Maurice Sarfati

Maurice Sarfati

Born: June 24, 1931
Died: November 13, 2013
in Paris, France

Movies for Maurice Sarfati...

Title: Walter Melon
Character: Le méchant
Released: September 7, 1997
Type: TV
Walter Melon is a 1998 animated TV show, very loosely adapted from the Franco-Belgian comic and television series Achille Talon. The show aired in the United States on the Fox Family Channel during 1998 and 1999. Produced and funded by France 2, Saban's and Scottish Television
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Title: Cupido
Character: Le sergent Bruno (voice)
Released: September 14, 1991
Type: TV
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Cyrano de Bergerac
Title: Cyrano de Bergerac
Released: March 28, 1990
Type: Movie
Famed swordsman and poet Cyrano de Bergerac is in love with his cousin Roxane. He has never expressed his love for her as he his large nose undermines his self-confidence. Then he finds a way to express his love to her, indirectly.
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Title: Molierissimo
Character: narrateur
Released: May 26, 1989
Type: TV
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La chose qui ricane
Title: La chose qui ricane
Released: September 11, 1985
Type: Movie
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The Adventures of Arsène Lupin
Title: The Adventures of Arsène Lupin
Character: Jean Doudeville
Released: December 12, 1980
Type: Movie
An adaptation of the novel 813, in which the gentleman burglar competes to steal state papers and tries to uncover the identity of a terrifying murderer.
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Hugues le Loup
Title: Hugues le Loup
Character: Doctor François
Released: January 19, 1979
Type: Movie
Gédéon, the Count of Niedeck's gamekeeper, visits Dr. François to invite him to the chateau. He explains that his master has suddenly gone mad during a change of moon. En route, the two men meet a strange old woman who lives in the woods. Gédéon explains to the doctor that whenever this woman prowls around, the Count is plagued by dementia. Once there, the doctor treats the Count and calms him down. The Count has a daughter, Odile, whom he clearly hates. One evening, a mysterious traveler arrives.
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Le Berger des abeilles
Title: Le Berger des abeilles
Released: November 24, 1976
Type: Movie
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Title: Nans le berger
Character: Firmin Michel, puis Desmichel
Released: May 6, 1974
Type: TV
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Title: L'Illustre Maurin
Character: Sandri
Released: January 8, 1974
Type: TV
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Title: Un mystère par jour
Character: Mercier
Released: October 5, 1970
Type: TV
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The Golden Claws of the Cat Girl
Title: The Golden Claws of the Cat Girl
Character: Silvio
Released: February 9, 1968
Type: Movie
Françoise looks like a sexy kitten by day, but is a silent she-wolf by night, making very clever robberies of gold jewels. Despite the interest, and competition, from Bruno, she ends a lonely she-wolf.
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The Curse of Belphegor
Title: The Curse of Belphegor
Character: Roger Rodin
Released: November 8, 1967
Type: Movie
At the Opera of Toulon, the cast and crew hoping to put on a Satanism / human sacrifice-themed ballet entitled “La malédiction de Belphégor” soon find their numbers dwindling.
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Fire of Love
Title: Fire of Love
Character: Michel Michaux
Released: April 28, 1967
Type: Movie
Maroîs, the fairground bon vivant, spends most of his time around a bottle of wine, in the company of his friend Michaux, with whom he was once a sailor. He neglects his wife Monique, a pretty girl much younger than himself. Suffering from this indifference, she seeks imperfect and fleeting consolation, first from Michel, their friend's son, then from Jean-Louis, a young mechanic who has helped out with Maroîs' truck and won his trusting friendship. Michel, jealous, tells the showman of his misfortune. He leaves to kill his wife's lover. The latter, wishing to separate the antagonists, seriously burns herself by knocking over an autogenous welding block, which explodes. Taken to hospital, she asks for and receives her husband's forgiveness.
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Lost Command
Title: Lost Command
Character: Merle
Released: May 1, 1966
Type: Movie
After being freed from a Vietnamese war prison, French Lt. Col. Pierre Raspeguy is sent to help quell resistance forces in Algeria. With the help of the Capt. Esclavier, who has grown weary of war, and Capt. Boisfeuras, who lives for it, Raspeguy attempts to convert a rugged band of soldiers into a formidable fighting unit, with the promise of marrying a beautiful countess if he's made a general.
