Directing
Jérôme Savary
Born — Died
1942-06-27 — 2013-03-04
Place of birth
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Known for
Directing
Credits
24 titles
Jérôme Savary (27 June 1942 – 4 March 2013) was an Argentinian-French theater director and actor. His work has democratized and widened the appeal of musical theater in France, drawing together and blending such genres as opera, operetta, and musical comedy. Savary was born in Buenos Aires; his father was a writer and his mother the daughter of Frank W. Higgins, governor of New York (1905–1907). Savary moved to Paris at a very young age. Here, he studied music under Maurice Martenot, continuing his studies at the École nationale supérieure des arts décoratifs. At nineteen, he moved to New York, where he associated with Lenny Bruce, Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, Count Basie, and Thelonious …
Known for
5.7No synopsis available yet.
Sacrée soirée
1987
6.8No synopsis available yet.
Champs-Elysées
1982
6.0No synopsis available yet.
Midi trente
1972
8.0Le 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
No synopsis available yet.
Samedi soir
1971
6.1No synopsis available yet.
Nulle part ailleurs
1987
Film credits
1970s · 3 titles
5.0A butcher dreams of becoming a famous director. He hires stars that he begins to kill.
The Butcher, the Star and the Orphan
1975
10.0Based on the idea by Roland Topor (screenwriter of Roman Polanski's The Tenant), this very curious completely silent melodrama tells the story of Mona, who has left her father, the railway gatekeeper, after being raped on the train track. She is kidnapped and taken to a Parisian whorehouse. However, a disinherited prince, Dudu who tries to rescue her, is himself kidnapped and forced to serve as a male prostitute. The two captives meet there and fall in love. They are taken away by different rich people - he to an Arab "harem," she to a surgeon's home.
The Daughter of the Railroad Crossing Guard
1975
6.8Areski and Elijah, two childhood friends (an Arab and a Jew) suburban neighbors working on a construction site of Place des festivals (Belleville) and thus participating in what has driven the city face a wildcat strike providing transportation to one of them "under the imponderable."
It Comes, It Goes
1972
Series credits
5.7No synopsis available yet.
Sacrée soirée
1987
6.8No synopsis available yet.
Champs-Elysées
1982
6.0No synopsis available yet.
Midi trente
1972
8.0Le 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
No synopsis available yet.
Samedi soir
1971
6.1No synopsis available yet.
Nulle part ailleurs
1987
3.3No synopsis available yet.
Victoires de la musique
1985
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Matin Bonheur
1987
No synopsis available yet.
Bio’s Bahnhof
1978
Behind the camera
5.0A butcher dreams of becoming a famous director. He hires stars that he begins to kill.
The Butcher, the Star and the Orphan
1975
5.0A butcher dreams of becoming a famous director. He hires stars that he begins to kill.
The Butcher, the Star and the Orphan
1975
10.0Based on the idea by Roland Topor (screenwriter of Roman Polanski's The Tenant), this very curious completely silent melodrama tells the story of Mona, who has left her father, the railway gatekeeper, after being raped on the train track. She is kidnapped and taken to a Parisian whorehouse. However, a disinherited prince, Dudu who tries to rescue her, is himself kidnapped and forced to serve as a male prostitute. The two captives meet there and fall in love. They are taken away by different rich people - he to an Arab "harem," she to a surgeon's home.
The Daughter of the Railroad Crossing Guard
1975
10.0Based on the idea by Roland Topor (screenwriter of Roman Polanski's The Tenant), this very curious completely silent melodrama tells the story of Mona, who has left her father, the railway gatekeeper, after being raped on the train track. She is kidnapped and taken to a Parisian whorehouse. However, a disinherited prince, Dudu who tries to rescue her, is himself kidnapped and forced to serve as a male prostitute. The two captives meet there and fall in love. They are taken away by different rich people - he to an Arab "harem," she to a surgeon's home.
The Daughter of the Railroad Crossing Guard
1975
No synopsis available yet.
Cyrano de Bergerac
1985
10.0Live from La Scala 1991
Attila
1991
9.0In this French-language film, Albin is a mercenary soldier. Sure, he's paid to kill, but he only agrees to jobs where he's killing those who need to be killed. Anyway, he trusts his buddies, and they trust him: in this case with a big haul of money they found in a jungle shoot-out. When he returns to France one of the first things he does, quite by chance, is to go see the act of Le Grande Magic Circus. The circus keeps coming into his life for the rest of the movie, as he tries to live a "regular" life.
La vie facile
1973
NRPart of a specialized series entitled “Le Grandi Operette” (The Great Operettas), this specific video version presents the Italian-language adaptation of Jacques Offenbach's opera.
Le Grandi Operette : La bella Elena
2000
10.0Glyndebourne's intimate opera house provides the perfect setting for Rossini's third French opera, a sparkling medieval comedy of lust and chastity.
Le Comte Ory
1997
NRFranz Lehár’s “Die Lustige Witwe” is reputed to be one of the most famous operettas in the world. Under the direction of the French Jerome Savary's the “Merry Widow” sparkles. At the first staging of this production at the Opera-Comique in Paris (Octobre, 2005) the singers appeared to be having as much fun as the audience. The Austrian Maestro Manfred Honeck presents his musical view on this operetta.
The Merry Widow
2007
NRParis Opera, October 1996. New production Jérôme Savary
Rigoletto
1996