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Gérard Philipe

Gérard Philipe

Born: 1922-12-04 • 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.

Filmography
Gérard Philipe, le dernier hiver du Cid poster
Gérard Philipe, le dernier hiver du Cid
2022
Le Parti du cinéma poster
Le Parti du cinéma
2021 • Self (archive footage)
The End of a Beautiful Epoch poster
The End of a Beautiful Epoch
2015 • Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
No Image
Gérard Philipe: un homme, pas un ange
2003 • Self (archive footage)
Heart of the Festival poster
Heart of the Festival
2002 • Self (archive footage)
Fever Mounts at El Pao poster
Fever Mounts at El Pao
1959 • Ramón Vázquez
Dangerous Love Affairs poster
Dangerous Love Affairs
1959 • Valmont
The Gambler poster
The Gambler
1958 • Alexei Ivanovitch
Life Together poster
Life Together
1958 • Désiré
The Lovers of Montparnasse poster
The Lovers of Montparnasse
1958 • Amedeo Modigliani
Lovers of Paris poster
Lovers of Paris
1957 • Octave Mouret, ambitious provincial
Bold Adventure poster
Bold Adventure
1956 • Till l’Espiègle
Le Théâtre National Populaire poster
Le Théâtre National Populaire
1956 • Self
If Paris Were Told to Us poster
If Paris Were Told to Us
1956 • Le Trouvère
The Best Part poster
The Best Part
1955 • Philippe Perrin
The Grand Manoeuvre poster
The Grand Manoeuvre
1955 • Lieutenant Armand de la Verne
Le Rouge et le Noir poster
Le Rouge et le Noir
1954 • Julien Sorel
Monsieur Ripois poster
Monsieur Ripois
1954 • André Ripois
It Happened in the Park poster
It Happened in the Park
1953 • Carlo - Valeria's lover (segment: Gli amanti)
Royal Affairs in Versailles poster
Royal Affairs in Versailles
1953 • D'Artagnan
The Proud and the Beautiful poster
The Proud and the Beautiful
1953 • Georges
Beauties of the Night poster
Beauties of the Night
1952 • Claude
The Seven Deadly Sins poster
The Seven Deadly Sins
1952 • The playmaker / The painter (segment "Le Huitième Péché")
Fan-Fan the Tulip poster
Fan-Fan the Tulip
1952 • Fanfan la Tulipe
With André Gide poster
With André Gide
1952 • Narrator (voice)
Juliette, or Key of Dreams poster
Juliette, or Key of Dreams
1951 • Michel Grandier
Lost Souvenirs poster
Lost Souvenirs
1950 • Gérard de Narçay (segment "Une cravate de fourrure")
La Ronde poster
La Ronde
1950 • Le comte
A Visit to Picasso poster
A Visit to Picasso
1950 • Récitant / Narrator
The Beauty of the Devil poster
The Beauty of the Devil
1950 • Young Henri Faust / Young-Looking Mephistopheles
All Roads Lead to Rome poster
All Roads Lead to Rome
1949 • Gabriel Pégase
Such a Pretty Little Beach poster
Such a Pretty Little Beach
1949 • Pierre
The Charterhouse of Parma poster
The Charterhouse of Parma
1948 • le marquis Fabrice Del Dong
Devil in the Flesh poster
Devil in the Flesh
1947 • François Jaubert
The Idiot poster
The Idiot
1946 • Prince Miouchkine
Land Without Stars poster
Land Without Stars
1946 • Simon Legouge / Frédéric Talacayud
Box of Dreams poster
Box of Dreams
1945 • Man (uncredited)
The Little Ones of the Flower Platform poster
The Little Ones of the Flower Platform
1944 • Jérôme Hardy