Pierre Moncorbier

Pierre Moncorbier

Born: July 10, 1907
Died: March 21, 1978
in Vanves, Hauts-de-Seine, France

Movies for Pierre Moncorbier...

Incorrigible
Title: Incorrigible
Character: The sixty-year-old (uncredited)
Released: October 15, 1975
Type: Movie
Victor Vautier is incorrigible: he's in constant motion, working several cons at once, using different names and changing disguises. He's charming and outrageous, incapable of uttering a sentence that isn't embellished or an outright lie. His life goal is to make enough money to build a sea wall to protect Mont-Saint-Michel. Charlotte, a parole officer, shows up: she's young and seems taken in by Victor. He discovers she lives above the Senlus Museum, where her parents are the curators. With two pals he decides to steal a priceless El Greco triptych and then ransom it back to the cultural ministry. What will Charlotte do when she realizes he's used her to make a fortune?
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The Duchess of Avila
Title: The Duchess of Avila
Character: Le père de Pascheco
Released: December 24, 1973
Type: Movie
An epic six-hour adaptation of Potocki's The Manuscript Found in Saragossa. Most famously filmed by Wojciech Has, this four part adaptation has the advantage of a vastly expanded running time, allowing for more of the novel to be incorporated >> shot on film, it was clearly a very expensive production and is equally spectacular in its own way.
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The Granddaughter's Model
Title: The Granddaughter's Model
Character: Nicaise
Released: May 5, 1971
Type: Movie
Four young women embark on a journey of sexual awakening.
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Title: La bande des Ayacks
Character: Le notaire
Released: July 30, 1970
Type: TV
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The Confession
Title: The Confession
Character: President
Released: April 29, 1970
Type: Movie
The vice-minister of Foreign Affairs of Czechoslovakia, knowing he's being watched and followed, is one day arrested and put into solitary confinement by his blackmailers.
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Salut Berthe !
Title: Salut Berthe !
Released: August 20, 1968
Type: Movie
Adrien Chautard, a major industrialist from Abidjan, has been chosen to replace an expert on the official Ivory Coast delegation sent to Paris to discuss the country's association with the Common Market. Chautard is delighted at the prospect of this trip, where he will be reunited with the woman of his dreams: Elisabeth. Alas, at Abidjan airport, a nasty surprise awaits him: Berthe, his lawful wife, has decided to leave with him to consult a leading cardiologist in the capital.
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The Great Gadget
Title: The Great Gadget
Released: June 21, 1967
Type: Movie
A scientist from the East happens in France where it is supposed to improve one of his inventions. But it is much more interested in the fact to enjoy it and have fun ...
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Action Man
Title: Action Man
Character: Le client ivre
Released: May 31, 1967
Type: Movie
An American talks a retired French crook into robbing a bank, but kidnappers demand the loot as ransom.
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Sale temps pour les mouches
Title: Sale temps pour les mouches
Released: December 23, 1966
Type: Movie
Renowned atomic scientists are kidnapped on French soil. Inspector San-Antonio and his loyal deputy Bérurier infiltrate a gang suspected of involvement in the case, in order to trace the trail.
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Un mois à la campagne
Title: Un mois à la campagne
Character: Schaaf
Released: June 21, 1966
Type: Movie
1840. The arrival of a young tutor in a wealthy Russian family will stir the hearts of two women. The mother, Natalia Petrovna, and her 17-year-old ward, Vera, fall in love with the frustrated boy... Adaptation of Ivan Tourgueniev's most famous play, starring Delphine Seyrig as Natalia Petrovna.
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Feeling Good
Title: Feeling Good
Released: February 25, 1966
Type: Movie
Short film by Pierre Etaix, edited out from Tant qu'on a la santé
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Gaspard des montagnes
Title: Gaspard des montagnes
Character: The miser
Released: December 30, 1965
Type: Movie
We are in 1814, in Auvergne, in the dark fir forests of Livradois, near La Chaise Dieu. Gaspard and his beautiful cousin Anne-Marie see their love thwarted and their lives disrupted because of a treasure that an old uncle, who made his fortune in Guadeloupe, buried in the mountains of Auvergne.
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Yoyo
Title: Yoyo
Character: Le pique-assiettes
Released: February 19, 1965
Type: Movie
The story follows the son of a millionaire from the 1920s to the 1960s. After losing his fortune in the stock-exchange crash, he teams up with an equestrienne and becomes a circus clown.
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Vacaciones para Ivette
Title: Vacaciones para Ivette
Released: December 28, 1964
Type: Movie
Andrés' parents, in Madrid, and Pierre's parents, in Paris, have agreed to a school exchange for their children during the summer. However, when they go to the station to pick up Pierre, 10 years old, they meet an attractive young woman who takes his place. The presence of Ivette is a shock to the family, especially for the older son, who is strongly attracted to the French.
