Serge Korber (1 February 1936 – 23 January 2022) was a French film director and screenwriter. He directed more than 40 films between 1962 and 2007. Successful as the director of comedies starring

Louis de Funès Louis Germain David de Funès de Galarza (; 31 July 1914 – 27 January 1983) was a French actor and comedian. He is France's favourite actor, according to a series of polls conducted since the late 1960s, having played over 150 roles in fil ...

in ''

L'homme orchestre ''L'homme orchestre'' () is a comedy film from 1970 directed by Serge Korber, written by Jean Halain, and starring by Louis de Funès. It tells the story of Evan Evans, who owns and manages a ballet company in the Principality of Monaco with an ...

'' and '' Perched on a Tree'' (co-starring

Geraldine Chaplin Geraldine Leigh Chaplin (born July 31, 1944) is an American actress. She is the daughter of Charlie Chaplin, the first of eight children with his fourth wife, Oona O'Neill. After beginnings in dance and modeling, she turned her attention to act ...

), he earned acclaim with his tragical drama '' Hearth Fires'' starring

Annie Girardot Annie Suzanne Girardot (25 October 193128 February 2011) was a French actress. She often played strong-willed, independent, hard-working, and often lonely women, imbuing her characters with an earthiness and reality that endeared her to women und ...

and

Claude Jade Claude Marcelle Jorré, better known as Claude Jade (; 8 October 1948 – 1 December 2006), was a French actress. She starred as Christine in François Truffaut's three films '' Stolen Kisses'' (1968), '' Bed and Board'' (1970) and '' Love on th ...

as mother and daughter. This film was official French film at the

1972 Cannes Film Festival The 25th annual Cannes Film Festival was held from 4 to 19 May 1972. The Palme d'Or went to the Italian films ''The Working Class Goes to Heaven'' by Elio Petri and '' The Mattei Affair'' by Francesco Rosi. The festival opened with the French fi ...

. He died in Brens on 23 January 2022, at the age of 85.Mort de Serge Korber, réalisateur d'Un idiot à Paris et de L'Homme orchestre avec Louis de Funès

Selected filmography

* '' An Idiot in Paris'' (1967) * '' A Little Virtuous'' (1968) * ''

'' (1970) * '' Perched on a Tree'' (1971) * '' Hearth Fires'' (1972)

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* 1936 births 2022 deaths French film directors French male screenwriters French screenwriters Writers from Paris Holocaust survivors {{France-film-director-stub