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Bernard Blier

Bernard Blier

French character actor
January 11, 1916 (March 29, 1989)
Fr. 1988. Comedy by Moshé Mizrahi with Pierre Richard, Bernard Blier, Jacques Villeret. Five Mediterranean Jews, victims of a prank by their cousin in Geneva, set out to find an unlikely treasure.

The Possessed

V.O.: Les Possédés
Fr. 1988. Drama by Andrzej Wajda with Jerzy Radziwilowicz, Lambert Wilson, Jean-Philippe Ecoffey. An aristocrat who is playing at being a revolutionary has the idea of committing a murder to ensure the cohesion of his group of anarchists.
Runtime: 114 min.
Fr. 1988. Comedy by Gérard Zingg with Marie Louisa, Victoria Abril, Richard Bohringer. In 1942, the young heiress of an English lord must find his son, abandoned in the African jungle twenty years earlier.
Runtime: 90 min.

I Hate Actors

V.O.: Je hais les acteurs
Fr. 1986. Police comedy by Gérard Krawczyk with Jean Poiret, Bernard Blier, Patrick Floersheim. In Hollywood in 1942, several murders occur during the shooting of a film.
Runtime: 90 min.

Le Fou de guerre

V.O.: Scemo di Guerra
It. 1985. Comedy by Dino Risi with Coluche, Beppe Grillo, Fabio Testi.
Runtime: 100 min.
It. 1984. Dramatic comedy by Luigi Comencini with Johnny Dorelli, Giuliana De Sio, Bernard Blier. During the First World War, a lieutenant meets up with childhood friends, with whom he reminisces about his school years.
Fr. 1984. Comedy by Francis Perrin with Francis Perrin, Véronique Genest, Bernard Blier. A journalist is dragged into a wild adventure after falling in love with his boss' daughter.
Runtime: 95 min.
Runtime: 87 min.

