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Georges Lautner
Writer 1926 - 2013

Georges Lautner

Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France

Georges Lautner (24 January 1926 – 22 November 2013) was a French film director and screenwriter, known primarily for his comedies created in collaboration with screenwriter Michel Audiard. Lautner's ventures into other genres were less successful though the thriller Le... Read full bio →

Filmography

Every title this person wrote

17 titles
La maison assassinée

La maison assassinée

Georges Lautner 1988 1h 50m 6.5

After World War I, a young ex-soldier, Sébastien Monge, returns to his home village. Ignorant of his past, he learns that, 24 years before, his entire family was slain in their home one stormy night. Only Sébastien, then a four-month old baby, was spared.

La vie dissolue de Gérard Floque

La vie dissolue de Gérard Floque

Georges Lautner 1987 1h 25m

On the day he loses his job in advertising agency, Gérard Floque returns home to find that his infant daughter has been arrested for drugs trafficking and his wife is having an affair with a TV presenter. Gérard's only comfort in this time of mid-life crisis is his colleague, a young punk girl named Martine.

Joyeuses Pâques

Joyeuses Pâques

Georges Lautner 1984 1h 34m 6.0

Stephane Margelle, a successful businessman and an incorrigible ladies' man, after seeing his wife to the airport, immediately meets a young charmer. He brings her to his home, but suddenly his wife returns.

Le professionnel

Le professionnel

Georges Lautner 1981 1h 48m 7.7

French secret agent Joss Baumont is sent to kill the president Njala of an African country. However, a counter-order is given before he can execute his mission and he is abandoned in the hands of foreign authorities. He escapes and seeks revenge by pursuing what was his original mission.

Mort d'un pourri

Mort d'un pourri

Georges Lautner 1977 2h 6.3

In the middle of the night, deputy Philippe Dubaye wakes up his old friend Xavier Maréchal with disturbing news: he has just killed Serrano, a racketeer with extant political connections. Serrano kept proofs of Dubaye's involvement in corrupt dealings and was poised to use them against the deputy.

Pas de problème!

Pas de problème!

Georges Lautner 1975 1h 45m

A man with a gunshot wound in the stomach comes to first house and collapses in Anita's apartment. A minute later he dies and the girl horrified by what happened, must look for somebody who would help her get rid of the corpse...

Les seins de glace

Les seins de glace

Georges Lautner 1974 1h 42m 5.5

On a beach in Nice, François meets the mysterious Peggy and falls in love with her. Following her to a villa, he meets Marc, a lawyer who has a strange relationship with the girl. Marc tells François that Peggy is a drug addict: she kills men who approach her.

La valise

La valise

Georges Lautner 1973 1h 40m 6.0

A beautifull and thoroughly modern young French women, Francoise, gets involved with an Israeli agent working in Lybia. The agent is exposed and in order to save his life, he has to be smuggled out of the country in a trunk ("valise").

Il était une fois un flic...

Il était une fois un flic...

Georges Lautner 1971 1h 35m 6.0

Pour piéger un trafiquant de drogue, un commissaire, célibataire endurci, doit jouer les pères de famille.

La route de Salina

La route de Salina

Georges Lautner 1970 1h 36m 7.5

Jonas (Walker Jr) is on the road to Salina. He stops at a gas station/restaurant and its owner, Mara (Hayworth), is struck by his resemblance to her dead son, Rocky (Porel). He decides to stay on and meets Mara's friend Warren (Begley) and Rocky's sister Billie (Famer), but dark facts are to be revealed about the death of Rocky.

Le pacha

Le pacha

Georges Lautner 1968 1h 30m 6.5

Six months before his retirement from the criminal police, inspector Joss finds his colleague Gouvion dead, in a poorly faked suicide attempt. Joss loses his temper, and investigates on his own, which leads him through the bas-fond of Paris...

La grande sauterelle

La grande sauterelle

Georges Lautner 1967 1h 35m

While he is trying to escape from a hit man, Carl is setting up a kidnapping in Beirut. He gets lost on his way, falling in love with Salène, a.k.a. "La grande sauterelle"...

Ne nous fâchons pas

Ne nous fâchons pas

Georges Lautner 1966 1h 40m 7.0

Antoine Beretto, ancien gangster, est armateur sur la côte d'Azur. Deux anciens amis, qui ont la police à leurs trousses, lui rendent un jour visite et lui empruntent un bateau ainsi que la somme de 40.000 francs. Afin que Antoine Beretto puisse récupérer son argent, ils lui donnent le nom de Léonard Michalon, qui leur doit certaines créances.

Des pissenlits par la racine

Des pissenlits par la racine

Georges Lautner 1964 1h 35m

Jockey Jack has a bill open with a gangster just released from jail. He somehow manages to parry the gangster's knife attack backstage at a theatre and the latter ends up dead being put into a double bass case.

L'oeil du monocle

L'oeil du monocle

Georges Lautner 1962 1h 44m

1942, au large de Bonifacio. La Wehrmacht a fait immerger de l'or et des documents classés secret défense. Les espions du monde entier convoîtent ce trésor. Les services secrets français font alors appel à leur meilleur agent, Dromart, alias "Le Monocle".

Arrêtez les tambours

Arrêtez les tambours

Georges Lautner 1961 1h 40m

1944, a French Normandy village occupied by the German troops, its mayor, doctor as well, Mr Leproux is caught between a rock and a hard place. The Nazis search for a British pilot wounded, hidden by the good doctor while the French Resistance leads a battle in the shadows - But The D-Day battle is imminent..

Marche ou crève

Marche ou crève

Georges Lautner 1960 1h 40m

Stefan Borba was a member of a spy ring during the war but after the end of the conflict he opted out. Now he is a miner in Belgium and lives happily there with his wife Denise. Unfortunately for him, his past catches up with him. One day indeed, Milan, a secret agent with whom he used to work, resurfaces and forces him back into action...

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