Basic Info

First Air: October 12, 2019

Status: Ended

Seasons & Episodes

Seasons: 1

Episodes: 8

Last Episode

Name: The Magnificent Ones

Season: 1, Episode: 8

Air Date: 2019-11-30

Runtime: 59 min

Risk-taking producers at the tail end of a wide-open period of French cinema. Jean-Pierre Rassam lavished money on filmmakers he trusted, and didn’t bother reading scripts. Christian Fechner had to manage a shoot with a star who had just had a heart attack and nobody wanted to insure. And producer and part-time magician Claude Berri was put to the test by Roman Polanski and the sprawling production of Tess.

Videos

THE LAST TYCOONS Clip (YouTube)

The Last Tycoons

2019 1 seasons 8 episodes

Overview

An eight-part series on the history of French cinema from the postwar era to New Wave and beyond. Unearths the stories behind the films’ creation through live and archival interviews with the producers of the films in the series, as well as colleagues, family members, and experts on French cinema. Interlaced throughout is footage from a wealth of classic French films.