Yves Robert
Yves Robert is known for Cléo from 5 to 7 (1962), The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe (1972), The Return of the Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe (1974).
Biography
Yves Robert (19 June 1920 – 10 May 2002) was a French actor, screenwriter, director, and producer.
Robert was born in Saumur, Maine-et-Loire, France. In his teens, he went to Paris to pursue a career in acting, starting with unpaid parts on stage in the city's various theatre workshops. From ages 12–20 he set type as a typographer, then studied mime in his early 20s. In 1948 he made his motion picture debut with one of the secondary roles in the film, Les Dieux du dimanche. Within a few years, Robert was writing scripts, directing, and producing.
Yves Robert's directorial efforts included several successful comedies for which he had written the screenplay. His 1962 film, La Guerre des boutons won France's Prix Jean Vigo. His 1972 film Le grand blond avec une chaussure noire won the Silver Bear at the 23rd Berlin International Film Festival in 1973. In 1976, Un éléphant ça trompe énormément, starring his wife, earned him international acclaim. Robert's 1973 devastating comedy Salut l'artiste is considered by many performers to be the ultimate film about the humiliations of the actor's life. In 1977, he directed another comedy, Nous irons tous au paradis, which was nominated for a César Award for Best Film.
In 1990, Robert directed two dramatic films, My Mother's Castle (Le château de ma mère) and My Father's Glory (La Gloire de mon Père). Based on autobiographical novels by Marcel Pagnol, they were jointly voted "Best Film" at the 1991 Seattle International Film Festival, and received rave reviews. Over his career, he directed more than twenty feature-length motion pictures, wrote an equal number of scripts, and acted in more than seventy-five films. Although his last major role was perhaps in 1980, A Bad Son by Claude Sautet, as the working-class father of a drug-dealer, he continued acting past 1997.
Robert played opposite Danièle Delorme in the 1951 play Colombe (Dove) by Jean Anouilh. They married in 1956, and jointly formed the film production company La Guéville in 1961. La Guéville also released several films by Monty Python and Terry Gilliam, which was very influential into establishing the comedy troupe to French audiences. He died in Paris on 10 May 2002 from a cerebral hemorrhage. He was buried in Montparnasse Cemetery with the epitaph "A man of joy ...", where visitors leave buttons of many colors.[citation needed]He was survived by Danièle and two children, Anne and Jean-Denis Robert, by first wife, actress Rosy Varte. That month's Cannes Film Festival paid homage to his contribution to French film.
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Questions about Yves Robert
How many Yves Robert films are in the catalogue?
The CineQuiz catalogue has 76 films with Yves Robert, from 1949 to 2020.
What is the best rated Yves Robert film?
The best rated Yves Robert film in the catalogue is Cléo from 5 to 7 (1962), rated 7.7.
What was the first Yves Robert film?
The first Yves Robert film in the catalogue is Neither Seen Nor Recognized, from 1958.
Who has Yves Robert worked with the most?
In the catalogue, Yves Robert shares the most credits with Danièle Delorme (8 films), Vladimir Cosma (8 films) and Alain Poiré (7 films).
People data: TMDb.
- Awards
- Jean-Le-Duc award
Known for
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7.7 Cléo from 5 to 7
1962
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7.0 The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe
1972
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7.3 My Father's Glory
1990
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6.6 The Return of the Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe
1974
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7.2 My Mother's Castle
1990
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7.2 War of the Buttons
1962
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6.6 The Annuity
1972
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6.6 Money Money Money
1972
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7.0 Pardon Mon Affaire
1976
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4.6 Repeated Absences
1972
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6.9 Very Happy Alexander
1968
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6.8 Neither Seen Nor Recognized
1958
Trivia
- Also works as
- film director · screenwriter · film producer · director · producer
- Notable works
- War of the Buttons · The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe · Pardon Mon Affaire · Pardon Mon Affaire, Too! · My Father's Glory
- Spouse
- Danièle Delorme
Trivia from Wikidata, licensed CC0.
Full filmography
89 films — 76 in the catalogue
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7.4 Jean Rochefort, l'irrésistible
2020 · Self (archive footage)
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7.0 À la recherche de... Pierre Richard
2017 · Self - Actor, director, producer (archive footage)
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8.0 Pierre Richard, l'art du déséquilibre
2005 · Self
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8.5 Éclats de famille
1995 · Léon
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9.0 Le Nez au vent
1995 · Raphaël
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5.8 Montparnasse-Pondichéry
1994 · Léo
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6.9 The Crisis
1992 · M. Barelle
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5.3 Le crime d'Antoine
1989 · Pilou
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5.5 Infernal Symphony
1987 · Narrator (voice)
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5.6 Billy Ze Kick
1985 · Alcide
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6.1 The Twin
1984 · l’homme dans l'ascenseur
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5.6 Waiter!
1983 · Simon, dance teacher
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5.5 Vive la sociale !
