Jean Poiret
Jean Poiret, born Jean Poiré, (17 August 1926 – 14 March 1992) was a French actor, director, and screenwriter. He is primarily known as the author of the original play La Cage Aux Folles. Jean Poiret was born in Paris, France, where he died of a heart attack in 1992. He is buried at the Cimetière du Montparnasse in Paris. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jean Poiret, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
The Last Metro
as Jean-Loup CottinsIn occupied Paris, an actress married to a Jewish theater owner must keep him hidden from the...
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Cop au Vin
as Inspecteur Jean LavardinUnorthodox detective Jean Lavardin is called to a provincial French town after a prank turns deadly.
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Atlantic Wall
as Armand, agent double avec les Allemands, chef de la résistance1944. Léon Duchemin owns a restaurant with his sister. His clients are Germans, Résistance et...
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The Big Wash
as Jean-Michel LavaletteSickened to see his students always sleeping in class, a teacher with a colleague and an...
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Thank Heaven for Small Favors
as RaoulBad financial conditions compel an aristocratic family to do strange work.
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That Naughty Girl
as Inspector #1Nightclub entertainer Jean Clery discovers too late that the 'baby' he agreed to take care of is...
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The Big Scare
as uncreditedTwo police inspectors pursue a dangerous counterfeiter on the run.
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The Three Musketeers
as uncreditedThe umpteenth adaptation of Dumas' novel finds d'Artagnan and his friends promoting the love...
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Liberté, égalité, choucroute
as Le califeA parody of the French Revolution, on Arabian Nights background. Bagdad Calif is in Paris in...
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Will the High Salaried Workers Raise Their Hands!
as Andre JoeufThe cynical boss of a big insurance agency invites his top-salary employees to spend a week-end...
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Inspector Lavardin
as Inspecteur Jean LavardinInspector Lavardin is called to a provincial village to investigate a murder – only to find that...
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The Seventh Target
as Jean MichelisBastien Grimaldy, a man driven to heightened anxiety as the plot against him begins to take...
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I Hate Actors
as Orlando HigginsA Hollywood studio is producing another spectacular when the top billed male stars suddenly show...
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Hard Boiled Ones
as LouisA playwright has to murder if he does not want to be murdered.
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Love and the Frenchwoman
as L'avocat de Michel (segment "Le Divorce"))The seven stages in the life of the modern Frenchwomen are disclosed by seven directors in a...
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The Other One's Mug
as Jean-Louis ConstantMartial Perrin is the president of a right-wing political party which is gearing itself up for a...
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The Seasons of Pleasure
as Bernard GermainCharles and Emmanuelle organize as every year, the congress of perfumers who distribute their...
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You Have Nothing to Declare?
as Robert de TrivelinMarried against her will to the Comte de Trivelin, Paulette Dupont shares her anxieties with her...
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Miracle Healing
as PapuFaking an injury for insurance money, a peddler seeks out a cure to support his claims while a...
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Tales of Paris
as Jean-Pierre Leroy (segment "Antonia")A film made up of four sketches. In Marc Allégret's Sophie, a naive high-school girl invents a...
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Ces messieurs de la gâchette
as Bernard Le GallGabriel Pelletier's life is no bed of roses. Not because of his job: he is a successful sales...
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Jaloux comme un tigre
as le docteur RaymondHenri has a beautiful wife, Sophie. Unfortunately, suffering from an unhealthy jealousy, he...
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It's Not My Business
as Jean Duroc, le directeur de la petite troupe de théâtreA small-scale cabaret troupe is touring the provinces. One afternoon while canoeing, Monique...
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Under Your Hat
as Philippe / Monsieur PaulAn illegal gambling den where players can lose millions... and the owners make their fortune.
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Les baratineurs
as AndréA precious work of art from the Italian Renaissance is stolen and passes through many hands...
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The Terror with Women
as GendarmeAimé Morin, a good-natured bookseller, is also one of the candidates in the local elections of...
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Oh! What a Mambo
as L'inspecteur SapinMiguel foils a bank robbery and becomes a successful nightclub singer, but he doesn't know that...
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The Men in the Family
as Bernard Le GallGabriel Pelletier, sales manager for a major industrial firm, would be the happiest of men if he...
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Sisi/Last Minute
as Herzog Max in BayernThe immature young ruler of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Franz Joseph, was extremely shy around...
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Your Money or Your Life
as Lucien PélépanPétepan learns that his money has been lost by Robinhoude brothers.He asks his assistants to...
