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Gérard Blain
Blain in Silver Spoon Set (1960)
Born(1930-10-23)23 October 1930
Paris, France
Died17 December 2000(2000-12-17) (aged 70)
Paris, France
OccupationsActor, film director
Years active1944–2000
Spouses

Gérard Blain (23 October 1930 – 17 December 2000) was a French actor and film director. He is perhaps best known for his roles as Serge in Claude Chabrol's Le Beau Serge (1959) and Raoul Minot in Wim Wender's The American Friend. (1977)[1][2]

Biography

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Blain appeared in sixty films between 1944 and 2000. He also directed nine films between 1971 and 2000.[3][4] In 1971, he won the Golden Leopard at the Locarno International Film Festival for his film The Friends.[5] Blain married three times, including briefly to Bernadette Lafont.[4]

Filmography

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Actor

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Year Title Role Director Notes
1944 Le bal des passants Guillaume Radot
Le carrefour des enfants perdus Léo Joannon
1945 Les enfants du paradis Marcel Carné Uncredited
1946 Fils de France Pierre Blondy
1954 Wild Fruit Hervé Bromberger
Before the Deluge Un lycéen André Cayatte Uncredited
Service Entrance Le photographe - copain de Léo Carlo Rim Uncredited
1956 Voici le temps des assassins Gérard Delacroix Julien Duvivier
Crime and Punishment Jean Fargeot Georges Lampin
1957 Le désir mène les hommes Olivier Jourdans Émile Roussel
Les Mistons Gérard François Truffaut Short
1958 Young Husbands Marcello Mauro Bolognini
Le Beau Serge Serge Claude Chabrol
1959 Les Cousins Charles Claude Chabrol
Match contre la mort Jacques Lourmel Claude Bernard-Aubert
1960 Silver Spoon Set Anselmo Foresi Francesco Maselli
Run with the Devil Stefano Solera Mario Camerini
Charlotte and Her Boyfriend Charlotte's new boyfriend Jean-Luc Godard Short
The Hunchback of Rome Alvara aka "Hunchback" Carlo Lizzani
1961 La peau et les os Mazur Jean-Paul Sassy
Gold of Rome Davide Carlo Lizzani
1962 Hatari! Charles "Chips" Maurey Howard Hawks
Lo sgarro Paolo Silvio Siano
1963 The Eye of the Needle Toto Cacace Marcello Andrei
Les Vierges Xavier de Brétevielle Jean-Pierre Mocky
La soupe aux poulets Claudio Philippe Agostini
1964 La Bonne Soupe Le peintre Robert Thomas
Via Veneto Giuseppe Lipartiti
Amori pericolosi L'attendente Giulio Questi (segment "Il generale")
1965 Un amore Marcello Gianni Vernuccio
1966 M.M.M. 83 Robert Gibson Sergio Bergonzelli
1967 La musica Marguerite Duras and Paul Seban
Shock Troops Thomas Constantin Costa-Gavras
1968 Negresco (de) Roger Klaus Lemke (de)
1969 Joë Caligula - Du suif chez les dabes (fr) Joë Caligula José Bénazéraf
1970 Caïn de nulle part Caïn Daniel Daërt
1971 Paolo e Francesca Giovanni Malatrasi Gianni Vernuccio
1974 The Pelican Paul Boyer Himself
1976 A Child in the Crowd Cameo Himself
1977 The American Friend Raoul Minot Wim Wenders
The Machine Le journaliste Paul Vecchiali
1978 Utopia Gérard Iradj Azimi
1981 La Flambeuse Henri Rachel Weinberg
1983 Un dimanche de flic (fr) Emilio Michel Vianey
La derelitta Redza Jean-Pierre Igoux
1986 La Presqu'île Simon Georges Luneau
1987 Killing Time Broz Edouard Niermans
1988 Natalia Claude Roitman Bernard Cohn
1989 Jour après jour Richard Lunet Alain Attal
L'enfant de l'hiver Stephane's father Olivier Assayas
1992 Chasse gardée Pierre Bufières Jean-Claude Biette
1995 Jusqu'au bout de la nuit François Himself
1999 Cinématon Himself Gérard Courant
2001 Bandits d'amour The priest Pierre Le Bret

Director

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Year Title Notes
1971 The Friends Also writer
1974 The Pelican Also writer and lead actor
1976 A Child in the Crowd Also writer
1978 Second Wind Also writer
1980 The Rebel Also writer
1987 Pierre and Djemila Also writer
1993 La Fortune de Gaspard TV movie; also writer
1995 Jusqu'au bout de la nuit Also writer and lead actor
2000 Ainsi soit-il (fr) Also writer

References

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  1. ^ "Gérad Blain". unifrance.org. Retrieved 20 July 2013.
  2. ^ Bergan, Ronald (19 December 2000). "Gérard Blain". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 30 March 2024.
  3. ^ "Gérard Blain". newwvefilm.com. Retrieved 20 July 2013.
  4. ^ a b "Gérard Blain". telegraph.co.uk. 29 September 2000. Retrieved 20 July 2013.
  5. ^ "Winners of the Golden Leopard". Locarno. Archived from the original on 19 July 2009. Retrieved 19 August 2012.
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