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Claude Laydu

Claude Laydu

Belgian-Swiss actor
March 10, 1927 (July 29, 2011)
Fr. 1960. Religious drama by Raymond Leopold Bruckberger, Philippe Agostini with Pascale Audret, Jeanne Moreau, Alida Valli. During the French Revolution, some nuns made a vow of martyrdom.
Runtime: 105 min.
Fr. 1956. Psychological drama by André Haguet with Jean Servais, Pierre Mondy, Claude Laydu. A locomotive engineer makes life impossible for his adopted daughter.
Runtime: 100 min.

La Symphonie inachevée

V.O.: Sinfonia d'amore
It. 1955. Biography by Glauco Pellegrini with Claude Laydu, Lucia Bosè, Marina Vlady. Schubert's love life and miserable end.
Runtime: 95 min.

Attila, The Hun

V.O.: Attila
It. 1955. History by Pietro Francisci with Anthony Quinn, Sophia Loren, Claude Laydu. A few episodes of the invasion of the Roman Empire by the Huns.
Runtime: 80 min.
Fr. 1954. History by Georges Combret with Pierre Brasseur, Claude Laydu, Isa Miranda. A healer becomes all-powerful at the Tsar's court.
Runtime: 96 min.
Fr. 1954. Crime drama by Maurice de Canonge with Claude Laydu, Joëlle Bernard, Daniel Cauchy. A young man, the lover of a prostitute whose brother is a gangster, finds himself an unwilling accomplice in a robbery in the jewelry store where he works.
Runtime: 75 min.

Les Damnés en marche

V.O.: La Guerra de Dios
Esp. 1953. Social drama by Raphaël Gil with Claude Laydu, Francisco Rabal, Jose Marco Davo. In a mining village, a priest succeeds in reconciling employers and workers.
Runtime: 90 min.
U.S. 1953. Psychological drama by Claude Autant-Lara with Danielle Darrieux, Henri Vilbert, Claude Laydu. Although married, a woman is dating a rich man whose two children disapprove of their father's behavior.
Runtime: 100 min.

We Are All Murderers

V.O.: Nous sommes tous des assassins
Fr. 1952. Social drama by André Cayatte with Claude Laydu, Mouloudji, Raymond Pellegrin. Sentenced to death for murder, a young man finds himself in a cell with three other criminals who are anxiously awaiting death like him.
Runtime: 115 min.
Fr. 1952. Biblical drama by Max Glass with Jean-Marc Tennberg, Michel Simon, Claude Laydu. Struck blind on his way to Damascus, Saul of Tarsus has a divine revelation that reveals his true mission on Earth.
Runtime: 108 min.

Casbah d'amour

V.O.: Au coeur de la Casbah
Fr. 1951. Drama by Pierre Cardinal with Viviane Romance, Claude Laydu, Sylvie Pelayo. A woman falls in love with her son-in-law.
Runtime: 96 min.

Diary of a Country Priest

V.O.: Le Journal d'un curé de campagne
Fr. 1950. Religious drama by Robert Bresson with Claude Laydu, André Guibert, Nicole Ladmiral. The difficult ministry of a poor and sick young priest.
Runtime: 115 min.

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