Le Rouge et le Noir

Directed by Claude Autant-Lara

With Gérard Philipe, Danielle Darrieux, Antonella Lualdi, Jean Mercure and Antoine Balpêtré

It's no holds barred for Julian in pursuit of upward mobility. Although expected to channel career aspirations into the Church of the post-Napoleonic era, his intensely romantic liaisons propel him forward at a pace he cannot control.