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Michel Serrault

Michel Serrault

French actor (1928-2007)
January 24, 1928 (July 29, 2007)

Have Mercy On Us All

V.O.: Pars vite et reviens tard
Fr. 2007. Thriller by Régis Wargnier with José Garcia, Lucas Belvaux, Marie Gillain. In Paris, a police commissioner investigates a series of deaths that are believed to be due to the plague.
Runtime: 116 min.
Fr. 2006. Comedy by Christian de Chalonge with Michel Serrault, Cyrille Thouvenin, Fanny Valette. A brother and sister
Runtime: 136 min.
Fr. 2006. Drama by Pierre Boutron with Michel Serrault, Arthur Vaughan-Whitehead, Florence Pernel. During the German Occupation, a young boy is taken in by his grandfather who is wrongly accused of being a collaborator.
Runtime: 100 min.
Runtime: 85 min.
Fr. 2005. Police comedy by Jean-Pierre Mocky with Michel Serrault, Charles Berling, Patricia Barzyk. With the help of a humble civil servant at the police headquarters, an old commissioner investigates a series of murders linked to the trafficking of resident visas.
Runtime: 87 min.
Fr. 2004. Comedy by Arthur Joffé with Sergio Castellitto, Michel Serrault, Isabelle Gélinas. Having just donated his late father's coat, an astronomer is stunned when his father begins making phone calls from the afterlife.
Fr. 2003. Comedy by Hervé Palud with Michel Serrault, Christian Clavier, Arielle Dombasle. A pharmacist who owes money to the government tries to steal the giant fortune his father left to difficult old uncle.
Runtime: 85 min.
Runtime: 88 min.
Fr. 2003. Crime drama by Pierre Boutron with Michel Serrault, Michel Blanc, Thomas Jouannet. Following the murder of an English couple and their daughter in August 1952, a police commissioner sets out to prove the guilt of an old peasant.
Runtime: 201 min.

The Butterfly

V.O.: Le Papillon
Fr. 2002. Dramatic comedy by Philippe Muyl with Michel Serrault, Claire Bouanich, Nade Dieu. A little girl neglected by her mother makes her presence known to an old butterfly collector during a trip to the mountains.
Runtime: 84 min.
Fr. 2002. Sentimental drama by Laurent Bouhnik with Agnès Jaoui, Michel Serrault, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau. In Nice, a disillusioned old man tells a young girl about the intense but brief romance of a virtuous woman for a compulsive gambler in the early 20th century.
It. 2001. Historic chronicle by Renzo Martinelli with Michel Serrault, Daniel Auteuil, Laura Morante. In 1963, in Italy, the collapse of a mountain caused the rupture of a newly built dam, resulting in the death of 2000 people.
Runtime: 116 min.

Belphégor - Phantom of the Louvre

V.O.: Belphégor - Le Fantôme du Louvre
Fr. 2001. Fantasy by Jean-Paul Salomé with Sophie Marceau, Frédéric Diefenthal, Michel Serrault. A young woman possessed by the spirit of an Egyptian mummy haunts the Louvre Museum in the guise of a menacing ghost.
Runtime: 97 min.

The Girl from Paris

V.O.: Une Hirondelle a fait le printemps
Fr. 2001. Chronicle by Christian Carion with Mathilde Seigner, Michel Serrault, Jean-Paul Roussillon. A grumpy old widower sells his farm in the Vercors to a young Parisian woman, on the condition that he can continue to live in the house for the next 18 months.
Runtime: 103 min.
Fr. 2000. Comedy by Gabriel Aghion with Vincent Pérez, Fanny Ardant, Michel Serrault. While writing the article in his encyclopedia dealing with morality, the philosopher Diderot indulges in a life of provocative hedonism.
Runtime: 100 min.
Fr. 2000. Dramatic comedy by Philippe Monnier with Michel Serrault, Vittoria Belvedere, Annick Alane. In the 18th century, an old man, very cultured and popular in the Parisian salons, falls in love with a beautiful young woman.
Fr. 1999. Dramatic comedy by Denis Bardiau with Michel Serrault, Jonathan Demurger, Annick Alane. In a hospital, an unlikely friendship is born between a kid with cancer and a paralyzed and mute old man with Alzheimer's disease.
Fr. 1999. Satire by Bertrand Blier with Jean-Pierre Marielle, Jacques Villeret, André Dussollier. Various aging actors struggle together against oblivion, while committing small treasons against each other.
Runtime: 100 min.

Children of the Marshlands

V.O.: Les Enfants du marais
Fr. 1998. Dramatic comedy by Jean Becker with Jacques Villeret, Jacques Gamblin, André Dussollier. The encounters and friendships of several people living next to a swamp.
Runtime: 115 min.

