Paul PreboistFilmography

Occupation:: Actor
Biography:: French actor Paul Preboist specialized in comic and character roles. He made his feature film debut in Cresus (1960). ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide...Read More

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La Belle Histoire

Actors: Gérard Lanvin, Béatrice Dalle, Vincent Lindon, Marie-Sophie L., Patrick Chesnais

Synopsis: It is a commonplace that past actions affect our present circumstances. This ambitious movie attempts to show how truly distant actions from former lives affect the subsequent lives of the protagonists. In the story, beginning in Roman times, a wanderer (Gerard Lanvin) miraculously tames some wild Read More

1992
Il y a des Jours...Et des Lunes...

Actors: Gérard Lanvin, Patrick Chesnais, Vincent Lindon, Francis Huster, Marie-Sophie L., Annie Girardot

Synopsis: In this somewhat odd exploration of human romantic difficulties, the people in the film are all put under extra stress by the fact that on the day in question, they have lost an hour to daylight savings time. In addition, it is a full moon. Neither factor improves their response to the mild Read More

1990
Le Facteur De Saint-Tropez

Actors: Henri Genes, Manuel Gelin, Marion Game, Paul Preboist

1985
L'Emir Prefere Les Blondes

Actors: Roger Carel, Pierre Doris, Jean Parédès, Paul Preboist

1983
Y A T Il Un Pirate Sur L'Antenne

Actors: Yvonne Clech, Paul Preboist, Claude Véga, Roger Carel

1983
Un Bon Petit Diable

Actors: Alice Sapritch, Philippe Clay, Paul Preboist

1983
Les Planques Du Regiment

Actors: Paul Preboist, Michel Modo

1983
Les Misérables

Actors: Lino Ventura, Michel Bouquet, Jean Carmet, Françoise Seigner, Evelyne Bouix

Synopsis: This screen version of Victor Hugo's classic novel stars Italian actor Lino Ventura as Jean Valjean, a French peasant who -- driven to desperation by poverty -- steals a loaf of bread only to be caught by the police. After serving a long prison term for this petty theft, Valjean is tempted to Read More

1982
Deux Heures Moins le Quart Avant Jesus-Christ

Actors: Coluche, Michel Serrault, Jean Yanne, Françoise Fabian, Michel Auclair

Synopsis: The setting for this story is Rahatlcoum, a Roman colony in North Africa, but the "colonists" watch television, have gay bars, trade unions, and traffic problems -- something like the "Flintstones" in an Afro-French incarnation, slipping around on Monty Pythonesque dialogue. A gay Jules César's Read More

1982
Mon Cure Chez Les Nudistes

Actors: Paul Preboist, Georges Descrieres, Katia Tchenko, Jean-Marc Thibault

1982
Les Babas Cool

Actors: Christian Clavier, Marie-Anne Chazel, Anémone, Nadia Barentin, Philippe Léotard

1981
Les Bidasses Aux Grandes Manoeuvres

Actors: Michel Galabru, Paul Preboist, Michel Modo

1981
Signe Furax

Actors: Bernard Haller, Jean-Pierre Darras, Dany Saval, Mylène Demongeot

1980
À Nous Deux

Actors: Jacques Dutronc, Catherine Deneuve, Jacques Villeret, Paul Preboist, Bernard Crombey

Synopsis: Françoise has gone into business seducing men whose wives want to divorce them, and who need incriminating evidence against them. In addition, she has a little blackmail operation going on on the side with politicians who can't afford a scandal. She got started on this business after she was Read More

1979
La Grande Recre

Actors: Paul Preboist, Michel Galabru, Roger Carel

1976
Y'a Un Os Dans La Moulinette

Actors: Michel Galabru, Daniel Prévost, Paul Preboist, Darry Cowl

1974
One Eyed Men Are Kings

Actors: Paul Preboist, Marie Marc

1974
Les Vacanciers

Actors: Michel Galabru, Alice Sapritch, Paul Preboist

1973
La Raison du Plus Fou

Actors: Raymond Devos, Alice Sapritch, Jean Carmet, Julien Guiomar

Synopsis: When sanitarium cook Surveillant (Raymond Devos) liberates a couple of patients and takes them on a trip to gaze on the ocean for the first time, he lands in hot water with his boss the director, who is a hard-hearted harridan with no time for such nonsense. In any event, the bumbling cook has Read More

1973
Tout le Monde Il Est Beau - Tout le Monde Il Est Gentil

Actors: Jean Yanne, Bernard Blier, Marina Vlady, Michel Serrault

Synopsis: Jean Yanne directs and stars in this French comedy. He plays a radio reporter who is fired when he recounts on the air just how his brave colleagues report on Latin American revolutions: from a lounge chair next to the pool of a luxury hotel, or from cabanas along the beach. He is briefly hired Read More

5/5/72
Les Fous du Stade

Actors: Les Charlots, Paul Preboist, Martine Kelly, Gerard Croce

Synopsis: This madcap film follows the exploits of the popular French jazz and rock group "Les Charlots," as they move with style and charm from one amusing situation after another, somewhat after the manner of the Beatles in Hard Day's Night. ~ Clarke Fountain, All Movie Guide Read More

