Daniel Toscan du Plantier

Daniel Toscan du Plantier

April 7, 1941 · 85 years old

Daniel Toscan du Plantier (7 April 1941 – 11 February 2003) was a French film producer. Educated at the Institut d'Etudes Politiques he became advertising manager for the France Soir daily newspaper in 1966 and between 1975 and 1985 was director-general of the Gaumont Film Company, and president of…

Known For

13 titles
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Fanny and Alexander

Fanny and Alexander

1982 · 3h 8m · Movie

Two young Swedish children in the 1900s experience the many comedies and tragedies of their lively and affectionate theatrical family, the Ekdahls.

8.1
2
Nosferatu the Vampyre

Nosferatu the Vampyre

1979 · 1h 47m · Movie

Count Dracula moves from Transylvania to Wismar, spreading the Black Plague across the land. Only a woman pure of heart can bring an end to his reign of horror.

7.4
3
Nostalghia

Nostalghia

1983 · 2h 5m · Movie

A Russian poet and his interpreter travel to Italy researching the life of an 18th-century composer, and instead meet a ruminative madman who tells the poet how the world may be saved.

7.9
4
L'Argent

L'Argent

1983 · 1h 25m · Movie

A counterfeit bill that starts off as a schoolboy prank leads to incarceration and violence.

7.4
5
To Our Loves

To Our Loves

1983 · 1h 39m · Movie

An erratic young woman's family desperately tries to prevent her increasingly erotic ways.

7.1
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The Devil, Probably

The Devil, Probably

1977 · 1h 35m · Movie

Charles drifts through politics, religion and psychoanalysis, rejecting them all. Once he realises the depth of his disgust with the moral and physical decline of the society he lives in, he decides that suicide is the only option...

7.0
7
The Stranger

The Stranger

1991 · 1h 37m · Movie

A well-off family is paid an unexpected, and rather unwanted, visit by a man claiming to be the woman's long-lost uncle. The initial suspicion with which they greet the man slowly dissolves as he regales them with stories of his t...

8.0
8
Van Gogh

Van Gogh

1991 · 2h 38m · Movie

The final sixty-seven days of Van Gogh's life are examined.

7.1
9
Cousin, Cousine

Cousin, Cousine

1975 · 1h 35m · Movie

Two distant cousins meet at a wedding banquet for an elderly couple. Over time, a close friendship develops between them, but their spouses begin to think that they are more than just friends.

6.7
10
Bambola

Bambola

1996 · 1h 32m · Movie

Mina, nicknamed Bambola, opens a pizzeria with her gay brother after their mother dies. When lender Ugo dies fighting her boyfriend Settimio, she meets Furio in prison and starts dating him.

4.5
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Korczak

Korczak

1990 · 1h 58m · Movie

The last days of life of the legendary Polish pedagogue Dr. Janusz Korczak and his heroic dedication to protecting Jewish orphans in the Warsaw Ghetto.

7.4
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Fellini: I'm a Born Liar

Fellini: I'm a Born Liar

2003 · 1h 45m · Movie

A look at Fellini's creative process. In extensive interviews, Fellini talks a bit about his background and then discusses how he works and how he creates. Several actors, a producer, a writer, and a production manager talk about ...

7.0
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The Branches of the Tree

The Branches of the Tree

1990 · 2h 10m · Movie

Four brothers converge around an ailing father.

7.7