Encyclopedia of French Film Directors

314 • DESARTHE, DANTE
Mission to Tokyo / USA: O.S.S. 117—Terror in Tokyo,
Michel Boisrond, France / Italy; 1967 Fantômas contre
Scotland Yard / Fantomas contro Scotland Yard, André
Hunebelle, France / Italy). He also worked as an assistant
to Robert Guez (1961 Le Temps des Copains,
115 13' TV series), delegate producer (1972 Le 16
à Kerbriant, 25 13' TV series, Michel Wyn), second
unit director (1972 Le Petit Poucet, Michel Boisrond;
1980 Les Chevaux du Soleil, 13 52' TV series, François
Villiers, France / West Germany / Spain; 1989 Pause
Café, 10 52', Serge Leroy), technical adviser (1974
Impossible . . . pas français, Robert Lamoureux; 1975
Opération Lady Marlène, Robert Lamoureux, France /
West Germany; 1977 Drôles de Zèbres, Guy Lux; Arrête
ton Char . . . Bidasse! / Oh la la—Die kleinen blonden
sind da, Michel Gérard, France / West Germany), and
production manager for fi lms (1976 La Situation est
grave mais pas désespérée, Jacques Besnard; Le Jour de
Gloire / Ein Priester, ein Panzer und ein Haufen müder
Landesen, Jacques Besnard, France / West Germany;
1999 O Vyssinokipos / La Cerisaie / The Cherry Orchard,
Michael Cacoyannis, Greece / Cyprus / France) and
TV (1983 Gaspard de la Meije, Bernard Choquet; 1988
Les Nouveaux Chevaliers du Ciel, 10 52', Patrick Jamain,
France / Switzerland; 1989 Le Chinois, 10 52',
Denys de La Patellière; 1997 Les Héritiers / Gli eredi, 2
90', Josée Dayan, France / Italy).
Filmography
1959 La Cloche de Noël (short)
1968 Pas de Roses pour OSS 117 / Niente rose per
OSS 117 / UK: OSS 117 Murder for Sale / USA:
OSS 117—Double Agent (co-director with André
Hunebelle; France / Italy)
1969 Les Etrangers / Quelli che sanno uccidere / Que
esperen los cuervos / Frühstück mit dem Killer
/ Geier können warten (also co-screenwriter,
co-adapter; France / Italy / Spain / West Germany)
1970 Vertige pour un Tueur / Vertigine per un assassino
(also co-screenwriter; France / Italy)
1980 Les Charlots contre Dracula (also co-screenwriter,
co-adapter, co-dialogist)
1983 Flics de Choc
Television Filmography
1963 Janique Aimée (52 13')
1965 Chambre à louer / Villa rose (26 3'; shot in
1963)
1973 L’Eloignement (30 13')
Arsène Lupin (episodes “Herlock Sholmes
lance un Défi ,” “Le Mystère de Gesvres,” “Le
Secret de l’Aiguille,” “L’Homme au Chapeau
noir,” “L’Echarpe rouge”; France / Canada /
Switzerland / Italy / Austria / Netherlands /
Belgium / West Germany)
1974 Arsène Lupin (episodes “La Demeure mystérieuse,”
“Les huit Coups de l’Horloge,” “Le
Coffre-Fort de Madame Imbert,” “Arsène
Lupin prend des Vacances”; France / Canada
/ Switzerland / Italy / Austria / Netherlands /
Belgium / West Germany)
1980 La Vie des Autres (episodes “La Crétoise,” “Le
Scandale”)
1983 Les cinq dernières Minutes (episode “Rouge
Marine”)
1984 La Ligne de Conduite (20 13')
Le Seul Témoin
Rue Carnot (fi fty fi rst episodes)
1985 Les cinq dernières Minutes (episode “Tilt”)
1986 Symphonie / In bester Gesselschaft (18 50';
France / Switzerland / Belgium / Italy / West
Germany)
1988 Les cinq dernières Minutes (episode “Mystère
et Pomme de Pin”; shot in 1986)
1989 Les cinq dernières Minutes (episode “Les Chérubins
ne sont pas des Anges”)
1990 Les Nouveaux Chevaliers du Ciel (two episodes;
France / Switzerland)
DESARTHE, DANTE (January 27, 1965, Paris,
France–)
The son of actor Gérard Desarthe (b. 1945), he was
second assistant director to René Féret and Pierre-
William Glenn before founding Baobab Productions
in 1987 and then Les Films du Bois Sacré, which
fi nanced shorts directed by his friends (1988 Le
Fardeau, Guillaume Bréaud; 1991 Lady Bag, Thomas
Vincent; Le Vol du Père, Guillaume Bréaud; 1992 Dober
Man, Tim Southam, Canada; 1994 Où tu vas, Frédéric
Gélard; 1995 Madame Frou-Frou, Frédéric Lenoir; Ma
Vie active, Elsa Barrère, 1999 Acide animé, Guillaume
Bréaud) and fi rst movies.
Filmography
1987 Eden 2 (short; also screenwriter, dialogist)
1988 L’Après-midi d’un Golem (short; also screenwriter,
dialogist)
1990 La Mort d’une Vache (short; also screenwriter,
dialogist)