Acting
Michel Galabru
Born October 27, 1922 · Safi, French Protectorate of Morocco [now Morocco]
Died January 4, 2016 · aged 93
Michel Louis Edmond Galabru (27 October 1922 – 4 January 2016) was a French actor. Galabru appeared in more than 250 films and worked with directors such as Bertrand Blier, Costa-Gavras, Luc Besson (for Subway), and Jean-Luc Godard. He is also well known for his collaborations with Louis de Funès in Le gendarme de Saint-Tropez, Le gendarme se marie, Le gendarme et les extra-terrestres, Le gendar…
Known For
Neuilly Yo Mama! · 2009Neuilly Yo Mama!
★ 6.02009
MovieComedy
Samy moves from the underdeveloped crime-ridden French suburb to the riches of Neuilly.
Asterix and Obelix Take On Caesar · 1999Asterix and Obelix Take On Caesar
★ 6.01999
MovieFamilyAdventure
Set in 50 B.C., Asterix and Obelix are living in a small but well-protected village in Gaul, where a magic potion concocted by Druids turns the townsfolk into mighty soldiers. When Roman troops carve a path through Gaul to reach the English Channel, Caesar and his aide de camp Detritus discover the secret elixir and capture the Druid leader who knows its formula, and Asterix and Obelix are sent off to rescue them.
Adieu Philippine · 1962Adieu Philippine
★ 6.91962
MovieDrama
Michel is a young technician in the fledgling TV industry and is due for military service in two months at the time of the Algerian War. Juliette and Liliane are inseparable best friends, and aspiring actresses, who hang around outside the TV studio. Michel invites them in to watch, flirts with them both, and dates them separately and together. When Michel goes on a holiday to Corsica, just before he is drafted, the girls follow.
Actors · 2000Actors
★ 5.82000
MovieComedy
A self-conscious and self-referential adventure into the (pretend) lives of legendary actors in Paris.
Belle Époque · 1992Belle Époque
★ 6.71992
MovieComedyDrama
In 1931, a young soldier deserts from the army and falls into a country farm, where he is welcomed by the owner due to his political ideas. Manolo has four daughters, Fernando likes all of them and they like him, so he has to decide which one to love.
Our Story · 1984Our Story
★ 6.31984
MovieDramaComedy
Robert Avranche, a middle-aged, alcoholic garage owner, is sitting on a train, reflecting on the emptiness of his life. An attractive young woman, Donatienne, suddenly enters the compartment and offers to make love to him. Robert accepts but, when the woman leaves the train afterwards, he decides to follow her...
Signé Furax · 1981Signé Furax
★ 5.01981
MovieComedyMystery
The notorious and mysterious criminal Furax steals France's famous monuments, replacing them with replicas.
The Down-in-the-Hole Gang · 1974The Down-in-the-Hole Gang
★ 6.51974
MovieComedy
Here we find a group of misfits who've given up on humanity and have decided to dwell below the pavement. The group has its own hierarchy, of course, and soon the conditions that drove them underground begin to manifest themselves without the influences of the Outside World.
Movies
Neuilly Yo Mama! · 2009Neuilly Yo Mama!
★ 6.02009
MovieComedy
Samy moves from the underdeveloped crime-ridden French suburb to the riches of Neuilly.
Asterix and Obelix Take On Caesar · 1999Asterix and Obelix Take On Caesar
★ 6.01999
MovieFamilyAdventure
Set in 50 B.C., Asterix and Obelix are living in a small but well-protected village in Gaul, where a magic potion concocted by Druids turns the townsfolk into mighty soldiers. When Roman troops carve a path through Gaul to reach the English Channel, Caesar and his aide de camp Detritus discover the secret elixir and capture the Druid leader who knows its formula, and Asterix and Obelix are sent off to rescue them.
Adieu Philippine · 1962Adieu Philippine
★ 6.91962
MovieDrama
Michel is a young technician in the fledgling TV industry and is due for military service in two months at the time of the Algerian War. Juliette and Liliane are inseparable best friends, and aspiring actresses, who hang around outside the TV studio. Michel invites them in to watch, flirts with them both, and dates them separately and together. When Michel goes on a holiday to Corsica, just before he is drafted, the girls follow.
Actors · 2000Actors
★ 5.82000
MovieComedy
A self-conscious and self-referential adventure into the (pretend) lives of legendary actors in Paris.
Belle Époque · 1992Belle Époque
★ 6.71992
MovieComedyDrama
In 1931, a young soldier deserts from the army and falls into a country farm, where he is welcomed by the owner due to his political ideas. Manolo has four daughters, Fernando likes all of them and they like him, so he has to decide which one to love.
Our Story · 1984Our Story
★ 6.31984
MovieDramaComedy
Robert Avranche, a middle-aged, alcoholic garage owner, is sitting on a train, reflecting on the emptiness of his life. An attractive young woman, Donatienne, suddenly enters the compartment and offers to make love to him. Robert accepts but, when the woman leaves the train afterwards, he decides to follow her...
