Acting
Alain Cuny
Born Jul 12, 1908 · Saint-Malo, Ille-et-Vilaine, France · Died May 16, 1994
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.
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Acting
Emmanuelle in Ontario
2025
Documentary
Histoire(s) du Cinéma 3a: The Coin of the Absolute
2006
Documentary
Fellini: I'm a Born Liar
2003
Documentary
La famiglia Ricordi
1995
Comedy
Dear Antonioni
1995
Documentary
The Return of Casanova
1992
Romance · Comedy · Drama
The Annunciation of Marie
1991
Drama · Romance
Sweet War, Farewell
1991
Drama
Les chevaliers de la table ronde
1990
Adventure
Film sur Georges Perec
1990
Documentary · TV Movie
Camille Claudel
1988
Drama · History · Romance
Umi e, See You
1988
Drama
La coscienza di Zeno
1988
Drama
Chronicle of a Death Foretold
1987
Crime · Drama · Thriller
The Distant Land
1987
History · Drama
Detective
1985
Comedy · Crime · Drama
Buio nella Valle
1984
Drama · Crime · Thriller
The Basileus Quartet
1983
Drama
Deuil en 24 heures
1982
Action & Adventure
Time Masters
1982
Animation · Science Fiction · Adventure
The Games of Countess Dolingen
1981
Drama
Le Journal
1979
Crime
Roberte
1979
Drama · Fantasy
Christ Stopped at Eboli
1979
Drama
The Song of Roland
1978
Drama · Adventure · History
I prosseneti
1976
Drama
Illustrious Corpses
1976
Thriller
Irene, Irene
1975
Drama
E il Casanova di Fellini?
1975
Documentary
Two in the Amsterdam Rain
1975
Romance
Antigone
1974
Drama · TV Movie
Emmanuelle
1974
Drama · Romance
Le Roman de Renart
1974
Animation · Kids
Don't Touch the White Woman!
1974
Comedy · Western
La rosa rossa
1973
Valparaiso, Valparaiso
1973
Comedy
La divine comédie
1973
The Master and Margarita
1972
Drama · Fantasy · Romance
La Légende du siècle
1972
The Audience
1972
Drama · Comedy
The Big Black Sow
1971
Drama
Ciao, Federico!
1970
Documentary
Many Wars Ago
1970
Drama · War
Satyricon
1969
Drama · Fantasy
Safari 5000
1969
Action · Adventure
The Milky Way
1969
Comedy · Drama
La forêt noire
1968
Mission of Fear
1965
Drama · History
Corruption
1963
Drama
Banana Peel
1963
Comedy
Cross of the Living
1962
Drama · Thriller
Scano Boa
1961
La Dolce Vita
1960
Comedy · Drama
The Lovers
1958
Romance · Drama
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
1956
Drama · Horror
Mina de Vanghel
1953
Drama
The Lady Without Camelias
1953
Drama
Les Crimes de l'amour
1953
Drama · Romance
The Solitary Conquerors
1952
Drama
Red Shirts - Anita Garibaldi
1952
History · Drama
The Forbidden Christ
1951
Drama
Solita de Cordoue
1946
Comedy · Drama
The Phantom Baron
1943
Drama
The Devil's Envoys
1942
Romance · Fantasy · Drama
Stormy Waters
1941
Drama · Romance
Madame Sans-Gêne
1941
Comedy
My Crimes After Mein Kampf
1940
Drama · History · War
Directed
The Annunciation of Marie
1991
Drama · Romance