Hôtel du Nord (1938) **

Between 1937 and 1945, Marcel Carné has directed six films. Five among them are among the greatest achievements of the French cinema - "Drôle de drame" (1937), "Quai des brumes" (1938), "Le Jour se lève" (1939), "Les Visiteurs du soir" (1942) and especially the immortal "Les Enfants du paradis" (1945). The sixth, "Hôtel du Nord" (1938), is a mediocre melodrama set in a rundown hotel on the outskirts of Paris. Coincidentally, the five classics were all written by the great Jacques Prévert, while "Hôtel du Nord" was penned by Jean Aurenche and Henri Jeanson.