Fernandel
Biography: Fernand Joseph Désiré Contandin (8 May 1903 – 26 February 1971), better known as Fernandel, was a French actor and singer. Born in Marseille, France, to Désirée Bedouin and Denis Contandin, originating in Perosa Argentina, an Occitan town located in the province of Turin. He was a comedy star who first gained popularity in French vaudeville, operettas, and music-hall revues. His stage name originated from his marriage to Henriette Manse, the sister of his best friend and frequent cinematic collaborator Jean Manse. So attentive was he to his wife that his mother-in-law amusingly referred to him as Fernand d'elle ("Fernand of her"). (Wikipedia)
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: May 08, 1903
Deathday: February 26, 1971
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Known For
1958: Those Who Said No
2018-10-06
1958: Those Who Said No
Overview: On October 4, 2018, France celebrated the 60th anniversary of the Fifth Republic. It is a republic born in the throes of the Algerian War and one which—from the day it was founded by General de Gaulle until the presidency of a very Jupiterian Emmanuel Macron—has been assailed as a “Republican monarchy” by partisans of a more assertive parliamentarian state. By revisiting the struggle of those who dared oppose the new regime — only to suffer a crushing defeat on September 28, 1958, when they were barely able to garner 20% of the vote against the constitutional text — this film shines a powerful new light on the origins of the Fifth Republic and its consequences for the next 60 years. It is a constitutional debate that planted the seeds for a complete upheaval of the French political landscape, on the left in particular, and set the country in motion toward what would be called the Union of the Left.
Genres: Documentary TV Movie History
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2018-10-06
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Les Rois de la comédie
2023-01-01
Les Rois de la comédie
Overview: 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 de Funès with “Oscar” at the theater. On the big screen or on stage, each of these artists has a unique style of humor. They are the kings of French comedy. But how did they manage to become true box office champions? How did they experience their immense popularity? How do they still influence the comedy genre? And above all, are- are they funny in life? Where is the line between their character in the cinema and their real personality?
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2023-01-01
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Ça colle
1933-01-01
Ça colle
Overview: Two average French people decide to paste wallpaper in the dining room of one of them. The result is not up to their intentions.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1933-01-01
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The Return of Don Camillo
1953-06-05
The Return of Don Camillo
Overview: Energetic priest Don Camillo returns to the town of Brescello for more political and personal duels with Communist mayor Peppone.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1953-06-05
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Don Camillo's Last Round
1955-09-29
Don Camillo's Last Round
Overview: Bewildered, Don Camillo learns that Peppone intends to stand for parliament. Determined to thwart his ambitions, the good priest, ignoring the recommendations of the Lord, decides to campaign against him.
Genres: Comedy History
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1955-09-29
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Don Camillo: Monsignor
1961-10-07
Don Camillo: Monsignor
Overview: Don Camillo (now bishop) and Peppone (now senator) return to the town of Brescello and rekindle their friendly rivalry.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1961-10-07
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The Little World of Don Camillo
1952-03-28
The Little World of Don Camillo
Overview: In a village of the Po valley where the earth is hard and life miserly, the priest and the communist mayor are always fighting to be the head of the community. If in secret, they admired and liked each other, politics still divided them as it is dividing the country. And when the mayor wants his "People's House"; the priest wants his "Garden City" for the poor. Division exist between the richest and the poorest, the pious and the atheists and even between lovers. But if the people are hard as the country, they are good in the bottom of there heart.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1952-03-28
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Paris Holiday
1958-04-05
Paris Holiday
Overview: Comedian Bob Hunter is aided by his French counterpart Fernydel and two beautiful blondes when he is targeted for death by a powerful European counterfeiting ring.
Genres: Romance Comedy Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-04-05
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Escale au soleil
1947-01-01
Escale au soleil
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1947-01-01
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The Red Inn
1951-10-19
The Red Inn
Overview: A group of travelers, including a monk, stay in a lonely inn in the mountains. The host confesses the monk his habit of serving poisoned soup to the guests, to rob their possessions and to bury them in the backyard.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1951-10-19
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The Sleepwalker
1951-09-03
The Sleepwalker
Overview: 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 sleepwalking is no bed of roses either, as the good-natured man simply forgets everything after waking up. Fortunately love wins the game in the end. Does that mean that life will become as easy as pie ? Certainly not: the little Bonifaces will be sleepwalkers just like their daddy!
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1951-09-03
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Harvest
1937-10-28
Harvest
Overview: In the 30s, a small village in the Provence is losing its inhabitants because young people prefer to go to the city to find easy jobs and escape from being farmers living in relative poverty. Only a few old people and the poacher Panturle remain. Panturle dreams of bringing the village back to life, finding a wife, founding a family and work as a farmer. One day, the village is visited by a traveling knife-grinder, Urbain Gedemus and a young woman, Arsule. Gedemus treats Arsule like a slave, but Arsule accept this because she has nowhere to go and -we guess- her 'work' with Gedemus is the last thing that saves her from being a prostitute. When she meets Panturle and knows about his dreams, she escapes from Gedemus and decides to stay with him. Together, they start a new life, made of hard farming work but mostly of happiness to have each other - fulfilling the earlier dreams of Panturle. Can anything break the happiness of their new life?
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1937-10-28
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Don Camillo in Moscow
1965-09-18
Don Camillo in Moscow
Overview: Priest Don Camillo blackmails his friendly rival Peppone into letting him join a Communist delegation visiting the Soviet Union.
Genres: Comedy History
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1965-09-18
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Angele
1934-10-26
Angele
Overview: Angèle is a 1934 French drama film directed, produced and written by Marcel Pagnol. It stars Orane Demazis as a naive young woman who is seduced and abandoned. It is based on the novel Un de Baumugnes by Jean Giono.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1934-10-26
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Fric-Frac
1939-06-15
Fric-Frac
Overview: An employee at a jewelry store falls in love with a woman who secretly plans to rob the store.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1939-06-15
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Lilac
1932-03-13
Lilac
Overview: Also known as Lilac, this early Anatole Litvak-directed talkie was based on a play by Tristan Bernard and Charles Henry Hirsch. The story bears traces of the Bertold Brecht-Weill piece The Threepenny Opera, with heroine Lilac (Marcelle Romeo) consorting with the criminal scum of Paris. Lilac falls in love with a handsome detective (Andre Luguet), but he doesn't let his emotions stand in the way of his duty, and in the end he reluctantly turns her over to the authorities. At $120,000, Coeur de Lilas was one of the most expensive movies to come out of France in 1931, but it more than made back its cost at the box-office.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1932-03-13
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Black and White
1931-03-27
Black and White
Overview: A one-night stand with an entertainer threatens to destroy a woman's marriage after she gives birth to a black child.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1931-03-27
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The Lucky Star
1943-03-23
The Lucky Star
Overview: Auguste, a somewhat simple-minded Provençal fisherman, loves and admires Mireille. This concerns only Maurice, son of an important wholesaler, whom scruples do not stifle. Seduced and abandoned, Mireille moves Auguste who tries to mend his poor happiness. The local priest, with wise words, leads Mireille to offer her hand to Auguste.
