Jean Cherlian

Acting

Jean Cherlian

Born — Died

1932-02-01 — 2013-08-21

Place of birth

Romans-sur-Isère, Drôme, France

Known for

Acting

Credits

40 titles

Known for

Police Commissioner Moulin poster
7.1

The series follows the adventures of lighthearted Jean-Paul Moulin, a police Commissaire, and his team as they solve crimes.

Police Commissioner Moulin

1976

Châteauvallon poster
6.2

No synopsis available yet.

Châteauvallon

1985

The Under-Gifted poster
6.5

The story centers around a graduating class of "less-gifted" students in a private Versailles high school. Only a miracle has brought the students this far along, and after a practical joke misfires and the whole school is dynamited, the students are in deep trouble. They have to present themselves in court for their punishment and it could not be worse: If they don't pass their high-school graduation exams, they go to prison!

The Under-Gifted

1980

The Discord poster
6.4

Guillaume has made it: A machine that can clean dirty air by simply sucking all dirt into air balloons and then shipping them far far away so his explanation. Some Japanese business guys, after dinner with a lot of alcohol, order 5,000 pieces. His only problem: His production capacity is way to small so he gets to produce the machines in his private house. His wife Bernadette is far from being happy about it. Her private life goes down the line so she decides to leave Guillaume and to finally have revenge she candidates for major against her husband...

The Discord

1978

Innocents with Dirty Hands poster
6.2

Saint Tropez. Julie Wormser and her lover, writer and neighbour Jeff Marle, plan the murder of her wealthy husband Louis, an alcoholic impotent. She hits him, and leaves the rest of the task to Jeff. Julie finds herself alone the following day, and becomes therefore the prime suspect. Where is Louis' body? Where is Jeff? Is there any secret beyond a door?

Innocents with Dirty Hands

1975

Banzaï poster
6.2

Michel works there manically solving people's problems over the phone. He is about to tie the knot with his girl friend Isabelle, an airline hostess. She flies all over the world, he hates to leave the office. A series of madcap mishaps involving theft or injury (as you would expect in his line of work) ensues after Michel promises Isabelle nothing will delay their marriage and she promises in turn that she's done flying. Once this unlikely promise is made, it becomes premise and both are forced into escalating white lies to maintain the appearance of keeping their word. Their predicament mounts as Isabelle is forced to do a few more flights, while Michel is compelled to travel to New York, Tunisia, and finally Hong Kong, where they are finally reunited in the throes of a contrived and hilarious drug deal involving a 747, water taxi chases, and martial arts.

Banzaï

1983

Film credits

1990s · 3 titles

1980s · 23 titles

The Under-Gifted poster
6.5

The story centers around a graduating class of "less-gifted" students in a private Versailles high school. Only a miracle has brought the students this far along, and after a practical joke misfires and the whole school is dynamited, the students are in deep trouble. They have to present themselves in court for their punishment and it could not be worse: If they don't pass their high-school graduation exams, they go to prison!

The Under-Gifted

1980

Banzaï poster
6.2

Michel works there manically solving people's problems over the phone. He is about to tie the knot with his girl friend Isabelle, an airline hostess. She flies all over the world, he hates to leave the office. A series of madcap mishaps involving theft or injury (as you would expect in his line of work) ensues after Michel promises Isabelle nothing will delay their marriage and she promises in turn that she's done flying. Once this unlikely promise is made, it becomes premise and both are forced into escalating white lies to maintain the appearance of keeping their word. Their predicament mounts as Isabelle is forced to do a few more flights, while Michel is compelled to travel to New York, Tunisia, and finally Hong Kong, where they are finally reunited in the throes of a contrived and hilarious drug deal involving a 747, water taxi chases, and martial arts.

Banzaï

1983

The Grand Highway poster
7.3

Louis, a nine-year-old boy from Paris, spends his summer vacation in a small town in Brittany. His mother Claire has lodged him with her girlfriend Marcelle and her husband Pelo while she's having her second baby. There Louis makes friends with Martine, the ten-year- old girl next door, and learns from her about life.

The Grand Highway

1987

Marche à l'ombre poster
6.5

Two friends, one a musician the other constantly depressed wander around Greece and France till they get to Paris without a penny to their name. Here they spend nights in the underground, and squat in houses with the African immigrants. One day they both fall in love with Mathilde a blond dancer and follow her to New York.

Marche à l'ombre

1984

The Night of the Hunted poster
5.6

A woman with no memories runs in fear through the night when she is rescued by a man passing by. They will both have to figure out who her mysterious enemies are and what they want to achieve.

