Jean Poiret
Jean Poiret, born Jean Poiré, (17 August 1926 – 14 March 1992) was a French actor, director, and screenwriter. He is primarily known as the author of the original play La Cage Aux Folles. Jean Poiret was born in Paris, France, where he died of a heart attack in 1992. He is buried at the Cimetière du Montparnasse in Paris.
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| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 10.514 |
| Birthday | 1926-08-17 |
| Place of Birth | Paris, France |
| Also Known As | Jean Poiré, |
1980
The Last Metro
7.2/466
In occupied Paris, an actress married to a Jewish theater owner must keep him hidden from the Nazis while doing both of their jobs.
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The Last Metro
1979
The Other One's Mug
5.578/32
Martial Perrin is the president of a right-wing political party which is gearing itself up for a forthcoming election. When he learns that a notorious...
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The Other One's Mug
1962
The Dance
1/1
The Dance is a 1962 French comedy film directed by Norbert Carbonnaux and starring Jean-Pierre Cassel, Françoise Dorléac and Arletty. The film is base...
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The Dance
1985
Cop au Vin
6.2/85
Unorthodox detective Jean Lavardin is called to a provincial French town after a prank turns deadly.
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Cop au Vin
1963
Thank Heaven for Small Favors
6.529/69
Bad financial conditions compel an aristocratic family to do strange work.
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Thank Heaven for Small Favors
1991
Sisi/Last Minute
3/1
The immature young ruler of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Franz Joseph, was extremely shy around women but (according to this film) was constantly bein...
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Sisi/Last Minute
1970
Atlantic Wall
6.294/90
1944. Léon Duchemin owns a restaurant with his sister. His clients are Germans, Résistance et black marketeers. Léon unwillingly joins the Résistance...
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Atlantic Wall
1986
Inspector Lavardin
6.2/65
Inspector Lavardin is called to a provincial village to investigate a murder – only to find that one of his ex-lovers is the victim’s widow.
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Inspector Lavardin
1959
Oh! What a Mambo
5.5/2
Miguel foils a bank robbery and becomes a successful nightclub singer, but he doesn't know that his wife is being courted by an Italian fitness instru...
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Oh! What a Mambo
1986
I Hate Actors
5.4/13
A Hollywood studio is producing another spectacular when the top billed male stars suddenly show up as corpses, killed before the critics could ever p...
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I Hate Actors
1987
Miracle Healing
5.3/32
Faking an injury for insurance money, a peddler seeks out a cure to support his claims while a suspicious investigator tries to expose the scam.
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Miracle Healing
1963
The Virgins
4.6/7
The story of five girls that lose their virginity.
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The Virgins
1988
The Seasons of Pleasure
4.5/17
Charles and Emmanuelle organize as every year, the congress of perfumers who distribute their products in their castle. Garibaldi, their mutilated and...
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The Seasons of Pleasure
1956
That Naughty Girl
6.176/17
Nightclub entertainer Jean Clery discovers too late that the 'baby' he agreed to take care of is a wild, shapely sex kitten.
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That Naughty Girl
1984
The Seventh Target
5.8/38
Bastien Grimaldy, a man driven to heightened anxiety as the plot against him begins to take effect. Bastien's personal relationships give him enough c...
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The Seventh Target
1967
The Men in the Family
5.2/14
Gabriel Pelletier, sales manager for a major industrial firm, would be the happiest of men if he didn't have a family of rare originality. The day Gab...
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The Men in the Family
1956
Murderers and Thieves
6.2/13
A man becomes the lover of his former persecutor's wife.
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Murderers and Thieves
1982
Will the High Salaried Workers Raise Their Hands!
5.5/38
The cynical boss of a big insurance agency invites his top-salary employees to spend a week-end in his country house. A modest clerical worker, also i...
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Will the High Salaried Workers Raise Their Hands!
1966
Your Money or Your Life
5.8/12
Pétepan learns that his money has been lost by Robinhoude brothers.He asks his assistants to withdraw his amount from the bank.
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Your Money or Your Life
1964
The Big Scare
5.958/36
Two police inspectors pursue a dangerous counterfeiter on the run.
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The Big Scare
1960
Love and the Frenchwoman
4.9/10
The seven stages in the life of the modern Frenchwomen are disclosed by seven directors in a witty way: 1 - Childhood, 2 - Adolescence, 3 - Virginity,...
