Jean-Pierre Darras

Jean-Pierre Darras

Born: November 26, 1927
Died: July 5, 1999
in Paris, France

Movies for Jean-Pierre Darras...

Comiques de toujours (Vol. 1 à 4)
Title: Comiques de toujours (Vol. 1 à 4)
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: October 13, 2009
Type: Movie
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Georges Dandin de Molière
Title: Georges Dandin de Molière
Character: Monsieur de Sottenville
Released: February 7, 1997
Type: Movie
The adaptation of Molière's comedy-ballet in three acts.
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Le Groom
Title: Le Groom
Released: December 21, 1995
Type: Movie
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My Mother's Castle
Title: My Mother's Castle
Character: Narrator, Marcel Pagnol (voice)
Released: October 26, 1990
Type: Movie
To his chagrin, young Marcel Pagnol and his family move back to their home in Marseilles, France, far from their pastoral holiday cottage in the hills. Determined, Marcel makes the long voyage back to the cottage on foot and lands himself in trouble. One day Marcel's father discovers a shortcut to the cottage, but it requires trespassing. Despite their trepidations, Marcel and his family begin using the secret trail to reach their cottage.
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My Father's Glory
Title: My Father's Glory
Character: Marcel Pagnol, elderly, narrator (voice)
Released: August 29, 1990
Type: Movie
Raised by his science teacher father, Joseph Pagnol, and seamstress mother Augustine, young Marcel grows up during the turn of the century in awe of his rationalist dad. When the family takes a summer vacation in the countryside, Marcel becomes friends with Lili, who teaches him about rural life.
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Title: La Calanque
Character: Francis Cambalette
Released: July 2, 1988
Type: TV
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Diary of a Madman
Title: Diary of a Madman
Character: The director
Released: September 30, 1987
Type: Movie
In the nineteenth century, in St. Petersburg. Poprichtchine, a small official living almost in misery, decides not to go to the office. Coming from a noble family, he can not stand his condition anymore.
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L'Amour à la lettre
Title: L'Amour à la lettre
Character: Quentin Granier
Released: December 14, 1986
Type: Movie
Benedicte is a divorced woman who is greatly appreciated by those around her. One day, she finds an anonymous declaration of love on her desk. The strange letters accumulate and Benedicta is eager to discover the author. And who better to help her in this exciting investigation than her wild ten-year-old daughter?
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Asterix vs. Caesar
Title: Asterix vs. Caesar
Character: Abraracourcix (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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Le voleur de feuilles
Title: Le voleur de feuilles
Released: June 20, 1984
Type: Movie
An old vagrant accidentally meets a man who has just killed his wife. They are both housed with an old woman who lives in the nostalgia of a youthful love.
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Le Braconnier de Dieu
Title: Le Braconnier de Dieu
Character: Frisou
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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Te marre pas... c'est pour rire !
Title: Te marre pas... c'est pour rire !
Character: Flavacourt
Released: March 10, 1982
Type: Movie
A young astrology enthusiast inherits an industrial business. Before any decision, he carefully studies the sign of his interlocutors.
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Le Bourgeois gentilhomme
Title: Le Bourgeois gentilhomme
Character: Le maître de philosophie
Released: March 3, 1982
Type: Movie
In this adaptation of the play by Molière, Monsieur Jourdain, social climber, nouveau rich but naive, dreams of being recognized in high society. He hires masters of music, dance, philosophy. He has gone mad with thoughts of honors, decorations, and power.
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Title: Champs-Elysées
Character: Self
Released: January 16, 1982
Type: TV
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For a Cop's Hide
Title: For a Cop's Hide
Character: Commissaire Chauffard
Released: September 9, 1981
Type: Movie
Victim of manipulation, Cop Choucas is wanted for two murders and searched for by every cop in town.
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Signé Furax
Title: Signé Furax
Character: Socrate
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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Le Chêne d'Allouville
Title: Le Chêne d'Allouville
Character: Le ministre de la culture
Released: March 18, 1981
Type: Movie
The small Norman village of Allouville is proud of its thousand-year-old oak tree. But one day, a project of enlargement threatens the tree. The deputy Charles Crétois was keen on this project, which allowed him to continue the speculation he had been indulging in on certain lands. He is supported by the mayor of Allouville to whom he promised the Legion of Honor. But the whole village protests: they want to save the oak tree.
