Édouard Molinaro
Édouard Molinaro (born May 13, 1928 in Bordeaux , † December 7, 2013 in Paris ) was a French director and screenwriter .
Life
Molinaro made his first film Les Alchimistes in 1957. He was best known for his comedies with Louis de Funès ( Oscar , Uncle Paul, the great plum ) and the historical comedy The Man in the Red Skirt (1969, with Jacques Brel and Claude Jade ). He dedicated the film to his wife Pierrette, a pilot, who was killed in a plane crash while filming. In the 1970s the men Dracula (1976, with Christopher Lee ) and the farce Die Filzlaus (1973, with Jacques Brel and Lino Ventura ) followed. The comedy specialist's best-known film is the travesty and gay comedy A Cage Full of Fools (1978, with Michel Serrault and Ugo Tognazzi ).
Molinaro was active as a director until the end, but shot almost exclusively for television .
Filmography (selection)
- 1957: Les Alchimistes
- 1958: With your back to the wall (Le Dos au mur)
- 1959: Blonde freight and black devils (Des femmes disparaissent)
- 1962: Stealing also needs to be learned (Arsène Lupine contre Arsène Lupine)
- 1964: The Hunt for Men (La Chasse à l'homme)
- 1967: Oscar
- 1969: The Man in the Red Skirt (Mon oncle Benjamin)
- 1969: Uncle Paul, the great plum (Hibernatus)
- 1971: Affectionate wishes (Les Aveux les plus doux)
- 1973: The felt louse (L'Emmerdeur)
- 1975: The kitten (Le Téléphone rose)
- 1976: The Lords Dracula (Dracula père et fils)
- 1977: The antique hunter (L'Homme pressé)
- 1978: A cage full of fools (La Cage aux folles)
- 1979: Impatience of the Heart (La Pitié dangereuse) - TV film
- 1980: Another cage full of fools (La Cage aux folles 2)
- 1980: Sunday Lovers
- 1982: You can me (Pour 100 briques, t'as plus rien!)
- 1985: The Lady from the Palace Hotel (Palace)
- 1985: The Filou (L'Amour en douce)
- 1988: Intoxication of Metamorphosis (L'Ivresse de la métamorphose) - TV film
- 1988: The Mondscheingasse (La Ruelle au clair de lune) - TV film
- 1988: The tall blonde on free feet (À gauche en sortant de l'ascenseur)
- 1991: The fate of the Baron von Leisenbohg ( L'amour maudit de Leisenbohg ) - TV film
- 1996: Beaumarchais - The Insolent (Beaumarchais, l'insolent)
Web links
- Édouard Molinaro in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Édouard Molinaro at cinema-francais (with picture)
- Obituary for Édouard Molinaro in Der Spiegel
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Molinaro, Édouard |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French director and screenwriter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 13, 1928 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bordeaux |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 7, 2013 |
| Place of death | Paris |