Robert Rocca — Filmography & Biography

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Le Grand Échiquier is a French variety television program created and presented by Jacques Chancel. It aired at 8:30 pm on the first channel of the ORTF from January 12, 1972 to July 12, 1972, then on the second color channel of the ORTF from September 1972 to December 1974, and finally on Antenne 2 from January 1975 to December 21, 1989. The program returned to France 2 on December 20, 2018 and is hosted by Anne-Sophie Lapix.

Le Grand Échiquier

1972

8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Discorama

1959

7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Les Jeux de 20 heures

1976

NR

No synopsis available yet.

En direct de...

1956

5.5

Suppose lost and found objects could talk... But they can! At least four of them... : -A statuette of Osiris remembers how two ex-lovers, a model and a good for nothing who claimed to be an Egyptologist, met again one Christmas Eve. -A violin has things to say about Raoul, a humble policeman who lost Solange, a widowed grocer he loved, to a god-dam seducing busker also named Raoul. -A scarf was witness to an eerie romance between a young madman and girl he had saved from suicide. -A funeral wreath lets us know how it caused a young woman to believe her lover dead. After having told their respective story, the objects return to their customary stillness.

Lost Souvenirs

1950

6.1

In this sketch comedy compared to the American film Hellzapoppin, a spectacle is put on to celebrate the wedding of a nobleman, but the results are disastrous.

Branquignol

1949

Film credits

2010s · 1 titles

De Gaulle, the Last King of France poster

7.0

Charles de Gaulle, the first president (1958-1969) of the Vth Republic, France’s current system of government, left his mark on the country . He was statesman of action and has been compared to a monarch. This film depicts the general’s personality through the great events of his presidential term, at a time when the world was undergoing considerable changes.

De Gaulle, the Last King of France

2017

1960s · 1 titles

Naked Island: The Land of 1001 Nudes poster

7.8

A nudist film.

Naked Island: The Land of 1001 Nudes

1961

1950s · 3 titles

5.5

Suppose lost and found objects could talk... But they can! At least four of them... : -A statuette of Osiris remembers how two ex-lovers, a model and a good for nothing who claimed to be an Egyptologist, met again one Christmas Eve. -A violin has things to say about Raoul, a humble policeman who lost Solange, a widowed grocer he loved, to a god-dam seducing busker also named Raoul. -A scarf was witness to an eerie romance between a young madman and girl he had saved from suicide. -A funeral wreath lets us know how it caused a young woman to believe her lover dead. After having told their respective story, the objects return to their customary stillness.

Lost Souvenirs

1950

9.0

Panorama of the programs and hosts who made the heyday of radio in the 1950s.

Over the waves

1951

5.0

A newlywed boxer disappears shortly after the wedding. Only to return two years later as a whole new woman.

Adam Is... Eve

1954

1940s · 2 titles

6.1

In this sketch comedy compared to the American film Hellzapoppin, a spectacle is put on to celebrate the wedding of a nobleman, but the results are disastrous.

Branquignol

1949

8.0

A young man leads a happy life in Paris, while making his aunt believe that he is continuing his studies, while she supports him financially.

My Aunt from Honfleur

1949

Series credits

8.0

Le Grand Échiquier is a French variety television program created and presented by Jacques Chancel. It aired at 8:30 pm on the first channel of the ORTF from January 12, 1972 to July 12, 1972, then on the second color channel of the ORTF from September 1972 to December 1974, and finally on Antenne 2 from January 1975 to December 21, 1989. The program returned to France 2 on December 20, 2018 and is hosted by Anne-Sophie Lapix.