Gérard Philipe

Dec 04, 1922 - Nov 25, 1959 (36 years old) in Cannes, Alpes-Maritimes, France

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.

Known For

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The Beauty of the Devil

Young Henri Faust / Young-Looking Mephistopheles

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Land Without Stars

Simon Legouge / Frédéric Talacayud

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Le Rouge et le Noir

Julien Sorel

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It Happened in the Park

Carlo - Valeria's lover (segment: Gli amanti)

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Lost Souvenirs

Gérard de Narçay (segment "Une cravate de fourrure")

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The Idiot

Prince Miouchkine

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Devil in the Flesh

François Jaubert

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Encyclopédie audiovisuelle du cinéma

Self (archive footage)

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Dangerous Love Affairs

Valmont

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The End of a Beautiful Epoch

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Credits

Gérard Philipe, le dernier hiver du Cid 2022

★ 7.3
Le Parti du cinéma 2021

Self (archive footage)

★ 7.7
The End of a Beautiful Epoch 2015

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

★ 6.1
Gérard Philipe: un homme, pas un ange 2003

Self (archive footage)

★ NR
Encyclopédie audiovisuelle du cinéma 1978

Self (archive footage)

★ NR
Fever Mounts at El Pao 1959

Ramón Vázquez

★ 6.1
Dangerous Love Affairs 1959

Valmont

★ 6.5
The Gambler 1958

Alexei Ivanovitch

★ 6.3
Life Together 1958

Désiré

★ 6.1
The Lovers of Montparnasse 1958

Amedeo Modigliani

★ 7
Lovers of Paris 1957

Octave Mouret, ambitious provincial

★ 6
Bold Adventure 1956

Till l’Espiègle

★ 5.4
Le Théâtre National Populaire 1956

Self

★ NR
If Paris Were Told to Us 1956

Le Trouvère

★ 5.7
The Best Part 1955

Philippe Perrin

★ 6.8
The Grand Manoeuvre 1955

Lieutenant Armand de la Verne

★ 6.1
Le Rouge et le Noir 1954

Julien Sorel

★ 6.3
Monsieur Ripois 1954

André Ripois

★ 6.1
Royal Affairs in Versailles 1954

D'Artagnan

★ 6.8
It Happened in the Park 1953

Carlo - Valeria's lover (segment: Gli amanti)

★ 6.4
The Proud and the Beautiful 1953

Georges

★ 6.6
Beauties of the Night 1952

Claude

★ 6.2
The Seven Deadly Sins 1952

The playmaker / The painter (segment "Le Huitième Péché")

★ 6
Fan-Fan the Tulip 1952

Fanfan la Tulipe

★ 6.7
With André Gide 1952

Narrator (voice)

★ 1
Juliette, or Key of Dreams 1951

Michel Grandier

★ 7
Lost Souvenirs 1950

Gérard de Narçay (segment "Une cravate de fourrure")

★ 5.5
La Ronde 1950

Le comte

★ 7.3
A Visit to Picasso 1950

Récitant / Narrator

★ 6.3
The Beauty of the Devil 1950

Young Henri Faust / Young-Looking Mephistopheles

★ 7.2
All Roads Lead to Rome 1949

Gabriel Pégase

★ 6
Such a Pretty Little Beach 1949

Pierre

★ 6.7
The Charterhouse of Parma 1948

le marquis Fabrice Del Dong

★ 6.5
Devil in the Flesh 1947

François Jaubert

★ 6.3
The Idiot 1946

Prince Miouchkine

★ 6.5
Land Without Stars 1946

Simon Legouge / Frédéric Talacayud

★ 6.8
Box of Dreams 1945

Man (uncredited)

★ 6
The Little Ones of the Flower Platform 1944

Jérôme Hardy

★ 6.1

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