Robert Favart

Robert Favart

Born: February 19, 1911
Died: July 26, 2003
in Alexandria, Egypt
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Robert Favart was born on February 19, 1911 in Alexandria, Egypt. He was an actor and writer, known for Le Samouraï (1967), Le Cercle Rouge (1970) and Max and the Junkmen (1971). He died on July 26, 2003 in Nogent-sur-Marne, Val-de-Marne, France.

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Scarlet Fever
Title: Scarlet Fever
Released: August 8, 1983
Type: Movie
In a building on the Boulevard Haussmann in Paris lives ten-year-old Roger, who is surrounded by women - his great-grandmother, his grandmother, and his mother Nicole. Living in an exclusively feminine environment, the boy wishes more than anything else to have a masculine presence around. His dream comes true when he meets Jacques, who's madly in love with Nicole and who is about to completely turn the boy's life upside down.
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La Pension des surdoués
Title: La Pension des surdoués
Character: Le père de la militante
Released: April 8, 1981
Type: Movie
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Ladies House of Pleasure
Title: Ladies House of Pleasure
Released: June 23, 1976
Type: Movie
A lovely summer day in Paris. Roger and Martine are on their way to work. "Work" is a euphemism because Martine is a prostitute in Pigalle. She is saving money to buy the house of her dreams in the country. Her husband Roger "works" for the same goal, but in a brothel for women. There, duchesses rub elbows with businesswomen, militant members of women's lib and other female pleasure-seekers.
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Playing with Fire
Title: Playing with Fire
Character: A banker
Released: February 19, 1975
Type: Movie
A banker hires a seedy detective to find his daughter and keep her safe from kidnappers.
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Creezy
Title: Creezy
Character: Member of the PRU
Released: April 10, 1974
Type: Movie
Julien Dandieu, leader of the socialist political party PRU is asked to be part of the new conservative government as minister of foreign affairs. However his reputation is somewhat tarnished by his adulterous relationship with Creezy, a fashion model seen on every magazine cover. Ready to sacrifice his family for his career, he is eventually faced with the ultimate choice: his career ambitions or a lifetime with his beautiful girlfriend, who has recently mysteriously disappeared.
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The Four Charlots Musketeers 2
Title: The Four Charlots Musketeers 2
Character: Tréville
Released: March 13, 1974
Type: Movie
This French slapstick comedy stars the musician/comedian foursome Les Charlots, as valets to the Four Musketeers. One of the film's highlights is a mutual kicking session between Cardinal Richelieu, the King, and a monk. This comedy foursome was enormously popular in 1970s France, and they made a huge number of films during that period.
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The Four Charlots Musketeers
Title: The Four Charlots Musketeers
Character: Tréville
Released: February 13, 1974
Type: Movie
This French slapstick comedy stars the musician/comedian foursome Les Charlots, as valets to the Four Musketeers. One of the film's highlights is a mutual kicking session between Cardinal Richelieu, the King, and a monk. This comedy foursome was enormously popular in 1970s France, and they made a huge number of films during that period.
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The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob
Title: The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob
Character: Wedding guest (uncredited)
Released: October 17, 1973
Type: Movie
In this riot of frantic disguises and mistaken identities, Victor Pivert, a blustering, bigoted French factory owner, finds himself taken hostage by Slimane, an Arab rebel leader. The two dress up as rabbis as they try to elude not only assasins from Slimane's country, but also the police, who think Pivert is a murderer. Pivert ends up posing as Rabbi Jacob, a beloved figure who's returned to France for his first visit after 30 years in the United States. Adding to the confusion are Pivert's dentist-wife, who thinks her husband is leaving her for another woman, their daughter, who's about to get married, and a Parisian neighborhood filled with people eager to celebrate the return of Rabbi Jacob.
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The Day of the Jackal
Title: The Day of the Jackal
Character: Minister
Released: May 16, 1973
Type: Movie
An international assassin known as ‘The Jackal’ is employed by disgruntled French generals to kill President Charles de Gaulle, with a dedicated gendarme on the assassin’s trail.
