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The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob | Victor Pivert | 1973-10-17 | In this riot of frantic disguises and mistaken identities, Victor Pivert, a blustering, bigoted French factory owner, finds himself taken hostage by S… |
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The Wing or the Thigh? | Charles Duchemin | 1976-10-27 | Charles Duchemin, a well-known gourmet and publisher of a famous restaurant guide, is waging a war against fast food entrepreneur Tri- catel to save t… |
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Hibernatus | Hubert de Tartas | 1969-09-10 | The frozen body of Paul Fournier is discovered in Greenland where he had disappeared during a scientific expedition in 1905. Perfectly conserved he is… |
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Oscar | Bertrand Barnier | 1967-10-11 | This film originated as a play in Paris. The story focuses on the one-day adventures of Bertrand Barnier played with a genius of French cinema, Louis … |
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The Gendarme and the Creatures from Outer Space | Ludovic Cruchot | 1979-01-31 | The bungling inspector Cruchot (Funès) finds himself trying to save the residents of St. Tropez from some oil-drinking humanoid aliens. The only way … |
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The Gendarme in New York | Ludovic Cruchot | 1965-10-28 | The second installment of Gendarmes series, tells the story of Sergeant Cruchot, who, together with his faithful comrades, has been sent to the Intern… |
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The Gendarme Gets Married | Ludovic Cruchot | 1968-10-30 | The Saint-Tropez police launch a major offensive against dangerous drivers. Marechal Cruchot (Louis de Funès) relishes the assignment, which he pursu… |
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The Discord | Guillaume Daubray-Lacaze | 1978-03-16 | Guillaume has made it: A machine that can clean dirty air by simply sucking all dirt into air balloons and then shipping them far far away so his expl… |
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The Miser | Harpagon | 1980-03-05 | Based on Molière’s play. The children of Harpagon, Cléante and his sister Elise, are each in love but they still haven’t spoken to their father yet…. |
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The Exchange Student | Charles Bosquier | 1967-12-01 | Monsieur Bosquier, the owner of a private school, is far from pleased when his eldest son, Philippe, fails his end of year exams. He decides to send h… |
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The Gendarme Takes Off | Ludovic Cruchot | 1970-10-28 | The whole clique of Cruchot’s police station is retired. Now he lives with his rich wife in her castle – and is bored almost to death. He fights with … |
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Perched on a Tree | Henri Roubier | 1971-04-12 | Henry Roubier, a French promoter, and Enrico Mazzini, an Italian, have signed an agreement guaranteeing them a stranglehold on European highways. Whil… |
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The Gendarme and the Gendarmettes | Ludovic Cruchot | 1982-10-03 | Cruchot’s police office moves into a new building. They do not only get high tech equipment, but also four young female police officers to educate. Al… |
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The Cabbage Soup | Claude Ratinier (Le Glaude) | 1981-12-02 | Two buddy farmers are visited by aliens who like their domestic cabbage soup…. |
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Jo | Antoine Brisebard | 1971-08-31 | Selling author, Antoine Brisebard is a victim of a blackmailer, Jo, which threatens to jeopardize his reputation by revealing the past of his wife Syl… |
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The One Man Band | Evan Evans | 1970-09-18 | Evan Evans, the director of a ballet troupe, is rehearsing his next show in Monaco, in preparation for a worldwide tour. When one member of his troupe… |
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Pouic-Pouic | Léonard Monestier | 1963-11-20 | Léonard Monestier owns a large fortune, alas his wife Cynthia made a bad investment in a worthless oil concession. Far from letting this get him down… |
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Delusions of Grandeur | Don Salluste de Bazan | 1971-12-08 | Don Sallust is minister of the King of Spain. It is a being disingenuous, hypocritical and greedy that collects the taxes himself, he turns in part to… |
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Carom Shots | Norbert Charolais | 1963-05-15 | Paul Martin is the subservient brown-nosing youngster who needs quick advancement up the hierarchy to pay for the modern lifestyle he is buying on cre… |
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Taxi, Trailer and Bullfight | Maurice Berger | 1958-11-22 | A chaotic family go on holiday to Spain and get mixed up with a gang of diamond thieves… |
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Neither Seen Nor Recognized | Blaireau | 1958-04-23 | In a small French village, everything would be quiet if the local wildlife cop was not being ridiculed by a smart poacher…. |
