Serge Korber
Serge Korber (1 February 1936 – 23 January 2022) was a French film director and screenwriter. He directed more than 40 films between 1962 and 2007. Successful as the director of comedies starring Louis de Funès in L'homme orchestre and Perched on a Tree (co-starring Geraldine Chaplin), he earned acclaim with his tragical drama Hearth Fires starring Annie Girardot and Claude Jade as mother and daughter.
Serge Korber

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- Name
- Serge Korber
- Born
- 1 February 1936
- Birthplace
- Paris, France
- Died
- 23 January 2022
- Place of death
- Brens, France
- Occupation
- Film director Screenwriter
- Nationality
- France.
- Fields
- film direction, film screenwriting and acting.
- Languages
- French.
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This film was official French film at the 1972 Cannes Film Festival. He died in Brens on 23 January 2022, at the age of 85.

Tombe de Serge Korber au cimetière du Père-Lachaise.
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Key facts
Key facts
• Name — Serge Korber • Born — 1 February 1936 • Birthplace — Paris, France • Died — 23 January 2022 • Place of death — Brens, France • Occupation — Film director Screenwriter • Years Active — 1962–2007
Selected filmography
Selected filmography
• An Idiot in Paris (1967) • A Little Virtuous (1968) • L'homme orchestre (1970) • Perched on a Tree (1971) • Hearth Fires (1972)
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Serge Korber is recorded with the occupation pornographic film director. Classed in the genre pornographic film. Recorded as film director, screenwriter, actor and film producer.
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1936
Serge Korber born at 18th arrondissement of Paris.
2022
Serge Korber died at 13th arrondissement of Paris.
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18th arrondissement of Paris.
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13th arrondissement of Paris.
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- 1.Pour tout ce paragraphe, cf. l’émission Étonnez-moi, Benoît de Benoît Duteurtre du 6 mars 2021 sur France Musique.
- 2.Guy Debord, Œuvres, Quarto Gallimard, 2006, pp. 464-469.
- 3.Jean-Marie Apostolidès, Debord, le naufrageur, Flammarion, Paris, 2015, .
- 4.Cf. le développement sur cet incident dans : Guy Debord, Correspondance, volume 1, Paris, Fayard, 1999, et 251 à 257.
- 5.Serge Korber - IMDb. imdb.com.
- 6.Serge Korber : 50 ans de passion fidèle pour le cinéma. ladepeche.fr lire en. 19 novembre 2016 .
- 7.Thomas Korber. AlloCiné.
- 8.Fichier de l'INSEE des personnes décédées en France. matchid.
- 9.Acte de naissance. CinéArtistes.
- 10.Mort de Serge Korber, réalisateur dUn idiot à Paris et de L'Homme orchestre avec Louis de Funès. lefigaro.fr. 2022-01-24.
- 11.France 3 23/01/2022 13:38:45 01:22:04:00 L'homme orchestre. Inatheque.
- 12.Tarn. Décès du réalisateur Serge Korber. ladepeche.fr.
- 13.« Les infortunes de la liberté », Positif, , février 1977,
- 14.Visas et Classification. L Essayeuse.
- 15.L’Essayeuse: film martyr. cinema-erotique.com.
- 16.Dictionnaire désolant du cinéma X. Histoire du cinéma. 2019.
- 17.Serge Korber.
- 18.Yves Jacquot. L'Essayeuse. 2006.
- 19.Histoire juridique des interdits cinématographiques en France, 1909-2001, Albert Montagne.
- 20.un certain Monsieur Bier. Le cinéma porno : un imaginaire sous surveillance.
- 21.Un jour, un tueur (1980). unifrance.org.
- 22.Selon CNC : 04/03/1975 N° de Visa 43631, date de sortie en salle: 17/08/1975
- 23.Selon CNC : 18/08/1975 N° de Visa 44433, date de sortie en salle: 03/09/1975
- 24.Selon CNC : 21/08/1975 N° de Visa 44432, date de sortie en salle: 09/09/1975
- 25.Selon CNC : le réalisateur du film est Justin Lenoir, 18/08/1975 N° de Visa 44434, date de sortie en salle: 08/10/1975
- 26.Selon CNC : 16/06/1976 N° de Visa 45018, Date de sortie en salle: 14/04/1976
- 27.Selon CNC : 16/06/1976 N° de Visa 45017, Date de sortie en salle: 19/05/1976
- 28.Selon CNC : 28/03/1977 N° de Visa 46674, date de sortie en salle: 16/02/1977
- 29.Selon CNC : 19/08/1977 N° de Visa 47478, date de sortie en salle: 13/07/1977
- 30.Selon CNC : 31/01/1978 N° de Visa 47764, date de sortie en salle: 19/10/1977
- 31.REMISE DU 21 SEPTEMBRE 2013. bien.public.over-blog.com. 24 novembre 2013.
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