Pierre Sabbagh

Pierre Sabbagh (18 July 1918 – 30 September 1994) was a major personality in French television, as a journalist, producer and director. Pierre Alain Sabbagh was born in Lannion (Côtes-d'Armor) and died in Paris. He was the younger son of the artist Georges Hanna Sabbagh and the art historian and resistance heroine Agnès Humbert. His brother was naval officer Jean Sabbagh. Pierre Sabbagh became a war correspondent in the hope of finding his mother Agnès in World War II. He had visited her in Fresnes Prison and the Prison de la Santé in 1942, a few days before she was deported by the Nazis, sentenced to slave labour in Germany. In 1944, he travelled into Germany behind the advancing American army, but did not find her until he returned to Paris in 1945. Pierre Sabbagh presented and directed the first television news in the world on 29 June 1949. His greatest success was the creation, in 1966, of the programme "Au théâtre ce soir" ("The Theatre Tonight") following a strike on French television and the success of a Belgian television comedy called "La Bonne planque", which provoked the appetite of the public for this kind of programme: over 300 plays were produced in the series. To his credit also is the first audiovisual game which reunited France of the 1960s in front of the black-and-white screen: "L'Homme du XXe siècle" ("20th Century Man"), a game of general cultural questions which went on for many years and which finished with the final "Super homme du XXe siècle" ("20th Century Superman") which brought together all the previous winners of whom the comedian, Robert Manuel, beat a professor of complementary medicine, Georges Rivault. He was Director-General of the television network France 2 between September 1971 and July 1972. His wife was the French television presenter and actress Catherine Langeais. Source: Article "Pierre Sabbagh" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

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Release Date1956-02-16

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Volpone

Volpone, an elderly Venetian, connives with his money-crazed servant to convince his greedy friends that he is dying, knowing that each will try to curry favor with him in order to be named his heir. He is inundated with valuable gifts, and soon finds himself entangled deeper and deeper in a web of lies.

Release Date1941-05-10

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Champs-Elysées

Release Date1982-01-16

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Sacrée soirée

Release Date1987-09-02

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La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président

In May 1974, Valéry Giscard d'Estaing became President of the Republic and wanted to bring about a new era of modernity. One of his first decisions was to break up the ORTF with the creation of three new television channels: TF1, Antenne 2 and FR3. Three new public channels but autonomous and competing. It is a race for the audience which is engaged then, and from now on the channels will make the war! This competition will give birth to a real golden age for television programs, with variety shows in the forefront. The stars of the song are going to invade the living rooms of the French for their biggest pleasure. This unedited documentary tells the story of the metamorphosis of this television of the early 1970s, between freedom of tone, scandals, political intrigues and programs that have become mythical.

Release Date2022-01-07

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At Theatre Tonight

At Theater tonight is a TV show broadcasted from 25th August 1966 to 21st September 1985. The show is broadcast plays recorded in two or three days, during public performances at the Théâtre Marigny on the Champs-Élysées, or sometimes Edouard VII theater.

Release Date1966-07-21

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Episode Count415

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Les Œufs de l'autruche

In one shocking moment, a conservative bigot finds out that one of his adult sons is gay and the other is the kept "boy toy" of a wealthy Japanese widow. Predictably, his first reaction is overreaction.

