Louis de Funès

AKA: Louis de Funes, Louis Germain David de Funès de Galarza, L. de Funès
2.567

1914-07-31

Courbevoie, Hauts-de-Seine, France

Biography

Louis de Funès, born Louis Germain David de Funès de Galarza, was a popular French actor of Spanish origin and one of the giants of French comedy alongside André Bourvil and Fernandel.

Crew Roles

The Gendarme and the Creatures from Outer Space
Screenplay
The Miser
Screenplay
The Miser
Director
The Cabbage Soup
Author
The Restaurant
Writer
Oscar
Adaptation
Cast RolesCast Roles Played = {179}

Charles Duchemin

1976-10-27 7.218

The Wing or the Thigh?

Charles Duchemin, a well-known gourmet and publisher of a famous restaurant guide, is waging a war against fast food entrepreneur Tri- catel to save the French art of cooking. After having agreed to a ...
Genre :Comedy

Victor Pivert

1973-10-17 7.403

The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob

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 ...
Genre :Comedy

Ludovic Cruchot

1979-01-31 6.055

The Gendarme and the Creatures from Outer Space

The bungling inspector Cruchot finds himself trying to save the residents of St. Tropez from some oil-drinking humanoid aliens. The only way to tell the aliens from the real people, besides their cons ...
Genre :Comedy, Science Fiction

Commissaire Juve

1965-12-08 6.761

Fantomas Unleashed

In the second episode of the trilogy Fantômas kidnaps distinguished scientist professor Marchand with the aim to develop a super weapon that will enable him to menace the world. Fantômas is also plann ...
Genre :Comedy, Crime, Adventure, Fantasy

Commissaire Juve

1964-11-04 6.843

Fantomas

Fantômas is a man of many disguises. He uses maquillage as a weapon. He can impersonate anyone using an array of masks and can create endless confusion by constantly changing his appearance. ...
Genre :Comedy, Crime, Adventure

Commissioner Juve

1967-03-16 6.745

Fantomas vs. Scotland Yard

In the third and final episode of the trilogy, Fantômas imposes a head tax on the rich, threatening to kill those who do not comply. ...
Genre :Comedy, Crime, Adventure, Fantasy

Hubert de Tartas

1969-09-10 6.72

Hibernatus

The frozen body of Paul Fournier is discovered in Greenland where he had disappeared during a scientific expedition in 1905. Perfectly conserved he is brought back to life in the 1960s. His descendant ...
Genre :Comedy, Science Fiction

Bertrand Barnier

1967-10-11 7.341

Oscar

This film originated as a play in Paris. The story focuses on the one-day adventures of Bertrand Barnier played with a genius of French cinema, Louis de Funes. In the same morning he learns that his d ...
Genre :Comedy

Self (archive footage)

2023-01-26 6

Louis de Funès, le rire éternel

On the occasion of the fortieth anniversary of the death of Louis de Funès, this documentary by Jacques Pessis pays tribute to the cult actor by retracing his career through excerpts of his greatest s ...
Genre :Documentary, TV Movie

Ludovic Cruchot

1964-09-08 7.037

Le Gendarme de Saint-Tropez

The ambitious police officer Cruchot is transferred to St. Tropez. He's struggling with crimes such as persistent nude swimming, but even more with his teenage daughter, who's trying to impress her ri ...
Genre :Comedy

Scapin

1961-04-21 5.6

Captain Fracasse

A ruined Baron Philippe de baron, meets one day a troupe of traveling actors led by Herod. Attracted by the one who plays the role of the ingenue: Isabella, and by the dynamism and enthusiasm of his c ...
Genre :Adventure

Ludovic Cruchot

1965-10-28 6.301

The Gendarme in New York

Sergeant Cruchot and his faithful comrades have been sent to the International Congress of Gendarmerie in N.Y. ...
Genre :Comedy

Ludovic Cruchot

1968-10-30 6.503

The Gendarme Gets Married

The Saint-Tropez police launch a major offensive against dangerous drivers. Marechal Cruchot (Louis de Funès) relishes the assignment, which he pursues with a manic zeal. Cruchot is after an offending ...
Genre :Comedy

Self (archive footage)

2023-01-01 7.5

Les Rois de la comédie

At the end of the 1950s, four humor specialists simultaneously experienced recognition. Fernandel with “The Cow and the Prisoner”, Bourvil with “The Hunchback”, Jacques Tati with “My Uncle” and Louis ...
Genre :Documentary

Guillaume Daubray-Lacaze

1978-03-16 6.392

The Discord

Guillaume has made it: A machine that can clean dirty air by simply sucking all dirt into air balloons and then shipping them far far away so his explanation. Some Japanese business guys, after dinner ...
Genre :Comedy

1950-10-19 5.9

Twelve Hours to Live

After dying in a car accident, wealthy shoe industrialist Carlo Bacchi finds himself in the afterlife, where he is condemned to hell for having committed evil while alive. Defending himself against th ...
Genre :Drama, Fantasy

Harpagon

1980-03-05 6.35

The Miser

Based on Molière's play. The children of Harpagon, Cléante and his sister Elise, are each in love but they still haven't spoken to their father yet. Harpagon is a miser who wants to choose the right m ...
Genre :Comedy

Charles Bosquier

1967-12-01 6.9

The Exchange Student

Monsieur Bosquier, the owner of a private school, is far from pleased when his eldest son, Philippe, fails his end of year exams. He decides to send his wayward offspring to England to improve his Eng ...
Genre :Comedy