Passion d'amour

V.O.: Passione d'amore
It. 1980. Sentimental drama by Ettore Scola with Bernard Giraudeau, Valeria d'Obici, Jean-Louis Trintignant.
Runtime: 118 min.
Runtime: 116 min.
Runtime: 95 min.
Fr. 1976. Crime drama by Henri Verneuil with Jean-Paul Belmondo, Marie-France Pisier, Bernard Blier. Upon his release from prison, a man returns to his hometown and searches for the real culprit of the murder for which he was convicted.
Runtime: 121 min.
Fr. 1976. Mores drama by Serge Moati with Klaus Kinski, Bernard Blier, Jean-Luc Bideau. A man once wrongly accused of murdering a child returns for revenge.
Runtime: 83 min.
Fr. 1975. Comedy by Roger Hanin with Bernard Blier, André Falcon, Traore Mory. Agents from different countries are trying to derail a uranium mining deal in Africa.
Runtime: 91 min.
Fr. 1975. Comedy by Bertrand Blier with Jean-Pierre Marielle, Jean Rochefort, Bernard Blier. Two men who have left home and work are stalked by their wives.
Runtime: 101 min.
Fr. 1975. Psychological drama by Robin Davis with Bernard Blier, Jacques Dufilho, Alida Valli. The difficult relationship of two retired friends who have come to live together.
Runtime: 100 min.
Fr. 1974. Satire by Christian Gion with Francis Perrin, Bernard Blier, Claude Piéplu. A young advertising executive who has lost his job manages to start his own agency, but his ex-boss decides to eliminate this tough competitor.
Runtime: 88 min.
Fr. 1974. Police comedy by Jacques Besnard with Bernard Blier, Michel Serrault, Jean Lefebvre. Thieves want to break into a bank safe from the washroom of the next-door train station.
Runtime: 93 min.
Fr. 1974. Sentimental drama by Marc Simenon with Bernard Blier, Yves Beneyton, Mariangela Melato.
Runtime: 103 min.
Fr. 1974. Police comedy by Michel Audiard with Jean Carmet, Bernard Blier, Maria Pacôme. Three thugs hold an impresario and his entourage hostage.
Runtime: 94 min.
Fr. 1973. Crime drama by Étienne Périer with Lea Massari, Michel Bouquet, Bernard Blier. After finding her lover murdered, a surgeon's wife is blackmailed.
Runtime: 93 min.
Fr. 1973. Comedy by Pierre Richard with Pierre Richard, Bernard Blier, Danielle Minazzoli. The son of a gun manufacturer strives to put three young thugs back on the right track.
Runtime: 80 min.
Fr. 1973. Satire by Jean Yanne with Jean Yanne, Bernard Blier, Michel Serrault. A financial advisor offers his services to his uncle's union and suggests to him that he fight capitalism with his own resources.
Runtime: 110 min.
Fr. 1972. Crime drama by Denys de La Patellière with Jean Gabin, Fabio Testi, Uschi Glas. In pursuit of a murderer, a veteran commissioner finds his research methods challenged by a superior who favours a more scientific approach.
Runtime: 90 min.
Fr. 1972. Comedy by Michel Audiard with Annie Girardot, Bernard Blier, André Pousse. A fake princess rules the destiny of a district
Runtime: 90 min.
Fr. 1972. Comedy by Yves Robert with Pierre Richard, Mireille Darc, Bernard Blier. A modest violinist is drawn into secret service disputes against his will.
Runtime: 90 min.
Fr. 1972. Satire by Jean Yanne with Jean Yanne, Bernard Blier, Marina Vlady. The professional difficulties of a radio station reporter.
Runtime: 105 min.
Fr. 1971. Comedy by Jean Girault with Louis de Funès, Claude Gensac, Bernard Blier. A playwright, who has committed a murder, goes to great lengths to hide the corpse from both the police and potential buyers of his home.
Runtime: 85 min.
Fr. 1971. Police comedy by Michel Audiard with Michel Serrault, Paul Meurisse, Bernard Blier.
Runtime: 79 min.
Fr. 1970. Comedy by Pierre Richard with Pierre Richard, Bernard Blier, Marie-Christine Barrault. An absent-minded boy gets a job in an advertising agency, thanks to his mother's influence on the firm's director.
Runtime: 83 min.
Fr. 1970. Satire by Michel Audiard with Annie Girardot, Bernard Blier, Mireille Darc. A housekeeper creates havoc between her three bosses because of her gossip.
Runtime: 79 min.
Fr. 1969. Comedy by Édouard Molinaro with Jacques Brel, Claude Jade, Paul Frankeur. In France during the reign of Louis XV, a country doctor leads a merry life with cheerful companions.
Runtime: 95 min.
Fr. 1969. Comedy by Pierre Mondy with Jacqueline Maillan, Robert Hirsch, Guy Bedos. The wife of an industrialist and a fighter pilot get into trouble with kidnappers.
Runtime: 98 min.
Fr. 1968. Police comedy by Michel Audiard with Marlène Jobert, Françoise Rosay, Bernard Blier. A bandit's mistress calls on her elderly aunt to take down two thugs who have robbed her.
Runtime: 78 min.

Nos héros réussiront-ils à retrouver leur ami mystérieusement disparu en Afrique?

V.O.: Riusciranno i nostri eroi a ritrovare l'amico misteriosamente scomparso in Africa?
Runtime: 130 min.
Fr. 1967. Comedy by Jacques Besnard with Jean Lefebvre, Bernard Blier, Pierre Brasseur. The inventor of a euphoric gas is kidnapped by commercial spies.
Runtime: 90 min.

If I Were a Spy

V.O.: Si j'étais un espion
Fr. 1967. Spy drama by Bertrand Blier with Bernard Blier, Bruno Cremer, Patricia Scott. A doctor is under surveillance by spies who want to use him to find someone.
Runtime: 97 min.
Fr. 1967. Spy drama by Yves Boisset with Claudio Brook, Margaret Lee, Hans Meyer. A secret agent goes to Istanbul where an atomic scientist is preparing to destroy humanity.
Runtime: 105 min.
Fr. 1967. Adventures by Denys de La Patellière with France Anglade, François Guérin, Bernard Blier. The romantic affairs of a young aristocrat during the French Revolution.
Runtime: 100 min.

The Stranger

V.O.: Lo Straniero
It. 1967. Psychological drama by Luchino Visconti with Marcello Mastroianni, Anna Karina, Georges Géret. The indifference of a man when faced with the events of his life.
Runtime: 104 min.

