Maurice Baquet
Maurice Baquet is a cellist, actor, sportsman and French entertainer, born May 26, 1911 in Villefranche-sur-Saône and died July 8, 2005 in Noisy-le-Grand. Maurice Baquet was married twice: with Jacqueline Figus (1920-2011) from October 31, 1944 to June 20, 1959, with whom they had a daughter, Sophie, and with Maria Yakimova from February 20, 1964 until her death. The couple had four children: Anne, Gregori. All of them, as well as Sophie, born from her first marriage, are actors and singers — Stéphane, light designer and Dimitri, show producer. ... A native of Beaujolais, he took cello lessons at the Lyon conservatory and then those in Paris where he was in the same class as Henri Betti, Paul Bonneau, Léo Chauliac, Henri Dutilleux, Louiguy, Pierre Spiers and Raymond Trouard and where he won first prize. This did not prevent him from failing the entrance examination for the orchestra of the Paris Opera, which motivated him to give up a classical career. However, he does not leave his cello behind. On the contrary, the instrument accompanies him throughout his life and we remember the wink that Joseph Losey allowed him during a short but moving sequence in Monsieur Klein. In the early 1930s, he rubbed shoulders with Pierre and Jacques Prévert, Roger Blin and joined the famous October Group, an agitprop group, closely linked to the French Communist Party. He set up his career as an actor there and devoted himself to beautiful texts, in particular the poems of Aragon and Paul Éluard. In 1935, he made his first feature film under the direction of Marc Allégret, Les Beaux Jours. A filmography of more than 80 titles follows. His head as a resourceful and facetious kid also earned him the role of Bibi Fricotin, then that of Ribouldingue in two films by Marcel Aboulker. At the theater, he plays in the operettas Andalousie and Gipsy by Francis Lopez. He also performed at the cabaret, sometimes accompanied on tap dance by Jacqueline Figus, his wife since 1944. He also participated in ski mountaineering competitions, as well as more humorous performances, such as his ski descent from the stairs of the Butte Montmartre in 1946. In the same vein, he also skied down the stairs from the Maison de la Radio, following a bet. In 1947, he presented with the whimsical Saint-Granier a bicycle-ski allowing to go down the slopes. Friend of Roger Frison-Roche, we find him in the credits of Premier de cordée (1944). In 1955, he co-directed Stars and Tempests with Gaston Rébuffat and Georges Tairraz, which won the Grand Prix at the Trente Festival. On July 13, 1956, he made the first ascent of the south-east face of the Aiguille du Midi in Chamonix with Gaston Rébuffat, sequences of which can be seen in Entre terre et ciel. He was also a friend of Robert Doisneau, who photographed him extensively6 and with whom he produced a work entitled Ballade pour violoncelle et chambre noire, which testifies to their friendship. He died at the age of 94 and is buried in the cemetery of Beauregard (Ain).
Mr. Klein
as Un Musicien (uncredited)Paris, France, 1942, during the Nazi occupation. Robert Klein, a successful art dealer who...
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Z
as Heroic BricklayerAmid a tense political climate, the opposition leader is killed in an apparent accident. When a...
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The Lower Depths
as Aliocha, le fou accordéonisteInhabitants of a flophouse struggle to survive under the harsh treatment imposed by the...
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The Crime of Monsieur Lange
as Charles, concierges' sonA man and a woman arrive in a cafe-hotel near the Belgian frontier. The customers recognize the...
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The Adolescent
as Jules, le cantonnierIn the summer of 1939, 13-year-old Marie goes with her parents to visit her grandparents in a...
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Vive les femmes !
as uncreditedThe love affairs of Bob, a womanizer and seducer and Mammouth, the unhappy loner.
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Madame Claude 2
as Le professeur de VioloncelleA notorious French madam, whose business serves many of the nation's most powerful individuals,...
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Let's Make a Dirty Movie
as Un flicA bumbling film crew attempts to make a porno movie.
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Les Rois du gag
as RobertPaul Martin and François Leroux are brothers-in-law and comics without fame. One day, the famous...
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Adieu Léonard
as Lantern sellerA bungling thief is threatened by one target with blackmail, unless the thief will kill his own...
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Alibi
as uncreditedParis, 1937. Winckler kills his enemy Gordon, a Chicago mobster, from the stage of a Parisian...
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Hatred
as le joueur d'harmonicaCaptain Justin Mollenard works for a company that sells armaments to the Far East. After an...
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The Angel
as Le premier bibliothécaireThe climbing of an immense staircase made up of the most varied stairs- Symbolic scenes occur on...
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Mandrin
as 'Court-Toujours'It was the reign of Louis XV and, in 1750, France was at war all the time, and the people,...
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El sueño de Andalucía
as PepeJuanillo is in love with Dolores, the daughter of the owner of an inn. He likes to sing, she...
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Lady Killer
as Le soldat maladeLucien Bourrache, a good looking non-commissioned officer at the Spahis, is used to charm many...
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Le Roi des cons
as Le patron de l'hôtelGeorges Le Roi lives odd jobs and shares his life between two girlfriends. One day, he falls in...
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Little Claus and Big Claus
as Le petit ClausOnce upon a time there lived in the same village two men bearing the very same name. One of them...
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Only God Sees Me
as Monsieur CrémieuxAlbert, a sound engineer who is chronically hesitant successively meets three charming young...
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Jean Renoir: Part One - From La Belle Époque to World War II
as SelfPart one of a BBC documentary about Jean Renoir.
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Alice au pays des merveilles
as Father GuillaumeAlice sets off in pursuit of a mysterious white rabbit in a hurry. After a dizzying fall into a...
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Coup de tête
as The conductor (uncredited)A sporty and chivalrous young man creates, with some comrades, a society whose goal is to...