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Don Juan or If Don Juan Were a Woman
Title: Don Juan or If Don Juan Were a Woman
Released: February 22, 1973
Type: Movie
Jeanne lives in Paris and believes she is the reincarnation of Don Juan. She visits a priest and tells him she has killed a man. He comes to her elegant flat - her father has died leaving her rich - and she tells the priest stories about men she has seduced. The seduction is easy, she tells him, it's destruction that takes planning. We watch her with an upright elected official, a wealthy boor, and a folk singer. She describes herself as a spider. Her friend Léporella tries to be Jeanne's conscience. What does Jeanne want?
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Title: The Accursed Kings
Character: Le Chevalier
Released: December 21, 1972
Type: TV
It is the start of the 14th century and Philip IV the Fair reigns supreme over France. His three sons would rule after him. Isabelle, his only daughter, is married to King Edward II of England. Under Philip's reign, France is great but its people are unhappy. Only one power dares to stand up to him: the order of the Knights Templar. When the last Grand Master of the Temple, Jacques de Molay, is burned at the stake, he curses Philip and so begins a dark period, full of blood and violence, death and tears ...
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The Pebbles of Etratat
Title: The Pebbles of Etratat
Released: March 10, 1972
Type: Movie
Following a car breakdown, Miss Annie, director of a weight loss center, meets a certain Mr. Kelvo, a car champion. But instead of helping her, he rapes her. She decides to take revenge and follows him.
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The Widow Couderc
Title: The Widow Couderc
Character: le préfet
Released: September 15, 1971
Type: Movie
The relationship between a middle-aged French widow and a young drifter takes a turn when her young niece pays a visit.
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The Lion's Share
Title: The Lion's Share
Released: September 8, 1971
Type: Movie
A writer is reunited with an old childhood friend, who gives him the opportunity to devise a heist.
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Max and the Junkmen
Title: Max and the Junkmen
Character: Loiselle
Released: February 17, 1971
Type: Movie
Max is a Paris detective, aloof, independently wealthy, and frustrated by gangs of robbers whom he cannot catch. To re-establish his stature and save face, he decides to inveigle a group of petty thieves (led by an old acquaintance) to rob a bank. A reluctant captain provides Max intelligence and Max starts spending evenings with Lilly, a prostitute who's the girlfriend of the group's leader. He poses as a rich banker with money to burn and encourages Lilly to think about her future. He hints at a payroll that comes through his bank. The plot works, the petty thieves think they're ready for a big score, and the cops are in place. What could go wrong with Max's cold plan? Who's entrapped?
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Lancelot du Lac
Title: Lancelot du Lac
Character: le Roi Pêcheur
Released: December 25, 1970
Type: Movie
This story is set in the 13th century, in Britain, where Lancelot, who was raised by Vivian, the Lady of the Lake, becomes one the Knight of the Round Tables and falls secretly in love with Guinevere, the wife of King Arthur, for whom he wants to accomplish many deeds.
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Le Cercle Rouge
Title: Le Cercle Rouge
Character: Salesman at Mauboussin
Released: October 19, 1970
Type: Movie
When French criminal Corey gets released from prison, he resolves to never return. He is quickly pulled back into the underworld, however, after a chance encounter with escaped murderer Vogel. Along with former policeman and current alcoholic Jansen, they plot an intricate jewel heist. All the while, quirky Police Commissioner Mattei, who was the one to lose custody of Vogel, is determined to find him.
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Only the Cool
Title: Only the Cool
Character: The Chief Commissioner
Released: June 3, 1970
Type: Movie
A network of spies affects the lives of people in and out of the organization in this espionage drama. Dominique is the neglected wife of a spy who tracks him down at a Paris antique shop. Finding him with a female spy, the enraged wife shoots both of them. Dominique hides out on a boat while the police investigate the murders, and international spies scramble to recover some missing microfilm. Helen is the spy boss who orders a hit man to go after Dominique.
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The Killer Strikes at Dawn
Title: The Killer Strikes at Dawn
Released: April 8, 1970
Type: Movie
A young physician becomes lonely when his workaholic wife ignores him to concentrate on her professional career. He is befriended by an older female artist who is fond of hallucinogenic mushrooms. When his wife is late for their anniversary celebration, he drinks and takes mushrooms with the artist. He wakes up to find she has died and is fearful he may have accidentally killed her.
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Last Known Address
Title: Last Known Address
Character: School's director
Released: February 25, 1970
Type: Movie
Marceau Léonetti, a competent and energetic officer stops by chance the son of an influential lawyer driving under the influence of alcohol. A few months later, the lawyer falsely accuses Léonetti as being violent and incompetent. As a result Marceau is transferred to a small police station, where he meets young and beautiful Jeanne. Soon they are faced with a tough investigation.
