Biography
Ivo Livi (13 October 1921 – 9 November 1991), better known as Yves Montand, was an Italian-born French actor and singer. He is said to be one of France's greatest 20th-century artists. Montand was born Ivo Livi in Stignano, a small village in the hills of Monsummano Terme, Italy, to Giovanni Livi, a broom manufacturer. Montand's mother Giuseppina Simoni was a devout Catholic. The family left Italy for France in 1923 following fascist Benito Mussolini's rise to power. He grew up in Marseille, wh...
Known For
Complete Filmography

Les Rois de la comédie
2023
as Self (archive footage)
At the end of the 1950s, four humor specialists simultaneously experienced recognition. Fernandel with “The Cow and the Prisoner”, Bourvil with “The H...

Trintignant by Trintignant
2021
as Self (archive footage)
A portrait of a man of rare elegance and enigmatic charm, versatile and successful: Jean-Louis Trintignant, one of the most critically acclaimed Frenc...

Mitterrand, président culturel
2021
as Self (archive footage)
On the occasion of the fourty years anniversary of François Mitterand's election, a look back to the relationship between the President and artists, f...

Le Parti du cinéma
2021
as Self (archive footage)

Signoret et Montand, Monroe et Miller : Deux couples à Hollywood
2020
as Self (archive footage)
In January 1960, Yves Montand and Simone Signoret, one of the most famous star couples of the day, were on tour in the United States. Yves Montand had...

1958: Those Who Said No
2018
as Self (archive footage)
On October 4, 2018, France celebrated the 60th anniversary of the Fifth Republic. It is a republic born in the throes of the Algerian War and one whic...
The Force of Destiny
2017
This documentary on the making of JEAN DE FLORETTE and MANON OF THE SPRING features director Claude Berri; actors Yves Montand and Gérard Depardieu; a...

Claude Sautet, Romy, Yves, Michel et les autres
2017
as Self (archive footage)

The Incredible Mr. Piccoli
2017
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
A captivating portrait of French actor Michel Piccoli, who has worked with the greatest filmmakers of his time and has built a dazzling career of rema...

The End of a Beautiful Epoch
2015
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Drama based on life and stories of one of the most popular Soviet/Russian writers - Sergei Dovlatov.

Les Enfoirés - Les Enfoirés en chœur de 1985 à aujourd'hui
2014

Dans les coulisses: le tournage de 'Trois Places pour le 26'
2013
as Self (Archive Footage)
Behind-the scenes documentary on Jacques Demy's 'Trois places pour le 26'

Il était une fois... Vincent, François, Paul et les autres
2011
as Self (archive footage)

D'un film à l'autre
2011
as Self (archive footage)
On April 13, 2011, Les Films 13 production company turned 50. How can one celebrate an anniversary of this sort ? By simply making "another" film that...

Comiques de toujours (Vol. 1 à 4)
2009
as Self (archive footage)

Pushing the Limit: The Making of Grand Prix
2006
as Self (archive footage)

Making 'The Misfits'
2002
as Self (archive footage)
A behind-the-scenes and in-depth look at the making of John Huston's The Misfits (1961).

Montand
1994
as Self (archive footage)
A documentary portrait of French actor/singer Yves Montand.

IP5: The Island of Pachyderms
1992
as Léon Marcel
Young graffiti artist Tony and his friend Jockey jump-start an unexpected adventure on the streets of Grenoble, France, when they steal a car that's a...

Netchayev is Back
1991
as Pierre Marroux
Freshly landed in Paris, Daniel Laurençon, who calls himself Netchaïev, who was believed dead five years ago in Gibraltar, warns a commercial center o...

Rush - Voyage à Moscou
1990
as Self
A document of Perestroika, to be viewed as (nearly) unedited rushes of a voyage to Moscow, preserved by compatriot Costa-Gavras. Says Émilie Cauquy of...

Three Seats for the 26th
1988
as Yves Montand
Yves Montand, playing himself, returns to his hometown of Marseilles to appear in an autobiographical musical. Once there, he searches for the barmaid...

