Alain Cuny
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.
Filmography (75 titles)
MovieEmmanuelle in Ontario
Mario (archival footage) · 2025
6.5MovieHistoire(s) du Cinéma 3a: The Coin of the Absolute
Self (archive footage) (uncredited) · 2006
6.2MovieFellini: I'm a Born Liar
Self (archive footage) (uncredited) · 2003
9.0ShowLa famiglia Ricordi
1995
MovieDear Antonioni
Self · 1995
6.0MovieThe Return of Casanova
Marquis · 1992
6.1MovieThe Annunciation of Marie
Anne Vercors · 1991
7.2MovieSweet War, Farewell
Vecchio Crimen · 1991
9.0MovieLes chevaliers de la table ronde
Merlin · 1990
7.0MovieFilm sur Georges Perec
Self · 1990
4.9ShowHistoire(s) du cinéma
Self · 1989
6.8MovieCamille Claudel
Louis-Prosper Claudel · 1988
10.0MovieUmi e, See You
Don Macine · 1988
7.0ShowLa coscienza di Zeno
Alfio Cosini sr. · 1988
Van Gogh à Paris, repérages
Lecteur des textes d'Artaud · 1988
Lucky Ravi
Plantation Owner · 1987
7.3MovieChronicle of a Death Foretold
El Viudo Xius · 1987
7.0MovieThe Distant Land
Aigner · 1987
5.3MovieDetective
Old Mafioso · 1985
9.0MovieBuio nella Valle
Luigi · 1984
4.0MovieThe Basileus Quartet
Mario Cantone · 1983
Fellini nel cestino
Self · 1983
7.5ShowDeuil en 24 heures
Le colonel Carvin · 1982
7.2MovieTime Masters
Xul (voice) · 1982
Colomba
1982
3.3MovieThe Games of Countess Dolingen
1981
7.0ShowLe Journal
Wilchaint · 1979
4.3MovieRoberte
La voix du pur esprit · 1979
7.2MovieChrist Stopped at Eboli
Barone Nicola Rotunno · 1979
5.5MovieThe Song of Roland
Turpin/der Mönch · 1978