Christian Brocard
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Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: July 15, 1930
Deathday: N/A
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Known For
Don't Look Now... We're Being Shot At!
1966-12-08
Don't Look Now... We're Being Shot At!
Overview: 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 able to escape to England. First, they must avoid German troops – and the consequences of their own blunders.
Genres: Comedy War
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1966-12-08
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Greed in the Sun
1964-04-17
Greed in the Sun
Overview: A truck driver ventures into the Moroccan desert to retrieve a stolen truck, facing danger, bad luck, and uneasy alliances. Chaos builds to a climactic showdown.
Genres: Action Adventure Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1964-04-17
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The Delinquents
1960-06-22
The Delinquents
Overview: Jean-Pierre, who has escaped from prison, tries to reintegrate into society with the help of workers at a construction site.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1960-06-22
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The Big Flag
1954-06-21
The Big Flag
Overview: For Naval officers duty comes first. Navy Lieutenant Favrel is one of these men. He has promised his wife Simone to stay with her all the time but a last mission aboard a training cruiser makes him realize that his life is tied to the sea. For his part, Navy cadet Pierre Hardouin understands that sailing is his vocation. The prospect of staying home alone while Pierre is on mission, frightens Madeleine, the girl of his heart. But the young woman ends up accepting the ordeal and marrying Pierre.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1954-06-21
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Et ta sœur...
1958-09-24
Et ta sœur...
Overview: Bastien du Boccage is a repeat offender: hasn't he been sent to jail no fewer than six times? But he is no ordinary criminal mind you. As a matter of fact he is a newspaper editor and should have no problems with justice. The trouble is that he has a sister, Lucrèce, who is agony aunt in his newspaper and who tends not to mince her words. To make matters worse, Francine, his daughter, has fallen in love with Bruno, a penniless student and Lucrèce is prepared to do anything to prevent her marriage..
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1958-09-24
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Paris Pick-Up
1962-05-04
Paris Pick-Up
Overview: On Christmas night, an ex-convict meets a beautiful, married Italian woman who has a lot of things to hide.
Genres: Crime Thriller
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1962-05-04
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The Happy Road
1957-06-20
The Happy Road
Overview: Two children run away from a Swiss boarding school and set out for Paris, with their frantic parents in hot pursuit.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-06-20
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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 400 Blows
1959-06-03
The 400 Blows
Overview: For young Parisian boy Antoine Doinel, life is one difficult situation after another. Surrounded by inconsiderate adults, including his neglectful parents, Antoine spends his days with his best friend, Rene, trying to plan for a better life. When one of their schemes goes awry, Antoine ends up in trouble with the law, leading to even more conflicts with unsympathetic authority figures.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1959-06-03
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Murderers and Thieves
1956-10-24
Murderers and Thieves
Overview: A man becomes the lover of his former persecutor's wife.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1956-10-24
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Pas de souris dans le business
1955-04-08
Pas de souris dans le business
Overview: Without seeming to touch it, journalist Trupeau is interested in the doings of Mireille, a jewelry store saleswoman. A certain Jojo is hanging around the young girl, and not for the right reasons, but to pull off a "heist". Although one of his men betrays him and has to be shot, Jojo succeeds. The police investigate, question and pursue Mireille. Exasperated and disillusioned, the pretty salesgirl shoots Jojo. Fortunately, the journalist is there to prove that she's as white as an ermine. And the ch timents rain down on the culprits.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1955-04-08
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The Itchy Palm
1960-02-03
The Itchy Palm
Overview: A widow in her fifties,Madame Lacoste ,meets Jean when they both come to put their pussy in a cattery.The man borrows a hefty sum from her ,to send his sick young son to breathe the fresh air of the country ,or so he said;in fact there's no son at all.He gives the money to his mistress who claims she's pregnant by him and who wants to have an abortion.She lies too ,for she does not expect any child and she intends to help the young man she's in love with to buy a scooter.But the latter does not care about her either and intends to marry a "rich " girl ....who's actually the concierge's daughter.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1960-02-03
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Lovers on a Tightrope
1960-04-06
Lovers on a Tightrope
Overview: Cora, the wife of a wealthy Parisian businessman, Daniel, is involved in an affair with Henri, an unscrupulous garage mechanic who has set his sights on Cora's fortune. Daniel becomes suspicious and hires a detective to investigate, but the detective is unsuccessful in pinpointing Cora's extramarital activities.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1960-04-06
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This Pretty World
1957-09-27
This Pretty World
Overview: Pépito runs a gang of thugs with authority. He has a natural son, Gaston, a professor of literature in Aix-en-Provence, whom he has hardly ever seen. Gaston announces himself for Christmas, and Pépito decides to make him look good by moving into his headquarters: a château where the crooks will be able to exercise their talents as composers.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1957-09-27
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Law of the Streets
1956-04-25
Law of the Streets
Overview: 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, and the benevolent friendship of Father Blain, the bistro owner, give him the desire for regular work. "Jo le Grec", a pimp jealous of Dédé's friendship with Yves, seduces Wanda, a prostitute he loves, and shoots Dédé dead. Blain prevents him from doing the same to Yves, and shoots him in turn. Yves can live an honest life with Zette and the baby she's expecting.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1956-04-25
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Match contre la mort
1959-12-02
Match contre la mort
Overview: The Lourmel couple are taking part in the final round of a TV game show: the wife has to answer questions; if she fails, her husband drives a racing car to make up the lost minutes. Moments before the start of the show, a phone call informs Lourmel that her six-year-old son has been kidnapped, and that the ransom is the amount to be won on the game show.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1959-12-02
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The Cat
1958-04-19
The Cat
Overview: During the Occupation, Cora takes the place of her dead husband at the head of a Resistance network. One evening, she sympathizes with Bernard, a Swiss journalist. However, he is actually an undercover German officer who is close to the man ordered to find her using an Identikit picture...