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Merci Zaza - La folle histoire de la Cage aux Folles
as Self / Georges (archive footage)A look back at "La Cage aux Folles", which ran non-stop for five years, from February 1973, on...
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Une nuit à l'Assemblée Nationale
as Octave LeroiThe leader of a nudist camp enlists the help of left-wing militant when he mistakenly believes...
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The Elegant Criminal
as AllardOn 9 January 1836, Pierre Lacenaire goes to the guillotine, a murderer and a thief. He gives...
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La Cage aux folles
as GeorgesLa Cage aux Folles "The Cage of Madwomen") is a 1973 French farce by Jean Poiret centring on...
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The Four Truths
as Renard (segment "Le corbeau et le renard")"Les quatre vérités" aka "The Four Truths" is a movie anthology that consists of four segments,...
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Auguste
as Georges FlowerAuguste is about an eponymous bank clerk who finds fame and fortune. Auguste happens to be in...
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The Blockhead Fair
as CollinOn prize-giving day, a few dunces recall various incidents that marked their school year.
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Candide or The Optimism in the 20th Century
as Le premier policier / PolicemanCharming and innocent, Candide is vigorously chased away by the Baron, for his close encounters...
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The Great Gadget
as VerdierA scientist from the East happens in France where it is supposed to improve one of his...
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Murderers and Thieves
as Philippe d'Artois, le riche oisifA man becomes the lover of his former persecutor's wife.
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Life is beautiful
as le joueur de maracasParis, 1956. Everything is going smoothly for Roger, married to Denise, and Paul, married to...
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Qu'est-ce qui fait courir les crocodiles ?
as GontranTo replace Hector Grofenol, the tyrannical boss of the "Tout pour le camping" factory, who has...
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The Virgins
as Le banquier MarchaixThe story of five girls that lose their virginity.
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What the East Wind Saw
as Charlles-AugusteClarisse cheats on her husband with a vain insurance agent. Zamore, the cuckold (and a magician)...
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La Petite Amie
as Martin MorelMartin Morel wants to spend Sylvester with both his wife and family and his girlfriend Agnes. So...
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My Wife Is a Panther
as PsychiatristDuring an evening in a bar, Roger, a friendly cognac salesman and connoisseur, overhears a...
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Sup de fric
as Cyril DujardinTwo business students hatch a perfect plan: buy their own school.
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The Dance
as VieuxThe Dance is a 1962 French comedy film directed by Norbert Carbonnaux and starring Jean-Pierre...
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The Bureaucrats
as René LahrierThe gifts and bequests department is particularly eccentric, including Lahrier, a fervent...
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How to Succeed in Love
as Bernard MonodBernard, a young, serious publisher of religious books, finds himself embroiled in amusing and...
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Clara and the Villains
as ChantuerA rich kid, the daughter of an oil tycoon, lives a life of luxury. Bad guys kidnap the heiress.
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The Innocent with Forty Children
as Maître BardineJean-François Robignac, a teacher, arrives at a provincial college to teach literature to...
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Three Men on a Horse
as uncreditedA man has found a way to win any bet he places on a horse. However, he himself must never be the...
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Adorables démons
as Julien Willis JrAnnibal Onnis, a good man and major laundry manufacturer, has his wife's necklace stolen by a...
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Aux frais de la princesse
as uncreditedThe Eloi family, who have just won the "model family" competition, set off for winter sports....
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Le petit monstre
as uncreditedRobert's peaceful existence as a manufacturer of beauty creams is suddenly disrupted by the...
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Nina
as Gérard BlanvilleA husband plans to shoot the man having an affair with his wife, but both come to realise their...
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The Real Bargain
as uncreditedThe eccentric Comtesse de Saint-Plâs sells a black Citroën DS to car dealer Paul Souflé. He...
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Le Gang des pianos à bretelles
as The presenter of 'La nuit brune' (uncredited)An accordionist playing in disreputable halls is mistaken for a gangster by a special envoy from...
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On purge bébé
as Bastien FollavoineMr. Follavoine plans to supply the French army with chamber pots. In preparation for this...
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Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
as SelfA talk show presented by Michel Drucker
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At Theatre Tonight
as Albino, l'instituteurAt Theater tonight is a TV show broadcasted from 25th August 1966 to 21st September 1985. The...
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At Theatre Tonight
as Le jeune hommeAt Theater tonight is a TV show broadcasted from 25th August 1966 to 21st September 1985. The...
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The secret files of Inspector Lavardin
as Inspecteur Jean LavardinThe Dossiers of Inspector Lavardin is a French television series in four 90-minute episodes,...
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