Frédéric Diefenthal
Also Known As: Фредерик Дифенталь
Biography: Frédéric Diefenthal (born 26 July 1968 in Saint-Mandé) is a French actor and director. Diefenthal grew up in Saint-Puy in southwestern France. He is Jewish. Prior to acting, Diefenthal pursued apprenticeships in the hotel industry, hairdressing and was also an apprentice pastry chef. He began studies in architecture before switching to drama classes. Diefenthal began acting in the early 1990s; he held a main role in the French television series Le juge est une femme (The Judge is a Woman), where he first gained a degree of notoriety. He also played a major part in the French Taxi series. Diefenthal was previously married to actress Gwendoline Hamon, with whom he has a son. The pair separated in 2014. Source: Article "Frédéric Diefenthal" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Saint-Mandé, Val-de-Marne, France
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Birthday: July 26, 1968
Age: 56 years old
Gender: Male
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Taxi
Overview: In Marseilles a skilled pizza delivery boy Daniel who drives a scooter finally has his dreams come true. He gets a taxi license. Caught by the police for a huge speed infraction, he will help Emilien, a loser inspector who can't drive, on the track of German bank robbers, so he doesn't lose his license and his dream job.
Genres: Action Comedy Crime Adventure
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1998-04-08
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Taxi 4
Overview: Before being extradited to Africa to stand trial, a notorious Belgian criminal is entrusted to the Marseilles police department for less than 24 hours. But the wily crook convinces bumbling policeman Emilien he's a lowly Belgian embassy employee who got railroaded by the brilliant master criminal.
Genres: Action Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2007-02-10
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Taxi 2
Overview: A cabdriver and a cop race to Paris to rescue a love interest and the Japanese minister of defense from kidnappers.
Genres: Action Comedy Adventure Crime
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2000-03-25
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Taxi 3
Overview: A gang of thieves calling themselves the Santa Claus Gang are wreaking havoc, and the police can't keep up. Police Captain Gilbert is distracted by a Chinese reporter writing a story on his squad, and taxi driver Daniel is in the midst of a relationship crisis. After a string of mistakes in which the thieves outsmart the police time and time again, Daniel and his super-taxi pitch in.
Genres: Action Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2003-01-29
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Les Enfoirés 2008 - Les secrets des Enfoirés
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Genres: Music
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2008-03-07
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Six-Pack
Overview: A serial killer is on the loose in Paris and he seems to be an american citizen working in the US embassy and being in the middle of a french-american economical affair.
Genres: Thriller Action Crime
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2000-04-26
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L'homme sans nom
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Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2010-09-25
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Labyrinth
Overview: Psychologist Dr. Brennac is asked by a colleague to help with the case of Claude, a patient on trial for multiple murders. Is Claude really guilty of the crimes, or is he a victim of his own mind?
Genres: Crime Drama Mystery Thriller
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2003-09-09
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Furious Girl
Overview: Back in her hometown after spending a year learning singing lessons in New York, the young Marseillaise Faïza dreams of becoming a singer. But she helps her parents who have financial difficulties. While becoming a cleaning lady, she meets Fred, a music manager.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2011-07-13
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En attendant un miracle
Overview: On the morning the corpse of a man has been found in a bathing tank of the sanctuary of Lourdes.The police captain Fiona Langlois will be in charge of the murder investigation with a help of Maxime Gardette, a police investigator who recently has come to Lourdes.The victim , the doctor Adrien Delubachas received a hit in his head and was drowned in a bathing tank.The doctor was member of the International Medical Committee of Lourdes , a group of doctor who investigate cases of healing by miracle.
Genres: Crime TV Movie
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2021-12-18
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Belphegor, Phantom of the Louvre
Overview: A collection of artifacts from an archeological dig in Egypt are brought to the famous Louvre museum in Paris, and while experts are using a laser scanning device to determine the age of a sarcophagus, a ghostly spirit escapes and makes its way into the museum's electrical system.
