Pierre Dux
Pierre Dux ( born October 21, 1908 in Paris, † December 1, 1990 ) was a French actor, theater director and theater director.
Life and work
The son of actress Emilienne Dux studied philosophy and attended the Paris Conservatory. He joined in 1929 as an actor of the Comédie Française, where his mother was committed and made his debut the same year as Figaro in The Barber of Seville. Later he had as Figaro in The Marriage of Figaro great day or success.
As an actor and as a director he quickly made a name for himself. Since 1935 Sociétaire at the Comédie- Française, he was in the summer of 1944 to July 1945 there General Manager. From 1948 to 1952 he directed the Théâtre de Paris as co-director along with Marcel Karsenty. From 1970 to 1979 he was again Administrateur the Comédie Française, from 1985 until his death director. Since 1971 he was also responsible as director of the Théâtre de l' Odéon.
At the Comédie he directed, among others, Malaparte 's capital, Vitracs The sword of my Father (1951 ) as well as pieces of Salacrou, Racine, Molière and Roussin.
Although Dux standing in front of the camera since the early 1930s, he gained as a film actor at an advanced age significance. Especially in political thrillers he embodied gloomy masterminds, including the collaborating with the Nazis Paris police chief in night of the performance, the tangled in an assassination plot military chief in Z and the chief prosecutor in the Besatzerdrama Special Tribunal - Every man for himself.
Dux also worked for television as well as a drama teacher.