Acting

Philippe Dehesdin

Born 1929-11-03 · Paris, France

Acting credits

Nikita poster
7.1

A beautiful felon, sentenced to life in prison for the murder of a policeman, is given a second chance – as a secret political assassin controlled by the government.

Nikita

1990

Boxer poster
4.9

Patrick, a not so successful boxer, meets Nathaniel - and adventures started.

Boxer

1995

The Wild Goose Chase poster
6.1

The whole intrigue is centered around carte-blanche documents kept in a vault. Whoever fills in the blank becomes the owner of a revue. Big money is involved. The nephew of the owner of the vault is trying to cheat his uncle and have his name in the documents. Everything is even more complicated because the manager of the bank has a finger in the pie, too. Who but a humble bank-teller (Pierre Richard) will ruin the scheme?

The Wild Goose Chase

1975

The Nada Gang poster
6.0

Nada, named after a gang of Spanish anarchists, is a small, confused band of French terrorists. They kidnap the American ambassador after one of his regular visits to an exclusive brothel. The gang starts to quarrel amongst themselves as to the diplomat's fate, while the police purge suspects in their attempts to destroy the Nada faction. As the violence escalates on both sides, the States and the terrorists are forced to use one another's methods in an increasingly desperate and relentless conflict.

The Nada Gang

1974

La Jalousie poster
6.0

No synopsis available yet.

La Jalousie

1992

One Woman or Two poster
5.5

An ad executive impersonates an archeology professor to avoid a situation with an obsessed former lover. She enlists the help of a hapless archeologist who is at the airport to pick the real archeology professor. What follows is a series of conflicting and comical situations involving the "switcheroo."

One Woman or Two

1985

My Best Pals poster
6.3

They are the best friends of the world. Five friends who shared everything: may 68, hippies years, the rock and their love for Bernadette. This Bernadette has left them to become a rock-star, and is back 15 years later for a weekend. Jean-Marie Poire describes with this movie the portrait of a generation with lots of humor served by excelent actors.

My Best Pals

1989

588 rue Paradis poster
7.2

A successful playwright reflects on his journey from his Armenian roots to adapting in France, forty years after his family's move to Marseilles. He now goes by a new name to fit in better with French society.

588 rue Paradis

1992

Si jeunesse savait... poster
9.0

Charles Vigne, a wealthy banker, frees Abdul, a good genius imprisoned in a vase. To thank him, Abdul grants his wish: to become a child again, while retaining the experience he has acquired. But the "disappearance" of the banker panics the financial markets and has disastrous consequences for the bank. Eventually, Charles Vigne will ask Abdul to give him back his real age.

Si jeunesse savait...

1948

Thank Heaven for Small Favors poster
6.6

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

Thank Heaven for Small Favors

1963

Why Paris? poster
9.0

Monique, a Belgian girl, comes to Paris to learn painting and become an artist. She took courses at the Academy and found a studio in Montmartre.

Why Paris?

1964

Déclic et des claques poster
4.5

From their native Algeria, four friends discover Paris, hoping to find fortune and love. One of them meets the charming Sandra, who is looking for meaning in her life.

Déclic et des claques

1965

Snobs! poster
6.0

Four vice-presidents fight among themselves to reach the top post after the president dies. Their wives take part in the various schemes to downgrade the opposition by unorthodox means.

Snobs!

1962

Road to Ruin poster
4.7

A wealthy businessman risks his fortune to test the love of his beautiful girlfriend.

Road to Ruin

1991

L'amour propre ne le reste jamais très longtemps poster
5.7

In a routine sex farce, Gautier (Jean-Claude Dauphin) is a man determined to figure out how to give a woman an orgasm -- which of course requires a lot of practice and experimentation. His buddy Roussel (Jean-Luc Bideau) also chases after women but does not share Gautier's unique quest. Rose (Nathalie Nell) finds Gautier entrancing and devises a way to capture his heart while helping him on his search for the ultimate turn-on.

L'amour propre ne le reste jamais très longtemps

1985

Both Sides of the Street poster
5.0

Marie has always been somewhat independent and is considered by some to be a bit of a tomboy. Though she is not quite a teenager, her photographer father has no qualms about leaving her alone for a while when he has to go off on an assignment. One day, while she is walking along, she gets run down by an automobile. The contrite woman driving that car sees to it that she is all right, and before long the two of them have become fast friends. Lilas, the driver, is a prostitute, and she discovers that she has a thing or two to teach the kid about femininity and men. Before long, the precocious youth is trying out her newfound powers of seduction on a family friend.

Both Sides of the Street

1991

La dame aux camélias poster
8.0

The beautiful Parisian courtesan Marguerite Gauthier (Cristiana Réali), who is called a "Lady of The Camellia" because of the preference for these flowers, has many devotees among Parisian aristocrats. He really loves one - young Armand Duval (Michaël Cohen). Under the influence of the beloved father's pleas, and despite himself, he declares to Armand that he no longer loves him. She is suffering from tuberculosis, but if possible, she is in company, and renews contacts with rich devotees. Armand tries to forget about her. One evening, at a party, their paths cross again.

La dame aux camélias

1997

Sexyrella poster
4.0

Olivier Larry, a young cartoonist, is looking for a woman to symbolize all the avowed or secret desires of today's public. He visits the abstract painter Salvador Dalloz and inspects his models in vain. Then he goes to a photo studio of a special kind. At night, he goes through the striptease boxes, always looking for the one he can draw.

Sexyrella

1968

Erotic Urge poster
3.7

Three young girls hitchhike to St Tropez on vacation. During the trip, they meet three boys, and split up to go on different adventures. One with a journalist, one with a daddy's boy and one with a black jacket.

Erotic Urge

1968