Max Desrau
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Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: March 21, 1918
Deathday: September 29, 2001
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The Magnificent One
1973-11-23
The Magnificent One
Overview: A writer of pulpy book series in which he's the hero and his beautiful English roommate is the love interest attempts to finish his new book in time at the publisher's demand.
Genres: Comedy Romance Action Adventure
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1973-11-23
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Small Local Trains
1960-12-30
Small Local Trains
Overview: 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 the union, Gérard joins the company on their next tour. In an attempt to heal the rift, Durand’s wife goes after Gérard and ends up performing in their next play…
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1960-12-30
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Wonderful Mentality
1953-03-14
Wonderful Mentality
Overview: Honoré, a valet, has an extremely logical mind and is unable to tell a lie. This comes in very fortunate for the family he works for.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1953-03-14
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His Father's Portrait
1953-10-29
His Father's Portrait
Overview: Paul has to leave his country home to collect his father's inheritance of a department store. A natural-born son, Paul's stepmother gives him a cold reception, and he's appalled by the behavior of his half-sister Dominique, an existentialist of the highest order. Paul's gumption restores the Galeries Parisiennes to its former glory, and he gives a farewell present to a more subdued Dominique. He returns to his village, arm in arm with the wise Marie-Louise, ex-saleswoman at the Grand Magasin.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1953-10-29
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La Coquine
1968-11-28
La Coquine
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1968-11-28
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The Sheep Has Five Legs
1954-09-24
The Sheep Has Five Legs
Overview: A publicity-minded French mayor reunites quintuplets and their earthy father, all six played by Fernandel.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1954-09-24
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Snobs!
1962-09-05
Snobs!
Overview: Four vice-presidents fight among themselves to reach the top post after the president dies. Their wives take part in the various schemes to downgrade the opposition by unorthodox means.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1962-09-05
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The Comedy of Work
1988-03-02
The Comedy of Work
Overview: Sylvain Berg, a "professional" unemployed who spends his time hiking and mountain climbing, and "model" bank employee Benoît Constant, who has just been fired and does not want his wife to find out, both find themselves in Françoise Duru's office at an employment agency. Françoise is secretly in love with Sylvain, so in order to keep him close she convinces her employer to give Sylvain a job he doesn't want, instead of Benoit who not only wants it but also has the right qualifications.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1988-03-02
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Life is beautiful
1956-10-05
Life is beautiful
Overview: Paris, 1956. Everything is going smoothly for Roger, married to Denise, and Paul, married to Monique, until the day they win a house in a radio contest. The difficulties of living together and the intrusion of their parents-in-law lead to a falling out.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1956-10-05
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Les Lumières du soir
1956-11-07
Les Lumières du soir
Overview: A young opera dancer tries to help her mother financially by performing in a dubious cabaret.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1956-11-07
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Les Duraton
1956-03-02
Les Duraton
Overview: Jules Duraton is the headmaster of Chatelbourg's high school. He is happily married, has a teenage daughter named Solange, and everything would be for the best of all possible worlds if he and his family were not the namesakes of the protagonists of a famous comic series broadcast every day on Radio Monde "La Famille Duraton". Day after day, the real-life Duratons are made fun of because of their surname and Jules just can't take it any more. That is why he decides to sue the radio station responsible for his misfortune.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1956-03-02
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L'oeil en coulisse
1953-07-19
L'oeil en coulisse
Overview: Wounded during a rugby match he'd come to Paris to play, Tonin Bonnafous, a thoroughbred southerner, settled in Paris with a former stalag mate he'd happily met. Tonin liked the asylum. His friends are charming, and there's a neighbor, Martine, a young cinema extra, whom Tonin finds to his liking. Through his electrician friend, Tonin gets a job on the radio, and through his young neighbor, he even gets a job as an extra in the cinema.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1953-07-19
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Five Million in Cash
1957-04-11
Five Million in Cash
Overview: Philémon De Montfilet came first in his year in the prestigious engineering school "Poly Art Technique" because of an epidemic which brought all the other examination candidates down.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1957-04-11
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My Darned Father
1958-06-25
My Darned Father
Overview: Roger, editor of a women's magazine, meets Roberte, his friend Jean's former mistress, at a major couturier's during a collection presentation. Roberte, who now lives in Florence with her niece Maria, asks Roger to arrange a student exchange so that Maria can come to Paris to perfect her French. Roger approaches Jean's son Philippe, a student at the Beaux-Arts, who agrees to go to Florence. Maria and Philippe meet on the platform at Pisé station. They miss their respective trains and take a walk together. A flirtation begins, then each goes back to the other. Jean finds Maria charming and, like an unrepentant Don Juan, decides to win her over, but thanks to his old maid, his intrigues come to nothing and Maria can marry Philippe.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1958-06-25
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Qu'est-ce qui fait craquer les filles...
