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Sami Frey

Sami Frey

French actor
October 13, 1937 (86 years old)
Fr. 2017. Thriller by Tonie Marshall with Emmanuelle Devos, Suzanne Clément, Richard Berry. With the help of a network of influential women, a brilliant engineer sets out to become the very first woman to head a publicly traded company.
Runtime: 110 min.
Fr. 2015. Mores drama by Valérie Donzelli with Anaïs Demoustier, Jérémie Elkaïm, Frédéric Pierrot. In 16th century France, a brother and sister defy all prohibitions to live their incestuous passion to the fullest.
Runtime: 105 min.
Suis. 2012. Drama by Christophe Chevalier with Sami Frey, Anne Richard, Liam Kim. While filming a documentary on the legacy of Jean-Jacques Rousseau, a Swiss journalist turns the lives of a specialist on the philosopher's work and a gifted child upside down.
Runtime: 90 min.
Fr. 2009. Mores drama by Steve Suissa with Nicolas Cazale, Sami Frey, Sara Martins. In Paris, a merchant's son turned safecracker agrees to carry out one last robbery for a small-time Jewish mafia boss.
Runtime: 87 min.
Fr. 2006. Psychological drama by Valérie Guignabodet with Mathilde Seigner, Sami Frey, Jean-François Pignon. Three years after a horsing accident, a widowed architect who has given up on love relearns to ride and to love from an old wise horseman.

Le Metteur en scène de mariage

V.O.: Il Regista di matrimoni
It. 2006. Sentimental drama by Marco Bellocchio with Sergio Castellitto, Donatella Finocchiaro, Sami Frey. Hired by a Sicilian prince to film his daughter's arranged marriage to a wealthy lawyer, a director falls in love with the young woman and sets out to sabotage the ceremony.
Runtime: 97 min.
Fr. 2005. Thriller by Jérôme Salle with Yvan Attal, Sophie Marceau, Sami Frey. A translator mistaken for a criminal financial genius is drawn into a series of nightmarish adventures despite himself.
Runtime: 90 min.

The Repentant

V.O.: La Repentie
Runtime: 125 min.
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.
Runtime: 107 min.
Fr. 1995. Mores drama by Benoît Barbier with Sami Frey, Caroline Sihol, Pierre Richard.
Runtime: 93 min.

D'Artagnan's Daughter

V.O.: La Fille de d'Artagnan
Fr. 1994. Adventures by Bertrand Tavernier with Sophie Marceau, Philippe Noiret, Claude Rich. A young girl convinces her musketeer father to help her find the perpetrators of a massacre committed in her convent.
Runtime: 125 min.

My Life and Times With Antonin Artaud

V.O.: En compagnie d'Antonin Artaud
Fr. 1993. Biography by Gérard Mordillat with Marc Barbé, Sami Frey, Julie Jeséquel. In the late 1940s, a young, impecunious poet becomes friends with a famous writer who recently was released from the asylum.
Runtime: 93 min.

