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Alain Delon


1935

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The actor Alain Delon belong to the institutions of the French film like Jean-Paul Belmondo or Jean Gabin. He became a trademark who was well-known beyond the border.

Alain Delon grew up by foster-parents, when they died he came to a boarding school where he crystallized to be a difficult contemporary. He was shifted from one school to the other.
At the age of 17 he went to Vietnam as a parachutist of the French colonial army. After that he earned his living with different jobs, beside he took acting lessons.

He impersonated his first role in a motion picture with „Quand la femme s'en mêle - Killer lassen bitten“ (57). Briefly afterwards he attracted international attention with movies like „Plein soleil - Nur die Sonne war Zeuge“ (59) and „Rocco e i suoi fratelli - Rocco und seine Brüder“ (60). Within no time he managed the jump to the worldwide film business, his cool nature, the cold-bloodness and reserve but also his appearance fascinated.

The 60's marked the height of his career. Other well-known movies were „Il gattopardo - Der Leopard“ (62), „Mélodie en sous-sol - Lautlos wie die Nacht“ (63), „La tulipe noire - Die schwarze Tulpe“ (63), „Lost Command - Sie fürchten weder Tod noch Teufel“ (65) and finally „Le samourai - Der eiskalte Engel“ (67), which presented his appearance to a common denominator.

Alain Delon still got interesting roles in the 70's which maintained his reputation - „La piscine - Der Swimminpool“ (69), where he met again his long-standing fiancée Romy Schneider, wo er mit seiner langjährigen Verlobten Romy Schneider wieder zusammentraf, „Le clan des Siciliens - Der Clan der Sizilianer“ (69), „Borsalino“ (70),  „Scorpio - Scorpio, der Killer“ (73), „Zorro“ (74), „Le gitan - Der Zigeuner“ (74), „Monsieur Klein“ (76) and „The Concorde: Airport '79“ (79).

The roles he impersonated changed in the 80's and 90's from adventure and ganster movies to other genres - „Un amour de Swann - Eine Liebe von Swann“ (84), „Notre histoire - Geschichte eines Lächelns“ (85), „Nouvelle Vague“ (90), „Le retour de Casanova - Casanovas Rückkehr“ (92) and „L'ours en peluche - Der Teddybär“ (94).

The movie „Une chance sur deux - Alle meine Väter“ (98) realised a reunion of Alain Delon and Jean-Paul Belmondo after their former movie „Borsalino“ (70) .

Alain Delon was among others married with the actresses Nathalie Delon and Mireille Darc.
 

Other movies with Alain Delon: 
Sois belle et tais-toi (58) Christine (58) Faibles femmes (59) Le chemin des écoliers (59) Che gioia vivere (60) Amours célèbres (61) Le chien (62) L'eclisse (62) Le diable et les dix commandements (62) Carambolages (63) L'amour à la mer (63) L'insoumis (64) Les félins (64) The Yellow Rolls-Royce (64) Once a Thief (65) Texas Across the River (66) Paris brûle-t-il? (66) Les aventuriers (67) Histoires extraordinaries:Wiliam Wilson (68) Diaboliquement vôtre (68) Adieu l'ami (68) Girl on a Motorcycle (68) Jeff (69) Madly (69) Le cercle rouge (70) Fantasia chez les ploucs (71) Doucement les basses (71) La veuve Couderc (71) Soleil rouge (71) Il était une fois un flic (71) The Assassination of Trotsky (72) Un flic (72) La prima notte di quiete (72) Traitement de choc (73) Les granges brulées (73) Tony Arzenta (73) Deux hommes dans la ville (73) La race des 'seigneurs' (74) Les seins de glace (74) Borsalino & Co. (74) Flic Story (75) Comme un boomerang (76) Le gang (77) Armaguedon (77) L'homme pressé (77) Mort d'un pourri (77) Attention, les enfants regardent (78) Le toubib (79) Trois hommes à abattre (80) Tegeran-43 (81) Pour la peau d'un flic (81) Le choc (82) Le battant (83) Parole de flic (85) Le passage (86) Serie "Cinéma" (88) Ne réveilez pas un flic qui dort (88) Dancing Machine (90) Un crime (93) Les Cent et une nuits de Simon Cinéma (95) Le jour et la nuit (97) Serie "Fabio Montale" (01) Serie "Frank Riva" (03) Le lion (03)

Producer:
L'insoumis (64) Madly (69) Borsalino (70) Deux hommes dans la ville (73) Borsalino & Co. (74) Flic Story (75) Le gitan (75) Monsieur Klein (76) L'homme pressé (77) Mort d'un pourri (77) Le toubib (79) Trois hommes à abattre (80) Le battant (83) Le jeune marié (83) Le passage (86) Ne réveillez pas un flic qui dort (88) Dancing Machine (90) Le retour de Casanova (92) Un crime (93) Serie "Frank Riva" (03)

Writer:
Comme un boomerang (76) Trois hommes à abattre (80) Pour la peau d'un flic (81) Le choc (82) Le battant (83) Parole de flic (85) Le passage (86) Ne réveillez pas un flic qui dort (88) Dancing Machine (90) Un crime (93) 

Director:
Pour la peau d'un flic (81) Le battant (83)


 
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