Jean Poiret

Jean Poiret

Jean Poiret, born Jean Poiré, (17 August 1926 – 14 March 1992) was a French actor, director, and screenwriter. He is primarily known as the author of the original play La Cage Aux Folles. Jean Poiret was born in Paris, France, where he died of a heart attack in 1992. He is buried at the Cimetière du Montparnasse in Paris. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jean Poiret, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

  • Title: Jean Poiret
  • Popularity: 3.668
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1926-08-17
  • Place of Birth: Paris, France
  • Homepage:
  • Also Known As: Jean Poiré
img

Jean Poiret Movies

  • 1980
    imgMovies

    The Last Metro

    The Last Metro

    7.2 1980 HD

    In occupied Paris, an actress married to a Jewish theater owner must keep him hidden from the Nazis while doing both of their jobs.

    img
  • 1969
    imgMovies

    Three Men on a Horse

    Three Men on a Horse

    1 1969 HD

    A man has found a way to win any bet he places on a horse. However, he himself must never be the person to place the bet.

    img
  • 1979
    imgMovies

    The Other One's Mug

    The Other One's Mug

    5.6 1979 HD

    Martial Perrin is the president of a right-wing political party which is gearing itself up for a forthcoming election. When he learns that a...

    img
  • 1962
    imgMovies

    The Dance

    The Dance

    1 1962 HD

    The Dance is a 1962 French comedy film directed by Norbert Carbonnaux and starring Jean-Pierre Cassel, Françoise Dorléac and Arletty....

    img
  • 1985
    imgMovies

    Cop au Vin

    Cop au Vin

    6.2 1985 HD

    Unorthodox detective Jean Lavardin is called to a provincial French town after a prank turns deadly.

    img
  • 1958
    imgMovies

    Clara and the Villains

    Clara and the Villains

    5 1958 HD

    A rich kid, the daughter of an oil tycoon, lives a life of luxury. Bad guys kidnap the heiress.

    img
  • 1991
    imgMovies

    Sisi/Last Minute

    Sisi/Last Minute

    3 1991 HD

    The immature young ruler of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Franz Joseph, was extremely shy around women but (according to this film) was constantly...

    img
  • 1970
    imgMovies

    Atlantic Wall

    Atlantic Wall

    6.3 1970 HD

    1944. Léon Duchemin owns a restaurant with his sister. His clients are Germans, Résistance et black marketeers. Léon unwillingly...

    img
  • 1963
    imgMovies

    Thank Heaven for Small Favors

    Thank Heaven for Small Favors

    6.5 1963 HD

    Bad financial conditions compel an aristocratic family to do strange work.

    img
  • 1959
    imgMovies

    Oh! What a Mambo

    Oh! What a Mambo

    5.5 1959 HD

    Miguel foils a bank robbery and becomes a successful nightclub singer, but he doesn't know that his wife is being courted by an Italian fitness...

    img
  • 1986
    imgMovies

    Inspector Lavardin

    Inspector Lavardin

    6.2 1986 HD

    Inspector Lavardin is called to a provincial village to investigate a murder – only to find that one of his ex-lovers is the victim’s...

    img
  • 1986
    imgMovies

    I Hate Actors

    I Hate Actors

    5.4 1986 HD

    A Hollywood studio is producing another spectacular when the top billed male stars suddenly show up as corpses, killed before the critics could ever...

    img
  • 1987
    imgMovies

    Miracle Healing

    Miracle Healing

    5.4 1987 HD

    Faking an injury for insurance money, a peddler seeks out a cure to support his claims while a suspicious investigator tries to expose the scam.

    img
  • 1963
    imgMovies

    The Virgins

    The Virgins

    4.6 1963 HD

    The story of five girls that lose their virginity.

    img
  • 1988
    imgMovies

    The Seasons of Pleasure

    The Seasons of Pleasure

    4.6 1988 HD

    Charles and Emmanuelle organize as every year, the congress of perfumers who distribute their products in their castle. Garibaldi, their mutilated...

    img
  • 1956
    imgMovies

    That Naughty Girl

    That Naughty Girl

    6 1956 HD

    Nightclub entertainer Jean Clery discovers too late that the 'baby' he agreed to take care of is a wild, shapely sex kitten.