1982-06-23
Qu'est-ce qui fait craquer les filles...
Overview: The owner of a casino and the owner of a luxury hotel in Deauville are eternal rivals.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1982-06-23
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The Busybody
1961-12-20
The Busybody
Overview: André Loriot works for Dr Clairac in a laboratory producing euphoric pills. He searches in vain for an apartment where he can settle down and start a family with the woman who loves him, Juliette. To motivate himself and cope with the setbacks he encounters, he decides to swallow an excessive dose of euphoriants.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1961-12-20
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Stop the Massacre
1959-11-11
Stop the Massacre
Overview: Promoted to wrestling champion by chance, Tonin, known as le Bourreau de l'Ardèche, moves to Paris. He is quickly snapped up by Monsieur Bob, a self-styled manager who, in reality, hides his dealings under the cover of a nightclub, but who is also Tonin's regimental buddy. So Tonin acts as a front man, while Bob provides him with fake victories. The beautiful Wanda, the gangster's mistress, appeals to Tonin; she's charitable and sets him on the right path. He returns to the Ardèche and marries the daughter of the village mayor, after learning what a dangerous protector Bob is.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1959-11-11
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The Motorcycle Cops
1959-03-18
The Motorcycle Cops
Overview: Marc, a motorcycle brigadier, is engaged to the charming Véronique. But his future brother-in-law, the clumsy Roger, leader of a Sunday motorcycle gang, has set his sights on joining the motorcycle police.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1959-03-18
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En bordée
1958-09-10
En bordée
Overview: The two merrymakers Cartahu and Bailladrisse sail together on a cargo ship. When customs officers come aboard to conduct a search, Cartahu is unaware of a drug dealer's accomplice, who hides the box of narcotics in Cartahu's bag, which has already been visited. Unsuspecting, the two comrades go ashore, taking the precious box with them. At the hotel, by mistake, their luggage is given to another person. To recover the merchandise, the traffickers pursue the two friends, who nevertheless manage to have the whole gang arrested; and, after being tempted by pretty women to live with them, prefer to set sail for new adventures.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1958-09-10
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The Girls of La Rochelle
1962-08-22
The Girls of La Rochelle
Overview: July 13, 1389. On the initiative of the Mayor, warned by a famous astrologer, the town of La Rochelle is getting ready - 400 years in advance! to celebrate the Fête Nationale with dignity! But the English, who already held almost every square in the Kingdom of France, set their sights on La Rochelle. The enemy fleet cruised off the coast, and while preparations for the festivities continued, orders were given to stretch the enormous chain that was to block access to the port between the two towers. However, this complicated maneuver and responsibility fear to provoke countless avatars.... The fatuity of the captain of the guards, Thimoléon, the reckless coquetry of the governor's daughter, Hiildegarde, the thick stupidity of the adjutant, the deceitfulness of the traitor and the scheming of a mysterious Scotsman lead the city to the brink of the abyss, while the people, excited, stage a fleeting riot in which the daughters of La Rochelle will have the last word.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1962-08-22
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Miss Catastrophe
1957-01-25
Miss Catastrophe
Overview: A talented but crazy painter, Elvire Mercier agrees to sell one of her canvases to Pierre Leroy, a rich heir. But after a string of misunderstandings, she hands her painting over to a swindler. And her problems have only just begun.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1957-01-25
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Croquemitoufle
1959-05-20
Croquemitoufle
Overview: Returning from a two-year stay in Terre Adélie, explorer Bernard Villiers meets up with his best friend, Thomas Desjardins, whose diplomatic duties call him to London. While Thomas is away, Bernard learns that Catherine, his wife, has run off with his collaborator Michel. Out of friendship for Thomas, and always resourceful, he follows the couple and tries to separate them. He does so much, in fact, that he falls in love with Catherine.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1959-05-20
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The Heirs
1960-03-09
The Heirs