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Le Samouraï
Title: Le Samouraï
Character: Bartender
Released: October 25, 1967
Type: Movie
After carrying out a flawlessly planned hit, Jef Costello, a contract killer with samurai instincts, finds himself caught between a persistent police investigator and a ruthless employer, and not even his armor of fedora and trench coat can protect him.
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I Killed Rasputin
Title: I Killed Rasputin
Released: May 3, 1967
Type: Movie
Grigori Rasputin becomes a fixture of Russia's Imperial Court after saving the life of Alexei Nikolaevich, Tsarevich of Russia, the haemophiliac heir to the throne. However as war breaks out, Rasputin's enemies see him as a cause and plot fatal revenge against the Russian mystic.
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The Night of the Generals
Title: The Night of the Generals
Character: Employee at Airport (uncredited)
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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Triple Cross
Title: Triple Cross
Character: General Dalrymple
Released: December 9, 1966
Type: Movie
A safecracker turns double agent during WWII.
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Where Are You Taking That Woman
Title: Where Are You Taking That Woman
Character: Sergej (Vienna segment) (uncredited)
Released: July 28, 1966
Type: Movie
A lady killer tracked by the police, takes refuge at a psychiatrist's home, and the doctor tells him three stories, to convince him that crime does not pay
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Angelique and the King
Title: Angelique and the King
Character: Le chirurgien
Released: January 31, 1966
Type: Movie
Soon after her latest husband death, the King himself (Louis XIV) meets with our heroine and begs her to help convince the Persian Ambassador to agree to a treaty. However, what they didn't realize was that the handsome Persian was in fact a sexual sadist. So, it is up to the King's half- brother, some Hungarian prince, to save Angélique from the evil troll's clutches.
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The Exterminators
Title: The Exterminators
Released: October 5, 1965
Type: Movie
A French agent, who is sent to save an atomic scientist, uncovers a plot by terrorists and a secret atomic site in Turkey.
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Operation Diplomatic Passport
Title: Operation Diplomatic Passport
Released: March 31, 1965
Type: Movie
The daughter of a foreign diplomat in Paris is courted by two men. One of them entrusts her with a harmless commission for Poland, as she has a diplomatic passport. But it's a trap, and the girl is forced to work for Eastern spies.
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Le Majordome
Title: Le Majordome
Released: March 24, 1965
Type: Movie
Léopold, valet de chambre to the avocat général Maître de Royssac, starts studying the penal code and, during his leave, becomes a judge in a "middle" court. His decisions are recognized as final. Léopold falls in love with Agnès, engaged to the two-faced Doctor Ventoux, who becomes "Le chat" when he plays the gangster. Léopold will help "Le chat" pull off the heist of the century, if he remains free to court Agnès. "Le Chat" doesn't play along. A fight breaks out between Léopold's gang and "Le Chat's" gang. The law must prevail.
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On Murder Considered as One of the Fine Arts
Title: On Murder Considered as One of the Fine Arts
Released: November 19, 1964
Type: Movie
The habits and customs of a strange association, "La Sociéte des Gentlemen Redempteurs", which has turned assassination into a veritable art form. But all the fine mechanics of this secret organization go haywire when each member offers his wife to become the next victim.
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FX 18, Secret Agent
Title: FX 18, Secret Agent
Character: Le colonel italien
Released: March 28, 1964
Type: Movie
Secret agent FX-18 goes undercover to break up an espionage ring.
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Rob the Bank
Title: Rob the Bank
Character: Le confrère italien (uncredited)
Released: February 25, 1964
Type: Movie
Shopkeeper Victor Garnier has naively invested his family's life savings in an African mine, on his banker's recommendation. When the mine is nationalized, rendering the stock worthless, he considers himself shamelessly robbed by the bank; it seems only fair to him to return the 'favor' and rob the bank, teaming up with the whole family as they were all duped. Even for professionals such an enterprise -he decides to dig a tunnel- is quite demanding, but for simple commoners it's daunting, as they also have their personal downsides; thus Victor's wife has a most unwelcome tendency to blurt out the truth, even to the grumpy local copper: a crazy risk when you need to keep a criminal plan secret.