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1958-04-19
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Tête folle
1960-03-30
Tête folle
Overview: Following an operation, Annie no longer remembers her eleven years of marriage or her children. Her memory stops at the time when she was being courted by Pierre, now the family friend. Unable to bear seeing his wife in love with someone else, her husband tries to restore her memory.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1960-03-30
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Keep Talking, Baby
1961-10-06
Keep Talking, Baby
Overview: Ex-boxer Eddie is framed for murder. While serving time, he tries to clear his name and uncover the real culprit behind the deadly setup.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1961-10-06
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Monsieur
1964-04-22
Monsieur
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1964-04-22
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Midnight Meeting
1961-01-01
Midnight Meeting
Overview: A woman becomes distressed by the resemblance between the plot of a film and the reality of her own life. But what is reality: life or film?
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1961-01-01
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Over the Wall
1961-08-22
Over the Wall
Overview: Simone and Jean have just married and, looking for a home in the Paris region, are lucky enough to find a house with a garden in a residential suburb. Expecting their first child, the young couple began to observe how the parents of neighboring families were raising theirs.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1961-08-22
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The Two Orphans
1965-05-24
The Two Orphans
Overview: A story about two girls who grew up as sisters, were separated and finally met again.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1965-05-24
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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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Elevator to the Gallows
1958-01-29
Elevator to the Gallows
Overview: A self-assured businessman murders his employer, the husband of his mistress, which unintentionally provokes an ill-fated chain of events.
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1958-01-29
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Diabolique
1955-01-29
Diabolique
Overview: The cruel and abusive headmaster of a boarding school, Michel Delassalle, is murdered by an unlikely duo -- his meek wife and the mistress he brazenly flaunts. The women become increasingly unhinged by a series of odd occurrences after Delassalle's corpse mysteriously disappears.
Genres: Horror Thriller Mystery
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1955-01-29
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The Pirates of the Bois du Bologne
1954-05-31
The Pirates of the Bois du Bologne
Overview: 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, they sawed down trees in the Bois de Boulogne. With the support of Caroline Grossac and her mother, they were backed by M. Grossac, a comfortable businessman with a keen sense of publicity. Launched in Saint-Tropez, the raft made only a short crossing. Nevertheless, the new privateers are acclaimed, and the wilful shipwreck business is so successful that it makes Hector and Annette rich, while Cyprien marries Mlle Grossac.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1954-05-31
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Hardboiled Egg Time
1958-03-19
Hardboiled Egg Time
Overview: A shy, penniless employee of the garage owner Grillot, the gentle Louis wins $10 million in the lottery. Flitting along the banks of the Seine, he takes in Raoul Grandvivier, an unknown, untalented painter who has just botched a spectacular suicide intended to draw attention to himself. Raoul takes him back to his studio, where he meets his charming daughter Lucie. In order to see Lucie again, with whom he is in love, Louis offers to sell the paintings. In reality, he's the one paying for them, to make it look like a wealthy art lover.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1958-03-19
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Auguste
1961-10-24
Auguste
Overview: Auguste is about an eponymous bank clerk who finds fame and fortune. Auguste happens to be in the right place at the right time to save young starlet Francine from killing herself -- or more accurately, pretending to kill herself. His supposed heroism hits the news, and before Auguste knows what is happening, a Machiavellian publicist is using him for his own ends. The bank clerk is no fool and soon thinks of a way to come out on top.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1961-10-24
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The Seventh Commandment
1957-02-01
The Seventh Commandment
Overview: Princesse Nadia Vronskaïa is a veteran con artist who uses her feminine wiles to bilk wealthy, susceptible old men. Inevitably, she outsmarts herself when she falls in love with one of her victims. In concert with her new beau, she turns the tables on her former partners in crime.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1957-02-01
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Maxime
1958-11-26
Maxime
Overview: Story of an aging dandy who is the factotum and arranger of female conquests for a brusque young millionaire.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1958-11-26
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The Pavements of Paris
1961-02-19
The Pavements of Paris
Overview: Arlette has too provincial parents to whom she announces her plan about own independence. After her departure, Marc, her absent fiance seek for her in vain in Paris until he discovers her picture on the magazine cover.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1961-02-19
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Maigret and the St. Fiacre Case
1959-09-02
Maigret and the St. Fiacre Case
Overview: Police Commissioner Jules Maigret returns to the small village where he spent his childhood at the request of the Countess of Saint-Fiacre, who has received a disturbing anonymous letter.
