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Jean Penzer
Born October 1, 1927 · Livry-Gargan, Seine-Saint-Denis, France
Died May 20, 2021 · aged 93
Jean Penzer (born 1 October 1927) was a French cinematographer. He contributed to more than sixty films from 1951 to 1992. Source: Article "Jean Penzer" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Known For
Get Out Your Handkerchiefs · 1978Get Out Your Handkerchiefs
★ 6.61978
MovieRomanceComedy
Solange is seriously depressed, and her kindhearted husband, Raoul, makes it his mission to cure her doldrums. After many failed attempts to cheer her up, Raoul hits upon a possible solution: find his wife a lover. Unfortunately, his choice, Stéphane, proves to be just as ineffectual in restoring her flagging spirits. In the end, the gorgeous Solange finds her own, highly problematic tonic to her troubles in the form of a 13-year-old boy.
Hunter Will Get You · 1976Hunter Will Get You
★ 6.51976
MovieActionCrime
L'Alpagueur is a free-lance spy from the French secret agency. He's put on the investigation about L'epervier, a serial-killer who employs young boys to help him robbing banks before killing them.
The Night Caller · 1975The Night Caller
★ 7.21975
MovieThrillerAction
A serial-killer frightens Paris by phoning young ladies at night, telling them insults about their lives. Minos, as he calls himself, wants to prevent the world from free women and he targets at first these ones. Commissaire Letellier is given the investigation and he has hard work with the maniac.
La Voleuse · 1966La Voleuse
★ 5.81966
MovieDrama
Drama of an unmarried mother who regrets having had her child fostered and fights its foster parents to have it restored to her.
Lady Oscar · 1979Lady Oscar
★ 5.61979
MovieHistoryDrama
Oscar François de Jarjayes was born female, but her father insisted she be raised as a boy as he had no sons. She becomes the captain of the guards at Versailles under King Louis XVI and Marie Antonette. Her privileged, noble life comes under fire as she discovers the hard life of the poor people of France. She is caught up in the French Revolution, and must choose between her loyalty and love.
The Passerby · 1982The Passerby
★ 6.21982
MovieDrama
Max Baumstein is a reputable businessman who founded an international organization fighting against violations of human rights. Why would he commit an act that apparently negates the principles he has striven for so long to uphold? As he is tried for first-degree murder for killing a Paraguayan ambassador in cold blood, he reveals a secret about himself that he kept hidden from his wife Lina. His act is the conclusion of a struggle that started many decades earlier in his childhood...
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...
Playtime · 1961Playtime
★ 5.81961
MovieDrama
A young American girl at a French boarding school develops a crush on an egotistical sculptor living next door. One night, driving in a drunken stupor, he runs over and kills a man, and she witnesses it.
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La Voleuse · 1966La Voleuse
★ 5.81966
MovieDrama
Drama of an unmarried mother who regrets having had her child fostered and fights its foster parents to have it restored to her.
Director of Photography
A Room in Town · 1982A Room in Town
★ 6.41982
MovieDramaRomance
Set against the backdrop of an increasingly violent strike, a worker falls in love with the middle-class daughter of his landlady.
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