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Crazy in the Noodle | Pierre Cousin | 1957-05-14 | Pierre Cousin, a depressive compositor, wants to die. After five vain attempts at committing suicide, he decides to hire professional hit men to do th… |
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The Little Bather | Louis-Philippe Fourchaume | 1968-03-22 | Louis-Philippe Fourchaume, another typical lead-role for French comedy superstar Louis de Funès, is the dictatorial CEO of a French company which des… |
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The Restaurant | Monsieur Septime | 1966-09-09 | A great French restaurant’s owner, Monsieur Septime, is thrust into intrigue and crime, when one of his famous guests disappears…. |
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The Devil and the Ten Commandments | Antoine Vaillant, l’escroc | 1962-09-14 | The film consists of seven roughly 15 minute episodes, each showing what will happen if one or more of the Ten Commandments will be broken: Jérome Ch… |
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In The Water… Which Makes Bubbles! | Paul Ernzer | 1961-10-25 | Paul fishes out of the water the body of his greatest enemy. To avoid accusations that he is a killer, taking steps that will clear his good name…. |
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Rob the Bank | Victor Garnier | 1964-02-25 | Shopkeeper Victor Garnier has naively invested his family’s life savings in an African mine, on his banker’s recommendation. When the mine is national… |
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Some Like It… Cold | Ange Galopin, le créancier qui veut récupérer l’argent | 1960-02-17 | The old Valmorin died 200 years ago. The notary tells the family about the inheritance: the one who is terminally ill will receive the money. They all… |
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Dandelions by the Roots | Jockey Jack | 1964-05-06 | Jockey Jack has a bill open with a gangster just released from jail. He somehow manages to parry the gangster’s knife attack backstage at a theatre an… |
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The Scheming Women | Mr Marcange, l’auteur de la pièce | 1954-04-07 | The renowned theatre manager, Paul Rémy, is accused by his general secretary Andrieux of having killed his partner. On the advice of his wife Mona, P… |
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Lightly and Shortly Dressed | Paul Duvernois | 1953-11-06 | … |
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How to Keep the Red Lamp Burning | Léon Haudepin | 1965-10-28 | The film consists of three novels. The film begins with the fact that the Bernard Blier hero removes a lantern from the entrance to a brothel. The sec… |
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Small Local Trains | Émile Durand | 1960-12-30 | Émile Durand, an insecticide manufacturer, is appalled to learn that his son Gérard has fallen in love with Suzy, the daughter of a travelling theat… |
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La tournée des grands ducs | le directeur de l’hôtel | 1953-05-22 | … |
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Daddy’s Gang | l’inspecteur principal Victor Eugène Merlerin | 1956-04-26 | Shy, timorous bank clerk, Fernand Jérôme, prevents -unwillingly of course – a gang led by “Le Grand J” from robbing the “Crédit Populaire”, where h… |
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Lawless Street | Hippolyte | 1950-12-01 | The eccentric characters of a street from the comic designs of Andre Dubout are brought to life with human performers instead of drawings…. |
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To Hell with Virtue | Mr. Lorette | 1953-07-16 | … |
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The Gamblers | Piotr Petrovitch Shvokhnev | 1950-12-20 | Adaptation of classical Russian Nikolai Gogol’s comedy…. |
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Le Gendarme de Saint-Tropez | Ludovic Cruchot | 1964-09-08 | The ambitious police officer Cruchot is transferred to St. Tropez. He’s struggling with crimes such as persistent nude swimming, but even more with hi… |
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Louis de Funès ou le pouvoir de faire rire | Self (archive footage) | 2003-01-01 | … |
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La Belle au bois dormant | Un astrologue | 1954-04-15 | … |
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My Pal the Gypsy | M. Védrines, éditeur | 1959-12-02 | … |
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Slightly Ahead | Le père Graziani, faux religieux ; Prosper le faux garçon d’écurie ; le faux colonel Luc de La Frapinière | 1956-10-10 | … |
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L’art et la manière de rire | | 1953-01-01 | … |
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Service Entrance | Cesare Grimaldi, le père, artiste italien | 1954-08-16 | Walking alone and looking desperate, young Marie-Lou is taken in hand by Léo, a street photographer and his squatter friends. They all want to know w… |
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Il était une fois… Louis de Funès | | 2013-04-28 | … |
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Louis de Funès, Créature/Créateur | | 2021-09-13 | The comic art of Louis de Funès (1914-1983), like that of Totò and a few others, ultimately transcends the limits of the films in which he appeared,… |
