Underplayed Gems
The whole movie catalogue

Films and series, searchable by what they are

← Back to the shop

The Maelstrom of Paris (1928)

The Maelstrom of Paris poster
Original title
Le Tourbillon de Paris
Directed by
Julien Duvivier
Genre
drama film, silent film
Country
France
Runtime
1h 44m
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A silent story set in 1920s Paris. It follows the intertwined lives of several characters navigating love and loss in the city.

melancholicbittersweetsentimentalquietperiod-pieceslow-pacedpoignant

What happens

The Maelstrom of Paris or The Whirlwind of Paris (French:Le tourbillon de Paris) is a 1928 French silent film directed by Julien Duvivier and starring Lil Dagover, Léon Bary and Gaston Jacquet. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

More like this

This page is from Underplayed Gems. Not quite it? Tell the Catbot what you feel like watching and it picks from the whole catalogue, or browse by genre, country and year.

Lists: Korean thrillers worth the evening · Anime films beyond Studio Ghibli · Slow films for a rainy night · Horror that unsettles instead of startling · Series you can finish in a weekend · Nordic crime worth the subtitles · Good films that end in under 90 minutes · Documentaries that play like thrillers

Loading movies…

What should I watch?