Pierre Semmler

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The Big Blue (1988)

Two men answer the call of the ocean in this romantic fantasy-adventure. Jacques and Enzo are a pair of friends who have been close since childhood, and who share a passion for the dangerous sport of free diving. Professional diver Jacques opted to follow in the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Luc Besson
CAST:  Jean-Marc Barr  •  Jean Reno  •  Rosanna Arquette  •  Paul Shenar

Two men answer the call of the ocean in this romantic fantasy-adventure. Jacques and Enzo are a pair of friends who have been close since childhood, and who share a passion for the dangerous sport of free diving. Professional diver Jacques opted to follow in the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Luc Besson
CAST:  Jean-Marc Barr  •  Jean Reno  •  Rosanna Arquette  •  Paul Shenar

The Blood of Others (1984)

In the German-occupied Paris, Helene is torn between the love for her boyfriend Jean, working for the resistance and the German administrator Bergmann, who will do anything to gain her affection.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Claude Chabrol
CAST:  Jodie Foster  •  Michael Ontkean  •  Sam Neill  •  Lambert Wilson

In the German-occupied Paris, Helene is torn between the love for her boyfriend Jean, working for the resistance and the German administrator Bergmann, who will do anything to gain her affection.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Claude Chabrol
CAST:  Jodie Foster  •  Michael Ontkean  •  Sam Neill  •  Lambert Wilson

Hard Off (1999)

This French romantic comedy-drama concerns Claude Langmann, a middle-aged auctioneer, who is in a loving marriage with his second wife of 15 years. Though he is deeply in love with his wife and has remained faithful to her, he finds himself unable to perform in bed ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Claude Berri
CAST:  Claude Berri  •  Fanny Ardant  •  Claude Brasseur  •  Alain Chabat

This French romantic comedy-drama concerns Claude Langmann, a middle-aged auctioneer, who is in a loving marriage with his second wife of 15 years. Though he is deeply in love with his wife and has remained faithful to her, he finds himself unable to perform in bed ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Claude Berri
CAST:  Claude Berri  •  Fanny Ardant  •  Claude Brasseur  •  Alain Chabat

The Vultures (1984)

April 5, 1943: a battalion of the Foreign Legion arrives in El Ksour, Tunisia, to escort a fortune in gold bars to the home front. A German ambush awaits, and all but four die. Thanks to the street smarts of Sergeant Augagneur, the Legionnaires successfully counter ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Henri Verneuil
CAST:  Jean-Paul Belmondo  •  Michel Constantin  •  Jacques Villeret  •  Michel Creton

April 5, 1943: a battalion of the Foreign Legion arrives in El Ksour, Tunisia, to escort a fortune in gold bars to the home front. A German ambush awaits, and all but four die. Thanks to the street smarts of Sergeant Augagneur, the Legionnaires successfully counter ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Henri Verneuil
CAST:  Jean-Paul Belmondo  •  Michel Constantin  •  Jacques Villeret  •  Michel Creton

The Hunt for the Hidden Relic (2002)

STEFFEN VOGT, aged around 25, is helping out at a German archeological excavation in Israel when he finds a 2,000-year-old skeleton holding the instructions for a video camera dating from the year 2003. The bones also show traces of the present day. His theory of a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sebastian Niemann
CAST:  Matthias Koeberlin  •  Naike Rivelli  •  Manou Lubowski  •  Frank Scharl

STEFFEN VOGT, aged around 25, is helping out at a German archeological excavation in Israel when he finds a 2,000-year-old skeleton holding the instructions for a video camera dating from the year 2003. The bones also show traces of the present day. His theory of a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sebastian Niemann
CAST:  Matthias Koeberlin  •  Naike Rivelli  •  Manou Lubowski  •  Frank Scharl

Cargo (2009)

The story of CARGO takes place on rusty space-freighter KASSANDRA on its way to Station 42. The young medic LAURA is the only one awake on board while the rest of the crew lies frozen in hibernation sleep. In 4 months will Laura's shift be over.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ivan Engler  •  Ralph Etter
CAST:  Martin Rapold  •  Anna-Katharina Schwabroh  •  Regula Grauwiller  •  Yangzom Brauen

