Tag: Louis de Funès
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La zizanie / The Spat / The Discord (1978)
Comedy
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 with a lot of alcohol, order 5,000 pieces. His only problem: His production capacity is way to small so he gets to produce the machines in his private house. His wife Bernadette is far from being happy about it. Her private life goes down the line so she decides to leave Guillaume and to finally have revenge she candidates for major against her husband.
Starring: Louis de Funès, Annie Girardot, Maurice Risch, Jean-Jacques Moreau, Geneviève Fontanel, Jacques François, Georges Staquet, Georges Staquet, Julien Guiomar, Mario David
Director: Claude Zidi
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Tags: Annie Girardot, Claude Zidi, Geneviève Fontanel, Georges Staquet, Jacques François, Jean-Jacques Moreau, Julien Guiomar, Louis de Funès, Mario David, Maurice Risch
Posted on August 16, 2017 |
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Delusions of Grandeur / La folie des grandeurs (1971)
Comedy | History
Don Salluste, a petty tyrant in his own home and minister of the King of Spain, falls from grace. Wanting revenge, he tries to compromize the Queen with his valet Blaze, introduced as his cousin. But poor Blaze gets stuck with a rather repulsive duenna, who is madly in love with him and very keen on getting her way. This wild comedy takes off at a dashing pace set by the De Funes, Montand and Sapritch trio.
Starring: Louis de Funès, Yves Montand, Alice Sapritch, Karin Schubert, Alberto de Mendoza, Don Jaime de Mora y Aragón
Director: Gérard Oury
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Tags: Alberto de Mendoza, Alice Sapritch, Don Jaime de Mora y Aragón, Gérard Oury, Karin Schubert, Louis de Funès, Yves Montand
Posted on October 16, 2016 |
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Le tatoué / The Tattoo (1968)
Comedy
Félicien Mézeray, a wealthy art dealer, discovers a priceless Modigliani, tattooed on the back of an ageing legionnaire, Legrain. The latter agrees to sell the tattoo if Mézeray agrees to renovate his country house. The house turns out to be a ruined sixteenth century chateau, but so keen is he to acquire the tattoo that Mézeray agrees to Legrain's terms. The legionnaire then begins to suspect that the art dealer may be more ruthless than he appears.
Starring: Jean Gabin, Louis de Funès, Paul Mercey, Yves Barsacq, Pierre Tornade, Jean-Pierre Darras, Joe Warfield, Donald J. von Kurtz
Director: Denys de La Patellière
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Tags: Denys de La Patellière, Donald J. von Kurtz, Jean Gabin, Jean-Pierre Darras, Joe Warfield, Louis de Funès, Paul Mercey, Pierre Tornade, Yves Barsacq
Posted on October 12, 2016 |
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Les grandes vacances / The Exchange Student (1967)
Comedy
Charles Bosquier, a role apparently written for French comedy superstar Louis de Funès, is the dictatorial headmaster of a French strict boarding school. No father could be deeper shocked to find one of his own sons miserably failed his exams, and too embarrassed to enroll him for his own summer-school, so he sends Philippe to England as exchange student. Philippe planned to save his sailing plans with friends by sending fat nerd Stephane Michonnet to England using his name, which comes out when Michonnet gets indigestion. Meanwhile Charles expects his spoiled favorite son, Gérard, who tells daddy about all the other schoolboys for money, to chaperon Shirley, the daughter of his English counterpart MacFarrell, but the girl gets all French boys horny, so even his perfect record is soon gravely soiled as dad spies on them, and he and Shirley join Philippe and his friends. Now the headmaster chases the kids' yacht -incognito, to avoid a scandal- all the way to England, where his colleague soon joins him, and further…
Starring: Louis de Funès, Ferdy Mayne, Claude Gensac, Maurice Risch, Mario David, Olivier De Funès
Director: Jean Girault
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Posted on February 26, 2016 |
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L'homme orchestre / The Band (1970)
Comedy | Musical
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 strict discipline on his remaining dancers. The latter get their revenge by presenting Evans' nephew Philippe, the only male member of the group, with a baby and a note claiming he is the fath…
Starring: Louis de Funès, Franco Fabrizi, Paul Préboist, Olivier De Funès
Director: Serge Korber
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Tags: Franco Fabrizi, Louis de Funès, Olivier De Funès, Paul Préboist, Serge Korber
Posted on November 22, 2014 |
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Carambolages / Karambolage / Carom Shots (1963)
Comedy | Crime
A terrorizing boss is finally ready to give up his post as the head of a travel agency. An ambitious successor has his eyes on a promotion, but a new law about the retirement age may require him to do some tasks that aren't mentioned in any career books.