Manon of the Spring
1986
as César Soubeyran, aka "le Papet"
In this, the sequel to Jean de Florette, Manon has grown into a beautiful young shepherdess living in the idyllic Provencal countryside. She plots ven...

Jean de Florette
1986
as César Soubeyran, aka 'le Papet'
In a rural French village, an old man and his only remaining relative cast their covetous eyes on an adjoining vacant property. They need its spring w...

Vive la crise !
1984

Good Morning, Mr. Orwell
1984
as Self
In his book "1984", George Orwell saw the television of the future as a control instrument in the hands of Big Brother. Right at the start of the much...

Waiter!
1983
as Alex, head waiter
After a tumultuous life, a middle-aged headwaiter in a Parisian restaurant dreams of opening a seaside amusement park. When an old flame reappears, he...

One Minute for One Image
1983
as Narrator
TV series directed by Varda in which she gives thoughts to her favorite images and why she is drawn to them (in short one minute segments per image)

All Fired Up
1982
as Victor Valance
Victor Valance, an absent father and gambler, works with shady casino operations abroad. When he returns to Paris in need of money, he plans to take a...

Choice of Arms
1981
as Noel Durieux
A former crook is pulled out of retirement when a gang on the run turn to him for shelter after a prison break.

I... For Icarus
1979
as Henri Volney
Following the assassination of President Marc Jarry, a member of the investigation committee refuses to sign off on the committee's final findings.

Womanlight
1979
as Michel Follin
Having both suffered extreme losses, a man and a woman try to form a relationship.

Roads to the South
1978
as Jean Larrea
France, 1975. Jean, an exiled Spanish Communist, is a successful screenwriter who, after a tragic event, struggles with his political commitment, his ...

A Grin Without a Cat
1977
as Narrator (voice)
French essay film focusing on global political turmoil in the 1960s and '70s, particularly the rise of the New Left in France and the development of s...

La Menace
1977
as Henri Savin
Henri Savin has managed a trucking company for his lover, Dominique Montlaur, for many years. Now he is planning to leave her for Julie Manet, the wom...

The Big Operator
1976
as Morland
The aging villain Émile Morland talks his old friend Aristide into helping him with to kidnap the son of a millionaire.

Police Python 357
1976
as Inspecteur Marc Ferrot
A methodical police inspector becomes entangled in a web of deceit after a murder investigation reveals disturbing connections to his own department. ...

A Butterfly in the Night
1976
as Voz
A prostitute in Paris is taken home to her native Argentina by an in love rich landlord.

Lovers Like Us
1975
as Martin
A young Frenchwoman fleeing her Italian fiancé in Caracas thrusts herself and those around her into madcap events.

Special Section
1975
as Un milicien
In occupied France during the WWII, a German officer is murdered. The collaborationist Vichy government decides to pin the murder on six petty crimina...

The Loneliness of the Long Distance Singer
1974
as Self
This documentary chronicles an Yves Montand concert for Chilean refugees in France.

Vincent, Francois, Paul and the Others
1974
as Vincent, entrepreneur
Three friends navigate mid-life crises: a blocked writer, a disillusioned doctor, and a charming man facing bankruptcy and divorce. As their struggles...

Letter to Jane: An Investigation About a Still
1974
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The film's subject is a photograph of Jane Fonda visiting Hanoi during the Vietnam War. It asks what the position of the intellectual should be in the...

Les Deux mémoires
1974
as Self
The two memories

Chance and Violence
1974
as Laurent Bermann
A sociologist specialising in criminology moves to a peaceful residence on the Côte d’Azur so that he can concentrate on writing a thesis. When he is...
T'es fou Marcel
1974
as Self

The Son
1973
as Ange Orahona
Ange leaves New York to fly to his native Corsica. His mother is dying and Ange, who was not present when his father died, wishes to be present at her...

State of Siege
1972
as Philip Michael Santore
Using the interrogation of a US counterinsurgency agent as a backdrop, the film explores the consequences of the struggle between Uruguay's government...