Félicien Mézeray

1968-08-17 6.389

The Tattoo

An art dealer wants to buy a Modigliani, which is tattooed on the back of an old soldier. ...
Genre :Comedy

Ludovic Cruchot

1970-10-28 6.35

The Gendarme Takes Off

The whole clique of Cruchot's police station is retired. Now he lives with his rich wife in her castle - and is bored almost to death. He fights with the butler, because he isn't even allowed to do th ...
Genre :Comedy

Henri Roubier

1971-04-12 5.3

Perched on a Tree

Henry Roubier, a French promoter, and Enrico Mazzini, an Italian, have signed an agreement guaranteeing them a stranglehold on European highways. While driving on the roads of the south, Roubier takes ...
Genre :Comedy

Ludovic Cruchot

1982-10-03 6.002

The Gendarme and the Gendarmettes

Cruchot's police office moves into a new building. They do not only get high tech equipment, but also four young female police officers to educate. All of them scramble to work with them -- and cause ...
Genre :Comedy

Stanislas Lefort, conductor at the Paris Opera

1966-12-08 7.9

Don't Look Now... We're Being Shot At!

During World War II, two French civilians and a downed British Bomber Crew set out from Paris to cross the demarcation line between Nazi-occupied Northern France and the South. From there they will be ...
Genre :Comedy, War

Antoine Brisebard

1971-08-31 7.195

Joe: The Busybody

A writer accidentally shoots his blackmailer and tries to hide the body. ...
Genre :Comedy, Crime

Léopold Saroyan

1965-03-24 7.37

The Sucker

In this Franco-Italian gangster parody, a shopkeeper on his way to an Italian holiday suffers a crash that totals his car. The culprit can only compensate his ruined trip by driving an American friend ...
Genre :Comedy, Crime

2021-09-13 6

Louis de Funès, Créature/Créateur

The comic art of Louis de Funès (1914-1983), like that of Totò and a few others, ultimately transcends the limits of the films in which he appeared, thanks to the dynamic expressivity of his persona. ...
Genre :Documentary

Claude Ratinier (Le Glaude)

1981-12-02 6.358

The Cabbage Soup

Two buddy farmers are visited by aliens who like their domestic cabbage soup. ...
Genre :Comedy, Science Fiction

Anatole, le mari soupçonneux

1951-09-03 5.6

The Sleepwalker

Victor Boniface's life is not exactly a rest cure. Just imagine: Victor is both a store detective and a ... shoplifter (only when he walks in his sleep, mind you)! And falling in love while sleepwalki ...
Genre :Comedy

Evan Evans

1970-09-18 6.053

The One Man Band

Evan Evans, the director of a ballet troupe, is rehearsing his next show in Monaco, in preparation for a worldwide tour. When one member of his troupe leaves to get married, Evans imposes a regime of ...
Genre :Comedy, Music

Léonard Monestier

1963-11-20 6.804

Squeak-squeak

Léonard Monestier owns a large fortune, alas his wife Cynthia made a bad investment in a worthless oil concession. Far from letting this get him down, Léonard decides to find a sucker to buy this conc ...
Genre :Comedy

Don Salluste de Bazan

1971-12-08 7.415

Delusions of Grandeur

Don Sallust is the minister of the King of Spain. Being disingenuous, hypocritical, greedy and collecting the taxes for himself, he is hated by the people he oppresses. Accused by The Queen, a beautif ...
Genre :Comedy, History

Norbert Charolais, General Director of 321

1963-05-17 6.1

Carom Shots

Paul Martin is the subservient brown-nosing youngster who needs quick advancement up the hierarchy to pay for the modern lifestyle he is buying on credit. Seeing that marrying his immediate superior's ...
Genre :Comedy, Crime

Maurice Berger

1958-11-22 5.9

Taxi, Trailer and Bullfight

A chaotic family go on holiday to Spain and get mixed up with a gang of diamond thieves. ...
Genre :Comedy

Blaireau

1958-04-23 6.9

Neither Seen Nor Recognized

In a small French village, everything would be quiet if the local wildlife cop was not being ridiculed by a smart poacher. ...
Genre :Comedy, Family

Gaspard Ripeux

1962-10-03 6.127

The Gentleman from Epsom

The story takes place in the racecourses around Paris. A so-called major sells his tips to naive characters. ...
Genre :Comedy, Crime

Professor Montiel

1959-02-06 6.4

Toto in Madrid

When the swindler La Spada and his accomplice José come out of jail in Madrid, they decide to pull a really great swindle: nothing less than to discover and sell a third picture of the famous Goya's M ...
Genre :Comedy

Antoine Beaurepaire (« Le Gros Lot »)

1963-04-26 5.7

People in Luck

A light French comedy of 5 segments. ...
Genre :Comedy

Pierre Cousin

1957-05-14 6.2

Crazy in the Noodle

Pierre Cousin, a depressive compositor, wants to die. After five vain attempts at committing suicide, he decides to hire professional hit men to do the job on him. But as he's waiting for death, he ac ...
Genre :Comedy, Romance, Crime

Louis-Philippe Fourchaume

1968-03-22 6.638

The Little Bather

Louis-Philippe Fourchaume, another typical lead-role for French comedy superstar Louis de Funès, is the dictatorial CEO of a French company which designs and produces sail yachts, and fires in yet ano ...
Genre :Comedy

Thomas Boudeboeuf, journaliste à L'Avenir Sauveterrois

1950-05-24 3.7

A Certain Mister

Documents relevant to National Defence have been concealed in a certain vase by a dangerous gang of robbers. To neutralize the criminals, a seasoned police commissioner and his clumsy assistant, young ...
Genre :Comedy, Crime

