Roger CarelFilmography

Mon Homme

Actors: Anouk Grinberg, Gérard Lanvin, Valeria Bruni-Tedeschi, Olivier Martinez, Sabine Azéma

Synopsis: A successful prostitute attempts to fashion a homeless man into her ideal pimp in this unconventional, darkly humorous French drama. Marie (Anouk Grinberg) has no real need for a pimp, being a self-reliant, unabashed woman so fond of her job as a hooker that she is able to convince strangers to Read More

Doudou Perdu

Actors: Roger Carel

Les Mouettes

Les 1001 Nuits

Actors: Catherine Zeta-Jones, Thierry Lhermitte, Gérard Jugnot, Stéphane Freiss, Vittorio Gassman

Synopsis: The tale of this movie is familiar enough, Sheherazade (Catherine Zeta-Jones) has been married to a ruler (Thierry Lhermitte) who wants many wives, but only one at a time. Consequently, as soon as he has bedded them, he has them put to death. In most retellings, the girl staves off this Read More

Comedie d'amour

Actors: Michel Serrault, Annie Girardot, Aurore Clément, Patrick Bauchau, Roger Carel

Synopsis: The very busy actor Michel Serrault lends his talents to the depiction of a monstre sacree of French literature, the extremely repugnant but very clever Paul Leautaud, who was famous for his rude, clever observations and his epigrams. Although unkempt and very mean, his rapier-like wit and strong Read More

Asterix et le coup du menhir

Actors: Roger Carel, Pierre Tornade, Henri Labussiere, Marie-Anne Chazel, Julien Guiomar

Synopsis: For those unfamiliar with Asterix, a popular character in European cartoons and comic books, he is a courageous but humorous-looking warrior of the Gauls in Roman times, and often single-handedly fights off the encroachments of the Romans. In this feature-length cartoon, the Romans have conquered Read More

Le Mariage de Figaro

Actors: Fanny Cottençon, Roger Coggio, Marie Laforêt, Claude Giraud, Line Renaud

Synopsis: Before was made into the famous Mozart opera, Le Mariage de Figaro was an incredibly famous French comedy and political satire by Beaumarchais (1732-1799). Beaumarchais was at least as interesting a character as any in his plays; among other things, he was a litigious watchmaker, a playwright, and Read More

Le Diable Rose

Asterix Chez Les Bretons

Actors: Roger Carel, Pierre Tornade, Pierre Mondy, Serge Sauvion, Nicolas Silberg

Synopsis: Asterix, the popular French cartoon character, comes back to the big screen in this second feature-length animated film by Pino Van Lamsweerde. Helped (and occasionally hindered) by his muscular sidekick Obelix and his faithful pooch Idefix ("fixed idea"), Asterix must go to Britain to come to the Read More

Asterix et la Surprise de Cesar

Actors: Roger Carel, Pierre Tornade, Serge Sauvion, Pierre Mondy, Pierre Tchernia

Synopsis: The second of a long string of animated children's films based on cartoon characters created by Rene Goscinny and Alberto Uderzo, this is an entertaining adventure featuring the intrepid Asterix. The hero is accompanied by his mutt Idefix (Francophones will love that one - "fixed idea" Read More

Pattes de velours

Les Dalton en Cavale

Actors: Jacques Balutin, Roger Carel, Marion Game, Bernard Haller, Gerard Hernandez

Synopsis: Lucky Luke, the cowboy, his faithful horse Jolly Jumper, and his dog Rantanplan, are all out fighting their perennial enemies, the Dalton brothers, in this cooperative animated adventure from Hanna-Barbera and Morris Gascinny. To accommodate American audiences, Hanna-Barbera removed Luky Luke's Read More

L'Emir Prefere Les Blondes

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

One Deadly Summer

Actors: Isabelle Adjani, Alain Souchon, Suzanne Flon, Jenny Cleve, François Cluzet

Synopsis: In this tragic tale of misunderstanding, obsession, and increasing madness, "she," a beautiful young woman (Isabelle Adjani) settles into a small town in the south of France with her introverted mother (Maria Machado) and physically handicapped father and soon becomes the subject of wild Read More

Papy Fait de la Resistance

Actors: Christian Clavier, Michel Galabru, Gérard Jugnot, Martin Lamotte, Dominique Lavanant

Synopsis: In this uneven take-off on some reluctant resistance fighters in World War II, a family of musicians find themselves the unwilling hosts of a segment of the German High Command when their Paris mansion is taken over by the occupying forces. What happens next is a series of individual skits, cameo Read More

Y A T Il Un Pirate Sur L'Antenne

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

Le Jeune Marie

Actors: Richard Berry, Brigitte Fossey, Zoe Chauveau, Richard Anconina, Daniel Russo

Synopsis: In this comic and perceptive story, Billy mistakes another apartment for his own on the eve of his wedding and wanders in to meet a woman who immediately mesmerizes him, causing all sorts of problems in what used to be an uncomplicated life. After Billy (Richard Berry) and his bride-to-be Nina (Zoe Chauveau Read More

