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Willy Holt is a Actor and Production Design American born on 30 november 1921 at Florida (USA)

Willy Holt

Willy Holt
Willy Holt participated to 29 films (as actor, director or script writer).
Among those, 10 have good markets following the box office.

Here are the best films classified by number of entries :

Art

Julia
Julia (1977)
, 1h58
Directed by Fred Zinnemann
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Thriller, Biography, Romance
Themes Transport films, Rail transport films, Political films, Children's films
Actors Jane Fonda, Vanessa Redgrave, Jason Robards, Hal Holbrook, Rosemary Murphy, Maximilian Schell
Roles Production Design
Rating70% 3.5452853.5452853.5452853.5452853.545285
The young Lillian and her friend Julia, daughter of a wealthy family being brought up by her grandparents in the U.S., enjoy a childhood together and an extremely close relationship in late adolescence. Later, while medical student/physician Julia (Vanessa Redgrave) attends Oxford and the University of Vienna and studies with such luminaries as Sigmund Freud, Lillian (Jane Fonda), a struggling writer, suffers through revisions of her play with her mentor and sometime lover, famed author Dashiell Hammett (Jason Robards) at a beachhouse.
Santa Claus Is a Stinker, 1h27
Directed by Jean-Marie Poiré
Origin France
Genres Comedy
Themes Cooking films, L'action se déroule en une journée, Christmas films, Films about sexuality, Théâtre, Transport films, LGBT-related films, Transgender in film, Films based on plays, Santa Claus in film, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film, Cross-dressing in film
Actors Thierry Lhermitte, Gérard Jugnot, Christian Clavier, Anémone, Josiane Balasko, Marie-Anne Chazel
Roles Production Design
Rating74% 3.7426553.7426553.7426553.7426553.742655
Pierre a stuffy, self-righteous volunteer at a telephone helpline for depressed people and his well-meaning but naïve co-worker Thérèse, are stuck with the Christmas Eve shift in the Paris office, much to their displeasure.
The Train
The Train (1964)
, 2h7
Directed by John Frankenheimer, Arthur Penn, Bernard Farrel
Origin France
Genres Drama, War, Thriller, Action
Themes Transport films, Rail transport films, Political films, Histoire de France, L'Occupation allemande en France
Actors Burt Lancaster, Paul Scofield, Jeanne Moreau, Michel Simon, Wolfgang Preiss, Howard Vernon
Roles Production Design
Rating77% 3.896883.896883.896883.896883.89688
In 1944, art masterpieces stolen by the Wehrmacht from French museums are being shipped to Germany; the officer in charge of the operation, Colonel Franz von Waldheim (Paul Scofield), is an ardent art lover and is determined to take the art to Germany, no matter the cost. After the Germans remove the art chosen by Waldheim from the Jeu de Paume Museum, curator Mademoiselle Villard (Suzanne Flon) seeks help from the French Resistance. Given the imminent liberation of Paris by the Allies, they need only delay the train for a few days—still, it is a dangerous operation and it must be done in such a way that does not risk damaging the priceless cargo.
Au Revoir les Enfants, 1h43
Directed by Louis Malle
Origin France
Genres Drama, War
Themes French war films, Films about children, Films about religion, Scoutisme, Political films, Films about Jews and Judaism, Histoire de France, L'Occupation allemande en France, La condition juive en France sous l'Occupation allemande
Actors Raphaël Fejtö, Gaspard Manesse, Philippe Morier-Genoud, François Berléand, Francine Racette, Stanislas Carré de Malberg
Roles Production Design
Rating79% 3.995313.995313.995313.995313.99531
During the winter of 1943-44, Julien Quentin, a student at a Carmelite boarding school in occupied France, is returning to school from vacation. He acts tough to the students at the school, but he is actually a pampered mother's boy who still wets his bed. Saddened to be returning to the tedium of boarding school, Julien's classes seem uneventful until Père Jean, the headmaster, introduces three new pupils. One of them, Jean Bonnet, is the same age as Julien. Like the other students, Julien at first despises Bonnet, a socially awkward boy with a talent for arithmetic and playing the piano.
The Gypsy
The Gypsy (1975)
, 1h42
Directed by José Giovanni
Origin France
