Marc Dudicourt
Biography: Marc Dudicourt (6 March 1932 – 1 May 2021) was a French actor. Son of an industrial designer, he came to live in Paris with his family when he was eleven years old. Passionate about Walt Disney and cartooning, he decided to become a designer and was hired by Jean Image in his drawing workshop. Then, pushed by his colleagues because of his fun side, he decided to take lessons at the Théâtre National Populaire and played in several plays, notably alongside Maria Casarès and Alain Cuny. After the T.N.P. he went to the Comédie de l'Est then to the Villeurbanne theater where he staged Nikolai Gogol]'s Dead Souls, he stayed there for six years, acknowledging that Roger Planchon had taught him everything. He became known to the public for the television series Les nouvelles aventures de Vidocq in 1971, in the role of Flambart. He was the co-founder of the ACE15 association (cultural and event association of the 15th arrondissement of Paris) which runs the Georges Brassens Days in October in Parc Georges-Brassens each year. Dudicourt was also, with his friend Rémi Gidel, founder and president of the 1901 law association "La Vie en Chansons" which aims to defend French song and help young artists to become known. Source: Article "Marc Dudicourt" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: May 06, 1932
Deathday: May 01, 2021
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A Matter of Resistance
1966-01-25
A Matter of Resistance
Overview: In the countryside near Normandy's beaches lives Marie, unhappy. It's 1945, she's married to Jérôme, a somewhat fussy milquetoast, diffident to the war around him and unwilling to move his wife to Paris, where she longs to live, shop, and party. A German outfit is bivouacked at Jérôme and Marie's crumbling château because its commanding officer is pursuing Marie. She's also eyed by a French spy working with the Allies as they plan D-Day. He woos her (posing to the Germans as her brother) and, in his passion, forgets his mission. Heroics come from an unexpected direction, and Marie makes her choice.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1966-01-25
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The Married Couple of the Year Two
1971-04-07
The Married Couple of the Year Two
Overview: Nicolas Philibert goes to America after killing a French aristocrat. On his return he tries to divorce his wife, Charlotte, but when he sees others trying to woo her his own interest is rekindled.
Genres: Adventure Comedy History
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1971-04-07
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Rum Runners
1971-10-13
Rum Runners
Overview: During the prohibition era, Cornelius, a bootlegger, is on the run from the American coastguards. He comes across a silent film actress, Linda, on the set of a movie and falls in love with her.
Genres: Adventure Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1971-10-13
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Don't Deliver Us from Evil
1971-04-05
Don't Deliver Us from Evil
Overview: Anne and Lore, neighbors and best friends, barely into their teens, board at a convent school where they have taken a vow to sin and to serve Satan. Anne keeps a secret diary, they read a salacious novel, they get a classmate in trouble, they spy on the nuns, they set aside their communion wafers; they make a pact of devotion.
Genres: Horror Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1971-04-05
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Le Huguenot récalcitrant
1969-06-14
Le Huguenot récalcitrant
Overview: A historical and tragic backdrop: the dragonnades, the persecution of Protestants after the revocation of the Edict of Nantes. And a comic situation: an insubordinate singer who taunts Louis XIV's soldiers from the top of his rock, driving Marshal Boutre half mad.
Genres: Drama Comedy History TV Movie
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1969-06-14
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Boxer
1995-04-17
Boxer
Overview: Patrick, a not so successful boxer, meets Nathaniel - and adventures started.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1995-04-17
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Tête à claques
1982-02-17
Tête à claques
Overview: Alex Berthier would love to be a famous songwriter. Meanwhile, he has to cope with unemployment, a witty 12 years old son and a rich and cute heiress who tries to help Alex as much as he tries to escape her: she brings nothing but trouble ! Fortunately, luck will strike again.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1982-02-17
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Double mixte
1986-11-07
Double mixte
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Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1986-11-07
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Alors... Heureux ?
1980-01-09
Alors... Heureux ?
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Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1980-01-09
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Oh, Sun
1973-01-04
Oh, Sun
Overview: An educated native of Mauritania tries to find work in Paris but encounters difficulty because of his race.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1973-01-04
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Serious as Pleasure
1975-01-15
Serious as Pleasure
Overview: "In Serieux comme le plaisir, two men and a woman live quite happily together in a romantic liaison. The woman is probably wealthy anyway, so the trio doesn't worry much about money. One day they decide to take a trip in their beat-up car, managing the whole affair in their own special, insouciant manner. They are followed by a suspicious policeman who thinks there's something fishy about this group..."
