Aimed at younger audiences, this special-effects filled French comedy centers on the afterlife adventures of two recently...
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Director
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1996
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In this romantic comedy-drama, a couple learns that the relationship between the mind and the body can take many different...
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Screenwriter
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1996
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In this crime comedy, Urbain (Christian Clavier) only got married because his wife blackmailed him into it: she was a tax...
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Director, Screenwriter
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1993
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In this romantic comedy/spy thriller, Clarissa Boulanger (Sabine Azema) is eager to take a breather from her deteriorating...
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Director, Screenwriter
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1989
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In this comedy, young Moses Levy is a Hassidic Jew who lives a quiet existence, avoiding entanglement with the modern world....
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Director, Screenwriter
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1987
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Some young international terrorists are holed up in the apartment Loulou Dupin (Coluche) inherited from his recently deceased...
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Director, Screenwriter
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1984
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The French/German Ace of Aces stars Jean-Paul Belmondo as a dauntless World War One flyboy. Nearly 20 years after cessation...
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Director, Screenwriter
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1982
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This zany satire of the stereotypical spy thriller is directed by Gerard Oury, known for his ability to wring laughter out of...
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Director, Screenwriter
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1980
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Director, Screenwriter
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1978
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This comedy concentrates on the mishaps befalling bigoted Frenchman Louis DeFunes. While en route to his daughter's wedding,...
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Director, Screenwriter
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1973
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This French historical comedy/farce, loosely based on Victor Hugo's play Ruy Blas, benefits greatly from having...
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Director, Screenwriter
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1971
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The Brain (Le Cerveau) is a tongue-in-cheek caper film with more twists and turns than a rural Oregon highway. David Niven...
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Director, Screenwriter
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1969
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In this British war comedy, set in WW II, a bomber crew is shot down over Paris during the Nazi occupation. They are helped...
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Director, Screenwriter
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1966
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In this French comedy, a clever fellow proves himself smarter than the gangsters who would exploit him. The trouble begins...
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Director, Screenwriter
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1965
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Based on the novel by Irving Wallace, The Prize takes place in Stockholm, where several laureates gather to accept their...
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1963
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Gentle Art of Murder is comprised of a trio of short crime tales: "The Spider's Web," "The Fenyrou Case" and "The Mask." An...
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Director, Screenwriter
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1962
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La Menace is not the most suspenseful or convincing crime drama, though its story has potential. Josepha (Marie-Jose Nat) is...
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Director
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1961
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Intermittent sexual encounters and a sleazy group of protagonists provide some interest in this otherwise undistinguished...
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Director
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1960
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The two romantic leads in this standard but well-acted political drama renew a famous pairing that began with The King and I...
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1959
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Screenwriter, Dr. Bosc
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1958
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Though the title of this French drama translates to Seventh Heaven, it bears no relation to the classic 1927 silent film of...
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Maurice
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1958
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1958
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This somewhat long documentary chronicles events on the sailing ship Moana, as its crew of four men sailed around the world....
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1958
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This complex effort from French filmmaker Yves Allégret was distributed in English-speaking countries as Young Girls Beware...
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Palmer
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1957
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In this suspenseful crime drama, a decent British sailor stationed in France is forced to smuggle gold when one of the gang...
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1956
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Gerard Philipe stars in the lavishly appointed adventure film Le Meilleure Part. Philipe is cast as a dedicated constructive...
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Engineer
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1955
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A good cast smooths over the rough spots of Les Heros sont Fatigues. The scene is the African republic of Liberia, which in...
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1955
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Enzo Cinti
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1954
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Beautiful Hedy Lamarr finds herself faced with a difficult decision when she must choose an appropriate costume for an...
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1954
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Alec Guinness stars as Father Brown, full-time priest and part-time sleuth, in this comic mystery based on the character...
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1954
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Filmed in England, They Who Dare is undeservedly the least-known of director Lewis Milestone's sound films. Set in the...
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Capt. George Two
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1954
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1954
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1953
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Heart of the Matter is a faithful if somewhat austere adaptation of the same-named novel by Graham Greene. Set in Sierra...
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1953
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Victor Hugo's Toilers of the Sea was none too faithfully adapted for the screen as Sea Devils. The hero is Guernsey-Island...
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1953
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Mr. Peek-a-Boo may seem like a puerile title, but it is a lot more graspable to non-French audiences than the original Garou...
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Maurice
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1950
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1950
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1948
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1947
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