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Monsieur
Title: Monsieur
Character: Le serrurier
Released: April 22, 1964
Type: Movie
Désespéré par la mort de sa femme, le banquier René Duchesne se promène le long de la Seine. Seule la rencontre de Suzanne, son ancienne femme de chambre lui révélant les infidélités de Madame, le sauve du suicide. Monsieur décide alors d'aider sa protégée à sortir de la prostitution, et d'empêcher ses beaux-parents de faire main basse sur l'héritage.
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The Fire Within
Title: The Fire Within
Character: Moraine
Released: October 15, 1963
Type: Movie
Although his alcoholism has been treated, Alain still feels he is deeply unwell and does not feel he can leave the detoxification clinic once and for all. His wife, living in New York, continues to pay for his treatment, but no longer contacts him directly. He intends to commit suicide, but first takes a ride to Paris to catch up with old friends.
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Three Girls in Paris
Title: Three Girls in Paris
Released: October 12, 1963
Type: Movie
Three girls in Paris is the story of three Danish girls (Ghita Nørby, Susse Wold and Hanne Borchsenius) traveling to Paris, but after having placed suitcase and money on the hotel and takes off in the city, they forget what it's called and where it is located. They are helped by a Parisian taxi driver, and meets a series of typical French.
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OSS 117 Is Unleashed
Title: OSS 117 Is Unleashed
Released: June 18, 1963
Type: Movie
An American agent disappears after a scuba diving reconnaissance mission in Corsica. The Secret Service sends agent code name OSS 117 to investigate.
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Blood on His Sword
Title: Blood on His Sword
Character: Maître Ghislain
Released: September 6, 1961
Type: Movie
Charles le Temeraire asks in marriage Jeanne de Beauvais, daughter of King Louis XI, wishing to get her valuable lands in dowry. The King is wise to this, and since his daughter does not feel inclined to accept, he refuses. Charles sets up a plan to abduct the prince, in a way that the suspicions will fall upon Robert de Neuville, a noble enamoured of the princess. Robert manages to free her from the castle where she was being kept. Charles keeps setting traps, and managing people to perjure against Jeanne, and the King himself. Finally, Jeanne escapes alive from a pack of wolves, who set watching the lady alone in the snow covered woods, instead of attacking her. Charles does yet accuse her of being a witch - wishing to have her dead rather than being the wife of Robert... Robert will be her champion in a Judgement of God. Will the 'miracle of the wolfs' repeat itself, or fearless Charles defeat Robert in the sword duel?
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Princess of Cleves
Title: Princess of Cleves
Released: March 22, 1961
Type: Movie
When a young teen marries the Prince of Cleves, more than twice her age, she automatically becomes an official Princess and takes her new position to heart. Although distracted by the elite entertainments found at court, the princess cannot help but mourn her impossible love for the dashing Duc de Nemours.
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Dossier AST-555
Title: Dossier AST-555
Released: November 25, 1960
Type: Movie
A cabaret is used as a cover for drug trafficking, but the police are unable to uncover the means used to smuggle the opium. It turns out that one of the accomplices is repatriating the bodies of her compatriots who have died abroad and smuggling the drugs. A race is waged between the police and the culprits: the law triumphs.
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Lovers on a Tightrope
Title: Lovers on a Tightrope
Released: April 6, 1960
Type: Movie
Cora, the wife of a wealthy Parisian businessman, Daniel, is involved in an affair with Henri, an unscrupulous garage mechanic who has set his sights on Cora's fortune. Daniel becomes suspicious and hires a detective to investigate, but the detective is unsuccessful in pinpointing Cora's extramarital activities.
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Katia
Title: Katia
Character: (uncredited)
Released: December 22, 1959
Type: Movie
Tsar Alexandre II meets a young student, Katia. He understands that he loves her and try to send her away but they end up seeing each other again and becomes his mistress. With the help of Katia, Alexandre prepares a liberal constitution, but these reforms make him hostile to the more privileged subjects without satirising the revolutionaries against the regime.
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Oh! What a Mambo
Title: Oh! What a Mambo
Character: L'employé principal
Released: May 13, 1959
Type: Movie
Miguel foils a bank robbery and becomes a successful nightclub singer, but he doesn't know that his wife is being courted by an Italian fitness instructor.
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Vice Squad
Title: Vice Squad
Released: March 18, 1959
Type: Movie
A journalist and a police commissioner join forces to smash a white slavery network operating in the Middle East. The cabaret run by Clovis where Dalida sings is quickly spotted, as is a marriage agency run by Madame Irma, offering semblance of guarantees. Clues without proof. The journalist's fiancée agrees to play the game set up by the superintendent. The network is dismantled.