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1943-03-23
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Josette
1937-01-22
Josette
Overview: Albert Durandal is unable to keep a job for more than a few days. The reason: he hums while working, which invariably irritates his superiors. He is not hired as a singer for all that, as no music producer is prepared to bet on him. At the moment he is as free as a (singing) bird and accepts to take care of Josette, the little daughter of Jeanne, his neighbor, who is sick and has to go to a sanitarium. One day, while walking down the street, he helps an old man who has an attack. The latter happens to be an influential millionaire. And with a heart of gold into the bargain : he helps Albert to make it in the singing career. And as Jeanne has recovered, he can marry her and adopt Josette.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1937-01-22
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Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
1954-12-24
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
Overview: A lord’s servant, Ali Baba, is sent to retrieve a slave for his master, but ends up on an adventure filled with gold, mischief, love, and forty famous thieves instead.
Genres: Adventure Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1954-12-24
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Tu m'as sauvé la vie
1950-09-20
Tu m'as sauvé la vie
Overview: A wealthy baron, without offspring, who knows death is approaching, wants to adopt a man who kept him alive a bit longer, when he was almost run over by a horse drawn cart.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1950-09-20
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Heartbeat
1938-04-15
Heartbeat
Overview: A pompous grocer’s assistant in Marseille annoys a visiting film crew so much that they prank him with a phony acting contract; believing it to be real, the “schpountz” heads to Paris for his new career.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1938-04-15
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Topaze
1951-01-25
Topaze
Overview: Albert Topaze, sincere schoolteacher addicted to "rote" morality, works at a private school run by supremely money-grubbing M. Muche, whose daughter, also a teacher, makes cynical use of the knowledge that Topaze loves her. Alas, Topaze's naive honesty brings him unjust dismissal...and makes him fair game for the "aunt" of his private pupil, really the mistress of crooked politician Regis, who needs an honest-seeming "front man." Can artful Suzy Courtois keep Topaze on the string? With steadily escalating disillusion comes moral crisis...
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1951-01-25
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The Wild Oat
1953-02-27
The Wild Oat
Overview: A small village is torn apart by a quarrel between the baker and the italian grocery tenant, mother of a pregnant young girl. She accuses the baker's son, doing his military service in Algeria, to be the father of the would be child. Offended, the baker refuses to deliver bread to the villagers standing on the mother's side.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1953-02-27
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Croesus
1960-09-21
Croesus
Overview: Jules is a shepherd who lives a humble and solitary life in rural Provence. From time to time, he is visited by a lonely widow, Fine, who longs to be his wife. One day, Jules comes across an unexploded bomb lying on the ground in open countryside. After a few foolhardy attempts to set the bomb off, Jules makes a surprising discovery. It is filled with thousands of bank notes…
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1960-09-21
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My Wife's Husband
1963-12-20
My Wife's Husband
Overview: After thirteen years in Germany, Fernand is coming back to his wife and his restaurant. But since his disparition, his wife as made her life with a norman chef, sympathetic but a specialist of butter's cooking when Fernand cook only with oil!
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1963-12-20
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Sailor's Song
1932-01-14
Sailor's Song
Overview: Georget is a happy-go-luck seafarer who'd rather sing than work -- or be faithful to his wife. Together with his sailor pal Marius, they decide to cheat on their spouses by frequenting the dives and joints in every town where their ship drops anchor. The boys are certain, however, that their wives would never behave in a similar fashion. Upon returning home, of course, they discover that their better halves are just as sexually irresponsible as their hubbies.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1932-01-14
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Vive la classe
1932-05-27
Vive la classe
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Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1932-05-27
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The Italian Straw Hat
1941-06-01
The Italian Straw Hat
Overview: Fadinard is going through the woods on his horse en route to his wedding. Unfortunately, his horse eats the straw hat of a married woman who is having a secret rendezvous with her lover. In order to save the woman's honor, Fadinard must find the exact same type of hat to replace the one his horse ate and still be able to get to his wedding on time.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1941-06-01
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Maruche
1934-03-23
Maruche
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1934-03-23
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L'Ordonnance malgré lui
1933-02-03
L'Ordonnance malgré lui
Overview: The colonel must marry the baroness of Flair, as soon as the girl this one will have found a match. A friend of the colonel proposes his nephew: a count with a degilded coat of arms. Private Leneveu presents himself to the baroness, who takes him for the suitor, whereas he is the colonel's driver. Gaffes and misunderstandings. The arrival of the true nephew restores the situation. Leneveu goes to the police station.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1933-02-03
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La Terreur de la pampa
1933-10-27
La Terreur de la pampa
Overview: Billy Forster, a dishwasher, dreams of becoming a hero. One day, he leaves Hollywood for Texas, where he is soon hired as a ranch hand by Tom Spielman. What Billy does not know is that the rancher is also a highwayman who, with the help of his Negro henchman Sam, terrorizes and robs isolated travelers. But, assisted by Nelly, Spielman's adopted daughter, and Partridge Eye, an Indian, Billy manages to bring the two criminals to justice.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1933-10-27
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Le Jugement de minuit
1933-01-27
Le Jugement de minuit
Overview: The mysterious vigilante Milton has warned Scotland-Yard of his intention to kill the lawyer Maurice Meister who is the cause of his sister's suicide. Police and detectives watch over the lawyer's home, but on the day and at the appointed time Meister is murdered.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1933-01-27
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The Darling of Paris
1931-10-09
The Darling of Paris
Overview: In order not to compromise the great music hall star with whom he spent the night, a man is accused of a murder he did not commit.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1931-10-09
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Le Gros Lot
1933-08-01
Le Gros Lot
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1933-08-01
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Le Chéri de sa concierge
1934-08-10
Le Chéri de sa concierge
Overview: The young Eugène Crochard, whom his entourage believes to be a billionaire following a joke published in a newspaper, is pursued by a cohort of people including his very pretty concierge. Really become very rich, he will end up being loved by the young girl he was secretly in love with. He will become the darling of his concierge.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1934-08-10
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The Devil and the Ten Commandments
1962-09-14
The Devil and the Ten Commandments
Overview: 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 continues to swear; Françoise Beaufort enamored of a stripper calls on her only to find her married to a janitor who doesn't know what kind of dancing his wife performs; Denis, a Jesuit novice, leaves the order to avenge his sister's suicide, which was provoked by Garigny, who seduced her into prostitution and drug addiction; Philip buys a necklace for Micheline though he is bored with her; a young man find out that his real mother is not Madeleine, but actress Clarisse Ardant; Didier Marin, cashier of a bank, was fired by his boss; the Devil appears as a serpent for Jérome Chambard and the bishop are eating.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1962-09-14
