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Gérard Philipe
Born: 4th Dec 1922 Cannes, Alpes-Maritimes, France - Died 25th Nov 1959
Dept: Acting
Gérard Philipe (4 December 1922 – 25 November 1959) was a prominent French actor who appeared in 34 films between 1944 and 1959. Active in both theater and cinema, he was, until his untimely death, one of the main stars of the post-war period. His image has remained youthful and romantic, which has made him one of the icons of French cinema.
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Film and Tv Credits
Total number of credits listed: 41
Film: 38 (93%)
Television: 3 (7%)
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Filmography
2022
An adaptation of Jérôme Garcin’s novel Le dernier hiver du cid, this documentary built exclusively on archive footage and a delicate story telling ... view
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Original title: Конец прекрасной эпохи
2015
Drama based on life and stories of one of the most popular Soviet/Russian writers - Sergei Dovlatov. ... view
Character:
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2003
Just after the Second World War, he was a bit like the French James Dean, the embodiment of the aspirations of young people of the late 1940s and earl ... view
Character:
Self (archive footage)
Original title: Histoires de festival
2002
A short film containing some of the highlights of the Cannes Film Festival's storied history. ... view
Character:
Self (archive footage)
Sep 1978 (first aired)
Produced for television by Claude-Jean Philippe, the « Encyclopédie audiovisuelle du cinéma », recounts the history of French cinema from its birt ... view
Character:
Self (archive footage) (1 ep.)
Original title: La fièvre monte à El Pao
1959
After Caribbean despot Mariano Vargas is murdered at the hands of his enraged populace, his secretary Ramón Vázquez takes not just control but also ... view
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Ramón Vázquez
Original title: Les Liaisons dangereuses
1959
Juliette Merteuil and Valmont is a sophisticated couple, always looking for fun and excitement. Both have sexual affairs with others and share their e ... view
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Valmont
Original title: Le Joueur
1958
In 1866, a young Muscovite named Alexei Ivanovitch arrives in Baden Baden, then the gambling capital of Austria, and is soon engaged by General Zagori ... view
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Alexei Ivanovitch
Original title: La Vie à deux
1958
The writer Pierre Carot became rich and famous with his book "Life as a Couple", which was based on the loving relationships of four couples. Now he's ... view
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Désiré
Original title: Les Amants de Montparnasse
1958
Biographic film chronicling the last year of the life of the Italian painter Amedeo Modigliani, 1919, who falls in love with a girl from a wealthy fam ... view
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Amedeo Modigliani
Original title: Pot-Bouille
1957
Young, handsome, dashing but cynical, Octave Mouret arrives in Paris, determined to conquer the belles of the capital. ... view
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Octave Mouret, ambitious provincial
Original title: Les aventures de Till l'Espiègle
1956
In the 16th century, as Flanders is invaded by the Spanish, Till the Mischievous uses stratagems to enter the service of Ferdinand Alvare de Toledo, D ... view
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Till l’Espiègle
1956
The T.N.P., the Théâtre National Populaire, an important experimental theater directed by Jean Vilar. Franju combines sequences from theatrical perf ... view
Character:
Self
Original title: Si Paris nous était conté
1956
Historical film directed and written by Sacha Guitry follows the the history of Paris from its founding through the significant events in the city's h ... view
Character:
Le Trouvère
Original title: La Meilleure Part
1955
Philippe Perrin, a young engineer passionate about his work, leads the construction of a huge dam in the High Alps. Like all the men who work on the b ... view
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Philippe Perrin
Original title: Les Grandes Manœuvres
1955
Armand, a boastful womaniser, makes a bet that he can seduce any girl he wants. He soon crosses paths with a beautiful Parisian divorcee, who is nothi ... view
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Lieutenant Armand de la Verne
1954
It's no holds barred for Julian in pursuit of upward mobility. Although expected to channel career aspirations into the Church of the post-Napoleonic ... view
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Julien Sorel
1954
While his wife, Catherine, is finalizing their divorce, serial philanderer Andre invites his latest conquest, Catherine’s best friend, Patricia, ove ... view