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Cigarettes, Whiskey and Wild Women
Title: Cigarettes, Whiskey and Wild Women
Character: Le notaire
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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Les Misérables
Title: Les Misérables
Released: March 12, 1958
Type: Movie
In 19th century France, Jean Valjean, a man imprisoned for stealing bread, must flee a relentless policeman named Javert. The pursuit consumes both men's lives, and soon Valjean finds himself in the midst of the student revolutions in France.
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Life is beautiful
Title: Life is beautiful
Character: Le professeur
Released: October 5, 1956
Type: Movie
Paris, 1956. Everything is going smoothly for Roger, married to Denise, and Paul, married to Monique, until the day they win a house in a radio contest. The difficulties of living together and the intrusion of their parents-in-law lead to a falling out.
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The Lebanese Mission
Title: The Lebanese Mission
Character: Le radio
Released: September 12, 1956
Type: Movie
In Lebanon, industrialist Hennequin, director of a French oil company, entrusts engineers Jean Domèvre, a Frenchman, and Mokhrir, a Lebanese, with the prospecting of an isolated region granted to him by Countess Athelstane Orloff. Their search remains fruitless until Mokhir reports the discovery of a uranium deposit, but disappears before Jean can identify the location. He goes to the Countess for help in finding Mokhir and surprises her when, due to financial difficulties, she is negotiating her concession with the Englishman Hobson, director of a rival company. Attracted by Jean, the Countess nevertheless gives him her preference and they set off together in search of Mokhir.
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Title: Plaisir du théâtre
Character: M. Edmond Flavigny
Released: July 3, 1956
Type: TV
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Meeting in Paris
Title: Meeting in Paris
Character: The collector (uncredited)
Released: May 2, 1956
Type: Movie
A wealthy young American woman is suddenly cut off by her father while living in Paris. A philosopher, she tries to make a living as a guide in the capital. The Marquis de Cernay, who has his eye on Nancy's portfolio, engages Maurice, a hardworking writer, to follow the young woman. She learns from both of them that they are only interested in her fortune. However, when she learns of the deception, she returns to her usual social life. She will return to him when the Marquis de Cernay has betrayed himself once and for all.
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Title: Cinépanorama
Character: Self
Released: February 4, 1956
Type: TV
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French Cancan
Title: French Cancan
Character: L'huissier (uncredited)
Released: April 27, 1955
Type: Movie
Nineteenth-century Paris comes vibrantly alive in Jean Renoir’s exhilarating tale of the opening of the world-renowned Moulin Rouge. Jean Gabin plays the wily impresario Danglard, who makes the cancan all the rage while juggling the love of two beautiful women—an Egyptian belly-dancer and a naive working girl turned cancan star.
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Obsession
Title: Obsession
Character: Le secrétaire de Chardin
Released: October 28, 1954
Type: Movie
Hélène and Aldo Giovanni are a circus trapeze double act and a couple. Aldo is temporarily replaced by former-partner Alexandre when the former is injured. The two get into a fight and the following day Alexandre is discovered dead. Hélène suspects her husband is responsible for the murder.
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The Contessa's Secret
Title: The Contessa's Secret
Character: Un dignitaire
Released: September 26, 1954
Type: Movie
The lover of an Italian revolutionary offers herself to Napoleon in exchange for her sweetheart's life.
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Touchez Pas au Grisbi
Title: Touchez Pas au Grisbi
Character: Un barman
Released: March 17, 1954
Type: Movie
Gentleman gangster Max and his partner, Riton, pull off their last, most successful heist and find themselves comfortable enough to retire in the style they enjoy. However, Max confides the details of the theft to his younger mistress, Josey -- who has secretly taken up with ambitious young rival gangster Angelo. Angelo then has Riton kidnapped and demands the stash of gold as ransom, which threatens Max's dreams of the perfect retirement.
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The Father of the Girl
Title: The Father of the Girl
Character: L'huissier
Released: July 16, 1953
Type: Movie
Françoise Marinier, a strong-willed young woman, won't accept a husband being forced on her. She left her family and moved to Paris, where she found work as a secretary for a fashionable artist, Edith Mars. The understanding Edith Mars encourages Françoise's budding love affair with an embassy attaché. Edith is the mistress of the Minister of Justice, and the Marinier parents arrive believing it's their daughter they're interviewing. While Mme Marinier puts up with it, her husband is scandalized. Gr ce to Edith, all confusion cleared up, the father is promoted to magistrate and Françoise marries.
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The Road to Damascus
Title: The Road to Damascus
Released: December 5, 1952
Type: Movie
Saul De Tarse is a Roman soldier who is making rough all over. He arrives at the Golgotha when the apostles remove the cross. He ruthlessly persecutes the Christians, even though they are his own friends.