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The Smart People of the 11th
1937-03-12
The Smart People of the 11th
Overview: A colonel decided to be represented at the regiment festival of a tragedy in verse by the poem written by his sister.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1937-03-12
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The Virtuous Bigamist
1956-12-20
The Virtuous Bigamist
Overview: The Provence, somewhere in the 1950's. Paul Verdier, traveling salesman, leaves his home and his quarrelsome wife for his weekly round. On the train he meets a young woman, Marie, who looks a little lost. No wonder. Marie is pregnant but lacks the customary husband. She's returning to her village but is not exactly looking forward to the confrontation with her parents and the villagers, all pretty conservative people. After getting to know Paul a little better (for which there is ample time during the trip by train and bus) Marie decides to ask Paul to act as her husband, just to allay the suspicions of her family. After some hesitating Paul accepts, charmed by the girl and unaware of the complications such is bound to cause to his own life.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1956-12-20
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Life Dances On
1937-09-09
Life Dances On
Overview: After the death of her husband, Christine realizes she has possibly wasted her life by marrying him instead of the man towards whom, in her youth, she had a stronger inclination. To overcome these dreary thoughts, she decides to find out about him and the other men who danced with her during a ball that was a turning point in her life, many years ago. She pays a visit to those forgotten acquaintances one after the other; Christine is not only surprised to see how they have fared, but also discovers the impact she had, unknowingly, on the feelings and the destiny of these persons.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1937-09-09
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Adhémar or the Toy of Destiny
1951-09-14
Adhémar or the Toy of Destiny
Overview: Is it because his father was a groom that Adhémar Pomme has a long horse head and a horse- toothed smile? Maybe but the fact is that his head has invariably caused laughter whatever the circumstances, which is the tragedy of his life. After having worked as an undertaker, a theater prompter, a casino bouncer, and so on, and failing at each job, he applies out of desperation to an institution where those rejected for physical reasons can hide and live together. But Adhémar immediately starts... laughing at them and gets kicked out as a result! In the end though, he finds his way as a circus artist.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1951-09-14
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Le Chômeur de Clochemerle
1957-11-11
Le Chômeur de Clochemerle
Overview: "Easiest Profession" - Tistin is the only unemployed man in Clochemerle. Obliged to use their tax money to keep Tistin alive, the other guys in town insist that he find some sort of work. Tistin obligingly takes a few jobs, working for the various ladies in town. Before long, the menfolk become convinced that Tistin is using this cover to play the field, and they're angry at him all over again.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1957-11-11
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French Touch
1952-05-09
French Touch
Overview: Mario, a bumptious sheep-shearer, discovers he has a inimtable touch that makes women, as well as sheep, swoon at his professional caress. He is soon the most sought-after hairdresser in France and is awarded the Legion of Honor...
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1952-05-09
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The Most Wanted Man
1953-12-02
The Most Wanted Man
Overview: A nearsighted clerk gets fired after embarrassing mishaps. He mistakenly takes a gangster's raincoat, finds a gun inside, and is arrested as Public Enemy No. 1. Chaos erupts as both the police and the mob pursue him.
Genres: Adventure Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1953-12-02
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Gangster Boss
1959-03-20
Gangster Boss
Overview: In Paris, two scoundrels kidnap a wealthy man's preteen son, disguised as Indians, only to find he's a savvy detective, making their ransom plan much more complicated.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1959-03-20
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Honoré de Marseille
1956-12-12
Honoré de Marseille
Overview: As he explains to the journalist who came to interview him, Honoré cultivates, as a perfect Marseillais, farnienté and galéjade. He evokes the Phocaean Protis, who founded the city of Marseille, and the Roman Honorius, who invented pétanque. He loves to go fishing with his friends Garrigue and Watermelon to prepare a good bouillabaisse, and even more, to rig the results of a vote to allow a little protégée to be crowned Miss flots bleus.
Genres: Music Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1956-12-12
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Caught in the Foreign Legion
1950-11-08
Caught in the Foreign Legion
Overview: André Duroc pretends to be a duke in order to extort money from Aunt Solange. But his trickery is discovered, he must flee and, thanks to a uniform, takes part in the great maneuvers.
Genres: Adventure Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1950-11-08
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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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The Law Is the Law
1958-09-17
The Law Is the Law
Overview: Assola is an imaginary village on the border between Italy and France and the borderline crosses the village itself. The French customs agent Ferdinand is always trying to catch the Italian smuggler Giuseppe. Giuseppe discovers that Ferdinand was actually born in Italy and therefore he can't be a French customs agent.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1958-09-17
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Ignace
1937-04-30
Ignace
Overview: Ignace Boitaclou, although sympathetic, is not very intelligent. Upon his arrival at the barracks to perform his military service, he was appointed colonel and had to take care of the latter's terrible wife.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1937-04-30
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The Well-Digger's Daughter
1940-12-20
The Well-Digger's Daughter
Overview: A rural maiden's two suitors go off to war, leaving her pregnant.
Genres: Drama Romance Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1940-12-20
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The Hunting Ground
1951-10-10
The Hunting Ground
Overview: In a small village, a farmer discovers his wife has committed suicide, but suspicions of murder arise, dividing the community. Amidst the conflict, he develops feelings for a young woman who is the sister of a man harboring a personal grudge against him.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1951-10-10
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L'Aventure de Cabassou
1946-05-07
L'Aventure de Cabassou
Overview: An architect whose wife has cheated on him withdraws to a solitary life in a cave, but somehow manages to keep au courant with what is going on.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1946-05-07
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Spring, Autumn and Love
1955-04-12
Spring, Autumn and Love
Overview: Fernand Sarrazin, who runs a nougat factory to perfection, is a happy bachelor, notwithstanding the acrimonious presence of his sister-in-law Julie. Love enters his life in the form of a young orphan, Cécilia, whom he saves from drowning, falls in love with and marries. The treacherous Julie uses a young pianist to lead Cecilia astray. She returns, however, repentant, after a short stay in Paris. Good Fernand forgives her, but when he learns of his sister-in-law's actions, he chases her out of his house.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1955-04-12
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That Tender Age
1964-12-23
That Tender Age
Overview: Antoine and Marie decided to introduce their parents before the wedding. Summer vacation looks like a good time, so the Lartigue family prepares to host Malhouin family. But it turns out that the harsh Emil Malhouin is not too happy to get acquainted with his future relatives...