    img
  • 1959
    imgMovies

    La Malle volante

    La Malle volante

    1 1959 HD

    img
  • 1984
    imgMovies

    The Seventh Target

    The Seventh Target

    5.8 1984 HD

    Bastien Grimaldy, a man driven to heightened anxiety as the plot against him begins to take effect. Bastien's personal relationships give him enough...

    img
  • 1967
    imgMovies

    The Men in the Family

    The Men in the Family

    5.2 1967 HD

    Gabriel Pelletier, sales manager for a major industrial firm, would be the happiest of men if he didn't have a family of rare originality. The day...

    img
  • 1956
    imgMovies

    Murderers and Thieves

    Murderers and Thieves

    6.2 1956 HD

    A man becomes the lover of his former persecutor's wife.

    img
  • 2023
    imgMovies

    Merci Zaza - La folle histoire de la Cage aux Folles

    Merci Zaza - La folle histoire de la Cage aux Folles

    9.5 2023 HD

    A look back at "La Cage aux Folles", which ran non-stop for five years, from February 1973, on the stage of the Théâtre du Palais Royal...

    img
  • 1982
    imgMovies

    Will the High Salaried Workers Raise Their Hands!

    Will the High Salaried Workers Raise Their Hands!

    5.5 1982 HD

    The cynical boss of a big insurance agency invites his top-salary employees to spend a week-end in his country house. A modest clerical worker, also...

    img
  • 1964
    imgMovies

    The Big Scare

    The Big Scare

    6 1964 HD

    Two police inspectors pursue a dangerous counterfeiter on the run.

    img
  • 1953
    imgMovies

    Le Gang des pianos à bretelles

    Le Gang des pianos à bretelles

    1 1953 HD

    An accordionist playing in disreputable halls is mistaken for a gangster by a special envoy from the American crime syndicate in charge of...

    img
  • 1966
    imgMovies

    Your Money or Your Life

    Your Money or Your Life

    5.9 1966 HD

    Pétepan learns that his money has been lost by Robinhoude brothers.He asks his assistants to withdraw his amount from the bank.

    img
  • 1960
    imgMovies

    Love and the Frenchwoman

    Love and the Frenchwoman

    4.9 1960 HD

    The seven stages in the life of the modern Frenchwomen are disclosed by seven directors in a witty way: 1 - Childhood, 2 - Adolescence, 3 -...

    img
  • 1954
    imgMovies

    What the East Wind Saw

    What the East Wind Saw

    3.5 1954 HD

    Clarisse cheats on her husband with a vain insurance agent. Zamore, the cuckold (and a magician) wouldn't let his wife be stolen so easily. Poiret...

    img
  • 1962
    imgMovies

    It's Not My Business

    It's Not My Business

    4 1962 HD

    A small-scale cabaret troupe is touring the provinces. One afternoon while canoeing, Monique Darzel, one of the troupe's singers, spots an angler...

    img
  • 1960
    imgMovies

    Candide or The Optimism in the 20th Century

    Candide or The Optimism in the 20th Century

    6.083 1960 HD

    Charming and innocent, Candide is vigorously chased away by the Baron, for his close encounters with the pretty Cunégonde. World War II breaks...

    img
  • 1968
    imgMovies

    La Coquine

    La Coquine

    8 1968 HD

    img
  • 1962
    imgMovies

    The Four Truths

    The Four Truths

    4.182 1962 HD

    "Les quatre vérités" aka "The Four Truths" is a movie anthology that consists of four segments, all loosely parodying fables from the...

    img
  • 1985
    imgMovies

    Liberté, égalité, choucroute

    Liberté, égalité, choucroute

    6 1985 HD

    A parody of the French Revolution, on Arabian Nights background. Bagdad Calif is in Paris in 1789, where he decides to visit the Executionner...

    img
  • 1979
    imgMovies

    L'Hôtel du libre échange

    L'Hôtel du libre échange

    1 1979 HD

    img
  • 1959
    imgMovies

    You Have Nothing to Declare?

    You Have Nothing to Declare?

