Capucine is best known for her role as the wife of Inspector Clouseau, who is having an affair with the jewel thief, in the movie ‘The Pink Panther’ (1963). She started her career with a minor role in ‘The Eagle with Two Heads’ in 1948.
During her early career she appeared in French comedy films like ‘Rendezvous in July’ (1949) and ‘Bernard and the Lion’ (1951).
She moved to Hollywood but was not successful with her attempt to audition for the Western movie ‘Rio Bravo’ in 1959. However, she did not give up and landed with her first role in an English language movie as princess Carolyne-zu Sayn-Wittgenstein in the biopic film ‘Song Without End’ (1960). Her next movie ‘North to Alaska’ (1960) with John Wayne received mixed reviews.
After appearing in a number of European and American movies, she received positive reviews for her performance in the comedy film ‘What’s New Pussycat?’ (1965). However, the movie was not a commercial success.
Capucine went on to appear in a number of television series during her later career. These include ‘The Orient Express’ and ‘Murder She Wrote.’
The Pink Panther is a comedy film, which tells the story of a clumsy detective on the trail of a notorious jewel thief, who is planning to steal a diamond called The Pink Panther.
This comedy drama film revolves around the life and hopes of a group of jazz loving Parisians.
During the gold rush in Alaska, a prospector named George sends his partner Sam to bring his fiancée to him from Seattle. However, Sam finds out that she has married another man, and therefore he returns with another woman instead, who is the hostess at a dance hall.
This film takes us to first-century Rome, and revolves around two student friends who argue about the ownership of a slave boy named Gitone.
Two gangsters enter a train in which the Japanese ambassador is travelling, along with a valuable gold sword, which he intends to present as a gift to the American president. They also shoot one of his bodyguards. However, the surviving bodyguard Kuroda, goes after the gangsters to track them down and kill them.
The Eagle With Two Heads is a French drama film, which revolves around a poet, who plans to assassinate an unpopular queen. However, things take a turn and the two instead fall in love.
A cunning female German spy allies with a physician in order to attempt to assassinate British Field Marshall Lord Kitchener during the First World War. However, when her team is captured by the enemy, the physician escapes with the knowledge of Kitchener’s whereabouts.
Ferris, Dhana and Ng were co-fighters and friends during the WWII. But their path has become divergent since then. Ferris is now a rich businessman enjoying the company of Dhana, now the head of a schoolteacher's union, while Ng has become a committed revolutionist. Trouble starts when Dhana is arrested for carrying explosive for the insurgents.
Growing up in a Kenyan wildlife reserve with her mother and stepfather, 11-years-old Tina is comfortable with tribal customs and enjoys company of wild animals, especially her best friend, a lion. Worried that Tina is turning into a primitive, uncivilized girl, mother Christine calls Tina’s biological father, Robert, to help with Tina’s upbringing. But that may not be all that Christine wants.
The young lover of an Italian aristocrat falls in love with one of her piano students. This leads to seduction, blackmail, betrayal and eventually murder.
Michael is a playboy by nature, who is determined to reform and stay faithful to his fiancée Carole. Things however get complicated when several attractive women get charmed by him. Eventually, he is forced to ask for help from a demented psychologist who is having romantic problems of his own.
Atrocious Tales of Love and Death is a mystery comedy film which tells the story of a poor mandolin player whose life gets more troubled than it already is, after three murders occur.
Subtitled The Story of Franz Liszt, the film focuses on the life of the famous Hungarian pianist and composer, Franz Liszt. Caught in an unhappy marriage, he is thinking of quitting performances and devoting his life to God, when he meets Princess Carolyne, the wife of Prince Nicholas of Russia and falls in love with her.
This film tells four different stories by four different directors. The first one is about the sexual misadventures of a teen girl; the second is about an opportunistic gypsy babysitter; the third one is about an adulterous husband; the fourth one is about a wealthy woman who uses her butler for her lust when she is drunk.
This French comedy film tells the story of Frou-Frou, a sixteen year old peddler. Her life takes a turn, when she meets four gentlemen, who agree on helping her in improving her situation. They introduce her to the upper class of society and teach her how to behave like a lady. However, things get ugly when she falls for an artist. Things get worse when he leaves her with a daughter, and commits suicide.
Evil sorcerer, Caliph Alquazar, promises his daughter’s hand in marriage to Prince Hasan, if Hasan can bring him the magical Rose of Elil. Prince Hasan embarks on a magical adventure, overcoming obstacles, genies and battling monsters to reach the rose and claim the hand of the Princess Zuleira.
This comedy film tells the story of a poet named Palmambrogio Guanziroli, who loses his wallet shortly after his arrival in Milan. Although he manages to locate the culprit, who is a photographer nicknamed ‘Click’, the latter doesn’t want to give the money back. Therefore, Guanziroli takes up residence with him, and says that he will not leave until his money is returned or his poetry is published.
In 1939, six friends of different nationalities meet at a café in Paris, and promise to each other that they will meet again after the War is over. On the day Paris is liberated, three of the surviving friends eventually meet at the café.
Trail of the Pink Panther is a crime comedy mystery film which tells the story of a TV reporter who decides to investigate the matter when Inspector Clouseau goes missing all of a sudden during a mission. In order to solve the mystery, he tries to interview everyone who was close to Clouseau.
A nobleman is planning to announce his engagement during a festive show. However, things turn complicated when it turns out that one of his friends is in love with his intended bride.
This martial arts action film tells the story of a secret agent, whose partner is killed by an international drug cartel. He teams up with a karate expert and sets out to take them down.
When Inspector Jacques Clouseau disappears, Sergeant Clifton Sleigh of the NYPD is assigned to find him. However, he proves to be just as incompetent as the man he is looking for. Regardless, he tries his best to prove his worth. Eventually, he begins to feel that Clouseau has most likely not been kidnapped, but he has intentionally hidden his identity after undergoing plastic surgery.