To Commit a Murder

V.O.: Peau d'espion
Fr. 1966. Spy drama by Édouard Molinaro with Louis Jourdan, Bernard Blier, Senta Berger. A penniless writer accepts, from the French secret service, the mission to prevent a physicist from leaving for China.
Runtime: 91 min.

The Almost Perfect Crime

V.O.: Delitto quasi perfetto
It. 1966. Crime drama by Mario Camerini with Philippe Leroy, Bernard Blier, Pamela Tiffin. A young heiress that a journalist has to watch over, is kidnapped by unknown people.
Runtime: 108 min.

The Restaurant

V.O.: Le Grand Restaurant
Fr. 1966. Police comedy by Jacques Besnard with Louis de Funès, Bernard Blier, Rosa Maria Rodriguez. The owner of a restaurant is drawn into a police adventure following the disappearance of a customer.
Runtime: 95 min.
Fr. 1966. Comedy by Serge Korber with Jean Lefebvre, Dany Carrel, Bernard Blier. The adventures of a naive and simpleton peasant visiting Paris.
Runtime: 87 min.
Fr. 1966. Police comedy by Louis Grospierre with Jean Lefebvre, Bernard Blier, Gastone Moschin. Two clumsy killers are caught in a war between two gangs.
Runtime: 85 min.

Duel dans le monde

V.O.: Duello nel mondo
It. 1966. Crime drama by Georges Combret, Luigi Scattini with Richard Harrison, Giacomo Rossi Stuart, Hélène Chanel. An insurance investigator unmasks a murderer who preys on his company's clients.
Runtime: 89 min.
Fr. 1965. Police comedy by Édouard Molinaro with Paul Meurisse, Bernard Blier, Jean Lefebvre. Two small-time crooks choose a high-flying crook as their victim.
Runtime: 91 min.
Fr. 1965. Sketches by Gilles Grangier, Georges Lautner with Bernard Blier, Louis de Funès, Darry Cowl. Three episodes set in the world of prostitution.
Runtime: 100 min.
Fr. 1964. Sketches by Claude Berri, Bertrand Tavernier, Charles L. Bitsch, Eric Schlumberger, Claude Chabrol with Francis Blanche, Michel Auclair, Michel Piccoli. Four sketches revolving around the themes of luck and love.
Runtime: 107 min.

The Magnificent Cuckold

V.O.: Il Magnifico Cornuto
Runtime: 123 min.
Fr. 1964. Adventures by Henri Verneuil with Lino Ventura, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Bernard Blier. In Africa, a truck driver tries to catch up with a colleague who stole a vehicle.
Runtime: 130 min.
Fr. 1964. Comedy by Georges Lautner with Lino Ventura, Mireille Darc, Bernard Blier. A French agent is delegated to the widow of an arms trafficker to retrieve plans.
Runtime: 109 min.
Fr. 1963. Social drama by Yves Allégret with Jean Sorel, Bernard Blier, Berthe Granval. In 1863, a man tries to improve the working conditions of miners.
Runtime: 110 min.

Why Paris?

V.O.: Pourquoi Paris?
Fr. 1963. Dramatic comedy by Denys de La Patellière with Monique Bertho, Charles Aznavour, Jacques Monod. A young Belgian arrives in Paris to pursue a career in painting and goes from disillusionment to disillusionment.
Runtime: 79 min.
Fr. 1963. Police comedy by Georges Lautner with Lino Ventura, Bernard Blier, Francis Blanche. When an old gangster dies, he entrusts his belongings and his daughter to a friend.
Runtime: 106 min.
Fr. 1962. Psychological drama by Georges Lautner with Bernard Blier, Jacques Monod, Danièle Delorme. As a juror in a trial, a murderer strives to have acquitted the man who is accused in his place.
Runtime: 90 min.

Les Petits Matins

V.O.: Mademoiselle Stop
Fr. 1962. Comedy by Jacqueline Audry with Agathe Aems, Jean-Claude Brialy, François Périer. The adventures of a young girl who is hitchhiking.
Runtime: 100 min.
Fr. 1962. Adventures by Georges Lampin with Louis Jourdan, Bernard Blier, Serena Vergano. A count decides to overthrow the tyrannical regime of his country.
Runtime: 115 min.