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La Puce et le privé
Title: La Puce et le privé
Character: Colonel Jean-Hilaire Marcellin
Released: March 11, 1981
Type: Movie
Val Brosse, a private detective, receives Françoise, who confesses to him that she murdered her husband. The story is false, but Val, intrigued, decides to investigate.
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The Impostures of Scapin
Title: The Impostures of Scapin
Character: Argante
Released: January 7, 1981
Type: Movie
Octave has married Hyacinthe during the absence of Argante, his father.
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Three Men to Destroy
Title: Three Men to Destroy
Character: Chocard
Released: October 31, 1980
Type: Movie
A man helps the victim of an auto accident, not realizing that the man has actually been shot. The men who shot him are now after the man who helped him, in order to eliminate him as a potential witness. Soon they are killing everyone he even comes in contact with in order to get him.
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L'Hôtel du libre échange
Title: L'Hôtel du libre échange
Character: Mathieu
Released: December 31, 1979
Type: Movie
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Out of It
Title: Out of It
Character: M. Jacques Panivaux, le propriétaire de la Roll-Royce
Released: October 10, 1978
Type: Movie
The lawyer is visiting a prison to meet with a violent criminal who has been condemned to death. During the visit, things turn bad, there is a riot where prisoners escape and the criminal escapes taking a lawyer hostage.
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Title: Madame le Juge
Character: le commissaire
Released: March 11, 1978
Type: TV
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Parisian Life
Title: Parisian Life
Character: Le baron de Gondremark
Released: December 14, 1977
Type: Movie
Two young Parisians, Raoul de Gardefeu and Bobinet, are in love with Metella, a beautiful young woman aspiring to high society. Metella rejects them both in favour of a richer and older man.
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Genre masculin
Title: Genre masculin
Released: September 12, 1977
Type: Movie
“A l’aventure”: the expression is beautiful for this sinister place, grubby, old and outdated that is the cafe of Mr. Jacquot. Yet this is where Pierre, Adolphe, Alain and François meet every day.
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Don't Bite, We Love You
Title: Don't Bite, We Love You
Released: May 3, 1976
Type: Movie
Georges,a trucker, is the single father of young Frédéric. His job prevents him from seeing his son as often as he could, as often as he should. Brought up by his grandparents, Frédéric proves a difficult child. His only friend is his twelve-year-old neighbor Rose. One day, Georges tells his son how Agnès, his mother, abandoned him at birth. Upset by such a revelation, Frédéric decides to be revenged...
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Le Chasseur de chez Maxim's
Title: Le Chasseur de chez Maxim's
Character: le Ministre
Released: April 14, 1976
Type: Movie
The love story like no other of an aristocrat with the daughter of the bellboy at Chez Maxim's restaurant.
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Love and Cool Water
Title: Love and Cool Water
Character: Clément
Released: March 24, 1976
Type: Movie
Jip, a young piano teacher in Paris, lived in the cozy comfort with his mistress Mona, who is twenty years older, until he met the young and lovely Rita. Together, they lead a bohemian lifestyle and go on a trip to the south. But on their return, Rita falls ill ...
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Forget Me, Mandoline
Title: Forget Me, Mandoline
Released: March 3, 1976
Type: Movie
The young and charming Mandoline, accountant of the advertising agency Publi-Pub, has stolen documents proving that the company kept double accounts. Remorseful when she wanted to pass this evidence to a tax inspector, she decides to put the documents back in the agency's safe, but does not really know how to go about it. Her friend Marie-Charlotte, a transvestite, helps him find a young safe-drilling man in his condition, who will help him open the safe - but of course, the matter is not so simple.
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Let's Make a Dirty Movie
Title: Let's Make a Dirty Movie
Character: Co-Producer
Released: February 17, 1976
Type: Movie
A bumbling film crew attempts to make a porno movie.
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La Décharge
Title: La Décharge
Character: M. Brunet
Released: January 14, 1976
Type: Movie
A fake documentary on the life forms of the Paris Suburbs, viewed through the eyes of homeless, unemployed people the sharks of politics and building societies push to hopeless life.