    5.8 1959 HD

    Married against her will to the Comte de Trivelin, Paulette Dupont shares her anxieties with her childhood friend Labaule. Warned too late to prevent...

    img
  • 1979
    imgMovies

    Emmenez-moi au théâtre: Le canard à l'orange

    Emmenez-moi au théâtre: Le canard à l'orange

    1 1979 HD

    img
  • 1956
    imgMovies

    Life is beautiful

    Life is beautiful

    4.5 1956 HD

    Paris, 1956. Everything is going smoothly for Roger, married to Denise, and Paul, married to Monique, until the day they win a house in a radio...

    img
  • 1992
    imgMovies

    Sup de fric

    Sup de fric

    5.6 1992 HD

    Two business students hatch a perfect plan: buy their own school.

    img
  • 1967
    imgMovies

    Pour avoir Adrienne

    Pour avoir Adrienne

    4.5 1967 HD

    img
  • 1956
    imgMovies

    Mon bébé

    Mon bébé

    6.5 1956 HD

    img
  • 1962
    imgMovies

    How to Succeed in Love

    How to Succeed in Love

    2.5 1962 HD

    Bernard, a young, serious publisher of religious books, finds himself embroiled in amusing and eventful adventures with Sophie, a wacky twist dancer....

    img
  • 1957
    imgMovies

    L'Habit vert

    L'Habit vert

    1 1957 HD

    img
  • 1968
    imgMovies

    The Big Wash

    The Big Wash

    6 1968 HD

    Sickened to see his students always sleeping in class, a teacher with a colleague and an anarchist start a war against the television. They climbed...

    img
  • 1961
    imgMovies

    Auguste

    Auguste

    1 1961 HD

    Auguste is about an eponymous bank clerk who finds fame and fortune. Auguste happens to be in the right place at the right time to save young starlet...

    img
  • 1964
    imgMovies

    Hard Boiled Ones

    Hard Boiled Ones

    3.5 1964 HD

    A playwright has to murder if he does not want to be murdered.

    img
  • 1965
    imgMovies

    Under Your Hat

    Under Your Hat

    3.6 1965 HD

    An illegal gambling den where players can lose millions... and the owners make their fortune.

    img
  • 1965
    imgMovies

    The Real Bargain

    The Real Bargain

    1 1965 HD

    The eccentric Comtesse de Saint-Plâs sells a black Citroën DS to car dealer Paul Souflé. He sells it to the young mathematics...

    img
  • 1965
    imgMovies

    Le petit monstre

    Le petit monstre

    1 1965 HD

    Robert's peaceful existence as a manufacturer of beauty creams is suddenly disrupted by the arrival of little Zizi, whose upbringing is entrusted to...

    img
  • 1969
    imgMovies

    Aux frais de la princesse

    Aux frais de la princesse

    1 1969 HD

    The Eloi family, who have just won the "model family" competition, set off for winter sports. Also on the trip are Aunt Gabrielle and Dagobert, the...

    img
  • 1959
    imgMovies

    The Bureaucrats

    The Bureaucrats

    5.5 1959 HD

    The gifts and bequests department is particularly eccentric, including Lahrier, a fervent absentee and songwriter in his spare time.

    img
  • 1970
    imgMovies

    Ces messieurs de la gâchette

    Ces messieurs de la gâchette

    3.3 1970 HD

    Gabriel Pelletier's life is no bed of roses. Not because of his job: he is a successful sales manager. But on account of the various wrongdoings...

    img
  • 1959
    imgMovies

    L'anglais tel qu'on le parle

    L'anglais tel qu'on le parle

    1 1959 HD

    img
  • 1953
    imgMovies

    The Three Musketeers

    The Three Musketeers

    6.3 1953 HD

    The umpteenth adaptation of Dumas' novel finds d'Artagnan and his friends promoting the love affairs of Anne of Austria and the Duke of Buckingham,...

    img
  • 1967
    imgMovies

    The Great Gadget

    The Great Gadget

    3.2 1967 HD

    A scientist from the East happens in France where it is supposed to improve one of his inventions. But it is much more interested in the fact to...

    img
  • 1991
    imgMovies

    Rumeurs

    Rumeurs

    4 1991 HD

    img
  • 1988
    imgMovies

    La Petite Amie

    La Petite Amie

    2.8 1988 HD

    Martin Morel wants to spend Sylvester with both his wife and family and his girlfriend Agnes. So he asks his clumsy friend Bertin to pretend she'd be...

    img
  • 1988
    imgMovies

    Une nuit à l'Assemblée Nationale

    Une nuit à l'Assemblée Nationale

    3.6 1988 HD

    The leader of a nudist camp enlists the help of left-wing militant when he mistakenly believes he should receive the Legion of Honor.

    img
  • 1959
    imgMovies

    Nina

    Nina

    3 1959 HD

    A husband plans to shoot the man having an affair with his wife, but both come to realise their desire to escape the tyrannical woman in their lives.

    img
  • 1957
    imgMovies

    Adorables démons

    Adorables démons

    2 1957 HD

    Annibal Onnis, a good man and major laundry manufacturer, has his wife's necklace stolen by a young starlet, Regina Rex, who has tried to seduce him....

    img
  • 1971
    imgMovies

    Qu'est-ce qui fait courir les crocodiles ?

