List of French films of 1940 explained

A list of films produced in France in 1940:

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Title	Director	Cast	Genre	Notes
Apres Mein Kampf, Mes Crimes	Alexandre Ryder		War drama	^[1]
Beating Heart		Danielle Darrieux, Claude Dauphin, André Luguet	Comedy drama
Bécassine			Comedy
The Blue Danube			Drama
Camp Thirteen			Drama
La Comédie du bonheur			Comedy	Co-production with Italy
Cristobal's Gold	Jean Stelli, Jacques Becker	Charles Vanel, Conchita Montenegro, Albert Préjean	Drama
Diamant Noir			Drama	^[2]
Facing Destiny			Spy drama
The Emigrant			Comedy
Espoirs...(Le Champ maudit)				^[3]
False Alarm			Comedy drama	^[4]
Faut ce qu’il faut			Comedy drama	^[5] AKA Monsieur Bibi
Feu de paille	Jean-Benoît Lévy
Finance Noire
Hangman's Noose			Mystery	^[6]
Ils Etaient cinq Permissionnaires				^[7]
L'An quarante				^[8]
L’empreinte du dieu				^[9]
La Comedie du Bonheur			Comedy	^[10]
Love Cavalcade			Drama

Title	Director	Cast	Genre	Notes
The Man from Niger			Drama
The Man Who Seeks the Truth			Comedy
The Marvelous Night			Comedy
Miquette			Comedy
The Mondesir Heir			Comedy
Monsieur Hector		Fernandel, Denise Grey, Raymond Rognoni	Comedy
Musicians of the Sky			Drama
Narcisse			Comedy
Nightclub Hostess			Drama
Night in December			Drama
Paradise Lost			War drama
Paris-New York			Comedy
President Haudecoeur			Comedy
Radio Surprises			Revue
Sarajevo	Max Ophüls	Edwige Feuillère, John Lodge, Aimé Clariond	Historical
Serenade	Jean Boyer	Lilian Harvey, Louis Jouvet, Bernard Lancret	Historical
Sing Anyway			Comedy
Soyez les Bienvenus			Comedy	^[11]
They Were Twelve Women			Comedy
Threats			Drama
Thunder Over Paris			Drama
Tobias Is an Angel			Comedy
Two Women			Drama
Un chapeau de paille d'Italie	Maurice Cammage		Comedy	^[12]
Vingt-Quatre Heures de Perm				^[13]
Volpone			Drama	^[14]
The Well-Digger's Daughter			Romantic Comedy

Web site: My Crimes After Mein Kampf (1940). www.filmaffinity.com. 14 July 2017. en.
Web site: SensCritique . Le diamant noir - Film (1941) . SensCritique . 2017-07-14.
Web site: Espoirs... (Le Champ maudit) (1940) - uniFrance Films . En.unifrance.org . 2017-07-14.
Web site: Une fausse alerte (1939) - uniFrance Films . Unifrance.org . 2017-07-14. fr.
Web site: Bienvenue . Notrecinema.com . 2017-07-14.
Web site: Le Collier de chanvre (1940) - uniFrance Films . Unifrance.org . 2017-07-14. fr.
Web site: Ils étaient cinq permissionnaires (1940) - uniFrance Films . Unifrance.org . 1945-07-18 . 2017-07-14. fr.
Web site: L'An quarante (1940) - uniFrance Films . En.unifrance.org . 1941-01-30 . 2017-07-14.
Web site: L'Empreinte du Dieu (1940) - uniFrance Films . Unifrance.org . 2017-07-14. fr.
Web site: SensCritique . La comédie du bonheur - Film (1940) . SensCritique . 2017-07-14.
Web site: Bienvenue . Notrecinema.com . 2017-07-14.
Web site: Un chapeau de paille d'Italie (1940) - uniFrance Films . En.unifrance.org . 2017-07-14.
Web site: Vingt-quatre heures de perm' (1940) - uniFrance Films . En.unifrance.org . 1944-12-20 . 2017-07-14.
Web site: Volpone (1940) . https://web.archive.org/web/20201021090114/https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6ba0f98d . dead . October 21, 2020 . BFI . 2017-07-14.