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Beyond Fear
Title: Beyond Fear
Character: Bourrier
Released: September 23, 1975
Type: Movie
A group of outlaws takes a man's wife and child hostage. He must walk a fine line between working with the police to rescue his family and not angering the kidnappers to the point where they might hurt or kill them.
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Title: Numéro un
Character: Self
Released: April 5, 1975
Type: TV
A French variety show.
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Title: Numéro un
Character: Self - Host
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: Apostrophes
Character: Self
Released: January 10, 1975
Type: TV
Apostrophes was a live, weekly, literary, prime-time, talk show on French television created and hosted by Bernard Pivot. It ran for fifteen years (724 episodes) from January 10, 1975, to June 22, 1990, and was one of the most watched shows on French television (around 6 million regular viewers). It was broadcast on Friday nights on the channel France 2 (which was called "Antenne 2" from 1975 to 1992). The hourlong show was devoted to books, authors and literature. The format varied between one-on-one interviews with a single author and open discussions between four or five authors.
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Tell Me You Love Me
Title: Tell Me You Love Me
Character: Lucien Dorgeval
Released: December 12, 1974
Type: Movie
Two couples, undermined by frequent scenes, fall apart: the men, Richard and Bertrand, directors of an advertising agency, move into their office; soon Lucien, their main client and friend, suffering from the same afflictions, joins them in this new bachelor life. For their part, the women regroup and organize themselves: Victoire absorbs herself in her work as a decorator; Charlotte, long submissive to Richard's personality, raises her head and finds a job; as for Pascaline, she runs off with Tabard, her husband Lucien's groom, to start raising sheep. These three crises, combined with a series of twists and turns, bring unexpected results for each of the couples.
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Title: Molière pour rire et pour pleurer
Character: Molière
Released: November 8, 1973
Type: TV
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Folie douce
Title: Folie douce
Character: Jérôme
Released: September 27, 1973
Type: Movie
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A Pain in the Ass
Title: A Pain in the Ass
Character: Dr. Edgar Fuchs
Released: September 20, 1973
Type: Movie
Ralf Milan, a hitman, arrives in Montpellier to kill an important witness. He checks in a hotel without knowing that his neighbour has become neurotic after his wife left him.
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The Suburbs Are Everywhere
Title: The Suburbs Are Everywhere
Character: Ducros
Released: February 22, 1973
Type: Movie
He is a sales rep. She is a secretary. They live in the suburbs but she works in Paris. They don't see much of each other and spend much of their time in commuter trains. They try desperately to change job locations to be more often together, but... The plot is not the important thing in the film ; what makes it emblematic of the early and mid-seventies is the insouciant atmosphere. The '74 oil crisis had not yet morphed into a recession, and life was good - even though it was as hard as ever to find a home near one's workplace (or the reverse) ! Marthe Keller and Jacques Higelin are both excellent. The movie is not an all-time great, but it captures the "zeitgeist" of French life in the Seventies.
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Title: Graf Luckner
Character: Wallace
Released: February 20, 1973
Type: TV
Between the first and second World Wars, we portray glorified and renown naval sea officer Felix Graf von Lucker and his fictitious ship Niobe, which is the 1887 built Amphitrite from Southampton. Von Luckner is famous for his tactical genius in the first World War, especially sinking 14 enemy ships and only losing one crewman, whilst always seeking a peaceful outcome - making him the ideal seaman.
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At the Meeting with Joyous Death
Title: At the Meeting with Joyous Death
Character: Peron
Released: January 1, 1973
Type: Movie
The premise deals with a family living in a country-house which turns out to be 'alive' – to the point where a TV crew is brought in to 'capture' the paranormal phenomena
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La Main passe
Title: La Main passe
Character: Étienne Massenay
Released: December 31, 1972
Type: Movie
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Title: Midi trente
Character: Self
Released: March 6, 1972
Type: TV
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Title: Les Évasions célèbres
Character: Saint-Marc
Released: March 6, 1972
Type: TV
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The Annuity
Title: The Annuity
Character: Emile Galipeau
Released: January 19, 1972
Type: Movie
In 1930, Louis Martinet, a peaceful sexagenarian, no longer has a long life to live according to the words of his doctor, Leon Galipeau, who sees to take advantage of the very interesting situation of the "future deceased". This one indeed has a small house in Saint-Tropez. Galipeau sniffs the windfall. Following his advice, Martinet agrees to give it in life to the brother of the doctor, Emile, and then rushes back to a health of iron. Worse, he even survives the war. Galipeau, exhausted, decide to use the great means to get rid of the importunce who persists in thwarting their project ...
