
Actor
Gérard Philipe
103 years · Cannes, Alpes-Maritimes, France · 38 films
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.
Best known for


La Ronde
1950 · Le comte
On Mometu


Fan-Fan the Tulip
1952 · Fanfan la Tulipe
On Criterion Channel


The Beauty of the Devil
1950 · Young Henri Faust / Young-Looking Mephistopheles
On Kanopy

The Lovers of Montparnasse
1958 · Amedeo Modigliani


Dangerous Love Affairs
1959 · Valmont
On Kanopy


The Grand Manoeuvre
1955 · Lieutenant Armand de la Verne
On Criterion Channel
Filmography 38

Gérard Philipe, le dernier hiver du Cid
2022 · Actor

Le Parti du cinéma
2021 · Self (archive footage)

A Night at the Opera
2020 · Self (archive footage)

The End of a Beautiful Epoch
2015 · Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Heart of the Festival
2002 · Self (archive footage)

Fever Mounts at El Pao
1959 · Ramón Vázquez


Dangerous Love Affairs
1959 · Valmont
On Kanopy

The Gambler
1958 · Alexei Ivanovitch

Life Together
1958 · Désiré

The Lovers of Montparnasse
1958 · Amedeo Modigliani

Lovers of Paris
1957 · Octave Mouret, ambitious provincial

Bold Adventure
1956 · Till l’Espiègle, Director

Le Théâtre National Populaire
1956 · Self

If Paris Were Told to Us
1956 · Le Trouvère

The Best Part
1955 · Philippe Perrin


The Grand Manoeuvre
1955 · Lieutenant Armand de la Verne
On Criterion Channel

Le Rouge et le Noir
1954 · Julien Sorel

Monsieur Ripois
1954 · André Ripois


It Happened in the Park
1953 · Carlo (segment "Gli Amanti")
On Philo

Royal Affairs in Versailles
1953 · D'Artagnan

The Proud and the Beautiful
1953 · Georges

Beauties of the Night
1952 · Claude

The Seven Deadly Sins
1952 · The playmaker / The painter (segment "Le Huitième Péché")


Fan-Fan the Tulip
1952 · Fanfan la Tulipe
On Criterion Channel