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Jean Boyer
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Jean Boyer

film director and composer
June 26, 1901 (March 10, 1965)
Fr. 1964. Comedy by Jean Boyer with Fernandel, Sandra Milo, Jean-Pierre Marielle. A woman infatuated with psychoanalysis is determined to find a complex in her husband.
Runtime: 90 min.
Fr. 1962. Comedy by Jean Boyer with Fernand Raynaud, Jean Poiret, Micheline Dax. Fernand Raynaud's look-alike, a modest civil servant is convinced by the director of a shabby touring troupe to impersonate the popular comic.
Runtime: 88 min.
Fr. 1962. Comedy by Jean Boyer with François Périer, Micheline Presle, Jean Richard. A woman loses a large sum of money and feigns madness to avoid her husband's wrath.
Runtime: 84 min.
Fr. 1961. Comedy by Jean Boyer with Fernand Gravey, Sophie Daumier, Jacques Perrin. The two children of a widower oppose their father's plan for marriage.
Runtime: 90 min.
Fr. 1959. Comedy by Jean Boyer with Darry Cowl, Judith Magre, Fernand Sardou.
Runtime: 90 min.
Fr. 1959. Burlesque by Jean Boyer with Darry Cowl, Line Renaud, Francis Blanche.
Runtime: 81 min.
Fr. 1958. Comedy by Jean Boyer with Fernandel, Pierre Dux, Simone Valère. A young woman becomes the mistress of her lover's best friend.
Fr. 1958. Comedy by Jean Boyer with Fernandel, Denise Grey, Sylva Koscina. The veterinarian of a small village manages to create a large clientele among humans.
Runtime: 89 min.
Fr. 1957. Comedy by Jean Boyer with Fernandel, Nadia Gray, Armontel. An unsuccessful actor finds himself playing the characters of his roles in real life.
Runtime: 92 min.
Fr. 1957. Police comedy by Jean Boyer with Philippe Nicaud, Jean Carmet, Line Renaud. After writing a detective story under a pseudonym, a young girl finds herself embroiled in a series of incredible adventures.
Runtime: 95 min.
Fr. 1957. Comedy by Jean Boyer with Fernandel, Rellys, Ginette Leclerc. After having alienated the whole village, a merry good-for-nothing, unemployed drunkard decides to render some services in order to win back the sympathy of his fellow citizens.
Runtime: 85 min.

Fernandel the Dressmaker

V.O.: Le Couturier de ces dames
Fr. 1956. Comedy by Jean Boyer with Fernandel, Suzy Delair, Françoise Fabian. A man inherits a fashion house and starts to create a large collection.
Runtime: 91 min.
Fr. 1955. Comedy by Jean Boyer with Line Renaud, Jean Richard, Noël Roquevert.
Runtime: 93 min.
Fr. 1954. Musical by Jean Boyer with Maurice Chevalier, Paolo Stoppa, Delia Scala. Seven young dancers pretend to be the daughters of an old beau.
Runtime: 96 min.

Ces voyous d'hommes

V.O.: Il paese dei campanelli
It. 1954. Musical by Jean Boyer with Mario Riva, Sophia Loren.
Runtime: 77 min.
Fr. 1953. Musical by Jean Boyer with Michel Simon, Brigitte Auber, Henri Génès. An astronomy professor tries to save a suicidal woman.

Crazy for Love

V.O.: Le Trou normand
Fr. 1952. Comedy by Jean Boyer with Bourvil, Brigitte Bardot, Pierre Larquey. To get an inheritance, a brave kid strives to get a school certificate.
Runtime: 85 min.
Fr. 1952. Comedy by Jean Boyer with Fernandel, Blanchette Brunoy, Renée Devillers. A modest sheep shearer becomes a coveted ladies' hairdresser on the Champs-?lys?es.
Runtime: 75 min.
Fr. 1951. Comedy by Jean Boyer with Henri Génès, Philippe Lemaire, Max Elloy. An orchestra musician takes in a baby he believes to be his grandson.
Runtime: 101 min.
Fr. 1950. Comedy by Jean Boyer with Bourvil, Jacqueline Pagnol, Mireille Perrey. Since no girl in the village seemed worthy of being crowned as a rose, a committee of virtuous women decides to name the village's innocent ""rose.""
Runtime: 84 min.
Fr. 1950. Musical by Jean Boyer with Philippe Lemaire, Henri Génès, Françoise Arnoul. An office boy founds an underground radio station.

