Pierre Mondy

Pierre Mondy

Born: February 10, 1925
Died: September 15, 2012
in Neuilly-sur-Seine, Seine [now Hauts-de-Seine], France
Pierre Mondy (born Pierre Cuq; 10 February 1925 – 15 September 2012) was a French film and theatre actor and director.

He was married four times: to Claude Gensac, Pascale Roberts, Annie Fournier, and Catherine Allary, all actresses. He died on 15 September 2012, aged 87, from lymphoma.

Mondy's first on-screen appearance was in 1949 in Jacques Becker's Rendez-vous de juillet and he appeared in over 140 films over the course of his career. In 1960, he received international recognition for the role of Napoléon Bonaparte in the film Austerlitz directed by Abel Gance. In the 1970s, his most successful film was the comedy Mais où est donc passée la septième compagnie?. From 1992 until 2005, he appeared in the French television series Les Cordier, juge et flic.

As a voice actor, he voiced Caius Obtus in Asterix et la Surprise de Cesar (Asterix vs. Caesar; 1985) and Cetinlapsus in Asterix Chez Le Bretons (Asterix in Britain; 1986).

Mondy directed four films and thirteen television episodes, and wrote two television screenplay adaptions. He also directed over 60 theatre productions, many of them at the Théâtre du Palais-Royal in Paris. In 1973 he directed the first production of La Cage aux folles starring Jean Poiret and Michel Serrault.

Source: Article "Pierre Mondy" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

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La Grève des femmes
Title: La Grève des femmes
Character: Emile
Released: February 11, 2011
Type: Movie
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Le temps est à l'orage
Title: Le temps est à l'orage
Character: Félix
Released: May 16, 2009
Type: Movie
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A Man and His Dog
Title: A Man and His Dog
Character: Le cuistot
Released: January 14, 2009
Type: Movie
An elderly gentleman and his dog find themselves out of a home with little means.
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L'Amour dans le sang
Title: L'Amour dans le sang
Character: Self
Released: November 23, 2008
Type: Movie
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Fallen from the Sky
Title: Fallen from the Sky
Character: Emile
Released: September 6, 2008
Type: Movie
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Title: La Dame de Monsoreau
Character: Baron de Médicis
Released: January 1, 2008
Type: TV
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Graduate at 70!
Title: Graduate at 70!
Character: Louis Merlet
Released: May 23, 2007
Type: Movie
18-year-old Alice decides to drop out of school just before the final exams and go to work for her baker grandfather Louis, who never could afford to get an education yet it's something he has dreamed of.
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Title: Commissaire Cordier
Character: Commissaire Pierre Cordier
Released: November 7, 2005
Type: TV
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The Costly Truth
Title: The Costly Truth
Character: Antoine Bossy
Released: January 16, 2004
Type: Movie
Investigating judge at the 3rd Criminal Chamber of Marseille, Françoise Larchey is the wife of Jean-Pierre Larchey, a famous architect of the Coast. The couple has a son, Valentin, seventeen years old... The death of Edith Mesniel, a local political figure, puts the town in turmoil. But when Emilie, Edith's only daughter and Valentin's girlfriend, confides to Françoise that her mother's death was not accidental, Madame le Juge decides to look into the case. By attacking this case, Françoise disturbs many people. She receives death threats, her son and Emilie are also threatened but she refuses to give up. And she discovers little by little that the mafia infiltrated in all the country.
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Lovely Rita
Title: Lovely Rita
Character: Marcel
Released: September 24, 2003
Type: Movie
Edgar Lamarck - an accountant and auditor is coming to the the shipyard on Cote d'Azur in order to check the statements. After completing his mission, he decides to relax and spend the night with the green-eyed blonde with a curvy shape who he met on a porn site. Coming to Rita, he discovers weedy brunette with a pistol in her hand, standing over a fresh corpse. It's not a girl Edgar was looking for but now it's too late to retreat...
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Louis de Funès ou le pouvoir de faire rire
Title: Louis de Funès ou le pouvoir de faire rire
Character: Self
Released: January 1, 2003
Type: Movie
A documentary on Louis de Funès based on unseen archives and film extracts, interviews from close friends and comedy specialists.
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Bingo!
Title: Bingo!
Character: le directeur du théâtre
Released: January 1, 2003
Type: Movie
At the age of 40, Georgette is a cleaning lady in airplanes. One day on a game show she wins a trip to Reunion Island. But, the problem is that Georgette has never taken a plane, and has an absolute phobia of flying.
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Les Filles à papa
Title: Les Filles à papa
Character: Jean Jacques Daloiseau
Released: February 19, 2001
Type: Movie
Jean-Jacques Daloiseau has worked as civil servant in the Ministry of Health and his now retired.Jean-Jacques and his old friend Robert have always dreamed of a sailboat and a trip around the world by sailboat.They have found a nice sailboat: Robert has paid his part but Jean-Jacques needs to sell a ground in the Soth of France.And also Jean-Jacques needs to speak with his wife Carole about this trip around the world with Robert.Then begin all the difficulties and impediments.Carole doesn't agree with this and runs away to London.Then one daughter ,Pauline, has problems with her husband and has come back home with her children.So Jean-Jacques becomes a nanny and has to solve all the problems of his daughters, find the money for boat and recover the love of Carole.
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Title: Vivement dimanche
Character: Self
Released: September 20, 1998
Type: TV
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Le fils préféré
Title: Le fils préféré
Character: le dentiste usurier
Released: December 21, 1994
Type: Movie
Jean-Paul Mantegna, the son of Italian immigrants now living in Nice, is a hunted man, riddled with debt and involved in borderline illegal companies. To extricate himself, he has to rely on Philippe and François, his two brothers, and on Raphaël, his father; a family torn by disputes and tragic events. However, by rebuilding family unity, Jean-Paul also discovers the secret of his own destiny...
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Title: Les Cordier, juge et flic
Character: Pierre Cordier
Released: February 24, 1994
Type: TV
The Cordier fight in family against the crime: the father is police captain, the son, investigating judge and the girl, a journalist.