The Night of the Hunted

1980

The Secret Wife poster
7.2

It was during one of his missions in Norway that Antoine learned of his wife's death. He leaves his experimental submarine and returns to Paris. Helene was found in the Seine and had taken barbiturates. Even though he had not been with Hélène for six years, he knew her well enough to believe that she was incapable of committing suicide. So who and why?

The Secret Wife

1986

Christian poster
9.0

Nikolaj Christensen is a popular Danish folk-rock artist. In this teen-oriented film, Christian (Christensen) is a young man in search of love, who restlessly leaves his home in Denmark to search for it all over Europe, finally finding some semblance of it in Morocco. This slight film is directed by Gabriel Axel, who also directed Babette's Feast. It is likeliest to be of interest to fans of the star and his music, which is used throughout.

Christian

1989

Secrets of the Satin Blues poster
3.5

A tale of sexual encounters of one woman and several friends, family members and acquaintances, as seen (and told) from the perspective of a pair of satin blue panties.

Secrets of the Satin Blues

1981

Kill the Referee poster
5.6

Michel, a referee has to suffer the consequences of having whistled a penalty against a team which is supported by football hooligans.

Kill the Referee

1984

Paradise for All poster
6.0

Doctor Valois has invented the "flashage", a cure for depressed people. After having tested it on monkeys, he tries with a first human patient, Alain Durieux. This is great success, everybody's happy except may be Alain's wife, Jeanne, who's worrying about the changes in Alain's personality. Other patients use the treatment with similar successes, and Valois's happy about it. But the monkeys are changing: non-cured ones are made mad by the over-stability and stereotyped behaviour of the cured ones. So are the humans. When Valois realises he can't stop the process, he decides to "flash" himself.

Paradise for All

1982

The Murderous Months of April poster
7.1

When an informer is executed, his dismembered remains found in several bin bags, Fred, a resilient police inspector, leads the murder investigation with his customary dogged determination.

The Murderous Months of April

1987

A Man of My Measure poster
7.0

A tall and gangly Victoire arrives in Paris looking for the ideal French lover -- and because she stands well above many of her preceding romantic partners, that is an added dimension to consider. As she finds and drops a series of possibilities -- a free-wheeling sociologist, an up-tight intellectual, and a dentist fixated on sports -- she begins to wonder if this simple quest may turn out to be an impossibility after all.

A Man of My Measure

1983

Te marre pas... c'est pour rire ! poster
5.0

A young astrology enthusiast inherits an industrial business. Before any decision, he carefully studies the sign of his interlocutors.

Te marre pas... c'est pour rire !

1982

Stress poster
5.3

A whimsically paced crime drama that takes you on a journey through deceit and intrigue.

Stress

1984

L'Homme fragile poster
7.0

A middle class leftist man of the Seventies decade, starting to show signs of aging and a loss of identity, runs away from his commitments.

L'Homme fragile

1981

Secrétaires B.C.B.G le jour salopes et perverses la nuit poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Secrétaires B.C.B.G le jour salopes et perverses la nuit

1985

L'inconnue poster
6.5

The head of state of a small African country arrives incognito on a visit, but causes scandal and trouble with his wild parties and sexual escapades.

L'inconnue

1982

Anales, clitoridiennes et vaginales poster
6.5

No synopsis available yet.

Anales, clitoridiennes et vaginales

1982

Fiction in Love poster
7.3

Papy is sick and tired of living in the country. He goes to Paris with the money he has stolen from his son and daughter-in-law. After he has paid a visit to a prostitute, he goes to Alain’s place (his grandson) who gives him shelter for the night. Papy’s son who fears that he might not inherit from his father goes after him with his wife. Thanks to a pendullum they also go to Paris and check at Alain’s who tells them that he is unaware of Papy’s location. He then tells him to go to one of his female friend’s place. The son and his wife ask for the help of a private detective who first proceeds to pay himself in kind with the wife. Papy who has found what real life is, decides to stay in Paris and get married. His son and daughter-in-law go back home disappointed

Fiction in Love

1981

Une belle carrosserie poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Une belle carrosserie

1981

Unlimited Girls poster
NR

5 dark figures break into a villa on the outskirts of Paris. They hope for rich prey. Just as they turn the house upside down, the residents surprise the burglars in the act. The opportunity is favorable and so the girls get what they want the most - unrestrained sex. In a very short time, a real bum orgy develops. It is fucked to the last drop and all have a really cool weekend. A masterpiece of French eroticism!