1972
Les Joyeux Lurons

Actors: Alice Sapritch, Paul Preboist, Philippe Clay, Michel Galabru

1972
Les Joyeux Comperes

Actors: Michel Galabru, Paul Preboist, Darry Cowl, Jean-Marie Proslier

1972
Quelques Messieurs Trop Tranquilles

Actors: André Pousse, Jean Lefebvre, Dani, Michel Galabru

Synopsis: In order to fight gangsters, the local townspeople and some hippie tourists overcome their differences in this French comedy/thriller. The villagers had hoped to lure a richer slice of the tourist trade to their town, but what they got were a bunch of fairly grungy hippies. After putting up with Read More

1972
La Belle Affaire

Actors: Michel Serrault, Rosy Varte, Michel Galabru, Paul Preboist

1972
Le Trefle a Cinq Feuilles

Actors: Philippe Noiret, Liselotte Pulver, Thalie Fruges, Jean Carmet

Synopsis: In this French family film, the worst-laid plans of an unpleasant, grasping family come to naught in the face of the goodness of Alfred and his crew of zanies. The evil family hopes to take over the house Alfred and his clan live in and would stop at nothing, including witchcraft and murder, to Read More

1972
La Folie des Grandeurs

Actors: Louis de Funès, Yves Montand, Alice Sapritch, Paul Preboist

Synopsis: This French historical comedy/farce, loosely based on Victor Hugo's play Ruy Blas, benefits greatly from having Louis De Funes and Yves Montand in the roles of Saluste and Blaze. Saluste is a nobleman who has been exiled from court and sent to collect taxes in the countryside. Blaze is his Read More

12/8/71
L'Explosion

Synopsis: Before there was "Club Med," there were already vacation resorts of all kinds which featured rustic settings, games, and parties designed for short-term romance. In this French-language crime comedy, a thief returns to the place where he buried some stolen jewels, only to discover that the site he Read More

7/21/71
Sur un Arbre Perché

Actors: Geraldine Chaplin, Roland Armontel

Synopsis: French comic Louis De Funes stars as Henri, who has a very unfortunate accident while on his way to arrange some sort of shady deal on the Italian border. He has tried desperately not to let his better impulses get control of him; nonetheless, he has already picked up a hitchhiker (Olivier De Read More

4/14/71
Doucement Les Basses!

Actors: Paul Meurisse, Natalie Delon, Julien Guiomar, Alain Delon

Synopsis: In this French comedy, Alain Delon is Simon, a young man who has entered the priesthood after learning of the death of his wife, Rita (Nathalie Delon). Problems abound when he discovers her among the living, and living as a hooker, no less. Paul Meurisse lends his dry humor to the proceedings as Read More

4/9/71
Les Malheurs d'Alfred

Actors: Pierre Richard, Anny Duperey, Pierre Mondy, Jean Carmet

Synopsis: The notable French comedian Pierre Richard stars in and directs this, his second feature film. Here he plays Alfred, about whom it may be said, "if it weren't for bad luck, he'd have no luck at all." Unlucky in love, he tries to commit suicide, only to be thwarted by police efforts to prevent a Read More

1971
L'Homme Orchestre

Actors: Louis de Funès, Noëlle Adam, Paul Preboist, Franco Fabrizi

Synopsis: Evans (Louis De Funes) stars in this situation comedy about a man in charge of a female ballet troupe. The only other man in the house is his nephew Philippe (Olivier De Funes). One of the former residents becomes pregnant, and anonymous note labels the nephew as the father. Evans seeks out the Read More

9/18/70
Le Distrait

Actors: Pierre Richard, Bernard Blier, Maria Pacome, Paul Preboist, Marie-Christine Barrault

Synopsis: The Daydreamer (Le Distrait) stars Pierre Richard (who also directed) as a stumblebum ad-agency employee. Unable to get by in the "real" world, he opts for his own fantasy world, in which everything goes right for him and he always gets the girl. After several blithe moments, the businessman Read More

1970
La Maison

Actors: Michel Simon, Patti D'Arbanville, Paul Preboist, Alain Libolt

Synopsis: Louis (Michel Simon) is the elderly science professor who is visited by the daughter of an American colleague. Lorraine (Patricia D'Arbanville) is the 18-year-old hippie student who Louis picks up hitchhiking. He lets her stay, after initially having reservations, and comes to like the perky teen. Read More

1970
Le Bateau Sur L'herbe

Actors: Valentina Cortese, Claude Jade, John McEnery

Synopsis: In this gentle, tragic drama, Olivier (John McEnery) is a wealthy young man with a lively and attractive mother (Valentina Cortese), which is a pity, really, as he can't bear her, or the men she gets involved with. When he gets too upset with her escapades, he begins to break things, or runs off. Read More

1970
Hibernatus

Actors: Louis de Funès, Claude Gensac, Martine Kelly, Michel Lonsdale, Claude Piéplu, Bernard Alane