Emile, manvalet

1953-02-18 6.1

The Virtuous Scoundrel

La Vie d'un honnête homme English: The Virtuous Scoundrel, is a French comedy drama film from 1953, directed by Sacha Guitry, written by Sacha Guitry, starring Michel Simon and Louis de Funès. ...
Genre :Drama, Comedy

Antoine Allègre

1956-01-27 5.7

If Paris Were Told to Us

Historical film directed and written by Sacha Guitry follows the the history of Paris from its founding through the significant events in the city's history. ...
Genre :Comedy, Drama, History

M. Septime, patron d'un grand restaurant parisien

1966-09-09 6.8

The Restaurant

A great French restaurant's owner, Monsieur Septime, is thrust into intrigue and crime, when one of his famous guests disappears. ...
Genre :Comedy

Self - Archive

2007-04-14 7.3

Louis de Funès Intime

The life and career of actor Louis de Funès with interviews from his family, friends and collaborators. ...
Genre :Documentary

Self (archive footage)

2022-01-21 7.1

Fantômas: A Thoroughly Modern Villain

The story of Fantômas, the first villain of modernity, from his birth in 1911 as a novel character to his contemporary vicissitudes, passing through Louis Feuillade, André Hunebelle, surrealism and Mo ...
Genre :Documentary, History, TV Movie

Jambier, grocer

1956-10-26 7.25

La Traversée de Paris

Two unlikely companions must smuggle four suitcases filled with contraband pork across Nazi-occupied Paris. ...
Genre :Comedy, Drama

Le garde-champêtre

1954-07-28 5.8

April Fools' Day

Emile is a good mechanic whose clientele is very loyal. A bit naive, he is bamboozled by a seller who manages to sell him the full trappings of the perfect fisherman. No sooner did he regret that he b ...
Genre :Comedy

Le docteur

1953-11-20 6.3

My Brother from Senegal

Jules Pinson, photographer in a small provincial village is in love with Annette, the daughter of the grocer. She 's dreaming only heros of adventure movies, so Jules invents a twin brother, Caesar, h ...
Genre :Comedy

Un habitant du quartier

1952-05-08 5.7

Mr. Leguignon Lampiste

A railway worker, Leguignon, and his wife are forced to move into a house located in a shaggy part of town. What Leguignon doesn't know is that a group of children have discovered a treasure and keeps ...
Genre :Comedy

Ettore

1959-04-10 7.094

The Overtaxed

Mr. Pezzella owns and operates a well-established luxury-clothing store. He does not like and does not consider it right to pay taxes and therefore uses a tax consultant to be able to evade more taxes ...
Genre :Comedy

le colonel Cousinet-Duval

1955-06-19 5.7

Frou-Frou

A story of the love of Frou-Frou - an actress and singer in the in the beginning of her career. ...
Genre :Romance, Comedy, Drama

Marcel

1964-07-16 5.661

A Mouse with the Men

Marcel and Francis are busy people. Marcel owns a café and spend all his nights running from meetings to meetings with members from the high society... at least, that's what he say to his barman! Fran ...
Genre :Comedy

Mr. Calomel, neighbor on the floor above

1954-11-26 5.7

Papa, Mama, the Maid and I

Genre :Comedy, Romance

Antoine Vaillant, l'escroc

1962-09-14 5.7

The Devil and the Ten Commandments

The film consists of seven roughly 15 minute episodes, each showing what will happen if one or more of the Ten Commandments will be broken: Jérome Chambard is warned that he will lose his job if he co ...
Genre :Comedy

Paul Ernzer

1961-10-25 6.1

In The Water... Which Makes Bubbles!

Paul fishes out of the water the body of his greatest enemy. To avoid accusations that he is a killer, taking steps that will clear his good name. ...
Genre :Comedy

le garçon de café qui embrasse Juliette

1952-12-31 6.2

She and Me

You never can tell. Jean had always been one of the most confirmed bachelors that kept swearing to anyone that would listen he would never put a ring on a female finger. But that was before he met Jul ...
Genre :Comedy

le peintre de la place du Tertre

1952-09-03 6.1

Mister Taxi

An honest taxi driver gets into trouble by looking for a customer who left her purse full of cash in her vehicle. ...
Genre :Comedy, Drama

Michel Lebœuf, le commissaire de la brigade des mœurs

1954-10-15 4.988

Peek-a-boo

A small-town policeman is informed that "naked women" are dancing in a revue at a local variety theater. Being the guardian of public morals that he is, he decides to stroll on down there and check it ...
Genre :Comedy

Pilate

1954-09-24 5.7

The Sheep Has Five Legs

A publicity-minded French mayor reunites quintuplets and their earthy father, all six played by Fernandel. ...
Genre :Comedy

Victor Garnier

1964-02-25 6.478

Let's Rob the Bank

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 ...
Genre :Comedy, Crime

Ange Galopin, creditor who wants to recover the money

1960-02-17 5.5

Some Like It... Cold

The old Valmorin died 200 years ago. The notary tells the family about the inheritance: the one who is terminally ill will receive the money. They all try their luck with getting ill before the other ...
Genre :Comedy

The Driver

1947-08-26 4.5

Last Refuge

Philippe and Sylvie have to do with Alvarez, a dangerous gang leader. They break up with him and commit robbery and murder. Sylvie suggests that Philippe take refuge in his quiet family. His younger s ...
Genre :Drama, Comedy, Mystery

