
Jeanne Herviale
Actor · 1908 – 1989 · Paris, France
Jeanne Herviale (24 December 1908 – 29 October 1989) was a French actress. She appeared in 85 films and television shows between 1946 and 1989. Source: Article "Jeanne Herviale" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA.
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Movie7.2WarDramaNear the end of World War II, General Dietrich von Choltitz receives orders to burn down Paris if it becomes clear the Allies are going to invade, or if he's unable to maintain control of the city. After much contemplation, Choltitz ignores orders, enraging the Germans and giving hope to various resistance factions that the city will be liberated. Choltitz, alongside Swedish diplomat Raoul Nordling, helps a leader organise his forces.
Movie6.1CrimeMysteryA P.I. is obsessed with a cute woman, who seduces and kills rich men around W. Europe.
Movie5.9DramaRomanceAfter breaking into a house he believes is empty, thief Olivier is caught by the owner, Ariane, who turns out to be a dominatrix. Improbably falling for her, Olivier returns periodically, and an impulsive romance blossoms despite Ariane's profession. Soon Olivier becomes more familiar with her work, even joining in on occasion. However, when he discovers that Ariane has a son, he attempts to "fix" her, hoping to give her a better life.
Maîtresse
1976 · 58 votes
Movie6.9ComedyRomanceIntellectually precocious teenager Lauren King lives in Paris with her somewhat ditzy mother. On a movie set, she strikes up a friendship with teenage film buff Daniel Michon. After Lauren's mother forbids her to date the outspoken Daniel, the young lovebirds team up with eccentric pickpocket Julius to run away to Venice, where, according to legend, a couple who kiss under the Bridge of Sighs will stay together forever.
A Little Romance
1979 · 87 votes
Movie6.3ComedyA detective, fresh out of the academy (lowest mark in class), gets the assignment to bodyguard a spoiled rich girl reporter. She's been interviewed on TV and has questioned the virility of a mobster who kidnaps her later.
Movie6.5ComedyThemroc, a bachelor house painter living at home with his mother, leads a sad and colorless life. One day, after a run-in with his boss, he rebels. He wrecks his apartment, rejects every facet of bourgeois life, and begins acting like an urban, modern-day Neanderthal.
Themroc
1973 · 56 votes
Movie6.7CrimeDramaParis, 1933. The daughter of a respectable lower middle class couple, Violette Nozière, leads a disreputable double life. Far from being the innocent 18-year-old her parents mistake her for, she spends her nights with dissolute young men in the less salubrious areas of the city.
Violette Nozière
1978 · 88 votes
Movie6.0ComedyAgathe and Regis have a little boy, Benoît, who is very capricious and sometimes aggressive. The couple, on the verge of divorce, is planning to go on vacation in order to better reflect on their decision. To do this, Agathe and Regis publish an ad in a newspaper: "Young couple seeks au pair grandmother to take care of little boy, 10 years old...". An old lady, Rose, shows up. She arrives with a fish and a bird she can't part with. The first contacts with Benoît are very unpleasant. Not discouraged, she realizes that he is unhappy and that he suffers a lot from feeling unloved in his family.
Mamie Rose
1976 · 2 votes
Movie4.7AdventureComedyAn international intrigue with terrorists threatening to blow up the presidents of the most powerful countries.
Movie6.6FamilyComedyCriminal genius Egon Olsen presents his accomplices Benny and Keld with yet another infallible plan that can only end badly. The booty is a red suitcase containing values worth five million. The sinister mastermind Bang-Johansen carries the suitcase. The Olsen Gang follows him to Paris, where they put their cunning and carefully organized plan into motion.
Movie5.2ComedyA love story between the pets hairdresser and accountant - both with significant life history.
Movie5.7ComedyCollege students rally to save a struggling hotel from closing. Comedy.
College Holiday
1936 · 5 votes
Movie5.7ComedyAnnie is a middle-age wife, still sexy and pampered by her husband, Phillippe, who is the owner and general manager of a dynamic company. Under the deluge of sexy Swedish movies, sexy advertising on the streets, sexy intimate clothing in ladies' shops, and even talks about sex and marital infidelity with her mother and female friends, Annie starts feeling left aside by her husband, and trying to attract in a number of ways - and failing. It's not the all-purpose secretary at the office that is keeping him late, it's a tax expert that, asking the most innocent questions, is finding out how Philippe can manage a company without profits, and still manage a home, may be two... with high quality levels.
