Pierre Grimblat

Directing

Pierre Grimblat

Born July 8, 1922 · Paris, France

Died June 3, 2016 · aged 93

Pierre Grimblat was born on 8 July 1922 in Paris, France. He was a writer and producer, known for How Not to Rob a Department Store (1965), Lisa (2001) and Me faire ça à moi (1961). He was married to Elizabeth Royer-Grimblat. He died on 4 June 2016 in Paris, France.

Known For

On TourOn Tour · 2010
On Tour
6.42010
MovieComedyDrama
After leaving France in search of a better life in America, a television producer returns with a group of burlesque dancers to take the Paris club scene by storm.
LisaLisa · 2001
Lisa
4.62001
MovieDramaRomance
Stumbling across an uncompleted 1939 film called "Princess Marushka", filmmaker Sam becomes intrigued with the young actor Sylvain Marceau, who last appeared in the film. Hoping to discover the mystery behind Sylvain's disappearance, Sam decides to make a documentary and sets off to interview those who knew Sylvain, including elderly Lisa Morain. Through her interview, Sam learns the story of Lisa and Sylvain's doomed love affair on the eve of World War II.
ErotissimoErotissimo · 1969
Erotissimo
5.71969
MovieComedy
Annie 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.
The Empire of NightThe Empire of Night · 1962
The Empire of Night
6.01962
MovieComedy
Usually cast as secret agent/private eye Lemmy Caution, Eddie Constantine plays "Eddie" in The Empire of Night. This time, Constantine is a cabaret singer at odds with a criminal gang. When the villains try to take over every nightclub in town for their own nefarious purposes, Eddie sings a new tune with his fists. The story takes several unexpected turns, but Constantine remains in charge throughout.
SloganSlogan · 1969
Slogan
5.71969
MovieDramaComedy
Commercial director Serge Faberge is having an affair with Evelyne, the 18 year old fiancee of friend Hugh. His own pregnant wife Francoise usually does not mind his dalliances, until he actually walks out on her and their newborn baby to move in with Evelyne. The shoe is on the other foot when dashing stuntman Dado catches Evelyne's eye in Venice.
Fugue en RéFugue en Ré · 1999
Fugue en Ré
10.01999
MovieRomance
Two neighbors, Louis and Coralie, have been at war with each other for years because of their different origins, French and Reunionese. Their mutual hatred is not the only thing they have in common: they also adore their respective children, who secretly love each other.
Rise and Fall of a Small Film CompanyRise and Fall of a Small Film Company · 1986
Rise and Fall of a Small Film Company
6.31986
MovieTV MovieDrama
Director Gaspard Bazin is working on a new feature film. For now, he's still looking at the fundraising and casting stage of the process. He calls upon Jean Almereyda, a once-fashionable producer who is now going through a bad patch, finding it increasingly difficult to raise the capital he needs for his ventures. His wife Eurydice dreams of being a movie star. A perverse game between the two men ensues, with Almereyda wanting to please his wife, but reluctant to demand a role for Eurydice because of Bazin's reputation as an incorrigible seducer.
Emmenez-moi au RitzEmmenez-moi au Ritz · 1977
Emmenez-moi au Ritz
7.01977
MovieDrama
The three ex-wives of a real estate developer join forces to get revenge on him.

