Giani Esposito

Giani Esposito

Born: August 23, 1930
Died: January 1, 1974
in Etterbeek, Belgium
Giani Esposito (23 August 1930 – 1 January 1974) was a French film actor and singer-songwriter.

Esposito was born from the union of a French mother with an Italian father in Etterbeek (Belgium), and he died from viral hepatitis in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France. He appeared in 50 films between 1951 and 1973.

As singer-songwriter, between 1958 and 1973, he recorded numerous albums marked with spirituality and poetry. His biggest success is The Clowns (Les Clowns, 1957), several covers by Raymond Devos, Jeanne-Marie Sens, Hervé Vilard and Bernard Lavilliers.

He was married with the French actress Pascale Petit and they had a girl, Doushka Esposito (born in 1963), today singer, and younger, under the name of Douchka, she was ambassadress of Walt Disney's productions on the French television.

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The Decameron
Title: The Decameron
Released: August 25, 1971
Type: Movie
A young Sicilian is swindled twice, but ends up rich; a man poses as a deaf-mute in a convent of curious nuns; a woman must hide her lover when her husband comes home early; a scoundrel fools a priest on his deathbed; three brothers take revenge on their sister's lover; a young girl sleeps on the roof to meet her boyfriend at night; a group of painters wait for inspiration; a crafty priest attempts to seduce his friend's wife; and two friends make a pact to find out what happens after death.
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Title: Graf Yoster gibt sich die Ehre
Character: Mario Cortese
Released: September 15, 1967
Type: TV
Graf Yoster gibt sich die Ehre [French title: Le comte Yoster a bien l'honneur] is a TV series which followed the adventures of the title’s amateur gentleman detective. It was a success in particular in Germany and in France. Originally the show was a German production in black-and-white but it evolved into a European co-production in colour.
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The Big Hit of Surcouf
Title: The Big Hit of Surcouf
Character: Napoléon
Released: December 1, 1966
Type: Movie
The continuation of the adventures of Captain Robert Surcouf and his crew.
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The Sea Pirate
Title: The Sea Pirate
Character: Napoléon
Released: January 9, 1966
Type: Movie
A young naval officer becomes a corsair to make enough money to marry a pretty girl, and fights injustice and snobbery to reach home safely.
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Anatomy of a Marriage: My Days with Jean-Marc
Title: Anatomy of a Marriage: My Days with Jean-Marc
Character: Ettore
Released: January 31, 1964
Type: Movie
The story of the couple from the very first meeting to break up told from a view of a man, Jean-Marc. The film shares the same plot with "Françoise ou La vie conjugale", that tells the same story from another perspective.
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Anatomy of a Marriage: My Days with Françoise
Title: Anatomy of a Marriage: My Days with Françoise
Character: Ettore
Released: January 31, 1964
Type: Movie
The story of the couple from the very first meeting to break up told from a view of a woman, Francoise. The film shares the same plot with "Jean-Marc ou La vie conjugale", that tells the same story from another perspective.
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Cross of the Living
Title: Cross of the Living
Character: Yan
Released: July 25, 1962
Type: Movie
Yan, who has just been acquitted of a crime he has not committed, returns to his Flemish village, where he meets hostility, particularly from Franz, the garage owner. Fortunately, Gus, his childhood friend refuses to follow the pack and talks his mother, the richest person in the area, into getting him a job. But Yan is soon drawn to Maria, the sultry girl Gus lives with.
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Paris Belongs to Us
Title: Paris Belongs to Us
Character: Gerard Lenz
Released: December 13, 1961
Type: Movie
A young woman joins a theatrical troupe where she slowly believes that the director is involved with a secret group and that he is in grave danger.
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Towards Ecstasy
Title: Towards Ecstasy
Character: Jérôme
Released: September 22, 1960
Type: Movie
Catherine married Jérôme, a wealthy landowner living in North Africa, from a bourgeois but noxious background. While living in total family harmony, she is seized by a mystical crisis following a vision of a cleric in ecstasy. She abandons her home and worldly possessions to take a job as a maid. After a bumpy road that severely tested her spirituality, Catherine found peace by returning to live with her devoted partner.
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Normandy - Neman
Title: Normandy - Neman
Character: Lemaître
Released: February 24, 1960
Type: Movie
A certain number of French fighter pilots who will not accept the Second Armistice at Compiègne nor Vichy's orders decide to join the USSR. Once they have reached Moscow they resume training and form a squadron they call "Normandie". Reinforced in 1944, the squadron wins many victories. Following the acts of valor displayed by its pilots during the Battle of the Nieman River, it becomes the "Normandie-Niemen" squadron for the rest of times...
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Le bel âge
Title: Le bel âge
Character: Claude
Released: February 10, 1960
Type: Movie
Steph, Jean-Claude and Jacques work in a Parisian art shop, but they mainly work in the field of eroticism, which they conceive as a wide-ranging field of exercises and experiments.
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Title: Discorama
Character: Self
Released: February 4, 1959
Type: TV
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Les Misérables
Title: Les Misérables