Genres: Fantasy Mystery Horror
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2001-04-03
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Les Enfoirés - Les Enfoirés en chœur de 1985 à aujourd'hui
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Genres: Music
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2014-12-13
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A Private Affair
Overview: Divorced private detective Francois Maneri is assigned by his agency to investigate the disappearance of Rachel, a young student who has been missing for six months. After interviewing Rachel's family, friends and classmates, Francois is attacked and injured by an anonymous assailant and becomes reluctant to continue his search. But when Rachel's body is found, Francois is drawn deeper into the investigation as he discovers the dead girl's secret life.
Genres: Thriller Crime Mystery
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2002-04-30
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Savage Souls
Overview: At a wake one night in 1945, a group of aged women recall the life of one of their number. Sixty years before, Thérèse was barely 20 years old when she eloped with her boyfriend, Firmin, a blacksmith, to Châtillon, a town in Provence. Here, she makes the acquaintance of the wealthy Madame Numance, who is known for her good deeds. Realising that Thérèse is pregnant and unemployed, Madame Numance insists that she moves into a house on her estate. Whilst Firmin resents the arrangement, Thérèse soon finds that she can exploit the situation, using her benefactor's naivety and generosity for her own gain..
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2001-05-20
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Facteur chance
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Genres: TV Movie Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2009-03-29
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Before You Leave
Overview: A group of friends in their thirties meet for a weekend in a mountain chalet for what will be a sort of review of an era in their lives and their relationships.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2005-05-02
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Le souffleur
Overview: A man who works as a theater prompter and can't always tell the difference between fantasy and reality, asks a girl on a date and then writes a successful script based on said date without telling her.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2005-03-09
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Renart the Fox
Overview: Renart is a sly fox who can always chit-chat his way out of sticky situations. In his quest for an elusive treasure, Renart has ample opportunity to demonstrate how a quick mind can triumph over brute strength.
Genres: Animation Family Comedy Fantasy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2005-05-12
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L'incruste
Overview: A small crook manages to crash at a musician's apartment and turns his life upside down.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2004-03-01
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Jeux dangereux
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Genres: Action Drama TV Movie
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2012-03-21
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I Want It All
Overview: The collision between family life and career lies at the heart of this comedy hailing from France. A mother of two small children, Eva's life goes from stressful to insane when she is told that she is a project finalist for the design of a massive European hospital. She and her working husband Philippe try desperately to balance their commitments to their kids, careers, and themselves.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1999-11-17
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Neige
Overview: Several notables from the Chamonix region are found murdered in their homes. To move forward with investigation, police captain Thomas Delhaye decides to release Juliette Hémon from prison, imprisoned for a strangely similar case.
Genres: Thriller Crime TV Movie
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2022-09-25
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Poor Richard!
Overview: It is in a small popular district that the pot of the Eurogagnant, 124 million euros, is won - But who is the lucky winner?
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2013-01-16
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Le Renard jaune
Overview: Charles Senac, author of a single novel but crowned by the Prix Goncourt, is hated by the regulars of the bar-restaurant "Le Renard jaune" who regularly insult him. One morning he is found dead in his home. For inspector Giraud, it is clear that the culprit is among the customers of "Le Renard jaune".
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2013-06-26
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Douce France
Overview: In this French comedy, the young adult children of working-class Arab immigrants living in the projects of suburban Paris endeavor to find a suitable cultural identity. The story centers on four young men in their 20s: Farida, who tries to live according to family traditions; his rebellious sister Souad, who wants to be as Westernized as possible and works at a fast-food outlet; her ex-boyfriend, Jean Luc, who wants to be an immigrant lawyer; and his friend Moussa. The film is comprised of brief incidents from their lives.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1995-11-22
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Cartouche, le Brigand Magnifique
Overview: The people of Paris loved him, because he took care of the poor, and had no sympathy for the rich
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2009-07-23
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Le Jour de Ma Mort
Overview: When a fortuneteller predicted Lisa's death on August 15 in midst of fear and violence, she shrugged. Yet, this morning, as the sun rises over a deserted and heat-scorched city, the police is desperate. The killer of three women will strike again by midnight. Suddenly Lisa feels less serene. Especially since she is sure, a man has broken into the empty building. August 15th will be a very hot day….