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Rumeurs
Title: Rumeurs
Character: Yves-Martin Bussières
Released: January 21, 1991
Type: Movie
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Les Dessous de la passion
Title: Les Dessous de la passion
Character: Matutchek
Released: January 1, 1991
Type: Movie
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Title: Édouard et ses filles
Character: Edouard
Released: December 24, 1990
Type: TV
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Title: Stars 90
Character: self
Released: September 3, 1990
Type: TV
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Fantôme sur l'oreiller
Title: Fantôme sur l'oreiller
Character: Le chauffeur
Released: December 30, 1989
Type: Movie
A man is about to buy a castle from his wife, who has secretly decided to leave him. He discovers belatedly that the building is haunted.
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Title: Palace
Character: Robert
Released: October 29, 1988
Type: TV
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Title: Palace
Character: Client qui participe à la partouze / Client de l'ascenseur du 14e
Released: October 29, 1988
Type: TV
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Title: Palace
Character: Le vérificateur de chez Canibouffe
Released: October 29, 1988
Type: TV
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Title: Palace
Character: Directeur de Tourisme international
Released: October 29, 1988
Type: TV
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Title: Nulle part ailleurs
Character: Self
Released: August 31, 1987
Type: TV
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C'est encore mieux l'après-midi
Title: C'est encore mieux l'après-midi
Character: Richard Marchelier
Released: February 6, 1987
Type: Movie
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Asterix in Britain
Title: Asterix in Britain
Character: Cétinlapsus (voice)
Released: December 3, 1986
Type: Movie
One little ancient British village still holds out against the Roman invaders. Asterix and Obelix are invited to help. They must face fog, rain, warm beer and boiled boar with mint sauce, but they soon have Governor Encyclopaedius Britannicus's Romans declining and falling. Until a wild race for a barrel of magic potion lands them in the drink.
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Le Dindon
Title: Le Dindon
Character: Vatelin
Released: July 14, 1986
Type: Movie
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Asterix vs. Caesar
Title: Asterix vs. Caesar
Character: Caius (voice)
Released: March 6, 1985
Type: Movie
Obelix falls for a new arrival in his home village in Gaul, but is heartbroken when her true love arrives to visit her. However, the lovers are kidnapped by Romans; Asterix and Obelix set out to rescue them on a dangerous journey that will involve gladiators, slavers and beauracracy - and a personal encounter with the Emperor himself, Julius Caesar...
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Slices of Life
Title: Slices of Life
Character: Le Président
Released: February 6, 1985
Type: Movie
A series of humorous sketches on life: "A Night to Remember", "Summit Showdown", and "A Book? That's personal!"
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Title: Billet doux
Character: Philippe Josper, associé de l'agence de publicité
Released: October 4, 1984
Type: TV
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Pinot simple flic
Title: Pinot simple flic
Character: Rochu
Released: June 6, 1984
Type: Movie
The film starts in the 13th arrondissement of Paris in 1984. Robert Pinot is a police officer as ordinary as clumsy. One day, he stops a certain Josyane, a young drug addict who is also doubled as a pickpocket, nicknamed Marylou. Having discovered that she comes from the same village, Nanteuil, then him, he takes compassion for the young girl and decides to take her under his wing to keep her away from Tony, a dangerous dealer with whom she is in love.
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Title: The Octopus
Character: Don Amilcare Attilio Brenno
Released: March 11, 1984
Type: TV
An epic crime saga of power, money, violence and corruption. The mafia controls everything through local and international networks like an octopus, and anyone who tries to bring them down pays the ultimate price.
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Love Lies
Title: Love Lies
Character: Marcel Thiebault
Released: March 19, 1983
Type: Movie
After a harrowing breakup, Marcel returns to his favorite hotel to find his room occupied by a journalist, whom he attempts to impress.
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The Fighter
Title: The Fighter
Character: Rouxel
Released: February 2, 1983
Type: Movie
Jacques Darnay has served 8 years for robbing a jeweller. Now he is out of prison and looking for his loot worth 6 million francs.
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Le Braconnier de Dieu
Title: Le Braconnier de Dieu
Character: Brother Grégoire
Released: January 5, 1983
Type: Movie
A monk for thirty-seven years, Brother Gregory could not resist the temptation. Leaving the monastery for the first time to fulfill his duty as a voter, he catches up with pastis and women.
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Bankers Also Have Souls
Title: Bankers Also Have Souls
Character: Grégoire Dufour
Released: March 24, 1982
Type: Movie
A bank clerk is given an unusual retirement gift, a high class call girl. Unaware that he has been 'set up' by colleagues the man goes with the girl to Venice where he enjoys his new found virility.
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Title: Champs-Elysées
Character: Self
Released: January 16, 1982
Type: TV
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Signé Furax
Title: Signé Furax
Character: Amédée Gonflard
Released: April 1, 1981
Type: Movie
The notorious and mysterious criminal Furax steals France's famous monuments, replacing them with replicas.
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Title: Petit déjeuner compris
Character: Gauthier Leroux
Released: February 22, 1980
Type: TV
A couple who live in the French provinces are surprised to inherit a hotel in Paris. These new owners are determined to sell it, but that's without the charms, vagaries, and clientele of this typical inn implanted in a nice neighborhood.
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Retour en force
Title: Retour en force
Character: Roger, chaffeur de bus et nouveau mari de Térésa
Released: January 1, 1980
Type: Movie
Released after 8 years in prison, Adrien finds his family home. He discovers that his wife Teresa has moved in with Roger, and his children make the 400 blows and his former accomplices are not decided to give him his share of the booty.
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L'Hôtel du libre échange
Title: L'Hôtel du libre échange
Character: Paillardin
Released: December 31, 1979
Type: Movie
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Démons de midi
Title: Démons de midi
Character: François
Released: November 28, 1979
Type: Movie
At 45, divorced, unemployed and father of two children, Franois Morot realizes that he can no longer support the society in which he lives and decides to leave everything.