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Title: Le Grand Échiquier
Character: Self
Released: January 12, 1972
Type: TV
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The Old Maid
Title: The Old Maid
Character: Sacha
Released: January 5, 1972
Type: Movie
Muriel is a shy woman who bluffs and blusters around in order to hide her shyness and to protect her loneliness, even though she longs wistfully for a companion of some sort. She has been lonely so long that now she is an old maid and has never been wooed. In this gentle French film, Muriel gets a glimpse of romance when Gabriel walks into the seaside hotel she is vacationing in. His car has broken down, and he has to stay there for a few days while it is repaired. Hers is the only dinner table with room at it, and Gabriel cannot prevent himself from charming women. She is stiff with him at first, but soon they develop a friendship.
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Fric-Frac
Title: Fric-Frac
Character: Marcel
Released: October 14, 1971
Type: Movie
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Title: Samedi soir
Character: Self
Released: January 9, 1971
Type: TV
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Elise, or Real Life
Title: Elise, or Real Life
Character: Le commissaire
Released: November 25, 1970
Type: Movie
Elise (Marie-Josee Nat) is a young provincial woman working in a factory in Paris. Her revolutionary brother secured the position for her, and she falls in love with an Algerian native who works with her. She becomes painfully aware of the prejudice he experiences from the police and his superiors. The recent conflict between France and Algeria only compounds the problems of Algerians in France. Her love and concern for the man causes her to search for him after he disappears one day. Elise considers moving to Algeria to find the man she loves in this bitter social drama.
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Et qu'ça saute !
Title: Et qu'ça saute !
Character: Jorge Blanco
Released: September 11, 1970
Type: Movie
A uranium deposit brings turmoil to the small South American republic of Guatalpa. Between two revolutions, the government tries unsuccessfully to decide whether the Americans, Soviets or Cubans will exploit the concession. Delegates from these nations spy on and betray each other to achieve their goal.
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She Does Not Drink, Smoke or Flirt But... She Talks
Title: She Does Not Drink, Smoke or Flirt But... She Talks
Character: Georges, Monsieur le Comte
Released: April 17, 1970
Type: Movie
Housemaid Georgette loves to gossip and this causes major trouble to people around her.
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L'Amour des 4 colonels
Title: L'Amour des 4 colonels
Character: L'homme
Released: December 24, 1969
Type: Movie
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A Golden Widow
Title: A Golden Widow
Character: Rapha
Released: October 23, 1969
Type: Movie
A woman learns that she is sole legatee of her forgotten rich uncle, but there is a small problem: she's got to be a widow to latch onto the dough or the fortune will go to a vague sect...
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The Fighting Cock
Title: The Fighting Cock
Character: Paoli
Released: May 30, 1969
Type: Movie
A sleeping car employee seeking a well-deserved rest is prevented from doing so by the crowing of his neighbor's rooster. Just as he's about to settle the score, he's presented with a gift: a rubber band around the annoying bird's beak temporarily puts an end to its vocalizations. But the animal can't be left alone, and Pierre has to take it with him on his nocturnal journeys: you can imagine the disturbance it can cause when, after being thrown out of a wagon window, it lands in the next van full of pheasants. The whole little world spills out onto the train, and the conductor is not at all pleased! Pierre manages to get a young passenger to assume ownership of the rooster, but not for long. Every time Pierre tries to get rid of it, it somehow comes back to him.
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Would-Be Gentleman
Title: Would-Be Gentleman
Character: Le maître de ballet
Released: December 28, 1968
Type: Movie
Le Bourgeois gentilhomme satirizes attempts at social climbing and the bourgeois personality, poking fun both at the vulgar, pretentious middle-class and the vain, snobbish aristocracy. The title is meant as an oxymoron: in Molière's France, a "gentleman" was by definition nobly born, and thus there could be no such thing as a bourgeois gentleman.
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Azaïs
Title: Azaïs
Character: Félix, professeur de piano
Released: November 9, 1968
Type: Movie
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The Tattoo
Title: The Tattoo
Character: Lucien, le facteur
Released: August 17, 1968
Type: Movie
An art dealer wants to buy a Modigliani, which is tattooed on the back of an old soldier.
