Irène Tunc
Also Known As: Irène Pierrette Louise Tunc, Irene Tunc
Biography: Irène Tunc (25 September 1935 – 16 January 1972) was a French actress and model. She was crowned Miss France in 1954. She was the wife of film director Alain Cavalier and she died in a car crash in 1972. She appeared in 35 films and television shows between 1955 and 1971. Source: Article "Irène Tunc" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Lille, France
Birthday: September 26, 1934
Deathday: January 16, 1972
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Gender: Female
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Je T'Aime, Je T'Aime
Overview: Recovering from an attempted suicide, a man is selected to participate in a time travel experiment that has only been tested on mice. A malfunction in the experiment causes the man to experience moments from his past in a random order.
Genres: Drama Science Fiction
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1968-04-24
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Léon Morin, Priest
Overview: The widow Barny lives in Nazi-occupied France, looking after her half-Jewish daughter in a small village. When the Germans arrive, she decides to baptize her and chooses priest Léon Morin to do so. After spending some time with him, the relationship with her confessor turns into a confrontation with both God and her own repressed desire.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1961-09-22
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Live for Life
Overview: Famous TV newscaster Robert Colomb is married to Catherine, but is continually unfaithful to her. Then he meets, and becomes fascinated with Candice.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1967-09-13
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Lazzarella
Overview: Luciano, who studies at the university, falls in love with Sandra, a high school student, who returns his love. If her family is very rich, his family is of modest extraction; however, the difference in condition does not seem to be a problem, and Luciano's degree increases the hope of a happy future. However, following a sudden financial collapse, Sandra's family business failed: so, to help her parents, the girl accepted the kindness of a very rich childhood friend, deciding to marry him.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1957-11-27
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Conqueror of the Orient
Overview: Centuries ago in the Orient, the fiscal exactions on the people lead to a revolt against the usurper of the throne, and the empowerment of a new leader.
Genres: Action Adventure Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1961-09-14
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La contessa azzurra
Overview: Loreley looks back to the happy times when she became a silent movie star with the huge success of "La Contessa Azzurra", directed by Don Salvatore and produced by Don Peppino, the owner of a Café Chantant.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1960-09-16
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Bravissimo
Overview: The master Impallato takes care of the boys in a suburban after-school. Here he discovers a pupil with an extraordinary baritone voice.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1955-11-22
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Cavalier in Devil's Castle
Overview: A mysterious horseman, called the Dark Knight, sets himself up as a masked vigilante and decides to free the duchet of Valgrado from the grip of a terrible tyrant.
Genres: Adventure
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1959-03-21
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Two English Girls
Overview: At the beginning of the 20th century, Claude Roc, a young middle-class Frenchman, befriends Ann, an Englishwoman. While spending time in England with Ann’s family, Claude falls in love with her sister Muriel, but both families lay down a year-long separation without contact before they may marry.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1971-11-18
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The Last Adventure
Overview: Two adventurers and best friends, Roland and Manu, are the victims of a practical joke that costs Manu his pilot's license. With seeming contrition, the jokesters tell Roland and Manu about a crashed plane lying on the ocean floor off the coast of Congo stuffed with riches. The adventurers set off to find the loot.
Genres: Adventure Drama Romance
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1967-04-12
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Heartbeat
Overview: The mistress of a wealthy man misses material comforts when she leaves him for a younger lover.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1968-10-30
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Camilla
Overview: Camilla, a middle-aged Venetian widow, arrives in Rome to take up service as a maid for the Rossetti family, who are not prosperous. With her discreet presence, she is an element of cohesion for them thru tensions and misfortunes.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1954-11-24
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Aphrodite, Goddess of Love
Overview: The construction of great temple dedicated to the goddess Aphrodite, followed by new and high taxes and the arrival of a plague, create discontent in the population, and threatens the love between a sculptor and a slave.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1958-08-29
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Les Truands
Overview: "Thieves We Are" - In flashback, the audience learns why 104-year-old Amedee steals the watch belonging to the town mayor. The story develops into a history of the watch-thievery business, told in anecdotal fashion.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1956-04-27
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Explosive Vacation!
