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Alain Cuny

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Alain Cuny

Born July 12, 1908 in Saint-Malo, Ille-et-Vilaine, FranceDied May 16, 199455 films

Alain Cuny (12 July 1908 – 16 May 1994) was a French actor.

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He was born René Xavier Marie in Saint-Malo, Brittany, and studied medicine for a while before entering the film industry as a costume and set designer. Cuny started acting in the 1930s. Among his most notable films are Les Visiteurs du soir (1942), by Marcel Carné; Les Amants (The Lovers 1958); La dolce vita (1960) and Satyricon (1969), the later two directed by Federico Fellini. During his life, he befriended women such as Hafida Elalama, and many other models and actresses

Later in his career he had a role in the softcore porn film Emmanuelle (1974). Also in 1974 he played Sitting Bull in the absurdist western Don't Touch the White Woman!. One of his last roles was in Camille Claudel (1988) as Louis-Prosper Claudel, father of the film's heroine. Cuny worked in both France and Italy, and died in 1994 in Paris.

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Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
Emmanuelle poster6.0Emmanuelle1974Satyricon poster6.7Satyricon1969Time Masters poster7.3Time Masters1982The Milky Way poster7.1The Milky Way1969Many Wars Ago poster7.3Many Wars Ago1970Camille Claudel poster6.8Camille Claudel1988Christ Stopped at Eboli poster7.2Christ Stopped at Eboli1979Chronicle of a Death Foretold poster7.3Chronicle of a Death Foretold1987

Filmography

55 films as actor
  1. 1992The Return of CasanovaMarquis
  2. 1991The Annunciation of MarieAnne Vercors
  3. 1991Sweet War, FarewellVecchio Crimen
  4. 1990Les chevaliers de la table rondeMerlin
  5. 1988Camille ClaudelLouis-Prosper Claudel
  6. 1988Umi e, See YouDon Macine
  7. 1987Lucky RaviPlantation Owner
  8. 1987Chronicle of a Death ForetoldEl Viudo Xius
  9. 1987The Distant LandAigner
  10. 1985DetectiveOld Mafioso
  11. 1984Buio nella ValleLuigi
  12. 1983The Basileus QuartetMario Cantone
  13. 1982Time MastersXul (voice)
  14. 1981The Games of Countess Dolingen
  15. 1979RoberteLa voix du pur esprit
  16. 1979Christ Stopped at EboliBarone Nicola Rotunno
  17. 1978The Song of RolandTurpin/der Mönch
  18. 1976I prossenetiIl conte Davide
  19. 1976Illustrious CorpsesJudge Rasto
  20. 1975Irene, IreneGuido
  21. 1975Two in the Amsterdam Rain
  22. 1974AntigoneLe Coryphée
  23. 1974EmmanuelleMario
  24. 1974Don't Touch the White Woman!Sitting Bull
  25. 1973La rosa rossaCount Paolo Balzeri
  26. 1973Valparaiso, ValparaisoBalthazar Lamarck-Caulaincourt
  27. 1973La divine comédieVirgile
  28. 1972The Master and MargaritaProfesor Woland & Satana
  29. 1972The Audienceteologa Belga
  30. 1971The Big Black SowIl Padre di Enrico
  31. 1970Many Wars AgoGen. Leone
  32. 1969SatyriconLica
  33. 1969Safari 5000
  34. 1969The Milky WayMan with cape
  35. 1968La forêt noireHans Richter
  36. 1965Mission of FearJean de Brébeuf
  37. 1963CorruptionLeonardo Mattioli
  38. 1963Banana PeelHervé Bontemps
  39. 1962Cross of the LivingBaron Von Eggerth
  40. 1961Scano BoaCavarzan
  41. 1960La Dolce VitaSteiner
  42. 1958The LoversHenri Tournier
  43. 1956The Hunchback of Notre DameClaude Frollo
  44. 1953Mina de VanghelMr. de Larçay
  45. 1953The Lady Without CameliasLodi
  46. 1953Les Crimes de l'amourMr. de Larçay (segment 'Mina de Vanghel')
  47. 1952The Solitary ConquerorsPascal Giroud
  48. 1952Red Shirts - Anita GaribaldiBueno
  49. 1951The Forbidden ChristAntonio
  50. 1946Solita de CordouePierre Desluc
  51. 1943The Phantom BaronHervé
  52. 1942The Devil's EnvoysGilles, a Minstrel
  53. 1941Stormy WatersUn matelot du « Mirva » (uncredited)
  54. 1941Madame Sans-GêneRoustan
  55. 1940My Crimes After Mein KampfMarinus van der Lubbe (l'incendiaire du Reichstag)