Nicolas Gessner

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Nicolas Gessner

Born August 17, 1931 · Budapest, Hungary

Died August 22, 2023 · aged 92

Nicolas Gessner (17 August 1931 – 22 August 2023) was a Hungarian-born filmmaker who mostly worked in France. Nicolas Gessner was born in Budapest, Hungary on 17 August 1931. His films are often characterized by strange, quirky atmospheres and unusual cast mixing French and international actors. Starting from the early 1980s, Gessner mostly worked for television.

Known For

The Little Girl Who Lives Down the LaneThe Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane · 1976
The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane
7.01976
MovieDramaMystery
13-year-old Rynn Jacobs lives in a New England beach town. Whenever the landlady inquires after Rynn's father, she claims that he's not available. But when the landlady's son, Frank, won't leave Rynn alone, she teams up with a neighbor Mario to maintain the dark family secret that she's been keeping to herself.
Someone Behind the DoorSomeone Behind the Door · 1971
Someone Behind the Door
5.51971
MovieThrillerCrime
A neurosurgeon with a cheating wife takes an amnesiac into his home and conditions him to believe that the cheating wife is his own and to take the "appropriate" action.
Twelve Plus OneTwelve Plus One · 1969
Twelve Plus One
5.31969
MovieComedy
Mario, a young philanderer, receives 13 antique chairs in a bad state by inheritance and decides to sell off them to get some money. Afterwards he gets to know that one of them contains documents worth a lot of money. So he begins an adventurous trip to regain possession of the chair. On the way he meets many strange people who would like to help or to swindle him.
Quicker Than the EyeQuicker Than the Eye · 1989
Quicker Than the Eye
4.41989
MovieDramaThriller
An expert magician is hired to entertain world leaders at a peace summit. Unfortunately, he finds himself hopelessly entangled in an elaborate terrorist assassination plot.
Tennessee NightsTennessee Nights · 1989
Tennessee Nights
5.61989
MovieCrimeDrama
When entertainment lawyer Wolfgang Leighton decides to take a break from business for some fishing in Tennessee's backwoods, he ends up embroiled in a bank robbery and murder. Pursued by the killers, he's running from the police and a young hitchhiker appears to be his only friend.
The Blonde from PekingThe Blonde from Peking · 1967
The Blonde from Peking
5.71967
MovieComedyThriller
Spies from several countries try to find out what secrets are hidden in the mind of a young amnesiac girl who has appeared in Paris.
Diamonds Are BrittleDiamonds Are Brittle · 1965
Diamonds Are Brittle
4.81965
MovieCrime
Bernard Noblet is a modest bank clerk with a passion for billiards. His fiancée Juliette, a schoolteacher, dreams of one day living the high life, and his best friend Roger, a little-known inventor, is equally despairing. After careful consideration, a solution emerges: a cleverly organized hold-up will enable them to live in luxury for the rest of their lives. Bernard soon makes the acquaintance of Bettina and her mother, Madame Ralton, professionals in the "heist" business.
It Rained All Night the Day I LeftIt Rained All Night the Day I Left · 1980
It Rained All Night the Day I Left
5.21980
MovieComedy
A tough rich female ranch owner in Africa wants to cut off the water supply to the locals, since she holds them responsible for the murder of her husband. She hires two charming gunrunners as help, but they suspect her shady competitor.

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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"...

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