Overview: Rival brother and sister Gaëtan and Chantal, the last heirs of the late billionaire financier Omar Porassis, use every trick in the book to try and claim his fabulous inheritance when two of Omar's natural sons, Roger and Marc, are found. The brother and sister try to manipulate Marc and Roger into stealing their inheritance. After discovering the deception, the two half-brothers join forces to escape the many traps set by Gaëtan and Chantal, who try to eliminate them by any means necessary.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1960-03-09
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Les baratineurs
1965-02-01
Les baratineurs
Overview: A precious work of art from the Italian Renaissance is stolen and passes through many hands before ending up in the shed of the farmhouse of Mr. and Mrs. Dujardin, fishmongers, who are inaugurating their luxury fish shop that very day. But the antique dealers, the free-riders and the bargain-hunters are there. They are jealously careful not to pass on the fruit of their clever investigations to their rivals, for all of them, after a picturesque treasure hunt, know that the Dujardin family own the famous Duranti altarpiece. But where have they hidden it themselves?
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1965-02-01
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Clodo
1971-06-15
Clodo
Overview: Clodo, a gentle mongrel dog, isn't having much luck. His shaggy appearance has earned him the name of hobo. Often scolded by his Parisian masters for being a nuisance, his only consolation is Cathy, his youngest daughter. Unfortunately, she can't stop her parents from abandoning Clodo at vacation time. Fabien, a young farmer, takes the dog in, despite the hostility of his family. Fabien is secretly in love with his childhood friend, Arlène, "la demoiselle du château", who has left to study in Paris. But she returns home after a disappointment. Their relationship resumes.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1971-06-15
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Mimsy Were the Borogoves
1970-09-06
Mimsy Were the Borogoves
Overview: Philippe and Sylvie bring home a small container they found on the way from school and strange things start happen...
Genres: Science Fiction Family Adventure
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1970-09-06
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The Boss of Champignol
1966-03-16
The Boss of Champignol
Overview: Claudius finds a foal and takes it home to his boss. The men who stole the animal are looking for him. Claudius names him Champignol and trains him for racing. When he grows up, Champignol wins a regional race. But the thieves return, and Claudius is forced to do odd jobs to keep his horse.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1966-03-16
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La bonne peinture
1967-11-24
La bonne peinture
Overview: A light philosophical movie about a painter who has the ability to produce paintings that can feed people's stomach by watching them.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1967-11-24
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Le Médecin malgré lui
1973-08-31
Le Médecin malgré lui
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Genres: Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1973-08-31
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La Bonne Planque
1964-04-30
La Bonne Planque
Overview: Émile and Fredo are two crooks who have just committed an armed robbery in a Paris bank. To escape the police, Émile, accompanied by his friend Lulu, takes refuge in the apartment of Antoine Perrin, a peaceful civil servant at the Ministry of Agriculture and amateur musician with the group Les Joyeux Colibris. Lulu offers to seduce him in order to prevent him from getting hit on the coffee pot.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1964-04-30
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La Pomme
1985-11-22
La Pomme
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1985-11-22
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The Novice Lovers
1973-02-03
The Novice Lovers
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1973-02-03
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Am Stram Gram
1976-06-03
Am Stram Gram
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1976-06-03
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Je l'aimais trop
1983-08-05
Je l'aimais trop
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1983-08-05
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Les enquiquineurs
1966-11-09
Les enquiquineurs
Overview: Monsieur Eloy, his wife and their ten-year-old son, Zizi, are off to their country home for the weekend. When they arrive, the two men settle into the garden, while Madame gets down to her cooking. When an embassy official and his wife invite themselves for lunch, the whole household is in an uproar.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1966-11-09
