List of French films of 1956

Cinema of France
1892–1909
1910s
1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919
1920s
1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929
1930s
1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939
1940s
1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949
1950s
1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959
1960s
1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969
1970s
1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979
1980s
1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989
1990s
1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
2000s
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
2010s
2010 2011 2012 2013

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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
Bob le flambeur	Jean-Pierre Melville		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			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			Entered into the 6th Berlin International Film Festival

External links

• French films of 1956 at the Internet Movie Database
• 1950s film at Filmsdefrance.com
• Films by year at Cinema-francais.fr