Pierre Étaix
Pierre Étaix was a French comedian and filmmaker. Étaix made a series of short- and feature-length films, many of them co-written by influential screenwriter Jean-Claude Carrière. He won an Academy Award for best live-action short film in 1963.
Le Havre
as Dr. BeckerIn the French harbor city of Le Havre, fate throws young African refugee Idrissa into the path...
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Mon Oncle
as Delivery man / Telegraph operator (uncredited)Genial, bumbling Monsieur Hulot loves his top-floor apartment in a grimy corner of the city, and...
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Pickpocket
as Accomplice 2Michel takes up pickpocketing on a lark and is arrested soon after. His mother dies shortly...
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The Thief of Paris
as Le pickpocket (uncredited)In Paris around 1900, a young man raised by his wealthy uncle plots revenge after his cousin is...
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Yoyo
as Yoyo / The MillionaireThe story follows the son of a millionaire from the 1920s to the 1960s. After losing his fortune...
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The Clowns
as ClownFellini exposes his great attraction for the clowns and the world of the circus first recalling...
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Max My Love
as DetectiveThe wife of a British diplomat in Paris takes a chimpanzee as her lover.
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Le Grand Amour
as PierrePierre married Florence, the only daughter of a small industrialist. 15 years later, he is the...
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The Suitor
as PierreAbsent-minded yet cultured, Pierre answers his parents demands to wed by ignoring both astronomy...
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As Long as You've Got Your Health
as PierreAn anthology film consisting of four stories. (1) A man reads a Dracula novel while in bed, but...
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Rupture
as uncreditedA man receives a breakup letter from his sweetheart, who sends him back his photo, in pieces....
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Happy Anniversary
as Le mariHeureux Anniversaire is a 1962 French short comedy film directed by Pierre Étaix. While his wife...
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Jerry Lewis: The Man Behind the Clown
as SelfSince the early days, Jerry Lewis—in the line of Chaplin, Keaton and Laurel—had the masses...
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On n'est pas sorti de l'auberge
as Le garçon d'étageIt's about a couple owning a small hotel who are trying to sell it.
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The Clown
as SelfA documentary directed by Eric Friedler about Jerry Lewis' never released movie "The Day The...
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Serious as Pleasure
as Le garçon d'étage"In Serieux comme le plaisir, two men and a woman live quite happily together in a romantic...
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The Army Game
as Le chef de gareJean Lerat begins his military service at an army camp. Despite his aunt’s attempts to pull a...
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Bouvard et Pécuchet
as Maître TardivelTwo retirees obsessed with their desire to know everything put their knowledge into practice in...
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Pierre Étaix, un destin animé
as SelfA documentary on the career of famed French clown and filmmaker Pierre Étaix.
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Feeling Good
as uncreditedShort film by Pierre Etaix, edited out from Tant qu'on a la santé
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Land of Milk and Honey
as HimselfPierre Etaix’s most radical film, and perhaps unsurprisingly the one that effectively ended his...
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Gardens in Autumn
as uncreditedWhen he loses his position as a powerful government minister, Vincent is dropped by his pretty...
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Insomnia
as uncreditedFrench pantomimist Pierre Étaix plays an insomniac who makes the mistake of trying to read...
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Winter Song
as Marquis-ClochardTwo old friends have urban adventures connected to the skull of an executed French aristocrat.
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Carrière, 250 Meters
as SelfA portrait documentary tracing the inspiration, philosophy and imagination of the celebrated...
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Docile Night
as SOS AmorJean is a successful painter who leaves his mistress, though he stops intermittently to phone...
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La Métamorphose
as Gustav-Adolf BrautA young man wakes up one day transformed into a giant insect.
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Chantrapas
as French ProducerA filmmaker finds creative freedom more elusive than he imagined in this ironic comedy-drama....
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L'âge de Monsieur est avancé
as L'auteurOnly on the stage of an empty theater, an author and his wife clash: the scene and the life end...
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