Movies

On TourOn Tour · 2010
On Tour
6.42010
MovieComedyDrama
After leaving France in search of a better life in America, a television producer returns with a group of burlesque dancers to take the Paris club scene by storm.
LisaLisa · 2001
Lisa
4.62001
MovieDramaRomance
Stumbling across an uncompleted 1939 film called "Princess Marushka", filmmaker Sam becomes intrigued with the young actor Sylvain Marceau, who last appeared in the film. Hoping to discover the mystery behind Sylvain's disappearance, Sam decides to make a documentary and sets off to interview those who knew Sylvain, including elderly Lisa Morain. Through her interview, Sam learns the story of Lisa and Sylvain's doomed love affair on the eve of World War II.
ErotissimoErotissimo · 1969
Erotissimo
5.71969
MovieComedy
Annie 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.
The Empire of NightThe Empire of Night · 1962
The Empire of Night
6.01962
MovieComedy
Usually cast as secret agent/private eye Lemmy Caution, Eddie Constantine plays "Eddie" in The Empire of Night. This time, Constantine is a cabaret singer at odds with a criminal gang. When the villains try to take over every nightclub in town for their own nefarious purposes, Eddie sings a new tune with his fists. The story takes several unexpected turns, but Constantine remains in charge throughout.
SloganSlogan · 1969
Slogan
5.71969
MovieDramaComedy
Commercial director Serge Faberge is having an affair with Evelyne, the 18 year old fiancee of friend Hugh. His own pregnant wife Francoise usually does not mind his dalliances, until he actually walks out on her and their newborn baby to move in with Evelyne. The shoe is on the other foot when dashing stuntman Dado catches Evelyne's eye in Venice.
Fugue en RéFugue en Ré · 1999
Fugue en Ré
10.01999
MovieRomance
Two neighbors, Louis and Coralie, have been at war with each other for years because of their different origins, French and Reunionese. Their mutual hatred is not the only thing they have in common: they also adore their respective children, who secretly love each other.
Rise and Fall of a Small Film CompanyRise and Fall of a Small Film Company · 1986
Rise and Fall of a Small Film Company
6.31986
MovieTV MovieDrama
Director Gaspard Bazin is working on a new feature film. For now, he's still looking at the fundraising and casting stage of the process. He calls upon Jean Almereyda, a once-fashionable producer who is now going through a bad patch, finding it increasingly difficult to raise the capital he needs for his ventures. His wife Eurydice dreams of being a movie star. A perverse game between the two men ensues, with Almereyda wanting to please his wife, but reluctant to demand a role for Eurydice because of Bazin's reputation as an incorrigible seducer.
Emmenez-moi au RitzEmmenez-moi au Ritz · 1977
Emmenez-moi au Ritz
7.01977
MovieDrama
The three ex-wives of a real estate developer join forces to get revenge on him.
The Lovers of the FranceThe Lovers of the France · 1964
The Lovers of the France
9.01964
MovieComedy
Seeing an opportunity to make a financial recovery for the family, a nobleman attempts to wed his son to his wealthy friend's daughter. His plan is to send the boy for a cruise on the SS France with the prospective female. Upon arriving to meet the lovely girl, the young man switches places with his valet. Unbeknownst to him, however, is the fact that the girl has pulled a similar deception. Though Jean-Marc Ripert is responsible for much of the cinematography in this New Wave comedy, it is Francois Reichenbach who handled the camera for many of the ocean-liner scenes.
Les RitalsLes Ritals · 1991
Les Ritals
7.01991
MovieDramaTV Movie
This 2-part TV film, adapted from an autobiography, tells the childhood of writer François Cavanna, son of an Italien emigrant and a French mother.
Say it with FlowersSay it with Flowers · 1974
Say it with Flowers
5.71974
MovieDramaThriller
The action begins in black and white, like a memory. Klaus is a Nazi military who has just failed an attempt on Hitler. Desperate, Klaus shoots and kills his children and then shoots at his pregnant wife and leaves her badly injured. Finally, attempts suicide, but at the last moment does not have the courage to pull the trigger, and flees on a motorcycle, having an accident ... The action continues in France. Jean-Claude is a handsome young man self-conscious about a malformation in his face. Jean-Claude lives with his parents, Jacques Bergé, an amnesiac man, self-enclosed and obsessed with Egyptian art, and Concepcion, a woman also closed in herself and obsessed with flowers from her garden, and apparently , suffering from paranoia.
It Means That Much to MeIt Means That Much to Me · 1961
It Means That Much to Me
5.61961
MovieThriller
Eddie Constantine stars as a reporter mixed up in the spy world in this routine espionage actioner by first-time director Pierre Grasset. After taking some illicit photos for a new story he is working on, Eddie (Constantine) is coerced into doing a job for the French Secret Service. There is a mole in the French missile sites who is passing on classified information, and Eddie is enlisted as bait to draw the culprit -- or culprits -- out. Along the way, he finds himself running for his life, fighting, and romancing until the final denouement.
How Not to Rob a Department StoreHow Not to Rob a Department Store · 1965
How Not to Rob a Department Store
4.51965
MovieComedy
To repay a debt, Marcel must commit a robbery in a large department store. Unfortunately his booty is intercepted by a gang of thugs.
Jane Birkin... Mother of All BabesJane Birkin... Mother of All Babes · 2003
Jane Birkin... Mother of All Babes
2003
MovieDocumentaryTV Movie
A documentary directed by Birkin's friend, who produced the Birkin's Arabesque concert at the Odeon in Paris as well as published a book of photos of Birkin.
L'amour est un jeu d'enfantL'amour est un jeu d'enfant · 1994
L'amour est un jeu d'enfant
10.01994
MovieDramaTV Movie
Benjamin lives with his widowed father, a designer and a bohemian artist. Olivia, his best friend, lives with his divorced mother, a lawyer who lives only for his work. Children decide to organize a meeting between the two parents, but unfortunately, neither seems interested in the other. Still, the two friends did not give up and seek new ways for the emergence of love between their parents.
The Extraordinary Adventures of a Quart of MilkThe Extraordinary Adventures of a Quart of Milk · 1951
The Extraordinary Adventures of a Quart of Milk
10.01951
MovieDocumentary
Documentary short subject preserved by the Academy Film Archive, from the Marshall Plan Collection, in 2003.