The Counterfeiters of Paris

V.O.: Le Cave se rebiffe
Fr. 1962. Police comedy by Gilles Grangier with Jean Gabin, Maurice Biraud, Bernard Blier. A retired counterfeiter returns to making fake money.
Runtime: 98 min.
Fr. 1961. Police comedy by Georges Lautner with Martine Carol, Félix Marten, Francis Blanche. With the help of a commissioner, a quirky couple sets out to find their nanny's son, who has mysteriously disappeared.
Runtime: 95 min.
Fr. 1961. Comedy by Claude Autant-Lara with Francis Claude, Danielle Gaubert, Jean Sorel. Henry IV is looking for a complaisant husband for a young girl he wants to make his mistress.
Runtime: 83 min.
Fr. 1961. Spy comedy by Georges Lautner with Paul Meurisse, Elga Andersen, Pierre Blanchar. Secret agents from various countries fight against conspirators who are plotting to resurrect Nazism.
Runtime: 100 min.
Fr. 1961. War drama by Georges Lautner with Bernard Blier, Lucile Saint-Simon, Anne Doat. A doctor risks his life by treating Germans and Maquis without discrimination.
Runtime: 100 min.
Fr. 1960. Drama by Carlo Lizzani with Gérard Blain, Anna-Maria Ferrero, Bernard Blier. A hunchback who was part of the Resistance becomes a fearsome bandit after the war.
Runtime: 95 min.
It. 1960. Police comedy by Mario Camerini with Alberto Sordi, Vittorio Gassman, Nino Manfredi. Three Italians, involved in a murder case, clumsily try to clear their names.
Runtime: 105 min.

The President

V.O.: Le Président
Fr. 1960. Psychological drama by Henri Verneuil with Jean Gabin, Bernard Blier, Renée Faure. A president of the Council struggles to support the economy of France.
Runtime: 110 min.
Fr. 1960. Spy drama by Charles Gérard with Roger Hanin, Bernard Blier, Estella Blain. A Secret Service agent investigates the assassination of a network leader.
Runtime: 88 min.
Fr. 1959. Drama by Denys de La Patellière with Danielle Darrieux, Jean-Claude Brialy, Françoise Rosay. A resistance fighter who has gone blind is taken in by a single woman and becomes her lover.
Runtime: 98 min.
Fr. 1959. Spy drama by Georges Lautner with Jacques Riberolles, Bernard Blier, Juliette Mayniel. A former secret agent is challenged by his comrades to steal plans.
Runtime: 105 min.
Fr. 1959. Adventures by Jacqueline Audry with Andrée Debar, Gabriele Ferzetti, Isa Miranda. In order to receive an inheritance, a noble girl is raised as a boy.
Runtime: 100 min.
Fr. 1958. Drama by Julien Duvivier with Danielle Darrieux, Bernard Blier, Paul Meurisse. A former resistance fighter gathers the members of her network to unmask a traitor.
Runtime: 103 min.
Fr. 1958. Comedy by Jacqueline Audry with Dany Robin, Fernand Gravey, Bernard Blier. A professor of good manners turns a worker into a courtesan.
Runtime: 100 min.

Le Clochard

V.O.: Archimède, le clochard
Runtime: 86 min.

The Possessors

V.O.: Les Grandes Familles
Fr. 1958. Moral study by Denys de La Patellière with Jean Gabin, Jean Desailly, Bernard Blier. An magnate of industry and the press dominates his family members.
Runtime: 92 min.
Fr. 1958. Psychological drama by Claude Autant-Lara with Gérard Philipe, Liselotte Pulver, Françoise Rosay. After a love affair, a young man indulges his passion for gambling.
Runtime: 102 min.
Fr. 1958. Crime drama by André Berthomieu with Bernard Blier, Philippe Nicaud, Maria Mauban. On the advice of a friend who is a police officer, a bar owner who killed a mobster in self-defense gives himself up and pleads guilty, convinced that he will be released soon.
Runtime: 94 min.
Fr. 1958. Spy drama by Henri Decoin with Françoise Arnoul, Bernhard Wicki, Bernard Blier. A French spy falls in love with a German.
Runtime: 104 min.
Fr. 1957. Drama by Jean-Paul Le Chanois with Jean Gabin, Bernard Blier, Bourvil. A former convict seeks happiness by doing good.
Runtime: 210 min.
Fr. 1957. Police comedy by Julien Duvivier with Fernandel, Bernard Blier, Jacques Duby. Suspected of murder, a clarinet player tries to uncover the real culprit.
Runtime: 108 min.
Fr. 1957. Mores drama by Hervé Bromberger with Raymond Pellegrin, Madeleine Robinson, Estella Blain. During her first night on call in a hospital, a nurse witnesses dramatic events.
Runtime: 102 min.