Off Season

V.O.: Hors saison
Suis. 1992. Dramatic comedy by Daniel Schmid with Sami Frey, Carlos Devesa, Ingrid Caven. A fifty-year-old man remembers his childhood spent in his grandparents now abandoned hotel.
Runtime: 95 min.
Fr. 1989. Mores drama by Philippe Le Guay with Joaquim de Almeida, Robin Renucci, Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu. In the eighteenth century, a beautiful washerwoman employed as a model by a famous painter becomes a high society star overnight.
Runtime: 112 min.
U.S. 1988. Chronicle by Dan Curtis with Robert Mitchum, Jane Seymour, Hart Bochner. The tribulations of an American soldier and his family during World War II.
Runtime: 1620 min.
Bel. 1988. History by André Delvaux with Gian Maria Volonté, Sami Frey, Mathieu Carrière. In the sixteenth century, a doctor wanted by the Inquisition returns to his hometown of Bruges under an assumed name.
Runtime: 110 min.
U.S. 1987. Crime drama by Bob Rafelson with Debra Winger, Theresa Russell, Sami Frey. A government investigator sets a trap for a woman she suspects of murdering several millionaires.
Runtime: 100 min.
Fr. 1987. Psychological drama by Jeanne Labrune with Sami Frey, Patrick Catalifo, Clémentine Célarié. A doctor who experienced the horrors of the Spanish war has a disturbing influence on a young bullfighter.
Runtime: 102 min.
Fr. 1986. Psychological drama by Michel Drach with Carole Laure, Jeanne Moreau, Dominique Labourier. Discovering she has cancer, a young lawyer decides, with other women in the same situation, to face the disease.
Runtime: 106 min.
All. 1986. Sentimental drama by Helma Sanders-Brahms with Sami Frey, Krystyna Janda. A French architect spends a few hours in Berlin with a Polish woman who is his mistress.
Runtime: 90 min.
Fr. 1986. Sentimental drama by Jacques Rouffio with Nicole Garcia, Sami Frey, Pierre Arditi. A businessperson with right-wing political views pursues a passionate affair with a socialist politician.
Runtime: 90 min.
Fr. 1985. Tale by Alain Ferrari with Sami Frey, Sabine Haudepin, Anne-Marie Philipe. A young woman agrees to marry a lord with a disturbing reputation.
Fr. 1985. Science-fiction by Jérôme Diamant-Berger with Julia Migenes, Tcheky Karyo, Sami Frey. A man tries to thwart a mad scientist who is trying to create the perfect holographic representation of a rock star.
Runtime: 86 min.
Fr. 1984. Psychological drama by Jacques Doillon with Sami Frey, Mara Goyet, Juliet Berto. A divorced father tries to strengthen his loving relationship with his daughter over the course of a weekend.
Runtime: 99 min.
Fr. 1984. Comedy by François Leterrier with Gérard Jugnot, Jane Birkin, Sami Frey. A marriage bureau employee falls in love with a journalist whom he wants to protect from a murderer.
Runtime: 90 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. 1981. Sports drama by Gérard Herzog with Marie-Josée Neuville, Sami Frey, Guy Marchand.
Fr. 1978. Crime drama by Hugo Santiago with Catherine Deneuve, Sami Frey, Florence Delay. A young woman, who runs an investigation agency, is hired by a lord to discover who is sending him threats.
Runtime: 114 min.

Why Not!

V.O.: Pourquoi pas!
Fr. 1977. Mores comedy by Coline Serreau with Sami Frey, Christine Murillo, Mario Gonzales. A young woman separated from her husband lives in a curious m
Runtime: 93 min.
Fr. 1976. Psychological drama by Nelly Kaplan with Ann Zacharias, Sami Frey, Micheline Presle. A sixteen-year-old girl is more interested in erotic literature than in her studies.
Runtime: 106 min.
Fr. 1976. Drama by Jean-François Adam with Sami Frey, Alida Valli, Romain Tagli. A teenager's suicide shakes up the life of a psychiatrist who had been treating him.
Runtime: 90 min.
Fr. 1974. Psychological drama by Guy Gilles with Patrick Jouané, Delphine Seyrig, Sami Frey. A young criminal falls in love with the woman he was assigned to kill.
Runtime: 80 min.
Fr. 1974. Drama by Claude Santelli with Sami Frey, Marie-Christine Barrault, Michael Lonsdale. A debauchee marked by a romantic disappointment believes he can redeem himself with a young widow.
Fr. 1972. Psychological drama by Jean-Louis Bertuccelli with Olga Karlatos, Maximilian Schell, Michel Bouquet. A passionate young girl is torn between mystical impulses and guilty love.
Runtime: 111 min.

Cesar & Rosalie

V.O.: César et Rosalie
Fr. 1972. Psychological drama by Claude Sautet with Yves Montand, Romy Schneider, Sami Frey. The reactions of a middle-aged man when his young girlfriend reconnects with a former lover.
Runtime: 110 min.
Fr. 1971. Adventures by Jean-Paul Rappeneau with Jean-Paul Belmondo, Marlène Jobert, Michel Auclair. After making his fortune in America, a man returns to France in 1792 to obtain a divorce from his wife.
Runtime: 98 min.
Fr. 1970. Psychological drama by Jean-François Adam with Sami Frey, Brigitte Fossey, Bulle Ogier. Upon leaving a rest home, a young father is haunted by a childhood love and rents a studio in Paris to live alone.
Runtime: 100 min.
Fr. 1970. Psychological drama by Charles Belmont with Sami Frey, Lila Kedrova, Anne Deleuze. The love between a son and his mother is deepened by the expectation of her death.
Runtime: 90 min.
Fr. 1968. Drama by François Leterrier with Sami Frey, Claude Brasseur, Ludmila Mikaël. Invited to a hunting party, a man who is coming out of an emotional ordeal has the opportunity to experience a new love.
Runtime: 85 min.
Fr. 1968. Poetic drama by Charles Belmont with Jacques Perrin, Annie Buron, Sami Frey. The life of three young boys, sometimes wise but often crazy, and three pretty girls who want to be loved.
Runtime: 110 min.

