Jean-Pierre Darras
Jean‑Pierre Darras, born in 1927 in Paris, turned to theatre early on after studying literature. Trained in the post‑war dramatic centres, he joined Jean Vilar’s TNP, where he learned the discipline of classical repertoire and worked alongside major figures of the French stage.
He became known to the wider public through his satirical duo with Philippe Noiret, where his sharp wit and gift for caricature stood out. Darras then built a versatile career: popular comedies, boulevard theatre, ambitious directing projects, and more dramatic roles from the 1980s onward.
Deeply passionate about Molière, he devoted several productions and writings to him, seeking to reveal the man behind the legend. In cinema, he appeared in notable films such as Le Viager and L’Emmerdeur, where his precise, ironic acting naturally found its place.
In 1982, he moved into directing with Le Braconnier de Dieu. Later, he founded a theatre festival in Carpentras with his wife Corinne Lahaye, continuing his commitment to the stage until the end of his life.
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 0.9044 |
| Birthday | 1927-11-26 |
| Place of Birth | Paris, France |
| Also Known As | Jean-Pierre Dumontet , |
1972
The Old Maid
5.974/39
Muriel is a shy woman who bluffs and blusters around in order to hide her shyness and to protect her loneliness, even though she longs wistfully for a...
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The Old Maid
1968
The Tattoo
6.429/262
An art dealer wants to buy a Modigliani, which is tattooed on the back of an old soldier.
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The Tattoo
1973
A Pain in the Ass
7.015/263
Ralf Milan, a hitman, arrives in Montpellier to kill an important witness. He checks in a hotel without knowing that his neighbour has become neurotic...
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A Pain in the Ass
1964
Monsieur
6.442/26
Left heartbroken by the death of his beloved wife, a rich banker tries to commit suicide. When he learns from his former maid that his wife was unfait...
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Monsieur
1961
A Man Named Rocca
6.238/21
Roberto goes to Marseilles to give a hand to his friend Xavier, wrongly imprisoned following a frame-up organized by his associate Villanova. Roberto...
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A Man Named Rocca
1972
The Annuity
6.662/142
In 1930, Louis Martinet, a peaceful sexagenarian, no longer has a long life to live according to the words of his doctor, Leon Galipeau, who sees to t...
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The Annuity
1970
She Does Not Drink, Smoke or Flirt But... She Talks
6.135/63
Housemaid Georgette loves to gossip and this causes major trouble to people around her.
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She Does Not Drink, Smoke or Flirt But... She Talks
1976
Let's Make a Dirty Movie
3.917/12
A bumbling film crew attempts to make a porno movie.
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Let's Make a Dirty Movie
1973
At the Meeting with Joyous Death
5.3/21
The premise deals with a family living in a country-house which turns out to be 'alive' – to the point where a TV crew is brought in to 'capture' the...
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At the Meeting with Joyous Death
1981
Le Chêne d'Allouville
5.8/10
The small Norman village of Allouville is proud of its thousand-year-old oak tree. But one day, a project of enlargement threatens the tree. The deput...
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Le Chêne d'Allouville
1987
Diary of a Madman
7/1
In the nineteenth century, in St. Petersburg. Poprichtchine, a small official living almost in misery, decides not to go to the office. Coming from a...
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Diary of a Madman
1981
For a Cop's Hide
5.859/92
Victim of manipulation, Cop Choucas is wanted for two murders and searched for by every cop in town.
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For a Cop's Hide
1981
La Puce et le privé
5/3
Val Brosse, a private detective, receives Françoise, who confesses to him that she murdered her husband. The story is false, but Val, intrigued, decid...
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La Puce et le privé
1973
The Suburbs Are Everywhere
5/19
He is a sales rep. She is a secretary. They live in the suburbs but she works in Paris. They don't see much of each other and spend much of their time...
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The Suburbs Are Everywhere
1979
L'Hôtel du libre échange
5.75/2
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L'Hôtel du libre échange
1976
Le Chasseur de chez Maxim's
5.5/10
The love story like no other of an aristocrat with the daughter of the bellboy at Chez Maxim's restaurant.
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Le Chasseur de chez Maxim's
1997
Georges Dandin de Molière
10/1
The adaptation of Molière's comedy-ballet in three acts.
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Georges Dandin de Molière
1964
Lucky Jo
6.652/23
Lucky Jo and his three friends are little criminals, who try to live from small burglaries. But they never have luck - ever so often something inpredi...
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Lucky Jo
1995
Le Groom
0/0
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Le Groom
1985
Asterix vs. Caesar
6.549/661
Obelix falls for a new arrival in his home village in Gaul, but is heartbroken when her true love arrives to visit her. However, the lovers are kidnap...
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Asterix vs. Caesar
1975
Beyond Fear
6.7/3
A group of outlaws takes a man's wife and child hostage. He must walk a fine line between working with the police to rescue his family and not angerin...
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Beyond Fear
1971
Fric-Frac
5.2/2
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Fric-Frac
1976
La Décharge
5.75/4
A fake documentary on the life forms of the Paris Suburbs, viewed through the eyes of homeless, unemployed people the sharks of politics and building...
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La Décharge
1983
Le Braconnier de Dieu
5/6
A monk for thirty-seven years, Brother Gregory could not resist the temptation. Leaving the monastery for the first time to fulfill his duty as a vote...
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Le Braconnier de Dieu
1966
The Other Truth
6.1/10
Middle-aged attorney Pierre falls for a young woman who dances in a discotheque to work her way through medical school. The lovestruck lawyer can't br...
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The Other Truth
1977
Parisian Life
6/2
Two young Parisians, Raoul de Gardefeu and Bobinet, are in love with Metella, a beautiful young woman aspiring to high society. Metella rejects them b...