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The Associate
Title: The Associate
Character: (Doublure voix francaise de Vadim Glowna)
Released: August 22, 1979
Type: Movie
An unemployed investor creates a fictious business partner to attempt to improve business. Eventually, his creation gets out of control as his business becomes successful and his wife announces that she is in love with the partner and his son wishes the partner was his father -- although no one has ever seen him. To regain control, the man decides to "kill" his imaginary partner and is arrested for the murder.
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Take It from the Top
Title: Take It from the Top
Character: Jean-Pierre Larcher
Released: August 9, 1978
Type: Movie
Tired of being a housewife, Annie wants to work. Between her professional life and her responsibilities as a parent, she can no longer cope. She decides to leave and starts writing a memoir of her life...
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Le beaujolais nouveau est arrivé...
Title: Le beaujolais nouveau est arrivé...
Character: Georges
Released: March 26, 1978
Type: Movie
Camadule is in charge of buying several barrels of the Beaujolais Nouveau. The Captain and Kamel will travel with him to get the divine beverage.
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The Seventh Company Outdoors
Title: The Seventh Company Outdoors
Character: Paul Chaudard, quincailler
Released: December 7, 1977
Type: Movie
The third part of Seventh Company adventures.
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Last Exit Before Roissy
Title: Last Exit Before Roissy
Character: Marlys
Released: August 10, 1977
Type: Movie
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The Seventh Company Has Been Found
Title: The Seventh Company Has Been Found
Character: Sergent-chef Chaudard
Released: December 10, 1975
Type: Movie
The second part of the Seventh Company adventures.
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The Pink Telephone
Title: The Pink Telephone
Character: Benoît Castejac, propriétaire de Castejac & Cie
Released: October 15, 1975
Type: Movie
A small industrialist from Toulouse, goes to Paris to negotiate the buyout of his company from an American financial group. During his stay, the representative of the large firm calls on a luxury call girl to facilitate their "business".
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Vous ne l'emporterez pas au paradis
Title: Vous ne l'emporterez pas au paradis
Character: Olivier Galmisch
Released: May 13, 1975
Type: Movie
After the death of one of his clients, a Swiss industrialist decides to call his brother to transport the corpse to Switzerland. The journey will not be easy.
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Title: Numéro un
Character: Self
Released: April 5, 1975
Type: TV
A French variety show.
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Title: Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Character: Self
Released: January 12, 1975
Type: TV
A talk show presented by Michel Drucker
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Title: Midi Première
Character: Self
Released: January 6, 1975
Type: TV
Midi Première is a French variety show presented by Danièle Gilbert, directed by Jacques Pierre and broadcast from January 6, 1975 until January 1, 1982 on TF1. The program was generally broadcast between 12:15 p.m. and 12:55 p.m., then giving way to the 1:00 p.m. TV news. However, the broadcast schedule could change, depending on the guests, and the setting where the recording of the program was shot. Certain performances by artists who have become cult like the one where Ringo jostles with a demonstrator in interpretation (1977), that of Dalida with the title There is always a song with the soundtrack that does not start, twice, at the right speed (1978), Claude François and his Clodettes, who, in the provinces, are unable to join "the set" in order to interpret his song, the latter being taken by the crowd of delirious fans (summer 1977) . The group Supertramp performed there with the title "Dreamer" on March 8, 1975.
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Impossible Is Not French
Title: Impossible Is Not French
Character: Antoine Brisset
Released: December 11, 1974
Type: Movie
Antoine, an accountant by trade, becomes a private detective to support his family. His wanderings lead him to transport a cargo of malachite to Le Havre, in the hope of a large bonus. With the help of his family, and despite a few mishaps, Antoine achieves his goal.
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Shut Up, Gulli
Title: Shut Up, Gulli
Character: Bibi Kenavec
Released: October 30, 1974
Type: Movie
A TV channel organizes a super-8 competition, and Kenavec family decides to film their small village in Brittany.
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Prêtres interdits
Title: Prêtres interdits
Character: Lacoussade
Released: November 22, 1973
Type: Movie
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Now Where Did the Seventh Company Get to?
Title: Now Where Did the Seventh Company Get to?
Character: Sergent-chef Chaudard
Released: May 24, 1973
Type: Movie
1940: During the chaotic running fights of the French army the 7th company disappears - nobody knows they've been taken captive. Only their scouting patrol, three witty but lazy guys, can escape and now wanders around behind the German lines. They'd like to just stay out the fights, but a Lieutenant urges them to use a captured truck to break through to their troops.
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Histoire vraie
Title: Histoire vraie
Character: Varnetot
Released: May 5, 1973
Type: Movie
A servant girl, given in marriage when she turns out to be pregnant, can't bring herself to live away from her master.
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Ferraille et chiffons
Title: Ferraille et chiffons
Character: Harry Brock
Released: November 3, 1972
Type: Movie
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Title: Midi trente
Character: Self
Released: March 6, 1972
Type: TV
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The Troubles of Alfred
Title: The Troubles of Alfred
Character: François Morel
Released: March 1, 1972
Type: Movie
Unlucky in love, Alfred tries to commit suicide, only to be thwarted by police efforts to prevent a simultaneous attempt by a nearby young woman. Recovering, the young lady puts him up at her house, as he has run out of places to live. He joins a Parisian sporting team and seems to have transferred his bad luck to a corrupt television boss who is attempting to manipulate the game so that Alfred's Paris team loses.
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Title: Cadet Rousselle
Character: Self
Released: November 4, 1971
Type: TV
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Papa, the Lil' Boats
Title: Papa, the Lil' Boats
Character: Jeannot le Corse
Released: April 22, 1971
Type: Movie
In this whimsical French comedy, Cookie (aka Venus de Palma) is a tough, sweet little rich girl, and is rather smart, too. She's smart enough and charming enough to outwit her kidnappers by setting one against the other until they have all killed each other or died trying to prove thier worth to her.
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Call Me Mathilde
Title: Call Me Mathilde
Released: December 10, 1969
Type: Movie
Mathilde de Blanzac is abducted on her way home from an evening at the opera with her wealthy industrialist husband. Her pathetic pieds-nickelés kidnappers begin by holding her hostage at the home of Petit Jean, a country bumpkin, before demanding a ransom from her husband. At the same time, Hubert de Pifre, a fighter pilot in distress, ejects over Petit Jean's farm.
