Denys de La Patellière

Cinépanorama

Release Date1956-02-04

Charactersd Self

Episode Count3

Vote Count2

Jean Gabin intime

Release Date2010-02-09

Charactersd Self

Vote Count1

Le Terminus des prétentieux

This year, Michel Audiard would have turned 100. To celebrate the life and work of the French screenwriter and director, Gaumont opens their vault and reveals some unknown information on the legendary witty dialogues writer.

Release Date2020-10-14

Charactersd Self (archive footage)

Vote Count2

Alekan le magnifique

Release Date1998-12-31

Charactersd Self

Maigret

The pragmatic, reserved and refined Maigret investigates murders in his singular unhurried manner and inevitably discovers the truth.

Release Date1991-12-01

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count54

Vote Count21

Le Comte de Monte-Cristo

Release Date1979-12-08

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count4

Vote Count9

Paparoff

Release Date1988-11-10

DepartmentCreator

JobCreator

Dear Caroline

Against the backdrop of the French revolution, young Caroline tries to reunite with her first love, despite her arranged marriage to an older politician.

Release Date1968-01-18

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count2

The Tattoo

An art dealer wants to buy a Modigliani, which is tattooed on the back of an old soldier.

Release Date1968-08-17

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count245

Alice in Wonderland

This exceptional theatrical version of Lewis Carroll's 1865 classic features a combination of live characters and puppets.

Release Date1949-05-13

DepartmentEditing

JobEditor

Vote Count39

The Possessors

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...

Release Date1958-11-19

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count50

King on Horseback

Henri La Tour, a strolling player, is also a daring adventurer. So, when, after accomplishing a brilliant feat, he is awarded a title by King Louis XV, the Duke of Saint-Sever takes offense at it and challenges Henri to a duel. However, while they fight, a group of Austrian soldiers appear suddenly and the two rivals instantly unite to repel their enemies. Unfortunately, Saint-Sever is mortally wounded and, feeling he is about to die, he entreats his new friend to offer protection to Toinon, his natural daughter, whose life is being threatened...

Release Date1958-02-28

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Vote Count19

Taxi for Tobruk

During World War II, French Commandos join forces with a German officer in order to survive the African desert.

Release Date1961-05-09

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count131

The Upper Hand

In Paris, a gold smuggler is at war with other local gangsters who want piece of the action. Then the mob shows up and makes things worse. And an undercover US Treasury Department agent is trying to infiltrate the smuggling business.

Release Date1966-03-02

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count42

The Aristocrats

A novel by Michel De Saint Pierre was the source for Les Aristocrates. Pierre Fresnay stars an aging Marquis, who tries his best to uphold the traditions of nobility in an ever-changing world. The Marquis' children prefer the trappings of modern society and pop culture and regard their father as a relic. This cultural clash nearly results in tragedy when two of the Marquis' offspring substitute recklessness for common sense.

Release Date1955-10-12

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count8

Le Paria

Julien Mauriès, the youngest of a perfumer's family was forced to go into exile after having an unfortunate experience in the estate business. He spent 20 years in Venezuela and made fortune in the perfume business. Now, Julien has decided to come back in France in order to start again and to cleanse his honour.

Release Date1985-10-11

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count6

God's Thunder

Veterinarian Léandre Brassac lives with his wife Marie on a remote estate. One day, he decides to shelter a young woman with no bearings.

Release Date1965-09-08

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count29

Father's Trip

Determined to assert his paternal rights, Quentin leaves his small village on the Swiss border to go to Lyon to look for his daughter, now a hairdresser, who, busy with her work, hasn't been back to the village for two years. In a few days, it will be Denise's birthday, the youngest of his daughters, and, urged on by his wife, he sets off, determined to bring the prodigal son back to the family celebration. But Denise is now living off her charms.

Release Date1966-09-16

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count7

Rue de Paris

Life in a one-parent family with a focus on the parent, Henri Neveu (Jean Gabin), is the topic of this standard drama with a dash of comedy. 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. Since handling three children alone is no easy task, the single father has the choice of growing in the process or not.

Release Date1959-10-21

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count27

Killer

Whilst being transferred to a psychiatric hospital, a ruthless serial killer Gassot makes a break and goes on the run. He arrives in Marseilles, intending to escape abroad. Here, he falls for a young prostitute, Gerda.

Release Date1972-03-01

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count31

Marco the Magnificent

Young Marco Polo travels to China to help Kublai Khan fight against rebels, headed by his own son, with a new invention: gunpowder.

Release Date1965-08-06

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count8

Follow That Man

While celebrating his birthday, police inspector Basquier recalls two of his most celebrated cases. The first involves duplicitous moneylender Olga. The second concerns the brutal broad daylight murder of innocent young Yvonne.

Release Date1953-02-27

DepartmentWriting

JobAdaptation

Vote Count8

Trouble Among Widows

When Guillaume Valmont dies in a car accident, the only thing he leaves his wife Isabelle is his pharmacy. She never loved her older husband and she regards his death as a deliverance. At the funeral, she meets Judith, widow too, and she soon realises that her husband had been leading a double life. A short while later, the pharmacy is broken into, but nothing is stolen. Police Inspector Laforêt is put in charge of the case. Isabelle becomes suspicious when Judith offers to buy the pharmacy.

