Gerard Oury

Biography

Wire of violonist of a Jewish and Russian origin, Serge Tannenbaum, and of Marcelle Houry, art critic journalist to Paris-Evening , residing street of the Tower, to Paris, it leads a schooling without history to the Lycée Janson-with-Sailly. It there côtoie François Périer, Jean Dutourd, Maurice Siegel. At 17 years, it follows the courses of Rene Simon, then it enters to the Conservatoire in 1938, at the sides of Bernard Blier and François Périer, in the class of Mrs. Dussane. Boarder of the Comédie-Française in 1939, it obtains its first role which Edouard Bourdet in Britannicus entrusts to him, to replace a mobilized actor. In 1940, he flees France with his partner actress, Jacqueline Roman (elected Miss Exposure in 1937), initially in free Zone, then with Marseilles, Monaco and finally with Geneva in order to escape antijuives measurements having course in occupied France. In 1942, he does not recognize his only daughter: the director Daniele Thompson, to avoid this statute to him. In Marseilles, it takes part in the emissions of theater of the national radio, folded up on the spot. Again évincé for the same reasons, he is noticed by Paul Olivier, the agent of Raimu, which engages it in a review with Alibert, Raimu and Rellys. Raimu takes it a time under its wing. It is as at that time, in free zone, as it takes its first steps with the cinema, as an actor, in " Small the riens" and in " Doctor of the neiges" (1942), of Marcel Ichac.

After the Second world war, it returns to France, finds the French Comedy, fights there even with Robert Hirsch. He plays theater (in particular Alive the of Henri Troyat, with the Old Dovecote in 1945), and some supporting roles with the cinema ( Antoine and Antoinette , of Jacques Becker, in 1948). He buckles his ends of the month with the fabrics which Raoul Dufy gave to him, one of the friends artists of his mother, who had initiated it with Article One will as see it in the Beautiful one as here are (1949) of Jean-Paul Chanois. It is in this film, whose scenario is of Francoise Giroud, that it embraces for the first time Michele Morgan, in a scene turned in an elevator. A kiss of cinema which does not ignite the actress. In the Pass-Wall , it receives opera hats on behalf of Bourvil, “the best man than it was given to me to know”, said it. One still sees it in the Night is my kingdom (1951) of Georges Lacombe, the Girl of the river (1954) of Mario Soldati, the Best share (1955) of Yves Allégret or the Back with the wall (1958) of Edouard Molinaro.

In 1958, it tests with the scenario in the Mirror with two faces, coécrit with André Cayatte. It is on this occasion that it will allure Michele Morgan.

the hot Hand

Gerard Oury carries out its first film, the hot Hand , in 1959. It is the history of a widowed rich person who lends 100.000 francs to Lécuyer (interpreted by Alfred Adam) so that it sent his/her son to the countryside. In fact, Lécuyer gives this money to its mistress so that it falls through. But it is not pregnant and gives the sum to her other lover so that he buys a scooter. This one makes use of the sum to allure an young woman whom he believes rich… At the time of its exit into the room in 1960, the film was a commercial failure.

the Threat

It puts in scene in a role of doctor in the Threat . The film has as an interpreter principal Robert Hossein and Marie-Jose Nat. This last interpreter Josépha, a woman who is bored much in her uncle, antique dealer. She would prefer outward journey to have fun with the band of Mariolles which passes to scooter under its windows. One day, it is taken in stop by the local pharmacist who takes it along to the movies. Nice, but undertaking. Then an young girl of the band is found assassinated. Josépha testifies and lies. The film is not either a success.

Crime doesn't pay

Gerard Oury meets success in 1962 Crime doesn't pay with , which joins together a casting of exception, with amongst other things Michele Morgan and Louis de Funès. This film is held into 4 sketches, inspired by the cartoons of " Soir" France;. 1st sketch: A countess learns that her lover the horn. In its rage, it makes it kill. Its rival then decides to be avenged… 2nd sketch: Inspired of the Hugues business, in which a socialist deputy is taken in spite of him in a machination wanting to reach his wife. 3rd skectch: At the beginning of the XXème century, an young woman kills her husband and her lover to be with a third man. 4th sketch: How to make a success of a perfect crime… The actor Louis de Funès who turned in one of these sketches addresses to Oury: " You are mistaken in direction. You are a comic author and you will manage to express you really only when you admit this truth-là" . The realizer follows this suggestion and prepares a comedy the Nitwit who will become one of the largest films worships of France.