Synopsis: This comedy finds a family turned upside down by a new addition to the house. Hubert (Louis De Funes) and his wife (Claude-Gensac) are shocked to discover her grandfather has been found frozen in a block of ice at the South Pole. Scientists revive the man, who still appears to be 25 years old. Read More

9/10/69
Beru Et Ces Dames

Actors: Jean Richard, Gérard Barray, Paul Preboist, Maria Mauban, Anna Gael, Pierre Preboist

Synopsis: This comedy-tinged crime drama finds the detective San Antonio (Gerald Barray) and his sidekick Beru (Jean Richard) hot on the trail of some thugs who have stolen some morphine. They trace the thief to a house, but the prime suspect is found murdered. The house is full of hookers, much to the Read More

1968
Le Vieil Homme et l'Enfant

Actors: Michel Simon, Alain Cohen, Charles Denner, Luce Fabiole, Roger Carel

Synopsis: Having been forced into minor parts for several years by a debilitating illness, veteran film actor Michel Simon made a triumphant return to leading roles in the charming, poignant The Two of Us (Le Vieil Homme et L'Enfant). Simon plays a likeable old soak with one significant character flaw: he Read More

1968
Sales Temps Pour Les Mouches

Actors: Gérard Barray, Jean Richard, Paul Preboist, Philippe Clay, Nicole Maurey

Synopsis: San Antonio (Gerarnd Barray) is a suave French police inspector who pretends to turn criminal in order to infiltrate a gang lead by Eastern block scientists. Highlights include two parachuting enemies who battle each other in a free-fall as they plummet to the ground. Jean Richard provides comedy Read More

1967
Oscar

Actors: Louis de Funès, Claude Rich, Claude Gensac, Agathe Natanson, Mario David

Synopsis: Bertrand (Louis De Funes) is a victim of blackmail when a man asks for his daughter's hand in marriage in this madcap comedy of errors. The suitor offers money he has embezzled in exchange for permission to wed the young woman. The trouble is that the woman is not really Bertrand's daughter but a Read More

1967
La Grande Vadrouille

Actors: Bourvil, Louis de Funès, Terry-Thomas, Marie Dubois, Andréa Parisy, Claudio Brook

Synopsis: In this British war comedy, set in WW II, a bomber crew is shot down over Paris during the Nazi occupation. They are helped out of the city by several good-hearted Frenchman. They make it to the steambath where they had an important rendezvous. They then begin the final part of their escape. A Read More

12/8/66
Commissaire San Antonio

Actors: Gérard Barray, Jean Richard, Paul Preboist, Philippe Clay

1966
Les Tribulations D'Un Chinois En Chine

Actors: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Ursula Andress, Jean Rochefort, Maria Pacome, Darry Cowl, Valerie Lagrange

Synopsis: Arthur Lempereur (Jean-Paul Belmondo of Breathless) is a globe-hopping millionaire, engaged to Alice (Valérie Lagrange), a beautiful young woman. As the film opens, Arthur has cut the break line on his fine automobile and proceeds to drive it off a cliff. This, we learn, is his ninth suicide Read More

11/26/65
How Not to Rob a Department Store

Synopsis: In this French comedy, a desperate gambler has one week to repay a large debt; and therefore, enlists the aide of a bungling thief to help him rob a large Paris department store. They choose to pull the heist on Christmas Eve. With the help of another, the gambler poses as Santa Claus. They fill a Read More

1965
Weekend à Zuydcoote

Actors: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Catherine Spaak, François Perier, Jean-Pierre Marielle, Georges Géret

Synopsis: In this WW II drama set during a weekend in June of 1940, German invaders force British troops to flee Dunkirk. The French soldiers stationed on a nearby beach also want to withdraw so they too can battle the Germans, but they have been ordered to stay in place and the British are to use the boats Read More

12/18/64
Cartouche

Actors: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Claudia Cardinale, Jean Rochefort, Odile Versois, Marcel Dalio

Synopsis: Jean-Paul Belmondo romps his way through the role of 18th century French bandit chief Cartouche. At first robbing from everyone in sight (he has to -- he's head man of a Parisian crime syndicate) Cartouche is rechanneled into becoming a Gallic Robin Hood by beauteous gypsy Venus (Claudia Read More

3/7/62
Les Sept Péchés Capitaux

Actors: Jacques Charrier, Marie-José Nat, Eddie Constantine, Nicole Mirel, Dany Saval, Marina Vlady, Claude Brasseur

Synopsis: The seven major sins receive treatment from some of France's greatest directors in this lively portmanteau. "Anger" by Dhomme, chronicles a single horrific day when every bowl of soup in France is found to contain a fly. This causes a devastating nationwide revolt. "Envy" by Molinaro tells the Read More

1962
Cresus

Actors: Fernandel, Rellys, Paul Preboist, Sylvie, René Génin

Synopsis: This is a routine comedy by novice director and novelist Jean Giono about Jules (Fernandel) a wily French peasant who dallies with a local widow and enjoys spats with his fellow sheepherders. One day he comes across a hidden stash of money and throws a party for all his friends, making them Read More

1960

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