Louis de Funès

Louis de Funès

July 31, 1914 · 112 years old

Louis Germain David de Funès de Galarza (French: [lwi d(ə) fynɛs]; 31 July 1914 – 27 January 1983) was a French actor and comedian. According to a series of polls conducted since the late 1960s, he is France's favourite actor, having played over 150 roles in film and over 100 on stage. His acting st…

Known For

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Don't Look Now... We're Being Shot At!

Don't Look Now... We're Being Shot At!

1966 · 2h 3m · Movie

Several ordinary Frenchmen go on an epic voyage through the occupied country to the free zone as they help British pilots avoid German captivity.

7.9
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The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob

The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob

1973 · 1h 35m · Movie

A bigoted Frenchman finds himself forced to impersonate a popular rabbi while on the run from a group of assassins - and the police.

7.4
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The Gendarme of Saint-Tropez

The Gendarme of Saint-Tropez

1964 · 1h 30m · Movie

Gendarme Ludovic Cruchot is re-assigned to the French Riviera seaside resort town of Saint-Tropez where petty criminals and his own daughter give him a hard time.

7.1
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Fantomas

Fantomas

1964 · 1h 44m · Movie

The best men of France - a brave journalist and an extremely energetic commissioner - attack the trail of a mysterious criminal mastermind.

6.9
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The Wing or The Thigh?

The Wing or The Thigh?

1976 · 1h 44m · Movie

A renowned food critic and restaurant guide publisher battles a fast-food tycoon in a quest to protect France's culinary heritage.

7.2
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The Cabbage Soup

The Cabbage Soup

1981 · 1h 42m · Movie

2 buddy farmers are visited by aliens who like their domestic cabbage soup.

6.5
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The Gendarme and the Extra-Terrestrials

The Gendarme and the Extra-Terrestrials

1979 · 1h 36m · Movie

In St. Tropez, French gendarme Cruchot and his men battle petroleum-drinking, human-looking, metallic aliens.

6.3
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Fantomas Unleashed

Fantomas Unleashed

1965 · 1h 38m · Movie

When Professor Marchand, a famous scientist, mysteriously disappears, the commissioner, Juve, immediately suspects Fantomas.

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The Gendarme in New York

The Gendarme in New York

1965 · 1h 42m · Movie

After being chosen to represent France in an international congress, Cruchot and his troops must go to New York, and adapt to its social and cultural aspects.

6.4
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The Gendarme Gets Married

The Gendarme Gets Married

1968 · 1h 32m · Movie

The gendarme Cruchot meets the widow Josepha. They quickly fall in love but Cruchot's daughter doesn't like Josepha and is determined to prevent the wedding by all means necessary.

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Oscar

Oscar

1967 · 1h 25m · Movie

Neurotic businessman must find the right man for his pregnant daughter. In fact, it is little bit complicated.

7.5
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The Gendarme and the Gendarmettes

The Gendarme and the Gendarmettes

1982 · 1h 42m · Movie

Cruchot and his gendarmes from Saint-Tropez receive a highly responsible government mission - to ensure the safety of four young beautiful female gendarmes officers. In a few days they begin to be abducted by mysterious villains.

6.2
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Fantomas vs. Scotland Yard

Fantomas vs. Scotland Yard

1967 · 1h 40m · Movie

Famous but unlucky pursuers of Fantomas from France go to weird Scotland for a final attempt to bring the impudent criminal to justice.

6.7
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The Sucker

The Sucker

1965 · 1h 51m · Movie

Criminals have chosen an ordinary man to carry drugs and jewels in his car across the border. The problem is that this man turned out too much ordinary.

7.3
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Delusions of Grandeur

Delusions of Grandeur

1971 · 1h 25m · Movie

In 17th-century Spain, the Minister of Finance tries to dishonor the queen with an overly complex plan.

7.1
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The Gendarme Takes Off

The Gendarme Takes Off

1970 · 1h 47m · Movie

The entire squad of gendarmes from Saint-Tropez has been retired. But there is no such power that could stop them from protecting the law and public order.

6.5
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What's Cooking in Paris

What's Cooking in Paris

1966 · 1h 25m · Movie

Top-notch french restaurant owner Monsieur Septime is involved into crime when one of his famous guests disappears.

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18
Hibernatus

Hibernatus

1969 · 1h 22m · Movie

A rich businessman faces a quite weird problem - his wife's grandfather has been revived thanks to science. But he is not aware that many decades have passed.

