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: 2.759
  • 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

    7.3 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...

    Genre: Crime

    Cast: Martin LaSalle

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  • 1970
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    The Clowns

    The Clowns

    7 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...

    Genre: TV Movie

    Cast: Federico Fellini

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  • 1986
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    Max My Love

    Max My Love

    6.2 1986 HD

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

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Anthony Higgins

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  • 1962
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    The Suitor

    The Suitor

    6.341 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...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: France Arnel

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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...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Dato Tarielachvili

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  • 2011
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    Le Havre

    Le Havre

    7.001 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...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: André Wilms

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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...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Pierre Étaix

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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...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Jerry Lewis

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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

    6.071 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...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Pierre Étaix

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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...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Peter Brook

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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...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Pierre Étaix

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  • 1969
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    Le Grand Amour

    Le Grand Amour

    6.632 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....

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Pierre Étaix

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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...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Pierre Étaix

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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,...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Pierre Étaix

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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...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Patrick Jouané

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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.

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Jean Carmet

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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.

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Pierre Étaix

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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

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Roger Trapp

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  • 2015
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    Winter Song

    Winter Song

    6.4 2015 HD

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

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Pierre Étaix

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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".

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Jerry Lewis

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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.

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: 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 ...

    Genre: TV Movie

    Cast: Jacques Dufilho

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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.

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Pierre Étaix

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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

    4.7 1982 HD

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

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Jean Lefebvre

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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...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Christian de Tillière

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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...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Jane Birkin

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  • 1962
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    Le Pèlerinage

    Le Pèlerinage

    7 1962 HD

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Paul Grimault

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  • 1967
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    The Thief of Paris

    The Thief of Paris

    6.8 1967 HD

    In Paris around 1900, Georges Randal is brought up by his wealthy uncle, who steals his inheritance. Georges hopes to marry his cousin Charlotte, but...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Jean-Paul Belmondo

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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.

    Genre: Mystery

    Cast: Madeleine Robinson

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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.

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Eddie Constantine

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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...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Séverin Blanchet

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  • 1958
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    Mon Oncle

    Mon Oncle

    7.382 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...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Jacques Tati

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  • 2009
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    Lucifer et moi

    Lucifer et moi

    1 2009 HD

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Jean-François Balmer

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  • 1962
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    The Suitor

    The Suitor

    6.341 1962 HD

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: France Arnel

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  • 1962
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    The Suitor

    The Suitor

    6.341 1962 HD

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: France Arnel

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  • 1965
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    Yoyo

    Yoyo

    7 1965 HD

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Pierre Étaix

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  • 1965
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    Yoyo

    Yoyo

    7 1965 HD

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Pierre Étaix

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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

    6.071 1966 HD

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Pierre Étaix

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  • 1971
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    Land of Milk and Honey

    Land of Milk and Honey

    5.9 1971 HD

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Pierre Étaix

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  • 1971
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    Land of Milk and Honey

    Land of Milk and Honey

    5.9 1971 HD

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Pierre Étaix

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  • 1969
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    Le Grand Amour

    Le Grand Amour

    6.632 1969 HD

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Pierre Étaix

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  • 1969
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    Le Grand Amour

    Le Grand Amour

    6.632 1969 HD

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Pierre Étaix

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  • 1962
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    Happy Anniversary

    Happy Anniversary

    7.1 1962 HD

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Pierre Étaix

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  • 1962
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    Happy Anniversary

    Happy Anniversary

    7.1 1962 HD

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Pierre Étaix

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  • 1966
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    Feeling Good

    Feeling Good

    6.2 1966 HD

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Roger Trapp

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  • 1961
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    Rupture

    Rupture

    6.1 1961 HD

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Pierre Étaix

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  • 1961
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    Rupture

    Rupture

    6.1 1961 HD

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Pierre Étaix

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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

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Pierre Étaix

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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

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Pierre Étaix

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  • 1966
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    Feeling Good

    Feeling Good

    6.2 1966 HD

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Roger Trapp

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  • 1988
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    The Nightmare of Méliès

    The Nightmare of Méliès

    5 1988 HD

    Genre: Fantasy

    Cast: Christophe Malavoy

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  • 1963
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    Insomnia

    Insomnia

    6 1963 HD

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Pierre Étaix

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  • 1963
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    Insomnia

    Insomnia

    6 1963 HD

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Pierre Étaix

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  • 1989
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    In the Footsteps of Monsieur Hulot

    In the Footsteps of Monsieur Hulot

    1 1989 HD

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Jacques Tati

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  • 1958
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    Mon Oncle

    Mon Oncle

    7.382 1958 HD

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Jacques Tati

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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

    6.071 1966 HD

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Pierre Étaix

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  • 2015
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    Un film et son époque

    Un film et son époque

    10 2015 HD

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast:

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  • 2020
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    Le Grand Échiquier

    Le Grand Échiquier

    8 2020 HD

    Genre: Reality

    Cast: Anne-Sophie Lapix

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  • 1982
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    Numéro un

    Numéro un

    6 1982 HD

    A French variety show.

    Genre: Reality

    Cast:

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  • 1976
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    Système 2

    Système 2

    1 1976 HD

    Genre: Reality

    Cast: Guy Lux

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  • 1965
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    Cinépanorama

    Cinépanorama

    8 1965 HD

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: François Chalais

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