Release Date1964-04-15

DepartmentWriting

JobAdaptation

Vote Count4

Emile's Boat

Charles-Edmond, the eldest of the Larmentiel brothers, decides to return to La Rochelle, his hometown to die there. Forty years earlier he had been driven out by his father. Before passing away, the old eccentric announces that he has a hidden son, Émile, a fisherman to whom he wishes to bequeath his property. François, the younger brother, whom Charles-Edmond hates, is eyeing the inheritance to bail out the powerful family business, a veritable fishing trust, and will try to appropriate the affection and property of this inopportune heir. Émile, meanwhile, is too busy arguing with Fernande, a beugland singer, to suspect what awaits him...

Release Date1962-03-03

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count8

Destination Rome

After WWII, a young man without perspective arrives in Rome. Living in a loft, he gradually discovers the city becoming a tour guide.

Release Date1963-01-18

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count1

The Sleepwalker

Victor Boniface's life is not exactly a rest cure. Just imagine: Victor is both a store detective and a ... shoplifter (only when he walks in his sleep, mind you)! And falling in love while sleepwalking is no bed of roses either, as the good-natured man simply forgets everything after waking up. Fortunately love wins the game in the end. Does that mean that life will become as easy as pie ? Certainly not: the little Bonifaces will be sleepwalkers just like their daddy!

Release Date1951-04-27

DepartmentDirecting

JobAssistant Director

Vote Count11

There's Always a Price Tag

A wealthy businessman's wife tries to cover up his suicide to cash in his life insurance policy.

Release Date1957-09-18

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count15

The Ostrich Has Two Eggs

A father discovers one day that one of his sons is a homosexual and the other, is the "gigolo" of a Japanese countess. He is first horrified, but finally accepts the situation because it brings him economical advantages.

Release Date1957-08-29

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count5

Prêtres interdits

Release Date1973-11-22

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count2

Death of a Jew

A confrontation between two enemies. One is a young, captured Israeli agent and the other an older Arab inspector who tries to get the agent talk by making him regain his desire to live.

Release Date1969-01-01

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

The Unfrocked One

Pierre Fresnay plays the title character in Le Defroque (The Defrocked One). Cast out by his church, former priest Maurice (Fresnay) delights in mocking the traditions and credos of Catholicism. Even so, young Gerard (Pierre Trabaud) becomes convinced that Maurice has never truly lost his calling. Becoming a priest himself, Gerard devotes his life to bringing Maurice back into the fold. Things don't turn out quite as Gerard hopes, however; he has not reckoned with the possibility that Maurice may have been driven into insanity by his raging self-hatred.

Release Date1954-02-26

DepartmentWriting

JobScreenplay

Vote Count5

Black Sun

A young Gallic heiress Christine is looking for her long-lost brother in Algeria. She's not looking for danger, but that's what comes in her way from every nook and cranny.

Release Date1966-12-10

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count3

Eyes of Love

During the German occupation, Jeanne Moncatel, pretty but complexed, has to put up with her mother, a cantankerous old woman who keeps telling her she's ugly, which she also believes. She takes in Pierre Ségur, who was fleeing the Germans and had his eyes burned out. His life is turned upside down.

Release Date1959-11-25

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count4

Why Paris?

Monique, a Belgian girl, comes to Paris to learn painting and become an artist. She took courses at the Academy and found a studio in Montmartre.

Release Date1964-06-24

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Bells Without Joy

In November 1942, American troops landed in Tunisia. German paratroopers were immediately launched and occupied Tunis. A French squadron of chasseurs d'Afrique was sent to Medjez-el Bab with the mission of occupying the bridge over the Medjerda. But the captain is mute and the cavalrymen don't know whether the operation is being prepared against the Germans or the Allies. The first hypothesis inflames Maréchal des Logis Bourgeon and his friend Maurice, who have not forgotten the defeat of '40. In the village, Maurice meets up with his friend Léa, a refugee, and discovers with fury that she is Jewish, because he doesn't like Jews any more than he likes English or Germans! The hunters set up camp on the bridge. Soon, a German column appears and demands passage. The captain refuses, awaiting orders from Vichy. But in Tunis, confusion reigns. Finally, the captain himself takes the initiative to oppose the passage of the German troops...

Release Date1962-04-20

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Vote Count2

Thérèse Étienne

Her father having served a prison sentence, there is unending gossiping about Therese's family. Unable to put up with it any longer, the young woman leaves her native village for the canton of Bern where she manages to be hired by Anton Muller, a wealthy, authoritarian farmer. Under the young woman's spell, Anton wants to make his servant his mistress but Thérèse refuses energetically.. Later on, she nevertheless accepts to marry Anton. On the wedding day, she meets Gottfried, her bridegroom's son, and they instantly fall passionately in love with each other.

Release Date1958-02-07

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Prelude to Glory

Roberto, a 10-year-old boy, is drawn to music. An old organist discovers his gifts, and begins his musical education which will lead him to the head of an orchestra.

Release Date1950-06-15

DepartmentDirecting

JobAssistant Director

Vote Count1

The Wages of Sin

Bourgeois melodrama about the family of a wealthy businessman in La Rochelle, who dismisses the marriage of his only daughter with a journalist.

Release Date1956-04-20

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count4

Le tampon du capiston

Cochu, a simple soldier, is mistakenly believed to be a rich heir which causes many problems.

Release Date1930-12-31

DepartmentDirecting

JobAssistant Director

Le Renard Dans L’Île

Release Date1975-01-01

DepartmentWriting

JobScenario Writer

Diamond Swords

During WWII, a young captain of the German aviation falls for a Swedish girl who works for the Red Cross and organizes the escape of Jews outside Germany.

Release Date1993-11-15

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector