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Gérard Philipe

Gérard Philipe (1922-1959) was a French actor known for his roles in films such as La Beauté du Diable and Fanfan la Tulipe. He was considered one of the most prominent actors of his generation and was known for his handsome looks and vibrant screen presence. He died at the age of 36 due to liver cancer.

Titles credited to Gérard Philipe

La Ronde

La Ronde

Film Age rating: 9 Year: 1950 IMDB Rating: 7.5

An all-knowing interlocutor guides us through a series of affairs in Vienna, 1900. A soldier meets an eager young lady of the evening. Later he has an affair with a young lady, who becomes a maid and...

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The Beauty of the Devil

La Beauté du diable

Film Age rating: 11 Year: 1950 IMDB Rating: 7.4

Henri Faust, retiring after 50 years as a professor in a circa-1700 French university, despairs at the ravages of old age ... whereupon Mephistopheles, agent of Lucifer, appears as a virile, handsome...

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The Lovers of Montparnasse

Les Amants de Montparnasse

Film Age rating: 8 Year: 1958 IMDB Rating: 7.4

Biographic film chronicling the last year of the life of the Italian painter Amedeo Modigliani, 1919, who falls in love with a girl from a wealthy family. Her parents are against this relationship and...

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