La Malfaitrice

V.O.: Retour de manivelle
Fr. 1957. Crime drama by Denys de La Patellière with Michèle Morgan, Daniel Gélin, Peter Van Eyck. In order to collect the life insurance of her husband who has just committed suicide, a young woman formulates a diabolical plan involving fake crime.
Runtime: 112 min.

The Runaway

V.O.: Sans famille
Fr. 1957. Melodrama by André Michel with Joël Flateau, Gino Cervi, Pierre Brasseur. An abandoned child becomes an acrobat before finding his mother.
Runtime: 100 min.

When a Woman Meddles

V.O.: Quand la femme s'en mêle
Fr. 1957. Social drama by Yves Allégret with Edwige Feuillère, Bernard Blier, Jean Servais. A woman provokes the rivalry between two gang leaders.
Runtime: 90 min.

Prisonniers du mal

V.O.: Prigionieri del male
Fr. 1956. Melodrama by Mario Costa with Francisco Rabal, May Britt, Bernard Blier. A young Russian woman comes to Italy to investigate religious fanaticism and falls in love with a Polish man suffering from leprosy.
Runtime: 95 min.
Fr. 1956. Psychological drama by Georges Lampin with Robert Hossein, Jean Gabin, Marina Vlady. A poor student commits a murder that plunges him into deep remorse.
Runtime: 106 min.
Fr. 1955. Comedy by Alex Joffé with Bernard Blier, Bourvil, Giovanna Ralli.
Runtime: 102 min.
Fr. 1955. Drama by André Cayatte with Jean-Marc Bory, Nelly Borgeaud, Antoine Balpêtré. An investigating judge tries to shed light on an ambiguous death.
Runtime: 115 min.
Fr. 1953. Social drama by André Cayatte with Bernard Blier, Marina Vlady, Isa Miranda. Teenagers are led to commit a robbery and two murders.
Runtime: 138 min.
Fr. 1953. Sketches by Henri Decoin, Gianni Franciolini, Ralph Habib, Jean Delannoy with Vittorio De Sica, Jeanne Moreau, Bernard Blier. Four travelers, immobilized by the fog, tell each other stories of sleepless nights.
Runtime: 86 min.
Fr. 1952. Dramatic comedy by Jean-Paul Le Chanois with Bernard Blier, Michèle Alfa, Julien Carette. The tribulations of a bachelor who inherits a marriage agency.
Runtime: 109 min.

Without Leaving an Address

V.O.: ...Sans laisser d'adresse
Fr. 1951. Dramatic comedy by Jean-Paul Le Chanois with Bernard Blier, Danièle Delorme, Pierre Trabaud. In Paris, a brave cab driver takes charge of a young provincial who came to join her lover who is nowhere to be found.
Runtime: 90 min.
Fr. 1951. Comedy by Carlo Rim with Bernard Blier, Danielle Darrieux, Françoise Arnoul. The misadventures of a good man who married a frivolous woman.
Runtime: 102 min.
Runtime: 100 min.
Fr. 1950. Psychological drama by Yves Allégret with Bernard Blier, Simone Signoret, Jane Marken. At the bedside of his sick wife, a man learns that she has always scorned him.
Runtime: 91 min.
Fr. 1950. Drama by Georges Lampin with Bernard Blier, François Périer, Serge Reggiani. To save his college from bankruptcy, an old principal gathers his former students.
Runtime: 90 min.
Fr. 1949. Dramatic comedy by Roger Richebé with Bernard Blier, Fernand Ledoux, Yves Deniaud.
Runtime: 92 min.
Fr. 1948. Drama by Yves Allégret with Simone Signoret, Bernard Blier, Marcello Pagliero. With the help of a sailor, a prostitute tries to escape her pimp.
Runtime: 100 min.