The Swindle

V.O.: Rien ne va plus
Runtime: 100 min.
Fr. 1997. Biography by Agnès Merlet with Valentina Cervi, Michel Serrault, Miki Manojlovic. In Rome, in the seventeenth century, a young painter has a passionate emotional relationship with her master.
Runtime: 97 min.
Fr. 1996. Psychological drama by Mathieu Kassovitz with Mathieu Kassovitz, Michel Serrault, Medhi Benoufa.
Runtime: 128 min.

Nelly and Monsieur Arnaud

V.O.: Nelly et monsieur Arnaud
Fr. 1995. Psychological drama by Claude Sautet with Emmanuelle Béart, Michel Serrault, Jean-Hugues Anglade.
Runtime: 103 min.
Runtime: 106 min.
Fr. 1992. Comedy by Georges Lautner with Michel Serrault, Michel Galabru, Steve Kalfa. Various individuals seek to take the fortune that a naive baker won in a lottery.
Fr. 1992. Police comedy by Gérard Jourd'hui with Michel Serrault, Anna Galiena, Pierre Richard. A peaceful printer who makes counterfeit money must resort to murder to protect his criminal enterprise.
Fr. 1991. Police comedy by Jean-Pierre Mocky with Tom Novembre, Valérie Mairesse, Michel Serrault. A stranger arrives in a small town whose population is decimated by a series of mysterious deaths.

The Old Lady Who Walked in the Sea

V.O.: La Vieille qui marchait dans la mer
Fr. 1991. Dramatic comedy by Laurent Heynemann with Jeanne Moreau, Michel Serrault, Luc Thuillier. An old hustler hooks up with a young playboy, much to the dismay of his longtime partner.
Runtime: 98 min.
Fr. 1991. Fantasy comedy by Pierre Tchernia with Michel Serrault, Françoise Arnoul, Roger Carel. In Paris, during the German Occupation, a married photographer turns into a woman by night.
Runtime: 75 min.
Fr. 1990. Fantasy comedy by Pierre Tchernia with Michel Serrault, Judith Magre, Maurice Chevit. After his death, a stone-hearted bailiff is sent back to Earth where he has the chance to make amends.
Runtime: 76 min.
Fr. 1990. Drama by Christian de Chalonge with Michel Serrault, Pierre Romans, Zbigniew Horoks. During the German Occupation, a Parisian doctor lures Jews with the promise of saving them and kills them to take their possessions.
Runtime: 102 min.

Merry Christmas... Happy New Year

V.O.: Buon Natale... Buon anno
It. 1989. Dramatic comedy by Luigi Comencini with Michel Serrault, Virna Lisi, Consuelo Ferrara.
Runtime: 100 min.
Fr. 1989. Comedy by Jean-Pierre Rawson with Michel Serrault, Annie Girardot, Aurore Clément. A socialite wants to publish the diary of a misanthropic writer, which includes twenty tumultuous years with his mistress.
Runtime: 85 min.
Fr. 1988. Crime drama by José Pinheiro with Alain Delon, Michel Serrault, Patrick Catalifo. A police commissioner discovers that a far-right secret society of police officers is responsible for the murders of unpunished criminals.
Runtime: 97 min.
Fr. 1988. Police comedy by Pierre Tchernia with Michel Serrault, Pierre Arditi, Jean-Pierre Bacri. A shy employee working for a firm specializing in anti-theft systems discovers that his superior has become the accomplice of bank robbers.
Runtime: 95 min.
Runtime: 95 min.
Fr. 1987. Psychological drama by Alain Jessua with Michel Serrault, Nathalie Baye, Suzanne Flon. Following a serious car accident, an architect pretends to be mute in order to thwart his daughter-in-law, whom he knows to be unfaithful.
Runtime: 95 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.
Fr. 1985. Crime drama by Jacques Deray with Michel Serrault, Charlotte Rampling, Xavier Deluc. A detective with unique methods investigates the murder of a famous pianist.
Runtime: 107 min.
Fr. 1985. Police comedy by Jacques Rouffio with Michel Piccoli, Michel Serrault, Juliette Binoche. Two worthy academics investigate the claims of a young veterinarian who claims that her brother-in-law killed her sister.
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.
Fr. 1984. Comedy by Claude Zidi with Michel Serrault, Gérard Jugnot, Thierry Lhermitte. To refresh the content of his television show, a star comedian hires two suburban comics as ""gagmen.""
Runtime: 93 min.