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Twisted Mistress
as FirminGuy Carbonnel, a rich industrialist, has more eyes for rugby than for his wife Hélène. René...
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The Impossible Mr. Pipelet
as Jojo, le fils aîné de Robert et MathildeA story about a simple old man with a lot of love for his only daughter. She falls in love with...
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Final Accord
as uncreditedA famous violinist enlists in a music school in order to woo one of the students.
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Hélène
as Durant Tout CourtHelene is based on Helene Wilfur, a novel by Vicki (Grand Hotel) Baum. Madeleine Renaud essays...
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The Trump Card
as MickeyA man is shot In the hotel of an imaginary South American country. Clarence and Montès, two...
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Pas un mot à la reine mère
as The reporterThe young King Boris of Neustria, who has followed his family in their exile in London, falls in...
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Pierre Fatumbi Verger: Messenger Between Two Worlds
as SelfInspired by the life of the french-born photographer and ethnographer, Pierre Verger, the movie...
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Happy Days
as TotoSylvie, a rich girl, learns at the same time the death and the ruin of her father. Forced to...
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The Sad Sack
as TurlotThanks to a bit of string-pulling by his aunt, Jean du Bois d'Ombelles, a young recruit who has...
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Le Chant de l'exilé
as Gaspard Duval dit Pas BéniIn the French Basque Country, Ramon, the son of a farmer and fruit and vegetable merchant with a...
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Youth in Revolt
as Arthur"Altitude 3.200" asks the question and provides the premise of what would happen if a group of...
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Sextette
as RondoA man remembers all the incredible stories that took place in his hotel.
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Andalusia
as PepeHaving fallen out with his girlfriend Dolorès, Juanito leaves for Mexico, where he becomes a...
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Roulez jeunesse !
as FrançoisAfter a missed burglary, deux young cads take refuge in a retiring-pension sowing terror. On the...
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Tête à claques
as NeighborAlex Berthier would love to be a famous songwriter. Meanwhile, he has to cope with unemployment,...
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Strictement personnel
as Le conciergeThe crimes and tragedies that tear apart one family seem overblown in the telling, yet this...
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Le Débutant
as acteurThe journey strewn with adventures of François Veber, electrician who decides to embark on the...
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Sacrifice of Honor
as uncreditedBefore the Battle is the English-language title of this espionage melodrama. The first half of...
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Stars and Storms
as SelfGaston Rébuffat is part of the history of mountaineering. Marseillais prodigy, high mountain...
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A Night at the Moulin Rouge
as uncreditedAn uncle in America wants to endow his nieces with a dowry, provided they succeed in making a...
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Perilous Assignment
as Self - Guide's Client"Perilous Assignment" is an episode of ABC's Walt Disney Presents. Disney loved to show viewers...
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Stowaway in the Sky
as MechanicA small child, fascinated by a lighter-than-air balloon, clambers aboard. The balloon takes...
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Frédérica
as Un ami de GilbertGilbert, poet and singer, is about to marry Lilette but deep inside himself he is not quite sure...
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Salut, j'arrive
as uncreditedGérard Travers has known Minou since childhood. After completing his military service, he moved...
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They Met on Skis
as BoulotThe owner of the place of Chamonix covets the inn, run by the Michel's uncle, whose business...
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Entre Terre et Ciel
as SelfThis is Gaston Rebuffat's fourth film, in which, with several close friends, he discovers the...
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The Last Metro
as Henri RemongeLeaving the station after having caught the last Paris Metro, a man comes to the rescue of a...
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The World of Gaston Rébuffat
as Self (archive footage)The World of Gaston Rébuffat is a documentary on mountaineering which takes place at Gendarme Du...
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Le Trésor des Pieds-Nickelés
as RibouldingueAlthough suspected and hunted down by policeman Sherlock Coco and inspector Hector, the Pieds...
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Bibi Fricotin
as Bibi FricotinTo find the heritage of his friend Catherine's ancestors, the leaping Bibi Fricotin, helped by...
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Ballerina
as MachinistAs its title indicates, La Mort du Cygne (The Dying Swan) is set in the special world of the...
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Driving Lesson
as JeanMicheline is a pretty girl but rich, spoiled and whimsical as well. Jacques, the brother of her...
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Autour d'un Film de Montagne
as SelfMaking of the cinematographic shooting of "Premier de Cordée" directed by Louis Daquin in the...
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La braconne
as The grandfatherA young boy commits a simple act of theft that sends his quiet town into a frenzy over the...
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Les Aventures des Pieds-Nickelés
as RibouldingueSherlock Coco, famous detective, tries to thwart the machiavellian plans of the trio of shock....
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Mystery Tour
as TeddyThe basic premise: A retired bus driver fulfills his lifelong dream of providing an extended...
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First in Line
as BouleA screen adaptation of the well-known novel by Roger Frison-Roche about the harsh lives of...
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Baquet's Comeback
as SelfJuly 1956: like every summer, the actor and cellist Maurice Baquet temporarily deserts the stage...
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Girls of Paris
as uncreditedA few colorful characters, with very different social origins and whose destinies are not always...
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Le divorcement
as LuthierIn this rambling comic tale about a man and a wife, with four children, who calmly announce to...
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Chamonix - Mont Blanc, Une histoire de conquêtes
as Self (archive footage)
Babilée '91
as uncreditedThe portrait of an extraordinary French dancer-choreographer: Jean Babilée (1923-2014) is filmed...
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My Treasure
as uncreditedA young doctor is hired, with a friend, to work for an old miser whose garden contains a...
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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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Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
as SelfA talk show presented by Michel Drucker
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Dieu seul me voit (Versailles-Chantiers) - version interminable
as Mr. Crémieux