The story of CARGO takes place on rusty space-freighter KASSANDRA on its way to Station 42. The young medic LAURA is the only one awake on board while the rest of the crew lies frozen in hibernation sleep. In 4 months will Laura's shift be over.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ivan Engler  •  Ralph Etter
CAST:  Martin Rapold  •  Anna-Katharina Schwabroh  •  Regula Grauwiller  •  Yangzom Brauen

The Hostage Tower (1980)

A flamboyant master criminal and several specialists stage an audacious scheme to capture the Eiffel Tower and hold as hostage one of its visitors, the U.S. President's mother, while the head of a UN security force tries to stop them.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Claudio Guzmán
CAST:  Peter Fonda  •  Maud Adams  •  Billy Dee Williams  •  Keir Dullea

A flamboyant master criminal and several specialists stage an audacious scheme to capture the Eiffel Tower and hold as hostage one of its visitors, the U.S. President's mother, while the head of a UN security force tries to stop them.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Claudio Guzmán
CAST:  Peter Fonda  •  Maud Adams  •  Billy Dee Williams  •  Keir Dullea

Going and Coming Back (1985)

Salomé Lerner just finished writing an autobiography. She goes to a TV show called "Apostrophes", hosted by French TV showman Bernard Pivot. Pivot then imagines a film that could be created from her gripping story. A film entirely made of music because after seeing ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Claude Lelouch
CAST:  Annie Girardot  •  Jean-Louis Trintignant  •  Françoise Fabian  •  Erik Berchot

Salomé Lerner just finished writing an autobiography. She goes to a TV show called "Apostrophes", hosted by French TV showman Bernard Pivot. Pivot then imagines a film that could be created from her gripping story. A film entirely made of music because after seeing ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Claude Lelouch
CAST:  Annie Girardot  •  Jean-Louis Trintignant  •  Françoise Fabian  •  Erik Berchot

La Tour Montparnasse Infernale (2001)

Eric and Ramzy are working as window washers at the Montparnasse skyscraper in Paris. Thinking that he has a date set up with beautiful executive Marie-Joelle (who in reality hates his guts), Ramzy stays at work late while Eric hangs around with him. As a result, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Charles Nemes
CAST:  Eric Judor  •  Ramzy Bedia  •  Marina Foïs  •  Serge Riaboukine

Eric and Ramzy are working as window washers at the Montparnasse skyscraper in Paris. Thinking that he has a date set up with beautiful executive Marie-Joelle (who in reality hates his guts), Ramzy stays at work late while Eric hangs around with him. As a result, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Charles Nemes
CAST:  Eric Judor  •  Ramzy Bedia  •  Marina Foïs  •  Serge Riaboukine

Ace of Aces (1982)

In this action comedy the French boxer Jo Cavalier is charmed on the train to Berlin for the Olympics in Hitler's Germany by the little boy Simon Rosenblum who asks his autograph; when it turns out his adorable young fan is a Jewish orphan in danger of persecution, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gérard Oury
CAST:  Jean-Paul Belmondo  •  Marie-France Pisier  •  Rachid Ferrache  •  Frank Hoffmann

In this action comedy the French boxer Jo Cavalier is charmed on the train to Berlin for the Olympics in Hitler's Germany by the little boy Simon Rosenblum who asks his autograph; when it turns out his adorable young fan is a Jewish orphan in danger of persecution, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gérard Oury
CAST:  Jean-Paul Belmondo  •  Marie-France Pisier  •  Rachid Ferrache  •  Frank Hoffmann

A Simple Story (1978)

Marie is pregnant, but her relationship with her partner Serge is at an end. She decides to abort the child, and then separates from Serge. After a short while she regains contact with her ex-husband, her affection for each other rekindles and Marie decides to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Claude Sautet
CAST:  Romy Schneider  •  Bruno Cremer  •  Claude Brasseur  •  Arlette Bonnard

Marie is pregnant, but her relationship with her partner Serge is at an end. She decides to abort the child, and then separates from Serge. After a short while she regains contact with her ex-husband, her affection for each other rekindles and Marie decides to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Claude Sautet
CAST:  Romy Schneider  •  Bruno Cremer  •  Claude Brasseur  •  Arlette Bonnard