The cook (uncredited)

1948-09-01 6.2

Cruise for the Unknown One

Kohlman, the attorney for the Fournil bank, diverts money from the institution. To hide his malpractices, he imagines to remove the director, the young and overconfident Clement Fournil, during a crui ...
Genre :Comedy

M. Chanteau

1954-01-04 5.9

Strange Desire of Mr. Bard

A terminally ill Mr. Bard, a casino bus driver forced to quit his job, miraculously wins a fortune playing roulette. Instantly becoming a millionaire, he wants to fulfill his life's dream: to become a ...
Genre :Comedy, Drama

Guide

1950-05-10 8

My Friend Sainfoin

The honeymoon in Italy of Guillaume and Eugénie de Puycharmois escorted by friend Sainfoin, a second-hand driver. Sainfoin's humor displeases Eugenie. Guillaume takes the wheel in such a way that it i ...
Genre :Comedy

The waiter

1950-08-23 6

Bed for Two

Robert Bobin has been an assistant accountant for twenty years now and, although meek and obedient, is getting weary of his monotonous, limited life. He tries marriage but, unfortunately, Blanche, the ...
Genre :

Fisherman

1951-01-03 5

Bibi Fricotin

To find the heritage of his friend Catherine's ancestors, the leaping Bibi Fricotin, helped by the seer Fatma, goes through a thousand funny or comical adventures, thanks to multiple means of transpor ...
Genre :Comedy

Gino

1950-11-08 7.5

The King of the Bla Bla Bla

Prosper Bourrache, who has the gift of the gab, is natural born street vendor. Due to a mistake he gets involved in the burglary of a shady banker's house. In fact, the whole operation is a setup. But ...
Genre :Comedy

1950-11-17 6

Fugitive from Montreal

Pierre Chambrac, a French industrialist, and Canadian Paul Laforêt, two former brothers in arms, meet again by chance in Paris five years after the end of World War II. Pierre is engaged to a beautifu ...
Genre :Drama

(uncredited)

1949-10-28 6

Just Out

Satire of publishing circles, featuring a ferocious boss, Moscat, a successful but handsome author, Maréchal, another successful but bitter author, Bourgine, a writer plagued with ambition, Brégaillon ...
Genre :Drama, Romance

Maître Stéphane

1958-09-24 6.1

Life Together

The writer Pierre Carot became rich and famous with his book "Life as a Couple", which was based on the loving relationships of four couples. Now he's setting up his will and wants to leave his wealth ...
Genre :Comedy

A housekeeper

1954-04-21 5.6

Mademoiselle Nitouche

Celestin works as an organist at a girl's school. By day, Celestin is the meek and mild target of the girls' incessant practical jokes. By night, however, he is the celebrated composer of popular oper ...
Genre :Music, Comedy

Bonoeil

1956-02-29 5.9

Hello Smile!

A Prime Minister kidnaps three comedians from Paris to make a frowning princess smile for a royal photo, all while secretly dealing with a prisoner hunger strike. The King remains unaware of his misch ...
Genre :Comedy

Célestin Ratier, représentant des industries de l'enfance

1956-06-08 5.1

Babies Galore

Stéphane Petitbourgeois is having trouble with his son-in-law Hubert, who has an extra child every year and is expecting his ninth, making thirteen people in the same apartment. However, a competition ...
Genre :Comedy

Mr Marcange, l'auteur de la pièce

1954-04-07 5.3

The Scheming Women

The renowned theatre manager, Paul Rémy, is accused by his general secretary Andrieux of having killed his partner. On the advice of his wife Mona, Paul goes into hiding in a psychiatric hospital to e ...
Genre :

Police station secretary / Head of personnel

1961-09-29 6

The American Beauty

Marcel, a simple-minded factory worker, is tricked into buying a high-priced American convertable car by a widow determined not to let it fall into the hands of her late husband's secretary/secret lov ...
Genre :Comedy

Léon Haudepin, general insurance agent (segment "Les Bons Vivants")

1965-10-28 5.662

How to Keep the Red Lamp Burning

The film consists of three novels. The film begins with the fact that the Bernard Blier hero removes a lantern from the entrance to a brothel. The second part is about how the lantern and jewelery wer ...
Genre :Comedy, Drama

Paul Duvernois

1953-11-06 5.2

Lightly and Shortly Dressed

Jacqueline and Jacques, newlyweds, are in frequent discussions. The cause is Jacqueline's flirtatious nature, which she has not been able to shake off despite her marriage. One of her tennis partners, ...
Genre :Comedy

L'homme qui se fait arracher une dent (uncredited)

1952-08-20 5

Judgement of God

Bavaria, 1433. Reason of state rules that Prince Albert is to marry Princess Bertha of Wurtemberg. But the fine-looking young man is loath to become the husband of a woman with pimples,flat feet and n ...
Genre :Drama, History

The lock keeper

1951-05-18 4.7

The Passerby

A woman who has a terrible secret to conceal takes refuge on a barge. ...
Genre :Drama

Thief

1951-06-13 4.5

Life Is a Game

Evanella, who writes the “Horoscope” section of a major newspaper, and her brother Méristo, create with the help of a young journalist, Jean Lassère and the capital of their uncle Amédée, a “Bureau de ...
Genre :Comedy

Jockey Jack

1964-05-06 5.6

Dandelions by the Roots

Jockey Jack has a bill open with a gangster just released from jail. He somehow manages to parry the gangster's knife attack backstage at a theatre and the latter ends up dead being put into a double ...
Genre :Comedy, Crime