the Nitwit

Gerard Oury written with Andre Tabet and Georges Tabet the history of Antoine Maréchal (Bourvil), an honest tradesman is used by Saroyan (Louis de Funès) a trafficker, to take along from Naples to Bordeaux Cadillac filled with heroin. Turning proceeds in France with Paris and in Italy with Rome and Naples in 1964. The following year the Nitwit is the largest success of the boxoffice with nearly 12 million spectators.

the Great ramble

Gerard Oury renews the experiment with the Great ramble , always written with André Tabet and Georges Tabet, with the tandem Bourvil/De Funès. The realizer writes the scenario with also his daughter Danièle Thompson who made her beginnings as scenario writer. Thereafter, it will coécrira all films of her father to Vanille mills, in 1989. It will carry out its first film, the Log, in 1999. The history proceeds in 1942, an English plane is cut down by the Germans above Paris. The three pilots jump in parachute and land in various places of the capital. They are helped by two French civilians, a leader and a house painter who agree to carry out them in free zone; they become thus, in spite of them, actors of Resistance. In film, Louis De Funès plays the part of the leader. And it is the actor himself which directed the Hungarian Walk , extracted from the Damnation of Faust , of Hector Berlioz, with the great surprise of the musicians of the Palate-Garnier. The film is a phenomenal and historical success! With 17.267.000 spectators, the Great ramble , left in December 1966, was a long time number 1 of the French boxoffice. It will be necessary to await 1998, and the 20 million entries of Titanic , of James Cameron, so that the record is beaten. The film of Gerard Oury remains the largest public success of the History of the French cinema.

the Brain

In May 1968, whereas the students attacked the Parisian bitumen, Gerard Oury, it, worried about know if it were going to be able to turn its sixth feature-length film: the Brain . It is the history of two gain-small crime (Bourvil and Jean-Paul Belmondo) which wants to attack a train transferring the funds from NATO, whereas have British steering called the Brain is already on the blow. " A film full with ideas chères." , like says it today the girl of Gerard Oury, coscenarist of film. But the king of the laughter is rich of his two preceding successes. Also can it offer the luxury to make a film in Scope, with stars Frenchwomen, but so Anglo-Saxon - David Niven (in the role titrates) and Eli Wallach (a godfather in the Mafia Italian) -, an animated sequence, special effects, cascades, thousands of observers, a copy of the statue of Freedom, and even of the images of true, filmed with New York of the bridge of the steamer France ! To finance these delusions of grandeur, Gaumont (and its producer Alain Poiré) joined Paramount, which intends to leave this film to international dimension to the the United States. That oblilge initially scenario writers, Daniele Thompson and Marcel Jullian, to balance the importance of the roles between local and foreign high-speed motorboats, then Gerard Oury to film at the same time a French version and another in English… At the end of July 1968, the students are arranged barricades and the turning of the Cerveau starts finally. It lasts thirty weeks! But in good mood. One day that Alain Poiré is of passage on the plate, Oury says to him: " It is insane what I amuse." It with what the producer answers him: " You have recreations coûteux." Certainly. But which pays too. Left in France on March 7th 1969, the Brain is a paperboard with more than 5,5 million spectators! Nothing like it with the the United States. Destabilized by the failure of the village fair of the west , a musical comedy with Clint Eastwood, Paramount leaves The Brain in a amputated version, without believing in it. It is the failure. If that had not been the case, Gerard Oury would have left to finish his career with the the United States.

Delusions of grandeur

After the success of the Brain , Gerard Oury was to find the tandem which has to contribute to its success Louis de Funès / Bourvil . But this last will die a few months before the beginning of turning. Into full distress, De Funès and Oury plan not to make film. But after a rehandling of scenario the role of Bourvil returned to Yves Montand. The history is that of Gift Salluste (interpreted by De Funès ) benefits from its functions of Minister for Finance of king d' Espagne to grow rich. But the Queen who hates it succeeds in driving out it court. Drunk on revenge, it decides to compromise it. Its nephew Gift César having refused to mix with the plot, it chooses his Blaze servant, stiff with love for the sovereign one, for will hold the role of the Prince charming. Unfortunately through misunderstandings, he does not arrive that to attract the favors of not very pleasing Dona Juana (Alice Sapritch). At the time of its exit the Delusions of grandeur were one of great successes of 1971, 4th with the boxoffice of this year, after Aristochats , Bidasses in madness and Mourir to like .