    Qu'est-ce qui fait courir les crocodiles ?

    4 1971 HD

    To replace Hector Grofenol, the tyrannical boss of the "Tout pour le camping" factory, who has been put out of action, a group of employees call on...

    img
  • 1963
    imgMovies

    The Blockhead Fair

    The Blockhead Fair

    7 1963 HD

    On prize-giving day, a few dunces recall various incidents that marked their school year.

    img
  • 1964
    imgMovies

    Jaloux comme un tigre

    Jaloux comme un tigre

    2 1964 HD

    Henri has a beautiful wife, Sophie. Unfortunately, suffering from an unhealthy jealousy, he spends much of his time watching his wife's every move,...

    img
  • 1961
    imgMovies

    On purge bébé

    On purge bébé

    8 1961 HD

    Mr. Follavoine plans to supply the French army with chamber pots. In preparation for this lucrative contract, he invites a doctor from the Ministry...

    img
  • 1967
    imgMovies

    La Parisienne

    La Parisienne

    5.5 1967 HD

    img
  • 1965
    imgMovies

    Les baratineurs

    Les baratineurs

    4 1965 HD

    A precious work of art from the Italian Renaissance is stolen and passes through many hands before ending up in the shed of the farmhouse of Mr. and...

    img
  • 1957
    imgMovies

    The Innocent with Forty Children

    The Innocent with Forty Children

    5 1957 HD

    Jean-François Robignac, a teacher, arrives at a provincial college to teach literature to ninth-graders. He quickly wins over the children...

    img
  • 1956
    imgMovies

    The Terror with Women

    The Terror with Women

    1 1956 HD

    Aimé Morin, a good-natured bookseller, is also one of the candidates in the local elections of his small town. He is well-liked by most but he...

    img
  • 1990
    imgMovies

    The Elegant Criminal

    The Elegant Criminal

    5.2 1990 HD

    On 9 January 1836, Pierre Lacenaire goes to the guillotine, a murderer and a thief. He gives Allard, a police inspector, his life story, written...

    img
  • 1961
    imgMovies

    My Wife Is a Panther

    My Wife Is a Panther

    1 1961 HD

    During an evening in a bar, Roger, a friendly cognac salesman and connoisseur, overhears a telephone conversation that intrigues him, then worries...

    img
  • 2009
    imgMovies

    Comiques de toujours (Vol. 1 à 4)

    Comiques de toujours (Vol. 1 à 4)

    1 2009 HD

    img
  • 1963
    imgMovies

    Teuf-teuf

    Teuf-teuf

    1 1963 HD

    An automobile tribute

    img
  • 1962
    imgMovies

    Tales of Paris

    Tales of Paris

    5.1 1962 HD

    A film made up of four sketches. In Marc Allégret's Sophie, a naive high-school girl invents a love affair with her mother's lover. But it's a...

    img
  • 1973
    imgMovies

    La Cage aux folles

    La Cage aux folles

    1 1973 HD

    La Cage aux Folles "The Cage of Madwomen") is a 1973 French farce by Jean Poiret centring on confusion that ensues when Laurent, the son of a Saint...

