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Jean Poiret

Jean Poiret

French actor, director, and screenwriter
August 17, 1926 (March 14, 1992)
U.S. 1996. Mores comedy by Mike Nichols with Robin Williams, Nathan Lane, Gene Hackman.
Runtime: 119 min.
Fr. 1992. Dramatic comedy by Jean Poiret with Thierry Lhermitte, Caroline Cellier, Christian Pereira. Fearing that his marriage will sink into monotony, a notary makes up eccentricities to rekindle his wife's passions.
Runtime: 92 min.

L'École de l'arnaque

V.O.: Sup de fric
Fr. 1992. Comedy by Christian Gion with Anthony Delon, Cris Campion, Jean Poiret. Two students from a phony business school decide to buy the school to prevent the principal's crooked plans.
Runtime: 90 min.

The Elegant Criminel

V.O.: Lacenaire
Fr. 1990. Mores drama by Francis Girod with Daniel Auteuil, Jean Poiret, Maïwenn. The tribulations of a notorious 19th century criminal.
Runtime: 125 min.
Fr. 1989. Crime drama by Christian de Chalonge with Jean Poiret, Anne Roussel, Teresa Madruga. In Portugal, a French police officer searches for a young woman who mysteriously disappeared in a haunted mansion.
Runtime: 90 min.
Fr. 1989. Crime drama by Claude Chabrol with Jean Poiret, Amy Werba, Christiane Minazzoli. A French police officer links a murder committed in an Italian spa with an arms deal.
Runtime: 90 min.
Fr. 1989. Crime drama by Christian de Chalonge with Jean Poiret, Bruno Cremer, Bulle Ogier. An eccentric police officer thinks that a rich industrialist in a seaside resort was involved in a double murder.
Runtime: 90 min.
Runtime: 88 min.
Fr. 1988. Mores comedy by Luc Béraud with Jean Poiret, Jacques Villeret, Agnès Blanchot. During a winter sports trip, a contractor asks an architect to pretend to be his young mistress
Runtime: 87 min.
Fr. 1988. Crime drama by Claude Chabrol with Jean Poiret, Mario David, Roger Dumas. An unorthodox police officer investigates the mysterious murders of women who are each found with a snail on their body.
Runtime: 88 min.
Fr. 1986. Burlesque by Jean-Pierre Mocky with Michel Serrault, Jean Poiret, Jeanne Moreau. A mute insurance inspector watches over a bum who received a hefty bonus for paralysis and is on his way to Lourdes to get his alleged cure.
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.

Inspector Lavardin

V.O.: Inspecteur Lavardin
Fr. 1986. Police comedy by Claude Chabrol with Jean Poiret, Jean-Claude Brialy, Bernadette Lafont. A detective investigating the murder of a well-known Catholic writer recognizes a childhood sweetheart in the widow.
Runtime: 100 min.
Fr. 1985. Comedy by Jean Yanne with Jean Yanne, Michel Serrault, Jean Poiret. In 1789, while the Caliph of Baghdad is on his way to Paris, the editor of a newspaper engages in revolutionary activities.
Runtime: 92 min.

La Cage aux Folles 3: The Wedding

V.O.: La Cage aux folles 3: elles se marient
Fr. 1985. Comedy by Georges Lautner with Michel Serreault, Ugo Tognazzi, Antonella Interlenghi. The star of a transvestite magazine is hesitating to comply with the marriage demands connected with obtaining an inheritance.
Runtime: 91 min.
Fr. 1984. Crime drama by Claude Pinoteau with Lino Ventura, Élizabeth Bourgine, Jean Poiret. An ex-journalist is forced to pay a large sum of money to a blackmailer if he doesn
Runtime: 108 min.
Fr. 1984. Crime drama by Claude Chabrol with Jean Poiret, Michel Bouquet, Lucas Belvaux. Three prosperous people from a small town use dishonest means to carry out their real estate business.
Runtime: 110 min.
Fr. 1982. Comedy by Denys Granier-Deferre with Daniel Auteuil, Jean Poiret, Michel Piccoli. The director of a company invites the employees to his country villa for the secret purpose of firing four executives.
Runtime: 99 min.