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1964-12-23
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Simple-Minded
1942-09-11
Simple-Minded
Overview: A simpleton turns out to be the lucky charm of a village.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1942-09-11
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The Last Judgment
1961-10-26
The Last Judgment
Overview: The Last Judgement (Italian: Il giudizio universale) is a 1961 commedia all'italiana film by Italian director Vittorio De Sica. It was coproduced with France. It has an all-star Italian and international cast, including Americans Jack Palance, Ernest Borgnine; Greek Melina Mercouri and French Fernandel, Anouk Aimée and Lino Ventura. The film was a huge flop, massacred by critics and audiences when it was released. It was filmed in black and white, but the last sequence, the dance at theatre, is in color.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1961-10-26
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Sénéchal the Magnificent
1957-05-24
Sénéchal the Magnificent
Overview: Sénéchal, an actor touring the provinces with the "Tournées Carlini" does not meet the success he thinks he deserves. One night in Dreux, he finds himself without his luggage and dressed up as a Foreign Legion officer, he is invited to a party thrown by a colonel. He creates a sensation there and does not leave the colonel's wife ... indifferent! Back in Paris, Sénéchal goes through a similar experience. This time around, wearing tuxedo and top hat, he gets mistaken for a diplomat and charms the guests of a wedding party. Arrested by the police, he chooses to do without an attorney at his trial and his brilliant eloquence has him acquitted. A question remains unanswered though : will all those people who give an ovation in real life ever go to see him on stage ?
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1957-05-24
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One of the Legion
1936-10-02
One of the Legion
Overview: Fernand Espitalion is miserable as totally whipped husband of a dragon 'passed on' -like cloths- by his late cousin. She often leaves him waiting outside like a dog when she does business. While she sees a notary about an inheritance, he's seduced to a bar by a shady man. The rogue gets Fernand drunk, knocks him out and switches costumes and papers. He's now Robert Durand, a voluntary Foreign legion recruit. After failed attempts to explain, he tastes military life and finds it less disciplined and more enjoyable then, marriage. But will that last when his wife tracks him and his unit is sent to action in tribal Algeria?
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1936-10-02
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Raphaël le tatoué
1939-02-09
Raphaël le tatoué
Overview: Modeste is a timid watchman at an automobile factory which is run with an iron hand by its owner, Roger Drapeau. One evening, Modeste leaves his post to visit a fairground, where he meets the attractive Aline. Having glimpsed his employer, Modeste makes a hasty return to the factory. When Monsieur Drapeau appears, Modeste explains that it must have been his twin brother that his boss saw at the fairground, a nasty piece of work named Raphaël. Not only does Drapeau fail to see through this unconvincing lie, but it gives him an idea to win a marathon car race. Modeste and Raphaël will take alternate turns in the stages of the race and, because they are so similar, no one will be any the wiser. Unable to admit that he has no brother but afraid of losing his job, Modeste allows himself to be coerced into taking part in the race...
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1939-02-09
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Ernest the Rebel
1938-11-08
Ernest the Rebel
Overview: In South America anything can happen: the consul might give you as a snack to the sharks, you can wind up as a working man (slave) in a banana plantation or as a recruit in the governor's navy. And there's always a fire squad waiting for you so you 'd better start a revolution! It takes all Fernandel's talent to go through this eventful journey.
Genres: Comedy Western
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1938-11-08
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The Cow and I
1959-12-16
The Cow and I
Overview: In 1942, a French prisonner of war in Germany decide to escape to France using a cow hold by a lunge as a decoy. He cross all Germany in this way.
Genres: War Comedy Adventure
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1959-12-16
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The Five Cents of Lavarede
1939-03-07
The Five Cents of Lavarede
Overview: Some try to travel around the world with a time constraint, but Lavarède has to perform an even harder task than Phineas Fogg. His assignment is to go around the globe with a mere five cents coin. Worse, he can't even spend it or else he will not come into the money of his inheritance. To make sure Lavarède plays by the rules of the game, two supervisors stick to him like a shadow. Will the young man meet this unbelievable challenge?
Genres: Adventure Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1939-03-07
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Life Together
1958-09-24
Life Together
Overview: 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 to the couples among the four, which are still as deeply in love - if any: else, his companions get the money. He sends them out to visit the couples and test their love.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1958-09-24
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Mademoiselle Nitouche
1954-04-21
Mademoiselle Nitouche
Overview: 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 operas -- and the romantic vis-à-vis of a celebrated stage star. When schoolgirl Denise stumbles onto Celestin's secret, she threatens to tell all -- but only if Celestin refuses to escort her to the opening night of his latest opera. As a result, Denise falls in love with a handsome young soldier, while Celestin is accidentally shipped off to an army camp. A series of silly coincidences brings happiness to all concerned by fade-out time.
Genres: Music Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1954-04-21
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Relax Yourself Darling
1964-08-19
Relax Yourself Darling
Overview: Hélène and François are a perfect couple happily married for twelve years. But Hélène discovers psychoanalysis via a very handsome Dr. Kougloff, and he convinces her that the apparent well-balanced nature of her husband is in fact a cover for horrible tragedies.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1964-08-19
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Little Nothings
1942-12-16
Little Nothings
Overview: Following a broadcast on the radio, each of the listeners remembers these "little nothings" (the title is borrowed from a play by Mozart), which have often changed their lives. Each of these stories told will prove that a tiny detail in life can change an entire destiny.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1942-12-16
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Adrien
1943-12-22
Adrien
Overview: Adrien Moulinet, a modest encashing agent in the Nortier bank, is also an inventor in his spare time. His latest revolutionary creation is the motorized roller skate. His problem is to be able to market them. Jules Petitpas, a jobless adman, is the right man for that.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1943-12-22
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Assassin in the Phonebook
1962-03-02
Assassin in the Phonebook
Overview: Fernandel plays Albert, the unhappy brunt of jokes by his fellow office-workers who goes from the frying pan into the fire. Albert gets caught up in a robbery that also goes from bad to worse when it leads to several murders. Although he is not a killer and essentially innocent, there does not seem to be very much that Albert can do to convince others of the truth.