Adventures of Rabbi Jacob

In 1973, Gerard Oury and Louis de Funès find for a last film the Adventures of Rabbi Jacob . This last camps Victor Pivert, an irascible and racist business man, who finds himself in spite of him confronted with a settling of score between terrorists of an Arab country. To sow its prosecutors, he disguises himself as a rabbi, after having crossed in Orly of the Jewish monks coming from New York, and taken their clothing. For the needs for turning, Gerard Oury made rebuild the whole of the hall of arrival of Orly and transposed the street of the rose trees in a quiet district of the Paris region. The scene where Louis de Funès falls into a tank from the factory from chewing-gum was particularly testing for the actor, but the scenario writer remembers especially the difficulties encountered in New York. During turning in Lower East Side, the orthodoxe Jews showed themselves particularly aggressive and reproach him for carrying out " pornographic picture" has; . The exit of film was programmed for 1972 and fell unfortunately at the same time as the war from Kippour. The religious character of film caused several unexpected and violent reactions. Georges Cravenne, celebrates publicity agent, was in charge of the promotion of film. His wife, Daniele Cravenne, imagined that the film was political, pro Semites and anti-Arabic. The day out, it hijacked a plane and threatened to make jump the apparatus if the film were not prohibited. The plane lands and the young woman was killed of a ball in full head. Its death was described as advertizing blow and Gerald Oury accepted innumerable letters of insults and threats: " I would not change anything with my life, but the days which followed I walked armed with a pistolet" (G. Oury). Nevertheless, the film was a paperboard, with 7,3 million entries.

In 1976, Oury to turn again with Louis de Funès in a film entitled the Crocodile , with casting: Régine Crespin, Aldo Maccione and Charles Gerard. But following the two consecutive heart attacks of Louis de Funès, the project is cancelled, whereas Gerard Oury thinks of Peter Sellers to interpret the main role.

Carapate

Two years after, the realizer turns Carapate , with Pierre Richard. In May 1968, Jean-Philippe Duroc (|Richard), taxed with gauchism, returns visit to his customer, Martial Gaulard (Victor Lanoux), shown of a murder which it did not make. At this time, a mutiny bursts with the prison and Gaulard manages to escape. Sought by all the police forces of France, Jean-Philippe comes from to see the de Gaulle general and to ask him for the presidential pardon for Martial. The film is made 10 years after the events of May 68. At the time of its exit, the film adds up 2,5 million entries, a large success but loses speed in comparison with preceding films of the scenario writer.

the Blow of the umbrella

Two years later, Gerard Oury collaborates one second time with Pierre Richard on the Blow of the umbrella . This last holds the role of Gregoire Lecomte, an actor without scale, which goes to an appointment to obtain a role of killer in a film. Following a misunderstanding, it is found committed by true mafiosi like hired killer, while believing that the " contrat" in question is that of its role in film. It leaves thus for Saint-Tropez where it must eliminate at the time of one evening a trafficker of weapons while using of an umbrella whose point contains cyanide. But Gregoire is unaware of that Moskovitz, the true killer, is with his cases. Gerard Oury, benefitting from the multitude of the 33ème Cannes festival, located one of the principal sequences of film during the competition of 1980. After that, turning it is unrolled with the airport of Nice, Saint-Tropez, Antibes and Paris. Casting includes/understands Valerie Mairesse, Gordon Mitchell, Gerard Jugnot, Maurice Risch and Dominique Lavanant. Left on October 8th 1980, the Blow of the umbrella is a success in the same vein as in Carapate (2,4 million entries).

the Ace of the aces

In 1982, Gerard Oury exploits comic fiber of Jean-Paul Belmondo for the second time, with the Ace of ace . The history is that of Riding OJ, trainer of the French team of boxing for the Olympic Games of Berlin in 1936. During adventures which will carry out it to face Hitler, it will take a Jewish child under his protection, the young person Simon Rosenblum. Left on October 27th 1982, the Ace of ace is a paperboard with 5.450.000 entries, and will remain n°1 with the boxoffice of the year.

the Revenge on the plumed serpent

Gerard Oury decides to then turn with comic the n°1 of the time Coluche on the Revenge on the plumed serpent , drawn from a truth: the meeting of the Heads of State of various nations, in Cancun, Mexico. Coluche camps Loulou Dupin, car-buttock, which learns that his/her large mother died and that he is the heir to an apartment with Paris. On its arrival, it with pleasant surprised to find two young women in her apartment: Valerie and Laura, from which it falls under the charm. It does not know that the young women belong to a terrorist group, Ravachol-Kropotkine, and that they prepare an attack with accomplices in Cancun, there or 23 Heads of State must meet to discuss the Third world. the Revenge on the plumed serpent did not have hoped success but found n°4 with the boxoffice of this year there, with a little more than 2.600.000 entries.