Erotissimo
1969 · 19 votes
Movie5.5ComedyA story about a guy who still lives with his mother and sells some really awful alcohol to bartenders. The only way for him to do this is to cry and invent himself an awful life. Then he meets the beautiful woman whose goal in life is to sleep with the less exciting guys on Earth.
Comment réussir quand on est con et pleurnichard
How to Make Good When One Is a Jerk and a Crybaby
1974 · 35 votes
Movie4.9ComedyA recently released safecracker returns to stealing in order to support his family. After several successful thefts, he decides to induct his teenage son into the 'family business'.
Movie6.0ComedyMonsieur Cousin, a lonely Parisian statistician, shares his small apartment with a python named Gros-Câlin, seeking warmth and companionship. Infatuated with his coworker, Mlle Dreyfus, he awkwardly tries to win her affection, misinterpreting social cues and struggling with human connection. His eccentric attachment to the snake alienates him further, as his longing for intimacy blurs the line between reality and fantasy. Despite seeking advice and making misguided attempts at love, he remains isolated. The film follows his tragicomic struggle, ending ambiguously as he grapples with his unfulfilled need for human warmth.
Gros câlin
1979 · 2 votes
Movie7.4DramaCrimeIn the shadowy outskirts of Paris, a desperate door-to-door salesman crosses paths with a mysterious young woman trapped in a grim world. As his obsession deepens, his grip on reality begins to slip—and the line between escape and destruction starts to blur.
Movie5.7ComedyAfter losing his job, an idealistic adman starts his own agency, putting himself in the crosshairs of his jaded ex-boss.
Movie4.7ComedyCrimeFrancois Marboni is a butcher who is being blackmailed for having an affair with the prostitute Rachel in this black comedy. He decides to hire a hit man when the blackmailer demands that he start cutting his profit margin to the bone. Francois soon becomes a target of the hitman he hired.
Sale Destin
1987 · 6 votes
Movie10.0DramaComedyGuests gather for the porcelain anniversary of a couple. When another woman's husband leaves her in front of everyone's eyes, the anniversary-celebrating husband gallantly makes loves to her in front of the same people. Then a sexual and confessional free-for-all erupts, until one of the wives, repulsed, runs away.
Movie5.8ThrillerAfter years of poverty, Carrier, a repairman, inherits a large sum of money upon his brother's death in an accident. Now rich, he decides it is time to make his mark and be known at any cost. Becoming more and more mentally unstable, he begins to threaten police and the government signing his tracts, "Armaguedon". A detective from Interpol heads the investigation and prepares a trap at an international conference of world leaders in Paris.
Movie3.5MysteryCrimeIn 1951, in Saint-Germain-des-Prés, the private detective Nestor Burma was commissioned by an insurance company to find stolen jewelery. The deal seemed easy and Burma got an appointment with a well-known black trumpet player in the neighborhood who could provide him with information. But the musician does not come and we find him murdered. The investigation becomes more complicated and Nestor must find an alibi so as not to be suspected of the crime.
Movie5.5TV MovieDramaThat evening, in the Vosges mountains, a snowstorm swept through the valley. Within the walls of a farmhouse, another deluge descends on a family watching over one of its members on his deathbed in a heavy atmosphere, favorable to the return of old superstitions... Can they still hope for a spark to shake them out of their torpor?
La Lanterne des morts
1985 · 1 votes
Movie3.8ComedyWarDouble-agent Brigitte Lahaie is the star attraction at a strip-joint/brothel called "Le Diable Rose" in Nazi occupied France which is frequented by both Nazis and Partisans alike.
Series3
TVCrimeLes Cinq Dernieres Minutes is a crime based French television series
TV7.1CrimeThe series follows the adventures of lighthearted Jean-Paul Moulin, a police Commissaire, and his team as they solve crimes.
TV7.0Rocambole
1964 · 1 votes