Global InformationList of French films of 1956 information
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A list of films produced in France in 1956.
| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Adventures of Gil Blas | René Jolivet, Ricardo Muñoz Suay | Georges Marchal, Barbara Laage, Susana Canales | Adventure | Co-production with Spain |
| And God Created Woman | Roger Vadim | Brigitte Bardot, Curd Jurgens, Marie Glory | Crime | |
| Babes a GoGo | Paul Mesnier | Jane Sourza, Raymond Souplex, Louis de Funès | Comedy | |
| The Babes in the Secret Service | Raoul André | Claudine Dupuis, Louise Carletti, Tilda Thamar | Comedy | |
| Baratin | Jean Stelli | Roger Nicolas, Ginette Baudin, Sylvia Lopez | Musical | |
| Blood to the Head | Gilles Grangier | Jean Gabin, Paul Frankeur, Claude Sylvain | Crime | |
| Bob le flambeur | Jean-Pierre Melville | Roger Duchesne, Isabelle Corey, Daniel Cauchy | Crime | |
| The Bride Is Much Too Beautiful | Pierre Gaspard-Huit | Brigitte Bardot, Louis Jourdan, Micheline Presle | Comedy | |
| Bonjour sourire | Claude Sautet | Olga Thorel, Louis de Funès | Comedy | |
| Comme un cheveu sur la soupe | Maurice Regamey | Louis de Funès, Noelle Adam | Comedy | |
| The Country I Come From | Marcel Carné | Gilbert Becaud, Françoise Arnoul | Comedy musical romance | [1] |
| Crime et châtiment | Georges Lampin | Robert Hossein, Marina Vlady | Crime | [2] |
| Deadlier Than the Male | Julien Duvivier | Jean Gabin, Daniele Delorme | Crime | |
| Death in the Garden | Luis Buñuel | Simone Signoret, Charles Vanel | Drama | |
| Diamond Machine | Pierre Chevalier | Eddie Constantine, Maria Frau, François Perrot | Crime | Co-production with Italy |
| Elena and Her Men | Jean Renoir | Ingrid Bergman | Comedy / Drama | |
| Fernandel the Dressmaker | Jean Boyer | Fernandel, Suzy Delair, Fred Pasquali | Comedy | |
| Forgive Us Our Trespasses | Robert Hossein | Marina Vlady, Pierre Vaneck, Giani Esposito | Drama | |
| Gervaise | René Clément | Maria Schell, François Périer | Drama historical | Nominated for Oscar, +7 wins, +2 nom. |
| Honoré de Marseille | Maurice Régamey | Fernandel | Comedy, Musical | [3] |
| The Hunchback of Notre Dame | Jean Delanoy | Anthony Quinn, Gina Lollobrigida | Drama / Horror | |
| If All the Guys in the World | Christian-Jaque | André Valmy, Jean Gaven, Marc Cassot, Georges Poujouly, Doudou Babet | Adventure | |
| If Paris Were Told to Us | Sacha Guitry | Françoise Arnoul | Comedy / Drama | |
| In the Manner of Sherlock Holmes | Henri Lepage | Henri Vilbert, Claude Sylvain, Michel Ardan | Crime | |
| It Happened in Aden | Michel Boisrond | André Luguet, Jacques Dacqmine, Dany Robin | Comedy | |
| Je reviendrai à Kandara | Victor Vicas | François Périer, Daniel Gélin, Bella Darvi | Drama | |
| L'homme aux clefs d'or | Léo Joannon | Pierre Fresnay, Annie Girardot | Crime | [4] |
| La Bande à papa | Guy Lefranc | Fernand Raynaud, Louis de Funès | Comedy | |
| La Traversée de Paris | Claude Autant-Lara | Jean Gabin, Bourvil | Comedy / Drama | |
| Les Truands | Carlo Rim | Eddie Constantine, Noël-Noël, Jean Richard, Yves Robert | Comedy | |
| The Light Across the Street | Georges Lacombe | Raymond Pellegrin, Roger Pigaut, Brigitte Bardot | Crime | |