Genres: Drama Comedy Crime
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1962-03-02
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Barnabé
1938-05-14
Barnabé
Overview: Barnabé, an occasional flutist, goes to Mme Petit-Durand to organize her daughter's 20 years. But he is confused with the Count of Marengo whom Mme Petit-Durand wants to give as husband to her daughter, who has already made her choice.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1938-05-14
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Berlingot and Company
1939-04-27
Berlingot and Company
Overview: François and Victor sell hard candy at the fun fair. They also bring up Gisèle, a one-year-old child they found by the side of the road. Although the two men are often at each other's throats they are the best friends, getting on well with the other fairground people. But when they defend Lisa, the fortune teller's daughter against Dédé, a thug who pesters her, they provoke his anger. Dédé sets fire to the two friends' stand and they are forced to take the road.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1939-04-27
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Blague dans le coin
1963-11-13
Blague dans le coin
Overview: A Las Perlass, ville de jeu du Névada, bandes rivales de Lippy et de Steinberg tiennent les plus beaux établissements de l'endroit. Franck Bradford has hired Jeff Burlington as a comedian, who, to cheer up a difficult audience, launches nightly verbal attacks on Lippy's casino where, he says - the games are rigged. Each of the two gangs sends a henchman to either stop the sarcasm or get in trouble if they don't leave their act as it is. Un certain "Main d'or" qui est autre que Bradford fait attaquer casinos. C'est Jeff, après avoir été kidnappé par les deux bandes devenues amies, quiasquera coupable.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1963-11-13
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Three Feet in a Bed
1950-04-19
Three Feet in a Bed
Overview: In spite of his failures as a peddler, Casimir guaranteed his fiance that this time the vacuum cleaners will work for good. But he's still unsuccessful until he go to the appartment of Paul-Andre, a painter who was engaged by correspondence to a rich south-American woman. That's exactly when she arrive armed with a gun infuriated after she had received a rupture letter from the man she had never seen. She mistakenly took Casimir as her painter lover. Casimir his ready to flee until he learned she owned many hotels, a thousand rooms in fact. "A thousand rooms, a thousand vacuum cleaners", he suddenly think.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1950-04-19
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Dynamite Jack
1961-11-03
Dynamite Jack
Overview: Antoine Espérandieu, a French tenderfoot, lands in Windows Canyon, Arizona, a remote place under the thumb of dangerous outlaw Dynamite Jack, only to discover the friend he was to meet there has been murdered. Worse, it is not long before Antoine realizes he is Jack's perfect lookalike. All the same, he decides to settle down in the small town, where he becomes the local tax collector. One day, he finds himself face to face with the bandit...
Genres: Western
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1961-11-03
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Ferdinand the Roisterer
1935-02-22
Ferdinand the Roisterer
Overview: Ferdinand is an honest and almost prude chemist at the Fourageot laboratories. His boss, Mr Fourageot, is mostly busy with his mistresses but comes to be worried with his young and outgoing daughter.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1935-02-22
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Forbidden Fruit
1952-09-19
Forbidden Fruit
Overview: A doctor, leading an agreed life of the provincial petty bourgeoisie, falls in love with a young woman. As their relationship deepens, he becomes violently jealous and blames her for her dating and friendships.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1952-09-19
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Fun in the Barracks
1932-09-18
Fun in the Barracks
Overview: The life of disorderly soldiers in the barracks dealing with daily routines.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1932-09-18
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Good King Dagobert
1963-11-20
Good King Dagobert
Overview: Mr. Pelletan's rascal son Bébert son got another F for playing in class. His punishment is an essay on the Merovingian king Dagobert. All they know is he had eight wives and reunited Francia. The ignorant knave's irreverent imagination turns that into a harem and a ludicrous war without armies, loaded with anachronisms, in a race against rival king Charibert for the crown of Reims. The king's right hand, archbishop Eloi, the later patrons saint of carpentry, is portrayed as an inventor.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1963-11-20
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Carnival
1953-05-25
Carnival
Overview: Dardamelle does not conceal the fact that his wife has made him a cuckold.How will his fellow townspeople react?
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1953-05-25
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The Lafleur Cavalryman
1934-12-20
The Lafleur Cavalryman
Overview: The reservist Lafleur, having a wife, a mistress and still running after the first petticoat that comes along, his namesake, an active soldier, finds himself embroiled in the vengeance or intrigues that all these women are plotting. Eventually, the entanglements will unravel in a final party.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1934-12-20
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Three Sinners
1950-10-10
Three Sinners
Overview: A man assists his gravely ill wife to die and wants to face justice for this, but his brothers try everything to keep the family's name clean.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1950-10-10
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Jim la houlette
1935-11-01
Jim la houlette
Overview: Famous author Bretonneau gets his ghost writer Moluchet to impersonate the notorious criminal Jim la Houlette and pretend to steal a manuscript to boost the sales of their novels.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1935-11-01
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The Acrobat
1941-05-06
The Acrobat
Overview: After a deadbeat patron at his restaurant gets special care from the cops who think the man has amnesia, the maitre d'hotel decides to pretend he too has amnesia. He is claimed in turn by an aristocrat family and by trapeze artists.
Genres: Adventure Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1941-05-06
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The Cupboard Was Bare
1948-10-29
The Cupboard Was Bare
Overview: The aunt of Alfred Puc, a meek tax-collector in Paris, dies while riding in a moving van. The driver, not wishing to be bothered by a police interrogation, hides her corpse in a cupboard before notifying Alfred. But the van is stolen. Alfred, being the heir of a rich lady, begins a frantic search to locate the missing van and the cupboard because one can't claim an inheritance if there is no 'corpus delecti.' In his search, he gets caught up in an underworld web and finds the body of a murdered gangster in his room. He finally locates the cupboard but promptly loses it again. But, wait, it isn't "finis' time, yet.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1948-10-29
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St. Val's Mystery
1945-09-19
St. Val's Mystery
Overview: Désiré Le Sec has just won the "amateur policeman contest" and he is so glad he 's telling all the people around.He is an insure agent ,and his boss,his uncle,is annoyed :a man took out a big life insurance and died soon afterward.
Genres: Comedy Mystery Crime
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1945-09-19
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Happy He Who Like Ulysses
1970-07-08
Happy He Who Like Ulysses
Overview: For 25 years now, under the Provence sun, Antonin, a farmhand, has shared his work and everyday life with a horse named Ulysse. What a shock when Pascal, the farmer, tells him he has decided to sell Ulysse to a picador for being too old. Not only will he be separated from his faithful companion, but he is well aware too that the arenas of Arles mean death for Ulysse. Being unable to stand such injustice, Antonin runs away from the farm in the company of Ulysse. Together, they go through the Lubéron, the Baux de Provence, the Alpilles, the Crau and the Vaccarès. Yet, their journey is no pleasure cruise, specially when it comes to crossing National Road 7. After a visit to Marcellin, an old friend of his, Antonin sets off again with Ulysse, this time towards the Rhône River.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1970-07-08
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The Trip to Biarritz
1963-03-15
The Trip to Biarritz
Overview: Guillaume Dodut is a stationmaster in rural France at a station where trains no longer stop. His dream has always been to holiday in the famous resort town of Biarritz. Meanwhile, he gets involved in the romantic life of his son who is studying to be an engineer in London.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1963-03-15
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Les Bleus de la marine
1934-09-26
Les Bleus de la marine
Overview: Lafraise and Plumard, two rookies on the ship Le Victorieux, are on leave in the port of Toulon. At a time they get lost and in order to escape the Navy patrolmen, they disguise themselves and board a train. Now it happens that in the convoy a delegate of the government is on his way to Paris, with the mission to inaugurate a monument there. But the circumstances are such that our two friends are mistaken for the Minister and his secretary. Unabashed, the pair does the job, in other words, they deliver the expected speech, eat like horses, live it up - until they are recognized. Which eventually results in a prolonged stay in an unpleasant kind of hotel room named - the hold.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1934-09-26
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Love Around the Clock
1943-11-10
Love Around the Clock
Overview: Symbolizing the destiny of man, Hora imposes her destiny on everyone. She appears to a petty bourgeois trying to escape from his mediocre life, to a frivolous mother, to a reveler in nightclubs, to a man stranded without money in a restaurant, to a young sportsman, to a singer tired of the selfishness of his listeners and to a condemned man. To each, she brings the imperative message of Time...
