Max Desrau

Max Desrau

Birth : 1918-03-21, Rouen, Seine-Maritime, France

Death : 2001-09-29

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Max Desrau

Movies

Pétain
Huntzinger
During second world war,Philippe Pétain gets absolute powers.The war ends with the arrival of allied forces by Petainism has not been put on trial.
La Pomme
Le vieux monsieur
The Executioner of Hearts
Le père
While filming on location in Tahiti, a small-time actor seizes an opportunity to make it big, but the attention may be more than he bargained for.
Je l'aimais trop
Le médecin
For a Cop's Hide
Le capitaine Melis-Sanz
Victim of manipulation, Cop Choucas is wanted for two murders and searched for by every cop in town.
Am Stram Gram
Le monsieur du premier acte
The Magnificent One
A writer of pulp fiction imagines himself as the dashing hero and his English neighbor as his love interest.
Le Médecin malgré lui
Thibaut
The Novice Lovers
Le médecin
The One Man Band
Un automobiliste au feu rouge
Evan Evans, the director of a ballet troupe, is rehearsing his next show in Monaco, in preparation for a worldwide tour. When one member of his troupe leaves to get married, Evans imposes a regime of strict discipline on his remaining dancers. The latter get their revenge by presenting Evans’ nephew Philippe, the only male member of the group, with a baby and a note claiming he is the father…
Last Known Address
Thouin (uncredited)
Marceau Léonetti, a competent and energetic officer stops by chance the son of an influential lawyer driving under the influence of alcohol. A few months later, the lawyer falsely accuses Léonetti as being violent and incompetent. As a result Marceau is transferred to a small police station, where he meets young and beautiful Jeanne. Soon they are faced with a tough investigation.
Deux Romains en Gaule
Le cuisinier
This film is directly inspired by Asterix, created by René Goscinny and Albert UDERZO, chronicles the adventures of a little boy, Antoine, entered the world of antiquity by studying its history lesson and two Romans, and TICKETBUS PROSPECTUS, who prefer to leave their life of legionnaires and discover the lifestyle of Gaulois.Antoine meeting Asterix cartoon form, which explains certain peculiarities of life in Lutetia.
Huckleberry Finn
The mute
A TV movie about Huckleberry Finn, directed by Marcel Cravenne and released in France back in 1967.
Les enquiquineurs
La Bonne Planque
Legrand, the radio reporter
Rob the Bank
Un client de la banque (uncredited)
Shopkeeper Victor Garnier has naively invested his family's life savings in an African mine, on his banker's recommendation. When the mine is nationalized, rendering the stock worthless, he considers himself shamelessly robbed by the bank; it seems only fair to him to return the 'favor' and rob the bank, teaming up with the whole family as they were all duped. Even for professionals such an enterprise -he decides to dig a tunnel- is quite demanding, but for simple commoners it's daunting, as they also have their personal downsides; thus Victor's wife has a most unwelcome tendency to blurt out the truth, even to the grumpy local copper: a crazy risk when you need to keep a criminal plan secret.
Mata Hari, Agent H21
Un spectateur à l'Alcazar (uncredited)
This French version of the notorious spy's life centers less on her romantic escapades, and more on those that reveal the person she actually was during WW I when her German superiors ordered her to seduce the French captain Trintignant so she can steal classified papers from him. Instead she falls in love with him, blows the cover, and ends up convicted of espionage and shot. (AllMovie)
Thank Heaven for Small Favors
Clergyman at statue Ste-Cécile
Bad financial conditions compel an aristocratic family to do strange work.
Zazie dans le Métro
Permanent
A brash and precocious ten-year-old comes to Paris for a whirlwind weekend with her rakish uncle. He and the viewer get more than they bargained for, however, in this anarchic comedy that rides roughshod over the City of Light. Based on a popular novel by Raymond Queneau that had been considered unadaptable, the audacious Zazie dans le Métro, made with flair on the cusp of the French New Wave, is a bit of stream-of-consciousness slapstick, wall-to-wall with visual gags, editing tricks, and effects.
Life is beautiful
Le voisin de campagne
The Sheep Has Five Legs
Le nouveau patron des pompes funèbres
A publicity-minded French mayor reunites quintuplets and their earthy father, all six played by Fernandel.
Wonderful Mentality
Honoré, a valet, has an extremely logical mind and is unable to tell a lie. This comes in very fortunate for the family he works for.