Good King Dagobert

V.O.: Le Bon Roi Dagobert
Fr. 1984. Burlesque by Dino Risi with Coluche, Michel Serrault, Ugo Tognazzi. On a trip to Rome, the king of the Franks is unwittingly drawn into a plot hatched by the emperor of Byzantium.
Runtime: 113 min.
Fr. 1984. Mores drama by Jean-Pierre Mocky with Michel Serrault, Eddy Mitchell, Carole Laure. Following a decisive penalty, the fans of a soccer team set out to make a nuisance of themselves to the referee of the game.
Runtime: 82 min.
Fr. 1983. Crime drama by Claude Miller with Michel Serrault, Isabelle Adjani, Guy Marchand. Believing he sees his missing daughter in an unbalanced criminal, a private detective follows all her movements from afar.
Runtime: 120 min.
Fr. 1983. Satire by Francis Girod with Catherine Deneuve, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Michel Serrault. The theft of a compromising letter causes many complications in the life of a state official.
Runtime: 108 min.
Fr. 1982. Comedy by Jean Yanne with Jean Yanne, Coluche, Michel Serrault. During a visit by Julius Caesar to North Africa, a modest garage owner is drawn into a political plot.
Runtime: 97 min.
Fr. 1982. Thriller by Claude Chabrol with Michel Serrault, Charles Aznavour, Aurore Clément. Suffering from a psychic imbalance, a hat maker comes to kill his wife and her friends.
Runtime: 121 min.

The Roaring Forties

V.O.: Les 40èmes Rugissants
Fr. 1981. Psychological drama by Christian de Chalonge with Jacques Perrin, Julie Christie, Michel Serrault.
Runtime: 85 min.
Fr. 1981. Police comedy by Jean-Luc Miesch with Michel Serrault, Jane Birkin, Alain Bashung.
Runtime: 92 min.

Under Suspicion

V.O.: Garde à vue
Fr. 1981. Crime drama by Claude Miller with Lino Ventura, Michel Serrault, Guy Marchand.
Runtime: 90 min.
Runtime: 119 min.
Fr. 1980. Crime drama by Robert Enrico with Philippe Noiret, Michel Serrault, Dorothée.
Runtime: 105 min.
Runtime: 100 min.
Runtime: 56 min.
Fr. 1979. Dramatic comedy by Jean-Pierre Blanc with Pascale Rocard, Michel Serrault, Nicole Courcel.
Runtime: 90 min.
Runtime: 101 min.

The Associate

V.O.: L'Associé
Runtime: 95 min.
Runtime: 95 min.
Fr. 1978. Drama by Christian de Chalonge with Jean-Louis Trintignant, Catherine Deneuve, Michel Serrault. A bank employee who was unjustly fired from his job seeks to defend his case.
Runtime: 108 min.
Runtime: 91 min.

Get Out Your Handkerchiefs

V.O.: Préparez vos mouchoirs
Fr. 1977. Mores comedy by Bertrand Blier with Gérard Depardieu, Patrick Dewaere, Carole Laure. Disconcerted by his wife's chronic melancholy, a man invites a stranger to help him.
Runtime: 108 min.
Fr. 1977. Comedy by Jean-Pierre Mocky with Michel Serrault, Sim, Pierre Bolo.
Runtime: 82 min.
Fr. 1976. Comedy by Jacques Besnard with Jean Lefebvre, Michel Serrault, Maria Pacôme. Various incidents occur in a castle where several people are gathered for the Christmas holidays.
Runtime: 104 min.

Operation Lady Marlene

V.O.: Opération Lady Marlène
Fr. 1975. Comedy by Robert Lamoureux with Bernard Menez, Michel Serrault, Pierre Tornade. During the German Occupation in Paris, a petty thief is dragged into a series of misadventures.
Runtime: 80 min.
Fr. 1975. Police comedy by Jean-Pierre Mocky with Michel Simon, Michel Serrault, Michel Galabru. Various incidents caused by the crimes of a lady strangler.
Runtime: 81 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.

The Big Store

V.O.: Le Grand Bazar
Fr. 1973. Comedy by Claude Zidi with Gérard Rinaldi, Jean Sarrus, Gérard Filipelli. Four merry men help a local grocer compete against a supermarket.
Runtime: 87 min.