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André Ripois
Original title: Les Amants de Villa Borghese
1953
Villa Borghese, Rome's biggest urban park, is the place where everyday laughs and dramas are consumed. The movie is made of six vignettes set there. ... view
Character:
Carlo (segment "Gli Amanti")
Original title: Si Versailles m'était conté
1953
Witty narration follows the history of Versailles Palace; founded by Louis XIII, enlarged by autocratic Louis XIV, whose personal affairs and amours, ... view
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D'Artagnan
Original title: Les Orgueilleux
1953
Life in a small Mexican village where joy and misery, hope and pain, passion and guilt, love and decay, life and death are mixed in the peasants life ... view
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Georges
Original title: Les Belles de nuit
1952
A daydreaming French composer sees himself as a fine figure dashing through history. ... view
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Claude
Original title: Les Sept Péchés capitaux
1952
A compilation of segments covers the seven deadly sins of greed, wrath, envy, pride, lust, sloth, and gluttony. ... view
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The playmaker / The painter (segment "Le Huitième Péché")
Original title: Fanfan la Tulipe
1952
Fanfan is a young handsome peasant. He joins the army to escape marriage because a gypsy girl predicted he will get glory and the king's daughter as a ... view
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Fanfan la Tulipe
Original title: Avec André Gide
1952
Nobel-prize-winning author, social justice crusader, anti-colonialist, adventure traveler, musician, and one-time Communist: André Gide was a larger- ... view
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Narrator (voice)
Original title: Juliette ou La Clef des songes
1951
Michel has stolen from his employer, Mr Bellanger, for the love of Juliette. He is now in jail. One night, while sleeping in his cell, he wakes up all ... view
Character:
Michel Grandier
Original title: Souvenirs perdus
1950
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 ... view
Character:
Gérard de Narçay (segment "Une cravate de fourrure")
1950
An all-knowing interlocutor guides us through a series of affairs in Vienna, 1900. A soldier meets an eager young lady of the evening. Later he has an ... view
Character:
Le comte
Original title: Bezoek aan Picasso
1950
In this short 20 minute black and white Belgian documentary, the director, Paul Haesaerts, visualised Pablo Picasso’s flow of imagination when the S ... view
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Récitant / Narrator
Original title: La Beauté du diable
1950
Henri Faust, retiring after 50 years as a professor in a circa-1700 French university, despairs at the ravages of old age ... whereupon Mephistopheles ... view
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Young Henri Faust / Young-Looking Mephistopheles
Original title: Tous les chemins mènent à Rome
1949
A young geometrician goes to Rome with his sister. During the trip, they meet Laura, an actress who offers them many surprises. ... view
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Gabriel Pégase
Original title: Une si jolie petite plage
1949
During the cold and rainy off-season a man arrives in a seaside town and, giving his name only as Pierre, checks into the only hotel which remains ope ... view
Character:
Pierre
Jun 1948 (first aired)
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Character:
Self (1 ep.)
Original title: La Chartreuse de Parme
1948
This adaptation of Stendhal's timeless masterpiece of French literature tells the tale of Fabrice Del Dongo (Grard Philipe) a young archibishop who gi ... view
Character:
le marquis Fabrice Del Dong
Original title: Le Diable au corps
1947
In France during World War I, Marthe waits for her husband, Jacques, while he fights on the front lines. Marthe then begins a tempestuous affair with ... view
Character:
François Jaubert
Original title: L'Idiot
1946
Muichkine, a young Russian prince, returns home to St. Petersburg from a mental institution, determined to spread decency and kindness in the harsh an ... view
Character:
Prince Miouchkine
Original title: Le Pays sans étoiles
1946
Simon's life is troubled by images of a crime which happened in his family a hundred years ago. While traveling in south France, he finds the landscap ... view
Character:
Simon Legouge / Frédéric Talacayud
Original title: La Boîte aux rêves
1945
Nicole tries to seduce a young man who lead a bohemian life in an untidy flat with his three pals. ... view
Character:
Man (uncredited)
Original title: Les Petites du quai aux fleurs
1944
A brave bookseller raises his four daughters alone, all of whom he employs in his shop. They are especially interested in their sentimental stories. R ... view
Character:
Jérôme Hardy