Xavier Gélin
Know for: Acting
Born: 1946-06-21
Place of birth: Paris, France
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The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob (1973)
In this riot of frantic disguises and mistaken identities, Victor Pivert, a blustering, bigoted French factory owner, finds himself taken hostage by...
The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe (1972)
A hapless orchestra player becomes an unwitting pawn of rival factions within the French secret service after he is chosen as a decoy by being...
S*P*Y*S (1974)
Two CIA bunglers botch a Soviet defection, then both sides mark them for termination.
Take It from the Top (1978)
Tired of being a housewife, Annie wants to work. Between her professional life and her responsibilities as a parent, she can no longer cope. She...
The Slap (1974)
A Parisian teacher loses his cool when his teenage daughter tells him she plans to drop out of school and move in with her boyfriend.
The Devil by the Tail (1969)
In this comedy, a run-down hotel drums up customers by sabotaging passing cars. The stuck motorists are then obliged to stay. Unfortunately, one of...
The Party 2 (1982)
A young French teenage girl after moving to a new city falls in love with a boy and is thinking of having sex with him because her girlfriends have...
La Maison de campagne (1969)
What to do, and what not to do, when one is building or renovating a house.
Hail the Artist (1973)
Marcello Mastrioanni stars as aging actor Nicolas whose career has dwindled to TV commercials. Seeking an anchor in his life, Nicolas attempts a...
Signé Furax (1981)
The notorious and mysterious criminal Furax steals France's famous monuments, replacing them with replicas.
Money Money Money (1972)
When they realize the times are changing, five crooks decide to switch from bank robberies to personality abductions.
La Décharge (1976)
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...
Judge Roy Bean (1971)
In a small western town the ineffable judge Roy Bean metes out justice in his own special way. A cargo of gold is ambushed by the outlaw Black Bird...
One Can Say It Without Getting Angry (1978)
Pauline intends to end her days and meticulously prepares her suicide, but she meets Peppo, an Italian immigrant, who will change her mind.
Repeated Absences (1972)
François Naulet turns his bedroom into an island of drugs, loneliness and despair.
Macédoine (1971)
The tale of a young pretty girl's rise to a top model and her finding of emptiness in her life after success.
Pillaged (1967)
Over the course of one night, a gang of twelve criminals carry out a commando-like raid on a small town.
Un enfant dans la ville (1971)
"Un enfant dans la ville" was originally a Michel Fugain album, a record that already told a story. Now it's a musical comedy filmed for television,...
The Bear and the Doll (1970)
A quiet cellist living in the countryside has his life disrupted when he accidentally bumps into a wealthy, temperamental woman in a Rolls-Royce....
Tant qu'il y aura des femmes (1987)
Sam is a screenwriter, good at sorting out other people's stories but unable to organize his own life. He loves women with passion and there are too...
The Man with One Red Shoe (1985)
A man is mistaken as a spy by the CIA when he arrives at the airport with one red shoe.
Signé Furax (1981)
The notorious and mysterious criminal Furax steals France's famous monuments, replacing them with replicas.
Golden Balls (1993)
A libidinous construction worker uses his charm and bravado in an attempt to attain enough finances to build his dream project.
Chronicle of a Death Foretold (1987)
This suspenseful Italian crime drama is set in a Colombian river town and chronicles the series of events that led up to murder. Based on a novel by...
The Ideal Man (1997)
A volleyball professional has a hard time choosing between three different men in her life.
When the Dark Man Calls (1995)
A famous radio talk-show host finds herself being stalked by the man convicted of murdering her husband, who has finished his 25-year sentence and is...
The Woman in Red (1984)
When a happily married family man, who would never consider an affair, meets a beautiful woman in red, he is totally infatuated and desperate to make...
Coup de jeune (1993)
A scientific working on a serum of youth accidentally take too much and become four years old.
The Twin (1984)
Matthias Duval is in love, but he can't choose between the two twin sisters Betty and Liz Kerner. To pick up the two sisters, he invents his own twin...
The Ideal Man (1997)
A volleyball professional has a hard time choosing between three different men in her life.
Mister Frost (1990)
Frost is arrested and committed for murder after he is apprehended burying his victims in the garden. However, even while under psychiatric care and...
Promotion canapé (1990)
Two women who want a raise, realize that they can easily get what they want, if they sleep with their boss.