Ludovic Lamberjacques

1962-12-24 5.7

We Will Go to Deauville

Comical adventures of two pairs of friends during their stay in Deauville, Normandy. ...
Genre :Comedy

Weapon master

1952-12-12 6

The Fighting Drummer

The rivalry between Albert Gambier, head of the municipal brass band, and the jazz band, led by Jacques Hélian, provokes many comic adventures in this small provincial town. Everything will end in son ...
Genre :Comedy

1952-10-14 4

The Crazy Jungle

Mr. Dupont, after numerous disappointments in his self-esteem, decides to seek his fortune in Africa. Hired as assistant director in a Prisunic at A.O.I., he begins to sell the plane ticket paid for b ...
Genre :Comedy, Adventure

The counselor

1951-11-04 6

No Vacation for Mr. Mayor

Annie, the ward of Monsieur Joachim, a nightclub manager, has fallen in love with Philippe Lebon, a singer who could easily re-float her guardian's failing business. The trouble is that Joachim has al ...
Genre :

Émile Durand

1960-12-30 6.6

Small Local Trains

Émile Durand, an insecticide manufacturer, is appalled to learn that his son Gérard has fallen in love with Suzy, the daughter of a travelling theatre company. Realising his father will never favour ...
Genre :Comedy, Drama, Romance

le bedeau Luigi

1955-12-14 6.1

The Hussars

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 ...
Genre :War, Comedy, Adventure

Officier de la Gestapo

1960-12-16 6.1

Candide or The Optimism in the 20th Century

Charming and innocent, Candide is vigorously chased away by the Baron, for his close encounters with the pretty Cunégonde. World War II breaks out, and when he is drafted and taken prisoner, he is for ...
Genre :Comedy

l'oncle Robert

1955-06-26 5.5

The Impossible Mr. Pipelet

A story about a simple old man with a lot of love for his only daughter. She falls in love with a doctor's son and he don't understand why... ...
Genre :Drama, Comedy

le projectionniste ambulant

1954-01-20 6

The Game of Love

Friends since infancy, two youngsters struggle as their platonic bond blossoms into romantic love with adolescence. ...
Genre :Drama, Romance, Comedy

2021-08-07 6

Louis de Funès champion du box office

Genre :Documentary

l'inspecteur principal Victor Eugène Merlerin

1956-04-26 5.5

Daddy's Gang

Shy, timorous bank clerk, Fernand Jérôme, prevents -unwillingly of course - a gang led by "Le Grand J" from robbing the "Crédit Populaire", where he works. Having become a hero out of the blue, this n ...
Genre :Comedy

Hotel director

1953-05-22 4.9

The Tour of the Grand Dukes

Gaston is in love with Brigitte, daughter of the Baroness, who claims to have a lover. Gaston sets off for Paris, with 300,000 francs borrowed from the Baroness, to find his rival. He is robbed and fo ...
Genre :Comedy

Tumlatum

1954-05-17 5.4

Trust Me!

Max, an illusionist as unlucky as he is skilled, would like to marry his boss's daughter, but his boss won't hear of marriage and even threatens to fire him if he doesn't come up with an interesting a ...
Genre :Comedy

Le père Graziani, faux religieux ; Prosper le faux garçon d'écurie ; le faux colonel Luc de La Frapinière

1956-10-10 6.1

Slightly Ahead

A brilliant swindler, Olivier Parker, hires a small-time pipe salesman, Amédée, to swindle a naive provincial, Ferdinand Galiveau, a chicken merchant. Renamed Teddy Morton and now a jockey, Amédée mus ...
Genre :Comedy

Hippolyte

1950-12-01 5.1

Lawless Street

The eccentric characters of a street from the comic designs of Andre Dubout are brought to life with human performers instead of drawings. ...
Genre :Comedy

Amoretti

1962-04-17 5.4

The Vendetta

Arbella is a charming village in Corsica. It's such a pleasant place to live that Monsieur Lauriston has decided to spend his old age there with his wife Marthe. Encouraged by Giuseppe, the owner of t ...
Genre :Comedy

Le skieur qui cherche une chambre d'hôtel

1951-12-05 3.625

My Wife Is Formidable

Raymond Corbier, a sculptor, has a wonderful wife, Sylvia, whom he adores. To save a passionate admirer who simulates suicide because she does not respond to her advances, Sylvia, an irreproachable wi ...
Genre :Comedy

Jeannot la Bonne Affaire, le barman du "Lotus

1955-03-29 5.3

The Babes Make the Law

When Nathalie, a shoe seller, is abducted, her mother Flora wastes no time taking matters into her own hands. Reluctant to call in the police, she galvanizes her three other daughters into action. ...
Genre :Comedy, Adventure, Crime

Le chef de train

1954-04-07 4.2

Les impures

When Mario, a bad boy, is released from prison, he plans to live honestly with his wife Geneviève. But the latter has not waited for him and Mario, out of spite, accepts to work as a tout for Mr. Char ...
Genre :Drama

Mr. Cottin, the man with the dog, member of the U.R.A.F.