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Codine
Title: Codine
Character: Alexis
Released: May 15, 1963
Type: Movie
An ex-convict struggles to survive by brute force alone in a turn-of-the-century slum in Bucharest. Codine is the thug who served 10 years for murdering a friend. He returns home to his miserly mother, whose penny-pinching ways infuriate her son. A young boy looks up to Codine, and through the man's eyes he sees the economic and social injustices from an adult perspective. When Codine kills another man who violated his trust, his mother becomes more unhinged and paranoid. Thinking her son will steal her hoarded money, she plots to kill her only son. The impressionable child watches in horror and amazement at the cruel machinations of the adult work that surrounds him.
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Give Me Ten Desperate Men
Title: Give Me Ten Desperate Men
Released: June 17, 1962
Type: Movie
This is a story that is less a developed tale than a thumbnail sketch about imaginary events on a kibbutz in Palestine. Set in the period just before Israel gained its status as an independent nation, the drama shows the occupants of the kibbutz engaged in typical hard work. They have to find a source of water, construct their buildings, and do all the chores needed to stay alive, and these pressures as well as the times in which they live cause tensions to rise. The mix of kibbutzim covers a wide range of personality types, from the deeply religious to the ingrained soldier.
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Homage at Siesta Time
Title: Homage at Siesta Time
Character: Lombardo
Released: January 21, 1962
Type: Movie
The widows of four missionaries condemned by the Indians to die at the stake, go to the Amazon jungle to pay homage to them.
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L'exécution
Title: L'exécution
Character: Lautier
Released: January 29, 1961
Type: Movie
Paris, at the start of the German Occupation, five men plan to sabotage a factory.
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The Door Slams
Title: The Door Slams
Character: François
Released: December 21, 1960
Type: Movie
Between a whimsical wife, two insolent girls, a son who is engaged in strange chemical experiments and a mother-in-law who is being courted by a rich English lord, André Costais, an intractable industrialist, is struggling to impose his authority on his family.
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The Crab Basket
Title: The Crab Basket
Character: Henri
Released: May 20, 1960
Type: Movie
Charles is a student in Strasbourg. Abandoned by Liliane, his fiancée, who has inexplicably given up on marriage, he moves to Paris, where he decides to pursue a career in cinema. He founded a film club and became a journalist, then assistant to a famous director. Little by little, he came face to face with the various compromises inherent in this professional milieu. After writing a screenplay about his experiences, he enlists the help of Chantal, a young actress, to bring his film project to fruition.
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Sins of Youth
Title: Sins of Youth
Character: René Perrin
Released: October 31, 1958
Type: Movie
In a small provincial town, the boarding-house is run by Mathilde Belin, the overindulging and over-demanding mother of Paul. When she is told by her envious sister Charlotte that her son is having a secret affair with Catherine, a salesgirl, she becomes furious and starts doing everything in her power to separate the lovebirds.
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La P..... sentimentale
Title: La P..... sentimentale
Released: October 24, 1958
Type: Movie
A high school boy falls for a prostitute he has met on the notorious "Rue Des Patures".
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Maigret Sets a Trap
Title: Maigret Sets a Trap
Character: L'inspecteur Lapointe
Released: January 29, 1958
Type: Movie
Four women were murdered, each was knifed and, though they had their clothes torn, they weren't molested. As the famed police inspector Jules Maigret pieces the clues together, he comes to realize that for the elusive man that he suspects to be unmasked, he has to set him a trap.
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OSS 117 Is Not Dead
Title: OSS 117 Is Not Dead
Released: August 14, 1957
Type: Movie
OSS 117 is asked for help by a female acquaintance Muriel Rousset. She beseeches him to retrieve secret documents which have been stolen from Sir Anthony Lead, the father of Anita and Marion. He complies with her wish and no obstacle or danger can hinder him from meeting her expectations.
