Rent Casque D'Or (1952)

Great film, Great acting - this film should be watched by more people- and now !! - Casque D'Or review by sb

So stylish - wow great photography - excellent acting- pulls you into the story and into the film.. Love it..

the pace is enthralling and the main character focuses the story around Her.. watch this film - it might make you want to see more early films- maybe event some  silent movies..

A great french film and - underrated- at least fairly unknown - compared to some French films. 

A great Film.. 

When Signoret smoulders, Paris burns - Casque D'Or review by griggs

This is the third Jacques Becker film I’ve seen, and while it’s not the best, it’s certainly the most intriguing. More than once I caught myself drifting into the illusion that I was watching something filmed in the Belle Époque rather than decades later. That illusion alone makes it stand out.

Becker borrows the mood of French noir — fatalism and doomed romance — and threads it through a world of gaslight, carriages, and smoky taverns. Strangely, it not only works but feels completely natural, as if the Belle Époque had been waiting all along for a noir treatment. Simone Signoret smoulders in the title role, her golden hair both a crown and a trap, while Serge Reggiani provides the film’s bruised heart.

What lingers is Becker’s frankness: he avoids psychological excess, preferring small gestures and minor details. That restraint, almost modernist in its discipline, may explain why Casque d’Or met with indifference on release, even as it feels strikingly fresh today. Rough in places, but never dull, it’s a costume drama that plays like hardboiled poetry.

Crime Passionelle - Casque D'Or review by NO

Slightly confused start with all the men having mustaches but progresses into a rewarding

story if somewhat dated.Excellent B&W film.