DisCina was a French film production and distribution company established in 1938 by Michel Safra and André Paulvé.[1] It reached its peak during the 1940s and early 1950s, remaining active during the Occupation of France.
It also operated a distribution company in the United States to release its French films on the American art house market.[2]
Selected filmography
- Alexis, Gentleman Chauffeur (1938)
- Conflict (1938)
- Gibraltar (1938)
- Monsieur Coccinelle (1938)
- Angelica (1939)
- La Loi du Nord (1939)
- Serge Panine (1939)
- The Fatted Calf (1939)
- Personal Column (1939)
- Beating Heart (1940)
- Thunder Over Paris (1940)
- First Ball (1941)
- Foolish Husbands (1941)
- Carmen (1942)
- The Murderer is Afraid at Night (1942)
- Summer Light (1943)
- The Eternal Return (1943)
- The Mysteries of Paris (1943)
- The Bellman (1945)
- Box of Dreams (1945)
- Mademoiselle X (1945)
- Father Goriot (1945)
- Beauty and the Beast (1946)
- Sylvie and the Ghost (1946)
- Rendezvous in Paris (1947)
- The Sharks of Gibraltar (1947)
- The Great Dawn (1947)
- Ruy Blas (1948)
- Rocambole (1948)
- The Revenge of Baccarat (1948)
- The Tragic Dolmen (1948)
- The Charterhouse of Parma (1948)
- White Paws (1949)
- All Roads Lead to Rome (1949)
- The Dancer of Marrakesh (1949)
- The King (1949)
- The Hunted (1950)
- Just Me (1950)
- Manèges (1950)
- Lady Paname (1950)
- Farewell Mister Grock (1950)
- Orpheus (1950)
- The Red Needle (1951)
- My Seal and Them (1951)
- The Night Is My Kingdom (1951)
- Great Man (1951)
- Casque d'Or (1952)
- In the Land of the Sun (1952)
- Alone in the World (1952)
- Les Vacances de Monsieur Hulot (1953)
- The Merchant of Venice (1953)
- The Big Flag (1954)
- Mourez, nous ferons le reste (1954)
- The Great Bulwark (1954)
References
Bibliography
- Crisp, C.G. The Classic French Cinema, 1930-1960. Indiana University Press, 1993
- Slide, Anthony. The New Historical Dictionary of the American Film Industry. Routledge, 2014.
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