The Last Metro

V.O.: Le Dernier Métro
Runtime: 131 min.
Runtime: 100 min.
Runtime: 101 min.
Runtime: 91 min.
Fr. 1970. Comedy by Marcel Camus with Bourvil, Peter McEnery, Sophie Desmarets. In 1943, a Norman innkeeper unwittingly gets involved in the escape of a British aviator and the theft of documents from the German headquarters.
Runtime: 100 min.
Fr. 1970. Comedy by Jacques Poitrenaud with Michel Serrault, Francis Blanche, Colette Castel. Placed at the head of a company, a gentle man ends up becoming a harsh and uncompromising boss.
Runtime: 85 min.
Fr. 1969. Comedy by Raoul André with Francis Blanche, Michel Serrault, Darry Cowl. An Italian gangster jeopardizes two members of his daughter-in-law's family in order to gain their complicity in a robbery.
Runtime: 90 min.
Fr. 1969. Comedy by Roland Quignon with Francis Blanche, Marthe Mercadier, Jean Poiret. A group of contest winners go on a winter vacation in a hotel where they encounter many mishaps.
Runtime: 90 min.
Fr. 1968. Satire by Jean-Pierre Mocky with Bourvil, Jean Tissier, Francis Blanche. A teacher goes to war against television.
Runtime: 95 min.
Runtime: 88 min.
Fr. 1965. Comedy by Francis Rigaud with Darry Cowl, Francis Blanche, Michel Galabru. Various people are trying to take over a valuable altarpiece.
Runtime: 90 min.
Fr. 1965. Comedy by Michel Drach with Edwige Feuillère, Jean Poiret, Marie-José Nat. An automobile has several owners.
Runtime: 98 min.
Fr. 1965. Comedy by Jean-Pierre Mocky with Fernandel, Heinz Ruhmann, Jean Poiret. Two employees try to reach a business person to give him a large sum of money.
Runtime: 93 min.
Fr. 1965. Comedy by Jacques Poitrenaud with Jean Poiret, Michel Serrault, Francis Blanche. A hatter tries to hide an illegal gambling den.
Runtime: 95 min.
Fr. 1964. Comedy by Jean-Paul Sassy with Jean Poiret, Michel Serrault, Noëlle Noblecourt. A young girl disrupts a bachelor's life.
Runtime: 97 min.

La Cité de l'indicible peur

V.O.: La Grande Frousse
Fr. 1964. Police comedy by Jean-Pierre Mocky with Bourvil, Jean-Louis Barrault, Francis Blanche. A police officer pursues an escaped convict in a village terrorized by a monster.
Runtime: 95 min.
Fr. 1963. Sketches by Louis Daquin with Dominique Paturel, Jean Poiret, Roger Carel. On graduation day, a few dunces recall various incidents that marked their school year.
Runtime: 88 min.
Fr. 1963. Comedy by Jean-Pierre Mocky with Bourvil, Francis Blanche, Jean Poiret. A man claims to have received a sign from heaven to loot church trunks.
Runtime: 90 min.
Fr. 1963. Comedy by Jack Pinoteau with Jean Poiret, Roger Pierre, Stéphane Audran. An author, convinced that someone is after his life, hires a detective.
Runtime: 95 min.
Fr. 1962. Comedy by Michel Boisrond with Dany Saval, Jean Poiret, Jacqueline Maillan. A serious bachelor sees his life transformed by a petulant young girl.
Runtime: 88 min.
Fr. 1962. Sketches by Jean-Pierre Mocky with Stefania Sandrelli, Catherine Diamant, Anne-Marie Sauty. The amorous initiation of various young girls.
Runtime: 88 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.

The Dance

V.O.: La Gamberge
Fr. 1962. Satire by Norbert Carbonnaux with Jean-Pierre Cassel, Françoise Dorléac, Michel Serrault. A young girl from the country wants to be famous and popular in Paris.
Runtime: 95 min.
Fr. 1961. Fantasy comedy by Raymond Bailly with Jean Richard, Sylvana Blasi, Jean Poiret. Following a misunderstanding, a good guy thinks he is in possession of a panther that changes into a woman.
Fr. 1961. Sketches by Jacques Poitrenaud, Michel Boisrond, Claude Barma, Marc Allégret with Dany Saval, Dany Robin, Françoise Arnoul. Four stories about young women and men.
Runtime: 105 min.
Runtime: 90 min.
Fr. 1960. Comedy by Norbert Carbonnaux with Jean-Pierre Cassel, Pierre Brasseur, Dahlia Lavi. A naive young man maintains his optimism despite the difficult events he has gotten mixed up in.
Runtime: 90 min.
Runtime: 100 min.

Love and the Frenchwoman

V.O.: La Française et l'amour
Fr. 1960. Sketches by Henri Decoin, Jean Delannoy, Michel Boisrond, René Clair, Henri Verneuil, Christian-Jaque, Jean-Paul Le Chanois with Jacqueline Porel, Darry Cowl, Noël Roquevert. Various aspects of the love life of the French woman.
Runtime: 135 min.
Fr. 1959. Burlesque by Clément Duhour with Darry Cowl, Jean Richard, Jean Poiret. Unable to stop a marriage, a man follows the couple on their honeymoon to prevent, at all costs, the consummation of their union.
Runtime: 95 min.
Fr. 1958. Comedy by Henri Diamant-Berger with Pierre Brasseur, Jean Poiret, Michel Serrault. Around 1900, the daily life of various ministry employees.
Runtime: 90 min.
Fr. 1958. Musical by John Berry with Dario Moreno, Magali Noël, Alberto Sordi. After becoming a singer in a cabaret, a modest cashier is suspected of being complicit in a robbery committed at the bank where he worked.
Runtime: 83 min.
Fr. 1957. Comedy by Philippe Agostini with Michel Serrault, Jean Poiret, Sylva Koscina. A young teacher?s new methods earn him the esteem of his students and the opposition of the parents and his superiors.
Runtime: 97 min.
Fr. 1956. Comedy by Sacha Guitry with Jean Poiret, Michel Serrault, Magali Noël. A murderer ends up killing a burglar he had convicted in his place.
Runtime: 85 min.
Fr. 1955. Police comedy by Michel Boisrond with Brigitte Bardot, Jean Bretonnière, Raymond Bussières. The antics of a young girl entrusted by her father to a friend who is engaged.
Runtime: 82 min.

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