Genres: TV Movie Thriller Crime
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2024-02-25
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Nos amis les flics
Overview: Une bande de jeunes voyous inoffensifs vivote de petits coups. Après un braquage loupé, ils se trouvent dans l'impossibilité de régler leurs dettes au caïd du coin, qui, pour le rembourser, leur propose le cambriolage d'une fondation d'art moderne. Mais rien ne se passe comme prévu et tout s'enchaîne... mal.
Genres: Comedy Action Crime
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2004-06-18
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Une bonne leçon
Overview: Sidonie returns from Morocco with a broken heart because of a man called Diego.Then her sister,Marion, a lawyer of Paris,decides to travel to Morocco to give him a lesson.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2013-11-18
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Je préfère qu'on reste amis
Overview: Claudine, a florist in her fifties, has an appointment with Valentin, her best friend and confidant. She wants to tell him about the love she has felt for him for five years. But the young man is an eternal seducer. He does not seem to be on the same wavelength as her friend.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2015-05-26
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The Jackpot!
Overview: To his family, François Voisin is nothing more than a humdrum civil servant. In truth, for the past twenty years he has been working as a secret agent. All goes well until circumstances put his secret in danger.
Genres: Adventure Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1991-12-18
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Le Gendre idéal
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Genres: Comedy TV Movie Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2008-11-17
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Le Gendre idéal 2
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Genres: Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2010-06-17
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Le chapeau de Mitterrand
Overview: One day in 1986, François Mitterrand forgets his black felt (his initials) in a Lyons restaurant. Daniel Mercier, a young executive who has just been reprimanded by his superior, who judges that the computerization of its business plan is stupid, steals it to clear his head. It was then that his life is turned upside down.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2016-01-06
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Pas de panique
Overview: It is time for thirty-something Ludovic Chambercy to succeed his father Jacques at the head of the family business: the Chambercy Galleries. But faced with his new duties, Ludovic begins to sweat, has panic attacks and even dizzy spells. He is diagnosed with hypegiaphobia or extreme fear of responsibility. This man with everything for a happy life seems to be shying away from the expectations of his family. Reluctantly, without a word to his father and girlfriend, Ludovic starts group behavior therapy. While his lies spark off an incredible series of tragicomic events, Ludovic strikes up a friendship with the other phobics in his group: Léon, trader in bric-a-brac, who can no longer stand untidiness; Clémence, a student who cannot bear even one second of her own company and Margaux, who can no longer touch or be touched. And if Ludovic is to find a cure at the end of the road, there will be a few surprises in store for him along the way...
Genres: Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2006-01-01
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Normal People Are Nothing Exceptional
Overview: Martine is 25. Since breaking up with François, she has the feeling that the world is caving in on her. Between small jobs and one-night stands, she can't seem to get a fix on herself. In desperation, after a last quarrel with François, she unintentionally causes an accident that leads her to the emergency ward of a psychiatric hospital. During her brief stay, she unexpectedly sparks into life. She takes an interest in two young patients, Pierre and Anne, convinced that she is doing the right thing in supervising their love life...
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1993-11-23
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Free Wheeling
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Genres: Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2005-05-29
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Voisins, voisines
Overview: The Mozart Residence is home to several "new owners" of all origins: a new concierge, Paco, of Spanish origin, who has just been released from prison, arrives at the residence. Around it, the hall and the mailboxes, the "ballet" of the Residence Mozart is organized.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2005-07-20
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Un homme par hasard
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Genres: Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2003-01-01
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Kramer contre Kramer
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2013-08-02
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Fool's Game
Overview: Mikael, Skip and P'tit Louis are planning a big job. In his car, Michael pulls out his hair by making P'tit Louis repeat the insults that he will have to utter to Perron's secretary. Perron (Miki Manojlovic) is the producer they have come to bully for ignoring their script seven times in a row. The three guys have a grudge against the entire film industry. What they are looking for is a minimum of interest in their plot, a deign to read their script. So they take the producer and his daughter hostage, then demand a TV crew to make their demands known.