1952-06-27 5.7

Love Is Not a Sin

A building, a landing, two tenants: he, Jacques Loursier, is president of the U.R.A.F (Union and Resistance Anti-Woman); she, Eliane Cahuzac, is president of the Association for the Triumph and Indepe ...
Genre :Comedy

Spanish General at the Cabaret

1949-06-06 5.7

Mission in Tangier

During the Second World War, Georges Masse undergoes a dangerous mission by taking secret documents from Tangiers to London. ...
Genre :Adventure, Drama

Auguste Ferraillon

1956-09-22 5.3

The Flea in the Ear

Raymonde Chandebise suspects her husband Victor-Emmanuel of cheating on her. She received a package from the hotel "Le minet galant". The package contained a pair of suspenders belonging to her husban ...
Genre :Comedy

Le fou qui pêche dans un lavabo

1952-12-11 5.3

Run Away Mr. Perle

Modest fifty-something, Mr. Perle, is a baker in a small provincial town. He lives there with an authoritarian woman and her cousin, a parasite who poisons his existence. A Parisian notary writes to t ...
Genre :Comedy

Nightclub customer

1952-10-07 5.3

The Respectful Prostitute

Fred, the nephew of a senator,has murdered a Black man on a train. The two only witnesses are Lizzie McKay, a prostitute from New York, and Sidney, a colored man. Fred decides to seduce Lizzie in orde ...
Genre :Drama

Le Barman

1952-02-06 5.7

Wolves Hunt at Night

A secret agent is summoned by the head of a counter espionage organization, to Trieste where he is to unmask a potential enemy operating in Venice. ...
Genre :Drama

Mr. Lorette

1953-07-16 5.8

To Hell with Virtue

To conceal his nighttime infidelity from his wife Gisele, Pierre calls in a particularly shady private detective to concoct an alibi. He is introduced to a certain Robert Crémieux, who will pass himse ...
Genre :Comedy

Barman

1962-07-06 5.1

Crime Does Not Pay

Husband try to kill his wife with a help of the plan he saw in a film. But reality is not a film. ...
Genre :Comedy

Self (archive footage)

2023-06-02 6.5

L'Âge d'or de la pub

Genre :Documentary, TV Movie, History

Adrien Verduret

1953-11-22 5.6

The Knight of the Night

Paris, 1884. Bella Fontanges, a renowned ballerina, is married to Georges de Segar. But after just a few years together, the couple slowly sinks into weariness. Bella has forgotten what happiness used ...
Genre :Drama, History, Horror

D'Arrigio - Modeschöpfer

1955-01-21 5.3

Ingrid - The Story of a Fashion Model

Genre :Comedy

M. Rachoux, le directeur de la banque

1953-07-31 6

Captain Slipper

A bank clerk is bored to death with his nine-to-five work under his boss ' watchful eye. His missus is a pain in the neck and his in-laws are not better. ...
Genre :Comedy

1955-12-23 6

Mädchen ohne Grenzen

Helga, a stewardess, meet a passenger, Eric, during a flight to Athens. They fall in love, but he is married. Later Helga is involved in a flight crash. One of the severely injured passengers is Eric' ...
Genre :Romance, Drama

Le photographe Triboudot

1953-08-15 5.6

Inside a Girls' Dormitory

In a little town with a renowned college a female student is found after she was hogtied and strangled to death. Inspector Marco is assigned to catch the murderer. ...
Genre :Drama, Crime

Gardener Ravan

1954-05-13 3.3

The Secret of Helene Marimon

At the end of the Great War, the wounded Jacques Taillandier is cared for by the beautiful Hélène Marimon and becomes her lover. He hides from her the fact that her husband is a comrade from the trenc ...
Genre :War, Romance, Drama

Le commissaire de police qui ne dit mot

1954-05-31 5

The Pirates of the Bois du Bologne

Cyprien and his friends Hector Colomb and Annette are penniless and desperate. They need someone to take an interest in them. One day, they decide to become volunteer castaways. To build their raft, t ...
Genre :Comedy

Self (archive footage)

2022-01-07 7.2

La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président

In May 1974, Valéry Giscard d'Estaing became President of the Republic and wanted to bring about a new era of modernity. One of his first decisions was to break up the ORTF with the creation of three ...
Genre :History, Documentary, TV Movie

2014-05-02 0

Louis de Funès, 100 ans de Rire

A documentary to celebrate the French actor on what would have been his 100th birthday. ...
Genre :Documentary, TV Movie

Piotr Petrovitch Shvokhnev

1950-12-20 5.5

The Gamblers

Adaptation of classical Russian Nikolai Gogol's comedy. ...
Genre :Comedy

Émile, le garçon épicier et un invité à la noce

1947-09-27 6.351

Antoine & Antoinette

1947, in France, Antoine and Antoinette, a young couple living in Paris, lead a monotonous existence: he works in a print shop while she is a shop assistant. But one evening, they regain hope: Antoine ...
Genre :Drama, Comedy, Romance

Mr. Charles

1952-05-21 5.1

Matrimonial Agency

Noël is a bachelor who inherits a matrimonial agency. After contemplating selling it, he chooses to manage it. ...
Genre :Comedy

Un Client qui joue aux cartes

1953-07-28 5.7

Les Compagnes de la nuit

Three events that seemingly nothing related, namely the murder of a truck driver, the discovery of the corpse of a vitriolic young woman, and the death of another who was crushed, will launch the Insp ...
Genre :Drama

Célosso, Spanish husband of the Russian Countess

1954-06-13 5.6

Men Think Only of That

Alfred is in love, but shy. Desperate not to have the audacity to express his passion to the woman of his dreams, Nicole, a young dairyman, he enthusiastically accepts the proposal of Don Juan to make ...
Genre :Comedy

Le chef d'orchestre

1949-06-30 5

I Love Only You

Ronaldo, a singer with the growing reputation dedicating himself body and soul to his art, sacrificing his marriage. ...
Genre :Comedy

