Claude Zidi

Claude Zidi is a Réalisateur and Scénariste French born the July 25th 1934 with Paris. He studied the technique of the cinema to the Ecole Louis Lumière of 1953 to 1955.

After a short career of Director of the photography, the first successes of Claude Zidi are Film S of comic troupier putting in the high-speed motorboat Charlots: Bidasses in madness in 1971, Bidasses from go away in war in 1974. It makes turn Coluche in 1976 in the Wing or the thigh and in 1981 in Inspecteur the Bur . It receives a César for Ripoux in 1984 and carries out thereafter Ripoux against ripoux (1990), the Total one! (1991), Low profile (1993), Arlette (1997) and Astérix and Obélix against César in 1999.

There remains one of the French realizer still today having been the most success with its many films, also of the part: Gerard Oury, Georges Lautner and Claude Lelouch.

Selective catalog of films

1971 : Bidasses in madness with Charlots
1972: the Insane ones of the stage with Charlots
1973: the Large Bazaar with Michel Serrault and Gerard Rinaldi and Jean Sarrus

1974 : Bidasses from go away in war with Charlots
1974: Mustard assembles me to the nose with Pierre Richard
1976: the Race with the shallot with and Pierre Richard and Jane Birkin and Michel Aumont

1976 : the Wing or the thigh with Louis de Funès and Coluche
1977: the Animal with Jean-Paul Belmondo
1978: the Discord with Louis De Funès and Annie Girardot and Julien Guiomar
1979: Stupid but disciplined with Jacques Villeret
1980: Under-gifted the with Daniel Auteuil
1980: Inspector the Bur with Coluche and Gerard Depardieu
1982: Under-gifted on vacation the with Commercial Guy and Daniel Auteuil and Grace of Capitani
1983: Banzaï with Coluche and Valerie Mairesse and Marthe Villalonga
1984: Ripoux with Thierry Lhermitte and Philippe Noiret
1985: Kings of the gag with Michel Serrault
1987: Criminal conspiracy , with François Cluzet, Christophe Malavoy
1989: Two with Gerard Depardieu and Maruschka Detmers
1989: Ripoux against ripoux with Thierry Lhermitte and Philippe Noiret and Jacques Frantz
1991: the Total one! with Thierry Lhermitte and Miou-Miou and Eddy Mitchell
1993: Low profile with Patrick Bruel and Didier Bezace and Jean Yanne
1997: Arlette with Josiane Balasko and Christophe Lambert
1999: Astérix and Obélix against César with Christian Clavier and Gerard Depardieu and Roberto Benigni
2001: the Box
2003: Ripoux 3

Results with the boxoffice

1971 : Bidasses in madness: 7,46 million entries
1972: the Insane ones of the stage: 5,74 million entries
1973: the Large Bazaar: 3,91 million entries
1974: Mustard assembles me to the nose: 3,70 million entries
1974: Bidasses from go away in war: 4,15 million entries
1975: the Race with the shallot: 2,96 million entries
1976: the Wing or the thigh: 5,84 million entries
1977: the Animal: 3,16 million entries
1978: the Discord: 2,79 million entries
1979: Stupid but disciplined: 684.516 entries
1980: Under-gifted the: 3,98 million entries
1980: Inspector the Bur: 3,70 million entries
1981: Under-gifted on vacation the: 3.570.887 entries
1982: Banzaï: 4,48 million entries
1984: Ripoux: 5,88 million entries
1985: Kings of the gag: 1,51 million entries
1987: Criminal conspiracy: 1,94 million entries
1989: Ripoux against ripoux: 2,90 million entries
1991: Total the: 1,60 million entries
1999: Astérix and Obélix against César: 9,09 million entries
2003: Ripoux 3: 800.000 entries

External bond

Claude Zidi on Internet Movie Database
on DVDtoile
Claude Zidi on Commeaucinema.com
Meeting with Claude Zidi on TraxZone

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