Genres: Crime Thriller
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2001-03-07
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Murder in Le Havre
Overview: A mummified corpse has been found by workers who were knocking down a wall. Ariane Sallès and Gaspard Lesage are in charge of the investigation.
Genres: Crime Drama Mystery TV Movie
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2018-09-14
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Shadows of the Past
Overview: Vincent witnesses a deadly accident which rekindles a terrible event from his past.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2018-11-07
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Dors mon lapin
Overview: It's the story of a young married man name Lionel who is swamped by colossal debts and whose wife is soon to give birth. At his wits' end, he decides one day to commit an irreparable act and kidnaps his millionnaire neighbors' 1-year-old baby. He demands a small ransom of €60,000. But Lionel is no criminal and all his attempts at exchanging his hostage for money fail. Meanwhile, he becomes increasingly attached to the baby. When he at last manages to get the money, he must come to terms with releasing his hostage.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2014-03-19
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Petite menteuse
Overview: Take a handsome, friendly 40-year-old family man looking for a job. Put him in a room with a young executive woman, who's single, resolute and yearning for motherhood. Add a delightful little pony-tailed siren named Laura. Sprinkle with smiles and tuck into a charming tale... It's just that delightful little siren sometimes turn out to be terrible liars and a young "widower" can conceal a happily married man, wibly in love with his wife. Trouble's brewing...
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1998-03-28
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Van Gogh in Love
Overview: Van Gogh in Love tells the story of Van Gogh’s longing for love and a family. It explores the lesser-known area of his (not so!) romantic love life. Matters of love were always on his mind, and were inextricably linked with other aspects of his life.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2021-07-15
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The Grand Restaurant III
Overview: He had opened his Great Restaurant twice, in 2010 and 2011, as part of an entertainment broadcast on France 2. Pierre Palmade “reopens it after work” in the form of a fiction offered by M6. Exit the brewery. The artist has chosen to shoot his film at the Froufrou, the restaurant at the Théâtre Édouard-VII, in Paris, a chic establishment with rococo decor, more solemn and therefore more appropriate to important moments in life, to his big announcements that make the subject of a series of sketches. They are interpreted by a cast of stars just as prestigious as that of his comrade Muriel Robin a few weeks ago in I Love you coiffure , on TF1. As a common thread, Pierre Palmade in the role of the host busy satisfying his customers, while ensuring that his mother (Marthe Villalonga), his competitor (Florence Foresti) and her cook husband (Jean Leduc) do not transform the evening in disaster.
Genres: Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2021-02-03
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CDD: Corpus Crisis
Overview: Two students are hired by the mafia to clean up crime scenes. On the last day of work, a problem: a body is not 100% dead.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2020-03-06
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Une histoire d'amour à la con
Overview: The love story of Pascal and Hélène who meet at Françoise's birthday party and the love story of Gérard, Pascal's confidant, and Françoise who invited Pascal and Hélène to her birthday party.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1996-07-10
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Chateaubriand
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Genres: Drama TV Movie History
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2010-04-28
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Totally Nuts
Overview: Diane, a young woman in search of a child, is looking for money to go to the sperm bank. She crosses paths with Arthur, a bank robber.
Genres: TV Movie Drama Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2004-01-28
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Les Ritals
Overview: This 2-part TV film, adapted from an autobiography, tells the childhood of writer François Cavanna, son of an Italien emigrant and a French mother.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1991-05-24
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Murder In Auvergne
Overview: A woman's body is found near a lake. The murderer seems to have copied an ancient local legend about the punishment of sinners who provoked the wrath of God. A complicated investigation for Captain Romagnat and Officer Lefaivre.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2017-01-01
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Captain Conan
Overview: The last days of World War I, Eastern front. Captain Conan, a lone wolf, a true warrior, leads a band of ruthless French fighters who love hand-to-hand combat; they are not fit for peacetime, they only feel really alive in the chaos of the battlefield.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1996-10-16
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