Cesar and Rosalie
1972
as César
A young woman becomes entangled with a successful businessman, but her ex tries to win her back, provoking intense jealousy that leads her to reconsid...

J'ai tout donné
1972
as Self
An intimate cinéma vérité style documentary following french mega star Johnny Hallyday's summer tour.

Tout Va Bien
1972
as Him, Jacques
A strike at a French sausage factory contributes to the estrangement of a married filmmaker and his reporter wife.

Delusions of Grandeur
1971
as Blaze, Don Sallust's valet
Don Sallust is the minister of the King of Spain. Being disingenuous, hypocritical, greedy and collecting the taxes for himself, he is hated by the pe...

You Speak of Prague: The Second Trial of Artur London
1971
as Self - Interviewee
Artur London was arrested in 1951 in a Stalinist purge, imprisoned and tortured for two years and forced to confess in the Slansky Trial, one of the l...

Le Cercle Rouge
1970
as Jansen
When French criminal Corey gets released from prison, he resolves to never return. He is quickly pulled back into the underworld, however, after a cha...

On a Clear Day You Can See Forever
1970
as Dr. Marc Chabot
Daisy Gamble, an unusual woman who hears phones before they ring, and does wonders with her flowers, wants to quit smoking to please her fiancé, Warre...

The Confession
1970
as Gérard (A.L. / Artur London)
The vice-minister of Foreign Affairs of Czechoslovakia, knowing he's being watched and followed, is one day arrested and put into solitary confinement...

Z
1969
as The Deputy, a doctor
Amid a tense political climate, the opposition leader is killed in an apparent accident. When a prosecutor smells a cover-up, witnesses get targeted. ...

The Devil by the Tail
1969
as Le baron César Maricorne
In this comedy, a run-down hotel drums up customers by sabotaging passing cars. The stuck motorists are then obliged to stay. Unfortunately, one of th...

Mr. Freedom
1969
as Capt. Formidable (uncredited)
Mr. Freedom, a bellowing good-ol'-boy superhero decked out in copious football padding, jets to France to cut off a Commie invasion from Switzerland. ...

One Night... a Train
1968
as Mathias
The Belgian linguistics professor Matthias is going through a difficult period in relations with his girlfriend Anne. She is French, he is Belgian, an...

Live for Life
1967
as Robert Colomb
Famous TV newscaster Robert Colomb is married to Catherine, but is continually unfaithful to her. Then he meets, and becomes fascinated with Candice.

Grand Prix
1966
as Jean-Pierre Sarti
The most daring drivers in the world have gathered to compete for the 1966 Formula One championship. After a spectacular wreck in the first of a serie...
Grand Prix: Challenge of the Champions
1966
as Self
A short making of feature about the 1966 John Frankenheimer movie Grande Prix

Is Paris Burning?
1966
as Sgt. Marcel Bizien
Near the end of World War II, Gen. Dietrich von Choltitz receives orders to burn down Paris if it becomes clear the Allies are going to invade, or if ...

The War Is Over
1966
as Diego Mora / Carlos / Domingo
Diego is one of the chiefs of the Spanish Communist Party. On his way from Madrid to Paris, he is arrested at the border for an ID check but manages t...

Rotterdam-Europoort
1966
as Narrator (French version) (voice)
Instructional film about the (former) biggest harbour in the world, with a hybrid format. Well known Ivens themes are revisited, like The Flying Dutch...

The Sleeping Car Murder
1965
as L'inspecteur Grazzi
Six people travel by train overnight from Marseilles to Paris. When the train arrives at its destination, one of the passengers, a girl, is found dead...

The Lovely Month of May
1963
as Narrator (French version) (voice)
Candid interviews of ordinary people on the meaning of happiness, an often amorphous and inarticulable notion that evokes more basic and fundamentally...

My Geisha
1962
as Paul Robaix
Famed movie director Paul Robaix breaks with tradition by not casting his actress-comedienne wife, Lucy Dell, in his latest film production, a version...

