Movies and TvShows featuring "false-report-of-death" theme.

After a famous playwright's death, his former theater company gathers to watch a recorded message from beyond the grave. As they watch, they are compelled to stage a performance of the deceased playwright's unfinished play. Through the process, they confront their own relationships, secrets, and emotions.

A man named Ambrose Wolfinger struggles to maintain a harmonious family life while dealing with comedic mishaps and getting entangled in a crime. He faces challenges such as an overbearing wife, a dysfunctional stepfamily, and false reports of his death. Throughout the movie, he navigates through situations involving wrestling matches, woolen mills, traffic tickets, and burglaries. Despite the chaos, Ambrose remains loyal to his family and finds ways to reconcile with his wife.

Just before wowing international critics and moviegoers with his adventure romp Fanfan la Tulipe, director Christian-Jaque dashed off the lampoonish Barbe-Bleue. Ostensibly the story of the famed wife-killing potentate Bluebeard (Pierre Brasseur), this lighthearted costumer begins as the title character is poised to march down the matrimonial aisle for the eighth time. Barbe-Bleue's newest spouse Aline (Cécile Aubry) is kept in line by her husband's claims of murdering her predecessors. But when Aline opens the famous locked door to the equally famous hidden room, both she and the audience are in for quite a surprise. The frivolous nature of Barbe-Bleue is underlined by its pleasing utilization of the French Gezacolor process.