    img
  • 1991
    imgMovies

    Rumeurs

    Rumeurs

    4 1991 HD

    img
  • 1979
    imgMovies

    The Other One's Mug

    The Other One's Mug

    5.6 1979 HD

    img
  • 1978
    imgMovies

    La Cage aux Folles

    La Cage aux Folles

    6.8 1978 HD

    img
  • 1978
    imgMovies

    La Cage aux Folles

    La Cage aux Folles

    6.8 1978 HD

    img
  • 1980
    imgMovies

    La Cage aux Folles II

    La Cage aux Folles II

    6 1980 HD

    img
  • 1980
    imgMovies

    La Cage aux Folles II

    La Cage aux Folles II

    6 1980 HD

    img
  • 1973
    imgMovies

    La Cage aux folles

    La Cage aux folles

    1 1973 HD

    img
  • 2008
    imgMovies

    Tailleur pour dames

    Tailleur pour dames

    7 2008 HD

    img
  • 1979
    imgMovies

    The Other One's Mug

    The Other One's Mug

    5.6 1979 HD

    img
  • 1992
    imgMovies

    Le Zèbre

    Le Zèbre

    5.5 1992 HD

    img
  • 1992
    imgMovies

    Le Zèbre

    Le Zèbre

    5.5 1992 HD

    img
  • 1992
    imgMovies

    Le Zèbre

    Le Zèbre

    5.5 1992 HD

    img
  • 2023
    imgMovies

    Joyeuses Pâques

    Joyeuses Pâques

    8 2023 HD

    img
  • 1984
    imgMovies

    Happy Easter

    Happy Easter

    6 1984 HD

    img
  • 2002
    imgMovies

    Joyeuses Pâques

    Joyeuses Pâques

    1 2002 HD

    img
  • 1983
    imgMovies

    Frohe Ostern

    Frohe Ostern

    10 1983 HD

    img
  • 1979
    imgMovies

    Féfé de Broadway

    Féfé de Broadway

    5.5 1979 HD

    img
  • 1985
    imgMovies

    La Cage aux Folles 3: The Wedding

    La Cage aux Folles 3: The Wedding

    5.1 1985 HD

    img
  • 1993
    imgMovies

    Tailleur pour Dames

    Tailleur pour Dames

    1 1993 HD

    img
  • 1996
    imgMovies

    The Birdcage

    The Birdcage

    7.03 1996 HD

    img
  • 1996
    imgMovies

    The Birdcage

    The Birdcage

    7.03 1996 HD

    img
  • 2011
    imgMovies

    La Cage aux folles

    La Cage aux folles

    5.2 2011 HD

    img
  • 1985
    imgMovies

    Tailleur pour dames

    Tailleur pour dames

    1 1985 HD

    img
  • 2019
    imgMovies

    C'est encore mieux l'après-midi

    C'est encore mieux l'après-midi

    1 2019 HD

    img
  • 2014
    imgMovies

    Joyeuses Pâques

    Joyeuses Pâques

    5 2014 HD

    img
  • 1966
    imgS21 E1

    At Theatre Tonight

    At Theatre Tonight

    7.5 1966 HD

    At Theater tonight is a TV show broadcasted from 25th August 1966 to 21st September 1985. The show is broadcast plays recorded in two or three days,...

    img
  • 1966
    imgS21 E1

    At Theatre Tonight

    At Theatre Tonight

    7.5 1966 HD

    At Theater tonight is a TV show broadcasted from 25th August 1966 to 21st September 1985. The show is broadcast plays recorded in two or three days,...

    img
  • 1974
    imgS24 E16

    Spécial cinéma

    Spécial cinéma

    1 1974 HD

    img
  • 1974
    imgS24 E16

    Spécial cinéma

    Spécial cinéma

    1 1974 HD

    img
  • 1972
    imgS4 E3

    Midi trente

    Midi trente

    6 1972 HD

    img
  • 1975
    imgS6 E25

    Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

    Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

    6 1975 HD

    A talk show presented by Michel Drucker

    img
  • 1975
    imgS7 E24

    Numéro un

    Numéro un

    6 1975 HD

    A French variety show.

    img
  • 1975
    imgS2 E25

    Système 2

    Système 2

    1 1975 HD

    img
  • 1982
    imgS13 E2

    Champs-Elysées

    Champs-Elysées

    6.2 1982 HD

    img
  • 2022
    imgS1 E2

    Il était une fois Champs-Élysées

    Il était une fois Champs-Élysées

    6.6 2022 HD

    img
  • 1988
    imgS1 E4

    The secret files of Inspector Lavardin

    The secret files of Inspector Lavardin

    10 1988 HD

    The Dossiers of Inspector Lavardin is a French television series in four 90-minute episodes, created by Dominique Roulet and Claude Chabrol and...

    img
  • 1959
    imgS17 E1

    Discorama

    Discorama

    1 1959 HD

    img
  • 1990
    imgS5 E11

    Stars 90

    Stars 90

    6.2 1990 HD

    img