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Louis de Funès – Das grosse Schlitzohr | | 1965-03-22 | … |
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Fantomas Unleashed | Commissaire Juve | 1965-12-08 | In the second episode of the trilogy Fantômas kidnaps distinguished scientist professor Marchand with the aim to develop a super weapon that will ena… |
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Fantomas | Commissaire Juve | 1964-11-04 | Fantômas is a man of many disguises. He uses maquillage as a weapon. He can impersonate anyone using an array of masks and can create endless confusi… |
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Fantomas vs. Scotland Yard | Commissaire Juve | 1967-03-16 | In the third and final episode of the trilogy, Fantômas imposes a head tax on the rich, threatening to kill those who do not comply…. |
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Don’t Look Now… We’re Being Shot At! | Stanislas Lefort, orchestra conductor | 1966-12-08 | During World War II, two French civilians and a downed British Bomber Crew set out from Paris to cross the demarcation line between Nazi-occupied Nort… |
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The Sucker | Léopold Saroyan | 1965-03-24 | In this Frenco-Italian gangster parody, a shop keeper on his way to an Italian holiday suffers a crash which totals his car. The culprit can only comp… |
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The Sleepwalker | Anatole, le mari soupçonneux | 1951-04-05 | Victor Boniface’s life is not exactly a rest cure. Just imagine: Victor is both a store detective and a … shoplifter (only when he walks in his slee… |
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The Gentleman from Epsom | Gaspard Ripeux | 1962-10-03 | The story takes place in the racecourses around Paris. A so-called major sells his tips to naive characters…. |
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The Virtuous Scoundrel | Emile, le valet de chambre | 1953-02-18 | La Vie d’un honnête homme English: The Virtuous Scoundrel, is a French comedy drama film from 1953, directed by Sacha Guitry, written by Sacha Guitry… |
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If Paris Were Told to Us | Antoine Allègre | 1956-01-27 | Historical film directed and written by Sacha Guitry follows the the history of Paris from its founding through the significant events in the city’s h… |
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April Fools’ Day | Le garde-champêtre | 1954-07-28 | Emile is a good mechanic whose clientele is very loyal. A bit naive, he is bamboozled by a seller who manages to sell him the full trappings of the pe… |
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A Mouse with the Men | Marcel | 1964-07-16 | Marcel and Francis are busy people. Marcel owns a café and spend all his nights running from meetings to meetings with members from the high society…. |
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Louis De Funès Intime | Self – Archive | 2007-04-14 | The life and career of actor Louis de Funès with interviews from his family, friends and collaborators…. |
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Peek-a-boo | inspecteur Leboeuf | 1954-10-15 | A small-town policeman is informed that “naked women” are dancing in a revue at a local variety theater. Being the guardian of public morals that he i… |
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We Will Go to Deauville | Ludovic Lamberjacques | 1962-12-24 | Comical adventures of two pairs of friends during their stay in Deauville, Normandy…. |
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Strange Desire of Mr. Bard | M. Chanteau | 1954-01-04 | A terminally ill Mr. Bard, a casino bus driver forced to quit his job, miraculously wins a fortune playing roulette. Instantly becoming a millionaire,… |
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Crime Does Not Pay | Barman | 1962-07-06 | Husband try to kill his wife with a help of the plan he saw in a film. But reality is not a film…. |
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The Flea in the Ear | Auguste Ferraillon | 1956-09-22 | … |
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Champions Juniors | Le père autoritaire | 1951-01-01 | Even back in 1951, boys knew more about cars than their dads…. |
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Les dents longues | l’employé du laboratoire photo | 1953-03-15 | A young, talented and ambitious journalist, Louis heads off to try his luck in Paris. He’s spotted by Walter, editor-in-chief for a major daily newspa… |
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Marriage Episodes | M. Boulingrin | 1954-08-16 | Three old friends meet again. They compare their marriages and tell each other stories which illustrate why they complain about their wives…. |
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Adémaï at the border post | Soldier (uncredited) | 1950-09-04 | The peasant Adémaï, returning home, gets lost in the forest and knocks down a border post. In his haste to replant it, he installs it upside down…. |
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Bourvil, un homme vrai | Himself | 2016-12-11 | … |
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La Folle Aventure de Louis de Funès | Self (archive footage) | 2020-06-26 | … |