Release Date1972-09-17

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Chat en poche

Release Date1975-10-24

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Herminie

Release Date1971-09-09

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Detective Story

Release Date1972-10-30

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Le Dindon

Release Date1968-10-18

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Noix de coco

Release Date1972-12-11

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Dom Juan

Release Date1985-09-21

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Beaufils et fils

Release Date1980-05-23

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Frédéric

Release Date1970-03-19

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La Coquine

Release Date1968-11-28

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La Cruche

Release Date1981-11-14

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Azaïs

Release Date1968-11-09

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Am Stram Gram

Release Date1976-06-03

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La Manière forte

Release Date1970-11-07

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La fessée

Release Date1978-01-27

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Le Bourgeois gentilhomme

Release Date1970-05-07

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Monsieur chasse

Release Date1978-02-24

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Nina

Release Date1979-12-28

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Folie douce

Release Date1973-09-27

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Le noir te va si bien

Release Date1975-12-22

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La bagatelle

Release Date1977-01-01

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La Mamma

Release Date1966-10-28

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L'École des contribuables

Release Date1972-06-26

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La Plume

Release Date1978-05-26

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La Pomme

Release Date1985-11-22

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Ferraille et chiffons

Release Date1972-11-03

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Les petits oiseaux

Release Date1977-11-25

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Chérie Noire

Release Date1966-10-27

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Docteur Glass

Release Date1967-08-31

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Le Cœur sous le paillasson

In order to get to know his two French collaborators better, Henry Wydmark, director of a large American company, invites them to spend a weekend in the Alps. They consider this trip to be part of their job. But as the wife of one and the husband of the other are not free, they do not hesitate to leave their "heart under the mat" and hire one a husband of convenience and the other a wife fictitious. This misunderstanding will trigger a cascade of disasters.

Release Date1976-09-23

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Le minotaure

Release Date1969-03-07

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Trésor party

Release Date1975-06-12

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Fric-Frac

Release Date1971-10-14

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L'Amant de Bornéo

Release Date1981-10-01

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Les Filles

Release Date1977-03-19

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La Perruche et le Poulet

Release Date1969-06-07

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La voyante

Release Date1972-02-21

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Le Mari, la femme et la mort

Release Date1970-05-16

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La facture

Noëlle is a woman who succeeds in everything. In addition, she is blessed with incredible luck. But one day, she questions herself, convinced one day to pay the bill. So, to be unhappy, she dismisses one of her friends ... Filmed at the Édouard VII Theater in Paris.

Release Date1976-02-27

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Constance

Release Date1969-10-31

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An Ideal Husband

Release Date1972-10-01

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Les Dix Petits Nègres

Release Date1970-10-01

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Huit femmes

Release Date1972-02-07

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Ce que femme veut

Release Date1981-05-09

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Doris

An involuntary fabulist, Doris lies constantly. She talks randomly about her imagination in order to make her life more pleasant. And so we wonder, when is she really sincere? In love with a handsome boy, she will use any means necessary to achieve her ends. But so many lies risk leading her to disaster, even to the loss of the one she loves.

Release Date1970-02-05

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La Femme de paille

Release Date1976-12-03

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Monsieur le Trouhadec saisi par la débauche

Release Date1968-03-07

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La Pèlerine écossaise

Release Date1972-06-11

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La Brune que voilà

Germain, a great seducer, collects the mistresses. There are four, all brown, and all married. When the husband of one of them disembarks to threaten him with death, he must break up. But with which? The gouailleur Robert Lamoureux interprets this man who does not like to leave women.

Release Date1970-09-17

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Hold Up

Release Date1980-03-14

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Les Deux Vierges

Release Date1978-04-07

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Ah! La police de Papa

Release Date1975-09-04

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Miam-miam ou le Dîner d'affaires

Release Date1978-09-08

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Il y a longtemps que je t'aime

Release Date1974-07-24

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Un ange passe

Release Date1970-03-07

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Les portes claquent

Release Date1966-11-24

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Silence on aime

Release Date1981-05-15

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Je veux voir Mioussov

Release Date1969-02-14

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Cash-Cash

Release Date1971-12-17

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La Tête des autres

Prosecutor Maillard can rejoice: he has just obtained the death sentence of an accused accused of murder. It is the third head he gets at the assizes. There followed an evening of rejoicing with his wife and friends, including the prosecutor Bertolier. The latter's wife is Maillard's mistress. The lovers left alone, the condemned man, Valorin, burst into the room. He managed to escape during his transfer to the remand center. Valorin immediately recognized Bertolier's wife. And for good reason: at the time of the crime, they were together in a brothel. Stunned by the miscarriage of justice he has just committed, Maillard then tries to rehabilitate Vallorin while trying to avoid a scandal in the judiciary. He then calls Bertolier to the rescue. Valorin is opportunely killed "accidentally" and ... everything will go back to "order".