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1943-11-10
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The Man in the Raincoat
1957-02-22
The Man in the Raincoat
Overview: In the absence of his wife, a clarinet player is induced by a friend to meet a call girl, but arrived after a crime. Perceived by some people leaving the scene of the crime covered by his raincoat, he became the only suspect for the police. His only hope is to discover the murderer before is name is mentionned publicly, specially in front of his wife.
Genres: Comedy Mystery
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1957-02-22
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Monsieur Hector
1940-12-13
Monsieur Hector
Overview: In a palace in Nice, a modest valet is confused with his master, a viscount chased by a man-eater.
Genres: Comedy Adventure
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1940-12-13
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The Man in the Buick
1968-01-12
The Man in the Buick
Overview: Mr Jo, nicknamed "the man with the Buick", is the darling of the small town of Honfleur. But he is in fact a trafficker with a bad reputation who would like to forget about his past, now limiting himself to smuggling rubies under the cover of a charitable organization which offers underprivileged children holidays in Switzerland. However, Mr. Jo is in love with a pretty widow and, in order to marry her, he is willing to get involved in a hold-up again. And "the man with the Buick", who seemed so honorable, will surprise the inhabitants of Honfleur when Inspector Menard reveals his secret activities.
Genres: Comedy Crime Romance
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1968-01-12
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The Woman's Confidant
1959-06-20
The Woman's Confidant
Overview: A veterinarian in Figarolo, Giuliano Goberti has also been providing care to the villagers since the death of Dr. Lofal, but the arrival of a luscious replacement for the vacant doctor precipitates events. While she prescribes drugs, Giuliano orders the bedridden Countess to eat well and exercise. A Roman journalist reports on the miraculous results. Soon the quiet little Italian town is invaded by a motley crew of imaginary patients, who have to bring an animal with them to save the vet from trouble for practicing medicine illegally. In the end, the brave Giuliano marries the lovely doctoress, thus curing their celibacy.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1959-06-20
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Fernandel the Dressmaker
1956-04-13
Fernandel the Dressmaker
Overview: A modest taylor the women found irresistible inherit a Maison de couture in financial difficulty. Decided to save it he prepare a great collection. But when his wife discovered his relations with one of the mannequin, how would he prevent the scandale without loosing... both of them?!
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1956-04-13
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Your Money or Your Life
1966-04-26
Your Money or Your Life
Overview: Pétepan learns that his money has been lost by Robinhoude brothers.He asks his assistants to withdraw his amount from the bank.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1966-04-26
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The Heroic Mr. Boniface
1949-10-19
The Heroic Mr. Boniface
Overview: A simple man gets involved in an implausible story of gangsters in the wake of the discovery of a criminal's dead body in his own bed.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1949-10-19
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Le Coq du régiment
1933-06-06
Le Coq du régiment
Overview: The story is about a lieutenant, nicknamed "the Rooster of the Regiment", a married man, who just can't help running after any woman passing around, and one of his friend, who always has "good ideas" to give him a hand to come out of "ubuesque" situations.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1933-06-06
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Father's Trip
1966-09-16
Father's Trip
Overview: Determined to assert his paternal rights, Quentin leaves his small village on the Swiss border to go to Lyon to look for his daughter, now a hairdresser, who, busy with her work, hasn't been back to the village for two years. In a few days, it will be Denise's birthday, the youngest of his daughters, and, urged on by his wife, he sets off, determined to bring the prodigal son back to the family celebration. But Denise is now living off her charms.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1966-09-16
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François 1er
1937-02-17
François 1er
Overview: Honorin is the simple and naive stage manager of a traveling theatre troupe, whose one ambition is to once play the role of the cavalier in the opera "Francis I, or the Loves of the Beautiful Ferroniere". A hypnotist puts him to sleep and in his dreams he is transplanted to the days of the Renaissance. There, among other items, he is made a Duke by Henri VIII, fights a duel and survives a series of medieval tortures, while also bestowing some 20th century blessings on the court of Francis I.
Genres: Comedy Fantasy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1937-02-17
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Baby's Laxative
1931-06-21
Baby's Laxative
Overview: A little boy won't go to the bathroom, which leads to all sorts of complications for his parents and their friends.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1931-06-21
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Fernandel 3 films
Fernandel 3 films
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Genres: Comedy Family
Original Language: fr
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Naïs
1945-11-17
Naïs
Overview: Toine, the local hunchback, works at the tile manufacturing plant, but during the summer, he gives a hand to Micoulin, the farmer, thereby being able to spend more time close to Nais, Micoulin's daughter. That summer, the estate owner's son, Frederic Rostaing, decides to rest on the farm during his vacation from Law school. But his real motives are to seduce young Nais, whom he knows from their childhood days, after having seen her in town. Who will win the power struggle between the possessive father, the naive daughter, the vile student and the golden-hearted cripple?