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Woman Are Angels
Title: Woman Are Angels
Character: Notary
Released: September 3, 1952
Type: Movie
In order to inherit her husband's old aunt more quickly, a greedy peasant woman engages in various dishonest maneuvers.
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Jupiter
Title: Jupiter
Character: Gendarme Mérovée
Released: August 27, 1952
Type: Movie
A provincial chemist's daughter is to marry her cousin Gilbert.The day before he arrives, a stranger, who has just escaped from an insane asylum, claims he is the famous cousin.
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Young Love
Title: Young Love
Character: The valet of the Mareuils
Released: November 14, 1951
Type: Movie
Catherine, 18, loved Jean, a young accountant, who loved her in return. And yet, one morning, two policemen find their dead bodies on a stretch of waste ground. The case is obvious: the two young people have killed themselves. But why? Chief Inspector Ernest Plonche, feeling upset, decides to investigate personally.
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Amazing Monsieur Fabre
Title: Amazing Monsieur Fabre
Released: September 26, 1951
Type: Movie
It centres on the life of the entomologist Jean-Henri Fabre and his total devotion to studying insect behavior, travelling from Avignon to Paris, from Paris to his death in Sérignan. He is honoured by the French president Raymond Poincaré and his patience, obstinacy and knowledge are also recognised by Napoleon III, the publisher Charles Delagrave and the philosopher John Stuart Mill. They reach their climax in his book, Souvenirs entomologiques.
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God Needs Men
Title: God Needs Men
Character: Un pêcheur
Released: October 3, 1950
Type: Movie
The inhabitants of the windswept island of Sein, in the nineteenth century, in Brittany follow their own religion without need for clergy, but as strangers arrive, their faith and beliefs face a deep crisis.
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Thirst of Men
Title: Thirst of Men
Released: March 31, 1950
Type: Movie
The establishment of a French family who came to cultivate vines in Algeria.
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Strange Tales
Title: Strange Tales
Released: October 26, 1949
Type: Movie
A group of policemen look over three murder cases including a cutthroat that prays on young women, a madman that hid his deformed landlord's corpse in the floor, and a wine aficionado who buries his friend alive.
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The Loves of Colette
Title: The Loves of Colette
Released: April 14, 1948
Type: Movie
François, a young student at a provincial college, likes Colette, the daughter of the headmaster. Turlot his colleague, who commits suicide, left a diary where he writes of his relationship with Colette.
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The Eleven O'Clock Woman
Title: The Eleven O'Clock Woman
Released: March 3, 1948
Type: Movie
Stanislas Oscar Seminario, aka SOS, is a young explorer, just back from Africa, visiting old friends: the Pescara's. But the father keeps receiving anonymous letters. And soon a mysterious murder is committed. SOS begins to investigate...
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Monsieur chasse
Title: Monsieur chasse
Released: June 1, 1947
Type: Movie
A husband covers his weekly infidelities with the pretext of hunting. His best friend intends to take advantage of the situation and makes an appointment with the outraged wife in a bachelor flat where the situation is resolved, not without morality being undermined.
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The Scarlet Bazaar
Title: The Scarlet Bazaar
Released: April 23, 1947
Type: Movie
Agnès Bonnardet leaves her parents to marry Claude Sironi, a painter who becomes famous but loses his talent. Meanwhile Agnes acquires a style of her own as an artist, which makes Claude jealous of his young wife. One day, he sends one of his own paintings to the Bazar de la Charité, a very trendy Paris department store, instead of one of his wife's works as ordered. Afraid of her being mad at him, he locks her up in the cloak room. A dreadful fire suddenly breaks out and sets the building ablaze.
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The Murderer Is Not Guilty
Title: The Murderer Is Not Guilty
Character: Fool (uncredited)
Released: July 29, 1946
Type: Movie
In a film studio, several actors are the victims of attempted murders. Julien Brisseau, a writer, decides to use these facts as the backbone of his new novel. But while he is working on his detective story, young actors are actually killed. Julien thence gets suspected by police inspector Vétillard. To clear his name, Julien undertakes to investigate and find the killer on his own.
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Mr. Gregoire Runs Away
Title: Mr. Gregoire Runs Away
Character: Policeman (uncredited)
Released: May 3, 1946
Type: Movie
Alex Grégoire is a timid insurance company clerk who shares his uneventful life between his wife Angèle, his colleagues and his passion for crosswords. But all of a sudden his existence changes dramatically. First because he wins a crossword competition. Second because a jewel thief, Charles Tuffal, thinks he recognizes in him a former accomplice. From that moment "uneventful" is not the best adjective to qualify Alex's life anymore...
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Mr. Orchid
Title: Mr. Orchid
Released: April 30, 1946
Type: Movie
This character study of a French patriot during the Nazi Occupation has comedian Noel as the chief of the underground who uses his hobby of growing orchids to hide his radio equipment.