Michel Audiard — Playwright (25)
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Dear Caroline (1951) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Caroline chérie
director: Richard Pottier actor: Martine Carol / Jacques Baumer …
other title: Im Anfang war nur Liebe / Caroline chérie …
France, July 1782. During her birthday, the beautiful young Marchioness Caroline meets the attractive soldier Gaston. It's love at first sight but Gaston does not wish to make a commitment because a military career waits for him. Caroline marries then a politician but the French Revolution bursts and Caroline has to run away to escape the guillotine. By running away she meets Gaston again who decides to help her.
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Adorable Creatures (1952) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
Adorables créatures
director: Christian-Jaque actor: Daniel Gélin / Antonella Lualdi …
other title: Liebenswerte Frauen / Adorables créatures …
Andre Noblet, a 21-year-old French artist falls madly in love with Christine, the mother of two children. He tells Chistine he will tell all to her husband and demand her freedom. Christine learns that her husband has been carrying on a romance of his own and they have a meeting.
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Blood to the Head (1956) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Le Sang à la tête
director: Gilles Grangier actor: Jean Gabin / Renée Faure …
other title: Sangue alla testa / Vulkan im Blut …
François Cardinaud is one of the richest shipowners in the region. But this success arouses resentment and jealousy. When Marthe, his wife, leaves the home without warning, Cardinaud sees her life cracking little by little.
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Cloportes (1965) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
La Métamorphose des cloportes
director: Pierre Granier-Deferre actor: Lino Ventura / Charles Aznavour …
other title: Sotto il tallone / Ganoven rechnen ab …
Three little criminals get a tip for a great coup with lots of money in it. Unfortunately they lack the starting funds to buy the required welding torch. So they persuade their successful colleague Alphonse to join their team. But the well thought-out coup fails, and Alphonse is the only one of them who ends up in jail for several years. When he's released, he's out for revenge.
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The Sewers of Paradise (1979) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
Les Égouts du paradis
director: José Giovanni actor: Francis Huster / Jean-François Balmer …
other title: Der Weg ins Paradies / Les égouts du Paradis …
In July of 1976, the Societé Générale of France was robbed of well over $10 million dollars by a group burrowing through the sewers of Paris. This movie is based on a book by the thieves' mastermind, Albert Spaggiari. The famous theft won the nickname, "the great drain robbery," and this romanticized cinematic retelling of the true story stars Francis Huster as Spaggiari.
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The Possessors (1958) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Les Grandes Familles
director: Denys de La Patellière actor: Jean Gabin / Annie Ducaux …
other title: Die großen Familien / Les Grandes Familles …
Noël Schoudler, founder of an empire built on three foundations - sugar, banking and the press - reigns like an absolute sovereign over his business and his family. But someone is about to challenge this authority: his son François...
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Hi-Jack Highway (1955) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
Gas-oil
director: Gilles Grangier actor: Jean Gabin / Jeanne Moreau …
other title: I giganti / Straßensperre …
A trucker encounters a dead body on the road home. He reports the incident to the police, who suspect that Jean was responsible for the death, and his new truck is impounded. To make matters worse, the man's widow accuses him of having robbed her husband, and a gang of sinister crooks are also harassing him.
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The Night Affair (1958) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
Le Désordre et la Nuit
director: Gilles Grangier actor: Jean Gabin / Danielle Darrieux …
other title: Il vizio e la notte / Im Mantel der Nacht …
Vallois, a vice inspector for the Paris police, takes special interest in the plight of drug-addicted Lucky (Najda Tiller), whom he considers to be more victim than criminal. Taking it upon himself to wean Lucky away from narcotics, Vallois also wins her love -- and, incidentally, smashes the dope ring responsible for her addiction.
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Rue de Paris (1959) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
Rue des Prairies
director: Denys de La Patellière actor: Jean Gabin / Marie-José Nat …
other title: Mio figlio / Wiesenstraße Nr. 10 …
While Henri was a POW during the war, his wife passed away, and he returned to face the challenges of bringing up three children alone. Henri may get drunk and angry at times, but he also has a better side that will not stay buried.
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Babette Goes to War (1959) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Babette s'en va-t-en guerre
director: Christian-Jaque actor: Brigitte Bardot / Jacques Charrier …
other title: Babette va alla guerra / Babette zieht in den Krieg …
Beautiful housekeeper Babette travels to England after the Nazis invade France. There, British intelligence devise a plan for Babette to sneak back home, where she could use her feminine charm on key Nazi officer Schulz, gleaning valuable information for England. However, Babette, although willing and spirited, is naïve and untrained, making her less than ideal for matters of national security.
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The Most Wanted Man (1953) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
L'Ennemi public n°1
director: Henri Verneuil actor: Fernandel / Zsa Zsa Gabor …
other title: Il nemico pubblico n° 1 / Staatsfeind Nr.1 …
A nearsighted clerk gets fired after embarrassing mishaps. He mistakenly takes a gangster's raincoat, finds a gun inside, and is arrested as Public Enemy No. 1. Chaos erupts as both the police and the mob pursue him.
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Let's Not Get Angry (1966) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Ne nous fâchons pas
director: Georges Lautner actor: Lino Ventura / Jean Lefebvre …
other title: Licenza di esplodere / Nimm's leicht - Nimm Dynamit …
One-time gangster Antoine is enjoying retirement on the coast, now managing a boating club. He receives a visit from a former accomplice who asks for a loan. The money will be repaid by a crook who is now in hiding; Antoine intends to recover his money.
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Heads or Tails (1980) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Pile ou face
director: Robert Enrico actor: Philippe Noiret / Michel Serrault …
other title: Sorvegliate il vedovo / Auch Mörder haben schöne Träume …
Since his wife died, Inspector Louis Baroni (Philippe Noiret) has become a virtual recluse, preferring the solitude of his quiet house to the company of others. His period of mournful contemplation is broken when he is called out to look into the suspicious death of Madame Morlaix who, according to her husband Edouard (Michel Serrault), fell from an upstairs window. Curious to find out more, Baroni begins his inquiry.
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Three Days to Live (1958) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Trois jours à vivre
director: Gilles Grangier actor: Daniel Gélin / Jeanne Moreau …
other title: Partita a tre / Trois jours à vivre …
Struggling actor Simon witnesses a murder; he didn't see the killer, but that doesn't stop him from claiming that he did in order to get his name into the papers. Sure enough, the murderer targets him as his next victim. Our hero is temporarily rescued by Jeanne, a fellow aspiring actress who has always had a crush on him.
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Spy, Stand Up (1982) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Espion, lève-toi
director: Yves Boisset actor: Lino Ventura / Michel Piccoli …
other title: Alzati spia / Der Maulwurf …
Sebastien Grenier, a former French spy, is working as a financial analyst in Zurich. However, his peaceful existence starts to disintegrate when he is recruited by a top French intelligence operative to discover how one of their own secret agents was found out and executed in broad daylight.