Unlimited Girls

1980

Les Défonceuses poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Les Défonceuses

1980

Confessions très intimes d'une petite fille poster
5.3

A young girl first loses her mother and then finds herself very lonely after the departure of her uncle. What to do? Everything is so scary. Fortunately, she will find some friends who will take care of her, females and males. And guess how it will all end… in a nice orgy.

Confessions très intimes d'une petite fille

1981

1970s · 11 titles

The Discord poster
6.4

Guillaume has made it: A machine that can clean dirty air by simply sucking all dirt into air balloons and then shipping them far far away so his explanation. Some Japanese business guys, after dinner with a lot of alcohol, order 5,000 pieces. His only problem: His production capacity is way to small so he gets to produce the machines in his private house. His wife Bernadette is far from being happy about it. Her private life goes down the line so she decides to leave Guillaume and to finally have revenge she candidates for major against her husband...

The Discord

1978

Innocents with Dirty Hands poster
6.2

Saint Tropez. Julie Wormser and her lover, writer and neighbour Jeff Marle, plan the murder of her wealthy husband Louis, an alcoholic impotent. She hits him, and leaves the rest of the task to Jeff. Julie finds herself alone the following day, and becomes therefore the prime suspect. Where is Louis' body? Where is Jeff? Is there any secret beyond a door?

Innocents with Dirty Hands

1975

The Twist poster
4.1

Claire de La Tour Picquet shares her life between her husband, the successful novelist William Brandeis, and her lover, Jacques Lalouet, William's publisher. Then she discovers that her lover has a mistress, Charlie, who is also that of her husband...

The Twist

1976

Helga: She Wolf of Stilberg poster
4.1

Helga, a woman who runs a strict prison camp, forces her female prisoners into slave labor and to be love toys for her own personal pleasure, as well as for her soldiers. Issuing torture and whippings to anyone who dares defy her, man or woman.

Helga: She Wolf of Stilberg

1977

Mad Enough to Kill poster
6.8

Julie Ballenger has spent five years in a psychiatric clinic. Leaving the clinic apparently cured, she is hired by a wealthy industrialist, Mostri, to work as a governess to his young nephew, Thomas. The boy is heir to a huge fortune after the recent death of his wealthy parents who died in mysterious circumstances. During a visit to a park, Julie and Thomas are kidnapped at gun-point and driven away to deserted quarry. The two hostages manage to escape, but are closely pursued by an armed killer...

Mad Enough to Kill

1975

Alice or the Last Escapade poster
6.0

One night Alice can't stand her husband anymore and she decides to leave him. It's a dark, rainy night and something smashes the windshield so Alice is forced to seek shelter in an old mansion. She is warmly welcomed but soon realises that strange things are happening. She tries to escape but it seems there's no way out.

Alice or the Last Escapade

1977

The Horse poster
6.9

Auguste Maroilleur, an elderly farmer, exploits 400 hectares of crop land with the help of his family, over which he rules with an iron hand. Things go awry the day he discovers one of his grandsons is involved in drug traffic. To make matters worse, the reckless youth has hidden the white powder in the Maroilleur farm. Without a moment's hesitation, Auguste gets rid of the toxic substance but, of course, the mob has different views...

The Horse

1970

A Piece of Pleasure poster
5.8

Phillipe and Esther live an apparently idyllic life with their daughter, Elise. In an attempt to preserve this bliss, Phillipe decides that he and Esther should each have affairs, being sure to tell each other openly about them. The plan backfires with tragic results as Phillipe becomes engulfed in jealously.

A Piece of Pleasure

1975

The Red Ibis poster
5.6

A mentally disturbed man named Jérémie is scouring the area in search of women he can strangle with his scarf, which is embroidered with an ibis.

The Red Ibis

1975

The Garden of Torment poster
4.6

The story of a Antoine, a physician who was exiled to China in the 1930's due to his drug habit.

The Garden of Torment

1976

Teenage Love poster
7.0

Marilyn Jess is a girl with a very strong sex drive but an impotent fiance. As her wedding approaches she writes in and reads over her diary and examines her wedding outfit. This is a cue for numerous flashbacks, but the film begins with Marilyn, in a white T-shirt, black hot pants and black thigh boots, dancing for and with and then having sex with Pjotr Stanislas. Then we see her in her bedroom in the same outfit on the bed with several cuddly toys

Teenage Love

1979

Series credits

Behind the camera