TV Shows

Les Rendez-vous du dimancheLes Rendez-vous du dimanche · 1975
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
6.01975
Series
A talk show presented by Michel Drucker
Softly from ParisSoftly from Paris · 1986
Softly from Paris
5.61986
SeriesDramaComedy
An anthology of erotic stories by famous writers like Guy de Maupassant, Nicolas Edme Restif de La Bretonne, Marquis de Sade, Giovanni Boccaccio, Marquis de Foudras, Daniel Defoe, Anton Tchekov, Jin Ping Mei, and Aristophanes.
NavarroNavarro · 1989
Navarro
6.41989
SeriesCrimeMystery
Out of the norm police officer Navarro and his team investigate the most troubling, serious and heart rendering cases in the city of Paris.
The Castle of Olive TreesThe Castle of Olive Trees · 1993
The Castle of Olive Trees
6.81993
SeriesDrama
The Castle of Olive Trees is the ancestral home of the "Laborie de Sauveterre". Located at "Châteauneuf-du-Pape", it holds many mysteries and legends. Like every summer "Estelle Laborie" goes there to take some time off. But this summer she take an important decision: run from Paris and stay here at the castle definitively. Little does she knows that her arrival will awake a lot of drama and secrets, beginning with this enigmatic "Pierre Séverin" who wants to demolish the castle to the ground, to make an amusement parc "Cigaleland". She will learn unfortunately that this "Pierre Séverin" is also knowned as "Marceau" the little boy of the steward of the castle when her father was the master of the domain. That steward also died in terrible circumstance. However Estelle decides to face this vengeance and save the castle with the aid of archaeologist "Raphaël Fauconnier"...
Le TuteurLe Tuteur · 2003
Le Tuteur
10.02003
Series
L'InstitL'Instit · 1993
L'Instit
6.11993
SeriesFamily
Victor Novak is a substitute teacher, he makes replacements in the four corners of France. Each encounter with a new class confronts him with difficult situations and problems, which he tries to solve ...
Quai n°1Quai n°1 · 1997
Quai n°1
8.51997
SeriesCrimeDrama
L'ami MaupassantL'ami Maupassant · 1986
L'ami Maupassant
7.01986
SeriesDrama