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Le Tournage du Corniaud… Tout sauf un long fleuve tranquille | Self (archive footage) | 2015-10-06 | … |
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The Tattoo | Félicien Mézeray | 1968-08-17 | An art dealer wants to buy a Modigliani, which is tattooed on the back of an old soldier…. |
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People in Luck | Antoine Beaurepaire (« Le Gros Lot ») | 1963-04-26 | A light French comedy of 5 segments…. |
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The Overtaxed | Ettore | 1959-04-10 | Mr. Pezzella owns and operates a well-established luxury-clothing store. He does not like and does not consider it right to pay taxes and therefore us… |
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Frou-Frou | le colonel Cousinet-Duval | 1955-06-19 | A story of the love of Frou-Frou – an actress and singer in the in the beginning of her career…. |
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The Sheep Has Five Legs | Pilate | 1954-09-24 | A publicity-minded French mayor reunites quintuplets and their earthy father, all six played by Fernandel…. |
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Hello Smile! | Bonoeil | 1956-02-29 | A small European Kingdom wants to make a frowning Princess smile for the upcoming Royal photo to be done. A mischievous Prime Minister goes to Paris t… |
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Babies Galore | Célestin Ratier | 1956-06-08 | … |
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The American Beauty | Le secretaire du commissariat / le chef du personnel | 1961-09-29 | Marcel, a simple-minded factory worker, is tricked into buying a high-priced American convertable car by a widow determined not to let it fall into th… |
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Les impures | Le chef de train | 1954-04-07 | When Mario, a bad boy, is released from prison, he plans to live honestly with his wife Geneviève. But the latter has not waited for him and Mario, o… |
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Love Is Not a Sin | Mr Cottin, l’homme au chien, membre de l’U.R.A.F | 1952-06-27 | A building, a landing, two tenants: he, Jacques Loursier, is president of the U.R.A.F (Union and Resistance Anti-Woman); she, Eliane Cahuzac, is presi… |
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Matrimonial Agency | Mr. Charles | 1952-05-21 | Noël is a bachelor who inherits a matrimonial agency. After contemplating selling it, he chooses to manage it…. |
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Last Chance Castle | Le client du bar qui reçoit Yolande dans ses bras (“scène avec N. Nattier et J. Marchat”) | 1947-07-16 | Rather than commit suicide, it is better to stay at the clinic of Professor Patureau-Duparc. This practitioner experiments on his clients with a serum… |
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Farewell Mister Grock | Un spectateur | 1950-01-19 | The life of Adrien Wettach, famous in the annals of the circus under the name of Grock, world famous Swiss clown. A series of images from Épinal, ret… |
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Le Café Liégeois | le monsieur en habit | 1963-12-31 | … |
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The Crazy Jungle | | 1952-10-14 | The misadventures of Roger Dupont, who passes with great ease from one continent to another, from white men to Africans. Himself in front, depending o… |
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Toto in Madrid | Professor Montiel | 1959-02-06 | When the swindler La Spada and his accomplice José come out of jail in Madrid, they decide to pull a really great swindle: nothing less than to disco… |
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The Trip Across Paris | Jambier | 1956-10-26 | Two unlikely companions must smuggle four suitcases filled with contraband pork across Nazi-occupied Paris…. |
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Mr. Leguignon Lampiste | Un habitant du quartier | 1952-05-08 | A railway worker, Leguignon, and his wife are forced to move into a house located in a shaggy part of town. What Leguignon doesn’t know is that a grou… |
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She and Me | le garçon de café qui embrasse Juliette | 1952-12-31 | You never can tell. Jean had always been one of the most confirmed bachelors that kept swearing to anyone that would listen he would never put a ring … |
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Life Together | Maître Stéphane | 1958-09-24 | The writer Pierre Carot became rich and famous with his book “Life as a Couple”, which was based on the loving relationships of four couples. Now he’s… |
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Candide or The Optimism in the 20th Century | Officier de la Gestapo | 1960-12-16 | The film is a 20th-century adaptation of Voltaire’s 1759 social satire novel Candide, ou l’Optimisme…. |
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The Impossible Mr. Pipelet | l’oncle Robert | 1955-06-26 | A story about a simple old man with a lot of love for his only daughter. She falls in love with a doctor’s son and he don’t understand why…… |
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Faites-moi confiance | Tumlatum | 1954-05-17 | … |