Levy and Goliath

Gerard Oury then carries out three years later Levy and Goliath a film in the same vein as Rabbi Jacob, a comedy on the Jews. Richard Anconina interprets Moïse Levy, a Jew traditionalist, which goes up on Paris and finds itself involuntarily mingled with a diamond-like traffic. That is worth the antipathy of Goliath to him, which Maxime Leroux plays, a gang leader. With however an excellent casting, including/understanding Jean-Claude Brialy, Ticky Holgado and Robert Hossein, the film is a failure with only 544.892 entries. Oury will not have any more a result higher than this one.

Memory of elephant

Gerard Oury published his first autobiography in 1989. Entitled Memory of elephant , this book is filled of anecdotes.

Vanille mills

With an always burlesque humor it turns Vanille mills in 1989, with Pierre Arditi and Sabine Azéma. The latter camps Clarisse Boulanger, a mother and married to Antoine, surgeon, who holds a porcelain factory. One beautiful day, it re-examines her former lover, Guillaume (Jacques Perrin), who asks him to take again his role of spy, abandoned ten years before. Mow of the conquests of her husband, it accepts and leaves for Italy. Code name: Vanilla. Arrival on the spot, its mission is to make jump a boat containing of the missiles, with the assistance of Hippolyte (Code name: Mill), that it must make pass for her husband. Having learned the stratagem, Antoine, jealous, share in Italy and launch out to the research of the young grooms. The film adds up a quite lower result Levy and Goliath , with only 216.853 entries.

the Thirst for gold

Gerard Oury works then with Christian Clavier, on the Thirst for the gold which has just cased in the Visitors . This last interpreter Urbain Donnadieu, chairman of a company of prefabricated houses, which was raised by his/her grandmother, Zézette (Tsilla Chelton), in the worship of the profit. Miserly of first class, it stole 60.000 francs per day to its company, which it transformed into ingot. He would like to make them well pass to Switzerland. He thus decides to hide the ingots in bricks of one of the houses which he must deliver. All would go for best if its wife, Fleurette (Catherine Jacob), and his/her lover, Jacques (Philippe Khorsand), driver and better friendly of Urbain, did not come to put their nose at it. The film will not do better than the precedents.

César of honor in 1993

Gerard Oury receives the same year, in 1993 a César of honor for the whole of his career. The realizer offered his reward to Jeanne de Funès in homage to her husband deceased 10 years earlier.

Phantom with driver

For Phantom with driver , realized in 1995, Gerard Oury carry out the duet of actor while entrusting to Gerard Jugnot and Philippe Noiret the main roles. The history proceeds in Paris, a big boss of finance (Noiret) and its driver (Jugnot) are killed. Whereas, alive, they had only strictly professional and hierarchical relations, their phantoms attend generally together the consequences of their disturbed lifestyles. Again, in spite of large stars of the French cinema, Fantôme with driver makes only 428.867 entries.

Schpountz

The Schpountz is the last film of Gerard Oury. Sixty-years after the film of Marcel Pagnol, the realizer chose Smaïn to fit the shoes of Fernandel in this new version. Sabine Azéma succeeds Orane Demazis. Also of the part, Ticky Holgado and Martin Lamotte in last film produced by Alain Poiré for the Gaumont. The history is that of Irenee Fabre, brave and naive, who dreams to become high-speed motorboat of the big screen. Victim of a joke assembled by a team of cinema which turns in its village, it is cruelly disappointed. But it puts a foot in a studio and replaces one day with the foot raised an actor. It is glory. Turning proceeded with Marseilles and in studio in the Paris region. The first took place with Saint-Tropez on August 25th 1999. During an interview, the realizer declared that: " Schpountz of Marcel Pagnol is the rehabilitation of the laughter and some times unfortunately, it is a work held with mépris" . It was not the case of this satirical sentence. Won bet, not only this new Schpountz has it of which to make laugh but also to move. Here what thought the critics of new film of Gerard Oury.

Gerard Oury under the Cupola

In 2001, Gerard Oury was elected member of the Académie of the Art schools and was received under the Cupola on March 1st by the vice-president Pierre Schoendoerffer. March 11th, 1998, it had been named in the section of artistic creations in the cinema and the audio-visual one, with the seat which Rene Clément occupied. The scenario writer has from of which joined several fellow-members from of which Roman Polanski, installed in December 1999 and the senior Claude Autant-Lara, born in 1919. With its death, its armchair will be allotted to Jean-Jacques Annaud.

