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Alain Cuny

Alain Cuny

Acting Born Jul 12, 1908 -- Died May 16, 1994 · Saint-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 fi...

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La Dolce Vita
8.0
movie
La Dolce Vita
as Steiner
1960
Emmanuelle
6.0
movie
Emmanuelle
as Mario
1974
Satyricon
6.7
movie
Satyricon
as Lica
1969
Time Masters
7.2
movie
Time Masters
as Xul (voice)
1982
The Milky Way
7.1
movie
The Milky Way
as Man with cape
1969
Camille Claudel
6.7
movie
Camille Claudel
as Louis-Prosper Claudel
1988
Many Wars Ago
7.3
movie
Many Wars Ago
as Gen. Leone
1970
The Lovers
6.6
movie
The Lovers
as Henri Tournier
1958
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
6.7
movie
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
as Claude Frollo
1956
Illustrious Corpses
6.8
movie
Illustrious Corpses
as Judge Rasto
1976
Christ Stopped at Eboli
7.1
movie
Christ Stopped at Eboli
as Barone Nicola Rotunno
1979
Chronicle of a Death Foretold
7.3
movie
Chronicle of a Death Foretold
as El Viudo Xius
1987