Henry Roussel Movies

  • 1923
    Violettes impériales

    Violettes impériales

    Violettes impériales

    01923HD

    This historical melodrama (later remade by Henry Roussel himself in 1932 and Richard Pottier in 1952) set during the reign of Napoleon III of France....

    Violettes impériales
  • 1938
    Café de Paris

    Café de Paris

    Café de Paris

    7.71938HD

    This murder mystery is set in a Parisian cafe and examines the mysterious murder of a famed journalist and extortionist who is killed at his table in...

    Café de Paris
  • 1952
    Imperial Violets

    Imperial Violets

    Imperial Violets

    5.41952HD

    Violeta, an Andalusian gypsy, foretells a lady she will become empress. The lady is Eugenia de Montijo, and when she marries emperor Luis...

    Imperial Violets
  • 1931
    Hearts Are Trumps

    Hearts Are Trumps

    Hearts Are Trumps

    01931HD

    Poor Arlette is married off by her well meaning mother to a supposed count who turns out to be a fake and a crook.Arlette seeks out the real count,...

    Hearts Are Trumps
  • 1929
    The New Gentlemen

    The New Gentlemen

    The New Gentlemen

    6.21929HD

    The plot focuses on Gaillac (Albert Prejean), an electrician employed by the Paris Opera. In love with gorgeous ballerina Suzanne (Gaby Morlay),...

    The New Gentlemen
  • 1925
    La terre promise

    La terre promise

    La terre promise

    01925HD

    In a small east-european ghetto, the Jewish family is celebrating Easter. The fraternal dissonance between the Sigoulim brothers pretty accurately...

    La terre promise
  • 1939
    Deuxième bureau contre kommandantur

    Deuxième bureau contre kommandantur

    Deuxième bureau contre kommandantur

    01939HD

    In 1917, in a small village in the North, Abbe Gaillard is suspected by the Germans of facilitating the escape of French and Belgian soldiers. A...

    Deuxième bureau contre kommandantur
  • 1913
    Shepherdess of Ivry

    Shepherdess of Ivry

    Shepherdess of Ivry

    5.71913HD

    Hortense Fauvel, the wife of a village postmaster, takes Aimée, a young shepherdess, under her wing. Aimée soon becomes engaged to...

    Shepherdess of Ivry
  • 1935
    School for Coquettes

    School for Coquettes

    School for Coquettes

    51935HD

    Ginette, a Parisian seamstress, lives poorly but happily with her musician lover. When Count la Ferronnière offers to teach her the manners...

    School for Coquettes
  • 1913
    Dr. Goudron's System

    Dr. Goudron's System

    Dr. Goudron's System

    61913HD

    A visitor to an insane asylum realises that the inmates have taken control.

    Dr. Goudron's System
  • 1934
    Arlette et ses papas

    Arlette et ses papas

    Arlette et ses papas

    4.51934HD

    Arlette was born in 1918. Her mother made her lover and godchild named Pierre believe that he was the father of this child. Having become a beautiful...

    Arlette et ses papas
  • 1937
    L'amour veille

    L'amour veille

    L'amour veille

    01937HD

    Believing that her husband is cheating on her, Jacqueline decides to take revenge and goes to find Ernest, a chilled sigh. But in her bachelor...

    L'amour veille
  • 1914
    Le Friquet

    Le Friquet

    Le Friquet

    5.21914HD

    Tells the tragic story of a young trapeze artist (Polaire) abandoned and found by a clown when she was a baby.

    Le Friquet
  • 1913
    The Funny Regiment

    The Funny Regiment

    The Funny Regiment

    01913HD

    The Twins, regular bad men of the regiment, have been condemned to the military prison, and it goes much against the grain of the kind-hearted...

    The Funny Regiment
  • 1932
    Fun in the Barracks

    Fun in the Barracks

    Fun in the Barracks

    6.21932HD

    The life of disorderly soldiers in the barracks dealing with daily routines.

    Fun in the Barracks
  • 1932
    Orange Blossom

    Orange Blossom

    Orange Blossom

    01932HD

    Not content to be an austere judge, M. de Méricourt is also a domestic tyrant. He terrorizes his son René to such an extent that the...

    Orange Blossom
  • 1929
    The Night Belongs to Us

    The Night Belongs to Us

    The Night Belongs to Us

    61929HD

    During a test run for a large race in Sicily the racing car driver Bettina Bang gets into an accident and is saved by a secretive person unknown to...

    The Night Belongs to Us
  • 1934
    Vers l'abîme

    Vers l'abîme

    Vers l'abîme

    01934HD

    The dramatic story of a military attaché, in a European embassy who will sign a fake check, in order to recover important secret documents...

    Vers l'abîme
  • 1935
    Le Bébé de l'escadron

    Le Bébé de l'escadron

    Le Bébé de l'escadron

    01935HD

    A young woman is seduced by a soldier whose name she does not know. Pregnant, she asks the colonel to review the squadron in order to recognize him.

    Le Bébé de l'escadron
  • 1935
    Le Billet de mille

    Le Billet de mille

    Le Billet de mille

    01935HD

    The tribulations of a banknote, from its exit from a counter to its destruction, passing through dozens of hands.

    Le Billet de mille