Great ramble of Gerard Oury

In May 2001, Gerard Oury, almost blind but always active published My Great ramble at Plon. Far from being an autobiography, this book of memories gathers a series of anecdotes and thoughts classified alphabetically. The reader thus sees ravelling sections of life where appear Bourvil as well as the General de Gaulle, Coluche, or elected of its heart Michele Morgan. All the life of Gerard Oury, actor last realizer before being established member of the Institute, is thus contained in alphabetical amusing.

Homage of the Cannes festival

May 14th 2001, the Cannes festival paid homage to Gerard Oury. The realizer was surrounded at the time of his family, but also of Smaïn, Michel Boujenah and Jean-Paul Belmondo. The scenario writer evokes: " I never had film selected in Cannes. All comes at the right moment at which knows attendre." It also declares that there is no receipt to make a film, it is a contribution of authors, technicians.

His/her small son Christopher Thompson declares that he saw his grandfather working and its pleasure to work. He also evokes the projection of Rabbi Jacob and the happiness of the public.

The girl of Gerard Oury, Danièle Thompson explains that she saw her parents working, happy to do what they did, which it is a privilege. She speaks about her father, of her humor but known as which he had the direction of work.

The wife of the realizer Michele Morgan explains that it turned with her husband at his beginnings. She speaks about him like craftsman, somebody who has much humor.

Jean-Paul Belmondo him, tells that what interested it in the cinema was to play of the light comedies, that Gerard Oury gave him of great roles.

To finish, the realizer learns the lesson from his years of cinema: work and a good story.

Gerard Oury decorated by Jacques Chirac

The Friday the 20th September 2002, Gerard Oury was high with the rank of Large officer of the National order of the merit by Jacques Chirac, at the time of a ceremony in the village hall of the Elysium to which assisted in particular Michele Morgan and Danièle Thompson, the President of the Republic stated that the films of the director were characterized by " a comic sympathetic nerve, without intellectual claims, fraternal and efficace" , before adding that Gerard Oury is " comic whose truth is universal like that of Molière."

This same year, in October, the Great ramble was projected in a version restored with the Opera of Paris in the presence of the realizer.

No the remake for the Nitwit

In full Cannes-native madness 2005, a rumor on a project of remake of the Corniaud ran: Benoit Poelvoorde and Jamel Debbouze had given their agreement to turn in film and respectively to take again the roles of Bourvil and Louis de Funès. But Gerard Oury, who wrote be carried out this traditional of the French cinema, with announced that it had never given his agreement to such a project and that this one was not " to in no case with the odre jour". The official statement of Gerard Oury to HTTP: /www.allocine.fr/AlloCiné: " Mr Gerard Oury makes a point of stating that it given his agreement forever about the project of remake of the Nitwit and that this one is not to in no case with the order of the jour" .

Death of Gerard Oury

Gerard Oury dies the July 20th 2006 in his house of Saint-Tropez, at the 87 years age. He is buried with Paris with the Cimetière of Montparnasse. With its funeral, many personalities were present: his/her daughter Daniele Thompson, her grandson Christopher Thompson, his/her partner Michele Morgan, and of many actors like Anouk Aimee, Richard Anconina, Pierre Arditi, Sabine Azéma, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Michel Boujenah, Jean-Claude Brialy, Robert Hossein, Gerard Jugnot, Pierre Richard, Smaïn, Philippe Torreton, the realizers Alexandre Arcady, Alain Corneau, Claude Lelouch, Claude Pinoteau, Jean-Marie Pear, Alain Terzian, the writers Jorge Semprun and Marek Halter, as well as the Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin, the Minister for the Culture Renaud Donnedieu de Vabres, the former minister Jack Lang, the journalists Claire Chazal and Philippe Labro. ,

