Richard Pottier

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Richard Pottier

Born June 6, 1906 · Graz, Austria-Hungary [now Austria]

Died November 2, 1994 · aged 88

Richard Pottier (6 June 1906, in Graz – 2 November 1994, in Le Plessis-Bouchard) was an Austrian-born French film director.He was born in the Austro-Hungarian Empire as Ernst Deutsch. Pottier, born in 1906 in Budapest, began his career as Sternberg's assistant. His debut as a director coincided with the coming of the talkies. He broached many genres along his long career: plenty of comedies ("Si …

Known For

The Rebels of LomanachThe Rebels of Lomanach · 1954
The Rebels of Lomanach
★ 5.61954
MovieHistoryAdventure
A young woman has a perilous affair with a General from the opposing side during the Revolutionary war.
Romulus and the SabinesRomulus and the Sabines · 1961
Romulus and the Sabines
★ 5.31961
MovieAdventure
The classic story from the early days of Rome where there are no women. Romulus, the founder of Rome, finds women to be wives from Sabina where there are a lot of women. The Sabine men, of course, attack Rome to get their wives and daughters back.
Dear CarolineDear Caroline · 1951
Dear Caroline
★ 5.51951
MovieComedy
France, July 1782. During her birthday, the beautiful young Marchioness Caroline meets the attractive soldier Gaston. It's love at first sight but Gaston does not wish to make a commitment because a military career waits for him. Caroline marries then a politician but the French Revolution bursts and Caroline has to run away to escape the guillotine. By running away she meets Gaston again who decides to help her.
David and GoliathDavid and Goliath · 1960
David and Goliath
★ 3.71960
MovieDramaAction
When the Philistines attack, the Israelites are hopeless against the fierce giant Goliath and don't know what to do. King Saul takes the advice of the prophets and sends an adolescent shepherd, David, into battle to conquer the oversized Philistine. David is victorious and becomes the King of Israel.
Imperial VioletsImperial Violets · 1952
Imperial Violets
★ 5.71952
MovieComedyDrama
Violeta, an Andalusian gypsy, foretells a lady she will become empress. The lady is Eugenia de Montijo, and when she marries emperor Luis Napoleón of France she takes the young girl with her. The empress'cousin readily makes her his focus of attention, then she discovers a criminal attempt against the empress.
The Secrets of the Red SeaThe Secrets of the Red Sea · 1937
The Secrets of the Red Sea
★ 10.01937
Movie
Said Ali, an old and sick noble Arab, living on an island in the Red Sea, has no other occupation than collecting pearls. The spiteful Nadir tries to take possession of the treasure, he kills Said Aly but finds a terrible death by desecrating his tomb.
Three Feet in a BedThree Feet in a Bed · 1950
Three Feet in a Bed
★ 6.21950
MovieComedy
In spite of his failures as a peddler, Casimir guaranteed his fiance that this time the vacuum cleaners will work for good. But he's still unsuccessful until he go to the appartment of Paul-Andre, a painter who was engaged by correspondence to a rich south-American woman. That's exactly when she arrive armed with a gun infuriated after she had received a rupture letter from the man she had never seen. She mistakenly took Casimir as her painter lover. Casimir his ready to flee until he learned she owned many hotels, a thousand rooms in fact. "A thousand rooms, a thousand vacuum cleaners", he suddenly think.
Majestic Hotel CellarsMajestic Hotel Cellars · 1945
Majestic Hotel Cellars
★ 5.31945
MovieCrimeDrama
Maigret is called to the high-class Hotel Majestic to investigate a body. The wife of a wealthy American has been killed - but to Maigret's surprise she has a gun in her purse. He begins to follow up the handful of clues that could explain her secret life and her demise.

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