Mort on Screen
Romansa Konjokradice
Romance of a Horsethief
1971
In 1905, Polish horse thieves living near the Russian border find their livelihoods threatened by the new Russo-Japanese conflict because the Russian army requisitions all horses and forcibly conscripts all men for the war.
Director
Abraham Polonsky
Writers
David Opatoshu, Joseph Opatoshu
Stars
Yul Brynner, Eli Wallach, Jane Birkin
Mort Shuman
Piano Player (uncredited)
A Day at the Beach
1972
A trip to a shabby seaside resort for Bernie and his crippled daughter, Winnie, devolves into a shameful display of neglect and addiction as the alcoholic, self-pitying Bernie medicates his bitterness with liquor until he’s staggering drunk.
Director
Simon Hesera
Writers
Roman Polanski, Heere Heeresma, James Brockway
Stars
Mark Burns, Beat Edney, Joanna Dunham
Music
Mort Shuman
Les Guichets du Louvre
Black Thursday
1974
Paris, July 1942. Paul, an idealist student, is warned of a vast roundup of Jews. In the hope of saving a few people, he wanders all day among the police, buses and families in tears, in the Saint-Paul district.
Director
Michel Mitrani
Writers
Roger Boussinot, Albert Cossery, Michel Mitrani
Stars
Christian Rist, Christine Pascal, Judith Magre
Music
Mort Shuman
Jacques Brel Is Alive and Well and Living in Paris
1975
Three attendees at a puppet theater don various roles in order to sing a variety of songs by Jacques Brel, all while hippies and other eccentrics cavort about them.
Director
Denis Héroux
Writers
Eric Blau, Mort Shuman, Jacques Brel
Stars
Elly Stone, Mort Shuman, Joe Masiell
Une Femme Fidèle
1976
Charles is wealthy, a French venture capitalist in the 1830s; he's also an aristocratic assassin, prompting duels for political, monetary, and sexual gain. He meets Madame Mathilde LeRoi, a virtuous and beautiful woman, and he determines to seduce her.
Director
Roger Vadim
Writers
Roger Vadim, Daniel Boulanger, Choderlos de Laclos
Stars
Sylvia Kristel, Nathalie Delon, Jon Finch
Music
Mort Shuman
Rue Haute
1976
David, an American Jewish painter in Brussels for an exhibit, becomes obsessed with Mimi, a mentally ill Belgium woman. As he uncovers the World War II roots of her disturbance, however, he increasingly manifests her symptoms.
Director
André Ernotte
Writers
André Ernotte, Elliot Tiber
Stars
Annie Cordy, Mort Shuman, Bert Struys
The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane
1976
A thirteen-year-old girl, who lives with her absentee father, befriends a disabled teenage amateur magician and invites him, gradually, into her tenuous struggle against a predatory local neighbor.
Director
Nicolas Gessner
Writer
Laird Koenig
Stars
Jodie Foster, Martin Sheen, Alexis Smith, Mort Shuman
Mort Shuman
Ron Miglioriti
À nous les petites Anglaises!
1976
After failing their exam, Jean-Pierre and Alain are sent to England. But all they want are girls.
Director
Michel Lang
Writer
Michel Lang
Stars
Rémi Laurent, Stéphane Hillel, Véronique Delbourg
Music
Mort Shuman
Une vraie jeune fille
1976
Reluctantly, a sulky adolescent returns to her parents' house for yet another boring summer vacation, dabbling in desire and the art of desirability, eventually mixing reality with vision, caged fantasies with the fierce female sexuality.
Director
Catherine Breillat
Writer
Catherine Breillat
Stars
Charlotte Alexandra, Hiram Keller, Rita Maiden
Music
Mort Shuman
Sex O’Clock USA
1976
Reichenbach films common people in sexual related situations, in a variety of true, gripping, funny, dramatic, disturbing, imaginative ways - in the country than facing a big moral change in their view of adult, public and sexual life.
Shuman’s soundtrack is notable for featuring the openly gay love song, "You're My Man," while another one of his compositions, "Baby Come On" become a modest hit on Billboard's Disco chart, peaking at number 37 in July 1977 (billed under the Sex O'Clock U.S.A. name during its chart run).
Director
François Reichenbach
Producer
Éric Rochat
Cinematography
Jean Collomb
Stars
Frank Moore, John Holmes, Marc Stevens
Composers
Mort Shuman, Christian Gaubert
Plus ça va, moins ça va
1977
Inspectors Pignon and Melville are conducting an investigation. After a first arrest, they quickly realize that the case is more dark than it seems.
Director
Michel Vianey
Writer
Michel Vianey
Stars
Jean-Pierre Marielle, Jean Carmet, Niels Arestrup, Mort Shuman
Music
Mort Shuman
Monsieur Papa
1977
A father is raising his ten-year-old son on his own. The two get along very well until the arrival of a new companion in the father's life.
Director
Philippe Monnier
Writers
Patrick Cauvin, Philippe Monnier, Jean-Marie Poiré
Stars
Claude Brasseur, Nathalie Baye, Nicolas Reboul
Music
Mort Shuman
La nuit de Saint-Germain-des-Prés
1977
In 1951, Saint-Germain-des-Prés, a private detective is commissioned by an insurance company to find stolen jewelery.
Director
Bob Swaim
Writers
Pierre Fabre, Léo Malet, Alain Petit
Stars
Michel Galabru, Mort Shuman, Daniel Auteuil
Music
Christian Gaubert, Mort Shuman
Je te tiens, tu me tiens par la barbichette
1979
The kidnappers of a variety presenter, Patrice Rengain, demand a ransom of a billion cents. To collect the sum, the director of the chain decides to organize a huge quest, as for a great humanitarian cause.
Director
Jean Yanne
Writers
Gérard Sire, Jean Yanne
Stars
Jean Yanne, Mimi Coutelier, The Village People, Mort Shuman
Music
Mort Shuman
L'associé
1979
An unemployed investor creates a fictious business partner to attempt to improve business. Eventually, his creation gets out of control as his business becomes successful and his wife announces that she is in love with the partner and his son wishes the partner was his father.
Director
René Gainville
Writers
Jenaro Prieto, Jean-Claude Carrière, René Gainville
Stars
Michel Serrault, Claudine Auger, Catherine Alric
Music
Mort Shuman
Le jour se lève et les conneries commencent
1981
Three thirty-year-old friends with a strong appetite for women and leisure life, supported by different people, live very well. Until one of them is forced to work. His two mates will do everything to free him from this calvary.
Director
Claude Mulot
Writers
Claude Mulot, Bruno Trompier
Stars
Gérard Surugue, François Domange, Gérard Darier
Music
Mort Shuman
PSY
1981
Marc runs a psychotherapy course at a large country house belonging to his wife Colette. His clients are depressed and his job is to cure them of their neuroses.
Director
Philippe de Broca
Writer
Gérard Lauzier
Stars
Patrick Dewaere, Anny Duperey, Jean-François Stévenin
Music
Mort Shuman