Signé Furax · 1981Signé Furax
★ 5.01981
MovieComedyMystery
The notorious and mysterious criminal Furax steals France's famous monuments, replacing them with replicas.
The Down-in-the-Hole Gang · 1974The Down-in-the-Hole Gang
★ 6.51974
MovieComedy
Here we find a group of misfits who've given up on humanity and have decided to dwell below the pavement. The group has its own hierarchy, of course, and soon the conditions that drove them underground begin to manifest themselves without the influences of the Outside World.
Jo · 1971Jo
★ 7.21971
MovieComedyCrime
A writer accidentally shoots his blackmailer and tries to hide the body.
The Annuity · 1972The Annuity
★ 6.61972
MovieComedy
In 1930, Louis Martinet, a peaceful sexagenarian, no longer has a long life to live according to the words of his doctor, Leon Galipeau, who sees to take advantage of the very interesting situation of the "future deceased". This one indeed has a small house in Saint-Tropez. Galipeau sniffs the windfall. Following his advice, Martinet agrees to give it in life to the brother of the doctor, Emile, and then rushes back to a health of iron. Worse, he even survives the war. Galipeau, exhausted, decide to use the great means to get rid of the importunce who persists in thwarting their project ...
The Fuhrer Runs Amok · 1974The Fuhrer Runs Amok
★ 4.51974
MovieComedy
France and Germany are at war. Adolf Hitler challenges the Allies to seal the fate of the war by playing a football match.
Le Pion · 1978Le Pion
★ 6.51978
MovieComedyDrama
Humiliated and down on his luck, a superintendent turns his life around when he decides to write a book.
Belmondo, itinéraire... · 2011Belmondo, itinéraire...
★ 7.72011
MovieDocumentary
Documentary on the career of Jean-Paul Belmondo.
Le Guignolo · 1980Le Guignolo
★ 6.11980
MovieComedyAction
After the failure of his recent criminal exploits, international con artist Alexandre Dupré sets off for Venice to try to dupe some Japanese business men into buying a fake copy of a stolen Caneletto. On the aeroplane, a stranger asks him to look after his briefcase until after they have landed. Alexandre agrees, but the stranger is shot dead soon after and Alexandre himself becomes the target of enemy agents who are keen to recover the briefcase...
The Under-Gifted · 1980The Under-Gifted
★ 6.51980
MovieComedy
The story centers around a graduating class of "less-gifted" students in a private Versailles high school. Only a miracle has brought the students this far along, and after a practical joke misfires and the whole school is dynamited, the students are in deep trouble. They have to present themselves in court for their punishment and it could not be worse: If they don't pass their high-school graduation exams, they go to prison!
One Deadly Summer · 1983One Deadly Summer
★ 6.91983
MovieMysteryDrama
Shortly after Elle Wieck moves to a small French village, she begins dating Pin-Pon, a quiet young mechanic who has grown obsessed with the beautiful newcomer. But Elle has her own reason for the relationship...
The Miser · 1980The Miser
★ 6.31980
MovieComedy
The children of Harpagon, Cléante and his sister Elise, are each in love but they still haven’t spoken to their father yet. Harpagon is a miser who wants to choose the right man and the right woman for his children. Based on Molière’s play.
The Telephone Always Rings Twice · 1985The Telephone Always Rings Twice
★ 5.41985
MovieComedy
Marc Elbichon, a novice private sleuth, is investigating a wave of assassinations bearing a particular characteristic: the perpetrator, dubbed the "telephone killer" always strangles his female victims with a telephone cord.
The Gendarme and the Creatures from Outer Space · 1979The Gendarme and the Creatures from Outer Space
★ 6.11979
MovieComedyScience Fiction
The bungling inspector Cruchot finds himself trying to save the residents of St. Tropez from some oil-drinking humanoid aliens. The only way to tell the aliens from the real people, besides their constant thirst for oil-products, is that they sound like empty garbage cans when you touch them. Chaos is ahead.
Lafayette · 1962Lafayette
★ 5.91962
MovieDramaWar
The story of Lafayette, the 19 year old pacifist who takes the side of the Colonials during the American war of Independence.
Mumu · 2010Mumu
★ 5.82010
MovieComedy
The story a rescue, the rescue of a bad brat's life in the post-WWII period. In 1947, Roger reaches 11 years old. He's a kid badly loved, mischievous and specializes in silly things to do. He is sent to a small boarding school in a small village. Mumu reigns over here. She's not the bitchest school teacher of the area. Roger has already been expelled from several schools and this is his last chance to avoid the reformatory his father has been promising him for a long time. But this is will change with the vigilance of Mumu, who, despite her strict aspects, proves herself to have a big heart.
The Gendarme Gets Married · 1968The Gendarme Gets Married
★ 6.51968
MovieComedy
The Saint-Tropez police launch a major offensive against dangerous drivers. Marechal Cruchot (Louis de Funès) relishes the assignment, which he pursues with a manic zeal. Cruchot is after an offending driver, who turns out to be Josépha (Claude Gensac), the widow of a highly regarded police colonel. When they meet, Cruchot falls instantly in love....
