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 has been in front of the camera for 78 years.
Life
Charles Vanel began a nautical training as a teenager, which he had to drop out due to insufficient eyesight. In 1908 he made his stage debut as an actor in Paris, in 1910 he made his film debut in a small role. Several tours followed with Sacha Guitry . His first important roles he took on the side of Iwan Mosschuchin in La Maison du mystère (1923) by Alexander Wolkow and in Pêcheur d'Islande (1924), a fishing drama by Jacques de Baroncelli ; he worked frequently with director Baroncelli until 1944. In 1926 Vanel gained popularity as a lover in René Clair's La proie du vent and then appeared in international film productions. In 1927, with Da the world is holding its breath / Maquillage, Vanel made a series of film appearances in German-French co-productions or French language versions of German films that lasted until the mid-1930s. He also played the role of Napoleon in Karl Green's films Queen Luise and Waterloo . With the film drama Dans la nuit Vanel created his only work as a director and screenwriter in 1929; he also played the main role in it.
At the beginning of the 1930s he stood in front of the camera in Raymond Bernard's early sound films Les croix de bois (1931) and his 1933 film adaptation of Les misérables . He also took on important roles in films by Jacques Feyder and Marcel Carné . Especially in the 1950s, Vanel successfully embodied his role type of stoic, silent and inscrutable characters in French thrillers , including as a partner of Yves Montand in Le salaire de la peur and in Les diaboliques - both by Henri-Georges Clouzot . From the 1950s he was also seen in Italian films. He also played under Alfred Hitchcock in Over the Roofs of Nice (1954) and under Luis Buñuel in Breath of the Jungle (1956). His silent acting in Francesco Rosi's mafia film The Power and Its Price (1976) stands out from his late work . Thanks to his screen presence and his extremely long career, Vanel advanced to become an institution of French cinema. The actor was often used in smaller roles to give them special weight. Charles Vanel made his last film appearance in 1988 at the age of 96.
Awards
Charles Vanel received a 'Special Mention' at the Cannes Film Festival in 1953 for his performance in Clouzot's Le salaire de la peur . In 1954 he won the award for best actor in Duvivier's L'affaire Maurizius at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival . For his role in Henri Decoins Le feu aux poudres he was awarded the Zulueta Prize for Best Actor at the San Sebastián International Film Festival in 1957 . As best supporting actor, he was honored in 1981 with a David di Donatello for his portrayal in Tre fratelli by Francesco Rosi. In 1979 Vanel was President of the 4th César Awards.
Filmography
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Web links
- Charles Vanel in the Internet Movie Database (English)
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SURNAME | Vanel, Charles |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Vanel, Marie-Charles (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French actor and director |
DATE OF BIRTH | August 21, 1892 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Rennes , France |
DATE OF DEATH | April 15, 1989 |
Place of death | Cannes , France |