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Parisian Life
1968
Les Aventures de Lagardère
6.9/7
A young man, Lagardère, discovers that a plot is afoot to assassinate the Duke of Nevers. He warns him and flees with his daughter, Aurore. Fifteen ye...
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Les Aventures de Lagardère
1976
Don't Bite, We Love You
4.167/6
Georges,a trucker, is the single father of young Frédéric. His job prevents him from seeing his son as often as he could, as often as he should. Broug...
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Don't Bite, We Love You
1984
Le Voleur de feuilles
7/2
An old vagrant accidentally meets a man who has just killed his wife. They are both housed with an old woman who lives in the nostalgia of a youthful...
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Le Voleur de feuilles
1969
A Golden Widow
5.067/15
A woman learns that she is sole legatee of her forgotten rich uncle, but there is a small problem: she's got to be a widow to latch onto the dough or...
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A Golden Widow
1976
Forget Me, Mandoline
5/3
The young and charming Mandoline, accountant of the advertising agency Publi-Pub, has stolen documents proving that the company kept double accounts....
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Forget Me, Mandoline
1960
Les Trois Sœurs
7/2
A year after the death of their father, life can begin again for Macha, Olga, Irina and their brother, Andrei. But the unpredictability of life destro...
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Les Trois Sœurs
1974
Tell Me You Love Me
4.75/8
Two couples, undermined by frequent scenes, fall apart: the men, Richard and Bertrand, directors of an advertising agency, move into their office; soo...
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Tell Me You Love Me
1966
Diamond Safari
5/2
Raphaël, a former paratrooper, is unable to adapt to the constraints of social life. One day, he becomes the unwilling accomplice of jewel thieves and...
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Diamond Safari
1982
Te marre pas... c'est pour rire !
5/11
A young astrology enthusiast inherits an industrial business. Before any decision, he carefully studies the sign of his interlocutors.
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Te marre pas... c'est pour rire !
1981
Signé Furax
5/15
The notorious and mysterious criminal Furax steals France's famous monuments, replacing them with replicas.
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Signé Furax
1970
Elise, or Real Life
6.192/13
In the middle of the Algerian war, Elise, from Bordeaux, “goes” to Paris to join her brother to earn her living in an automobile factory. There she me...
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Elise, or Real Life
1978
Out of It
6.5/96
The lawyer is visiting a prison to meet with a violent criminal who has been condemned to death. During the visit, things turn bad, there is a riot wh...
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Out of It
1969
The Fighting Cock
4/3
A sleeping car employee seeking a well-deserved rest is prevented from doing so by the crowing of his neighbor's rooster. Just as he's about to settle...
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The Fighting Cock
1976
Love and Cool Water
5.5/12
Jip, a young piano teacher in Paris, lived in the cozy comfort with his mistress Mona, who is twenty years older, until he met the young and lovely Ri...
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Love and Cool Water
1980
Three Men to Kill
6.1/85
A man helps the victim of an auto accident, not realizing that the man has actually been shot. The men who shot him are now after the man who helped h...
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Three Men to Kill
1977
Genre masculin
8/1
“A l’aventure”: the expression is beautiful for this sinister place, grubby, old and outdated that is the cafe of Mr. Jacquot. Yet this is where Pierr...
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Genre masculin
1990
My Father's Glory
7.3/344
Raised by his science teacher father, Joseph Pagnol, and seamstress mother Augustine, young Marcel grows up during the turn of the century in awe of h...
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My Father's Glory
1967
Ami-Ami
0/0
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Ami-Ami
1972
La Main passe
5/1
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La Main passe
1969
L'Amour des 4 colonels
0/0
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L'Amour des 4 colonels
1968
Azaïs
8/1
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Azaïs
1973
Folie douce
7.333/3
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Folie douce
1959
Two Men in Manhattan
6.4/73
Two French journalists become embroiled in a criminal plot in New York City involving a disappeared United Nations diplomat.
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Two Men in Manhattan
1981
The Impostures of Scapin
6.833/6
Octave has married Hyacinthe during the absence of Argante, his father.
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The Impostures of Scapin
1966
A Young World
10/1
A freelance photographer falls in love with a French medical student and becomes pregnant. Faced with the situation, he pressures her to have an abort...
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A Young World
1966
Four Queens for an Ace
5.5/2
Hakim Gregory escapes from prison by killing a number of guards, and returns to his hide-out abroad, to lead again his gang of drug trafficking and co...
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Four Queens for an Ace
1970
Et qu'ça saute !
9/1
A uranium deposit brings turmoil to the small South American republic of Guatalpa. Between two revolutions, the government tries unsuccessfully to dec...
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Et qu'ça saute !
1968
Would-Be Gentleman
9/1
Le Bourgeois gentilhomme satirizes attempts at social climbing and the bourgeois personality, poking fun both at the vulgar, pretentious middle-class...
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Would-Be Gentleman
2009
Comiques de toujours (Vol. 1 à 4)
6/1
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Comiques de toujours (Vol. 1 à 4)
1990
My Mother's Castle
7.2/308
To his chagrin, young Marcel Pagnol and his family move back to their home in Marseille, France, far from their pastoral holiday cottage in the hills....
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My Mother's Castle
1982
Le Bourgeois gentilhomme
7.667/6
In this adaptation of the play by Molière, Monsieur Jourdain, social climber, nouveau rich but naive, dreams of being recognized in high society. He h...
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Le Bourgeois gentilhomme
1986
L'Amour à la lettre
2/2
Benedicte is a divorced woman who is greatly appreciated by those around her. One day, she finds an anonymous declaration of love on her desk. The str...
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L'Amour à la lettre
1971
The Wedding Ring
6.143/7
A vet tries to create his own Garden of Eden
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