherine and her English lover Tom Hastings. After numerous ... See full summary »

Portuguese Vacation

68/100

Françoise and her husband Jean-Pierre invite some friend couples to spend a weekend in their large villa on the Portuguese coast. What follows is a romantic intrigue, with each character discovering a little more about himself.

A Bomb for a Dictator

58/100

A revolution breaks out in a South American country while its cruel dictator is on a trip to France...

The Mad Heart

64/100

Georges Menessier, a 45-year-old celebrity press writer, smuggles into a mental hospital to take pictures of...

Torquemada

73/100