Character: Marius de Pontmercy
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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Reproduction interdite
Title: Reproduction interdite
Character: Claude Watroff
Released: February 6, 1957
Type: Movie
An art dealer in dire straits, after being ripped off by two crooks, one of whom owns a genuine painting by Gauguin while the other is an expert copyist, finds them again and, instead of killing them as he originally intended, joins in their game – with ultimately disastrous results.
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Forgive Our Trespasses
Title: Forgive Our Trespasses
Character: Vani
Released: August 1, 1956
Type: Movie
In a port area of ​​France, clashes between a gang of young delinquents and a tribe of gypsies.
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That is the Dawn
Title: That is the Dawn
Character: Sandro Galli
Released: May 9, 1956
Type: Movie
A generous doctor is aghast that the population of a small island is being oppressed and mistreated, but is seemingly unable to do anything about it, until the arrival of a young woman and the death of one of his friends prompts him into action.
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Title: Cinépanorama
Character: Self
Released: February 4, 1956
Type: TV
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The Hussars
Title: The Hussars
Character: Pietro
Released: December 14, 1955
Type: Movie
Brigadier Le Gouce and Private Flicot lose their horses during a campaign in Italy. To avoid looking ridiculous, the two hussars cross the country in search of their mounts. But when they are mistaken for deserters, their regiment gives chase.
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Bad Liaisons
Title: Bad Liaisons
Character: Pierre Jaeger
Released: October 25, 1955
Type: Movie
Catherine Racan, a young journalist who always puts her career over her love life, is brought in by the police for questioning. They are looking for a doctor who illegally performs abortions and now they are interrogating all of his previous clients.
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Black Dossier
Title: Black Dossier
Character: Jean de Montesson
Released: May 10, 1955
Type: Movie
In the 1950s, in a small provincial town, a young inexperienced judge clashes with an influential notable during an investigation into a suspicious death. His perseverance to get to the truth will cause a huge scandal.
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French Cancan
Title: French Cancan
Character: Prince Alexandre
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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Quai des blondes
Title: Quai des blondes
Character: un tueur
Released: April 7, 1954
Type: Movie
The blond cigarette trade is raging in the Mediterranean, pitting the crew of a former naval officer, Ferrer, against a band of pirates led by Lucky Esposito. Initially defeated and robbed, Ferrer seeks revenge. Two women emerge, a singer, Barbara, and his former mistress, who now works for Esposito. Ferrer sees death at close quarters, Barbara saves him. The police wipe out Lucky's gang. The future looks brighter for Ferrer.
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Poison Ivy
Title: Poison Ivy
Character: Le capitaine du bateau
Released: May 26, 1953
Type: Movie
FBI Agent Lemmy Caution is sent after a missing two million in Casablanca while mob boss mistress Carlotta plays both sides of the law.
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My Husband Is Marvelous
Title: My Husband Is Marvelous
Character: Un journaliste (uncredited)
Released: April 29, 1953
Type: Movie
A young journalist, Sylvia, has to interview a writer, Claude Chatel, whose success is due to his misogyny.
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One Hundred Francs Per Second
Title: One Hundred Francs Per Second
Character: Un cheminot en grève (uncredited)
Released: January 9, 1953
Type: Movie
Philippe, an employee at the Bourdinet firm, having been caught kissing Jacqueline, his boss's daughter, is fired. Some time later, Bourdinet launches a radio quiz show to boost his business. Philippe then decides to compete in the hope of telling the thousands of listeners what he thinks of the industrialist. A blow on the head having given him a gift of second sight, the competitor becomes impeccable and wins astronomical sums to the great despair of Bourdinet. Everything will work out in the end and Philippe will be able to marry Jacqueline.
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Matrimonial Agency
Title: Matrimonial Agency
Character: (uncredited)
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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Leathernose
Title: Leathernose
Character: A young guest
Released: March 26, 1952
Type: Movie
After being hurt in the face, Count de Roger Tinchebraye is forced to hide his disfigured face behind a leather mask. Dispirited for a while, he decides to become a Casanova-like seductor. When he meets true love, cynical Roger does not believe in it and lets pure Judith marry an old marquis. But once Judith's husband dies, he sees Judith again, shows her his disfigured face, which does not discourage the young woman from loving him. Nevertheless, he distances himself from her forever
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Skipper Next to God
Title: Skipper Next to God
Character: A Jewish passenger (uncredited)
Released: March 2, 1951
Type: Movie
Captain Joris Kniper believes so strongly that he is "skipper next to God" that he is used to playing God on his ship. Tough and bossy, he gives orders which are not to be discussed. But, some day, he is driven to accept on board several German Jews fleeing the nazis and who are refused asylum everywhere. He gradually realizes that skipper he is, but next to God only.The Bible will help him to find the way to self-questioning, awareness and charity.