Overview: Arlette thinks she has made a wonderful gift to her daughter Sylvie, who has just married François Morel, a young journalist. And, to tell the truth, not everybody receives a posh little bar like the Royal Montmartre as a gift. The trouble is that Monsieur Jo, the former owner of the joint is also the boss of a gang of drug traffickers. And that he has managed to persuade the pair of naive lovebirds to drop a painting to a friend on their way to their honeymoon place. Now the picture is stuffed with drugs! The honeymoon trip promises to be eventful...
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1957-08-09
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Pillaged
Overview: Over the course of one night, a gang of twelve criminals carry out a commando-like raid on a small town.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1967-11-15
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Genitori in blue-jeans
Overview: Some middle-aged Italian men try to have affairs with much-younger girls.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1960-02-10
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Frou-Frou
Overview: A story of the love of Frou-Frou - an actress and singer in the in the beginning of her career.
Genres: Romance Comedy Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1955-06-19
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Girl on the Third Floor
Overview: A Parisian reporter tries to exonerate a fugitive neighbor of charges he murdered his wife.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1955-08-02
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Diamond Machine
Overview: A group of bandits conspire to kidnap a scientist who can help them manufacture diamonds.Unbeknownst to them , the FBI is already on their case.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1955-12-29
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Maid in Paris
Overview: Penelope Benson, known as Penny, is both romantic and determined. Put in a select boarding school by her mother, she takes advantage of a trip to Paris to get away from it all and live her own life. That's how she meets Antoine du Merlet, whom she takes for a young hoodlum when in fact he's a police superintendent. She spends the night at his place, which leads to a number of setbacks for poor Antoine, who is stigmatized by the headmistress, abandoned by his mistress and has to face a strip-tease session starring the unconscious Penny... But Penny's a spicy one and Antoine's a nice guy, so... !
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1956-01-20
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If Paris Were Told to Us
Overview: Historical film directed and written by Sacha Guitry follows the the history of Paris from its founding through the significant events in the city's history.
Genres: Comedy Drama History
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1956-01-27
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Operazione notte
Overview: An unemployed young man has a relationship with the mistress of a rich industrialist. In order to escape her protector, he decides to commit a robbery in the company of a friend...
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1957-01-18
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Le colonel est de la revue
Overview: To spice up a life that's too quiet, a couple of friends play at being gangsters, but end up meeting some real hoodlums.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1957-03-01
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La Parisienne
Overview: The spoiled daughter of the French Ambassador tricks one of his aides into marrying her.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1957-12-16
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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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La sposa
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1958-01-01
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Noi siamo 2 evasi
Overview: Two inmates escape prison changing clothes with a couple of businessmen. They'll be taken by the financiers and find themselves surrounded by wealth and beautiful women.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1959-06-26
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Katia
Overview: Tsar Alexandre II meets a young student, Katia. He understands that he loves her and try to send her away but they end up seeing each other again and becomes his mistress. With the help of Katia, Alexandre prepares a liberal constitution, but these reforms make him hostile to the more privileged subjects without satirising the revolutionaries against the regime.
Genres: Drama Romance History
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1959-12-22
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Cavalcata selvaggia
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Genres: Western
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1960-01-01
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Sweet and Sour
Overview: Gerard, a young man from a "good family" dreams of becoming an actor. To do this, he follows everywhere his sister Frédérique who is infatuated with cinéma vérité.
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1963-09-04
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The Gardener of Argenteuil
Overview: Tulipe, is an old man who lives alone in an old railway carriage in the Argentueil region of Paris. His main passions are gardening and oil painting, but he also has a secret source of income. His godson discovers that Tulipe is actually a master forger, producing perfect copies of 10 franc notes. His godson’s girlfriend sees this as an opportunity to get very rich – but she must persuade Tulipe to forge 500 franc notes. Assuming Tulipe’s agreement, his godson and his girlfriend buy an expensive new car and luxury villa in provincial France – but there is a cruel turn of fate in store for them when Tulipe strikes up a friendship with a millionaire playboy.
Genres: Crime Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1966-10-07
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Le signore
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1960-05-03
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