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Pierre and Paul
Title: Pierre and Paul
Character: Pierre
Released: May 7, 1969
Type: Movie
Pierre is a middle-aged factory worker with plenty of unresolved anger. After his father's death, his mother feels compelled to move in with him. Having just moved there with his beautiful girlfriend, he begins to feel the pressure. When the May Day revolt begins, he goes crazy.
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Title: À bout portant
Character: Self
Released: December 16, 1968
Type: TV
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Title: Les Dossiers de l'Agence O
Character: Commissioner Lucas
Released: March 11, 1968
Type: TV
L’Agence O is a famous Parisian private detective firm. Its premises are located in the Passage Choiseul. In front, Torrence leads the shop. In fact, the agency's team is complemented by Émilie le Roux, Mademoiselle Berthe and Barbet, who scrutinize clients through a one-way mirror located behind the desk. Getting hold of a man disguised as an old lady, solving the mystery of the Prisoner of Lagny or discovering who is blackmailing the painter Tigrane Alban does not worry the experts at the O Agency. Les Dossiers de l’Agence O is a French-Canadian television series in thirteen episodes of approximately 55 minutes created by Marc Simenon and broadcast first in Quebec from December 14, 1967 to March 13, 1968 on Télévision de Radio-Canada, then in France from March 11 to June 3, 1968 on the first channel of the ORTF.
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La Parisienne
Title: La Parisienne
Character: Adolphe Dumesnil
Released: July 25, 1967
Type: Movie
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Deux Romains en Gaule
Title: Deux Romains en Gaule
Character: Le restaurateur
Released: February 25, 1967
Type: Movie
This film is directly inspired by Asterix, created by René Goscinny and Albert UDERZO, chronicles the adventures of a little boy, Antoine, entered the world of antiquity by studying its history lesson and two Romans, and TICKETBUS PROSPECTUS, who prefer to leave their life of legionnaires and discover the lifestyle of Gaulois.Antoine meeting Asterix cartoon form, which explains certain peculiarities of life in Lutetia.
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The Night of the Generals
Title: The Night of the Generals
Character: Kopatski
Released: January 29, 1967
Type: Movie
A German intelligence officer investigates a prostitute's killing in Warsaw during World War II. He lands on three major Nazi generals as suspects, two of whom are also involved in a plot to kill Adolf Hitler.
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Monsieur le Président Directeur Général
Title: Monsieur le Président Directeur Général
Character: Denis Bonneval
Released: December 16, 1966
Type: Movie
In order to appoint his new right-hand man, a CEO decides to organize a weekend with all the candidates.
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The Postman Goes to War
Title: The Postman Goes to War
Released: August 10, 1966
Type: Movie
The unsuspecting Parisian postman Thibon accepts a transfer as army mailman in Indochina. In the hospital, after his mail van is blown up by a mine, he falls in love with his Indochinese nurse Vang.
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The Postman Goes to War
Title: The Postman Goes to War
Character: Massenet
Released: August 10, 1966
Type: Movie
The unsuspecting Parisian postman Thibon accepts a transfer as army mailman in Indochina. In the hospital, after his mail van is blown up by a mine, he falls in love with his Indochinese nurse Vang.
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Title: At Theatre Tonight
Character: Harry Brock
Released: July 21, 1966
Type: TV
At Theater tonight is a TV show broadcasted from 25th August 1966 to 21st September 1985. The show is broadcast plays recorded in two or three days, during public performances at the Théâtre Marigny on the Champs-Élysées, or sometimes Edouard VII theater.
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L'Âge heureux
Title: L'Âge heureux
Character: Le régisseur
Released: February 11, 1966
Type: Movie
The young heroines are the "Petits Rats de l'Opéra" =pupil of the opera of Paris ballet class .One of them,Delphine,wants to be a ballerina.It's her wildest dream.But alas,in the wake of a night on the roof of the opera -a forbidden place- ,she is fired -and however she was not alone on that roof,her friends were with her!Delphine is desperate and she hides the terrible truth from her mother .What will become of her?
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The Sleeping Car Murder
Title: The Sleeping Car Murder
Character: Le commissaire Tarquin
Released: November 17, 1965
Type: Movie
Six people travel by train overnight from Marseilles to Paris. When the train arrives at its destination, one of the passengers, a girl, is found dead in a sleeping berth. The police led by Inspector Grazzi investigate the other five passengers, suspecting that one of them was responsible. However, as the investigation is stepped up, the other passengers start turning up dead. It is then up to the last remaining two to solve the case, before they become the next victims.
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The Buddies
Title: The Buddies
Character: Broudier
Released: January 15, 1965
Type: Movie
Seven old pals live inseparable lives, dividing their time between hilarious pranks and memorable drinking bouts. Bénin is the mastermind, Broudier the enforcer and Lesueur the prankster. One evening, a grandiose plan was hatched: to wreak havoc in two peaceful sub-prefectures: Ambert and Issoire. Broudier begins: in the middle of the night, disguised as a minister, he wakes up a barracks in Ambert and sets in motion a thunderous maneuver. The next day, disguised as a Dominican, Bénin climbed to the pulpit of the cathedral and delivered a sermon insulting Christian doctrine. The same day, in Issoire, the local authorities were preparing to unveil a statue of Vercingetorix. But the statue came to life, pelting the crowd with tomatoes: it was Lesueur. With their minds at rest, the friends headed off to the Côte-d'Or for a vacation. But already, one of them begins to perform a new prank.
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Weekend at Dunkirk
Title: Weekend at Dunkirk
Character: Dhéry
Released: December 18, 1964
Type: Movie
In June 1940, during the Dunkirk evacuation of Allied troops to England, French sergeant Julien Maillat and his men debate whether to evacuate to Britain or stay and fight the German troops that are closing-in from all directions.