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A Night at the Moulin Rouge
Title: A Night at the Moulin Rouge
Released: August 7, 1957
Type: Movie
An uncle in America wants to endow his nieces with a dowry, provided they succeed in making a name for themselves one night at the Moulin Rouge, where one of them is already performing. Everyone's pulling out all the stops to help the girls put on an act, dupe the theater manager and win the dowry - which will be doubled if they manage to marry, as their uncle is marrying the star of the show.
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Mitsou
Title: Mitsou
Character: Le télégraphiste
Released: December 24, 1956
Type: Movie
During the First World War, the Empyrée Montmartre, a Paris music-hall, is dedicated to patriotic revues whose star is the charming Mitsou. The young artist is not without talent but she is mainly well-connected. She is indeed the cherished mistress of Pierre Duroy-Lelong, a rich industrialist. One night, thanks to Petite-Chose, an ebullient singer-dancer and her co-star, she gets to know a handsome army, Lieutenant Bleu. Mitsou falls madly in love with him and Lieutenant Bleu is physically attracted to her. The trouble is that Bleu comes from a distinguished family and cannot put up with her lack of culture and artistic bad taste...
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The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Title: The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Character: Jehan Frollo
Released: December 19, 1956
Type: Movie
Paris, 1482. Today is the festival of the fools, taking place like each year in the square outside Cathedral Notre Dame. Among jugglers and other entertainers, Esmeralda, a sensuous gypsy, performs a bewitching dance in front of delighted spectators. From up in a tower of the cathedral, Frollo, an alchemist, gazes at her lustfully. Later in the night, Frollo orders Quasimodo, the deformed bell ringer and his faithful servant, to kidnap Esmeralda. But when the ugly freak comes close to her is touched by the young woman's beauty...
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The First Outrages
Title: The First Outrages
Released: October 28, 1955
Type: Movie
Christian has just returned home after failing his A-levels. His father, incensed by his failure, asks a neighboring teacher to give him lessons. But Christian falls for Simone, the teacher's cousin. Jealous, Christian's girlfriend Bichette arranges for the father and the teacher to learn everything. Christian is sent away and reunited with Françoise, the house's pretty maid, who had been dismissed. Bichette has had it.
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Les hommes en blanc
Title: Les hommes en blanc
Character: Un interne
Released: May 9, 1955
Type: Movie
Jean Nerac completes his medical studies, sure of a successful career, but less sure of his attempts with fellow student Marianne, who refuses to accept him. Nerac leaves for the Auvergne. An old doctor will soon die, but replacing him will be difficult, as one of Jean's colleagues has failed. However, with patience, skill, modesty and friendship, Jean Nerac overcame the mistrust of his patients. He settled in these austere mountains, and Marianne, convinced of the young man's worth, helped him with her presence.
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Air of Paris
Title: Air of Paris
Character: Jojo
Released: September 24, 1954
Type: Movie
Victor Le Garrec, a former boxer, runs a gym in Paris while dreaming of finding an aspiring champion who will reach the goals he was never able to achieve.
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The Big Flag
Title: The Big Flag
Character: A midship
Released: June 21, 1954
Type: Movie
For Naval officers duty comes first. Navy Lieutenant Favrel is one of these men. He has promised his wife Simone to stay with her all the time but a last mission aboard a training cruiser makes him realize that his life is tied to the sea. For his part, Navy cadet Pierre Hardouin understands that sailing is his vocation. The prospect of staying home alone while Pierre is on mission, frightens Madeleine, the girl of his heart. But the young woman ends up accepting the ordeal and marrying Pierre.
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Illicit Motherhood
Title: Illicit Motherhood
Character: Doudou, un gars de la bande
Released: October 9, 1953
Type: Movie
A group of drifting youngsters train to commit petty thefts. A certain André puts them on the trail of a real hold-up. They might carry it out if a suicide attempt didn't stop them. A young woman throws herself into the river. They save her, comfort her, learn that she's pregnant. They surround her with their friendship. When André reappears and seizes Lucienne to throw her on the pavement, everyone unites to save her, and the kind-hearted Maurice offers to be the baby's loving father.