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Alain Cuny

Alain Cuny

ActorDirectorWriterDirecting Jul 12 (died age 85) Saint-Malo, Ille-et-Vilaine, France 1940–2025 (85 year career)
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Biography

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 Ela…

Known For

La Dolce Vita
Film

La Dolce Vita

Steiner
Emmanuelle
Film

Emmanuelle

Mario
Satyricon
Film

Satyricon

Lica
Time Masters
Film

Time Masters

Xul (voice)
The Milky Way
Film

The Milky Way

Man with cape
Many Wars Ago
Film

Many Wars Ago

Gen. Leone
Camille Claudel
Film

Camille Claudel

Louis-Prosper Claudel
Chronicle of a Death Foretold
Film

Chronicle of a Death Foretold

El Viudo Xius

Filmography

Acting (75)

·

Movies (66)

Emmanuelle in Ontario

Emmanuelle in Ontario

2025

as Mario (archival footage)

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

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

2006

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

6.4
Fellini: I'm a Born Liar

Fellini: I'm a Born Liar

2003

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

6.1
Dear Antonioni

Dear Antonioni

1995

as Self

The Return of Casanova

The Return of Casanova

1992

as Marquis

5.9
The Annunciation of Marie

The Annunciation of Marie

1991

as Anne Vercors

5.5
Sweet War, Farewell

Sweet War, Farewell

1991

as Vecchio Crimen

7.0
Les chevaliers de la table ronde

Les chevaliers de la table ronde

1990

as Merlin

Film sur Georges Perec

Film sur Georges Perec

1990

as Self

Camille Claudel

Camille Claudel

1988

as Louis-Prosper Claudel

6.7
Umi e, See You

Umi e, See You

1988

as Don Macine

Van Gogh à Paris, repérages

Van Gogh à Paris, repérages

1988

as Lecteur des textes d'Artaud

Zeno's Conscience

Zeno's Conscience

1988

as Alfio Cosini sr.

6.2
Lucky Ravi

Lucky Ravi

1987

as Plantation Owner

Chronicle of a Death Foretold

Chronicle of a Death Foretold

1987

as El Viudo Xius

7.3
The Distant Land

The Distant Land

1987

as Aigner

5.0
Detective

Detective

1985

as Old Mafioso

5.2
Buio nella Valle

Buio nella Valle

1984

as Luigi

The Basileus Quartet

The Basileus Quartet

1983

as Mario Cantone

1.0
Fellini nel cestino

Fellini nel cestino

1983

as Self

7.5
Time Masters

Time Masters

1982

as Xul (voice)

7.3
The Games of Countess Dolingen

The Games of Countess Dolingen

1981
2.9
Roberte

Roberte

1979

as La voix du pur esprit

3.7
Christ Stopped at Eboli

Christ Stopped at Eboli

1979

as Barone Nicola Rotunno

7.1
The Song of Roland

The Song of Roland

1978

as Turpin/der Mönch

4.9
Illustrious Corpses

Illustrious Corpses

1976

as Judge Rasto

6.8
I prosseneti

I prosseneti

1976

as Il conte Davide

3.2
Two in the Amsterdam Rain

Two in the Amsterdam Rain

1975
7.5
Irene, Irene

Irene, Irene

1975

as Guido

E il Casanova di Fellini?

E il Casanova di Fellini?

1975

as Self

Emmanuelle

Emmanuelle

1974

as Mario

6.0
Antigone

Antigone

1974

as Le Coryphée

Don't Touch the White Woman!

Don't Touch the White Woman!

1974

as Sitting Bull

5.5
La divine comédie

La divine comédie

1973

as Virgile

La rosa rossa

La rosa rossa

1973

as Count Paolo Balzeri

8.0
Valparaiso, Valparaiso

Valparaiso, Valparaiso

1973

as Balthazar Lamarck-Caulaincourt

3.8
The Master and Margarita

The Master and Margarita

1972

as Profesor Woland & Satana

5.1
The Audience

The Audience

1972

as teologa Belga

6.5
La Légende du siècle

La Légende du siècle

1972

as Self

The Big Black Sow

The Big Black Sow

1971

as Il Padre di Enrico

Many Wars Ago

Many Wars Ago

1970

as Gen. Leone

7.3
Ciao, Federico!

Ciao, Federico!

1970

as Self (uncredited)

6.8
Satyricon

Satyricon

1969

as Lica

6.7
Safari 5000

Safari 5000

1969
7.3
The Milky Way

The Milky Way

1969

as Man with cape

7.1
La forêt noire

La forêt noire

1968

as Hans Richter

10.0
Mission of Fear

Mission of Fear

1965

as Jean de Brébeuf

Corruption

Corruption

1963

as Leonardo Mattioli

7.6
Banana Peel

Banana Peel

1963

as Hervé Bontemps

5.8
Cross of the Living

Cross of the Living

1962

as Baron Von Eggerth

5.0
Scano Boa

Scano Boa

1961

as Cavarzan

La Dolce Vita

La Dolce Vita

1960

as Steiner

8.0
The Lovers

The Lovers

1958

as Henri Tournier

6.6
The Hunchback of Notre Dame

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

1956

as Claude Frollo

6.7
Les Crimes de l'amour

Les Crimes de l'amour

1953

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

6.0
The Lady Without Camelias

The Lady Without Camelias

1953

as Lodi

6.4
Mina de Vanghel

Mina de Vanghel

1953

as Mr. de Larçay

The Solitary Conquerors

The Solitary Conquerors

1952

as Pascal Giroud

Red Shirts - Anita Garibaldi

Red Shirts - Anita Garibaldi

1952

as Bueno

6.0
The Forbidden Christ

The Forbidden Christ

1951

as Antonio

6.3
Solita de Cordoue

Solita de Cordoue

1946

as Pierre Desluc

The Phantom Baron

The Phantom Baron

1943

as Hervé

6.1
The Devil's Envoys

The Devil's Envoys

1942

as Gilles, a Minstrel

6.8
Stormy Waters

Stormy Waters

1941

as Un matelot du « Mirva » (uncredited)

6.7
Madame Sans-Gêne

Madame Sans-Gêne

1941

as Roustan

1.0
My Crimes After Mein Kampf

My Crimes After Mein Kampf

1940

as Marinus van der Lubbe (l'incendiaire du Reichstag)

3.0