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Actors Alain Delon, Annie Girardot, Paul Meurisse, Marcel Bozzuffi, Bernard Giraudeau, Renato Salvatori
Roles Production Design
Rating62% 3.1484653.1484653.1484653.1484653.148465
Opposé à une société qui condamne les siens à l'errance et à la misère, le Gitan pille et vole par révolte autant que par nécessité. Le hasard met plusieurs fois sur sa route un perceur de coffres nommé Yan Kuq.
The Annuity, 1h38
Directed by Pierre Tchernia
Origin France
Genres Thriller, Comedy
Themes Films about families, La provence, Vieillesse
Actors Michel Serrault, Michel Galabru, Claude Brasseur, Rosy Varte, Jean-Pierre Darras, Odette Laure
Roles Production Design
Rating68% 3.432783.432783.432783.432783.43278
En 1930 à Paris, Léon Galipeau, médecin généraliste à la compétence discutable, ausculte Louis Martinet, célibataire de 59 ans. Persuadé que son patient, usé, n'a que deux ans tout au plus à vivre, Galipeau convainc son frère Émile d'acquérir en viager la maison de campagne que possède Martinet dans un petit village de pêcheurs alors méconnu : Saint-Tropez. Confiants dans leur affaire, les deux frères acceptent même d'indexer la rente viagère sur le cours d'une valeur, pensent-ils, sans avenir : l'aluminium.
The Ruffian, 1h50
Directed by José Giovanni
Origin France
Genres Drama, Comedy, Adventure
Actors Lino Ventura, Bernard Giraudeau, Claudia Cardinale, August Schellenberg, Pierre Frag, August Schellenberg
Roles Production Design
Rating60% 3.0080353.0080353.0080353.0080353.008035
Chercheurs d'or au Canada, Aldo et ses compagnons essuient une attaque de bandits le jour de la paie. Seuls, Aldo et deux indiens en sortent vivants et décident de profiter de l'or en retournant à la civilisation. Chemin faisant, Aldo fausse compagnie aux indiens et part en canoe sur une rivière. Son embarcation prise dans les rapides s'écrase au pied d'une cascade avec le chargement d'or, mais Aldo en réchappe in extremis… Il rejoint à Montréal son meilleur ami, Gérard, paraplégique depuis un accident dont Aldo est responsable alors qu'ils étaient tous deux pilotes automobile. Il retrouve également la « Baronne », une ancienne maîtresse qui dirige un bar, et son fidèle employé, le vieux John.
Is Paris Burning?, 2h53
Directed by René Clément
Origin France
Genres Drama, War, Historical
Themes French war films, Political films, Histoire de France, L'Occupation allemande en France
Actors Kirk Douglas, Charles Boyer, Glenn Ford, Gert Fröbe, Leslie Caron, Yves Montand
Roles Production Design
Rating68% 3.4058853.4058853.4058853.4058853.405885
Shortly after the failed 1944 20 July plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler (Billy Frick), he appoints General Dietrich von Choltitz (Gert Fröbe) as military governor of occupied Paris. Hitler believes von Choltitz will obey his order to not let the Allies capture Paris without the Germans destroying it completely, similar to the planned destruction of Warsaw.
The Other One's Mug
Directed by Pierre Tchernia
Origin France
Genres Comedy, Crime
Themes L'usurpation d'identité, Escroquerie
Actors Michel Serrault, Jean Poiret, Curd Jürgens, Bernadette Lafont, Andréa Parisy, Paulette Dubost
Roles Production Design
Rating59% 2.9878252.9878252.9878252.9878252.987825
The film starts in 1978 Paris. In the middle of the presidential election, Martial Perrin, president of the "parti centriste des Conservateurs Indépendants Progressistes" (CIP), learns that Richard Krauss, an old mercenary convicted for taking violent action against the Djibouti government when the latter was still a French colony, has escaped from prison. In his trial, he had publicly promised to kill every man who had stood in the way of his Coup d'état. Martial Perrin is one of those men.
May Fools
May Fools (1990)
, 1h47
Directed by Louis Malle
Origin France
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Themes Films about families, Politique, Political films, Histoire de France
Actors Miou-Miou, Michel Piccoli, Michel Duchaussoy, Dominique Blanc, Paulette Dubost, Harriet Walter
Roles Production Design
Rating71% 3.592773.592773.592773.592773.59277
Milou's mother dies just as the unrest and strikes are sweeping the country. The events interfere with the plans for a funeral and disrupt the family and a stranded truck driver. The film combines elements of social and interpersonal commentary with farce.