Paul Paviot

Directing

Paul Paviot

Born — Died

1926-03-11 — 2017-11-23

Place of birth

Levallois-Perret, Seine [now Hauts-de-Seine], France

Known for

Directing

Credits

26 titles

Known for

Series credits

Behind the camera

Assassin's Check poster
10.0

In this French murder mystery, a young journalist goes from a bad situation to much worse. He has been having problems in his relationship with his girlfriend, and one evening he goes out on a bender. Too drunk to remember how he got that way, he goes home to sleep it off. When he wakes up in the morning, he discovers that his hangover is the least of his problems -- he is now a suspect in a murder investigation. After getting back together with his girlfriend, he decides to hide out with a friend of his and let the heat cool down -- a big mistake, as he soon finds out.

Assassin's Check

1962

Chicago Digest poster
9.0

This comedy short subject satirizes the Hollywood genre which the French had given the name to of Film Noir.

Chicago Digest

1951

Django Reinhardt poster
6.5

One of the first filmed portraits of a jazz musician.

Django Reinhardt

1957

Django Reinhardt poster
6.5

One of the first filmed portraits of a jazz musician.

Django Reinhardt

1957

No artwork available
7.0

Through a series of pantomimes, Marcel Marceau, the famous mime, evokes the three ages of life: youth, middle and old age.

Pantomimes

1954

No artwork available
7.0

Through a series of pantomimes, Marcel Marceau, the famous mime, evokes the three ages of life: youth, middle and old age.

Pantomimes

1954

Søren Kierkegaard poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Søren Kierkegaard

1977

No artwork available
9.0

In a small Italian village live a group of men, each as miscreant as the next. Among them is the baker, violent and miserly. One day, to benefit from an inheritance, he has to distribute fifty kilos of bread a day to the poor for five years. At the moment of distribution, a dog comes along and takes a loaf of bread in its mouth, to take to an old hermit whom the villagers are convinced "has seen God".

Le chien qui a vu Dieu

1970

No artwork available
9.0

Short movie starring Marcel Marceau.

In the Park

1955

No artwork available
9.0

Short movie starring Marcel Marceau.

In the Park

1955

Saint-Tropez, devoirs de vacances poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Saint-Tropez, devoirs de vacances

1954

Saint-Tropez, devoirs de vacances poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Saint-Tropez, devoirs de vacances

1954

Lumière poster
NR

Educational short about the films of the Lumière-Brothers.

Lumière

1954

Mam'zelle Souris poster
9.0

Based on Coq's press cartoons, this series of 16 sketches (2'30" each) is packed with gags and twists of all kinds. The series features the character of Mam'zelle Souris, played by Annie Fratellini, against a backdrop of family vacation scenes in Brittany, on the beach and by the sea.

Mam'zelle Souris

1957

Mam'zelle Souris poster
9.0

Based on Coq's press cartoons, this series of 16 sketches (2'30" each) is packed with gags and twists of all kinds. The series features the character of Mam'zelle Souris, played by Annie Fratellini, against a backdrop of family vacation scenes in Brittany, on the beach and by the sea.

Mam'zelle Souris

1957

Sunday in Peking poster
6.4

Chris Marker’s travel essay Sunday in Peking transforms a long-held childhood dream into a cinematic journey through Beijing. Blending documentary observation with reflective narration, Marker captures the city’s rhythms, traditions, and everyday life in mid-1950s China with his signature curiosity and lyricism.

Sunday in Peking

1956

Sultan à vendre poster
8.0

ORTF adaptation of a work by Tawfiq al-Hakim.

Sultan à vendre

1974

Lumière, la naissance du cinéma poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Lumière, la naissance du cinéma

1953

Pantalaskas poster
10.0

An off-beat, uneven tale about a man intent on suicide and the three people who try to talk him out of it, Pantalaskas stars American Carl Studer in the title role of the morose, would-be suicide. Set in Paris and taking place over an entire night, the story has a complication in that the trio who want to prevent the suicide do not speak the man's language -- he is Lithuanian and speaks no French. So the protagonists comb the underbelly of a nighttime Paris, looking high and low but mostly low for anyone who speaks Lithuanian. Depending mainly on dialogue for its impact, the verbose drama reveals how the protagonists undergo a transformation as the night wears on.

Pantalaskas

1960

Pantalaskas poster
10.0

An off-beat, uneven tale about a man intent on suicide and the three people who try to talk him out of it, Pantalaskas stars American Carl Studer in the title role of the morose, would-be suicide. Set in Paris and taking place over an entire night, the story has a complication in that the trio who want to prevent the suicide do not speak the man's language -- he is Lithuanian and speaks no French. So the protagonists comb the underbelly of a nighttime Paris, looking high and low but mostly low for anyone who speaks Lithuanian. Depending mainly on dialogue for its impact, the verbose drama reveals how the protagonists undergo a transformation as the night wears on.

Pantalaskas

1960

No artwork available
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Terreur en Oklahoma

1951

No artwork available
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Terreur en Oklahoma

1951

No artwork available
5.7

A comedic take on the Frankenstein story.

Torticola versus Frankensberg

1952

No artwork available
5.7

A comedic take on the Frankenstein story.

Torticola versus Frankensberg

1952

No artwork available
5.7

A comedic take on the Frankenstein story.

Torticola versus Frankensberg

1952