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DIRECTION:  Michael Steiner
CAST:  Sabina Schneebeli  •  Jonathan Kinsler  •  Stefan Gubser  •  Noemi Steuer

Vera Brühne (2001)

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DIRECTION:  Hark Bohm
CAST:  Corinna Harfouch  •  Uwe Ochsenknecht  •  Ulrich Noethen  •  Hans-Werner Meyer

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DIRECTION:  Hark Bohm
CAST:  Corinna Harfouch  •  Uwe Ochsenknecht  •  Ulrich Noethen  •  Hans-Werner Meyer

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DIRECTION:  Joe Coppoletta
CAST:  Frank Stieren  •  Alexandra Maria Lara  •  Anja Freese  •  Herbert Fritsch

Plus beau que moi tu meurs (1982)

Un séducteur à l'accent italien tente d'échapper à la police qui le poursuit pour un crime qu'il n'a pas commis.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Philippe Clair
CAST:  Aldo Maccione  •  Philippe Clair  •  Raymond Pellegrin  •  Philippe Castelli

Un séducteur à l'accent italien tente d'échapper à la police qui le poursuit pour un crime qu'il n'a pas commis.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Philippe Clair
CAST:  Aldo Maccione  •  Philippe Clair  •  Raymond Pellegrin  •  Philippe Castelli

Stray Bullets (1983)

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DIRECTION:  Jean-Louis Comolli
CAST:  Andréa Ferréol  •  Serge Valletti  •  Maria Schneider  •  Capucine

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DIRECTION:  Jean-Louis Comolli
CAST:  Andréa Ferréol  •  Serge Valletti  •  Maria Schneider  •  Capucine

Le caviar rouge (1986)

Russian spy boss in Geneva spends a night interrogating two spies to see who is a traitor.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Hossein
CAST:  Robert Hossein  •  Candice Patou  •  Ivan Desny  •  Maurice Aufair

Russian spy boss in Geneva spends a night interrogating two spies to see who is a traitor.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Hossein
CAST:  Robert Hossein  •  Candice Patou  •  Ivan Desny  •  Maurice Aufair

The Unsewing Machine (1986)

The insane Doctor Enger is obsessed with his plan to build a hospital to cure blind children, and goes on a killing and kidnapping spree with the police in pursuit.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean-Pierre Mocky
CAST:  Jean-Pierre Mocky  •  Patricia Barzyk  •  Françoise Michaud  •  Pierre Semmler

The insane Doctor Enger is obsessed with his plan to build a hospital to cure blind children, and goes on a killing and kidnapping spree with the police in pursuit.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean-Pierre Mocky
CAST:  Jean-Pierre Mocky  •  Patricia Barzyk  •  Françoise Michaud  •  Pierre Semmler

The Secret Wife (1986)

It was during one of his missions in Norway that Antoine learned of his wife's death. He leaves his experimental submarine and returns to Paris. Helene was found in the Seine and had taken barbiturates. Even though he had not been with Hélène for six years, he knew ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sébastien Grall
CAST:  Jacques Bonnaffé  •  Clémentine Célarié  •  Wladimir Yordanoff  •  Philippe Noiret

It was during one of his missions in Norway that Antoine learned of his wife's death. He leaves his experimental submarine and returns to Paris. Helene was found in the Seine and had taken barbiturates. Even though he had not been with Hélène for six years, he knew ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sébastien Grall
CAST:  Jacques Bonnaffé  •  Clémentine Célarié  •  Wladimir Yordanoff  •  Philippe Noiret

No Time for Justice (1990)

A man is accused of a crime he didn't commit. He will be sexually abused in prison.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean-Claude Dague
CAST:  Jean Dolande  •  Philippe Léotard  •  Michel Galabru  •  Pierre Semmler

A man is accused of a crime he didn't commit. He will be sexually abused in prison.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean-Claude Dague
CAST:  Jean Dolande  •  Philippe Léotard  •  Michel Galabru  •  Pierre Semmler
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