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Let's Rob the Bank
1964-02-25
Let's Rob the Bank
Overview: 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 himself shamelessly robbed by the bank; it seems only fair to him to return the 'favor' and rob the bank, teaming up with the whole family as they were all duped. Even for professionals such an enterprise -he decides to dig a tunnel- is quite demanding, but for simple commoners it's daunting, as they also have their personal downsides; thus Victor's wife has a most unwelcome tendency to blurt out the truth, even to the grumpy local copper: a crazy risk when you need to keep a criminal plan secret.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1964-02-25
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The One Man Band
1970-09-18
The One Man Band
Overview: 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 father…
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1970-09-18
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Zazie dans le Métro
1960-10-28
Zazie dans le Métro
Overview: A brash and precocious ten-year-old comes to Paris for a whirlwind weekend with her rakish uncle.
Genres: Comedy Fantasy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1960-10-28
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Huckleberry Finn
1967-01-28
Huckleberry Finn
Overview: A TV movie about Huckleberry Finn, directed by Marcel Cravenne and released in France back in 1967.
Genres: Adventure Family
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1967-01-28
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Pétain
1993-05-05
Pétain
Overview: During second world war,Philippe Pétain gets absolute powers.The war ends with the arrival of allied forces by Petainism has not been put on trial.
Genres: War History
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1993-05-05
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The Executioner of Hearts
1983-10-12
The Executioner of Hearts
Overview: While filming on location in Tahiti, a small-time actor seizes an opportunity to make it big, but the attention may be more than he bargained for.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1983-10-12
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For a Cop's Hide
1981-09-09
For a Cop's Hide
Overview: Victim of manipulation, Cop Choucas is wanted for two murders and searched for by every cop in town.
Genres: Thriller Action Romance Crime
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1981-09-09
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Last Known Address
1970-02-25
Last Known Address
Overview: Marceau Léonetti, a competent and energetic officer stops by chance the son of an influential lawyer driving under the influence of alcohol. A few months later, the lawyer falsely accuses Léonetti as being violent and incompetent. As a result Marceau is transferred to a small police station, where he meets young and beautiful Jeanne. Soon they are faced with a tough investigation.
Genres: Thriller Crime
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1970-02-25
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Deux Romains en Gaule
1967-02-25
Deux Romains en Gaule
Overview: This film is directly inspired by Asterix, created by René Goscinny and Albert UDERZO, chronicles the adventures of a little boy, Antoine, entered the world of antiquity by studying its history lesson and two Romans, and TICKETBUS PROSPECTUS, who prefer to leave their life of legionnaires and discover the lifestyle of Gaulois.Antoine meeting Asterix cartoon form, which explains certain peculiarities of life in Lutetia.
Genres: Comedy Animation TV Movie
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1967-02-25
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Thank Heaven for Small Favors
1963-08-28
Thank Heaven for Small Favors
Overview: Bad financial conditions compel an aristocratic family to do strange work.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1963-08-28
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Mata Hari, Agent H21
1964-01-29
Mata Hari, Agent H21
Overview: Ordered to seduce French captain and steal from him classified papers, Mata Hari, an exotic dancer and a spy, instead falls in love with him and blows the cover.
Genres: Drama History Romance War
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1964-01-29
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Fais gaffe à la gaffe !
1981-04-01
Fais gaffe à la gaffe !
Overview: Based on the comic strip about the hopeless but lovable slacker Gaston who drives his colleagues crazy at the office.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1981-04-01
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