Maurice Bénichou (23 January 1943 in

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– 14 June 2019) was a French actor. His best known roles include three collaborations with director

Michael Haneke Michael Haneke (; born 23 March 1942) is an Austrian film director and screenwriter. His work often examines social issues and depicts the feelings of estrangement experienced by individuals in modern society. Haneke has made films in French, G ...

('' Code inconnu'', ''

Le Temps du Loup ''Time of the Wolf'' (french: Le temps du loup) is a 2003 French dystopian post-apocalyptic drama film written and directed by Austrian filmmaker Michael Haneke. Set in France at an undisclosed time, the plot follows the story of a family: Georg ...

'', and '' Caché''), and a part in

Jean-Pierre Jeunet Jean-Pierre Jeunet (; born 3 September 1953) is a French film director, producer and screenwriter. His films combine fantasy, realism and science fiction to create idealized realities or to give relevance to mundane situations. Debuting as a di ...

's ''

Amélie ''Amélie'' (also known as ''Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amélie Poulain''; ; en, The Fabulous Destiny of Amélie Poulain, italic=yes) is a 2001 French-language romantic comedy film directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet. Written by Jeunet with Guillaume L ...

''. He has also played in

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's 1989 film version of ''

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''.

Filmography

*1969: '' Paris n'existe pas'' (directed by

Robert Benayoun Robert Benayoun (12 December 1926 in Kenitra, Morocco – 20 October 1996, Paris) was a French film critic and author, and one-time member of the jury at the Cannes Film Festival of 1980. He wrote books on Tex Avery, Woody Allen, Buster Keaton, the ...

) *1972: '' Les Camisards'' (directed by

René Allio René Allio (; 3 August 1924, Marseille – 27 March 1995, Paris) was a French film and theater director. Filmography * ''The Shameless Old Lady ''The Shameless Old Lady'' (Original title: ''La Vieille dame indigne'') is a 1965 French film. ...

) - Moïse Plantat *1973: '' Le Mariage à la mode'' (directed by Michel Mardore) *1976: ''

Le Petit Marcel ''Little Marcel'' (french: Le Petit Marcel) is a 1976 French drama film directed by Jacques Fansten. Cast * Jacques Spiesser - Marcel * Isabelle Huppert - Yvette * Yves Robert - Commissaire Mancini * Michel Aumont - Taron * Pierre-Olivier Scott ...

'' (directed by

Jacques Fansten Jacques Fansten (born 1946) is a French film director, screenwriter and producer. He has directed 20 films since 1970. Selected filmography * '' Stadium Nuts'' (1972) * ''Little Marcel ''Little Marcel'' (french: Le Petit Marcel) is a 1976 F ...

) - Garcia *1976: '' Un éléphant ça trompe énormément'' (directed by

Yves Robert Yves Robert (19 June 1920 – 10 May 2002) was a French actor, screenwriter, director, and producer. Life and career Robert was born in Saumur, Maine-et-Loire, France. In his teens, he went to Paris to pursue a career in acting, starting with ...

) - Gonthier *1977: ''

La Question ''La Question'' (French for "The question") is a book by Henri Alleg, published in 1958. It is famous for precisely describing the methods of torture used by French paratroopers during the Algerian War from the point of view of a victim. ''La Que ...

'' (directed by

Laurent Heynemann Laurent may refer to: *Laurent (name), a French masculine given name and a surname **Saint Laurence (aka: Saint ''Laurent''), the martyr Laurent **Pierre Alphonse Laurent, mathematician **Joseph Jean Pierre Laurent, amateur astronomer, discoverer ...

) - Vincent *1977: ''

L'Animal ''L'Animal'' is a 1977 French action comedy film directed by Claude Zidi and starring Jean-Paul Belmondo and Raquel Welch. It was distributed in the United States by Analysis Film Releasing Corp under the title ''Stuntwoman''. Plot Mike Gauché ...

'' (directed by

Claude Zidi Claude Zidi (born 25 July 1934) is a French film director and screenwriter noted for his mainstream burlesque comedies. Born in Paris, he started as a cameraman and then a cinematographer, and he made his directorial and screenwriting debut in 1 ...

) - Le valet *1978: ''

Dirty Dreamer ''Dirty Dreamer'' (or Sale Rêveur) is a French drama film directed by Jean-Marie Périer. Plot A young man, who lives in a vacant lot with a band of misfits, invents a love story with an elegant young woman. Cast * Jacques Dutronc : Jérôme ...