Goodbye Again
1961
as Roger Demarest
Middle-aged businesswoman Paula Tessier rejects the advances of her client's amusing 25-year-old son, Philip Van der Besh, but reconsiders when her lo...

Sanctuary
1961
as Candy Man
In 1920s rural Mississippi, Nancy Mannigoe, an African-American servant, is placed on death row for the murder of Temple Drake's infant child. Temple,...

Let's Make Love
1960
as Jean-Marc Clement / Alexander Dumas
When billionaire Jean-Marc Clement learns that he is to be satirized in an off-Broadway revue, he passes himself off as an actor playing him in order ...

The Law
1959
as Matteo Brigante
A gorgeous housekeeper turns the tables on the men in a small Mediterranean coastal town by using their own vicious drinking game.

Premier mai
1958
as Jean Meunier
On this beautiful May 1st, Thérèse is about to give birth. Their presence at home is undesirable, so Jean, her husband, decides to take François, thei...

The Wide Blue Road
1957
as Giovanni Squarciò
Squarciò, a fisherman, lives with his family on a small island off the Dalmatian coast of Italy. Like his fellow villagers, Squarciò struggles against...

The Witches of Salem
1957
as John Proctor
Salem 1692. The young Abigail, seduced and abandoned by John Proctor, accuses John's wife of being a witch in revenge. A series of tragic trials soon ...

Yves Montand is Singing
1957
as Self
The tour of the French singer Yves Montand and actress Simone Signoret to the USSR in 1956.

The Wind Rose
1957
as Yves (archive footage)
An international anthology about the struggles of female workers around the world.

Men and Wolves
1957
as Ricuccio
Two young hunters of wolves are involved in a conflict. Besides the dangerous wild wolves, beautiful Teresa is the center of attention.

Django Reinhardt
1957
as Narrator (voice)
One of the first filmed portraits of a jazz musician.

Un matin comme les autres
1956
as Yves

Marguerite of the Night
1955
as M. Léon
It tells the story of an older pedant who buys adolescence from Satan.

Heroes and Sinners
1955
as Michel Rivière
A good cast smooths over the rough spots of Les Heros sont Fatigues. The scene is the African republic of Liberia, which in this film proves to be a s...

Napoleon
1955
as Lefebvre
The film follows the life of Napoleon from his early life in Corsica to his death at Saint Helena. The film is notable for its use of location shootin...

Air of Paris
1954
Songs
Victor Le Garrec, a former boxer, runs a gym in Paris while dreaming of finding an aspiring champion who will reach the goals he was never able to ach...

The Anatomy of Love
1954
as Vasco
Nine episodes about life in Italy in the period just before its economic boom.

The Wages of Fear
1953
as Mario Livi
In a run-down South American town, four men are paid to drive trucks loaded with nitroglycerin into the jungle through to the oil field. Friendships a...

Paris Still Sings!
1951
as Self
A famous comedian decrees that his fortune will go to whoever collects as many pop star autographs as quickly as possible. When he dies, two cousins ...

Paris Is Always Paris
1951
as Yves Montand
A group of Italian soccer fans arrive in Paris for a match, but most of them go their separate ways to explore the sights, have a bit of an adventure,...

The Red Inn
1951
as Singing Commentator (voice)
A group of travelers, including a monk, stay in a lonely inn in the mountains. The host confesses the monk his habit of serving poisoned soup to the g...

Lost Souvenirs
1950
as Raoul, street singer (segment "Le violon")
Suppose lost and found objects could talk... But they can! At least four of them... : -A statuette of Osiris remembers how two ex-lovers, a model and ...
Rendez-vous de l'espérance
1950
as Self

The Idol
1948
as Fontana
A young woodcutter turned into a boxer, learns the sad fact that some of his triumphs have been stage managed, and confronts his nasty manager.

Gates of the Night
1946
as Jean Diego
In post-Liberation Paris, a man reunites with a friend and meets the woman of his dreams, only to discover her brother's dark past.

Star Without Light
1946
as Pierre
An aspiring singer tries to break into films during the early talkie era. She is hired to dub the singing and speaking voice of a silent-movie favorit...