| Man and Child | Raoul André | Eddie Constantine, Juliette Gréco | Crime | Co-production with Italy[5] |
| A Man Escaped | Robert Bresson | François Leterrier | Adventure drama | Nominated for BAFTA, +2 wins, +1 nom. |
| Mannequins of Paris | André Hunebelle | Madeleine Robinson, Ivan Desny, Mischa Auer | Drama | |
| Marie Antoinette Queen of France | Jean Delannoy | Michèle Morgan, Richard Todd | Historical | Entered into the 1956 Cannes Film Festival |
| Meeting in Paris | Georges Lampin | Robert Lamoureux, Betsy Blair | Comedy | |
| Memories of a Cop | Pierre Foucaud, Andre Hunebelle | Michel Simon, Suzy Prim | Crime | [6] |
| Michel Strogoff | Carmine Gallone | Curd Jürgens, Geneviève Page, Sylva Koscina | Adventure | Co-production with Italy |
| My Priest Among the Poor | Henri Diamant-Berger | Yves Deniaud, Raymond Bussières, Arletty | Comedy | |
| The Mystery of Picasso | Henri-Georges Clouzot | Pablo Picasso | Documentary | |
| Naughty Girl | Michel Boisrond | Brigitte Bardot | Musical | |
| Paris, Palace Hotel | Henri Verneuil | Charles Boyer, Françoise Arnoul, Tilda Thamar | Comedy | Co-production with Italy |
| Pity for the Vamps | Jean Josipovici | Viviane Romance, Geneviève Kervine, Yves Vincent | Drama | |
| Plucking the Daisy | Marc Allégret | Daniel Gélin, Brigitte Bardot | Comedy | |
| The Red Balloon | Albert Lamorisse | Pascal Lamorisse | Fantasy (short) | Won Oscar, +3 wins |
| The Road to Paradise | Willi Forst, Hans Wolff | Georges Guétary, Christine Carère, Claude Farell | Comedy | |
| Section des disparus | Pierre Chenal | Nicole Maurey, Maurice Ronet | Crime | Co-production with Argentina |
| Short Head | Norbert Carbonnaux | Fernand Gravey, Micheline Dax, Jean Richard | Comedy | |
| The Silent World | Jacques-Yves Cousteau Louis Malle |
Documentary | Won Oscar, +3 wins, +1 nomination | |
| La Sorcière | André Michel | Marina Vladi | Drama | Entered into the 6th Berlin International Film Festival |
| Suspicion | Pierre Billon | Anne Vernon, Frank Villard, Dora Doll | Drama | |
| The Terror with Women | Jean Boyer | Noël-Noël, Jacqueline Gauthier, Yves Robert | Comedy | |
| This is Called Dawn | Luis Buñuel | Georges Marchal, Lucia Bosè | Crime | Co-production with Italy |
| Tides of Passion | Jean Stelli | Etchika Choureau, Jean Danet, Dora Doll | Drama | Co-production with Italy |
| Tonight the Skirts Fly | Dimitri Kirsanoff | Sophie Desmarets, Brigitte Auber, Jean Chevrier, Anne Vernon | Action, Comedy, Drama | |
| The Wagas of Sin | Denys de La Patellière | Danielle Darrieux, Jean-Claude Pascal, Jeanne Moreau | Drama | |
| The Whole Town Accuses | Claude Boissol | Jean Marais, Etchika Choureau, Noël Roquevert | Comedy drama | |
| Zaza | René Gaveau | Lilo, Maurice Teynac, Robert Dalban | Drama |
- ^ "Le PAYS D'OÙ JE VIENS (1956)". Archived from the original on June 12, 2018.
- ^ "Review of the film Crime et châtiment (1956)". 23 August 2014.
- ^ "Honoré de Marseille - Film (1956) - SensCritique".
- ^ "Review of the film l'Homme aux clefs d'or (1956)". 2013.
- ^ "L'Homme et l'enfant - Film (1956) - SensCritque".
- ^ "Mémoires d'un flic - Film (1956) - SensCritique".