Jean Desailly
Acting
Biography
Jean Desailly (August 24, 1920, Paris – June 11, 2008) was a French actor. He was a member of the Comédie-Française from 1942 – 1946, and later participated in about ninety movies. Desailly was married to the French actress Simone Valère.
Born: August 24, 1920
Place of Birth: Paris, France
Known For
La Chapelle de Ronchamp
Harmonious, inspired by nature, moving, luminous... there is no shortage of words to describe La Chapelle Notre-Dame du Haut in Rochamp (France) and its curves. To create this Catholic place, at the beginning of the 1950s, Le Corbusier was inspired by the mosque of the Algerian Sahara of Sidi Brahim, by a crab shell for the shapes of the roof, and by the nearby Vosges valleys. .. Multiple influences for a building full of contradictions, a mixture of round and square lines, slender or squat depending on the angle of view, apparently vast from the outside, but small and intimate from the threshold crossed. Both a place of contemplation and major architectural innovation, the Chapelle de Ronchamp has been listed as a Historic Monument since 1965. Labeled “Heritage of the 20th century” in 1999, it entered the UNESCO World Heritage list in 2016 with 16 others works of Le Corbusier.
Cambiamento d'aria
Lori Saint-Just, a master jeweler shattered by his wife’s death, relocates and becomes obsessed with Cona, a prostitute who first entices then rebuffs him. Driven to possess her, he robs and accidentally kills his benefactor to inherit a $30 billion fortune, gives Cona a replica necklace, and she enacts a staged murder-suicide to destroy them both while sparing him guilt.
The Investigations of Commissioner Maigret
Graduation Year
In a small provincial town, students meet at a party organized by one of them, and share their thoughts on the difficult year they are leaving : the preparation of high school diploma.
The Accursed Kings
It is the start of the 14th century and Philip IV the Fair reigns supreme over France. His three sons would rule after him. Isabelle, his only daughter, is married to King Edward II of England. Under Philip's reign, France is great but its people are unhappy. Only one power dares to stand up to him: the order of the Knights Templar. When the last Grand Master of the Temple, Jacques de Molay, is burned at the stake, he curses Philip and so begins a dark period, full of blood and violence, death and tears ...
Orient Express
A six-part French tv series first broadcast in 1979, each episode of Orient Express focuses on a different tale of a journey on the legendary train; each one is set between the outbreak of the First World War and the outbreak of the Second.
Le Grand Échiquier
Cinépanorama
The 25th Hour
A Romanian peasant fights to get back to his family after he's imprisoned by the Nazis.The picture is based on real events. It includes Hungary's government in collaboration with the Nazis, the encroachment of Romania by Stalin's troopers, and other happenings.
125 rue Montmartre
Desperate, Didier throws himself out in the Seine. Pascal, a newsboy, jumps and saves him. It’s the beginning of the friendship between them.Once, as Pascal helps Didier, he finds himself involved in a murder. Only the superintendent believes in his innocence…
Filmography
as Self (archive footage)
as Edmond Thibault
as La Tullaye
as Le père
as Père Boudref
as Auguste Roussel
as Ricky Lefèvre
as Stephen Fauldgate
as Louis XIV
as Self
as Ministre
as Bourgon-Massenet, directeur de la police
as Mr. de Kesfalva
as Paul
as Le directeur de la PJ
as Charles-Edmond
as Claude, le père de Claudine
as Self
as M. Desvrières
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
as Jean-Pierre Carnavan
as Le narrateur (voix)
as Distinguished Man
as Alfred Rosmer
as Self
as Philinte
as Le docteur Michel Saint-Rose
as le commissaire
as Narrator (voice)
as Olivier Lenoir
as Narrator
as Monsieur Toledano
as Narrator (voice)
as Le ministre (uncredited)
as Edouard
as Count of Linières
as Le professeur Jean Davennes
as Pierre Lachenay
as Dorante
as Mr. Terrenoire
as Morand, le chevalier de Maison-Rouge
as Superintendant Clain
as Monsieur Duparc - le Père de Bernard
as Monsieur Duparc - le Père de Bernard (segment "La luxure")
as Jacques Balmeyer
as le baron Adrien de Jonchère
as Dr Francis
as Uhrmacher Rede
as Stéphane Blanchon
as Le narrateur (voice) (segment "L'Adolescence")
as Fred Pellmann
as Mr. Maurice Montbernon
as Judge Lenoir
as le Roi Louis XV
as Commissaire Dodelot
as Self - Host
as Self
as François Schoudler, le fils
as Marcel Maurin
as Self
as Victor Duverger
as Marivaux
as Narrator (voice)
as Jocelyn
as Narrator (voice)
as Max Blachet
as Florestan
as Fred Peloux, dit 'Chéri'
as Marcel Courbois
as Claude Girelle
as Larzac
as Michel Vincent
as Michel
as Jean Pelletier
as Raymond de Noirville
as Karloo
as Jacques Martens - his son
as Frederick
as Kyril
as Bianchon
as Gilles Mauvoisin