1983 · Jojo, le père
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10.0 Le rose et le blanc
1982 · Le barman des Caraïbes
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7.4 A Bad Son
1980 · René Calgagni
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5.6 Woman Between Wolf and Dog
1979 · Workman
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4.7 These Kids Are Grown-Ups
1979 · Le père de Louise
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10.0 Le Petit Marcel
1976 · Commissioner Mancini
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6.8 The Judge and the Assassin
1976 · Professeur Degueldre
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7.1 Special Section
1975 · Émile Bastard
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6.6
The Return of the Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe
1974 · le chef d'orchestre
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7.0 La Grande Paulette
1974 · The first gangster
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5.4 Hail the Artist
1973 · le metteur en scène de théâtre (uncredited)
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6.4 La Raison du plus fou
1973 · Le contrôleur des Chemin de Fer
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7.0
The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe
1972 · Conductor
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4.6
Repeated Absences
1972 · Le père de François
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5.5 Dear Louise
1972 · Magnéto, cycle merchant
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6.6
Money Money Money
1972 · Defense counsel
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5.9 The Troubles of Alfred
1972 · Parisian television viewer
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6.6
The Annuity
1972 · Bucigny-Dumaine (le bel officier)
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6.5 Le Cinema de Papa
1971 · Henri Roger Langmann
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5.9 Le Cri du cormoran, le soir au-dessus des jonques
1971 · Commissioner
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7.1 The Crook
1970 · Commissioner
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6.0 The Man with Connections
1970 · The Father
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5.5 Clerambard
1969 · Dragoon who enters La Langouste's (uncredited)
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6.0 The Most Beautiful Month
1968 · Le cheminot
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6.6 Idiot in Paris
1967 · Marcel Pitou, l'évadé des HLM
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7.0 King of Hearts
1966 · General Baderna (uncredited)
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6.0 La Communale
1965 · L'oncle Henri
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6.4 Bebert and the Train
1963 · Chaussin
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6.5 Fiancés on the Bridge
1962 · Handkerchief Seller
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7.7
Cléo from 5 to 7
1962 · The Handkerchief Seller / Actor in Silent Film
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8.0
Le Pèlerinage
1962
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6.7 The Passion of Slow Fire
1961 · Bartender
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5.4 The Fenouillard Family
1961 · 'Le Coq' (uncredited)
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4.9 Love and the Frenchwoman
1960 · Le dragueur à moustache (segment "Le Mariage")
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6.8 Signed, Arsène Lupin
1959 · La Ballu
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5.6 The Green Mare
1959 · Zèphe Maloret
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3.9 The Little Professor
1958 · Dr Aubin
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5.0 Les femmes sont marrantes...
1958 · Christian
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6.8
Neither Seen Nor Recognized
1958 · Le photographe lors du mariage
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5.8 La Brune que voilà
1958 · Le mécanicien
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10.0 The Terror with Women
1956 · Journalist Labarge
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5.7 An Evening at the Music Hall
1956 · Jeff
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5.7 Les Truands
1956 · Amédée Benoît / Son père
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6.1 The Grand Manoeuvre
1955 · Felix Leroy, lieutenant of the Dragoons
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6.4 Bad Liaisons
1955 · L'inspecteur Forbin
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5.1 School for Love
1955 · Clément
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6.3 Men Think Only of That
1954 · Veteran / Walker
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5.5 Virgile
1953 · Esposito
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6.2 Suivez cet homme
1953 · Inspector Paulhan
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Les Bonnes Manières
1952
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4.7 Two Pennies Worth of Violets
1951 · Charlot, le voyou
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7.0 Juliette, or Key of Dreams
1951 · Accordionist
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5.6 The Red Rose
1951 · Yves Gérard
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5.7 Bibi Fricotin
1951 · Antoine Gardon, détective "Passe Partout"
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9.0 Paris Incident
1950 · Sergeant Gaston Chauvin
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5.5 Le Tampon du capiston
1950 · Pastini
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8.0 Les Dieux du dimanche
1949 · Guillot
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La naissance du Grand Blond
no date · Self ( archive footage )
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7.3
My Father's Glory
1990
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6.8 Un étrange voyage
1981
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6.8 The Hussy
1979
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6.0 Martin and Lea
1979
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6.4 Let Joy Reign Supreme
1975
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5.5 Funny Money
1966
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6.0 Le Bal des casse-pieds
1992
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6.1 Courage fuyons
1979
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5.0 The Little Wheedlers
1978
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6.9
Very Happy Alexander
1968
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5.3 The Buddies
1965
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7.2
My Mother's Castle
1990
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7.0
Pardon Mon Affaire
1976
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4.0 L'Été 36
1986
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7.0 The Prodigal Daughter
1981
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6.8 We Will All Meet in Paradise
1977
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7.2
War of the Buttons
1962
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6.5 Le Grand Amour
1969
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5.3 The Crying Woman
1979
People data: TMDb.
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