Genres: Drama Mystery Thriller
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1959-09-02
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Papa, Mama, the Maid and I
1954-11-26
Papa, Mama, the Maid and I
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Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1954-11-26
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Les Hommes en blanc
1955-05-09
Les Hommes en blanc
Overview: Jean Nerac completes his medical studies, sure of a successful career, but less sure of his attempts with fellow student Marianne, who refuses to accept him. Nerac leaves for the Auvergne. An old doctor will soon die, but replacing him will be difficult, as one of Jean's colleagues has failed. However, with patience, skill, modesty and friendship, Jean Nerac overcame the mistrust of his patients. He settled in these austere mountains, and Marianne, convinced of the young man's worth, helped him with her presence.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1955-05-09
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Papa, Mama, My Wife and Me
1955-10-18
Papa, Mama, My Wife and Me
Overview: 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 parents. For, despite the good will on either side, tension soon arises. What else to expect when there is too little space in their Montmartre apartment for four people (then for six then eight, the couple having... two pairs of twins!) ; the continued presence there of Fernand (who loves peace and quiet) after he is driven to retirement ; the difficult beginnings of Robert as a lawyer in a room of the apartment, etc... Other troubles follow and the harried family is on the verge of implosion...
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1955-10-18
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The Gardener of Argenteuil
1966-10-07
The Gardener of Argenteuil
Overview: Tulipe, is an old man who lives alone in an old railway carriage in the Argentueil region of Paris. His main passions are gardening and oil painting, but he also has a secret source of income. His godson discovers that Tulipe is actually a master forger, producing perfect copies of 10 franc notes. His godson’s girlfriend sees this as an opportunity to get very rich – but she must persuade Tulipe to forge 500 franc notes. Assuming Tulipe’s agreement, his godson and his girlfriend buy an expensive new car and luxury villa in provincial France – but there is a cruel turn of fate in store for them when Tulipe strikes up a friendship with a millionaire playboy.
Genres: Crime Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1966-10-07
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A Certain Mr. Jo
1958-04-16
A Certain Mr. Jo
Overview: Jo Guardini, now the peaceful owner of a charming inn by the banks of the River Marne, once was a dreaded gangster. The respectful citizen does not want to have anything to do with the underworld any more. Unfortunately, two of his former accomplices kidnap a little girl and decide to hide her in his hotel. What will Jo do : side with the law in the person of inspector Loriot or have a relapse in crime?
Genres: Mystery Crime
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1958-04-16
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Illicit Motherhood
1953-10-09
Illicit Motherhood
Overview: A group of drifting youngsters train to commit petty thefts. A certain André puts them on the trail of a real hold-up. They might carry it out if a suicide attempt didn't stop them. A young woman throws herself into the river. They save her, comfort her, learn that she's pregnant. They surround her with their friendship. When André reappears and seizes Lucienne to throw her on the pavement, everyone unites to save her, and the kind-hearted Maurice offers to be the baby's loving father.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1953-10-09
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Only the Cool
1970-06-03
Only the Cool
Overview: A network of spies affects the lives of people in and out of the organization in this espionage drama. Dominique is the neglected wife of a spy who tracks him down at a Paris antique shop. Finding him with a female spy, the enraged wife shoots both of them. Dominique hides out on a boat while the police investigate the murders, and international spies scramble to recover some missing microfilm. Helen is the spy boss who orders a hit man to go after Dominique.
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1970-06-03
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Let the Shooters Shoot
1964-06-27
Let the Shooters Shoot
Overview: A top-secret prototype is stolen from an American base. The man who stole it, Andersen, is murdered. The investigation is led by Jeff Gordon, who discovers in Andersen's papers a photo of a woman identified as Corinne Martin. Jeff Gordon escapes an assassination attempt on his way out of Martin's house and meets Corinne again, who denies any involvement in the robbery. Her husband, in the pay of foreign spies, is in possession of the "repeller". After several scuffles, Jeff Gordon arrests Martin and his accomplices. The prototype is returned to its base.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1964-06-27
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