Signe Furax

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

On a Volé la Cuisse de Jupiter

Actors: Philippe Noiret, Catherine Alric, Francis Perrin, Marc Dudicourt

Synopsis: This sequel to Dear Detective suffers from the same trouble as most sequels in that it does not live up to the original film. Police director Lise Tanquerelle (Annie Girardot) marries Antoine Lemercier (Philippe Noiret), an expert in Greek history. While honeymooning in Greece, they are approached Read More

Les Malheurs D'Octavie

Actors: Roger Carel, Folco Jacques Monod, Henri-Jacques Huet

La Ballade Des Dalton

Actors: Daniel Ceccaldi, Pierre Trabaud, Jacques Balutin, Bernard Haller, Roger Carel

Synopsis: In this second animated feature based on the comic-strip western "Lucky Luke," the Dalton brothers plan to escape from the prison Lucky put them in and kill off the judge and all the jury members who convicted and sentenced them. If they can do this, and Lucky can verify it, they may be able to Read More

Les Grands Moyens

Actors: Hélene Dieudonné, Yvette Maurech, Roger Carel, Catherine Rouvel

Synopsis: The sweet elderly aunt and her two nieces survive the vendetta killing of their whole family because they are out picking flowers at the time. Undaunted, the aunt, a tough old Corsican, tracks down and kills all but one of the men who wiped out her kinfolk. ~ Clarke Fountain, All Movie Guide Read More

La Grande Recre

Actors: Paul Preboist, Michel Galabru, Roger Carel

Soldat Duroc Ca Va Etre Ta Fete

Actors: Pierre Tornade, Roger Carel, Jacques Duby

The Holes

Actors: Michel Serrault, Gérard Depardieu, Philippe Noiret, Annie Cordy

Synopsis: The title refers to the means of entry into the sewers of Paris. Here we find a group of misfits who've given up on humanity and have decided to dwell below the pavement. The group has its own hierarchy, of course, and soon the conditions that drove them underground begin to manifest themselves Read More

Le Grand Bazar

Actors: Les Charlots, Roger Carel, Michel Serrault, Michel Galabru

Synopsis: This is one of the seemingly innumerable French comedies made in the early '70s featuring the musicians-turned-comedians, Les Charlots. They play a group of inept but good-hearted fellows who help a small market owner compete with a large supermarket across the street by shoplifting enough from Read More

Elle Cause Plus... Elle Flingue

Actors: Annie Girardot, Bernard Blier, Maurice Biraud, Roger Carel

Synopsis: In this satirical French comedy, Rosemunde (Annie Girardot) earns her living selling relics to the Catholic church. She manufactures them using a specialized machine made by her grandfather, which transforms corpses into bone. Needless to say, since she must have dead bodies in order to do this Read More

Eglantine

Synopsis: In this family drama, set in 1895, an 11-year old must spend the summer at his grandmother's house. Also there are his two female cousins. His grandmother keeps them well entertained with her fascinating stories. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

On Est Toujours Trop Bon Avec Les Femmes

Synopsis: This French farce/drama takes place in Ireland in 1916, during one of the peak periods of revolutionary violence. Seven Irish revolutionaries have taken over a post office, totally evacuating the building. Or so they think. They missed Gertie Gertel, who was in the bathroom at the time. By the Read More

Clerambard

Actors: Philippe Noiret, Dany Carrel, Lise Delamare, Gerard Lartigau, Claude Piéplu

Synopsis: Clerambard (Philippe Noiret) feeds his large family by killing cats and dogs. He also makes his family run hand looms with very little respite. His life forever changes when he sees Saint Francis. The Saint helps him prepare his horse as Clerambard suddenly goes out into the world to preach the Read More

Une Veuve En Or

Actors: Michele Mercier, Claude Rich, Jacques Dufilho, André Pousse

Synopsis: A wife and her sculptor husband struggle to get by in this situation comedy. Delphine (Michele Mercier) receives word she will inherit a sizeable fortune provided she is a widow. Her love for her husband Antoine (Claude Rich) is soon overtaken by her lust for money. A Jewish charitable Read More

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

A Flea in Her Ear

Actors: Rosemary Harris, Louis Jourdan, Rachel Roberts, John Williams

Synopsis: Taken from the 1907 comedy play by Georges Feydeau, A Flea In Her Ear is a comedic sex romp about a wife suspicious of her husband's activities away from home. Gabrielle (Rosemary Harris) is convinced her attorney husband Victor (Rex Harrison) is seeing another woman because of his inattention to Read More

Ophélia

Actors: Alida Valli, André Jocelyn, Juliette Mayniel, Claude Cerval, Sacha Briquet

Synopsis: In this curious and inventive drama, director and co-writer Claude Chabrol purloins the Hamlet story from a certain Elizabethan bard, and has his characters move along the same plot outlines. Yvan (Andre Jocelyn) is overcome by grief when his father, a noted businessman, dies and is buried in Read More

Boule de Suif

Actors: Micheline Presle, Louis Salou, Alfred Adam, Marcel Simon

Synopsis: This French morality play is fraught with cynical undertones as it tells the tale of a group of French people from every social strata trying to flee the Nazis who have just invaded Paris. En route they meet a cruel German officer who threatens to kill the others if the heroine Presle refuses to Read More

Soldat Duroc... Ça Va Etre La Fête!

Synopsis: In this French tragedy, a soldier, celebrating the liberation of France in 1944, sneaks into Germany to see his lady and ends up paying a terrible cost. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More