Known for Directing
Serge Korber was a French film director and screenwriter known for his work in comedy and drama. He began his career in the 1960s, directing films such as L'homme orchestre (1970) and Perched on a Tree (1971), both starring Louis de Funès. Korber also directed the drama Hearth Fires (1972), featuring Annie Girardot and Claude Jade. In addition to his work in film, he directed television series and documentaries. Korber's films are noted for their humor and exploration of human relationships.
Born
February 1, 1936
Died
January 23, 2022 (age 85)
Birthplace
Paris, France
Filmography
52 films, 4 shows
Jean-Louis Trintignant, pourquoi que je vis
Jean-Louis Trintignant, pourquoi que je vis
2012 · 1h 30m
country: France


Jean Gabin intime
2010
country: France
Le Miracle du silence
Le Miracle du silence
2010 · 52m
country: France


Louis de Funès Intime
2007 · 1h 44m
country: Unknown
The life and career of actor Louis de Funès with interviews from his family, friends and collaborators.
Les Petites Bonnes
Les Petites Bonnes
1997 · 1h 30m
country: France
Two young maids, in the service of respectable bourgeois, devise various schemes to improve their lot.


Les Bidochon
1996 · 1h 21m
country: France
Raymond and Robert Bidochon lead a dismal life in a suburban HLM. The change, so hoped for by Raymonde, could come from a reality show, Grand Bonheur, in which they participate.


The Eagle and the Horse
1994 · 1h 33m
country: Canada
French Canadian TV-Movie


Le Galopin
1993 · 1h 30m
country: France
It is a difficult task for this unemployed chemist who has become the butler of a former diplomat. He will have to protect him from the women he likes a little too much, and from his own family who wants to put him under guardianship.


To Our Late Husband
1988 · 1h 30m
country: France
The widow of a thief learns that the chateau she lives in has a fortune in gold hidden somewhere.
Fred connexion
Fred connexion
1986 · 1h 30m
country: France
Bastien is on the verge of achieving the life he's always dreamed of. But everything threatens to vanish the day his ex-wife becomes involved with mobsters and interferes in his life. He suddenly finds himself embroiled in unorthodox affairs and hunted by mafiosi. In the freezer, the corpses are piling up.


Cherchez l'erreur
1980 · 1h 32m
country: France
Paul, a mad but innocent scientist, is asked to design the next ultra-lethal bomb. As his girlfriend has just called it quits, a dog starts to follow Paul around. Paul eventually adopts him, and discovers thanks to him the real meaning of life.


Shut Up, I Love You!
1980 · 1h 20m
country: France
To impress Fanny, an erotic film actress, Marco takes her on a ride in her new racing car. On the way, it's the accident.


Un jour un tueur
1980 · 1h 26m
country: France
A family is taken hostage in their home. Little by little, the springs of Stockholm Syndrome are put in place.


Je vous ferai aimer la vie
1979 · 1h 40m
country: Unknown
Anielle is raising her 17-year-old son, Olivier. The boy is badly hurt in a motorcycle accident. It's Dr. Soltier, a customer of the garage, who intervenes. His diagnosis is severe: only an immediate operation can give him a chance to survive.


Et vive la liberté !
1978 · 1h 30m
country: France
Their feats of arms in Africa are worth to Phil, Jeannot and Gerard to be sent on a special mission in Algeria. Held captive by the Fellaghas, they manage to escape and are congratulated.


Pornotissimo
1977 · 2h
country: Unknown


Hard Love
1975 · 1h 33m
country: France
Walter Petit is the laughing stock of the secretaries at the office.


Ursule and Grelu
1974
country: Unknown
A Salvation Army lieutenant and an accordion player fall in love, only to be repeatedly separated by circumstance. Reuniting in Marseille, they build a life and have a child, but fate continues to intervene as their relationship unfolds through cycles of separation and reunion.


