Screenplay: Claude Desailly

Top movies, series, and documentaries with a screenplay by Claude Desailly. Explore the titles that showcase an exceptional writing.


The Taste of Violence

1961 · Movie · 85 min. · France

Direction Robert Hossein

Cast Robert Hossein · Giovanna Ralli · Mario Adorf · Hans H. Neubert

Synopsis During the civil war in some Latin-American country, in 1980, the president's daughter is captured by some revolutionaries...

6.7

30 votes

6.7

30 votes

Cemetery Without Crosses

1969 · Movie · 90 min. · France

Direction Robert Hossein

Cast Robert Hossein · Michèle Mercier · Guido Lollobrigida · Daniele Vargas

Synopsis This bleak homage to Sergio Leone and the cult of the spaghetti-western is a stylish and atmospheric take on the genre. Bringing a philosophical depth to proceedings, the French/Italian/Spanish production provides enough intriguing ambiguities for a worthy slice of realism....

5.7

204 votes

5.7

204 votes

Tiger Brigades

2006 · Movie · 125 min. · France

Direction Jérôme Cornuau

Cast Clovis Cornillac · Diane Kruger · Édouard Baer · Olivier Gourmet

Synopsis 1907. An unprecedented crime wave steeps the Belle Epoque in blood. Confronted by these bandits of the new century, the Minister of the Interior, Georges Clémenceau (The Tiger), creates a police force to match them: the Flying Squad. 1912. All...

5.2

56 votes

5.2

56 votes

Riff-Raff

1960 · Movie · 90 min. · France

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Fantômes en héritage

1990 · Series · Spain

Direction Juan Luis Buñuel

Cast Caroline Cellier · Fernando Rey · Xavier Deluc · Emma Suárez

Synopsis A castle, a disputed inheritance and a series of inexplicable events are the central themes of Fantasmas en herencia, a Spanish-French co-production directed by Juan Luis Buñuel and starring Fernando Rey, Xavier de Luc and Caroline Cellier.

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Death of a Killer

1964 · Movie · 80 min. · France

Direction Robert Hossein

Cast Robert Hossein · Marie-France Pisier · Simón Andreu · Jean Lefebvre

Synopsis When Massa is released from prison, he's sure that Luciano, an old friend, is responsible for his incarceration. Massa proceeds to keep watch on Luciano, who has been living with Massa's beloved sister Maria. Feeling doubly betrayed because of his...

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Marked Eyes

1964 · Movie · 100 min. · France

Direction Robert Hossein

Cast Michèle Morgan · Robert Hossein · François Patrice · Paul Mercey

Synopsis Voellmer, the owner of a sawmill in the village of Seefeld, is assassinated. His widow, Florence, with whom the deceased was divorcing, arrives on site quickly and receives anonymous letters of a person knowing the identity of the killer.

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Mandrin

1962 · Movie · 126 min. · France

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Le crâneur

1955 · Movie · 92 min. · France

Direction Dimitri Kirsanoff

Cast Marina Vlady · Raymond Pellegrin · Dora Doll · Paul Frankeur

Synopsis Betty Bell, a dancer, is found dead in a phone cabin of a night club called "Le Toboggan". Everything accuse her lover, Philippe, a former stuntman. His revolver is found in the club and witnesses say that he was quite...

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Where the Sky Begins (TV Miniseries)

1980 · Movie · 420 min. · France

Direction Claude-Jean Bonnardot

Cast Hassan Essakali · Bruno Pradal · Daniel Rivière · Anne-Marie Besse

Synopsis The human flight is now a reality. The French pioneers of aviation are then obsessed by establishing records by flying higher, faster and farther.

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Secret File 1413

1962 · Movie · 100 min. · France

Direction Alfred Rode

Cast Claudine Dupuis · Jean Danet · Dora Doll · Henri Vilbert

Synopsis A detective investigates the grisly murder of a woman. The trail leads him to dope peddling, blackmail, and financial spying.

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