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Gérard Blain

Gérard Blain

French actor, film director and screenwriter
October 23, 1930 (December 17, 2000)
Fr. 1993. Dramatic comedy by Gérard Blain with Vincent de Bouard, Gamil Ratib, Jean-Paul Wenzel. In the nineteenth century, a 16 year old Norman kid is determined to make his fortune.
Runtime: 95 min.
Fr. 1993. Crime drama by Claude Boissol with Patrick Catalifo, Laure Killing, Farid Chopel.
Runtime: 96 min.
Fr. 1992. Drama by Jean-Claude Biette with Gérard Blain, Tonie Marshall.
Runtime: 97 min.
Runtime: 90 min.
Fr. 1988. Psychological drama by Olivier Assayas with Clotilde de Bayser, Michel Feller, Marie Matheron. A young man leaves his pregnant girlfriend for a stage set designer.
Runtime: 84 min.
Fr. 1988. Drama by Bernard Cohn with Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu, Pierre Arditi, Gérard Blain. In Paris during the German occupation, a young Jewish woman hides her origins in order to pursue a career as a film actress.
Runtime: 86 min.
Fr. 1987. Crime drama by Édouard Niermans with Bernard Giraudeau, Fanny Bastien, Michel Aumont. A depressed detective is brought in to investigate two murders that have to do with a strange young girl he is trying to protect.
Runtime: 95 min.
Fr. 1983. Psychological drama by Jean-Pierre Igoux with Bulle Ogier, Daniel Olbrychski, Gérard Blain. The slow drift towards madness of a young woman who, after leaving her husband, has isolated herself in an inn.
Runtime: 100 min.
Fr. 1982. Crime drama by Michel Vianey with Jean Rochefort, Victor Lanoux, Barbara Sukowa. Two police commissioners close to retirement become caught up in a plot involving drugs and money.
Runtime: 99 min.
Fr. 1980. Psychological drama by Rachel Weinberg with Lea Massari, Laurent Terzieff, Gérard Blain.
Runtime: 95 min.
Fr. 1978. Psychological drama by Gérard Blain with Robert Stack, Anicée Alvina, Sophie Desmarets. A dentist pushing fifty feels he is young again by living with a female student.
Runtime: 100 min.
Fr. 1978. Psychological drama by Iradj Azimi with Laurent Terzieff, Dominique Sanda, Jean Dasté. A young intellectual leaves his wife and returns to his native village where he becomes a controversial teacher.
Runtime: 92 min.

The American Friend

V.O.: Der Amerikanische Freund
All. 1977. Crime drama by Wim Wenders with Bruno Ganz, Dennis Hopper, Lisa Kreuzer. Under the influence of an American, a Hamburg framer becomes a contract killer.
Runtime: 126 min.
Fr. 1976. Drama by Gérard Blain with César Chauveau, Annie Kovacs, Claire Treille. Victim of his mother's indifference, a child becomes a delinquent.
Runtime: 85 min.
Fr. 1973. Psychological drama by Gérard Blain with Gérard Blain, Dominique Ravix, César Chauveau. After serving time in prison, a musician whose wife has remarried seeks to see his young son again.
Fr. 1971. Psychological drama by Gérard Blain with Philippe March, Yann Fabre, Jean-Claude Dauphin. A bond born of intellectual and spiritual affinities is created between a teenager and a middle-aged man.

Paolo et Francesca

V.O.: Paolo e Francesca
It. 1970. Drama by Gianni Vernuccio with Francesca Righini, Gérard Blain, Samy Pavel. The rivalry between two brothers for the love of a young woman has tragic consequences.
Runtime: 91 min.
Fr. 1970. Drama by Daniel Daert with Gérard Blain, Germaine Montero, Harry Max. A romantic rivalry between the two sons of an old gypsy couple has a tragic outcome.
Runtime: 89 min.
Fr. 1967. Psychological drama by Marguerite Duras with Delphine Seyrig, Robert Hossein, Gérard Blain. Two separated spouses meet again during their divorce court proceedings.
Runtime: 95 min.
Fr. 1966. Crime drama by José Bénazéraf with Gérard Blain, Jeanne Valérie, Maria Vincent. After pulling off a few heists, a young thug and his crew attack mob bosses to force them into submission.
Runtime: 68 min.
It. 1966. Psychological drama by Gianni Vernuccio with Rossano Brazzi, Agnès Spaak, Gérard Blain. A forty year old man lets himself be bewitched by a call girl who exploits him.
Runtime: 87 min.