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Requiem pour un caïd
Title: Requiem pour un caïd
Character: Antoine Delille
Released: July 25, 1964
Type: Movie
Police officer Antoine Delille is in charge of putting an end to the activities of a "kingpin", Jo Pinelli, trafficker, racketeer and pimp. He has three women working for him, including Eva and Jeannette, and is currently "conditioning" a charming, naive Orly employee, with whom he poses as an honorable businessman. Inspector Delille's plan is to arrest Jo for some crime and, while he's being held at the P.J., to delve into his other criminal activities and confound him.
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Mission to Venice
Title: Mission to Venice
Character: Paul Trégard
Released: April 23, 1964
Type: Movie
An American polo player in Paris gets roped into intrigue when he's asked to find a family friend whom has gone missing.
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Daggers Drawn
Title: Daggers Drawn
Character: Robert Antonini
Released: March 25, 1964
Type: Movie
Via Something Weird: "Four men representing the world’s great criminal organizations unite to locate a cache of sunken treasure. The treasure is in fact a fortune in diamonds and secret documents that was lost by the Germans in the seas off Monte Carlo during the war. Following their every move are representatives from every secret agency in the world, amongst them, the British, the Russians, the Germans, and the Americans, all seeking the important papers contained within the treasure."
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Son of the Circus
Title: Son of the Circus
Released: December 27, 1963
Type: Movie
A child flees his abusive father and takes refuge with a clown.
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Bebert and the Train
Title: Bebert and the Train
Character: Parmelin
Released: December 3, 1963
Type: Movie
The Martin family is shopping in a department store. Tiennot is responsible for looking after his little brother, Bébert, but he prefers to chase girls. On the train home, Tiennot leaves Bébert alone. On arrival, Bébert has disappeared. The Martin family sets out to find him.
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People in Luck
Title: People in Luck
Character: Henri Duchemin (« Le Yacht »)
Released: April 26, 1963
Type: Movie
A light French comedy of 5 segments.
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Till the End of the World
Title: Till the End of the World
Character: Pierre Desmoulins
Released: January 18, 1963
Type: Movie
This brave, lonely man who arrives in Corsica, in a poor village, has no idea that he will have to take in this 9-year-old child whose mother has just died and of whom he is undoubtedly the father. His only hope is to find a place for the child, a place where he can get rid of his mother, a place where the child can stay, grow up, eat his fill and become a man. In this long race on foot through the mountains or by hitchhiking, they successively reject all the solutions that are offered, for the taste of freedom, which is more deeply rooted in them than that of security. This common feeling gradually brings them closer together, and after many incidents, they decide to face life and its uncertain future together.
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The Mysteries of Paris
Title: The Mysteries of Paris
Character: Le Chourineur
Released: October 4, 1962
Type: Movie
The Marquis Rodolphe de Sombrueil accidentally runs over a working man with his carriage and helps his widow -- unjustly accused of robbery -- to find her missing daughter.
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Crime Does Not Pay
Title: Crime Does Not Pay
Character: Clerget
Released: July 6, 1962
Type: Movie
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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Law of Men
Title: Law of Men
Character: Judge Béguin
Released: July 4, 1962
Type: Movie
After a planned robbery on an armoured car the investigating police officer encounters a female journalist who specialises in criminology, and who he suspects may have had a role in the heist.
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Hitch-Hike
Title: Hitch-Hike
Character: André, le manager de Bobby
Released: March 16, 1962
Type: Movie
Agathe, 18, dreams of change. Gone are her vacations on the rainy beaches of Belgium! She decides to hitchhike down to the South of France, where she'll have many happy and less happy encounters. On the way to Paris, men of various ages offer to shorten her wait by the roadside. Some try to take advantage of her, while another, in a fit of madness, tries to stab her. Despite these assaults, Agathe continues her journey, heading for Valence and then Aix-en-Provence.
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The Count of Monte Cristo
Title: The Count of Monte Cristo
Character: Carderousse
Released: December 6, 1961
Type: Movie
Edmund Dantes is falsely accused by those jealous of his good fortune, and is sentenced to spend the rest of his life in the notorious island prison, Chateau d'If. While imprisoned, he meets the Abbe Faria, a fellow prisoner whom everyone believes to be mad. The Abbe tells Edmund of a fantastic treasure hidden away on a tiny island, that only he knows the location of. After many years in prison, the old Abbe dies, and Edmund escapes disguised as the dead body. Now free, Edmund must find the treasure the Abbe told him of, so he can use the new-found wealth to exact revenge on those who have wronged him.
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Panurge's Sheep
Title: Panurge's Sheep
Character: A table neighbor at the restaurant (uncredited)
Released: July 5, 1961
Type: Movie
Charles and Jeanne Renard live with their young kids in a dormitory town. Everyday train and metro,work and return by train and metro to the dormitory town (the famous french sentence "Métro,boulot,dodo"). But how fragile is marital bliss ?
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In the Mouth of the Wolf
Title: In the Mouth of the Wolf
Character: Commissaire Rémy
Released: June 20, 1961
Type: Movie
Photographer Henri Barbier is lured by his old friend Barbara to fake the theft of her jewels. It turns out that he is suspected of murder and extortion, while Barbara and her lover are the culprits, which is eventually revealed.
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Boulevard
Title: Boulevard
Character: Dicky, l'ancien boxeur
Released: November 30, 1960
Type: Movie
Boulevard focuses on Georges 'Jojo' Castagnier, an adolescent who lives in a poor room under the roof of a block of apartments in the Pigalle section of Paris. He ran away from home when he realized that his step-mother hated him from day-one. Among Jojo's many neighbors is the gorgeous Jenny Dorr , a nightclub dancer, whose lover he dreams of being. But, to Jojo's disappointment, Jenny becomes the lover of Dicky, a former boxer, who spends his time loafing about the Pigalle cafés. Jojo lacks for steady work, but manages to meet his financial obligations with a series of odd jobs. He tries selling magazines, which is a success for a while, though posing as Narcissus for two gay artists proves to be something of a disaster. Eventually, he woos Marietta, one of his other neighbors and a girl more suited to his age. But when things go really awry, Jojo becomes desperate and tries to commit suicide by jumping off the roof of his building
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Love and the Frenchwoman
Title: Love and the Frenchwoman
Character: Édouard, le père de Bichette (L'Adolescence)
Released: September 16, 1960
Type: Movie
The seven stages in the life of the modern Frenchwomen are disclosed by seven directors in a witty way: 1 - Childhood, 2 - Adolescence, 3 - Virginity, 4 - Marriage, 5 - Adultery, 6 - Divorce, 7 - The Single Woman.
