Maurice Sarfati

Tom & Jerry: Spotlight Collection (2004)

Cyrano de Bergerac (1990)

Embarrassed by his large nose, a romantic poet/soldier romances his cousin by proxy. ...

La chose qui ricane (1985)

The Adventures of Arsène Lupin (1980)

An adaptation of the novel 813, in which the gentleman burglar competes to steal state papers and tries to uncover the identity of a terrifying murderer. ...

Hugues le Loup (1979)

Gédéon, the Count of Niedeck's gamekeeper, visits Dr. François to invite him to the chateau. He explains that his master has suddenly gone mad during a change of moon. En route, the two men meet a strange old woman who lives in the woods. Gédéon expla ...

Le Berger des abeilles (1976)

The Golden Claws of the Cat Girl (1968)

Françoise looks like a sexy kitten by day, but is a silent she-wolf by night, making very clever robberies of gold jewels. Despite the interest, and competition, from Bruno, she ends a lonely she-wolf. ...

The Curse of Belphegor (1967)

At the Opera of Toulon, the cast and crew hoping to put on a Satanism / human sacrifice-themed ballet entitled "La malédiction de Belphégor" soon find their numbers dwindling. ...

Fire of Love (1967)

Maroîs, the fairground bon vivant, spends most of his time around a bottle of wine, in the company of his friend Michaux, with whom he was once a sailor. He neglects his wife Monique, a pretty girl much younger than himself. Suffering from this indifferen ...

Lost Command (1966)

After being freed from a Vietnamese war prison, French Lt. Col. Pierre Raspeguy is sent to help quell resistance forces in Algeria. With the help of the Capt. Esclavier, who has grown weary of war, and Capt. Boisfeuras, who lives for it, Raspeguy attempts ...

Codine (1963)

An ex-convict struggles to survive by brute force alone in a turn-of-the-century slum in Bucharest. Codine is the thug who served 10 years for murdering a friend. He returns home to his miserly mother, whose penny-pinching ways infuriate her son. A young b ...

Give Me Ten Desperate Men (1962)

This is a story that is less a developed tale than a thumbnail sketch about imaginary events on a kibbutz in Palestine. Set in the period just before Israel gained its status as an independent nation, the drama shows the occupants of the kibbutz engaged in ...

Homage at Siesta Time (1962)

The widows of four missionaries condemned by the Indians to die at the stake, go to the Amazon jungle to pay homage to them. ...

L'Exécution (1961)

Paris, at the start of the German Occupation, five men plan to sabotage a factory. ...

The Door Slams (1960)

Between a whimsical wife, two insolent girls, a son who is engaged in strange chemical experiments and a mother-in-law who is being courted by a rich English lord, André Costais, an intractable industrialist, is struggling to impose his authority on his f ...

The Crab Basket (1960)

Charles is a student in Strasbourg. Abandoned by Liliane, his fiancée, who has inexplicably given up on marriage, he moves to Paris, where he decides to pursue a career in cinema. He founded a film club and became a journalist, then assistant to a famous ...

The Journey (1959)

A Communist officer falls hard for a married woman trying to escape from Hungary. ...

Sins of Youth (1958)

In a small provincial town, the boarding-house is run by Mathilde Belin, the overindulging and over-demanding mother of Paul. When she is told by her envious sister Charlotte that her son is having a secret affair with Catherine, a salesgirl, she becomes f ...

La P..... sentimentale (1958)

A high school boy falls for a prostitute he has met on the notorious "Rue Des Patures". ...

Maigret Sets a Trap (1958)

Four women were murdered, each was knifed and, though they had their clothes torn, they weren't molested. As the famed police inspector Jules Maigret pieces the clues together, he comes to realize that for the elusive man that he suspects to be unmasked, h ...

A Night at the Moulin Rouge (1957)

An uncle in America wants to endow his nieces with a dowry, provided they succeed in making a name for themselves one night at the Moulin Rouge, where one of them is already performing. Everyone's pulling out all the stops to help the girls put on an act, ...

Mitsou (1956)

During the First World War, the Empyrée Montmartre, a Paris music-hall, is dedicated to patriotic revues whose star is the charming Mitsou. The young artist is not without talent but she is mainly well-connected. She is indeed the cherished mistress of Pi ...

The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1956)

Paris, 1482. Today is the festival of the fools, taking place like each year in the square outside Cathedral Notre Dame. Among jugglers and other entertainers, Esmeralda, a sensuous gypsy, performs a bewitching dance in front of delighted spectators. From ...

The First Outrages (1955)

Christian has just returned home after failing his A-levels. His father, incensed by his failure, asks a neighboring teacher to give him lessons. But Christian falls for Simone, the teacher's cousin. Jealous, Christian's girlfriend Bichette arranges for th ...

Les Hommes en blanc (1955)

Jean Nerac completes his medical studies, sure of a successful career, but less sure of his attempts with fellow student Marianne, who refuses to accept him. Nerac leaves for the Auvergne. An old doctor will soon die, but replacing him will be difficult, a ...

Air of Paris (1954)

Victor Le Garrec, a former boxer, runs a gym in Paris while dreaming of finding an aspiring champion who will reach the goals he was never able to achieve. ...

The Big Flag (1954)

For Naval officers duty comes first. Navy Lieutenant Favrel is one of these men. He has promised his wife Simone to stay with her all the time but a last mission aboard a training cruiser makes him realize that his life is tied to the sea. For his part, Na ...

Illicit Motherhood (1953)

A group of drifting youngsters train to commit petty thefts. A certain André puts them on the trail of a real hold-up. They might carry it out if a suicide attempt didn't stop them. A young woman throws herself into the river. They save her, comfort her, ...

OSS 117 Is Not Dead (1952)

OSS 117 is asked for help by a female acquaintance Muriel Rousset. She beseeches him to retrieve secret documents which have been stolen from Sir Anthony Lead, the father of Anita and Marion. He complies with her wish and no obstacle or danger can hinder h ...

Hugues le Loup (1979)

Gédéon, the Count of Niedeck's gamekeeper, visits Dr. François to invite him to the chateau. He explains that his master has suddenly gone mad during a change of moon. En route, the two men meet a strange old woman who lives in the woods. Gédéon expla ...