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1945-11-17
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The Free Trade Hotel
1934-11-10
The Free Trade Hotel
Overview: There's never a dull moment at the Hôtel du Libre Echange. Deceptions, hitches and other misunderstandings make a few people mingle whereas, for their own sake, they should not. An example among others: an expert who has come to the hotel for professional reasons had better not meet his wife, who is there to cheat on him with his best friend.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1934-11-10
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Pétrus
1946-10-02
Pétrus
Overview: Petrus, a Montmartre photographer, is accidentally wounded by Migo, a dancer at the Frou Frou night club, when she is trying to shoot her faithless lover Rodrigue, a counterfeiter. Though Petrus tries to reconcile the lovers, Migo lands up with him after Rodrigue is finally killed by another jealous dancer.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1946-10-02
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The Mondesir Heir
1940-05-07
The Mondesir Heir
Overview: Bienaimé, a modest postman, in love with Janine, the village postmistress, does not know that he is the illegitimate son of the old Baron de Mondésir. The Baron dies and in happy amazement, Bienaimé finds he is the sole heir to the deceased's estate. But he should be careful, for two crooks, Waldemar and Erika, are after his newly-acquired wealth.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1940-05-07
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Rooster Heart
1946-12-26
Rooster Heart
Overview: A man is too shy to ask a girl out and decides to kill himself. While lying in the road he is rescued by a Doctor who tries to cure him by implanting the heart of a rooster into him, something which suddenly makes him irresistible to women.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1946-12-26
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Les Vignes du Seigneur
1958-06-20
Les Vignes du Seigneur
Overview: Now Gisèle Bourjeon is the mistress of the count Hubert Martin de Kardec.After a long journey abroad Henri Lévrier, a champagne producer has come back and meets again his friends Hubert and the Bourjeon family.And surprise, Henri doesn't drink alcohol anymore.He says Gisèle that he was drinking because he loved very much.Henri and Gisèle feel well together and become lovers.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1958-06-20
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Don Juan
1956-05-09
Don Juan
Overview: Don Juan is arrested during one of his raids loving, just as he intended to seduce the daughter of the Governor, who was about to marry. His faithful servant, too accustomed to be all sticks, passed by him to save his skin, a situation that will allow you to win the love of a beautiful comic. Meanwhile, the real Don Juan is reduced to the status of servant.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1956-05-09
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Cocagne
1961-03-08
Cocagne
Overview: As the driver of a garbage truck in Arles, Marc-Antoine leads a quiet life with his wife, Mélanie, and their two children. When Amédée's "Fanny" is stolen from the bouliste club, Marc-Antoine offers to repaint another one. As soon as the work is finished, he becomes a local celebrity and, intoxicated by his new-found fame, leaves his family to go with Hélène, the young waitress, to his friend Septime's house in the Camargue to take up painting. Eventually, Marc-Antoine realizes that he is dissatisfied and that his success seems dishonest. He realizes that happiness awaits him with his wife, children and friends, and resumes his simple life without remorse.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1961-03-08
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The Kings of Sport
1937-09-17
The Kings of Sport
Overview: Jules and Fernand are two boys from the Café des sports in Marseille who take part in their corporation's annual race.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1937-09-17
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The Changing of the Guard
1962-10-31
The Changing of the Guard
Overview: During WW2, it's not wise to be a mayor chosen by the fascists with the Americans' impending arrival.
Genres: War Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1962-10-31
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The best hostess
1930-04-21
The best hostess
Overview: A comedy short which was the debut of Fernandel. Monsieur Pivoine and his missus are waiting for Monsieur Bouchamiel, a man who can provide him with the money he needs for his business.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1930-04-21
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The Boss
1960-05-31
The Boss
Overview: Pursued by a rival gang after a violent robbery, Toni escapes with nearly thirty million francs. On the train to Paris, to avoid arousing suspicion, he has no choice but to threaten an honorable philosophy professor, Justin Mignonnet, with his gun, so that he will carry the loot for him. To make sure he returns the money, he takes his papers and makes him promise to be present at the exchange appointment at the Pigalle Hotel the next day. Completely lost, Mignonnet decides to obey orders, but just as he is about to return the money, a young woman, a member of the enemy gang, comes to collect it.
Genres: Comedy Drama Adventure
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1960-05-31
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L'Âge d'or de la pub
2023-06-02
L'Âge d'or de la pub
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Genres: Documentary TV Movie History
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2023-06-02
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Tricoche and Cacolet
1938-09-06
Tricoche and Cacolet
Overview: Two friends, Tricoche and Cacolet, are partners in a detective agency. Chance has it that Cacolet is hired by Van der Pouf, a rich banker who wants him to watch over his wife Bernardine while the latter, on her part, seeks the services of Thicoche.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1938-09-06
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I'm in the Revue
1950-02-18
I'm in the Revue
Overview: Good-natured and devout, a French house painter takes the train to Rome, where he has decided to go on a pilgrimage. There he meets a scatterbrained dresser who has been assigned by a music hall star to bring her the gown she is to wear on stage. The two men get stolen by Cleo, a charming thief. Once in Rome, the painter finds himself penniless and the dresser without the gown...
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1950-02-18
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Le Petit Monde de Fernandel
2020-06-01
Le Petit Monde de Fernandel
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2020-06-01
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Si ça peut vous faire plaisir
1948-09-01
Si ça peut vous faire plaisir
Overview: Gonfaron is barking at the auction of Cassis. He accepted with good heart to believe that he was the proud custodian of the jackpot of the National Lottery , to avoid marital trouble his friend Viala, which is the real winner with his mistress Ginette . Millionaire become false as false Ginette lover until one day.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1948-09-01
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The Suitors Club
1941-09-26
The Suitors Club
Overview: As playboys cannot pay their debts anymore,their creditors suggest one of them marry a millionaire's daughter.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1941-09-26
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Skylark
1934-10-11
Skylark
Overview: Adémaï is forcibly engaged to the farmer's daughter. He tries in vain to get rid of it and, weary of the struggle, flees in a plane with his comrade Michelet whom he believes to be an instructor. For three days and three nights, the unfortunates turn in a closed circuit, thus beating the world record.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1934-10-11
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Par habitude
1932-03-03
Par habitude
Overview: Valentin Bourgeasse is an inveterate drunk. He takes the matter so far that one day he is evicted from his apartment. A few evenings later evening, as he has drunk too much (what else?), he forgets that he doesn't live there anymore so imagine his surprise when he finds a lady in "his" bed.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1932-03-03
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Pas un mot à ma femme
1931-12-31
Pas un mot à ma femme
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1931-12-31
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Emile the African
1948-05-19
Emile the African
Overview: Émile Boulard is a props man in a Paris movie studio. He has a wife, Suzanne. Or to be more accurate, let's say he HAD a wife since she left him fifteen years before, allegedly ... to go buy a post stamp. But now that their daughter Martine , who lives with her, is old enough to marry, she resurfaces. She confesses that, in order to explain his absence, she has told Martine her father was a great explorer and lion hunter in Africa. Not to disappoint his daughter, Émile accepts to pose as the adventurer he is supposed to be. At the same time he will help Daniel, Martine's bashful fiancé, not to become a henpecked husband like him.
