Pierre Étaix

Pierre Étaix

Pierre Étaix was a French comedian and filmmaker. Étaix made a series of short- and feature-length films, many of them co-written by influential screenwriter Jean-Claude Carrière. He won an Academy Award for best live-action short film in 1963.

  • Title: Pierre Étaix
  • Popularity: 1.351
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1928-11-23
  • Place of Birth: Roanne, Loire, France
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Pierre Étaix Movies

  • 1959
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    Pickpocket

    Pickpocket

    7.287 1959 HD

    Michel takes up pickpocketing on a lark and is arrested soon after. His mother dies shortly after his release, and despite the objections of his only...

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  • 1970
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    The Clowns

    The Clowns

    6.9 1970 HD

    Fellini exposes his great attraction for the clowns and the world of the circus first recalling a childhood experience when the circus arrives nearby...

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  • 1986
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    Max My Love

    Max My Love

    6.1 1986 HD

    The wife of a British diplomat in Paris takes a chimpanzee as her lover.

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  • 1962
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    The Suitor

    The Suitor

    6.4 1962 HD

    Absent-minded yet cultured, Pierre answers his parents demands to wed by ignoring both astronomy and the housemaid, instead falling head-over-heels...

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  • 2011
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    Chantrapas

    Chantrapas

    4 2011 HD

    A filmmaker finds creative freedom more elusive than he imagined in this ironic comedy-drama. Tired of the state-appointed producers and censorship...

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  • 2011
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    Le Havre

    Le Havre

    7 2011 HD

    In the French harbor city of Le Havre, fate throws young African refugee Idrissa into the path of Marcel Marx, a well-spoken bohemian who works as a...

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  • 1965
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    Yoyo

    Yoyo

    7 1965 HD

    The story follows the son of a millionaire from the 1920s to the 1960s. After losing his fortune in the stock-exchange crash, he teams up with an...

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  • 1966
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    As Long as You've Got Your Health

    As Long as You've Got Your Health

    6.1 1966 HD

    An anthology film consisting of four stories. (1) A man reads a Dracula novel while in bed, but cannot seem to tell the novel from reality, causing...

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  • 2011
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    Carrière, 250 Meters

    Carrière, 250 Meters

    10 2011 HD

    A portrait documentary tracing the inspiration, philosophy and imagination of the celebrated theatre and screen writer - and Bunuel's long term...

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  • 1971
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    Land of Milk and Honey

    Land of Milk and Honey

    5.9 1971 HD

    Pierre Etaix’s most radical film, and perhaps unsurprisingly the one that effectively ended his career in cinema, Land of Milk and Honey is a...

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  • 1969
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    Le Grand Amour

    Le Grand Amour

    6.7 1969 HD

    Pierre married Florence, the only daughter of a small industrialist. 15 years later, he is the boss, but his middle-class life worries him a lot....

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  • 1983
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    La Métamorphose

    La Métamorphose

    1 1983 HD

    A young man wakes up one day transformed into a giant insect.

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  • 1962
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    A Swelled Head

    A Swelled Head

    7 1962 HD

    A man inherits an old house in a very bad condition. With the help of a young mechanic, he begins to renovate this house.

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  • 1962
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    Happy Anniversary

    Happy Anniversary

    7.1 1962 HD

    Heureux Anniversaire is a 1962 French short comedy film directed by Pierre Étaix. While his wife impatiently waits and gets drunk, a husband...

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  • 1961
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    Rupture

    Rupture

    6.1 1961 HD

    A man receives a breakup letter from his sweetheart, who sends him back his photo, in pieces. The pained lover decides to reply. Fountain pen,...

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  • 1987
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    Docile Night

    Docile Night

    3 1987 HD

    Jean is a successful painter who leaves his mistress, though he stops intermittently to phone her with explanations. Sometimes she is responsive but...

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  • 1990
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    Bouvard et Pécuchet

    Bouvard et Pécuchet

    4.2 1990 HD

    Two retirees obsessed with their desire to know everything put their knowledge into practice in a constantly awkward way.

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  • 1987
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    L'âge de Monsieur est avancé

    L'âge de Monsieur est avancé

    5.7 1987 HD

    Only on the stage of an empty theater, an author and his wife clash: the scene and the life end up getting confused.

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  • 2006
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    Gardens in Autumn

    Gardens in Autumn

    5.7 2006 HD

    When he loses his position as a powerful government minister, Vincent is dropped by his pretty mistress and must begin life anew, without the...

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  • 1958
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    Mon Oncle

    Mon Oncle

    7.4 1958 HD

    Genial, bumbling Monsieur Hulot loves his top-floor apartment in a grimy corner of the city, and cannot fathom why his sister's family has moved to...

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  • 1966
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    Feeling Good

    Feeling Good

    6.2 1966 HD

    Short film by Pierre Etaix, edited out from Tant qu'on a la santé

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  • 2015
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    Winter Song

    Winter Song

    6.5 2015 HD

    Two old friends have urban adventures connected to the skull of an executed French aristocrat.

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  • 2009
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    Lucifer et moi

    Lucifer et moi

    1 2009 HD

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  • 2016
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    The Clown

    The Clown

    8 2016 HD

    A documentary directed by Eric Friedler about Jerry Lewis' never released movie "The Day The Clown Cried".