The Down-in-the-Hole Gang

V.O.: Les Gaspards
Fr. 1973. Fantasy comedy by Pierre Tchernia with Michel Serrault, Philippe Noiret, Michel Galabru. A man searching for his missing daughter discovers a people living in the underground of Paris.
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. 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. Police comedy by Jacques Besnard with Michel Serrault, Rosy Varte, Michel Galabru. The new owners of a bar in Marseille discover that the establishment is used as a depot for drug trafficking.
Runtime: 94 min.
Fr. 1972. Crime drama by Étienne Périer with Jean-Claude Brialy, Stéphane Audran, Robert Hossein. A man tries to escape the blackmail from an individual who wants to profit from the accidental death of his wife.
Runtime: 100 min.
Fr. 1971. Comedy by Pierre Tchernia with Michel Serrault, Michel Galabru, Rosy Varte. A man has trouble taking possession of the property he bought as a life annuity from a sick elderly man.
Runtime: 102 min.
Fr. 1971. Police comedy by Michel Audiard with Michel Serrault, Paul Meurisse, Bernard Blier.
Runtime: 79 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. 1970. Mores comedy by Édouard Molinaro with Bernard Le Coq, Juliette Villard, Michel Serrault. A student's dissenting ideas cause the break-up of his parents' marriage.
Runtime: 90 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 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 John Berry with Johnny Hallyday, Eddie Constantine, Michel Serrault. A group of young musicians who want to open a nightclub are opposed by gangsters who will be disrupted by their presence.
Runtime: 90 min.
Runtime: 88 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.
Fr. 1966. Comedy by Jean-Pierre Mocky with Claude Rich, Francis Blanche, Michel Serrault. A clever forger rearranges marriages by changing civil registry records.
Runtime: 91 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.

Double Bed

V.O.: Le Lit à 2 places
Fr. 1965. Sketches by Jean Delannoy, Gianni Puccini, François Dupont-Midy, Alvaro Mancori with Jean Richard, Leopoldo Trieste, Michel Serrault. Various sketches focused on alcove stories.
Runtime: 114 min.
Fr. 1965. Comedy by Roland Quignon with Francis Blanche, Marthe Mercadier, Gabriello. During a weekend in the countryside, a family is annoyed by various people.
Runtime: 90 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 Bastia with Jean Richard, Michel Serrault, Martine Sarcey. The misadventures of a farm worker who finds a stolen foal.
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.
Fr. 1964. Police comedy by Pierre Grimblat with Jean-Claude Brialy, Marie Laforêt, Jean-Pierre Marielle. Bandits see the fruit of their theft fall into the hands of Black jackets.
Runtime: 90 min.

Dandelion by the Roots

V.O.: Des pissenlits par la racine
Fr. 1964. Police comedy by Georges Lautner with Michel Serrault, Mireille Darc, Maurice Biraud. Bandits use a young girl as bait to steal a large sum of money.
Runtime: 95 min.
Fr. 1963. Comedy by Michel Boisrond with Claude Rich, France Anglade, Jacques Charon. A young girl seeks the love of her brother's teacher.
Runtime: 86 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. 1963. Comedy by Marcel Bluwal with Jean-Claude Brialy, Louis de Funès, Sophie Daumier. The rise of a young upstart.
Runtime: 95 min.
Fr. 1963. Comedy by Jack Pinoteau with Dany Saval, Paul Meurisse, Paul Hubschmid. Disappointed by the boys of her age, a young girl decides to take an interest in men in their forties.
Runtime: 100 min.
Fr. 1963. Comedy by Pierre Chevalier with Pierre Doris, France Anglade, Adrienne Servantie. The misadventures of a new synthetic fabric inventor.
Runtime: 84 min.
Fr. 1962. Comedy by Jean Cherasse with Pierre Perrin, Sophie Hardy, Claude Brasseur. A musician who earns his living as a cab driver waits for fame and fortune.
Runtime: 82 min.
Fr. 1962. Comedy by Francis Rigaud with Michel Serrault, Claude Brasseur, Louis de Funès. The multiple troubles faced by two couples on vacation.
Runtime: 85 min.

Love on a Pillow

V.O.: Le Repos du guerrier
Fr. 1962. Psychological drama by Roger Vadim with Brigitte Bardot, Robert Hossein, James Robertson Justice. A young middle-class person falls in love with the idle man she saved from suicide.
Runtime: 99 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. 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.

The American Beauty

V.O.: La Belle Américaine
Fr. 1961. Comedy by Robert Dhéry, Pierre Tchernia with Robert Dhéry, Colette Brosset, Louis de Funès. A splendid car, property of a modest worker, causes many incidents.
Runtime: 100 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.

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. 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. 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. 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 Maurice Cloche with Rellys, Claudine Dupuis, Michel Serrault. A young actress comes into the life of an industrialist and creates trouble for him.
Runtime: 90 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.

Diabolique

V.O.: Les Diaboliques
Fr. 1955. Thriller by Henri-Georges Clouzot with Simone Signoret, Vera Clouzot, Paul Meurisse. The wife and the mistress of an odious man are determined to eliminate him.
Runtime: 110 min.
Fr. 1954. Burlesque by Jean Loubignac with Robert Dhéry, Louis de Funès, Raymond Bussières. A vice commissioner investigates incognito in a music hall where rehearsals for a new show are taking place.
Runtime: 65 min.

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