Gérard Filipelli
Also Known As: Les Charlots
Biography: Gérard Filippelli (14 December 1942 – 30 March 2021) was a French actor, composer, and singer. In 1964, Filippelli bought an amp from an American soldier in Châteauroux for 500 francs. In 1966, he performed at the Cinéma REX and befriended Jean Sarrus and Gérard Rinaldi. He became sound manager in their group. They formed the acting and singing group Les Charlots, where he stayed until 1997. In 1970, his wife died in an automobile accident. Gérard Filippelli died on 30 March 2021 at the age of 78. Source: Article "Gérard Filippelli" from Wikipedia in english, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Paris, France
Adult: No
Birthday: December 12, 1942
Age: 82 years old
Gender: Male
Deathday: March 30, 2021
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Trop c'est trop
Overview: Philippe, Didier, Georges and Edina were born on the same day. The three boys have always been in love with Edina, but she's always put them off. They set off in search of her and find her posing for a photographer. Seeing them, she flees and dies in the process. By mutual agreement, the three boys commit suicide to join her.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1975-06-05
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Stadium Nuts
Overview: Les Charlots, a French rock group, continue their adventures, in the manner of the Beatles in Hard Day's Night. This is their second adventure. The foursome are on holiday, camping outside a village. The Olympic flame is going to pass through the village. A grocer, charged to prepare a celebration, calls upon the four to help. One of the four falls for the grocer's daughter. However, she runs away after the sportsman carrying the flame. The foursome set of to find her and win her back.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1972-09-22
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The Four Charlots Musketeers 2
Overview: This French slapstick comedy stars the musician/comedian foursome Les Charlots, as valets to the Four Musketeers. One of the film's highlights is a mutual kicking session between Cardinal Richelieu, the King, and a monk. This comedy foursome was enormously popular in 1970s France, and they made a huge number of films during that period.
Genres: Comedy Adventure
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1974-03-13
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The Charlots Return
Overview: Antonio returned to Portugal ten years ago with his lovely (and quite thin) French wife. She has since become quite a hefty specimen of womanhood, and his eye has lately been wandering to others. When his strong-tempered wife catches him with another woman (their neighbor), she bonks him on the head. In order to avoid further embarrassment, he pretends this has induced amnesia. He does so well in his pretense that his worried wife calls his old Parisian buddies (the rest of the Charlots) and asks them to come and help revive his memory.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1992-06-17
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Rookies Go to War
Overview: A Grand Slapstick comedy about four buddies serving in the army. Their long-suffering sergeant attempts to whip them into shape but the conflict spirals out of control.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1974-11-11
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The Big Store
Overview: Four guys working for a small grocer in trouble, declare war on a new giant neighborhood supermarket by attempting several coups. A film about the big store taking over the business of smaller stores.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1973-09-06
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The Four Charlots Musketeers
Overview: This French slapstick comedy stars the musician/comedian foursome Les Charlots, as valets to the Four Musketeers. One of the film's highlights is a mutual kicking session between Cardinal Richelieu, the King, and a monk. This comedy foursome was enormously popular in 1970s France, and they made a huge number of films during that period.
Genres: Comedy Adventure
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1974-02-13
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Rookies Run Amok
Overview: Les Bidasses en Folie, a french movie from 1971, is a very short, easy to watch, slapstick hippie comedy.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1971-12-15
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The Great Java
Overview: Five friends come to the city Brizul. Here they want to find Mr Auguste Kougloff who owns them money, namely 20 million.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1971-01-13
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Rookies Run Amok 2
Overview: The sequel of a successful French comedy "Rookies Run Amok" (1971) again with "Les Charlots" group.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1983-02-02
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From Hong Kong with Love
Overview: Bons baisers de Hong Kong (From Hong Kong with Love) is a 1975 French film directed by Yvan Chiffre. It is a parody of James Bond movies featuring Les Charlots with scenes shot in Hong Kong. Mickey Rooney featured in the film as well as Bernard Lee and Lois Maxwell, stars of the James Bond films who appeared as M and Moneypenny respectively.
Genres: Comedy Family
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1975-12-17
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Les Charlots contre Dracula
Overview: To Take Possession of Maleficient Powers, Dracula must take control of a lady in a Flee Market, Paris , France. But without wasting any time, her friends take on Dracula to save her from this terrible curse of Vampirism.
Genres: Fantasy Comedy Adventure Mystery
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1980-12-17
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Et vive la liberté!
Overview: Their feats of arms in Africa are worth to Phil, Jeannot and Gerard to be sent on a special mission in Algeria. Held captive by the Fellaghas, they manage to escape and are congratulated.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1978-02-01
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Les Charlots en délire
Overview: Gérard, CEO of the factory "La voix du peuple", decides to close his factory by dismissing all his staff, starting with Jean Barbier, the chief of staff, and Phil Dechambre.
Genres: Action Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1979-10-23
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Charlots' Connection
Overview: Three friends begin to work the rent collectors. Fee collection goes with a lot of comic episodes...
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1984-02-08
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Charlots Go to Spain
Overview: Four friends from Paris are living misadventures of all sorts in Spain when their group of travelers is forced to split due to a travel scam.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1972-12-14
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La Lucarne magique
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Genres: Music Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1971-10-04
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Les Charlots en folie
Overview: Documentary on Les Charlots, known as The Crazy Boys in the English-speaking world, a group of French musicians, singers, comedians and film actors who were popular in the 1960s, 1970s, and early 1980s.
Genres: Documentary Comedy TV Movie History
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2024-08-27
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