French Mistress

V.O.: Manon 70
Fr. 1967. Mores drama by Jean Aurel with Catherine Deneuve, Sami Frey, Jean-Claude Brialy. A young woman goes from one man to another, according to her financial needs.
Runtime: 105 min.

Who Are You Polly Maggoo?

V.O.: Qui êtes-vous Polly Magoo?
Fr. 1966. Satire by William Klein with Dorothy McGowan, Jean Rochefort, Sami Frey. Polly Magoo, a fashion model, is chosen as the subject of a television show.
Runtime: 100 min.
Fr. 1965. Adventures by Bernard Borderie with Michèle Mercier, Jean Rochefort, Sami Frey. A widow is given a difficult mission by King Louis XIV.
Runtime: 105 min.
Fr. 1965. Crime drama by Jean-Daniel Pollet with Sami Frey, Françoise Hardy, Jenny Karezi. Stripped of his castle by a mafia boss, a young Sicilian aristocrat travels to Greece where he hopes to find evidence of his spoliator's crimes.
Runtime: 88 min.

Band of Outsiders

V.O.: Bande à part
Fr. 1964. Police comedy by Jean-Luc Godard with Anna Karina, Claude Brasseur, Sami Frey. With the help of a young student, two thieves plan to steal a fortune hidden in a suburban house.
Runtime: 95 min.

Couple interdit

V.O.: El Juego de la verdad
Esp. 1964. Drama by José Maria Forqué with Madeleine Robinson, Sami Frey, Alberto Dalbes. A middle-aged woman tells the police why she killed her young lover.
Runtime: 82 min.
Fr. 1963. Police comedy by Michel Deville with Sami Frey, Mylène Demongeot, Sylva Koscina. A young man must seduce a stewardess to smuggle gold to India.
Runtime: 95 min.

Therese

V.O.: Thérèse Desqueyroux
Fr. 1962. Psychological drama by Georges Franju with Emmanuelle Riva, Philippe Noiret, Édith Scob. An unhappy woman tries to poison her husband.
Runtime: 109 min.

Cleo From 5 to 7

V.O.: Cléo de 5 à 7
Fr. 1962. Psychological drama by Agnès Varda with Corinne Marchand, Antoine Bourseiller, Dominique Davray. A young singer waiting for the results of a medical examination is obsessed with the idea of death.
Runtime: 90 min.

Jeunesse de nuit

V.O.: Gioventù di Notte
It. 1961. Social drama by Mario Sequi with Tod Windsor, Sami Frey, Cristina Gajoni. Although determined to settle down and get married, an idle young man collaborates in a burglary that goes wrong.
Runtime: 90 min.

The Truth

V.O.: La Vérité
Fr. 1960. Psychological drama by Henri-Georges Clouzot with Brigitte Bardot, Paul Meurisse, Sami Frey. A young girl goes to trial for killing her lover.
Runtime: 126 min.
Fr. 1959. Comedy by Louis Grospierre with Raymond Devos, Gérard Sety, Sami Frey. Parisian garbage collectors are on strike, so three inmates are assigned to collect the garbage under the supervision of two police officers.
Runtime: 87 min.
Fr. 1959. Drama by Bernard Roland with Sami Frey, Juliette Mayniel, Claude Titre. The witness of a murder blackmails a young girl.
Runtime: 85 min.
Fr. 1958. Social drama by Pierre Chenal with Pascale Audret, François Simon-Bessy, Jean Servais. To pay for her brother's lawyer, a young girl kidnaps the son of a rich family.
Runtime: 95 min.

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