'' (directed by

Jean-Marie Périer Jean-Marie Périer (born 1 February 1940) is a French photographer and film director. On 22 June 1963, the magazine '' Salut les copains'' organised a concert on Place de la Nation in Paris, with singers such as Johnny Hallyday, Richard Antho ...

) - Taupin *1978: '' Les Routes du sud'' (directed by

Joseph Losey Joseph Walton Losey III (; January 14, 1909 – June 22, 1984) was an American theatre and film director, producer, and screenwriter. Born in Wisconsin, he studied in Germany with Bertolt Brecht and then returned to the United States. Blackliste ...

) - Garcia *1978: ''

La Vocation suspendue ''The Suspended Vocation'' (french: La vocation suspendue) is a 1978 French drama film directed by Chilean filmmaker Raúl Ruiz. It is a free adaptation of the perverse theological 1950 novel of the same name by Pierre Klossowski.Goddard, Micha ...

'' (directed by

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) - Le membre de la Dévotion #1 *1979: '' I... comme Icare'' (''I as in Icarus'') (directed by

Henri Verneuil Henri Verneuil (; born Ashot Malakian; 15 October 1920 – 11 January 2002) was a French-Armenian playwright and filmmaker, who made a successful career in France. He was nominated for Oscar and Palme d'Or awards, and won Locarno International ...

) - Robert Sanio, l'homme à la caméra *1981: '' Le Jardinier'' (directed by

Jean-Pierre Sentier Jean-Pierre or Jean Pierre may refer to: People * Karine Jean-Pierre b.1977, White House Deputy Press Secretary for President Joe Biden 2021- * Jean-Pierre, Count of Montalivet (1766–1823), French statesman and Peer of France * Eugenia Pierre ...

) - The overseer *1981: ''Instinct de femme'' (directed by Claude Othnin-Girard) - Le conférencier des rats *1982: '' Qu'est-ce qui fait courir David ?'' (directed by

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) - Albert *1990: ''

'' (TV Mini-Series) (directed by

) - Kitchaka *1990: '' La Fracture du myocarde'' (directed by

) - Le voisin *1993: '' La Petite apocalypse'' (directed by

Costa-Gavras Costa-Gavras (short for Konstantinos Gavras; el, Κωνσταντίνος Γαβράς; born 12 February 1933) is a Greek-French film director, screenwriter, and producer who lives and works in France. He is known for films with political and s ...

) - Arnold *1993: '' Fausto'' (directed by Rémy Duchemin) - Lucien *1993: ''

Tout le monde n'a pas eu la chance d'avoir des parents communistes ''Not Everybody's Lucky Enough to Have Communist Parents'' or ''Tout le monde n'a pas eu la chance d'avoir des parents communistes'' is a 1993 French comedy film directed by Jean-Jacques Zilbermann and starring Josiane Balasko. She received her ...

'' (directed by

Jean-Jacques Zilbermann Jean-Jacques is a French name, equivalent to "John James" in English. Since the second half of 18th century, Jean Jacques Rousseau was widely known as Jean Jacques. Notable people bearing this name include: Given name * Jean-Jacques Annaud (born 1 ...

) - Bernard *1994: '' Les Patriotes'' (directed by

Éric Rochant Éric Rochant (born 24 February 1961) is a French film director and screenwriter. He is an alumnus of the IDHEC ( FEMIS) from the generation of Arnaud Desplechin and Noémie Lvovsky. Rochant is of Jewish Jews ( he, יְהוּדִים, ...

) - Yuri *1997: '' Mordbüro'' (directed by Lionel Kopp) - Léo Stoychev *1998: '' L'homme est une femme comme les autres'' (''Man Is a Woman'') (directed by

) - Père de Rosalie / Rosalie's father *2000: '' Drôle de Félix'' (directed by

Olivier Ducastel Olivier Ducastel (born 23 February 1962) is a French film director, screenwriter and sound editor who currently works in collaboration with partner Jacques Martineau. Life and career After spending his adolescence in Rouen, Martineau moved to ...

and

Jacques Martineau Jacques Martineau (born 8 July 1963) is a French film director and screenwriter who works in collaboration with partner Olivier Ducastel. Life and career After spending his adolescence in Nice, Martineau moved to Paris to study at the Ecole N ...

) - Fisherman *2000: '' Code inconnu'' (directed by

) - The Old Arab *2000: '' Quand on sera grand'' (directed by Renaud Cohen) - Isaac *2000: ''

'' (directed by

) - Dominique Bretodeau *2001: ''Candidature'' (directed by Emmanuel Bourdieu) - Le président du jury *2002: '' C'est le bouquet !'' (directed by

Jeanne Labrune Jeanne Labrune (born 21 June 1950) is a French screenwriter and film director. She has directed 13 films since 1978. Her film '' Sand and Blood'' was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1988 Cannes Film Festival The 41st Cannes Fi ...

