Biography: Louis De Funès |
French actor Louis de Funès started out as a comic in Paris nightclubs and as a radio performer. He began appearing in French films in 1945 and between then and 1979 made over 100 films. Through the 1950s and '60s, he was the most popular comedian in... more
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Length: 120min
Haragon Louis De Funes is such a miserable miser that he even steals oats from horses in this comedy from celebrated playwright Moliere. The story remains true to the original, but the combined effort between Girault and De Funes remains uneven. ...
Le Gendarme et Les Extraterrestres (1978)
Cast: Michel Galabru
Tags: Police Comedy Science Fiction Comedy Sci-Fi Comedy
Length: 92min
In this funny French entry in the "Gendarme" series of films, bungling inspector Cruchot (played by Jerry Lewis-like French comedian De Funes) finds himself trying to save the residents of St. Tropez from oil-guzzling humanoid space aliens. But for...
Cast: Yves Montand
Tags: Comedy of Manners Satire Comedy
Length: 105min
This French historical comedy/farce, loosely based on Victor Hugo's play Ruy Blas, benefits greatly from having Louis De Funes and Yves Montand in the roles of Saluste and Blaze. Saluste is a nobleman who has been exiled from court and sent to collect...
Cast: Louis de Funès Annie Girardot
Tags: Domestic Comedy Comedy
Length: 95min
An inventor and a small-time industrialist, Guillaume (Louis De Funes) has come up with something which will take advantage of air pollution and manages to confuse a delegation of Japanese into placing an order for 3,000 of the things. Just a few...
Tags: Comedy
Length: 85min
Evans (Louis De Funes) stars in this situation comedy about a man in charge of a female ballet troupe. The only other man in the house is his nephew Philippe (Olivier De Funes). One of the former residents becomes pregnant, and anonymous note labels...
Cast: Claude Zidi Coluche
Length: 98min
In this comedy, Louis de Funes is a top restaurant critic, the head of an important French culinary guide. At the beginning of the film, he and his son (Coluche) are at odds, as the son prefers working as a circus clown to studying the fine arts of...
The Mad Adventures of "Rabbi" Jacob (1973)
Cast: Marcel Dalio Gérard Oury Henri Decaë
Tags: Satire Farce Comedy Comedy of Errors
Length: 100min
This comedy concentrates on the mishaps befalling bigoted Frenchman Louis DeFunes. While en route to his daughter's wedding, the outspoken DeFunes accidentally gets mixed up in an Arab nationalist uprising. Through a bizarre and nearly indescribable...
Tags: Police Comedy Comedy
Length: 100min
A retired policeman (Louis De Fumes) is happily married to a devoted wife (Claude Gensac) in this uneven comedy. He does not take to retirement well, and he and his fellow retirees don their uniforms once again in an effort to relive their glory days...
Cast: Jean Gabin
Tags: Comedy Comedy of Manners Satire
Length: 95min
This engaging comedy concerns the tattoo on the back of a military nobleman and the wily art dealer who covets the work of art. The Count (Jean Gabin) has a Modigliani tattoo, and when Mazeray (Louis De Funes) sees it, he wishes to add it to his art...
Cast: Georges Delerue Michel Lonsdale Edouard Molinaro
Tags: Sci-Fi Comedy Comedy Domestic Comedy
Length: 78min
This comedy finds a family turned upside down by a new addition to the house. Hubert (Louis De Funes) and his wife (Claude-Gensac) are shocked to discover her grandfather has been found frozen in a block of ice at the South Pole. Scientists revive the...
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