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Jean Herman
Director 1933 - 2015

Jean Herman

Pagny-sur-Moselle, Meurthe-et-Moselle, France

Jean Vautrin (17 May 1933 – 16 June 2015), real name Jean Herman, was a French writer, filmmaker and film critic. After studying literature at Auxerre, he took first place in the Id'HEC competition. He studied French literature at the University of Bombay; he became assistant... Read full bio →

Directed Films

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4 titles
Popsy Pop

Popsy Pop

Jean Herman 1971 1h 40m

Claudia Cardinale is Popsy, who double-crosses her older partner Silva (Stanley Baker). Silva has arranged to divert diamonds from a large corporate-run diamond mine in the South American jungle, and Popsy does her “pop” wrong as they are both pursued by police.

Adieu l'ami

Adieu l'ami

Jean Herman 1968 1h 55m 7.3

After serving together in the French Foreign Legion, a mercenary and a doctor leave the service and go their separate ways. Later, they are reunited and become involved with a caper involving millions in a high-security safe. The two men become locked in during a holiday weekend as the attempt to crack the safe's combination.

Le dimanche de la vie

Le dimanche de la vie

Jean Herman 1967 1h 40m

After five years in the army, Valentin Brû marry a haberdasher. They move to Paris, where Valentin sells frames, while his wife becomes fortune teller. One day, Valentin replaces her, and predict a terrible event which will happen.

Voyage en Boscavie

Voyage en Boscavie

Jean Herman, Claude Choublier 1958 9m

Boscavia is a very rugged region. It is peopled by nit-witted soldiers, of moronic officers and of common people who try hard to go straight - to their tombs.

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