Release Date1973-09-13

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Domino

Release Date1967-04-27

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Jean de la lune

Release Date1982-12-31

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Ami-Ami

Release Date1967-05-05

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La Main passe

Release Date1972-12-31

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Il est important d'être aimé

Release Date1981-02-06

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Je l'aimais trop

Release Date1983-08-05

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Comédie pour un meurtre

Release Date1981-02-27

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Auguste

Release Date1967-08-02

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La Route des Indes

Release Date1980-02-08

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Pour avoir Adrienne

Release Date1967-04-26

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Un dîner intime

Release Date1983-08-26

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S.O.S. homme seul

Release Date1971-07-29

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La vie est trop courte

Release Date1984-05-19

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Vacances pour Jessica

Release Date1967-07-23

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Dix petits nègres

Release Date1970-10-01

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L'Azalée

Release Date1981-11-07

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Le Coin tranquille

Release Date1977-01-21

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Les deux timides

Release Date1978-03-26

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Interdit au public

Backstage at a Paris theater, a famous, exasperatingly fatuous playwright learns that the actress who was to play the lead in his play is expecting a child. No great actress is available to take on the role. Except the famous actress Gabrielle Tristan, to whom he was married for ten years and to whom he no longer speaks. But their love of theater and their playfulness outweigh all their grudges, and Gabrielle takes on her ex-husband's play.

Release Date1966-12-22

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Histoire de rire

When the friendship between two men is put to the test by two women, we can only laugh because the author has managed to adapt this situation in a superb comedy.

Release Date1982-02-27

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La Maîtresse de bridge

Release Date1980-11-28

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Le Pirate

Release Date1976-03-12

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Peau de vache

Release Date1980-12-19

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Feu la mère de madame

Release Date1968-08-05

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Attends-moi pour commencer

Viviane would like Eric to put a ring on her finger. The latter inexorably refuses. Norbert, his best friend and upstairs neighbor, has just married Rose, but seems to regret it. The eternal debate on marriage leads to a war of the sexes.

Release Date1977-02-18

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La Toile d'araignée

Release Date1969-01-03

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Le Traité d'Auteuil

Release Date1981-08-02

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Pétrus

Release Date1974-08-13

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Folle Amanda

A former music hall singer, Amanda lives day by day while remaining optimistic. Short of money, she wants to publish her memoirs. But her ex-husband Philippe, minister-in-office, wants to dissuade her ...

Release Date1974-12-04

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Le Faiseur

Release Date1977-03-12

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La chambre mandarine

Release Date1980-07-05

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Chacun pour moi

Release Date1985-03-01

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Le don d'Adèle

Release Date1972-10-16

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Un Parfum De Miel

Release Date1984-09-15

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Un fil à la patte

Release Date1970-12-26

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L'Or et la paille

Release Date1974-08-06

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Appelez-moi maître

Release Date1977-05-26

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L'Amour des 4 colonels

Release Date1969-12-24

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Nono

Release Date1984-10-06

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Bon appétit monsieur

Release Date1967-03-10

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Le deuxième coup de feu

Release Date1969-02-28

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Et ta sœur ?

Release Date1983-08-05

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Mademoiselle

Release Date1968-03-07

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Les coucous

Release Date1978-10-27

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Acapulco Madame

Release Date1978-11-10

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Échec et meurtre

Release Date1971-01-01

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Georges Courteline au travail & Boubouroche

Release Date1985-02-16

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Le Système Ribadier

Release Date1975-04-10

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Allô Hélène

Release Date1983-07-08

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L'École des cocottes

Release Date1977-10-27

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J'y suis, j'y reste

Release Date1966-07-21

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Une femme presque fidèle

Release Date1977-07-08

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Pour Karine

Release Date1971-04-28

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Une sacrée famille

Release Date1981-05-01

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Les assassins associés

Release Date1970-04-22

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