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It Happened All Night
Title: It Happened All Night
Character: Antoine Fiesco
Released: September 13, 1960
Type: Movie
Michel Ferréol reluctantly meets up with an old school friend, Antoine Fiesco. Michel didn’t like Antoine much when they were at school and tries to get away by making an excuse. He changes his mind when Antoine introduces him to his wife, a beautiful brunette named Christine.
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The Battle of Austerlitz
Title: The Battle of Austerlitz
Character: Napoléon Bonaparte
Released: June 17, 1960
Type: Movie
Napoleon Bonaparte crowns himself emperor and fights the English, Austrians and Russians in 1802.
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Arden de Faversham
Title: Arden de Faversham
Character: Thomas Arden
Released: February 23, 1960
Type: Movie
Faversham's Arden, the first tragedy to be about ordinary people, is both a realistic, social painting of 16th-century England and a psychological portrait. Alice and her lover Mosbie, with whom she has a complex and passionate relationship, decide to murder her husband Thomas Arden, but their plan repeatedly fails.
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The Wolves in the Sheepfold
Title: The Wolves in the Sheepfold
Character: Charlot
Released: February 5, 1960
Type: Movie
Three gangsters on the run break into a rehabilitation center for delinquent teenagers run by the couple Roger and Irène. The residents are divided over how to deal with the three bad guys, who want to take over the home.
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Way of Youth
Title: Way of Youth
Character: Lulu
Released: September 23, 1959
Type: Movie
This movie is a Marcel Aymé adaptation and it deals with the not-so-glorious side of the Occupation: black market, war profiteers, cracking open bottles of Champagne while most of the Parisians are almost starving.
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You Have Nothing to Declare?
Title: You Have Nothing to Declare?
Character: Alfred Dupont
Released: August 29, 1959
Type: Movie
Married against her will to the Comte de Trivelin, Paulette Dupont shares her anxieties with her childhood friend Labaule. Warned too late to prevent the ceremony from taking place, Labaule follows the couple on their honeymoon and prevents the consummation of the marriage by repeatedly intruding on the couple's privacy. Put on notice by Paulette's parents to consummate the marriage, Trivelin - who believes himself to be at fault - consults a psychiatrist. The latter advises him to visit a lady of lesser virtue: Gloria. But Gloria's clientele includes Dupont himself - Paulette's father - and Labaule!
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Women Are Weak
Title: Women Are Weak
Character: André, Agathe's Husband
Released: February 11, 1959
Type: Movie
A playboy is pursued by three women seeking romance.
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Cigarettes, Whiskey and Wild Women
Title: Cigarettes, Whiskey and Wild Women
Character: Max, petit trafiquant d'alcool et cigarettes
Released: February 10, 1959
Type: Movie
Martine runs a sports center for women ,but they are short of the readies. To avoid seizure,she turns her health club into a nightclub with plenty of whiskey and wild women.
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Life Together
Title: Life Together
Character: Monsieur Lebeaut
Released: September 24, 1958
Type: Movie
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 setting up his will and wants to leave his wealth to the couples among the four, which are still as deeply in love - if any: else, his companions get the money. He sends them out to visit the couples and test their love.
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A Legitimate Defense
Title: A Legitimate Defense
Character: Petit Bob
Released: June 11, 1958
Type: Movie
Two friends from the last war, Pierrot, a bar owner, and Gustave, a police inspector, are in contact with a notorious gang of racketeers in Montmartre. Tired of putting up with Albert the King's demands, Pierrot kills the gangster during a bar brawl. His first instinct is to flee, but on Gustave's advice, he turns himself in to the law. All things considered, he'll be safer in prison than exposed to the reprisals of the "underworld". Pierrot goes to trial. He was acquitted as having acted in self-defense. But his release leaves him open to the vengeance of Bob, one of Albert's accomplices. Pierrot narrowly escapes an ambush, but is finally able to rid himself of the threat hanging over him, thanks to the friendship of Inspector Gustave, and finally reunites with the companion of his life, Dora, who has never stopped trembling for him.
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Neither Seen Nor Recognized
Title: Neither Seen Nor Recognized
Character: M. Bluette
Released: April 23, 1958
Type: Movie
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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Hardboiled Egg Time
Title: Hardboiled Egg Time
Character: Le maître nageur
Released: March 19, 1958
Type: Movie
A shy, penniless employee of the garage owner Grillot, the gentle Louis wins $10 million in the lottery. Flitting along the banks of the Seine, he takes in Raoul Grandvivier, an unknown, untalented painter who has just botched a spectacular suicide intended to draw attention to himself. Raoul takes him back to his studio, where he meets his charming daughter Lucie. In order to see Lucie again, with whom he is in love, Louis offers to sell the paintings. In reality, he's the one paying for them, to make it look like a wealthy art lover.
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Honey, Scare Me
Title: Honey, Scare Me
Character: Commissioner Morel
Released: March 6, 1958
Type: Movie
A crime story writer comes to the French Alps for vacation. However, an envelope given by a strange man, would put him in a conflict between two teams of spies. A young blonde hotel burglar will help him get out of this mess.
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Totò, Vittorio and the Doctor
Title: Totò, Vittorio and the Doctor
Character: Romeo
Released: December 23, 1957
Type: Movie
The fake private detective Mike Spillone is hired by two old ladies to find out if Brigitte, the wife of their nephew Otello Bellomo, has a lover. Brigitte is a physician but the two aunts are unaware of the fact. While investigating, Mike and his assistant Johnny discover Brigitte with a prospective patient, the marquis De Vitti who was shot by the husband of the woman he tried to seduce. Afterwards Spillone finds her with her husband who he believes to be her lover.
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Anyone Can Kill Me
Title: Anyone Can Kill Me
Character: Émile Chanu
Released: December 6, 1957
Type: Movie
The holdup of the bank is a success. All happened according to plan. Now, Cyril Gad and his four accomplices must secure an alibi. What better place than a prison cell? As a result the five gangsters have themselves arrested on minor charges and start waiting until they are released. Unfortunately three of them die mysteriously, another one is openly murdered. The only man still alive, Tony, is scared. Easy to understand why...
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The Tricyclist
Title: The Tricyclist
Character: Le gendarme
Released: December 4, 1957
Type: Movie
Antoine Peyralout is baker Mouillefarine's tricycle delivery man. Comical and stuttering, Antoine shows more interest in the local soccer team than in professional integrity. A wedding cake pays the price for it and the young man is dismissed. Not dispirited in the least, Antoine decides to go to Nice, where his favorite team will play the final of the Cup. On his merry (and eventful) way, he has the opportunity to save a pretty camper, Popeline, with whom he falls in love. Once in Nice, he discovers that Dabek, the brilliant goal-keeper is not up to his task following bad news...
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Young Girls Beware
Title: Young Girls Beware
Character: Tonio
Released: July 4, 1957
Type: Movie
Raven, a mobster just released from prison, settles the score by murdering Mendetta and her partner, who had turned him in. Having taken over Mendetta's various bars, he finds himself at war with other mobsters who want to kill him.
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The Wheel
Title: The Wheel
Character: Jean Marcereau
Released: July 2, 1957
Type: Movie
Pierre is an engine driver who adopts a small girl, a WWI orphan. A widower, he sees in her the image of her mother.
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Demoniac
Title: Demoniac
Character: André Vilsan
Released: April 26, 1957
Type: Movie
Gervais escapes from a German concentration camp and assumes the identity of a recently deceased fellow prisoner. Knowing that the dead man has been carrying on a romance by correspondence with Hélène, whom he has never seen, Gervais makes the acquaintance of the woman and they move in, but her sister Agnès dabbles in the black arts, which should be warning enough for Gervais to make himself scarce. Yet he sticks around, intrigued that the dead man's sister, Julia, refuses to blow the whistle on him.
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Que les hommes sont bêtes
Title: Que les hommes sont bêtes
Character: Joselito
Released: March 29, 1957
Type: Movie
Sylvie is a young cashier in a Montmartre café, "le bar des Philosophes", owned and run by Monsieur Marcel, a former safe cracker. One day, the pretty creature accepts to give a helping hand to two regulars, Francis and Josélito. But what the naive girl does not know is that the two men are gangsters and that they plan to steal 50 million francs deposited in the safe of Maître Roland Devert, a charming young notary. Actually things do not go according to plan all the more as a love story between the notary and Sylvie was not at all on the two gangsters' agenda.
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An Evening at the Music Hall
Title: An Evening at the Music Hall
Released: November 19, 1956
Type: Movie
A GI on furlough attends a Folies-Bergères show. He falls in love with a dancer, Claudie, the star of the theater.
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The Flea in the Ear
Title: The Flea in the Ear
Character: Victor-Emmanuel Chandebise
Released: September 22, 1956
Type: Movie
Raymonde Chandebise suspects her husband Victor-Emmanuel of cheating on her. She received a package from the hotel "Le minet galant". The package contained a pair of suspenders belonging to her husband. Her best friend, Lucienne, advises her to find out for sure and to use a stratagem. They both send him a fake, passionate letter, written by a beautiful stranger, asking him to meet her at the "Minet Galant"! But little do they know that the hotel's simpleton bellboy is a look-alike of poor Victor-Emmanuel!
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The Indiscreet
Title: The Indiscreet
Released: March 16, 1956
Type: Movie
A dying man entrusts 25 million to a young girl's care, but she's afraid of being suspected of theft.
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L'homme au parapluie
Title: L'homme au parapluie
Character: L'inspecteur Martin
Released: March 10, 1956
Type: Movie
A heart stops beating and two others no longer dare to face each other. While an old lady is found poisoned, the two main suspects in the investigation see their mutual love decline behind vile suspicions. 35 years before Les Cordier, judge and cop, Pierre Mondy is already trying his hand at the role of inspector.
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People of No Importance
Title: People of No Importance
Character: Pierrot Berty
Released: February 15, 1956
Type: Movie
During a stay at a roadside inn, long-distance lorry driver Jean Viard meets a young woman Clothilde who works there. Their friendship soon develops into a passionate love affair, even though Jean is already married and is old enough to be Clothilde’s father. Things take a turn for the worse when Jean loses his job and his wife finds out about his affair. But Clothilde’s predicament is even more distressing...
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Title: Cinépanorama
Character: Self
Released: February 4, 1956
Type: TV
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The Case of Poisons
Title: The Case of Poisons
Character: le capitaine François Desgrez
Released: November 4, 1955
Type: Movie
Madame de Montespan, the Maîtresse-en-titre of Louis XIV, has been in disgrace since the King set eyes on a younger beauty, Marie-Angélique Scorailles. Having had enough of the situation, the rejected mistress decides to visit La Voisin, a woman known as a fortune teller, a doctor, a midwife and who is also said to arrange black masses and sell poisons. Some time later Marie-Angélique, now Duchess of Fontanges, dies mysteriously aged only twenty...
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Cherchez la femme
Title: Cherchez la femme
Released: August 26, 1955
Type: Movie
Barbara Van Looren is the lively, clever daughter of the well-known shipowner. For her, life is a breeze, even when she's kidnapped by Mike Cortez's men. A young journalist, Mercier, who tried to defend her and was forced to follow her, doesn't share her optimism and manages to escape. Barbara is sequestered because her father has caught wind of a diamond deal. If he renounces the customs action, his daughter will be returned to him. Mercier, with the help of a couple of loyal friends, discovers the instigator of the traffic, a member of the board of directors, and finds Barbara, still as petulant as ever.
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Casse-cou, mademoiselle!
Title: Casse-cou, mademoiselle!