Starring: Louis de Funès, Jean-Claude Brialy, Michel Serrault
Director: Marcel Bluwal
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Tags: Jean-Claude Brialy, Louis de Funès, Marcel Bluwal, Michel Serrault
Posted on October 20, 2014 |
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Hibernatus (1969)
Comedy | Fantasy | Sci-Fi
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 descendants take care of him: to spare him the cultural shock they behave so to make believe it's 1905 and they are his cousins, uncle…
Starring: Louis de Funès, Michael Lonsdale, Claude Gensac, Bernard Alane, Annick Alane
Director: Edouard Molinaro
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Tags: Annick Alane, Bernard Alane, Claude Gensac, Edouard Molinaro, Louis de Funès, Michael Lonsdale
Posted on September 13, 2014 |
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The Big Restaurant / Le grand restaurant / What's Cooking in Paris (1966)
Action | Comedy
Top-notch french restaurant owner Monsieur Septime is involved into crime when one of his famous guests disappears.
Starring: Louis de Funès, Bernard Blier, Maria-Rosa Rodriguez, Venantino Venantini
Director: Jacques Besnard
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Tags: Bernard Blier, Jacques Besnard, Louis de Funès, Maria-Rosa Rodriguez, Venantino Venantini
Posted on July 25, 2014 |
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Les aventures de Rabbi Jacob / The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob (1973)
Comedy
In this French comedy, Louis de Funès stars as Victor Pivert, a hopelessly bigoted man. Victor loves people, as long as they're Caucasian, French, and Catholic. But when it comes to foreigners, Victor draws the line. His ultimate nightmare becomes a reality the day of his daughter's wedding, when he stumbles across a group of Arab revolutionaries and is forced into hiding as a rabbi. Gerard Oury's film features an onslaught of hilarious chase sequences.
Starring: Louis de Funès, Suzy Delair, Claude Giraud, Miou-Miou, Marcel Dalio
Director: Gérard Oury
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Tags: Claude Giraud, Gérard Oury, Louis de Funès, Marcel Dalio, Miou-Miou, Suzy Delair
Posted on July 18, 2014 |
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L'aile ou la cuisse / The Wing or Thigh? (1976)
Comedy | Family
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 appear on a talk show to show his skills in naming food and wine by taste, he is confronted with two disasters: his son wants to become a clown rather than a restaurant tester and he, the famous Charles Duchemin, has lost his taste!
Starring: Louis de Funès, Coluche, Julien Guiomar, Claude Gensac, Marcel Dalio
Director: Claude Zidi
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Tags: Claude Gensac, Claude Zidi, Coluche, Julien Guiomar, Louis de Funès, Marcel Dalio
Posted on July 16, 2014 |
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La soupe aux choux / The Cabbage Soup (1981)
Comedy | Sci-Fi
Two old french countrymen are living a quiet life in their little old farms. The first one, Claude Ratinier, aka "le Glaude", is a widower, and the second one, Francis Chérasse, aka "Cicisse", is single. They spend their days drinking liters of wine and pastis, reminding themselves the good old times.
Starring: Louis de Funès, Jean Carmet, Jacques Villeret
Director: Jean Girault
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Tags: Jacques Villeret, Jean Carmet, Jean Girault, Louis de Funès
Posted on April 12, 2013 |
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Le gendarme et les gendarmettes / Never Play Clever Again (1982)
Comedy | Crime
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 pure chaos while being distracted by the fine ladies. Then they get into real trouble when one after the other of their female colleagues is kidnapped.
Starring: Louis de Funès, Michel Galabru, Maurice Risch, Guy Grosso, Michel Modo, Patrick Préjean
Director: Tony Aboyantz, Jean Girault
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Tags: Guy Grosso, Jean Girault, Louis de Funès, Maurice Risch, Michel Galabru, Michel Modo, Patrick Préjean, Tony Aboyantz
Posted on April 12, 2013 |
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Le gendarme et les extra-terrestres / The Gendarme and the Creatures from Outer Space (1979)
Comedy | Crime | Sci-Fi
The bungling inspector Cruchot (Funès) 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 constant thirst for oil-products, is that they sound like empty garbage cans when you touch them. Chaos is ahead.
Starring: Louis de Funès, Michel Galabru, Maurice Risch, Maurice Risch, Guy Grosso, Jean-Pierre Rambal
Director: Jean Girault
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Tags: Guy Grosso, Jean Girault, Jean-Pierre Rambal, Louis de Funès, Maurice Risch, Michel Galabru
Posted on April 12, 2013 |
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Le gendarme en balade / The Gendarme Takes Off (1970)
Comedy
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 the simple works. But when one of the clique suffers from amnesia after an accident, all of the others reunite and kidnap him, to take him on a tour to their old working places and through their memories. In their old uniforms they turn St. Tropez upside down.