) - Antoine *2003: ''

'' (directed by

) - M. Azoulay *2003: '' Qui perd gagne !'' (directed by

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) - Serge Vaudier *2005: '' Caché'' (directed by

) - Majid *2005: '' Le Passager'' (directed by

Éric Caravaca Éric Caravaca (born 21 November 1966) is a French actor, film director and screenwriter.Boxes'' (directed by

Jane Birkin Jane Mallory Birkin, Order of British Empire, OBE (born 14 December 1946) is an English-French singer and actress. She attained international fame and notability for her decade-long musical and romantic partnership with Serge Gainsbourg. She als ...

) - Max *2007: '' Le Candidat'' (directed by

Niels Arestrup Niels Arestrup (; born 8 February 1949) is a French-Danish actor, film director and screenwriter. He has won three César Awards. Biography Arestrup was born in Paris into a family of modest means; his father was Danish and his mother was Bret ...

) - Maxime - écrivain *2007: '' Les Toits de Paris'' (directed by

Hiner Saleem Huner Saleem ( Kurdish: هونه‌ر سەلیم), also transliterated as Huner Salim, (born 9 March 1964), is an Iraqi– Kurdish film director. He was born in the town of Aqrah (Akre) in Iraqi Kurdistan. He left Iraq at the age of 17, and soon m ...

) - Amar *2008: ''

Paris Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. S ...

'' (directed by

Cédric Klapisch Cédric Klapisch ( ; born 4 September 1961) is a French film director, screenwriter and producer. Life and career Klapisch was born in Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine. He is from a Jewish family; his maternal grandparents were deported to ...

) - Le psy *2008: ''

Passe-passe ''Passe-passe'' is a 2008 French film directed and written by Tonie Marshall. Cast * Nathalie Baye – Irène Montier-Duval * Edouard Baer – Darry Marzouki * Guy Marchand – Pierre Delage * Mélanie Bernier – Sonia Yacovlev * Joey Starr � ...

'' (directed by

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) - Serge *2008: '' Le Grand Alibi'' (directed by

Pascal Bonitzer Pascal Bonitzer (; born 1 February 1946) is a French screenwriter, film director, actor, and former film critic for '' Cahiers du cinéma''. He has written for 48 films and has appeared in 30 films since 1967. He starred in Raúl Ruiz's 1978 fi ...

) - Lieutenant Grange *2008: '' Inju: The Beast in the Shadow'' (directed by Barbet Schroeder)- L'agent d'Alex Fayard *2009: ''La Grande Vie'' (directed by Emmanuel Salinger) - Kowalski *2009: '' Jusqu'à toi'' (directed by Jennifer Devoldère) - Le réceptionniste / Receptionist *2009: ''Mensch'' (directed by Steve Suissa) - Simon Safran *2011: '' Si tu meurs, je te tue'' (directed by

) - L'employé de la morgue *2011: '' The Rabbi's Cat'' (directed by Antoine Delesvaux and

Joann Sfar Joann Sfar (; born 28 August 1971) is a French comics artist, comic book creator, novelist, and film director. Life and career Sfar was born in Nice, the son of Lilou, a pop singer, who died when he was three, and André Sfar, a lawyer well know ...

)- Le rabbin (voice) *2011: '' Omar Killed Me'' (directed by

Roschdy Zem Roschdy Zem (born 27 September 1965) is a French actor and filmmaker of Moroccan descent. He shared the award for Best Actor for his role in the film '' Days of Glory'' at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival. Career Versatile and determined to not ...

) - Jacques Vergès *2011: '' L'amour fraternel'' (TV Movie) (directed by

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) - Père Chanu *2011: '' Au cas où je n'aurais pas la palme d'or'' (directed by Renaud Cohen) - Le rabbin / Maurice Bénichou *2015: ''

The Kind Words ''The Kind Words'' ( he, המילים הטובות) is a 2015 Israeli drama film directed by Shemi Zarhin. It was nominated for Best Film at the 2015 Ophir Awards. It was screened in the Contemporary World Cinema section of the 2015 Toronto Int ...

'' (directed by

Shemi Zarhin Shimon "Shemi" Zarhin ( he, שמעון "שמי" זרחין, born 1961) is an Israeli novelist and film director. He was born in Tiberias and studied film at Tel Aviv University Tel Aviv University (TAU) ( he, אוּנִיבֶרְסִיטַת ...

) - Maurice Lyon (final film role)

References

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