Himself (archive footage)

2013-11-16 6.8

Louis de Funès Forever

A moving and very funny portrait of the personal and professional life of the magnificent French comedian Louis de Funès (1914-83), as well as a detailed analysis of his masterful acting technique. ...
Genre :Documentary

M. Calomel, voisin à l'étage au-dessus

1955-10-18 5.8

Papa, Mama, My Wife and Me

Robert Langlois is now married to Catherine, the former housemaid. And they would live happily ever after if the housing crisis did not force them to live together with Gabrielle and Fernand, Robert's ...
Genre :Comedy

Doctor

1953-06-11 5.8

The Sparrows of Paris

An American manager and his daughter want to hire "the little singers with the wooden cross" for a tour of the United States,but Jeannot,a young member of the choir recognize his grandma's locket roun ...
Genre :Drama, Comedy

Self (archive footage)

2003-01-01 6.1

Louis de Funès ou le pouvoir de faire rire

A documentary on Louis de Funès based on unseen archives and film extracts, interviews from close friends and comedy specialists. ...
Genre :Documentary

Eddy Gorlier

1954-04-22 7.5

Tourments

Little Jean-Claude was adopted by former singer Jacques Duffot and his wife Anne-Marie. The child's mother, Simone, is determined to take him back, happily advised by the director of a private agency. ...
Genre :Drama

Chauffeur of his excellency

1947-01-22 5.2

Six Hours to Lose

A traveller is stuck in an unknown town because his connecting train will only arrive in six hours. He decides to kill time by taking a stroll. He is not prepared to get confused with somebody else. I ...
Genre :Drama, Comedy

Le gérant

1951-11-21 6.667

The Turkey

Paris at the Belle Epoque. Monsieur de Pontagnac, a perfect honest man, loves pretty women too much and that plays him many tricks. What need does he have to follow the pretty Lucienne Vatelin, home, ...
Genre :Comedy

Le futur papa qui lit le journal

1951-01-17 6.1

Without Leaving an Address

A woman in Paris hires a taxi driver to locate her ex-lover, father to her newborn child, who left her without leaving an address. ...
Genre :Drama, Comedy

Un astrologue

1954-04-15 6

La Belle au bois dormant

Genre :Family, Comedy

Mr. Védrines, publisher

1959-12-02 4

My Pal the Gypsy

The "Védrines", whose head of family is a publisher, are well established in Paris. The "Pittuiti", on the other hand, are gypsies camping out in the suburbs. Young Zita belongs to the tribe and meets ...
Genre :Comedy

Célestin, le chauffeur de taxi

1953-07-22 5.1

Innocents in Paris

Romantic comedy about a group of Britons flying to Paris for the weekend. ...
Genre :Comedy

Constantin, domestique du baron

1950-01-23 4.2

Not Any Weekend for Our Love

The announcement of the future marriage of Franck Reno, the star singer, causes considerable excitement around the world. ...
Genre :Comedy, Music

1953-01-01 0

L'art et la manière de rire

Genre :Comedy

Le père autoritaire

1951-01-01 5.5

Champions Juniors

Even back in 1951, boys knew more about cars than their dads. ...
Genre :Comedy

M. Boulingrin

1954-08-16 5

Marriage Episodes

Three old friends meet again. They compare their marriages and tell each other stories which illustrate why they complain about their wives. ...
Genre :Comedy

Poet who eats glasses

1951-02-06 5.1

The Red Rose

The Jacques Brothers, their temporary replacements, Yves Gérard and his troupe, as well as a famous movie star looking for a new partner, Evelyne Dorsey, are causing disruption at the "La Rose rouge" ...
Genre :Comedy

Soldier Laurent Passementier (uncredited)

1955-03-25 6.3

Napoleon

The film follows the life of Napoleon from his early life in Corsica to his death at Saint Helena. The film is notable for its use of location shooting for numerous scenes, especially at the French es ...
Genre :Drama, History, War

Mr. Vincent, hardware store (uncredited)

1950-11-25 5.2

The Strollers

Jean-Louis forgets to use the pedestrian crossing;Who could have believed then where it would lead the unfortunate guy to? ...
Genre :Drama

Martin Gaston, the Frenchman (segment "Sloth")

1952-03-27 6

The Seven Deadly Sins

A compilation of segments covers the seven deadly sins of greed, wrath, envy, pride, lust, sloth, and gluttony. ...
Genre :Drama

L'avocat de Philippe

1949-12-13 5.6

Millionaires for One Day

A typographer makes a mistake by printing the winning number of the national lottery. Many people believe they have won the jackpot. Pursued by his newspaper editor, the worker appears in court where ...
Genre :Comedy

l'employé du laboratoire photo

1953-03-15 5.4

Les Dents longues

A young, talented and ambitious journalist, Louis heads off to try his luck in Paris. He's spotted by Walter, editor-in-chief for a major daily newspaper, who takes to him and furthers his career. Wha ...
Genre :Drama

Cesare Grimaldi, le père, artiste italien

1954-08-16 5.4

Service Entrance

Walking alone and looking desperate, young Marie-Lou is taken in hand by Léo, a street photographer and his squatter friends. They all want to know what happened to her, so to satisfy their curiosity, ...
Genre :Comedy

le garçon d'étage

1954-12-22 6

No Exit

The scene is a tawdry hotel room in Limbo, where several damned souls are gathered. At first, the group fails to comprehend where they are or why they're there. When the horrible truth dawns upon them ...
Genre :Drama, Fantasy