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Inside a Girls’ Dormitory | Le photographe Triboudot | 1953-08-15 | In a little town with a renowned college a female student is found after she was hogtied and strangled to death. Inspector Marco is assigned to catch … |
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Men Think Only of That | Célosso – le mari espagnol de la comtesse russe | 1954-06-13 | Alfred is in love, but shy. Desperate not to have the audacity to express his passion to the woman of his dreams, Nicole, a young dairyman, he enthusi… |
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Tourments | Eddy Gorlier | 1954-04-22 | … |
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The Temptation of Barbizon | le portier du cabaret “Le Paradis” | 1946-03-13 | Daniel Gelin and Juliette Faber star as a blissfully happy honeymooning couple. They are so happy that they arouse the jealous attentions of Satan. Th… |
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No Exit | le garçon d’étage | 1954-12-22 | The scene is a tawdry hotel room in Limbo, where several damned souls are gathered. At first, the group fails to comprehend where they are or why they… |
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The Straw Lover | Bruno, the psychiatrist | 1951-01-05 | The wife of gunsmith Gaston Sarazin cheats on him with his salesman. The husband, informed, wants revenge. The culprits try to divert suspicion on the… |
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Papa, Maman, la Bonne et moi | Monsieur Calomel | 1954-11-26 | … |
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The Vendetta | Amoretti | 1962-04-17 | … |
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Mission in Tangier | Le général espagnol au cabaret | 1949-06-06 | During the Second World War, Georges Masse undergoes a dangerous mission by taking secret documents from Tangiers to London…. |
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The Respectful Prostitute | un client du night-club | 1952-10-07 | Fred, the nephew of a senator,has murdered a Black man on a train. The two only witnesses are Lizzie McKay, a prostitute from New York, and Sidney, a … |
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Ingrid – The Story of a Fashion Model | D’Arrigio – Modeschöpfer | 1955-01-21 | … |
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The Secret of Helene Marimon | | 1954-05-13 | … |
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Antoine and Antoinette | Émile le garçon épicier et un invité à la noce | 1947-09-27 | She’s working in a big store, he’s a typographer and they lost their winning lottery ticket…. |
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Papa, Mama, My Wife and Me | Monsieur Calomel | 1955-10-18 | Robert Langlois is now married to Catherine, the former housemaid. And they would live happily ever after if the housing crisis did not force them to … |
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The Sparrows of Paris | Le docteur | 1953-06-11 | An American manager and his daughter want to hire “the little singers with the wooden cross” for a tour of the United States,but Jeannot,a young membe… |
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The Red Rose | Le poète qui mange les verres | 1951-02-06 | The Jacques Brothers, their temporary replacements, Yves Gérard and his troupe, as well as a famous movie star looking for a new partner, Evelyne Dor… |
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Millionaires for One Day | L’avocat de Philippe | 1949-12-13 | A typographer makes a mistake by printing the winning number of the national lottery. Many people believe they have won the jackpot. Pursued by his ne… |
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Mister Taxi | le peintre de la place du Tertre | 1952-09-03 | An honest taxi driver gets into trouble by looking for a customer who left her purse full of cash in her vehicle…. |
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Mademoiselle Nitouche | A housekeeper | 1954-04-21 | Celestin works as an organist at a girl’s school. By day, Celestin is the meek and mild target of the girls’ incessant practical jokes. By night, howe… |
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The Knight of the Night | Adrien Verduret | 1953-11-22 | … |
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I Love Only You | Le chef d’orchestre | 1949-06-30 | Ronaldo, a singer with the growing reputation dedicating himself body and soul to his art, sacrificing his marriage…. |
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Not Any Weekend for Our Love | Constantin, domestique du baron | 1950-01-23 | The announcement of the future marriage of Franck Reno, the star singer, causes considerable excitement around the world…. |
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Du Guesclin | L’astrologue | 1949-06-03 | A chronicle of the life of Bertrand du Guesclin, grand officer of the French army in the 14th century…. |
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They Were Five | Albert, le régisseur | 1952-01-23 | Now that the world conflict is over, five inseparable wartime buddies swear eternal friendship now to each other. But there’s many a slip ‘twixt the c… |