Starring: Louis de Funès, Jean Lefebvre, Guy Grosso, Michel Modo, Christian Marin, Michel Galabru
Director: Jean Girault
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Tags: Christian Marin, Guy Grosso, Jean Girault, Jean Lefebvre, Louis de Funès, Michel Galabru, Michel Modo
Posted on April 12, 2013 |
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Le gendarme se marie / The Gendarme Gets Married (1968)
Comedy
At the start of the summer holidays, 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. Whilst chasing a speeding Mercedes, he himself ends up committing driving offences, for which he is severely reprimanded. Later, Cruchot finds the speeding car parked outside his police barracks and he is determined to bring its driver to book. It turns out that the driver is none other than Josépha (Claude Gensac), the widow of a highly regarded police colonel. When they meet, Cruchot falls instantly in love..
Starring: Louis de Funès, Jean Lefebvre, Geneviève Grad, Christian Marin, Guy Grosso, Michel Modo, Michel Galabru
Director: Jean Girault
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Tags: Christian Marin, Geneviève Grad, Guy Grosso, Jean Girault, Jean Lefebvre, Louis de Funès, Michel Galabru, Michel Modo
Posted on April 12, 2013 |
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Le gendarme à New York / The Gendarme in New York (1965)
Comedy
Louis De Funes once again stars as the cop in this situation comedy sequel to Le Gendarme De Saint Tropez. De Funes is unaware his daughter Nicole (Genevieve Grad) is a stowaway on his trip to the international police convention in New York City. He chases his daughter all over the core of the Big Apple in a series of situation comedy capers
Starring: Louis de Funès, Michel Galabru, Christian Marin, Guy Grosso, Michel Modo, Jean Lefebvre, Geneviève Grad
Director: Jean Girault
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Tags: Christian Marin, Geneviève Grad, Guy Grosso, Jean Girault, Jean Lefebvre, Louis de Funès, Michel Galabru, Michel Modo
Posted on April 12, 2013 |
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Le gendarme de Saint-Tropez / The Gendarme of St. Tropez (1964)
Comedy | Crime
The ambitious police officer Cruchot is transferred to St. Tropez. He's struggling with persistent nude swimmers, but even more with his teenage daughter, who's trying to impress her rich friends by telling them her father was a millionaire and owned a yacht in the harbor. He gets drawn into it when he tries to cover for her when a friend 'lends' the car of her assumed father. It turns out that the real owners of the yacht aren't exactly what they pretend to be either…
Starring: Louis de Funès, Geneviève Grad, Michel Galabru, Christian Marin, Jean Lefebvre, Guy Grosso, Michel Modo
Director: Jean Girault
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Tags: Christian Marin, Geneviève Grad, Guy Grosso, Jean Girault, Jean Lefebvre, Louis de Funès, Michel Galabru, Michel Modo
Posted on January 5, 2013 |
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Pouic-Pouic (1963)
Comedy
Léonard Monestier has made his fortune trading on the stock exchange, but his wife Cynthia almost bankrupts him by selling some of his shares to buy an oil concession in South America. Convinced that the concession is a fake, Monestier decides to sell it on to Antoine Brévin, a naïve millionaire who wants to marry Monestier’s daughter, Patricia.
Starring: Louis de Funès, Mireille Darc, Roger Dumas, Jacqueline Maillan, Christian Marin
Director: Jean Girault
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Tags: Christian Marin, Jacqueline Maillan, Jean Girault, Louis de Funès, Mireille Darc, Roger Dumas
Posted on December 30, 2012 |
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Oscar (1967)
Comedy
One morning, a wealthy business man Bertrand Barnier receives a visit from one of his employees, Christian Martin, who demands both his daughter’s hand in marriage and a substantial pay rise. When Barnier refuses, Christian reveals that he has embezzled a small fortune from the company’s funds, with which he has bought a suitcase full of jewels. When Christian offers to hand over the suitcase, Barnier agrees to the marriage, without realising that Martin’s girlfriend is not really his daughter at all, but a poor girl who is just pretending that Barnier is her father. Before he discovers the truth, Barnier learns that his real daughter is pregnant, by his ex-chauffeur Oscar who has just set off for a polar expedition. Eager to avoid a scandal, Barnier attempts to bribe Christian into marrying his real daughter…
Starring: Roger Van Hool, Louis de Funès, Claude Rich, Mario David, Germaine Delbat
Director: Edouard Molinaro
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Tags: Claude Rich, Edouard Molinaro, Germaine Delbat, Louis de Funès, Mario David, Roger Van Hool
Posted on August 24, 2011 |
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La grande vadrouille / Don't Look Now: We're Being Shot At (1966)
Comedy | War
An allied bomberplane is shot down over Paris by the Germans. Its crew (Terry Thomas as a flight captain) land there by parachute. With the help of some French civilians (Louis de Funès in the role of a conductor and Bourvil as a house painter) they try to escape over the demarcation line into the southern part of France, still not occupied by the Germans.
Starring: Bourvil, Louis de Funès, Claudio Brook, Andréa Parisy, Colette Brosset
Director: Gérard Oury
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Tags: Andréa Parisy, Bourvil, Claudio Brook, Colette Brosset, Gérard Oury, Louis de Funès