Released: March 1, 1955
Type: Movie
Working for a stock-car team, Robert dreams of becoming a racing driver himself. For a long time this is only a pipe dream until one day fortune smiles on him when he saves the life of a young woman. Gisèle, the young lady in question, happens to be the daughter of a car manufacturer. Robert and Gisèle fall for each other and decide to marry. They get on quite well except on one point: Gisèle does not want her husband to take part in car races. But passion is the strongest and, breaking the ban, Gilbert wins the La Baule car event. Overcoming her aversion, Gisèle finally allows her husband to pursue his brilliant career.
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The Ragpickers of Emmaus
Title: The Ragpickers of Emmaus
Character: Thomas
Released: February 23, 1955
Type: Movie
The Emmaüs community opened and functioned thanks to the generous impetus of Abbé Pierre Groues, bringing together a cross-section of the underprivileged: unemployed truck drivers, former paratroopers, young people leaving prison, etc., and underprivileged families. The "ragpickers" manage to make a bit of money by practicing the art of "chine", while the abbé tries his hand at winning radio games. The accident and death of one of them will unite the Emmaus companions even more.
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Tout chante autour de moi
Title: Tout chante autour de moi
Character: Paul Nollier
Released: November 1, 1954
Type: Movie
Georges works in a small-town drugstore. Passionate about music, he writes songs. When Anne-Marie, whom he loves, loses her parents, he leaves with her for Paris, protecting her because she is blind. His friends Paul and Marthe put them up in the vacant apartment of the publisher Recordier. When he returns, he's irritated, but Anne-Marie sings Georges' songs so well that he makes her a radio star. Georges flies into a rage, slamming doors. An upset Anne-Marie has an accident. Operation restores her sight. All that's left for good Paul to do is reunite the brave Georges with the sweet Anne-Marie.
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Crainquebille
Title: Crainquebille
Character: 'La Trogne'
Released: April 19, 1954
Type: Movie
In the Mouffetard district of Paris, Jérôme Crainquebille, an affable four-season merchant, is stopped by a police officer and taken to the station, unjustly accused of shouting "Mort aux vaches!" ("Death to the cows!"). When he returns to work after a fortnight's detention, he is ostracized by his neighbors. Lonely, Crainquebille sank into despair and alcoholism. His life in prison seemed sweeter, and his attempts to return were in vain. He owes his salvation to the affection of a local kid.
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The Healer
Title: The Healer
Character: Robert, assistant de Laurent
Released: December 6, 1953
Type: Movie
Pierre Laurent, a former doctor, has established himself as a renowned healer in Brittany. A young girl, Isabelle, who follows his results with admiration, declares her love for him and becomes engaged. The reactions of his former colleagues bring Pierre before the courts. A misunderstanding with Isabelle thwarts the wedding plans. Later, the young girl, suffering from a brain tumor, allows herself to be cured by the healer. Pierre does not cure her, but leads her to her death without suffering.
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Captain Slipper
Title: Captain Slipper
Character: Henri, le copain d'Emmanuel
Released: July 31, 1953
Type: Movie
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 better.
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The Happiest of Men
Title: The Happiest of Men
Character: Inspector Gaston
Released: November 26, 1952
Type: Movie
An industrialist who prefers painting to business is cheated on by his wife with a painter who prefers business to painting.
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Matrimonial Agency
Title: Matrimonial Agency
Character: The client of the agency 'Nuptia'
Released: May 21, 1952
Type: Movie
Noël is a bachelor who inherits a matrimonial agency. After contemplating selling it, he chooses to manage it.
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Le Costaud des Batignolles
Title: Le Costaud des Batignolles
Character: Accomplice
Released: April 30, 1952
Type: Movie
Jules, small and weak, dreams of becoming a formidable athlete. He strives every morning to practice physical culture exercises and takes comforting tablets, without success. But he meets Nénette, a woman who, when he kisses her, suddenly endows him with prodigious strength.
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Un jour avec vous
Title: Un jour avec vous
Character: Georges
Released: March 14, 1952
Type: Movie
The young Mathilde de Marsan, believes she is in love with a singer, Philippe Mazières, and steals his photo. This one, who had written a song start, searches for this photo as far as the castle of Geoffroy and Estelle de Marsan, where Mathilde's uncle and aunt take him for the husband of one of their guests, Claude Cartier. and will finally marry her while Georges, Claude's ex-fiancé will fall in love with his hosts' niece, Mathilde.
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Forgotten Stones
Title: Forgotten Stones
Released: January 1, 1952
Type: Movie
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Victor
Title: Victor
Character: un détenu
Released: June 13, 1951
Type: Movie
Secretly in love with Françoise, the companion of his best friend Marc, Victor decides to go to prison in his place.
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Without Leaving an Address
Title: Without Leaving an Address
Character: L'ami de Forestier
Released: January 17, 1951
Type: Movie
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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Lost Souvenirs
Title: Lost Souvenirs
Character: L'agent (uncredited)
Released: November 11, 1950
Type: Movie
Suppose lost and found objects could talk... But they can! At least four of them... : -A statuette of Osiris remembers how two ex-lovers, a model and a good for nothing who claimed to be an Egyptologist, met again one Christmas Eve. -A violin has things to say about Raoul, a humble policeman who lost Solange, a widowed grocer he loved, to a god-dam seducing busker also named Raoul. -A scarf was witness to an eerie romance between a young madman and girl he had saved from suicide. -A funeral wreath lets us know how it caused a young woman to believe her lover dead. After having told their respective story, the objects return to their customary stillness.
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The Elders of Saint-Loup
Title: The Elders of Saint-Loup
Character: Puy-Tirejol
Released: September 8, 1950
Type: Movie
Due to financial problems, the boarding-school of Saint-Loup is on the verge of closing its doors. In desperation, Jacquelin, the headmaster, has the idea to invite former students to a fund-raising reunion. Among the alumni, three men whose common point is to have been in love at the time with the headmaster's niece. One is a banker, the second a priest and the last one a globetrotter. All of a sudden, the peace of the assembly is disturbed: Jacquelin's niece has just been murdered.
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Rendezvous in July
Title: Rendezvous in July
Character: Le copain de l'élève 'gabardiné' (uncredited)
Released: December 6, 1949
Type: Movie
Hopes and love and ambitions and friendship in a group of young jazz-loving Parisians.