As an actor he became popular as Albert de Morcerf in a version of
Der Graf von Monte Christo (1954),
fame and adulation followed with his Francois in
Mit dem Kopf gegen die Wände (1959).
As a director he became famous with anarcho-pictures, brilliant cynic
comedies. His preferred actors in all decades were
Michel Serrault and
Jean Poiret - till the late 80s they were
his leading stars. When Jeanne Moreau
appeared in Das Wunder des Papu (1987), many
other leading French screen-stars followed.
