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Ivan Desny
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Ivan Desny

Swiss actor (1922-2002)
December 28, 1922 (April 13, 2002)

I Don't Kiss

V.O.: J'embrasse pas
Fr. 1991. Psychological drama by André Téchiné with Manuel Blanc, Philippe Noiret, Emmanuelle Béart. A young country boy who came to Paris to study drama ends up working on the sidewalk to earn a living.
Runtime: 115 min.
Suis. 1988. Thriller by Nicolas Gessner with Ben Gazzara, Jean Yanne, Mary Crosby.
Runtime: 94 min.
Runtime: 98 min.
Fr. 1985. Spy drama by Robert Hossein with Robert Hossein, Candice Patou, Ivan Desny. Two former lovers, KGB agents, are invited to a party organized by their boss who wants them to confess which of the two is a traitor.

Future of Emily

V.O.: Flügel und Fesseln
All. 1984. Drama by Helma Sanders-Brahms with Brigitte Fossey, Hildegard Knef, Ivan Desny. An actress spends a few hours with her parents, to whom she has entrusted her daughter during the shooting of a film.
Runtime: 106 min.
Runtime: 113 min.

Carnapping

V.O.: Car-Napping - Bestellt, geklaut, geliefert
All. 1979. Police comedy by Wigbert Wicker with Bernd Stephan, Anny Duperey, Ivan Desny.
Runtime: 95 min.

The Marriage of Maria Braun

V.O.: Die Ehe der Maria Braun
Runtime: 120 min.
U.S. 1971. Crime drama by Douglas Fithean with Lee Remick, Michael Hinz, Ivan Desny. An industrial spy, tasked with seizing confidential documents, sets out to seduce the secretary of an oil tycoon.
Runtime: 81 min.

Guns for San Sebastian

V.O.: La Bataille de San Sebastian
Fr. 1968. Adventures by Henri Verneuil with Anthony Quinn, Charles Bronson, Anjanette Comer. An adventurer who is mistaken for a priest saves a Mexican village from an attack by Native Americans.
Runtime: 111 min.

Rasputin

V.O.: J'ai tué Raspoutine
Fr. 1967. History by Robert Hossein with Gert Fröbe, Peter McEnery, Geraldine Chaplin. A Russian prince decides to kill Rasputin, advisor to the tsar.
Runtime: 86 min.

Les Diamants d'Anvers

V.O.: Der Tod eines Doppelgängers
All. 1967. Crime drama by Rolf Thiele with Jurgen Draeger, Nicole Badal, Ivan Desny. A young thug plans to steal diamonds by replacing the messenger who carries them.
Runtime: 84 min.

The Mystery of Thug Island

V.O.: I misteri della giungla nera
It. 1966. Adventures by Luigi Capuano with Guy Madison, Inge Schoener, Peter Van Eyck. In nineteenth century India, a snake hunter tries to free a captain's daughter kidnapped by a religious sect.
Runtime: 85 min.

Spy Pit

V.O.: Da Berlino l'apocalisse
It. 1966. Spy drama by Mario Maffei with Roger Hanin, Margaret Lee, Ivan Desny.
Runtime: 105 min.

Secret of the Sphinx

V.O.: La Sfinge sorride prima di morire - stop - Londra
It. 1965. Crime drama by Duccio Tessari with Tony Russel, Maria Perschy, Ivan Desny. A police inspector is assigned to recover gold bars stolen in Cairo.
Runtime: 95 min.

The Invisible Terror

V.O.: Der Unsichtbare
All. 1963. Science-fiction by Raphael Nussbaum with Hans von Borsody, Ellen Schwiers, Ivan Desny. A man tries to unmask an invisible criminal.
Runtime: 92 min.
Fr. 1961. Spy drama by Max Pecas with Elke Sommer, Ivan Desny, Helmut Schmid. The adventures of a young girl in the service of a dressmaker whose job is to conceal a spy network.
Runtime: 85 min.

