Serge Davri

Acting

Serge Davri

Born March 16, 1919 · Paris, France

Died March 26, 2012 · aged 93

No biography available.

Known For

Shoot the Piano PlayerShoot the Piano Player · 1960
Shoot the Piano Player
7.21960
MovieDramaThriller
Charlie is a former classical pianist who has changed his name and now plays jazz in a grimy Paris bar. When Charlie's brothers, Richard and Chico, surface and ask for Charlie's help while on the run from gangsters they have scammed, he aids their escape. Soon Charlie and Lena, a waitress at the same bar, face trouble when the gangsters arrive, looking for his brothers.
Borsalino and Co.Borsalino and Co. · 1974
Borsalino and Co.
6.41974
MovieCrimeThriller
Marseille. Heaps of flowers and funeral wreaths... "A man who no longer defends his colors is no longer a man."
Easy Down There!Easy Down There! · 1971
Easy Down There!
6.51971
MovieComedy
A priest gets a little hot under the collar when the wife he thought was dead unexpectedly returns.
Six in ParisSix in Paris · 1965
Six in Paris
6.61965
MovieComedyDrama
Six vignettes set in different sections of Paris, by six directors. St. Germain des Pres (Douchet), Gare du Nord (Rouch), Rue St. Denis (Pollet), and Montparnasse et Levallois (Godard) are stories of love, flirtation and prostitution; Place d'Etoile (Rohmer) concerns a haberdasher and his umbrella; and La Muette (Chabrol), a bourgeois family and earplugs.
One Way TicketOne Way Ticket · 1971
One Way Ticket
5.31971
MovieThrillerCrime
After a bank robbery gone wrong, a crook goes on the run across Belgium to escape the police, clear himself of a crime that he did not commit, and protect his girlfriend from a shady lawyer.
Young CasanovaYoung Casanova · 1974
Young Casanova
4.41974
MovieDramaComedy
Gerard Casanova is the man all the rich and beautiful women call when they want their sexual urges satisfied.
The Army GameThe Army Game · 1960
The Army Game
5.41960
MovieComedy
Jean Lerat begins his military service at an army camp. Despite his aunt’s attempts to pull a few strings to his advantage, the unfortunate Lerat manages to get on the wrong side of his bullying colonel…
Operation AbductionOperation Abduction · 1958
Operation Abduction
6.51958
MovieCrimeMystery
The Secret Service abducts a "rocket scientist" to better protect him against gangsters acting for Chinese agents.

Filmography

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La dragée hauteLa dragée haute · 1960
La dragée haute
7.01960
MovieCrimeDrama
Taking the place of the police, whom he finds neither fast nor efficient enough, a journalist named Hugo sets out to find the perpetrator of a murder. Suffocating in the small town where he plies his trade, he is eager to seize the opportunity that will make him a great reporter. The discovery of a murdered young woman - a high-fashion model - puts him on the trail of diamond smugglers. Despite the cautious advice of the newspaper editor and the pleas of his wife, who senses the dangers threatening them, Hugo forges ahead, plunging headlong into the labyrinth where gangsters are luring him to disappear. He finally unmasks the murderer. He finally gets his sensational story - but through his own carelessness, another girl falls victim to the gang. At the last second, the wife he thought he'd lost through his stubborn, madly clumsy attitude is still there, ready to comfort him.