Genres: Adventure
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1948-05-19
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I have something to tell you
1930-02-19
I have something to tell you
Overview: A man who claims to be the lover of a married woman goes to find the husband and reveals to him that the lady is giving her favors to a third thief. Now the lover got the wrong floor and apartment.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1930-02-19
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Don't Shout it from the Rooftops
1943-07-14
Don't Shout it from the Rooftops
Overview: A scientist who have discovered how to turn salt water into petrol dies before he has revealed his formula. By mistake it's assumed that his assistant knows it although he does not.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1943-07-14
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The Amorous Garrison
1934-03-24
The Amorous Garrison
Overview: In a small provincial town, the new colonel of the dragoon regiment consigns all his men. Three soldiers defy orders and jump the wall. But the colonel becomes indulgent thanks to the intervention of the general who did not remain insensitive to the charm of a young American.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1934-03-24
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The Wonderful Night
1940-12-24
The Wonderful Night
Overview: A couple of refugees arrives in a village: he is a cabinet maker, she's pregnant and the innkeeper refuses to give them a room; they wind up in the cowshed of a farm where she gives birth to her baby, the very night of Christmas.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1940-12-24
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Hercule
1938-03-05
Hercule
Overview: Hercule, a young peasant, inherits a Parisian newspaper with a large circulation. The editor-in-chief, Vasco, takes advantage of his ignorance to make corruption prevail. But Hercules gradually realizes the role that we make him play.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1938-03-05
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Love and Cool Water
1933-12-01
Love and Cool Water
Overview: A young man is hit by a car on a zebra crossing. The pretty driver drives him home, takes care of him and falls in love with him. She has a fat, selfish, boorish husband whom she abandons to her imaginary illnesses to marry her nice wounded man.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1933-12-01
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He
1932-02-15
He
Overview: In her village, Ms. Husson seeks to put a price under a rosiere but finding no worthy young pretty girl, hands it has Isidore, the village idiot, who becomes rosier
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1932-02-15
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Le train de 8 H 47
1934-05-25
Le train de 8 H 47
Overview: In 1885, La Guillaumette and Croquebol are two cavalrymen who are constantly victimised by their superior, adjutant Flick. One day, the two men are given an opportunity to redeem themselves by recovering four horses that have gone astray. Unfortunately, they follow the horses' example by taking the wrong train. When they finally make it back to barracks, after a long series of mishaps, they are rewarded with sixty days in prison.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1934-05-25
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Around the World in Eighty Days
1956-10-17
Around the World in Eighty Days
Overview: Based on the famous book by Jules Verne the movie follows Phileas Fogg on his journey around the world. Which has to be completed within 80 days, a very short period for those days.
Genres: Adventure Comedy Family Fantasy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-10-17
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Une histoire pétillante
1936-01-01
Une histoire pétillante
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1936-01-01
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Bric a Brac and Company
1931-04-14
Bric a Brac and Company
Overview: If Fernandel did not appear in a supporting part ,another short (by E.Chotin who made dozens of them)which would not have been restored.But Fernandel is here ,playing a street pedlar selling luxury (sic) clothes on the flea market with a gorgeous girl as a model.This is a rather desultory script but Fernandel's presence makes the short worthwhile.He sings one song: "le Père Lapuce". A wealthy antique dealer, having started in the flea market in the past, settles his son there, an unrepentant nuke, to teach him how to work. There he meets a treasure: his future wife.
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1931-04-14
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The Orderly
1933-08-25
The Orderly
Overview: Philippe, the order of an old colonel, surprises the wife of his boss in the arms of a young lieutenant. So that he remains silent, she offers herself to him
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1933-08-25
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A Night of Madness
1934-04-27
A Night of Madness
Overview: Jacqueline took one of her friends to a place where tourists, informants, girls, pimps and Apaches rub shoulders. Her husband, who watches over her, after having corrected Julot and Frize, is considered an ace at the Bal des Terreurs. He thus finds the love of his wife.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1934-04-27
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Les Gaîtés de la finance
1936-02-07
Les Gaîtés de la finance
Overview: The banker Marivol looks like a tailor, Lambinet. Gangsters threaten the first, who hires the second as a double. The latter accepts ignoring everything. When he learns that he will be the target of killers, the unfortunate man begins to live in terror.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1936-02-07
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We Request an Assassin
1949-10-20
We Request an Assassin
Overview: A son of a family in debt decides to put an end to his life and calls on a professional killer to do so, who promises to kill him within forty-eight hours. However the next day, money, luck and love smile at her again. Then can begin an infernal hide-and-seek between the assassin and his victim.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1949-10-20
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No Women
1932-07-08
No Women
Overview: Professor Branck invented Fortuna a machine providing absolute luck, fortune and success, to whoever uses it, provided they are a virgin. Trying the experiment, Lucien Lepur, a street vendor who has never known a woman before, becomes the man of all successes. But he soon regrets Micheline his fiancée and finds himself under the influence of Professor Branck. Helped by Casimir, Micheline snatches Lucien from Professor Branck. Falling into her arms, Lucien loses all his powers but wins love.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1932-07-08
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Irma la voyante
1947-01-01
Irma la voyante
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1947-01-01
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The end combine
1931-07-01
The end combine
Overview: A good man wanting to spend the afternoon with his girlfriend lets his wife think he is going to the races.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1931-07-01
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Hoboes in Paradise
1945-07-15
Hoboes in Paradise
Overview: In a Provençal village, two jolly good fellows, Boule and Pons, decide to dress as Saint Anthony and Saint Nicholas for the distribution of presents to the children on the feast of Saint Nicholas. They unfortunately get killed by a cart and find themselves in Hell where Lucifer and his demons duly torment them. They are saved by a prayer which helps them to climb the stairway to Paradise. Saint Peter, taken in by the applicants' disguise, lets them in. When the two true Saints show up, trouble follows. Luckily, thanks to the intervention of the Virgin Mary, the two friends are acquitted at their celestial trial and allowed to return to Earth.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1945-07-15
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I Have an Idea
1934-12-13
I Have an Idea
Overview: Aubrey is a debt-ridden man. One day, he has the idea of faking his death and taking on the role of a deceased cousin about to receive a beautiful inheritance. This idea will, however, lead him to very difficult situations.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1934-12-13
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Fernandel c'est moi
2000-01-01
Fernandel c'est moi
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2000-01-01
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A Dog's Life
1943-06-25
A Dog's Life
Overview: Mr. Gustave Bourdillon loves hopelessly the wife of the director of the institution where he is the only teacher. Soon a widow, the pretty wife of Mr. Calumet, agrees to marry the brave professor, but believes each onstant that her husband has returned in the form of his brave little dog Medor. After incredible situations and an immeasurable pursuit, Gustave Bourdillon and widow Émilie will live a deserved happiness.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1943-06-25
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Lidoire
1933-01-01
Lidoire
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1933-01-01
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The Phoney War
2019-08-27
The Phoney War
Overview: September 3rd, 1939. Britain and France declare war on Nazi Germany, only two days after the Wehrmacht invades Poland. This day, the sad date when the fate of the world changed forever, the Phoney War began: eight months of uncertainty, preparations, evacuations and skirmishes.
Genres: History Documentary War TV Movie
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2019-08-27
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Night attack
1931-12-31
Night attack
Overview: A woman enters a police station at night to ask the commissioner to help her get rid of her dead lover's body to protect her honor.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1931-12-31
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Un homme sans nom
1932-09-30
Un homme sans nom
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1932-09-30
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The Bread Peddler
1934-03-23
The Bread Peddler
Overview: A brave woman is sentenced to prison on false testimony. She escapes twenty years later and takes refuge in Paris where she carries bread while looking for her children Georges and Lucie who will find her and exonerate her.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1934-03-23
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