The Little Bather · 1968The Little Bather
★ 6.61968
MovieComedy
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 André Castagnier, not realizing that man is his only chance to land a vital contract with the Italian magnate Marcello Cacciaperotti. So he has to find him at his extremely rural birthplace in 'la France profonde', which proves a torturous odyssey for the spoiled rich man; when he does get there his torment is far from over: the country bumpkin refuses to resume his slavish position now the shoe is on the other foot, so Fourchaume is dragged along in the boorish family life, and at times unable to control his temper, which may cost him more credit then he painstakingly builds up...
Uranus · 1990Uranus
★ 6.71990
MovieDramaComedy
After World War II, a small French village struggles to put the war behind as the controlling Communist Party tries to flush out Petain loyalists. The local bar owner, a simple man who likes to write poetry, who only wants to be left alone to do his job, becomes a target for Communist harassment as they try and locate a particular loyalist, and he pushes back.
TV Shows
Vivement dimanche · 1998Vivement dimanche
★ 3.61998
Series
Spécial cinéma · 1974Spécial cinéma
★ 9.51974
Series
Marcello Mastroianni, Isabelle Adjani, Alain Delon, Martin Scorsese, Woody Allen... the biggest stars in cinema were welcomed by Christian Defaye on his show Spécial cinéma. Between intimate confessions from actors and immersion in the world of the greatest filmmakers, Christian Defaye took viewers on a journey into the fascinating world of cinema for nearly thirty years.
Sacrée soirée · 1987Sacrée soirée
★ 5.71987
Series
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche · 1975Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
★ 6.01975
Series
A talk show presented by Michel Drucker
Champs-Elysées · 1982Champs-Elysées
★ 6.81982
Series
Midi Première · 1975Midi Première
★ 9.01975
Series
Midi Première is a French variety show presented by Danièle Gilbert, directed by Jacques Pierre and broadcast from January 6, 1975 until January 1, 1982 on TF1. The program was generally broadcast between 12:15 p.m. and 12:55 p.m., then giving way to the 1:00 p.m. TV news. However, the broadcast schedule could change, depending on the guests, and the setting where the recording of the program was shot. Certain performances by artists who have become cult like the one where Ringo jostles with a demonstrator in interpretation (1977), that of Dalida with the title There is always a song with the soundtrack that does not start, twice, at the right speed (1978), Claude François and his Clodettes, who, in the provinces, are unable to join "the set" in order to interpret his song, the latter being taken by the crowd of delirious fans (summer 1977) . The group Supertramp performed there with the title "Dreamer" on March 8, 1975.
Midi trente · 1972Midi trente
★ 6.01972
Series
Le Grand Échiquier · 1972Le Grand Échiquier
★ 8.01972
Series
Le Grand Échiquier is a French variety television program created and presented by Jacques Chancel. It aired at 8:30 pm on the first channel of the ORTF from January 12, 1972 to July 12, 1972, then on the second color channel of the ORTF from September 1972 to December 1974, and finally on Antenne 2 from January 1975 to December 21, 1989. The program returned to France 2 on December 20, 2018 and is hosted by Anne-Sophie Lapix.
Numéro un · 1975Numéro un
★ 7.51975
Series
A French variety show.
Bref · 2011Bref
★ 8.12011
SeriesComedyDrama
A lost thirty-something shares his struggles, from failed relationships to boring jobs and pointless nights out. Stuck in his routine at first, he slowly evolves, searching for meaning in his life. In short, he's just trying to live.
Nulle part ailleurs · 1987Nulle part ailleurs
★ 6.11987
Series
Stars 90 · 1990Stars 90
★ 6.21990
Series
Coucou c'est nous ! · 1992Coucou c'est nous !
★ 7.31992
SeriesComedyFamily
Il était une fois Champs-Élysées · 2022Il était une fois Champs-Élysées
★ 6.62022
SeriesDocumentary
The French Revolution · 1989The French Revolution
★ 10.01989
SeriesDrama
A history of the French Revolution from the decision of the king to convene the Etats-Generaux in 1789 in order to deal with France's debt problem. The first part of the movie tells the story from 1789 until August 10, 1792 (when the King Louis XVI lost all his authority and was put in prison). The second part carries the story through the end of the terror in 1794, including the deaths by guillotine of Louis XVI, Marie-Antoinette, Danton, and Desmoulins.
L'Argent · 1988L'Argent
★ 10.01988
SeriesDrama
Saccard, ready to use all means, however immoral or illegal, tries to gain back the fortune he lost three years ago. All involving business and the exchange market. He has a loyal accomplice, an indifferent son, maybe-friends, partners and investors and of course, enemies.
Sueurs froides · 1988Sueurs froides
★ 3.01988
SeriesCrimeDocumentary
Aujourd'hui la vie · 1982Aujourd'hui la vie
1982
Series