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Lagardère
Title: Lagardère
Character: Peyrolles
Released: April 4, 1968
Type: Movie
A young man, Lagardère, discovers that a plot is afoot to assassinate the Duke of Nevers. He warns him and flees with his daughter, Aurore. Fifteen years pass. Lagardère has raised Aurore as his own, but her mother seeks her out and has her abducted by her men. With the help of two friends, Lagardère rescues the girl and confronts her kidnappers.
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Ami-Ami
Title: Ami-Ami
Character: Alexandre
Released: May 5, 1967
Type: Movie
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Carré de dames pour un as
Title: Carré de dames pour un as
Character: Detective in Interrogation Room
Released: October 5, 1966
Type: Movie
Hakim Gregory escapes from prison by killing a number of guards, and returns to his hide-out abroad, to lead again his gang of drug trafficking and contract murders. Layton of the Secret Service must discover, and arrest him. The difficult mission almost becomes impossible with the rivalry of Layton's partner, Petula, the jealousy of his bride, Marion, the possible treachery of a Spanish woman, Dolores Arrabal, and yet a mysterious and sexy informant, Rosario... Too many women for Layton.
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Title: At Theatre Tonight
Character: Alexandre
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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Title: At Theatre Tonight
Character: Félix, professeur de piano
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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Diamond Safari
Title: Diamond Safari
Released: June 28, 1966
Type: Movie
Raphaël, a former paratrooper, is unable to adapt to the constraints of social life. One day, he becomes the unwilling accomplice of jewel thieves and falls in love with Electre, the mistress of Alaphène, their boss. Electre gives herself to Raphäel and incites him to run away with her. The couple tries to reach Monte-Carlo, where the diamonds are hidden, but they are chased by Federico, one of the gangsters who craves the loot as well...
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The Other Truth
Title: The Other Truth
Character: The commissioner
Released: April 19, 1966
Type: Movie
Middle-aged attorney Pierre falls for a young woman who dances in a discotheque to work her way through medical school. The lovestruck lawyer can't bring himself to leave his wife over the young woman. When the dancer's wealthy suitor is murdered, Pierre is accused of the crime.
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Un monde nouveau
Title: Un monde nouveau
Released: March 25, 1966
Type: Movie
Anne, a beautiful free-lance photographer, meets with the French medical student Carlo and falls in love. After a passionate love affair Anne becomes pregnant. Now the formerly free-wheeling Carlo finds himself facing a difficult situation. Carlo decides that Anne should abort the child. To raise enough cash Carlo sleeps with a wealthy older woman. Then Ann decides to annul the abortion.
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Lucky Jo
Title: Lucky Jo
Character: Napo
Released: November 12, 1964
Type: Movie
Lucky Jo and his three friends are little criminals, who try to live from small burglaries. But they never have luck - ever so often something inpredictable happens to Jo and gets one of them arrested. While Jo is in prison once again, they decide they'd better do without him in future. He decides to help them secretly...and unfortunately.
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Monsieur
Title: Monsieur
Character: José, un truand
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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A Man Named Rocca
Title: A Man Named Rocca
Character: Névada
Released: November 17, 1961
Type: Movie
Roberto goes to Marseilles to give a hand to his friend Xavier, wrongly imprisoned following a frame-up organized by his associate Villanova. Roberto sets out to seduce Villanova's mistress, but when Villanova is killed, Roberto ends up leader of the band...
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Les trois soeurs
Title: Les trois soeurs
Released: January 31, 1960
Type: Movie
A year after the death of their father, life can begin again for Macha, Olga, Irina and their brother, Andrei. But the unpredictability of life destroys their hopes and certainties. The sisters of failed dreams now live in an idle city where everything has to start again. Chekhov's drama about loss and regaining meaning.
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Two Men in Manhattan
Title: Two Men in Manhattan
Released: October 16, 1959
Type: Movie
Two French journalists become embroiled in a criminal plot in New York City involving a disappeared United Nations diplomat.
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Title: Discorama
Character: Self - Co-Host
Released: February 4, 1959
Type: TV
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Title: Discorama
Character: Self - Host
Released: February 4, 1959
Type: TV
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Title: Discorama
Character: Self
Released: February 4, 1959
Type: TV