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A Certain Mister | Thomas Boudeboeuf, journaliste à L’Avenir Sauveterrois | 1950-05-24 | Documents relevant to National Defence have been concealed in a certain vase by a dangerous gang of robbers. To neutralize the criminals, a seasoned p… |
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The King of the Bla Bla Bla | | 1950-11-08 | Prosper Bourrache, who has the gift of the gab, is natural born street vendor. Due to a mistake he gets involved in the burglary of a shady banker’s h… |
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Fugitive from Montreal | | 1950-11-17 | Pierre Chambrac, a French industrialist, and Canadian Paul Laforêt, two former brothers in arms, meet again by chance in Paris five years after the e… |
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Captain Slipper | Mr Rachoux, le directeur de la banque | 1953-07-31 | A bank clerk is bored to death with his nine-to-five work under his boss ‘ watchful eye. His missus is a pain in the neck and his in-laws are not bett… |
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Les corsaires du bois de Boulogne | Le commissaire de police qui ne dit mot | 1954-05-31 | … |
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Trip to America | l’employé d’Air France | 1951-10-31 | As part of the fascination in post World War II France with American culture, a young French couple here travel to the US to see for themselves the pr… |
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No Vacation for Mr. Mayor | The counselor | 1951-11-04 | Annie, the ward of Monsieur Joachim, a nightclub manager, has fallen in love with Philippe Lebon, a singer who could easily re-float her guardian’s fa… |
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Captain Fracasse | Scapin | 1961-04-21 | A ruined Baron Philippe de baron, meets one day a troupe of traveling actors led by Herod. Attracted by the one who plays the role of the ingenue: Isa… |
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The Game of Love | le projectionniste ambulant | 1954-01-20 | Based on the novel by Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette. Friends since infancy, Philippe and Vinea have always regarded themselves as brother and sister. But … |
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Louis de Funès Forever | Himself (archive footage) | 2013-11-16 | A moving and very funny portrait of the personal and professional life of the magnificent French comedian Louis de Funès (1914-83), as well as a deta… |
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Last Refuge | The Driver | 1947-08-26 | Philippe and Sylvie have to do with Alvarez, a dangerous gang leader. They break up with him and commit robbery and murder. Sylvie suggests that Phili… |
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Bed for Two | The waiter | 1950-08-23 | Robert Bobin has been an assistant accountant for twenty years now and, although meek and obedient, is getting weary of his monotonous, limited life. … |
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Run Away Mr. Perle | Le fou qui pêche dans un lavabo | 1952-12-11 | Modest fifty-something, Mr. Perle, is a baker in a small provincial town. He lives there with an authoritarian woman and her cousin, a parasite who po… |
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Innocents in Paris | Célestin, le chauffeur de taxi | 1953-07-22 | Romantic comedy about a group of Britons flying to Paris for the weekend…. |
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I Was It Three Times | L’interprète-secrétaire du sultan de Hammanlif (uncredited) | 1952-12-31 | A husband who had divorced twice because he had been betrayed by his former wives, takes his precautions to prevent the deed from happening a third ti… |
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My Friend Sainfoin | | 1950-05-10 | The honeymoon in Italy of Guillaume and Eugénie de Puycharmois escorted by friend Sainfoin, a second-hand driver. Sainfoin’s humor displeases Eugenie… |
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Mädchen ohne Grenzen | | 1955-12-23 | Helga, a stewardess, meet a passenger,Eriic, during a flight to Athens. They fall in love, but he is married. Later Helga is involved in a flight cras… |
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Les Hussards | le bedeau Luigi | 1955-12-14 | … |
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Wolves Hunt at Night | Le Barman | 1952-02-06 | A secret agent is summoned by the head of a counter espionage organization, to Trieste where he is to unmask a potential enemy operating in Venice…. |
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Les Compagnes de la nuit | Un Client qui joue aux cartes | 1953-07-28 | Three events that seemingly nothing related, namely the murder of a truck driver, the discovery of the corpse of a vitriolic young woman, and the deat… |
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Law of the Streets | “Paulo les chiens” | 1956-04-25 | A young delinquent wants to lead an honest life again…. |
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Bibi Fricotin | Le Pêcheur | 1951-04-11 | To find the heritage of his friend Catherine’s ancestors, the leaping Bibi Fricotin, helped by the seer Fatma, goes through a thousand funny or comica… |
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Six Hours to Lose | Le chauffeur de son excellence | 1947-01-22 | A traveller is stuck in an unknown town because his connecting train will only arrive in six hours. He decides to kill time by taking a stroll. He is … |
