Paul Préboist

The Troubles of Alfred

Comedy

Release Date and Country: 1972, France

Director: Pierre Richard

Cast: Pierre Richard, Anny Duperey, Jean Carmet...

Movie or TV Series Plot: Alfred Dhumonttye is young and extremely unlucky architect whose building have the tendency to collapse. One day fed up by his failure he decides to kill himself by jumping in a canal in Paris. By a m...

Delusions of Grandeur

Comedy

Release Date and Country: 1971, France, Italy, Spain

Director: Gérard Oury

Cast: Louis de Funes, Yves Montand, Karin Schubert...

Movie or TV Series Plot: Don Salluste is minister of finance for the Spanish crown. Greedy and vain, he uses his function to increase his fortune. Naturally he is despised by the whole population. However, as the Queen accuse...

The Daydreamer

Comedy

Release Date and Country: 1970, France

Director: Pierre Richard

Cast: Pierre Richard, Marie-Christine Barrault, Maria Pacôme...

Movie or TV Series Plot: Pierre Malaquet is a little bit confused marketing genius. ...

The Restaurant

Comedy

Release Date and Country: 1966, France

Director: Jacques Besnard

Cast: Louis de Funes, Bernard Blier, María-Rosa Rodriguez...

Movie or TV Series Plot: The Grand Restaurant is the most famous and expensive establishment in all of Paris, run with a firm hand by Mr. Septim. It's not only high officials and ministers who come here. But when the presiden...

The Big Runaround

Comedy/War

Release Date and Country: 1966, France

Director: Gérard Oury

Cast: Louis de Funes, Claudio Brook, Andréa Parisy...

Movie or TV Series Plot: A plane full of British airmen accidentally gets over occupied Paris and is shot down. Each of them then asks a civilian for help. So a room painter, an opera conductor, a beautiful blonde and a brave...

Up to His Ears

Comedy/Adventure

Release Date and Country: 1965, France, Italy

Director: Philippe de Broca

Cast: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Ursula Andress, Valérie Lagrange...

Movie or TV Series Plot: If you think that being a multimillionaire is a lot of fun, then young Arthur Lempereur is the one to fool you. He's bored out of his mind, literally: he's attempted seven suicides, and even the last ...

Weekend at Dunkirk

War/Drama

Release Date and Country: 1964, France

Director: Henri Verneuil

Cast: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Catherine Spaak, Jean-Pierre Marielle...

Movie or TV Series Plot: In early June 1940, German troops at Dunkirk pushed the Allies to the sea coast. Here, soldiers have to wait under constant fire and air raids until a massive evacuation involving civilian vessels. Th...

Cartouche

Adventure/Comedy

Release Date and Country: 1962, France

Director: Philippe de Broca

Cast: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Claudia Cardinale, Jess Hahn...

Movie or TV Series Plot: Cartouche (Cartrige in French) is a big heated thief living in Paris during the 18th century. As his enemies forces him to leave the capital, he enrolls in the army where he meets La Taupe (The Mole) ...