DisCina

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

• 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)
• 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)
• 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

1. Crisp p.168
2. Slide p.56

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.