6.6
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The Miser

The Miser

1980 · 2h 5m · Movie

An incredible miser fights against the whole world to multiply his wealth.

6.6
20
Le petit baigneur

Le petit baigneur

1968 · 1h 36m · Movie

Louis-Philippe Fourchaume, another typical lead-role for French comedy superstar Louis de Funès, is the dictatorial CEO of a French company which designs and produces sail yachts, and fires in yet another tantrum his designer Andr...

6.6
21
Jo

Jo

1971 · 1h 25m · Movie

A writer of detective stories desperately trying to hide a corpse in his house - and at the same time to know exactly who he killed accidentally.

7.1
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La zizanie

La zizanie

1978 · 1h 37m · Movie

Guillaume has made it: A machine that can clean dirty air by simply sucking all dirt into air balloons and then shipping them far far away so his explanation. Some Japanese business guys, after dinner with a lot of alcohol, order ...

6.4
23
The Crossing of Paris

The Crossing of Paris

1956 · 1h 25m · Movie

Two men carry at night four suitcases of contraband meat across German-occupied Paris during WWII. Their opposite personalities and strange encounters provoke different adventures - until they are arrested by the police.

7.3
24
The Exchange Student

The Exchange Student

1967 · 1h 24m · Movie

A strict French headmaster sends his frivolous son to England to learn English. But the student has a better idea of how to spend his summer holidays.

6.5
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The Tattoo

The Tattoo

1968 · 1h 30m · Movie

An art dealer wants to buy a Modigliani, which is tattooed on the back of an old soldier.

6.5
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Sur un arbre perché

Sur un arbre perché

1971 · 1h 30m · Movie

A politician picks up a couple of hitch hikers on the road. After a scary driving accident the car ends up on a tree above the sea.

6.3
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The One Man Band

The One Man Band

1970 · 1h 25m · Movie

Manager of female dance group and his cousin leads the group on a tour in the Rome and prohibit them to socialize with men. Problems occur when we see that one of the girls has a baby in Rome.

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Let's Rob the Bank

Let's Rob the Bank

1964 · 1h 28m · Movie

A grouchy shopkeeper made an unsuccessful financial investment, and now he is on the verge of bankruptcy. In order to avenge oneself he engages his own family into a plan to rob a next door bank.

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Ni vu, ni connu

Ni vu, ni connu

1958 · 1h 35m · Movie

In a small French village, everything would be quiet if the local wildlife cop was not being ridiculed by a smart poacher.

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Squeak-squeak

Squeak-squeak

1963 · 1h 26m · Movie

Léonard Monestier has made his fortune trading on the stock exchange. His eccentric wife Cynthia almost bankrupts him by selling some of his shares to buy an oil concession in South America. Convinced that the concession is a fake...

6.5
31
La Poison

La Poison

1951 · 1h 25m · Movie

Through a series of circumstances and plot twists an enterprising man manages to get away with murdering his wife, even though he cheerfully admits his guilt in court.

7.4
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Antoine & Antoinette

Antoine & Antoinette

1947 · 1h 24m · Movie

Working class couple Antoine and Antoinette dream of a better life. In the midst of constantly fending off the unwanted attention of men, especially the grocer Monsieur Roland, Antoinette purchases a winning lottery ticket. But wh...

7.4
33
The Gentleman from Epsom

The Gentleman from Epsom

1962 · 1h 27m · Movie

The story takes place in the racecourses around Paris. A so-called major sells his tips to naive characters.

6.1
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Carambolages

Carambolages

1963 · 1h 28m · Movie

The story takes place in a luxury building of about ten floors where the "321" agency has its headquarters. The company watches over the holidays of its customers.

6.1
35
The Devil and the Ten Commandments

The Devil and the Ten Commandments

1962 · 2h 6m · Movie

1) Jerôme Chambard, a retired man, taken in by nuns in a convent, swears like a trooper. 2) Françoise takes a lover because he has promised her a diamond necklace. 3) Denis, a seminarist, decides to renounce his vows to avenge his...

6.7
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The American Beauty

The American Beauty

1961 · 1h 44m · Movie

Marcel, a simple-minded factory worker, is tricked into buying a high-priced American convertible by a widow determined not to let it fall into the hands of her late husband's secretary/secret lover. Once in possession of the car,...

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