M.M.M. 83

V.O.: Missione mortale Molo 83
It. 1965. Spy drama by Sergio Bergonzelli with Fred Beir, Gérard Blain, Pier Angeli. A secret agent unmasks the killers of a new fuel inventor.
Runtime: 90 min.
It. 1962. Drama by Silvio Siano with Gérard Blain, Charles Vanel, Giordana Miletic. A young man joins a band of robbers, but after being faced with their crimes, rebels against them.
Runtime: 84 min.
Fr. 1962. Sketches by Jean-Pierre Mocky with Stefania Sandrelli, Catherine Diamant, Anne-Marie Sauty. The amorous initiation of various young girls.
Runtime: 88 min.
U.S. 1962. Adventures by Howard Hawks with John Wayne, Elsa Martinelli, Hardy Krüger. Hunters specialize in capturing wild animals in Tanganyika.
Runtime: 159 min.

L'Or de Rome

V.O.: L'Oro di Roma
It. 1961. Drama by Carlo Lizzani with Anna-Maria Ferrero, Gérard Blain, Jean Sorel. In 1943, the Germans demanded a ransom from the Jews of Italy.
Runtime: 110 min.
Fr. 1960. Drama by Carlo Lizzani with Gérard Blain, Anna-Maria Ferrero, Bernard Blier. A hunchback who was part of the Resistance becomes a fearsome bandit after the war.
Runtime: 95 min.
Fr. 1960. Psychological drama by Jean-Paul Sassy, Jacques Panijel with Gérard Blain, André Oumansky, René Dary. In Fresnes prison, a young man, sentenced to fifteen years in prison for the murder of his wife, is persecuted by another inmate.
Runtime: 87 min.

La Rue des amours faciles

V.O.: Via Margutta
It. 1960. Moral study by Mario Camerini with Gérard Blain, Antonella Lualdi, Franco Fabrizi. In Rome, the struggle of young artists for life and for glory.
Runtime: 100 min.
Fr. 1959. Crime drama by Claude Bernard-Aubert with Antonella Lualdi, Gérard Blain, Pierre Bellemare. The son of a married couple, who are about to earn a fortune, is kidnapped.
Runtime: 77 min.

Les Jeunes Maris

V.O.: Giovani Mariti
It. 1958. Mores comedy by Mauro Bolognini with Franco Interlenghi, Antonella Lualdi, Gérard Blain. The love story of five young people who are longtime friends.
Runtime: 100 min.
Fr. 1958. Psychological drama by Claude Chabrol with Gérard Blain, Jean-Claude Brialy, Juliette Mayniel. In Paris, a serious young person from the countryside is drawn into a frivolous life by his cousin.
Runtime: 110 min.

Handsome Serge

V.O.: Le Beau Serge
Fr. 1958. Mores drama by Claude Chabrol with Gérard Blain, Jean-Claude Brialy, Bernadette Lafont. A young man tries to rehabilitate his fallen, alcoholic friend.
Runtime: 105 min.
Fr. 1957. Drama by Émile Roussel with Magali Noël, Philippe Lemaire, Christian Marquand. A promiscuous girl shares her heart with two friends before falling in love with a smuggler.
Runtime: 96 min.
Fr. 1956. Psychological drama by Georges Lampin with Robert Hossein, Jean Gabin, Marina Vlady. A poor student commits a murder that plunges him into deep remorse.
Runtime: 106 min.
Fr. 1944. Social drama by Léo Joannon with René Dary, Serge Reggiani, Raymond Bussières. The difficulties of three leaders at a rehabilitation center.
Runtime: 110 min.
Fr. 1944. Melodrama by Guillaume Radot with Annie Ducaux, Jacques Dumesnil, Michèle Martin. The negative consequences of an abortion on a household.
Runtime: 90 min.

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