Dominique de Villepin paid homage to the realizer, by greeting at the same time " the actor who it was, the marvellous scenario writer, the friend. I lose a friend and France loses one of its larger scenario writers, a great figure of the cinema français" , declared the Prime Minister. Jacques Chirac greeted a " to him; Master of the laughter and good the humeur" which was also " a formidable creator of mythes" . Donnedieu de Vabres paid homage to a " Master of the rire" . " In the Pantheon of the popular cinema of high-quality, (Gerard Oury) figure in first place" , had affirmed little before its predecessor with the ministry for the Culture, Jack Lang. They all were to pay there a last homage to him and the entry of the cemetery was black of world. The realizer was buried with the cemetery of Montparnasse in Paris in the family vault, under a radiant sun with the sound of the music of Rabbi Jacob . " For the first time, the king of the laughter only leaves us, knew to him to clarify this I do not know what which gathers us. Gerard Oury wanted to enchant our lives as a generous storyteller with the direction of the division, giving life to characters éternels" , the Prime Minister declared before the assembly. A homage was also paid by the rabbi Josy Eisenberg who had been adviser technical on " Adventures of Rabbi Jacob" : " according to the Jewish tradition, let us thank God for having gives life has that which us quitte". 300 anonymities were also authorized to go on the tomb of the scenario writer at the conclusion of the ceremony, at the time delaquelle the scenario writer was carried out of ground with the sound of the musics of its films interpreted by a quator with cords. Family and friends were to then find themselves with the Small estate of the Lilacs for glass of the friendship.

Catalog of films

Realizer

1960 : the hot Hand (+ actor, scenario writer and dialogist)
1960: the Threat (+ actor)
1962: Crime doesn't pay (+ scenario writer)
1965: the Nitwit (+ scenario writer)
1966: the Great Ramble (+ scenario writer)
1969: the Brain (+ scenario writer)
1971: Delusions of grandeur (+ scenario writer)
1973: Adventures of Rabbi Jacob (+ author of the history, scenario writer and dialogist)
1978: Carapate (+ scenario writer)
1980: the Blow of the umbrella (+ scenario writer)
1982: the Ace of the aces (+ scenario writer)
1984: the Revenge on the plumed serpent (+ scenario writer)
1987: Levy and Goliath (+ scenario writer)
1989: Vanille mills (+ scenario writer)
1993: the Thirst for gold (+ scenario writer)
1996: Phantom with driver
1999: Schpountz (+ scenario writer)

Scenario writer

1958 : the Mirror with two faces , of Andre Cayatte - (Co-scenario writer, + actor)
1959: a witness in the city , of Edouard Molinaro - (Co-scenario writer)
1959: Babette is gone-T from there war , of Christian-Jaque (author of the history)
1959: do you Want to dance with me? , of Michel Boisrond - (adapter)
1996: Lessons of seduction ( The Mirror Has Two Faces ), of Barbra Streisand - “remake” of the Mirror to two faces

Actor

1942 : the Doctor of snows of Marcel Ichac
1942: Small Riens
1947: Antoine and Antoinette of Jacques Becker
1948: OJ-the-Lovesong of Gilles Grangier
1948: Of Guesclin of Bernard Delatour
1950: the Beautiful one that here are
1950: the Pass-wall of Jean Boyer
1951: Without leaving of address of Jean-Paul Chanois
1951: the night is my kingdom of Georges Lacombe
1951: Anna Karénine , put in scene by Raymond Roller (role of Alexis Karénine)
1952: the Strapping man of Batignolles (the narrator)
1953: the Beautiful spy ( Sea Devils ), of Raoul Walsh
1953: The Sword and the Rose or When Knighthood Was in Flower , of Ken Annakin
1953: The Heart off the Matter , of George More O' Ferrall
1953: They Who Dare or Lewis Milestone' S They Who Dare , of Lewis Milestone
1954: the Detective of the good god ( Father Brown ), of Robert Hamer
1954: Eterna femmina , of Marc Allégret
1954: Amante di Paride , of Yves Allégret and Edgar G. Ulmer
1955: the heroes are tired , of Yves Ciampi
1955: Gave It LED fiume , of Mario Soldati
1956: the Best share , of Yves Allégret
1956: the House of the secrecies ( House off Secret or Triple Disappointment ), of Guy Green
1957: Be wary young girls , of Yves Allégret
1957: the Navy , of François Reichenbach - (reciting)
1958: the Seventh heaven , of Raymond Bernard
1958: the Back with the wall , of Edouard Molinaro
1959: The Journey , of Anatole Litvak
1963: No bay-trees for the killers ( The Prize ), Mark Robson
1964: With drawn knives , of Charles Gerard
1986: a man and a woman: twenty years already , of Claude Lelouch
2003: Up there, a king above the clouds , Pierre Schoendoerffer

Honors

1991 : Commander of the Legion of honor
1993: César for the whole of its career
1998 ( March): member of the Academy of the Art schools, ( elected with the armchair of Rene Clement).

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