Underplayed Gems
The whole movie catalogue

Films and series, searchable by what they are

← Back to the shop

François Villon (1945)

François Villon poster
Directed by
André Zwobada
Genre
drama film
Country
France
Runtime
1h 35m
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This film is about the 15th century French poet François Villon who was also a criminal. It shows his life and exploits.

romanticizedbiographicalperiodmelancholicreflectivedramaticold-fashionedliterary

What happens

François Villon is a 1945 French historical drama film directed by André Zwoboda and starring Serge Reggiani, Jean-Roger Caussimon and Henri Crémieux. It portrays the life of the fifteenth century French poet (and criminal) François Villon. The film was inspired by the play If I Were King by Justin Huntly McCarthy. (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?