Le malade qui a perdu 100 grammes (uncredited)

1951-03-21 7.368

Dr. Knock

Saint-Maurice, an ordinary peaceful village, lived healthily so much so that the local doctor's practice was scant. But that was before Dr. Parpalaid retired and was replaced by a charlatan by the nam ...
Genre :Comedy

Le portier du cabaret "Le Paradis" (uncredited)

1946-03-13 5.7

The Temptation of Barbizon

Daniel Gelin and Juliette Faber star as a blissfully happy honeymooning couple. They are so happy that they arouse the jealous attentions of Satan. The Dark Prince sends an emissary to beak up the rom ...
Genre :Comedy, Fantasy, Romance

Spectator (uncredited)

1950-01-19 5.2

Farewell Mister Grock

The life of Adrien Wettach, famous in the annals of the circus under the name of Grock, world famous Swiss clown. A series of images from Épinal, retracing the career of a European artist, within the ...
Genre :Drama, Comedy

L'interprète-secrétaire du sultan de Hammanlif (uncredited)

1952-10-31 4.9

I Was It Three Times

A husband who had divorced twice because he had been betrayed by his former wives, takes his precautions to prevent the deed from happening a third time. And yet it does. ...
Genre :Comedy

Le client du bar qui reçoit Yolande dans ses bras ("scène avec N. Nattier et J. Marchat")

1947-07-16 4.3

Last Chance Castle

Rather than commit suicide, it is better to stay at the clinic of Professor Patureau-Duparc. This practitioner experiments on his clients with a serum that modifies their personality. Thus Yolande and ...
Genre :Comedy

L'astrologue

1949-06-03 5.1

Du Guesclin

A chronicle of the life of Bertrand du Guesclin, grand officer of the French army in the 14th century. ...
Genre :History, Drama

2013-04-28 7

Il était une fois... Louis de Funès

Genre :Documentary

'Paulo les chiens'

1956-04-25 7

Law of the Streets

Yves Tréguier, a young orphan, escapes from a reform school in Brittany to join "Dédé la Glace" in Paris, an old-timer with whom he has a sincere friendship. The love of Zette, a young girl he has met ...
Genre :Drama

Self (archive footage)

2019-07-14 7.7

Breakpoint: A Counter History of Progress

An account of the last two centuries of the Anthropocene, the Age of Man. How human beings have progressed so much in such a short time through war and the selfish interests of a few, belligerent poli ...
Genre :Documentary, History

Soldier (uncredited)

1950-09-04 6

Adémaï at the border post

The peasant Adémaï, returning home, gets lost in the forest and knocks down a border post. In his haste to replant it, he installs it upside down. ...
Genre :Comedy

Bruno, the psychiatrist

1951-01-05 3.5

The Straw Lover

The wife of gunsmith Gaston Sarazin cheats on him with his salesman. The husband, informed, wants revenge. The culprits try to divert suspicion on the dashing Stanislas. The husband forces the straw l ...
Genre :Comedy

André

1951-11-30 7.1

Poison

Paul Braconnier and his wife Blandine only have one thing in mind: to find a way to kill each other without risk. After listening to a radio show, Paul decides to go to Paris to meet a famous lawyer i ...
Genre :Comedy

Self

2016-12-11 0

Bourvil, un homme vrai

Genre :Documentary

Albert, le régisseur

1952-01-23 5.2

They Were Five

Now that the world conflict is over, five inseparable wartime buddies swear eternal friendship now to each other. But there's many a slip 'twixt the cup and the lip. Jean becomes a postman, Marcel a b ...
Genre :Drama

le monsieur en habit

1963-12-31 6

Le Café liégeois

Genre :Comedy

Self (archive footage)

2020-06-26 7.6

La Folle Aventure de Louis de Funès

Genre :Documentary, TV Movie

Self (archive footage)

2017-03-27 8

De Gaulle, the Last King of France

Charles de Gaulle, the first president (1958-1969) of the Vth Republic, France’s current system of government, left his mark on the country . He was statesman of action and has been compared to a mona ...
Genre :Documentary, History, TV Movie

Self (archive footage)

2015-10-06 5.5

Le Tournage du Corniaud… Tout sauf un long fleuve tranquille

Genre :Documentary

l'employé d'Air France

1951-10-31 6

Trip to America

As part of the fascination in post World War II France with American culture, a young French couple here travel to the US to see for themselves the prosperity they have heard about. ...
Genre :Comedy

Self

1972-01-12 8

Le Grand Échiquier

Genre :Reality

Self - Guest

1974-04-27 6.5

Am laufenden Band

Genre :Family

Louis de Funès

2012-12-05 0

Louis de Funès Inoubliable

Genre :Documentary

Self

1971-05-09 6

V.I.P. Schaukel

Genre :Talk, Documentary

Self (archive footage)

1971-11-04 0

Cadet Rousselle

Genre :Family

Self

1975-01-12 6

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

A talk show presented by Michel Drucker ...
Genre :Talk

Self

1975-04-05 6

Numéro un

A French variety show. ...
Genre :Reality

Self

1956-02-04 8

Cinépanorama

Genre :Documentary, Family, Talk

Self

1982-01-16 6.2

Champs-Elysées

Genre :Talk

(archive footage)

1982-01-16 6.2

Champs-Elysées

Genre :Talk

Self

1972-03-06 6

Midi trente

Genre :Reality

Self (archive footage)

1987-09-02 6.2

Sacrée soirée

Genre :Talk