Alain Cuny
Known for: Acting
Born: July 12, 1908
Died: May 16, 1994
Place of birth: Saint-Malo, Ille-et-Vilaine, France
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Alain Cuny, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Filmography
66 movies · 10 TV shows, newest first
NR
Emmanuelle in Ontario
2025
6.5
Histoire(s) du Cinéma 3a: The Coin of the Absolute
2006
6.2
Fellini: I'm a Born Liar
2003
9.0
La famiglia Ricordi
1995
NR
Dear Antonioni
1995
6.0
The Return of Casanova
1992
6.1
The Annunciation of Marie
1991
7.2
Sweet War, Farewell
1991
9.0
Les chevaliers de la table ronde
1990
7.0
Film sur Georges Perec
1990
4.9
Histoire(s) du cinéma
1989
6.8
Camille Claudel
1988
10.0
Umi e, See You
1988
7.0
La coscienza di Zeno
1988NR
Van Gogh à Paris, repérages
198810.0
Lucky Ravi
1987
7.3
Chronicle of a Death Foretold
1987
7.0
The Distant Land
1987
5.2
Detective
1985
9.0
Buio nella Valle
1984
4.0
The Basileus Quartet
19837.5
Fellini nel cestino
1983
7.5
Deuil en 24 heures
1982
7.3
Time Masters
1982NR
Colomba
1982
3.3
The Games of Countess Dolingen
1981
7.0
Le Journal
1979
4.3
Roberte
1979
7.2
Christ Stopped at Eboli
1979
5.5
The Song of Roland
1978
4.0
I prosseneti
1976
6.7
Illustrious Corpses
1976
8.0
Irene, Irene
1975
10.0
E il Casanova di Fellini?
1975
8.0
Two in the Amsterdam Rain
1975
9.0
Antigone
1974
6.0
Emmanuelle
1974
7.0
Le Roman de Renart
1974
5.5
Don't Touch the White Woman!
1974
7.5
La rosa rossa
1973
4.6
Valparaiso, Valparaiso
1973
NR
La divine comédie
1973
5.3
The Master and Margarita
1972
NR
La Légende du siècle
1972
6.5
The Audience
1972
6.0
Midi trente
1972
7.0
The Big Black Sow
19716.0
Samedi soir
1971
7.2
Ciao, Federico!
1970
7.3
Many Wars Ago
1970
6.7
Satyricon
1969
7.2
Safari 5000
1969
7.1
The Milky Way
1969
10.0
La forêt noire
1968
6.5
Mission of Fear
1965
7.6
Corruption
1963
5.9
Banana Peel
1963
6.0
Cross of the Living
1962
10.0
Scano Boa
1961
8.0
La Dolce Vita
1960
6.6
The Lovers
1958
6.7
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
1956
8.7
Cinépanorama
1956
6.3
The Vanquished
1953
9.0
Mina de Vanghel
1953
6.5
The Lady Without Camelias
1953
6.5
Les Crimes de l'amour
1953
10.0
The Solitary Conquerors
1952
7.5
Red Shirts - Anita Garibaldi
1952
6.6
The Forbidden Christ
1951
9.0
Solita de Cordoue
1946
6.3
The Phantom Baron
1943
6.8
The Devil's Envoys
1942
6.7
Stormy Waters
1941
4.0
Madame Sans-Gêne
1941
5.3
My Crimes After Mein Kampf
1940