Le Passe-muraille

V.O.: Garou-Garou, le passe-muraille
Fr. 1950. Fantasy comedy by Jean Boyer with Bourvil, Joan Greenwood, Marcelle Arnold. A civil servant discovers that he has the gift of walking through walls.
Runtime: 90 min.
Fr. 1949. Musical by Jean Boyer with Martha Eggerth, Jan Kiepura, Lucien Baroux. To protect herself from mysterious assailants, a singer hires a bodyguard.
Fr. 1948. Comedy by Jean Boyer with Danièle Godet, Jacques Pills.
Fr. 1947. Musical by Jean Boyer with Georges Guétary, Aimé Clariond, Gisèle Casadesus. A Venetian adventurer has numerous amorous conquests in the eighteenth century.
Runtime: 95 min.
Runtime: 90 min.
Fr. 1947. Musical by Jean Boyer with Ray Ventura, Gisèle Pascal, Bernard Lancret. A millionaire's daughter receives an orchestra as a birthday present.
Fr. 1946. Dramatic comedy by Jean Boyer with Pierre Brasseur, Gaby Sylvia, Jacqueline Gauthier. Jealousy of two women who are in love with the same man.
Runtime: 85 min.
Fr. 1946. Crime drama by Jean Boyer with Erich von Stroheim, Anne-Marie Blanc, Denise Vernac. A movie star is killed during the shooting of a film.
Fr. 1943. Dramatic comedy by Jean Boyer with Fernandel, Andrex, Janine Darcey. In a small village in France, a humble fisher is in love with a gentle lady who prefers a gentleman from the city.
Fr. 1942. Comedy by Jean Boyer with Charles Trenet, Elvire Popesco, Rellys. A poet writes love letters to an imaginary Frederica, but the letters reach an authentic Frederica.
Fr. 1942. Police comedy by Christian Chamborant with André Luguet, Gaby Sylvia, Fernand Charpin. In a small town, an armed police officer and a filmmaker investigate a series of daring robberies and abductions of young people.
Runtime: 100 min.
Fr. 1942. Comedy by Jean Boyer with Arletty, André Luguet, Jacques Dumesnil.
Runtime: 96 min.
Fr. 1941. Musical by Jean Boyer with Charles Trenet, Jean Tissier, Jacqueline Porel. Unbeknownst to his family, a worker becomes a successful music hall artist.
Fr. 1940. Comedy by Jean Boyer with Fernandel, Jean Tissier, Thérèse Dorny.
Fr. 1940. Musical drama by Jean Boyer with Bernard Lancret, Lilian Harvey, Louis Jouvet.
Runtime: 90 min.
Fr. 1939. Comedy by Jean Boyer with Raimu, Marie Bell, Michel Simon.
Runtime: 75 min.
Fr. 1939. Mores comedy by Jean Boyer with Michel Simon, Arletty, Dorville.
Runtime: 85 min.
Fr. 1938. Comedy by Jean Boyer with Arletty, Gabrielle Dorziat, Jeanne Lion.
Runtime: 74 min.
Fr. 1938. Comedy by Jean Boyer with Lucien Baroux, Meg Lemonnier.
Fr. 1937. Musical by André Berthomieu with Raimu, Meg Lemonnier, Henry Garat.
Runtime: 90 min.
Fr. 1936. Sentimental comedy by Jean Boyer with Danielle Darrieux, Henry Garat, Marguerite Templey.
Runtime: 80 min.
Runtime: 87 min.
Runtime: 75 min.
Runtime: 90 min.
Runtime: 104 min.

The End of the World

V.O.: La Fin du monde
Fr. 1931. Science-fiction by Abel Gance with Abel Gance, Colette Darfeuil, Victor Francen.
Runtime: 105 min.

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