Émile Saint-Ober

The Benefactor

A kind and generous village noble, specializing in good works, actually leads a double existence and…

Moulin Rouge

A poor wretch, who has just been hired as a music-hall artist, in spite of himself becomes the tenan…

Place de la Concorde

Extenuating Circumstances

Harsh Parisian judge Gaetan (known as Monsieur Maximum), chafing in the idleness of retirement, leav…

The Tamer

A very shy person inherits a traveling circus on the express condition that he manages to present a …

Jacques et Jacotte

Jacotte and her older sister Annie live in a Montmartrois workshop where Annie paints pictures of fl…

Haut comme trois pommes

Madame Dupin is the most influential character in her village. She is at odds with her daughter beca…

The Call

The story of Charles de Foucauld, born September 15, 1858 in Strasbourg (France) and died December 1…

Debout là-dedans !

A student monitor in a high school in the French provinces has no control over the pupils. He is in …