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  • 2011
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    Pierre Étaix, un destin animé

    Pierre Étaix, un destin animé

    5.7 2011 HD

    A documentary on the career of famed French clown and filmmaker Pierre Étaix.

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  • 1983
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    Doctor Lerne, Subgod

    Doctor Lerne, Subgod

    1 1983 HD

    A mad scientist, Dr. Lerne, performs organ transplants not only between humans and animals, but also with plants and even machines ...

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  • 1963
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    Insomnia

    Insomnia

    6 1963 HD

    French pantomimist Pierre Étaix plays an insomniac who makes the mistake of trying to read himself to sleep with a book about vampires.

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  • 2016
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    Jerry Lewis: The Man Behind the Clown

    Jerry Lewis: The Man Behind the Clown

    6.7 2016 HD

    Since the early days, Jerry Lewis—in the line of Chaplin, Keaton and Laurel—had the masses laughing with his visual gags, pantomime...

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  • 1982
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    On n'est pas sorti de l'auberge

    On n'est pas sorti de l'auberge

    4.6 1982 HD

    It's about a couple owning a small hotel who are trying to sell it.

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  • 1960
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    The Army Game

    The Army Game

    5.1 1960 HD

    Jean Lerat begins his military service at an army camp. Despite his aunt’s attempts to pull a few strings to his advantage, the unfortunate...

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  • 1975
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    Serious as Pleasure

    Serious as Pleasure

    3.6 1975 HD

    "In Serieux comme le plaisir, two men and a woman live quite happily together in a romantic liaison. The woman is probably wealthy anyway, so the...

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  • 1962
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    Le Pèlerinage

    Le Pèlerinage

    7 1962 HD

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  • 1967
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    The Thief of Paris

    The Thief of Paris

    6.7 1967 HD

    In Paris around 1900, a young man raised by his wealthy uncle plots revenge after his cousin is betrothed to a rich neighbor. He steals the...

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  • 2024
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    From Darkness to Light

    From Darkness to Light

    6 2024 HD

    Explores Jerry Lewis' unreleased 1972 film "The Day The Clown Cried," its mysterious disappearance, and the search for footage. Includes interviews...

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  • 1962
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    The Suitor

    The Suitor

    6.4 1962 HD

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  • 1962
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    The Suitor

    The Suitor

    6.4 1962 HD

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  • 1965
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    Yoyo

    Yoyo

    7 1965 HD

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  • 1965
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    Yoyo

    Yoyo

    7 1965 HD

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  • 1966
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    As Long as You've Got Your Health

    As Long as You've Got Your Health

    6.1 1966 HD

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  • 1971
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    Land of Milk and Honey

    Land of Milk and Honey

    5.9 1971 HD

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  • 1971
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    Land of Milk and Honey

    Land of Milk and Honey

    5.9 1971 HD

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  • 1969
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    Le Grand Amour

    Le Grand Amour

    6.7 1969 HD

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  • 1969
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    Le Grand Amour

    Le Grand Amour

    6.7 1969 HD

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  • 1962
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    Happy Anniversary

    Happy Anniversary

    7.1 1962 HD

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  • 1962
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    Happy Anniversary

    Happy Anniversary

    7.1 1962 HD

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  • 1966
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    Feeling Good

    Feeling Good

    6.2 1966 HD

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  • 1961
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    Rupture

    Rupture

    6.1 1961 HD

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  • 1961
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    Rupture

    Rupture

    6.1 1961 HD

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  • 1987
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    L'âge de Monsieur est avancé

    L'âge de Monsieur est avancé

    5.7 1987 HD

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  • 1987
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    L'âge de Monsieur est avancé

    L'âge de Monsieur est avancé

    5.7 1987 HD

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  • 1966
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    Feeling Good

    Feeling Good

    6.2 1966 HD

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  • 1988
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    The Nightmare of Méliès

    The Nightmare of Méliès

    5 1988 HD

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  • 1963
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    Insomnia

    Insomnia

    6 1963 HD

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  • 1963
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    Insomnia

    Insomnia

    6 1963 HD

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  • 1989
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    In the Footsteps of Monsieur Hulot

    In the Footsteps of Monsieur Hulot

    1 1989 HD

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  • 1989
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    J'écris dans l'espace

    J'écris dans l'espace

    5.5 1989 HD

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  • 1989
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    J'écris dans l'espace

    J'écris dans l'espace

    5.5 1989 HD

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  • 1958
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    Mon Oncle

    Mon Oncle

    7.4 1958 HD

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  • 1966
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    As Long as You've Got Your Health

    As Long as You've Got Your Health

    6.1 1966 HD

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  • 2003
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    Un film et son époque

    Un film et son époque

    10 2003 HD

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  • 1972
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    Le Grand Échiquier

    Le Grand Échiquier

    8 1972 HD

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  • 1975
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    Numéro un

    Numéro un

    6 1975 HD

    A French variety show.

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  • 1975
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    Système 2

    Système 2

    1 1975 HD

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  • 1956
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    Cinépanorama

    Cinépanorama

    8 1956 HD

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