The Devil's Choice

V.O.: Der Satan lockt mit Liebe
All. 1960. Crime drama by Rudolf Jugert with Belinda Lee, Ivan Desny, Joachim Hansen. An escaped convict forces his mistress to find the money she needs to escape.
Runtime: 106 min.
All. 1960. Biography by Georg Tressler with Karlheinz Böhm, Giulia Rubini, Ivan Desny. The life of the composer Beethoven.
Runtime: 94 min.

The Versailles Affair

V.O.: Monsieur Suzuki
Fr. 1959. Spy drama by Robert Vernay with Jean Thielment, Ivan Desny, Jean Tissier. A Japanese secret agent arrests a gang of spies.
Runtime: 105 min.
Fr. 1958. Moral study by Alexandre Astruc with Maria Schell, Christian Marquand, Pascale Petit. A young chatelaine whose husband cheated on her nevertheless continues to love him and to hope that he will return to her.
Runtime: 85 min.

The Mirror Has Two Faces

V.O.: Le Miroir à deux faces
Fr. 1958. Drama by André Cayatte with Michèle Morgan, Bourvil, Gérard Oury. Despite her husband's opposition, a woman undergoes plastic surgery.
Runtime: 94 min.

The Devil From Petersburg

V.O.: Petersburger Nächte
All. 1958. Sentimental drama by Paul Martin with Ewald Balser, Johanna Von Koczian, Ivan Desny.
Runtime: 90 min.

La Loi du vice

V.O.: Alle Sünden dieser Erde
All. 1958. Melodrama by Fritz Umgelter with Barbara Rutting, Ivan Desny, Paul Dahlke.
Runtime: 77 min.
Fr. 1957. Drama by Léonide Moguy with Michèle Mercier, Danik Patisson, Ivan Desny. In Paris, a young provincial girl who wants to make films faces one setback after another.
Runtime: 105 min.

OSS 117 Is Not Dead

V.O.: OSS 117 n'est pas mort
Fr. 1957. Spy drama by Jean Sacha with Ivan Desny, Magali Noël, Yves Vincent. A counterintelligence agent investigates the disappearance of important documents.
Runtime: 98 min.
Fr. 1956. Dramatic comedy by André Hunebelle with Madeleine Robinson, Ivan Desny, Jacqueline Pierreux. Absorbed by her work, the owner of a sewing shop neglects her husband, who allows himself to be seduced by a young model.
Runtime: 88 min.
Fr. 1956. Dramatic comedy by Ralph Habib with Nicole Courcel, Dany Carrel, Jean-Louis Trintignant. The life of a group of students living in an abandoned house is disrupted by the sale of the building.
Runtime: 81 min.

Roses pour Bettina, Des

V.O.: Rosen für Bettina
All. 1956. Melodrama by Georg Wilhelm Pabst with Elisabeth Muller, Willy Birgel, Ivan Desny. A ballet dancer suffering from polio is robbed of her position and her fianc?.
Runtime: 90 min.
Fr. 1955. Dramatic comedy by Augusto Genina with Dany Robin, Gino Cervi, Philippe Lemaire. Four men are interested in a young flower merchant who dreams of wealth and glory.
Runtime: 112 min.
Fr. 1955. Biography by Max Ophüls with Martine Carol, Peter Ustinov, Anton Walbrook. The stages of a famous courtesan?s adventurous life.
Runtime: 110 min.

La Dame sans camélias

V.O.: La Signora senza camelie
It. 1953. Psychological drama by Michelangelo Antonioni with Lucia Bosè, Gino Cervi, Ivan Desny. A movie star aspires in vain to play great roles.
Runtime: 101 min.

No Way Back

V.O.: Weg ohne Umkehr
All. 1953. Drama by Victor Vicas with Ivan Desny, Ruth Niehaus, René Deltgen.
Runtime: 95 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.

The Respectful Prostitute

V.O.: La P... respectueuse
Runtime: 95 min.
G.-B. 1950. Mores drama by David Lean with Ann Todd, Ivan Desny, Norman Wooland. A young girl from Glasgow's wealthy society is accused of killing a former lover who was trying to blackmail her.
Runtime: 114 min.

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