Daniel Gélin

1921-2002

Biography: life and films

Daniel Gélin was a French actor, film director and screenwriter. He was born in Angers, Maine-et-Loire, France on 19th May 1921 and died in Paris, France on 29th November 2002, aged 81.

His best films as an actor include Georges Lacombe's Martin Roumagnac (1946), Jacques Becker's Rendez-vous de juillet (1949), Jean Delannoy's La Minute de vérité (1952), Zivorad 'Zika' Mitrovic's Die Zeugin aus der Hölle (1967) and Louis Malle's Le Souffle au coeur (1971).

Daniel Gélin appeared in 136 films, scripted 1 film and directed 1 film.

He has most frequently worked with the following directors: Pierre Kast (3 films), Paul Paviot (3), Jean Delannoy (3), Jacques Becker (3), Sacha Guitry (2), Raoul Ruiz (2), Pierre Gaspard-Huit (2), Max Ophüls (2), Marguerite Duras (2), Marc Allégret (2), Luis Saslavsky (2), Jack O'Connell (2), Guy Lefranc (2), Georg Wilhelm Pabst (2), Didier Kaminka (2), Denys de La Patellière (2), Claude Lelouch (2), Claude Boissol (2) and Alexandre Astruc (2).

His most frequent genres include: drama (66 films), comedy (29), comedy-drama (22), romance (13), comedy-romance (9), Thriller (8), War (6), Fantasy (4), history (3), crime-thriller (3) and Documentary (3).

Our average rating for Daniel Gélin over all films is: 2.7

Filmography

Key: a = actor; w = writer; d = director

Miquette (1940) [a]

Soyez les bienvenus (1942) [a]

Lucrèce (1943) [a]

Les Petites du quai aux fleurs (1944) [a]

Les Cadets de l'océan (1945) [a]

La Tentation de Barbizon (1946) [a]

Martin Roumagnac (1946) [a]

Ouvert pour cause d'inventaire (1946) [a]

Un ami viendra ce soir (1946) [a]

La Femme en rouge (1947) [a]

La Nuit de Sybille (1947) [a]

Miroir (1947) [a]

Le Mannequin assassiné (1948) [a]

Le Paradis des pilotes perdus (1949) [a]

Rendez-vous de juillet (1949) [a]

Dieu a besoin des hommes (1950) [a]

La Ronde (1950) [a]

Édouard et Caroline (1951) [a]

Les Mains sales (1951) [a]

Traité de bave et d'éternité (1951) [a]

Une histoire d'amour (1951) [a]

Adorables créatures (1952) [a]

La Minute de vérité (1952) [a]

Le Plaisir (1952) [a]

Les Dents longues (1952) [a,d,w]

L'Esclave (1953) [a]

La Maison du silence (1953) [a]

Rue de l'estrapade (1953) [a]

L'Affaire Maurizius (1954) [a]

L'Allegro squadrone (1954) [a]

La Neige était sale (1954) [a]

La Romana (1954) [a]

Opinione pubblica (1954) [a]

Sangre y luces (1954) [a]

Si Versailles m'était conté (1954) [a]

Les Amants du Tage (1955) [a]

Napoléon (1955) [a]

Bonsoir Paris (1956) [a]

En effeuillant la marguerite (1956) [a]

Je reviendrai à Kandara (1956) [a]

Paris canaille (1956) [a]

The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956) [a]

Charmants garçons (1957) [a]

Mort en fraude (1957) [a]

Retour de manivelle (1957) [a]

Trois jours à vivre (1957) [a]

La Fille de Hambourg (1958) [a]

Suivez-moi jeune homme (1958) [a]

Ce corps tant désiré (1959) [a]

Julie la rousse (1959) [a]

Cartagine in fiamme (1960) [a]

Le Testament d'Orphée (1960) [a]

Le Tre eccetera del colonnello (1960) [a]

Dans la gueule du loup (1961) [a]

La Morte saison des amours (1961) [a]

La Proie pour l'ombre (1961) [a]

Les Petits matins (1962) [a]

Règlements de comptes (1962) [a]

Les Vacances portugaises (1963) [a]

Vacances portugaises (1963) [a]

La Bonne soupe (1964) [a]

El Niño y el muro (1965) [a]

L'Heure de la vérité (1965) [a]

À belles dents (1966) [a]

La Ligne de démarcation (1966) [a]

Les Sultans (1966) [a]

Paris brûle-t-il? (1966) [a]

Soleil noir (1966) [a]

Die Zeugin aus der Hölle (1967) [a]

Zwei Girls vom roten Stern (1967) [a]

La Trêve (1968) [a]

Le Mois le plus beau (1968) [a]

Détruire, dit-elle (1969) [a]

Hallucinations sadiques (1969) [a]

Slogan (1969) [a]

La Servante (1970) [a]

Christa (1971) [a]

Le Souffle au coeur (1971) [a]

Far from Dallas (1972) [a]

Aimez-vous les uns les autres... mais pas trop (1973) [a]

La Polizia è al servizio del cittadino? (1973) [a]

La Gueule de l'emploi (1974) [a]

Un linceul n'a pas de poches (1974) [a]

Diálogos de exiliados (1975) [a]

Trop c'est trop (1975) [a]

Nous irons tous au paradis (1977) [a]

La Vocation suspendue (1978) [a]

Qu'il est joli garçon l'assassin de papa (1979) [a]

L'Honorable société (1980) [a]

L'Oeil du maître (1980) [a]

Sezona mira u Parizu (1981) [a]

Signé Furax (1981) [a]

Guy de Maupassant (1982) [a]

La Nuit de Varennes (1982) [a]

Les Enfants (1984) [a]

Killing Cars (1986) [a]

Via Montenapoleone (1986) [a]

Dandin (1987) [a]

Sécurité publique (1987) [a]

Itinéraire d'un enfant gâté (1988) [a]

La Vie est un long fleuve tranquille (1988) [a]

Mister Frost (1990) [a]

Promotion canapé (1990) [a]

Les Secrets professionnels du Dr Apfelglück (1991) [a]

Mauvaise fille (1991) [a]

Un type bien (1991) [a]

Les Eaux dormantes (1992) [a]

Coup de jeune (1993) [a]

De force avec d'autres (1993) [a]

Les Marmottes (1993) [a]

Les Ténors (1993) [a]

Roulez jeunesse! (1993) [a]

Des feux mal éteints (1994) [a]

La Cité de la peur (1994) [a]

Pushing the Limits (1994) [a]

Fugueuses (1995) [a]

Fantôme avec chauffeur (1996) [a]

Hommes, femmes, mode d'emploi (1996) [a]

Les Bidochon (1996) [a]

Obsession (1997) [a]



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