Charles Vanel

Marie -Charles Vanel ( born August 21, 1892 in Rennes, † April 15, 1989 in Cannes) was a French actor and director. He is one of the actors with the longest film career and was 78 years before the camera.

Life

Charles Vanel began as a teenager, a maritime training, but he had to cancel due to non- sufficient eyesight. In 1908 he had his stage debut as an actor in Paris, 1910, he was in a small role, his film debut. It was followed by several tours together with Sacha Guitry. He took his first major role on the side of Ivan Mosschuchin in La Maison du mystère (1923 ) by Alexander Volkov and Pecheur d' Islande in (1924 ), a fishing drama by Jacques de Baroncelli; with the director Baroncelli he worked until 1944 together often. In 1926, Vanel gained popularity as lovers in René Clair's La proie du vent and then stepped on and in international film productions. 1927 began with Da holds the world breath / Maquillage one to the middle of the 1930s ongoing series of film performances Vanels in German - French co-productions or French language versions of German films. He played the role of Napoleon in Karl Grune's films Queen Luise and Waterloo. With the film drama Dans la nuit Vanel created in 1929 his only work as a director and screenwriter; He took over in the lead role.

In the early 1930s he was in early sound films Raymond Bernard's Les croix de bois (1931 ) and its Les Misérables - film adaptation (1933 ), before the camera. Even in movies Feyders Jacques and Marcel Carnes, he took important roles. Vanel embodied especially in the 1950s successfully its role type stoically silent and inscrutable figures in French thrillers, including as a partner Yves Montand in Le salaire de la peur and in Les diaboliques - both by Henri -Georges Clouzot. Since the 1950s, he frequently appeared in Italian films. He also played under Alfred Hitchcock in To Catch a Thief (1954 ) and Luis Buñuel in La mort en de jardin (1956). From his later works his silent spectacle in Francesco Rosi mafia movie Cadaveri eccellenti (1976 ) stands out. He had his last film appearance in 1987 at the age of 95 years.

Awards

Charles Vanel was awarded in 1953 for his performance in Clouzot's Le salaire de la peur a special mention at the Cannes Film Festival. In 1954 he won at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival award for Best Actor in Duvivier's L'affaire Mauritius. For his role in Henri Le feu aux Decoins poudres he was awarded in 1957 at the San Sebastián International Film Festival Zulueta Prize for Best Actor. Best Supporting Actor 1981, he was honored with a David di Donatello for his performance in Tre fratelli director Francesco Rosi. 1979 Vanel was president of the 4 Cesar Awards.

Filmography