Paul Préboist

This film originated as a play in Paris. The story focuses on the one-day adventures of Bertrand Barnier played with a genius of French cinema, Louis de Funes. In the same morning he learns that his daughter is pregnant, an employee stole a large amount of money from his company, his maid is about to resign in order to marry a wealthy neighbor and his body builder is interested in marrying his daughter. The seemingly complicated story-line is full of comedy or errors and some of the most hilarious mime scenes of the French cinema.

Dir. Édouard Molinaro · With Louis de Funès, Claude Rich, Agathe Natanson

A millionaire realizes he really wants to live after he has hired an assassin to kill him.

Dir. Philippe de Broca · With Jean-Paul Belmondo, Ursula Andress, Valérie Lagrange

A great French restaurant's owner, Monsieur Septime, is thrust into intrigue and crime, when one of his famous guests disappears.

Dir. Jacques Besnard · With Louis de Funès, Bernard Blier, María Rosa Rodríguez

Hubert de Tartas' life becomes a complete muddle when his wife's grandfather is unearthed after having spent 65 years in frozen hibernation in the polar circle. After being de-frosted, the Hibernating Man believes it is still the beginning of the century. Nothing is spared to keep that illusion alive. At the end of his rope, Hubert blurts out the truth and takes the man from Edwardian times on a crazy spree through an ultramodern Twentieth Century.

Dir. Édouard Molinaro · With Louis de Funès, Claude Gensac, Bernard Alane

A comedy about an absent-minded man who works at a advertising company and topples from one problem to another.

Dir. Pierre Richard · With Pierre Richard, Marie-Christine Barrault, Bernard Blier

In ancient Rome, a simple pepboy for chars becomes involved in a coup against Cesar. Rahatlocum is a North African Roman colony where Julius Caesar came to spend an expensive holiday. The revolt rumbles among the locals who find a leader in the person of Ben-Hur Marcel.

Dir. Jean Yanne · With Coluche, Michel Serrault, Jean Yanne

Evan Evans, the director of a ballet troupe, is rehearsing his next show in Monaco, in preparation for a worldwide tour. When one member of his troupe leaves to get married, Evans imposes a regime of strict discipline on his remaining dancers. The latter get their revenge by presenting Evans’ nephew Philippe, the only male member of the group, with a baby and a note claiming he is the father…

Dir. Serge Korber · With Louis de Funès, Olivier de Funès, Noëlle Adam

Henry Roubier, a French promoter, and Enrico Mazzini, an Italian, have signed an agreement guaranteeing them a stranglehold on European highways. While driving on the roads of the south, Roubier takes two young hitchhikers, but an unfortunate swerve the car rushes by Henri and its occupants on the top of a pine tree onto the side of a cliff.

Dir. Serge Korber · With Louis de Funès, Geraldine Chaplin, Olivier de Funès