Auric, Georges 1899-1983

Roman holiday by William Wyler( visu )
35 editions published between 1953 and 2017 in 4 languages and held by 2,046 libraries worldwide
A princess rebels against her royal obligations and explores Rome on her own. She meets an American newspaperman who, seeking an exclusive story, pretends ignorance of her identity. But his plan falters as they fall in love

The innocents by Jack Clayton( visu )
27 editions published between 1961 and 2014 in 4 languages and held by 993 libraries worldwide
"Set in nineteenth-century England, this gothic ghost story centers around a governess taking care of two orphans in a foreboding Victorian mansion. As eerie apparitions appear and the children's behavior becomes strange, the governess begins to wonder about the fate of the previous governess and her sadistic lover. Could it be that their restless spirits are trying to corrupt the innocence of the children, or is this 'haunting' a product of her own fears and imagination?"-- Container

Du rififi chez les hommes = Rififi by Jules Dassin( visu )
39 editions published between 1954 and 2014 in 5 languages and held by 976 libraries worldwide
A twisting, turning tale of four ex-cons who hatch one last glorious robbery in the City of Light. Considered the ultimate heist movie; a melange of suspense, brutality, and dark humor that was an international hit, earned the best director prize at the Cannes Film Festival, and has proven wildly influential on decades of heist thrillers in its wake

Moulin Rouge! by Baz Luhrmann( visu )
32 editions published between 1939 and 2013 in 5 languages and held by 806 libraries worldwide
1890. Le Tout-Paris se précipite au Moulin Rouge pour admirer ses danseuses et leur french cancan. Au milieu de cette faune agitée, on retrouve un petit homme habitué des lieux, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec. Comme à l'accoutumé, l'artiste infirme noie son désespoir dans l'alcool tout en contemplant et capturant en dessins les ambiances survoltées du Moulin Rouge. Un soir, Toulouse-Lautrec rencontre une prostituée du nom de Marie Charlet. Pour la protéger de la police, il l'emmène chez lui. Commence alors une des idylles qui va petit à petit entraîner la déchéance du peintre au moment même où ses oeuvres vont connaître la reconnaissance publique...(Colaco). Plus qu'un chef-d'oeuvre, le témoignage de l'âge d'or du cabaret parisien et de son illustre client

A nous la liberté by René Clair( visu )
37 editions published between 1931 and 2007 in 4 languages and held by 689 libraries worldwide
A satire on factory life centering on the activities of a couple of ex-prisoners, one of whom, an ambitious crook, becomes the boss of a large factory while the other, a sentimental old tramp, becomes a worker there. Eventually both discover that happiness and peace of mind cannot be bought with money and revert to their former life as vagabonds. This film inspired Charlie Chaplin's Modern times

The Lavender Hill mob by Charles Crichton( visu )
18 editions published between 1988 and 2014 in 3 languages and held by 576 libraries worldwide
Sir Alec Guinness as Henry Holland, a meek clerk, devises an ingenious plan to rob a fortune in gold bullion from his own bank. But their ingenious idea to melt the gold into souvenir Eiffel Towers and smuggle them to France turns their perfect crime into a disastrous caper and unexpected surprises

Heaven knows, Mr. Allison by John Huston( visu )
11 editions published between 1957 and 2009 in 4 languages and held by 570 libraries worldwide
A World War II Marine sergeant and a Roman Catholic nun are both marooned together on a South Pacific island, hemmed in by surrounding Japanese troops. The sergeant does his best to make the nun's ordeal less painful, but is torn by his growing love for her. The nun is equally fond of the sergeant, but refuses to renounce her vows. Their unrealized ardor mellows into mutual respect as they struggle to survive before help arrives

Orphée = Orpheus by Jean Cocteau( visu )
61 editions published between 1949 and 2014 in 4 languages and held by 557 libraries worldwide
An adaptation of a Greek legend

Lola Montès by Max Ophuls( visu )
52 editions published between 1955 and 2012 in 5 languages and held by 545 libraries worldwide
A young showgirl has affairs with kings while she travels the world and tries to fit in with society

French ballet music of the 1920s by Geoffrey Simon( file )
11 editions published between 1985 and 2009 in 4 languages and held by 355 libraries worldwide