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1975-01-15
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Incorrigible
1975-10-15
Incorrigible
Overview: Victor Vautier is incorrigible: he's in constant motion, working several cons at once, using different names and changing disguises. He's charming and outrageous, incapable of uttering a sentence that isn't embellished or an outright lie. His life goal is to make enough money to build a sea wall to protect Mont-Saint-Michel. Charlotte, a parole officer, shows up: she's young and seems taken in by Victor. He discovers she lives above the Senlus Museum, where her parents are the curators. With two pals he decides to steal a priceless El Greco triptych and then ransom it back to the cultural ministry. What will Charlotte do when she realizes he's used her to make a fortune?
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1975-10-15
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1001 Nights
1990-04-11
1001 Nights
Overview: Sheherazade has been married to a ruler who wants many wives, but only one at a time. Consequently, as soon as he has bedded them, he has them put to death. In most retellings, the girl staves off this unfortunate conclusion by putting off the connubial event for a thousand and one nights, telling irresistible stories instead. In this one, she gets hold of a magic lamp.
Genres: Fantasy Comedy Adventure
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1990-04-11
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Jupiter's Thigh
1980-02-06
Jupiter's Thigh
Overview: Antoine, a professor of Greek, and Lise, a police inspector, honeymoon in Greece. There they meet a young couple, Charles, an archaeologist, and Agnes, a dishy flirt. Charles unearths the lovely buttocks of a classical statue and is determined to donate it to the Louvre. Agnes wants to sell it and gets a handsome local sailor to take it for an appraisal. When the sailor is murdered, the police suspect Charles and arrest Antoine as his accomplice. Lise swings into action, but before she can clear the men, Agnes springs them from jail, and now Lise must help them elude the police, find the real murderer, and recover the statue fragment. More art goes missing. What is the statue's secret?
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1980-02-06
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The Other Christopher
1963-05-14
The Other Christopher
Overview: The dictator Anastasio rules with an iron fist backed by business-men making deals and speeches about building canals, completely disconnected from the chaos amongst the population. Anastasio is rumored to have died after an incident with a mirror and a violent confrontation after literally crowing as a cock amongst his chicken followers. The afterlife is shown as a casino where Anastasio strong-arms his way into heaven. Divination is used to find the next dictator, and a sailor and his black, peasant sidekick find themselves attempting to start a revolution with an organ, dragging it through the countryside, as the movie explores the country, culture and music.
Genres: Drama Fantasy
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1963-05-14
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Gross Paris
1974-05-01
Gross Paris
Overview: Bernard, a journalist, and his friend Jules, a butcher by trade, are both passionate about horse racing.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1974-05-01
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A Woman in White Revolts
1966-03-25
A Woman in White Revolts
Overview: Preparing her gynecology thesis, Claude Sauvage, at the urging of a village doctor, Vincent Ferrière, agrees to replace him for a few days. During this time, she took it upon herself to abort the schoolteacher, who was afraid of giving birth to a handicapped child. But an anonymous letter denounces her, and she goes on trial.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1966-03-25
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Give Her the Moon
1970-02-25
Give Her the Moon
Overview: Marie, a young provincial girl, is seduced by an American billionaire. She agrees to stay with him if he moves her village to New York.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1970-02-25
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Ces messieurs de la gâchette
1970-04-08
Ces messieurs de la gâchette
Overview: Gabriel Pelletier's life is no bed of roses. Not because of his job: he is a successful sales manager. But on account of the various wrongdoings committed by his kin. First, there is his daughter Nicole, who has just developed an infatuation with a young man who is not only a revolutionary student but the the son of a Sicilian mobster as well. Then he has to cope with Bernard, his brother-in-law, a ladies'man who has been vamped by one of the sexy daughters of the Sicilian. Let's not forget Albert, his own brother, an avant-garde filmmaker also in trouble with Lombardi, the omnipresent gangster. To crown it all, Maryse, his domestic worker, is a Maoist militant!... In the end, poor Gabriel can't take it anymore. He hits the road and calls it quits.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1970-04-08
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Like a Pot of Strawberries
1974-09-11
Like a Pot of Strawberries
Overview: Amandine is twenty years old, the most beautiful buttocks in Paris, and unfortunately a very ugly nose, which forces her in her profession of model, to pose only from behind. Trying in vain to save money that her sister Joëlle constantly borrows from her, she will finally be reimbursed and will thus be able to afford aesthetic surgery and become a lovely cover girl...
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1974-09-11
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L'aigle à deux têtes
1975-07-24
L'aigle à deux têtes
Overview: A queen lives secluded in her chambers, mourning the loss of her husband on their wedding day ten years from then. Stanislas, a suicidal poet and anarchist, enters her apartments with the intent of killing her. When he appears, wounded, fleeing the guards, she is struck by his resemblance to the late king...