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Love and the Frenchwoman
1962
It's Not My Business
4/2
A small-scale cabaret troupe is touring the provinces. One afternoon while canoeing, Monique Darzel, one of the troupe's singers, spots an angler whos...
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It's Not My Business
1962
The Four Truths
3.6/10
"Les quatre vérités" aka "The Four Truths" is a movie anthology that consists of four segments, all loosely parodying fables from the 17th-century Fre...
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The Four Truths
1985
Liberté, égalité, choucroute
5.9/12
A parody of the French Revolution, on Arabian Nights background. Bagdad Calif is in Paris in 1789, where he decides to visit the Executionner equipmen...
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Liberté, égalité, choucroute
1979
L'Hôtel du libre échange
0/0
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L'Hôtel du libre échange
1959
You Have Nothing to Declare?
5.8/4
Married against her will to the Comte de Trivelin, Paulette Dupont shares her anxieties with her childhood friend Labaule. Warned too late to prevent...
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You Have Nothing to Declare?
1979
Emmenez-moi au théâtre: Le canard à l'orange
0/0
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Emmenez-moi au théâtre: Le canard à l'orange
1992
Sup de fric
5.6/4
Two business students hatch a perfect plan: buy their own school.
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Sup de fric
1967
Pour avoir Adrienne
4.5/2
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Pour avoir Adrienne
1962
How to Succeed in Love
2.5/2
Bernard, a young, serious publisher of religious books, finds himself embroiled in amusing and eventful adventures with Sophie, a wacky twist dancer....
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How to Succeed in Love
1961
Auguste
1/1
Auguste is about an eponymous bank clerk who finds fame and fortune. Auguste happens to be in the right place at the right time to save young starlet...
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Auguste
1960
Candide or The Optimism in the 20th Century
6.1/12
Charming and innocent, Candide is vigorously chased away by the Baron, for his close encounters with the pretty Cunégonde. World War II breaks out, an...
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Candide or The Optimism in the 20th Century
1965
Under Your Hat
3.6/5
An illegal gambling den where players can lose millions... and the owners make their fortune.
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Under Your Hat
1959
The Bureaucrats
5.5/3
The gifts and bequests department is particularly eccentric, including Lahrier, a fervent absentee and songwriter in his spare time.
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The Bureaucrats
1970
Ces messieurs de la gâchette
3.3/5
Gabriel Pelletier's life is no bed of roses. Not because of his job: he is a successful sales manager. But on account of the various wrongdoings commi...
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Ces messieurs de la gâchette
1953
The Three Musketeers
6.333/36
The umpteenth adaptation of Dumas' novel finds d'Artagnan and his friends promoting the love affairs of Anne of Austria and the Duke of Buckingham, in...
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The Three Musketeers
1967
The Great Gadget
3.2/4
A scientist from the East happens in France where it is supposed to improve one of his inventions. But it is much more interested in the fact to enjoy...
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The Great Gadget
1991
Rumeurs
4/1
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Rumeurs
1988
Une nuit à l'Assemblée Nationale
3.6/5
The leader of a nudist camp enlists the help of left-wing militant when he mistakenly believes he should receive the Legion of Honor.
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Une nuit à l'Assemblée Nationale
1988
La Petite Amie
2.8/6
Martin Morel wants to spend Sylvester with both his wife and family and his girlfriend Agnes. So he asks his clumsy friend Bertin to pretend she'd be...
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La Petite Amie
1959
Nina
3/1
A husband plans to shoot the man having an affair with his wife, but both come to realise their desire to escape the tyrannical woman in their lives.
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Nina
1957
Adorables démons
2/1
Annibal Onnis, a good man and major laundry manufacturer, has his wife's necklace stolen by a young starlet, Regina Rex, who has tried to seduce him....
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Adorables démons
1971
Qu'est-ce qui fait courir les crocodiles ?
4/1
To replace Hector Grofenol, the tyrannical boss of the "Tout pour le camping" factory, who has been put out of action, a group of employees call on hi...
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Qu'est-ce qui fait courir les crocodiles ?
1963
The Blockhead Fair
7/2
On prize-giving day, a few dunces recall various incidents that marked their school year.
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The Blockhead Fair
1964
Jaloux comme un tigre
2/2
Henri has a beautiful wife, Sophie. Unfortunately, suffering from an unhealthy jealousy, he spends much of his time watching his wife's every move, an...