Passion for Life

V.O.: L'École buissonnière
Fr. 1948. Comedy by Jean-Paul Le Chanois with Bernard Blier, Juliette Faber, Édouard Delmont. A teacher faces difficulty in gaining acceptance for his approach to teaching.
Runtime: 84 min.

Heroes in White

V.O.: D'homme à hommes
Fr. 1948. Biography by Christian-Jaque with Jean-Louis Barrault, Bernard Blier, Hélène Perdrière. Witnessing the horrors of war, Swiss man Henri Dunant founds the Red Cross to help all wounded soldiers.
Runtime: 97 min.
Fr. 1948. Sketches by Georges Lampin, André Cayatte, Henri-Georges Clouzot, Jean Dréville with Bernard Blier, Tanis Chandler, Janine Darcey. The difficult return to normal life for a prisoner of war.
Runtime: 112 min.
Fr. 1948. Comedy by Jean Dréville with Noël-Noël, Bernard Blier.
Runtime: 80 min.
Fr. 1947. Crime drama by Henri-Georges Clouzot with Louis Jouvet, Bernard Blier, Suzy Delair. A jealous husband is accused of the murder of a rival.
Runtime: 106 min.
Fr. 1947. Drama by Jean Gehret with Bernard Blier, Blanchette Brunoy, Félix Oudart. The influence of the city gets the better of the honesty of a provincial couple.
Fr. 1946. Police comedy by Jacques Daniel-Norman with Bernard Blier, Yvette Lebon, Jules Berry. Mistaken for a crook, a modest insurance company employee is dragged into a crazy adventure by criminals who want to recover a large sum of money.
Runtime: 99 min.
Fr. 1946. Comedy by Jean-Paul Le Chanois with Odette Joyeux, Bernard Blier, Marcel Herrand. Between three Ludovics, a small provincial girl prefers the young engineer to the bad boy and the heartless financier.
Runtime: 105 min.
Fr. 1945. Dramatic comedy by André Zwobada with André Luguet, Lise Delamare, Paulette Dubost. The destinies or adventures, funny or sad, of a few people, sometimes of dubious morality, including a banker, a prostitute, a swindler and an actress.
Runtime: 87 min.

The Fantastic Night

V.O.: La Nuit fantastique
Fr. 1942. Fantasy comedy by Marcel L'Herbier with Fernand Gravey, Micheline Presle, Saturnin Fabre. Haunted every night by a veiled young girl, a student realizes after various adventures that the dream has become reality.
Runtime: 90 min.
Fr. 1942. Sketches by Robert Vernay with Noël-Noël, Mireille Balin, René Lefèvre. To console a disappointed suitor, six men tell him about their own romantic experiences.
Runtime: 90 min.
Runtime: 103 min.

Bizet's Carmen

V.O.: Carmen
Fr. 1942. Sentimental comedy by Christian-Jaque with Viviane Romance, Jean Marais, Bernard Blier. A beautiful gypsy leads a young officer to his doom.
Runtime: 152 min.
Runtime: 80 min.
Runtime: 95 min.
Runtime: 90 min.
Fr. 1941. Police comedy by Christian-Jaque with Harry Baur, Raymond Rouleau, Renée Faure. In a mountain village one Christmas night, a precious jewel is stolen and Santa Claus is murdered.
Runtime: 105 min.
Fr. 1939. Melodrama by Marcel Carné with Jean Gabin, Arletty, Jules Berry.
Runtime: 88 min.
Runtime: 100 min.
Fr. 1938. Sentimental drama by Marcel Carné with Louis Jouvet, Arletty, Jean-Pierre Aumont.
Runtime: 92 min.
Runtime: 87 min.
Fr. 1938. Mores drama by Marc Allégret with Louis Jouvet, Claude Dauphin, Odette Joyeux.
Runtime: 99 min.
Runtime: 105 min.
Fr. 1937. Crime drama by Félix Gandéra with Victor Francen, Véra Korène, Jacques Baumer.
Runtime: 101 min.

Nous les jeunes

V.O.: Altitude 3.200
Runtime: 90 min.
Fr. 1937. Dramatic comedy by Marc Allégret with Raimu, Michèle Morgan, Gilbert Gil.
Runtime: 86 min.
Fr. 1937. Melodrama by Raymond Rouleau with Jean Gabin, Gaby Morlay, Jean-Pierre Aumont.
Runtime: 98 min.

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