Georges de Caunes

Acting

Georges de Caunes

Born — Died

1919-04-26 — 2004-06-28

Place of birth

Toulouse, France

Known for

Acting

Credits

23 titles

Louis Georges Gustave de Caunes (26 April 1919 – 28 June 2004), professionally known as Georges de Caunes, was a well-known French television and radio presenter, journalist, writer and producer whose career spanned over six decades in French language television and radio. De Caunes joined broadcasting in 1945, shortly after the Second World War, there he translated Voice of America into French for the National broadcaster Radiodiffusion française. When television was launched in 1949, De Caunes became one of the first newsreaders on National TV, for which he co-anchored with Pierre Tchernia and Claude Dargat. He later went freelance and in 1953 was offered a full-time presenting job on TMC…

Known for

Film credits

2020s · 2 titles

1960s · 3 titles

Chance at Love poster
5.6

Four sketches revolving around the themes of luck and love.

Chance at Love

1964

Tartarin de Tarascon poster
5.3

A well-to-do bourgeois, Tartarin lives in Tarascon, a small southern town, among friends who, like him, love hunting "à la casquette", gossip, aperitifs and thought-provoking journeys. Imaginative like all his compatriots, Tartarin ended up believing he had once been to Shanghai, so fervently did he recount his illusory adventures. It was even rumored that Tartarin was about to leave for Africa to hunt wild beasts, and this was so insistent that the brave man, urged on by his friends, was forced "for the sake of honor" to embark. He arrives in Casablanca, surprised to discover a modern city and not a single lion. But a charming Moorish woman, Baïa, seduces him, and Tartarin indulges in the "delights of Capua". This euphoria is short-lived: Baïa disappears, a false prince, mostly a swindler, finds a replacement and sets off on a hunting expedition in southern Morocco, which will only earn Tartarin the loss of his savings and a blind old lion dragged along by two beggars.

Tartarin de Tarascon

1962

Alibi pour un meurtre poster
NR

Married to a businessman who neglects her, Laurence cheats on him with Mauliaire, a young actor. Letters and photos of the young woman addressed to her lover are stolen by a blackmailer who demands a large sum in exchange. Distraught, Laurence goes to see Maître Tom Savier and displays such persuasive charm that the lawyer gives in to her demands and decides to get her out of this predicament. But he is soon spotted by the blackmailer. Meanwhile, Laurence disappears. Following a visit to Mauliaire, Tom discovers that the woman he has met is not Laurance, but Lydie Audry, the industrialist's mistress. As for Laurence, her mutilated corpse is discovered at a level crossing. Was it a crime? Accident? Suicide? Inspector Muller is put in charge of the investigation, and his suspicions turn to the blackmailer. After many twists and turns, the real culprit is unmasked.

Alibi pour un meurtre

1961

1950s · 5 titles

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