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Poison | André | 1951-11-30 | Paul Braconnier and his wife Blandine only have one thing in mind: to find a way to kill each other without risk. After listening to a radio show, Pau… |
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Life Is a Game | Thief | 1951-06-13 | Evanella, who writes the “Horoscope†section of a major newspaper, and her brother Méristo, create with the help of a young journalist, Jean Lass… |
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Without Leaving an Address | Le futur papa qui lit le journal | 1951-01-17 | A woman in Paris hires a taxi driver to locate her ex-lover, father to her newborn child, who left her without leaving an address…. |
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Breakpoint: A Counter History of Progress | Self (archive footage) | 2019-07-14 | An account of the last two centuries of the Anthropocene, the Age of Man. How human beings have progressed so much in such a short time through war an… |
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Fantômas: A Thoroughly Modern Villain | Self (archive footage) | 2022-01-21 | The story of Fantômas, the first villain of modernity, from his birth in 1911 as a novel character to his contemporary vicissitudes, passing through … |
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The Fighting Drummer | | 1953-01-14 | The rivalry between Albert Gambier, head of the municipal brass band, and the jazz band, led by Jacques Hélian, provokes many comic adventures in thi… |
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My Brother from Senegal | Le docteur (as De Funes) | 1953-11-20 | Jules Pinson, photographer in a small provincial village is in love with Annette, the daughter of the grocer. She ‘s dreaming only heros of adventure … |
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The Turkey | Le gérant | 1951-11-21 | Paris at the Belle Epoque. Monsieur de Pontagnac, a perfect honest man, loves pretty women too much and that plays him many tricks. What need does he … |
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Dr. Knock | Le malade qui a perdu 100 grammes (uncredited) | 1951-03-21 | Saint-Maurice, an ordinary peaceful village, lived healthily so much so that the local doctor’s practice was scant. But that was before Dr. Parpalaid … |
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The Passerby | The lock keeper | 1951-05-18 | A woman who has a terrible secret to conceal takes refuge on a barge…. |
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My Wife Is Formidable | Le skieur qui cherche une chambre d’hôtel | 1951-12-05 | Raymond Corbier, a sculptor, has a wonderful wife, Sylvia, whom he adores. To save a passionate admirer who simulates suicide because she does not res… |
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The Strollers | Mr. Vincent, le quincaillier (uncredited) | 1950-11-25 | Jean-Louis forgets to use the pedestrian crossing;Who could have believed then where it would lead the unfortunate guy to?… |
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The Seven Deadly Sins | Martin Gaston, the Frenchman (segment “Sloth”) | 1952-03-27 | A French/Italian motion picture drama covering the seven deadly sins in seven separate sections…. |
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Cruise for the Unknown One | The cook (uncredited) | 1948-09-01 | Kohlman, the attorney for the Fournil bank, diverts money from the institution. To hide his malpractices, he imagines to remove the director, the youn… |
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De Gaulle, the Last King of France | Self (archive footage) | 2017-03-27 | Charles de Gaulle, the first president (1958-1969) of the Vth Republic, France’s current system of government, left his mark on the country . He was… |
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The Babes Make the Law | Jeannot la Bonne Affaire, le barman du “Lotus | 1955-03-29 | When Nathalie, a shoe seller, is abducted, her mother Flora wastes no time taking matters into her own hands. Reluctant to call in the police, she gal… |
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Judgement of God | L’homme qui se fait arracher une dent (uncredited) | 1952-08-20 | Bavaria, 1433. Reason of state rules that Prince Albert is to marry Princess Bertha of Wurtemberg. But the fine-looking young man is loath to become t… |
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Just Out | (uncredited) | 1949-10-28 | Satire of publishing circles, featuring a ferocious boss, Moscat, a successful but handsome author, Maréchal, another successful but bitter author, B… |
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Northwest Passage | ‘Hunk’ Marriner (VFF voice) | 1940-02-23 | Based on the Kenneth Roberts novel of the same name, this film tells the story of two friends who join Rogers’ Rangers, as the legendary elite force e… |
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Napoleon | Soldier Laurent Passementier (uncredited) | 1955-03-25 | The film follows the life of Napoleon from his early life in Corsica to his death at Saint Helena. The film is notable for its use of location shootin… |
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