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Jaloux comme un tigre
1967
La Parisienne
5.5/1
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La Parisienne
1961
On purge bébé
8/1
Mr. Follavoine plans to supply the French army with chamber pots. In preparation for this lucrative contract, he invites a doctor from the Ministry of...
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On purge bébé
1965
Les baratineurs
4/2
A precious work of art from the Italian Renaissance is stolen and passes through many hands before ending up in the shed of the farmhouse of Mr. and M...
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Les baratineurs
1957
The Innocent with Forty Children
5/3
Jean-François Robignac, a teacher, arrives at a provincial college to teach literature to ninth-graders. He quickly wins over the children with his yo...
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The Innocent with Forty Children
1956
The Terror with Women
0/0
Aimé Morin, a good-natured bookseller, is also one of the candidates in the local elections of his small town. He is well-liked by most but he also ha...
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The Terror with Women
1990
The Elegant Criminal
5.2/8
On 9 January 1836, Pierre Lacenaire goes to the guillotine, a murderer and a thief. He gives Allard, a police inspector, his life story, written while...
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The Elegant Criminal
1961
My Wife Is a Panther
1/1
During an evening in a bar, Roger, a friendly cognac salesman and connoisseur, overhears a telephone conversation that intrigues him, then worries him...
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My Wife Is a Panther
2009
Comiques de toujours (Vol. 1 à 4)
0/0
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Comiques de toujours (Vol. 1 à 4)
1963
Teuf-teuf
0/0
An automobile tribute
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Teuf-teuf
1962
Tales of Paris
5.1/7
A film made up of four sketches. In Marc Allégret's Sophie, a naive high-school girl invents a love affair with her mother's lover. But it's a guitari...
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Tales of Paris
1973
La Cage aux folles
0/0
La Cage aux Folles "The Cage of Madwomen") is a 1973 French farce by Jean Poiret centring on confusion that ensues when Laurent, the son of a Saint Tr...
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La Cage aux folles
1958
Clara and the Villains
5/1
A rich kid, the daughter of an oil tycoon, lives a life of luxury. Bad guys kidnap the heiress.
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Clara and the Villains
1953
Le Gang des pianos à bretelles
1/1
An accordionist playing in disreputable halls is mistaken for a gangster by a special envoy from the American crime syndicate in charge of investigati...
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Le Gang des pianos à bretelles
1954
What the East Wind Saw
3.5/2
Clarisse cheats on her husband with a vain insurance agent. Zamore, the cuckold (and a magician) wouldn't let his wife be stolen so easily. Poiret and...
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What the East Wind Saw
1956
Life is beautiful
4.5/2
Paris, 1956. Everything is going smoothly for Roger, married to Denise, and Paul, married to Monique, until the day they win a house in a radio contes...
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Life is beautiful
1956
Mon bébé
6.5/2
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Mon bébé
1964
Hard Boiled Ones
3.5/2
A playwright has to murder if he does not want to be murdered.
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Hard Boiled Ones
1969
Three Men on a Horse
1/1
A man has found a way to win any bet he places on a horse. However, he himself must never be the person to place the bet.
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Three Men on a Horse
1959
La Malle volante
0/0
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La Malle volante
2023
Merci Zaza - La folle histoire de la Cage aux Folles
9.5/2
A look back at "La Cage aux Folles", which ran non-stop for five years, from February 1973, on the stage of the Théâtre du Palais Royal in Paris. At a...
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Merci Zaza - La folle histoire de la Cage aux Folles
1968
La Coquine
8/1
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La Coquine
1957
L'Habit vert
0/0
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L'Habit vert
1968
The Big Wash
6.027/37
Sickened to see his students always sleeping in class, a teacher with a colleague and an anarchist start a war against the television. They climbed on...
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The Big Wash
1965
The Real Bargain
1/1
The eccentric Comtesse de Saint-Plâs sells a black Citroën DS to car dealer Paul Souflé. He sells it to the young mathematics teacher Jacques Denzac w...
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The Real Bargain
1965
Le petit monstre
0/0
Robert's peaceful existence as a manufacturer of beauty creams is suddenly disrupted by the arrival of little Zizi, whose upbringing is entrusted to h...
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Le petit monstre
1969
Aux frais de la princesse
1/1
The Eloi family, who have just won the "model family" competition, set off for winter sports. Also on the trip are Aunt Gabrielle and Dagobert, the vi...
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Aux frais de la princesse
1959
L'anglais tel qu'on le parle
0/0
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