Set in Paris at the turn of the 19th Century, Casque D’or follows the love affair between gangster’s moll, Marie, and reformed criminal, Georges Manda.

Set in Paris at the turn of the 19th Century, Casque D’or follows the love affair between gangster’s moll, Marie (Signoret, Room at the Top) and reformed criminal Georges Manda (Reggiani, Les Misérables). When mob boss Felix Leca (Claude Dauphin) takes an active interest in their affair, an underworld rivalry ensues. One of the great films about the Belle Époque, Renoir called Casque d’Or “a masterpiece of the screen” and it arrives on our screens in a magnificent 4K restoration.

In French with English subtitles.

Screening as part of our Jacques Becker season.

Although lauded by Jean Renoir, Jean-Pierre Melville and Francois Truffaut, Jacques Becker remains one of the great-unsung figures of French cinema. Working in the 1940s and ‘50s, between the poetic realism of the ‘30s and the Nouvelle Vague, Becker spanned a range of genres, and to mark 120 years since his birth we present a selection of his superb filmography – ripe for discovery on the big screen.