Encyclopedia of French Film Directors

114 • BOISSET, YVES
and a production manager (1955 Dossier secret /
Monsieur Arkadin—Dossier secret / Mister Arkadin / UK:
Confi dential Report / USA: Mr. Arkadin, Orson Welles,
France / Spain / Switzerland). Other credits (as actor):
1967 Le Samouraï / Frank Costello, faccia d’angelo / USA:
The Godson (Jean-Pierre Melville, France / Italy); 1984
Le Bon Plaisir (Francis Girod).
Filmography
1956 Cette Sacrée Gamine / USA: Mam’zelle Pigalle
/ Naughty Girl / The Naughty Girl (also coscreenwriter,
co-adapter)
C’est arrivé à Aden
Lorsque l’Enfant paraît
1957 Une Parisienne / Una Parigina / USA: La Parisienne
(also co-adapter; France / Italy)
1959 Faibles Femmes / Le donne sono deboli / USA:
Three Murderesses / Women Are Weak (also coscreenwriter,
co-adapter, co-dialogist; France
/ Italy)
Le Chemin des Ecoliers / Furore di vivere / US TV:
Way of Youth (France / Italy)
Voulez-vous danser avec moi? / Sexy Girl / UK:
Come Dance with Me / USA: Come Dance with
Me! (also co-screenwriter, co-adapter; France
/ Italy)
1960 La Française et l’Amour / La Francese e l’amore
/ USA: Love and the Frenchwoman (segment
“La Virginité / La virginità” / USA: “Virginity”;
France / Italy)
1961 Un Soir à la Plage / Quella sera sulla spiaggia
(France / Italy)
Amours célèbres / Amori celebri (four segments:
“Lauzun,” “Jenny de Lacour,” “Agnès Bernauer,”
“Les Comédiennes”; France / Italy)
1962 Les Parisiennes / Le Parigine / UK: Beds and
Broads / USA: Tales of Paris (segment “Antonia”;
also co-screenwriter; France / Italy)
Comment réussir en Amour / La moglie addosso
(France / Italy)
1964 Comment trouvez-vous ma Sœur?
Cherchez l’Idole / Sciarada alla francese / UK:
The Chase (France / Italy)
Comment épouser un premier Ministre / Come
sposare un primo ministro (France / Italy)
1966 Atout Cœur à Tokyo pour OSS 117 / OSS 117
a Tokio si muore / UK: Mission to Tokyo / USA:
O.S.S. 117—Terror in Tokyo (France / Italy)
1967 L’Homme qui valait des Milliards / L’uomo che
valeva milliardi / UK: Million Dollar Man (also
co-screenwriter, co-adapter; France / Italy)
1968 La Leçon particulière / USA: Tender Moment
(also adapter, dialogist)
1970 Du Soleil plein les Yeux / UK: I Want You Now
(also co-screenwriter, co-adapter, co-dialogist)
1971 On est toujours trop bon avec les Femmes (also
screenwriter, adapter)
1972 Le Petit Poucet / USA: Tom Thumb
1974 Dis-moi que tu m’aimes (also co-screenwriter)
1975 Catherine et Cie / Un letto in società / USA:
Catherine & Co (France / Italy)
Television Filmography
1977 Les Folies Offenbach (episodes “Monsieur Choufleuri
restera chez lui,” “La Belle Hélène”)
1981 Histoire contemporaine (episode “L’Orme du
Mail”; also co-screenwriter, co-adapter)
1982 Toutes Griffes dehors (6 52')
1984 Emmenez-moi au Théâtre (episodes “Dylan,”
“Le Jardin d’Eponine”)
Le Petit Théâtre d’Antenne 2 (episode “L’Ecole
des Veuves”)
Tout comme un Homme
1985 Six Heures plus tard
1986 Le Tiroir secret (6 52'; co-director with Roger
Gillioz, Edouard Molinaro, Nadine Trintignant;
France / Belgium / Italy / Switzerland / West
Germany)
Série rose / Erotisches zur Nacht / US video:
Softly in Paris (episodes “A la Feuille de Rose,
Maison turque,” “La Gageure des Trois Commères”;
France / West Germany)
1987 Le Loufi at
1988 Le Retour d’Arsène Lupin (episode “Un Savant
bien tranquille”)
1990 Série rose / Erotisches zur Nacht / US video:
Softly in Paris (episode “Hercule aux Pieds
d’Omphale”; France / West Germany)
1991 Marie Curie, une Femme honorable / Maria Curie
(3 90'; France / Poland)
Série rose / Erotisches zur Nacht / US video:
Softly in Paris (episode “Le Style Pompadour”;
France / Germany)
1992 Séparément vôtre
1993 Meurtre en Ut majeur
1994 Le Retour d’Arsène Lupin (episode “Un Air
oublié”)
1995 Police des Polices (6 52'; France / Canada)
BOISSET, YVES (March 14, 1939, Paris, France–)
The son of teachers, he gave up his history studies to
enroll at IDHEC. He began writing on fi lms as a free-