Fernandel

Fernandel

May 8, 1903 · 123 years old

Fernand Joseph Désiré Contandin (8 May 1903 – 26 February 1971), better known as Fernandel, was a French actor and singer. Born in Marseille, France, to Désirée Bedouin and Denis Contandin, originating in Perosa Argentina, an Occitan town located in the province of Turin. He was a comedy star who f…

Known For

15 titles
1
The Little World of Don Camillo

The Little World of Don Camillo

1952 · 1h 47m · Movie

A determined priest and a Communist mayor develop a grudging friendship in spite of their official rivalry.

7.6
2
Il compagno Don Camillo

Il compagno Don Camillo

1965 · 1h 49m · Movie

Priest Don Camillo blackmails his friendly rival Peppone into letting him join a Communist delegation visiting the Soviet Union.

6.9
3
Don Camillo monsignore... ma non troppo

Don Camillo monsignore... ma non troppo

1961 · 1h 58m · Movie

Don Camillo (now bishop) and Peppone (now senator) return to the town of Brescello and rekindle their friendly rivalry.

7.0
4
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves

Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves

1954 · 1h 32m · Movie

Rich oriental lord Cassim's cheeky servant Ali Baba was sent to buy a meaty girl-slave, but brings dancer Morgiane, whom he is enamored with. When he's part of a caravan robbed by Abdel's 40 thieves, Ali hides in a camel hive and ...

6.0
5
Le schpountz

Le schpountz

1938 · 2h 40m · Movie

Meeting a movie team on location near his house, a young man gets a lot of encouragement for his dreaming career as a movie star in what was only sarcasm from the members of the team. This is the characteristic of a schpountz: som...

7.4
6
The Well-Digger's Daughter

The Well-Digger's Daughter

1940 · 2h 22m · Movie

A rural maiden's two suitors go off to war, leaving her pregnant.

7.3
7
Paris Holiday

Paris Holiday

1958 · 1h 43m · Movie

American actor, Bob Hunter, travels to Paris to purchase the rights to a highly sought-after script, and meets his French counterpart Fernydel along the way, but a sinister organization seems to be targeting Hunter for a mysteriou...

5.6
8
Baby's Laxative

Baby's Laxative

1931 · 46m · Movie

A porcelain-maker invites a guest to sell him chamber pots, but family problems cause interruptions.

6.0
9
Harvest

Harvest

1937 · 2h 7m · Movie

The narrative revolves around a farming village where only three inhabitants remain, but they are told that if only one of them, Panturle, manages to find a wife, the village will be able to prosper again

7.4
10
Angele

Angele

1934 · 2h 25m · Movie

A young and naive peasant girl in Provence, who has been seduced and abandoned, moves to Marseilles and becomes a street-walker after having her baby.

7.2
11
Topaze

Topaze

1951 · 2h 16m · Movie

Albert Topaze, sincere schoolteacher addicted to "rote" morality, works at a private school run by supremely money-grubbing M. Muche, whose daughter, also a teacher, makes cynical use of the knowledge that Topaze loves her. Alas, ...

7.0
12
The Wild Oat

The Wild Oat

1953 · 1h 43m · Movie

After his son leaves to join the army, a temperamental French baker learns a villager's new baby is his grandson.

6.4
13
Don Juan

Don Juan

1956 · 1h 33m · Movie

Film based on the myth of Don Juan.

5.8
14
Le bon roi Dagobert

Le bon roi Dagobert

1963 · 1h 35m · Movie

Mr. Pelletan's rascal son Bébert son got another F for playing in class. His punishment is an essay on the Merovingian king Dagobert. All they know is he had eight wives and reunited Francia. The ignorant knave's irreverent imagin...

5.3
15
Le club des soupirants

Le club des soupirants

1941 · 1h 20m · Movie

As playboys cannot pay their debts anymore,their creditors suggest one of them marry a millionaire's daughter.

5.8