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1975-07-24
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The Thief of Paris
1967-02-22
The Thief of Paris
Overview: In Paris around 1900, a young man raised by his wealthy uncle plots revenge after his cousin is betrothed to a rich neighbor. He steals the fiancé's family jewels, reveling in the thrill, and sets off on a lifelong path of burglary.
Genres: Comedy Crime Drama History
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1967-02-22
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A Cloud in the Teeth
1974-05-01
A Cloud in the Teeth
Overview: Malisard is a reporter at "Soir de Paris", his colleague Prévot is a photographer. Together, they roam the streets of Paris.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1974-05-01
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La Main passe
1972-12-31
La Main passe
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Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1972-12-31
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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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Azaïs
1968-11-09
Azaïs
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1968-11-09
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L'École des contribuables
1972-06-26
L'École des contribuables
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1972-06-26
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Les Filles
1977-03-19
Les Filles
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1977-03-19
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L'Exercice du pouvoir
1978-03-08
L'Exercice du pouvoir
Overview: At the turn of the century, an unusual woman refuses to become an object to be desired or played with. Instead she wants to succeed on the stage of politics in the Third Republic.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1978-03-08
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Very Happy Alexander
1968-02-09
Very Happy Alexander
Overview: Alexandre, a young and honest farmer, is oppressed by an authoritarian wife, who makes him work like a dog. When she dies in a car crash, he decides to stay in bed, absolutely free and inactive. Just a dog is occupied to carry food and newspapers to him.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1968-02-09
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King of Hearts
1966-12-21
King of Hearts
Overview: An ornithologist mistaken for an explosives expert is sent alone into a small French town during WWI to investigate a garbled report from the resistance about a bomb which the departing Germans have set to blow up a weapons cache.
Genres: Comedy Drama War
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1966-12-21
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Bang Bang
1967-05-18
Bang Bang
Overview: Sheila's uncle has just died; many of his relatives come, but,much to their displeasure, it's his niece who inherits his private detective agency. But she must first go through a training in a school: gymnastic, assault course, machine gun shooting; she must also learn how to cheat at card games .Her first mission is to find back gangster La Rafale's fiancee, Genevieve, who ran away with another gang. She meets a handsome Interpol lieutenant she falls in love with.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1967-05-18
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Made in U.S.A
1967-01-27
Made in U.S.A
Overview: Paula Nelson goes to Atlantic City to meet her lover, Richard Politzer, but finds him dead and decides to investigate his death. In her hotel room, she meets Typhus, whom she ends up knocking out. His corpse is later found in the apartment of David Goodis, a writer. Paula is arrested and interrogated. From then on, she encounters many gangsters.
Genres: Crime Mystery Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1967-01-27
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My Russian Uncle
2006-12-10
My Russian Uncle
Overview: Officially declared missing in 1945, Gaston Boissac suddenly comes back at 70 years old in his home village.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2006-12-10
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Frantic
1988-02-19
Frantic
Overview: The wife of an American doctor suddenly vanishes in Paris and, to find her, he navigates a puzzling web of language, locale, laissez-faire cops, triplicate-form filling bureaucrats and a defiant, mysterious waif who knows more than she tells.
Genres: Thriller Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-02-19
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Beaumarchais the Scoundrel
1996-03-20
Beaumarchais the Scoundrel
Overview: Beaumarchais the Scoundrel is a biopic film based on the life of the French playwright, financier and spy Pierre Beaumarchais depicting his activities during the American War of Independence and his authorship of the Figaro trilogy of plays.
Genres: Adventure History Romance
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1996-03-20
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The Secret of the Selenites
1984-02-01
The Secret of the Selenites
Overview: The film follows the adventures of Baron Munchausen, who is prompted to travel to the moon by his cousin Sirius, an astrologer convinced that it is inhabited by an ancient race called the Selenites. The Selentites incidentally possess the secret of immortality. The Baron takes up his cousin's offer and travels to the moon using a tall masted ship pulled by three hot air balloons and he is aided by his super-ability friends (who are from the prequel to this film, The Fabulous Adventures of the Legendary Baron Munchausen). When they reach the moon, they are initially placed in jeopardy as their craft lands in a crater and they fall into a subterranean sea inhabited by monsters...
Genres: Family Animation Fantasy Science Fiction
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1984-02-01
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The Dangerous Mission
1975-04-22
The Dangerous Mission
Overview: 1944. A young French soldier is involved, without really wanting it, into American operations for Liberation.
Genres: War Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1975-04-22
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