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Tonight the Skirts Fly
Title: Tonight the Skirts Fly
Character: Le prince Soliman Ben Salah
Released: June 14, 1956
Type: Movie
At Christmastime, the love affairs of five clothing models working for Pierre Roussel, a renowned Paris fashion designer. Marlène hesitates between two suitors. Blanche, who loves Jean, Roussel's son, wants him to talk to his father about their relationship. Catherine learns that her lover has a wife and two kids. Jeannette throws herself into the arms of an Oriental prince. In despair the fifth one attempts to commit suicide...
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Royal Affairs in Versailles
Title: Royal Affairs in Versailles
Character: M. de Carlène
Released: February 10, 1954
Type: Movie
Witty narration follows the history of Versailles Palace; founded by Louis XIII, enlarged by autocratic Louis XIV, whose personal affairs and amours, and those of his two successors, are followed in more detail to the start of the Revolution, after which the story is brought rapidly up to date. A huge cast plays mainly historical persons who appear briefly.
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Under the Paris Sky
Title: Under the Paris Sky
Character: Maximilien
Released: March 28, 1951
Type: Movie
Fates of multiple otherwise disconnected characters intertwine miraculously under the sky of Paris. And it all happens in one day.
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Sextette
Title: Sextette
Character: Dessanges
Released: September 17, 1948
Type: Movie
A man remembers all the incredible stories that took place in his hotel.
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Colonel Durand
Title: Colonel Durand
Released: August 25, 1948
Type: Movie
In his younger days, a dashing officer, Colonel Durand, compromised Madame De Monthieux, who entered a convent. Now, he is garrisoned at Strasbourg.
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The Devil Who Limped
Title: The Devil Who Limped
Character: L'abbé Dupanloup (non crédité)
Released: July 11, 1948
Type: Movie
The film is a 125-minute, black-and-white biography of French priest and diplomat Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord (1754–1838), who served for 50 years under five different French regimes: the Absolute Monarchy, the Revolution, the Consulate, the Empire, and the Constitutional Monarchy. Its title comes from one of the main historical nicknames for Talleyrand, that he shares with demon king Asmodeus and English poet Lord Byron.
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Strange Fate
Title: Strange Fate
Character: Philippe, professor's assistant
Released: June 5, 1946
Type: Movie
Patrica is the wife of Alain de Saulieu, a handsome engineer. She unfortunately loses her husband, who is killed in action during a battle of the First World War. At least, this is only the official truth, for Alain is not dead. Patricia indeed recognizes him one day. But the inverse does not work the other way around: Alain has become amnesiac and he does not remember her. And worst of all, he lives in a conjugal relationship with Germaine, his dedicated nurse, who is now pregnant by him. What has the future in store then for the three (not to say four) of them?
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La Malibran
Title: La Malibran
Released: May 3, 1944
Type: Movie
On the death of the famous singer Maria Malibran, Countess Merlin retraces the main lines of the unusual destiny of this young woman entirely devoted to her art.
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Le brigand gentilhomme
Title: Le brigand gentilhomme
Released: December 22, 1943
Type: Movie
A gentleman, falsely accused of an assassination, becomes a formidable bandit. Condemned by the king, he will be rehabilitated thanks to the intervention of a young girl whom he will marry.
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Des jeunes filles dans la nuit
Title: Des jeunes filles dans la nuit
Released: April 14, 1943
Type: Movie
Six young boarding girls return home unexpectedly after their college has been destroyed by fire. Their unexpected presence arouses melodramatic reactions.
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Parade in 7 Nights
Title: Parade in 7 Nights
Character: Raymond (uncredited)
Released: September 24, 1941
Type: Movie
In the pound, Pipo the dog recounts his adventures to his fellow inmates.
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Mlle. Desiree
Title: Mlle. Desiree
Character: Lannes
Released: July 3, 1941
Type: Movie
Julie and Désirée Clary are courted by the brothers Joseph and Napoleon Bonaparte. Joseph marries Julie and Napoleon is affianced to Désirée. When Napoleon breaks the engagement and marries Joséphine de Beauharnais, Désirée becomes involved with General Bernadotte.
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Those of the Sky
Title: Those of the Sky
Character: Pilot
Released: March 5, 1941
Type: Movie
An airplane manufacturer asks his son-in-law to try out the prototypes he builds. This one ends up having an accident because of fatigue, and pushes the sacrifice to help his rival.