Alain Cuny

1908-1994

Biography: life and films

Alain Cuny was a French actor. He was born in Saint-Malo, Brittany, France on 12th July 1908 and died in Paris, France on 16th May 1994, aged 85.

His best films as an actor include Marcel Carné's Les Visiteurs du soir (1942), Luis Buñuel's La Voie lactée (1969), Francesco Rosi's Uomini contro (1970), Filippo Ottoni's La grande scrofa nera (1971) and Jean-Luc Godard's Histoire(s) du cinéma: La monnaie de l'absolu (1998).

Alain Cuny appeared in 49 films, scripted 1 film and directed 1 film.

He has most frequently worked with the following directors: Francesco Rosi (4 films), Marco Ferreri (2), Jean-Luc Godard (2) and Federico Fellini (2).

His most frequent genres include: drama (41 films), romance (6), history (4), War (4), comedy-drama (3), Thriller (3), Fantasy (3), comedy (2), Horror (2) and Documentary (2).

Our average rating for Alain Cuny over all films is: 3.3

Filmography

Key: a = actor; w = writer; d = director

Après Mein Kampf mes crimes (1940) [a]

Madame Sans-Gêne (1941) [a]

Remorques (1941) [a]

Les Visiteurs du soir (1942) [a]

Le Baron fantôme (1943) [a]

Solita de Cordoue (1946) [a]

Il Cristo proibito (1951) [a]

Camicie rosse (1952) [a]

Les Conquérants solitaires (1952) [a]

La Signora senza camelie (1953) [a]

Les Crimes de l'amour (1953) [a]

Notre Dame de Paris (1956) [a]

Les Amants (1958) [a]

La Dolce vita (1960) [a]

Scano Boa (1961) [a]

La Croix des vivants (1962) [a]

La Corruzione (1963) [a]

Peau de banane (1963) [a]

Fellini - Satyricon (1969) [a]

La Voie lactée (1969) [a]

Ciao, Federico! (1970) [a]

Uomini contro (1970) [a]

L'Udienza (1971) [a]

La Grande scrofa nera (1971) [a]

Valparaiso, Valparaiso (1971) [a]

Il maestro e Margherita (1972) [a]

La Rosa rossa (1973) [a]

Emmanuelle (1974) [a]

Touche pas à la femme blanche (1974) [a]

Irene, Irene (1975) [a]

Cadaveri eccellenti (1976) [a]

I prosseneti (1976) [a]

El recurso del método (1978) [a]

La Chanson de Roland (1978) [a]

Cristo si è fermato a Eboli (1979) [a]

Roberte (1979) [a]

Les Jeux de la Comtesse Dolingen de Gratz (1980) [a]

Les Maîtres du temps (1982) [a]

Il quartetto Basileus (1983) [a]

Détective (1985) [a]

Cronaca di una morte annunciata (1987) [a]

Das weite Land (1987) [a]

Camille Claudel (1988) [a]

L'Annonce faite à Marie (1991) [a]

Uova di garofano (1991) [a]

Le Retour de Casanova (1992) [a]



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