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Alain Cuny

Alain Cuny

Acting

Born: July 12, 1908Saint-Malo, Ille-et-Vilaine, France

Alain Cuny (12 July 1908 – 16 May 1994) was a French actor. He was born René Xavier Marie in Saint-Malo, Brittany, and studied medicine for a while before entering the film industry as a costume and set designer. Cuny started acting in the 1930s. Among his most notable films are Les Visiteurs du soir (1942), by Marcel Carné; Les Amants (The Lovers 1958); La dolce vita (1960) and Satyricon (1969), the later two directed by Federico Fellini. During his life, he befriended women such as Hafida Elalama, and many other models and actresses Later in his career he had a role in the softcore porn film Emmanuelle (1974). Also in 1974 he played Sitting Bull in the absurdist western Don't Touch the White Woman!. One of his last roles was in Camille Claudel (1988) as Louis-Prosper Claudel, father of the film's heroine. Cuny worked in both France and Italy, and died in 1994 in Paris. Description above from the Wikipedia article Alain Cuny, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For
Filmography
Emmanuelle in Ontario

Emmanuelle in Ontario

Mario (archival footage)

2025
Histoire(s) du Cinéma 3a: The Coin of the Absolute

Histoire(s) du Cinéma 3a: The Coin of the Absolute

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

2006
Fellini: I'm a Born Liar

Fellini: I'm a Born Liar

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

2003
Dear Antonioni

Dear Antonioni

Self

1995
The Return of Casanova

The Return of Casanova

Marquis

1992
The Annunciation of Marie

The Annunciation of Marie

Anne Vercors

1991
Sweet War, Farewell

Sweet War, Farewell

Vecchio Crimen

1991
Les chevaliers de la table ronde

Les chevaliers de la table ronde

Merlin

1990
Film sur Georges Perec

Film sur Georges Perec

Self

1990
Camille Claudel

Camille Claudel

Louis-Prosper Claudel

1988
Umi e, See You

Umi e, See You

Don Macine

1988

Van Gogh à Paris, repérages

Lecteur des textes d'Artaud

1988

Lucky Ravi

Plantation Owner

1987
Chronicle of a Death Foretold

Chronicle of a Death Foretold

El Viudo Xius

1987
The Distant Land

The Distant Land

Aigner

1987
Detective

Detective

Old Mafioso

1985
Buio nella Valle

Buio nella Valle

Luigi

1984
The Basileus Quartet

The Basileus Quartet

Mario Cantone

1983

Fellini nel cestino

Self

1983
Time Masters

Time Masters

Xul (voice)

1982
The Games of Countess Dolingen

The Games of Countess Dolingen

1981
Roberte

Roberte

La voix du pur esprit

1979
Christ Stopped at Eboli

Christ Stopped at Eboli

Barone Nicola Rotunno

1979
The Song of Roland

The Song of Roland

Turpin/der Mönch

1978
I prosseneti

I prosseneti

Il conte Davide

1976
Illustrious Corpses

Illustrious Corpses

Judge Rasto

1976
Irene, Irene

Irene, Irene

Guido

1975
E il Casanova di Fellini?

E il Casanova di Fellini?

Self

1975
Two in the Amsterdam Rain

Two in the Amsterdam Rain

1975
Antigone

Antigone

Le Coryphée

1974
Emmanuelle

Emmanuelle

Mario

1974
Don't Touch the White Woman!

Don't Touch the White Woman!

Sitting Bull

1974
La rosa rossa

La rosa rossa

Count Paolo Balzeri

1973
Valparaiso, Valparaiso

Valparaiso, Valparaiso

Balthazar Lamarck-Caulaincourt

1973
La divine comédie

La divine comédie

Virgile

1973
The Master and Margarita

The Master and Margarita

Profesor Woland & Satana

1972
La Légende du siècle

La Légende du siècle

Self

1972
The Audience

The Audience

teologa Belga

1972
The Big Black Sow

The Big Black Sow

Il Padre di Enrico

1971
Ciao, Federico!

Ciao, Federico!

Self (uncredited)

1970
Many Wars Ago

Many Wars Ago

Gen. Leone

1970
Satyricon

Satyricon

Lica

1969
Safari 5000

Safari 5000

1969
The Milky Way

The Milky Way

Man with cape

1969
La forêt noire

La forêt noire

Hans Richter

1968
Mission of Fear

Mission of Fear

Jean de Brébeuf

1965
Corruption

Corruption

Leonardo Mattioli

1963
Banana Peel

Banana Peel

Hervé Bontemps

1963
Cross of the Living

Cross of the Living

Baron Von Eggerth

1962
Scano Boa

Scano Boa

Cavarzan

1961
La Dolce Vita

La Dolce Vita

Steiner

1960
The Lovers

The Lovers

Henri Tournier

1958
The Hunchback of Notre Dame

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

Claude Frollo

1956
Mina de Vanghel

Mina de Vanghel

Mr. de Larçay

1953
The Lady Without Camelias

The Lady Without Camelias

Lodi

1953
Les Crimes de l'amour

Les Crimes de l'amour

Mr. de Larçay (segment 'Mina de Vanghel')

1953
The Solitary Conquerors

The Solitary Conquerors

Pascal Giroud

1952
Red Shirts - Anita Garibaldi

Red Shirts - Anita Garibaldi

Bueno

1952
The Forbidden Christ

The Forbidden Christ

Antonio

1951
Solita de Cordoue

Solita de Cordoue

Pierre Desluc

1946
The Phantom Baron

The Phantom Baron

Hervé

1943
The Devil's Envoys

The Devil's Envoys

Gilles, a Minstrel

1942
Stormy Waters

Stormy Waters

Un matelot du « Mirva » (uncredited)

1941
Madame Sans-Gêne

Madame Sans-Gêne

Roustan

1941
My Crimes After Mein Kampf

My Crimes After Mein Kampf

Marinus van der Lubbe (l'incendiaire du Reichstag)

1940