Claude Berri
Claude Berri (1 July 1934 – 12 January 2009) was a French film director, writer, producer, actor and distributor. Born Claude Beri Langmann in Paris, Berri was the son of Jewish immigrant parents. His mother, Beila (née Bercu), was from Romania, and his father, Hirsch Langmann, was a furrier from Poland. His sister was the screenwriter and editor Arlette Langmann. Berri won the "Best Film" BAFTA for Jean de Florette, and was also nominated for twelve César Awards, though he never won. Berri also won the Oscar for Best Short Film for Le Poulet at the 38th Academy Awards in 1966, and produced Roman Polanski's Tess which was nominated for Best Picture in 1981. Internationally, however, two films in 1986 overshadow all his other achievements. Jean de Florette and its sequel Manon des Sources were huge hits. In 1991, his film Uranus was entered into the 41st Berlin International Film Festival. Six years later, his film Lucie Aubrac was entered into the 47th Berlin International Film Festival. In 2003, he was elected President of the Cinémathèque Française where he obtained enough state subsidies to cover the costs of its resurgence at its new site in the rue de Bercy. Berri's wife, Anne-Marie Rassam, committed suicide in 1997, jumping from the apartment of Isabelle Adjani's mother. Berri and Rassam had two children: actor Julien Rassam and actor and film producer Thomas Langmann. Berri died of a stroke, in Paris, aged 74. After his death, a group of nine works by Robert Ryman, Ad Reinhardt, Giorgio Morandi, Richard Serra and Lucio Fontana was promised to the Centre Pompidou in Paris in lieu of tax. But the heirs of the film director finally sold them through French art dealer Philippe Ségalot for about €50 million to Qatar. Source: Article "Claude Berri" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
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The Good Girls
as André, young soldierFour Parisian women navigate the world of romance and daily life looking to fulfill their dreams.
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Happily Ever After
as le père de VincentIs love compatible with coupledom? And what of freedom and fidelity? These are some of the...
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The Three Brothers
as Le Président du tribunalThree half-brothers are reunited at their mother's funeral. After being told of their...
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Germinal
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)It's mid 19th century, north of France. The story of a coal miner's town. They are exploited by...
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The Car Keys
as Self / ProducerWho would think losing car keys could lead us that far ? Be careful, adventure is on every...
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The Truth
as GeorgesAs Dominique Marceau is being tried for the murder of Gilbert Tellier, accounts by different...
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Line of Demarcation
as Chef de famille juifIt is based on upon the memoir Mémoires d'un agent secret de la France libre et La Ligne de...
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Didier
as Type aéroportJean-Pierre Costa is a football manager upon whom fate appears not to be smiling. First, a...
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French Cancan
as Un jeune homme à l'inauguration (uncredited)Nineteenth-century Paris comes vibrantly alive in Jean Renoir’s exhilarating tale of the opening...
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The Seven Deadly Sins
as André (segment "L'avarice'") (uncredited)Seven directors each dramatize one of the seven deadly sins in a short film. In "Anger," a...
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Zazie dans le Métro
as Waiter (uncredited)A brash and precocious ten-year-old comes to Paris for a whirlwind weekend with her rakish uncle.
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Sex Shop
as ClaudeOn the advice of a friend, Claude, married to the charming Isabelle and father of two, decided...
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Please, Not Now!
as BernardA sexy model pretends to have a new boyfriend in a wacky plan to make her ex-lover jealous.
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The Sleeping Car Murder
as Un porteur à la gare de Lyon (uncredited)Six people travel by train overnight from Marseilles to Paris. When the train arrives at its...
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Va Savoir (Who Knows?)
as LibrarianAfter finding love and success in Italy, French actress Camille returns to Paris, the city she...
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The Wounded Man
as ClientHenri is a lonely, isolated young man who lets no one get close to him. He meets a street...
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Marry Me! Marry Me!
as ClaudeClaude and Isabella met on a beach one summer and got easily involved. But while he has dreams...
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The Machine
as HuguesThis deftly made French psychological thriller terrifies with its exploration of an experiment...
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Un grand cri d'amour
as André MaillardA famous couple is going on stage after ten years of separation and hate.
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I Spit on Your Grave
as DavidJoe Grant, a light-skinned African American, heads to a small Southern town to investigate the...
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Le Cinema de Papa
as Claude Langmann adulteClaude Berri plays himself as he relates his own experiences through youth and adolescence. His...
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Hard Off
as Claude LangmannThis French romantic comedy-drama concerns Claude Langmann, a middle-aged auctioneer, who is in...
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Rue de l'Estrapade
as uncreditedWhile Henri Laurent speeds along on the racing circuits, his pretty wife Françoise goes from...
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The Man with Connections
as uncreditedFollowing "The Two of Us", Claude is now 21 years old. Content with his life, he has a...
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Le Roi des cons
as L'agent de policeGeorges Le Roi lives odd jobs and shares his life between two girlfriends. One day, he falls in...
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Janine
as ClaudeDuring a desultory night on the town, two men talk about their experiences with women. One of...
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Stan the Flasher
as Stan GoldbergClaude Berri, who usually participates in films by directing them, here returns to the screen as...
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My Baby Is Black!
as DauberBlack and white unite and are confronted with hatred in two color-line-busting classics from the...
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Tess: From Novel to Screen
as SelfDocumentary about Roman Polanski's film adaptation of the 1891 novel "Tess of the d'Urbervilles"...
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Good Lord Without Confession
as Le fils d'EugèneStuck in a loveless marriage, bourgeois industrialist Francois falls in love with Janine,...
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Dangerous Games
as Young manAlain is the only son of a wealthy bourgeois couple. He takes violin lessons in Ménilmontant,...
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François Truffaut, une autobiographie
as SelfA documentary tracing the career of filmmaker François Truffaut through the testimony of...
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Once Upon a Time... 'Tess'
as SelfTelevision documentary about the making of Roman Polanski's 1979 film "Tess."
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Once Upon a Time... Tchao Pantin
as SelfA documentary on the making of Tchao Pantin (1983), featuring interviews with writer-director...
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Asphalt
as Band Boy (uncredited)Françoise Arnould plays here a married woman who decides one day to get away from her husband...
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Greed
as André (uncredited)A group of university students in Paris dream of a night of love with Suzon, whose rates are...
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Male of the Century
as ClaudeThe wife of an extremely jealous merchant is held hostage by a bank robber.
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Filming 'Tess'
as SelfDocumentary about the making of Roman Polanski's 1979 film "Tess."
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Tess: The Experience
as SelfA documentary that interviews the cast and crew of Roman Polanski's 1979 film "Tess."
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Midi Première
as SelfMidi Première is a French variety show presented by Danièle Gilbert, directed by Jacques Pierre...
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