List of French films of 1956

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A list of films produced in France in 1956.

Title	Director	Cast	Genre	Notes
And God Created Woman	Roger Vadim	Brigitte Bardot	Drama
Comme un cheveu sur la soupe	Maurice Regamey		Comedy
Bob le flambeur	Jean-Pierre Melville	Roger Duchesne, Isabelle Corey	Crime drama
Death in the Garden	Luis Buñuel	Simone Signoret, Charles Vanel	Drama
Elena and Her Men	Jean Renoir	Ingrid Bergman	Comedy drama
Gervaise	René Clément	Maria Schell, François Périer	Drama	Nominated for Oscar, +7 wins, +2 nom.
The Hunchback of Notre Dame	Jean Delanoy	Anthony Quinn, Gina Lollobrigida	Drama / Horror
If All the Guys in the World	Christian-Jaque	André Valmy	Adventure / Drama	3 wins
A Man Escaped	Robert Bresson		Adventure drama	Nominated for BAFTA, +2 wins, +1 nom.
Marie Antoinette Queen of France	Jean Delannoy	Michèle Morgan, Richard Todd	Historical	Entered into the 1956 Cannes Film Festival
The Red Balloon	Albert Lamorisse	Pascal Lamorisse	Fantasy (short)	Won Oscar, +3 wins
The Silent World	Jacques-Yves Cousteau Louis Malle		Documentary	Won Oscar, +3 wins, +1 nomination
La Sorcière	André Michel	Marina Vladi	Drama	Entered into the 6th Berlin International Film Festival

External links

• French films of 1956 at the Internet Movie Database
• French films of 1956 at Cinema-francais.fr