Hearth Fires
1972 · 1h 50m
country: France
Alexandre Boursault, a provincial notary, would have been the happiest man alive if his wife did not openly display her political views and participate in all kinds of demonstrations.


Perched on a Tree
1971 · 1h 30m
country: France
Henry Roubier, a French promoter, and Enrico Mazzini, an Italian, have signed an agreement guaranteeing them a stranglehold on European highways. While driving on the roads of the south, Roubier takes two young hitchhikers, but an unfortunate swerve the car rushes by Henri and its occupants on the top of a pine tree onto the side of a cliff.


The One Man Band
1970 · 1h 25m
country: France
Evan Evans, the director of a ballet troupe, is rehearsing his next show in Monaco, in preparation for a worldwide tour. When one member of his troupe leaves to get married, Evans imposes a regime of strict discipline on his remaining dancers. The latter get their revenge by presenting Evans’ nephew Philippe, the only male member of the group, with a baby and a note claiming he is the father…


Decameron '69
1969 · 1h 14m
country: Unknown
Inspired by Giovanni Boccaccio's 14th-century collection of novellas known as The Decameron, this innovative film combines short works from seven directors who set out to interpret Boccaccio's masterwork for the modern age. The result is an assortment of titillating tales ranging from the erotic to the tragic.


A Little Virtuous
1968 · 1h 45m
country: France
In Paris, the young photographer Ferdinand falls in love with Claire, a pickpocket. Shortly after, he is assaulted because he took pictures of the young woman with another man, Brady, his sponsor. The policeman Lorenzi is put on the case, but in love, Ferdinand does not want to denounce her. However, a stolen object that she offered him will allow his indictment: Claire will spend a year in prison. When she is released, Ferdinand marries her. Kerman, Ferdinand's new boss, employs Claire in his cabaret. She puts on a famous act during which she picks the pockets of the spectators, then gives the objects back at the end of the show. But Brady reappears, demanding 80% of the young woman's earnings, otherwise he will denounce Claire's bigamy, to whom he is still married! Ferdinand prepares to flee with his wife. When he finds her, he comes across the corpse of Brady, whom Claire has just killed.


Idiot in Paris
1967 · 1h 30m
country: France
Goubi, the simpleton of his village in the French Department Allier, has but one wish: to see Paris. One day, the truckers Grafouillère deposit a drunk Goubi in the biggest market of Paris (the "Halles"). The poor man is completely lost, but the meat merchant Dessertine takes him under his wings when he hears that Goubi was likewise 'raised by the State'...


Seventeenth Heaven
1966 · 1h 25m
country: France
François, a gentle dreamer and humble window cleaner, falls under the spell of a young woman he spots on the seventeenth floor of a block of flats. And when she sets off on holiday to the seaside, he follows her on his bike to declare his love for her. He claims to be a novelist; she claims to be a lady of the manor. A boy, a girl, two lies, an impossible love?
Altitude 8625
Altitude 8625
1964 · 20m
country: Unknown
This comedy short subject parodies the Alpine expedition documentary genre.
Eve Without Respite
Eve Without Respite
1963 · 13m
country: Unknown
A young man in a cafe is attracted to a girl sitting at another table. He would like very much to approach her but he is very very shy. So, in Walter Mitty's style, he takes refuge in his fantasies, in which he finds it easy to be seductive, saving his lady from every possible and imaginable danger. The trouble is that those who win in their dreams often lose in real life. Except that at times real life surpasses imagination.
Delphica
Delphica
1963 · 13m
country: Unknown
A young civil servant is impatient to leave the ministry every evening. Once home, he devotes himself entirely to the novel he is writing, in which he is the main character with Delphica, the ravishing young girl of his dreams. A humorous contrast between daily routine and the escape into the imagination.
Un jour à Paris
Un jour à Paris
1962 · 20m
country: France
A young man goes looking for work on a cold, rainy weekday morning in Paris. He buys an umbrella for one franc and finds happiness with a beautiful dancer, who seeks shelter under his umbrella in the rain.