Julien Carette

Julien Henri Carette (born December 23, 1897 in Paris , † July 20, 1966 in Le Vésinet ) was a French actor .

Live and act

Carette initially worked as a salesman, among other things. He then attended the Paris Conservatory , but failed the final exam. After the First World War, he appeared in occasional engagements at various Parisian cabarets and music halls . His film career only began with the introduction of talkies. In the 1930s he starred in numerous shallow entertainment films . He also appeared in travesty roles such as Georges / Georgette in the French version of Reinhold Schünzel's Viktor and Viktoria (1933) and as a seductive Dutch woman in Richard Pottier's Fanfare d'amour (1935). Jean Renoir used the short Carette in the classics The Great Illusion (1937), Bestie Mensch (1938) and The Rules of the Game (1939) according to his appearance .

For three decades Carette was a busy and popular supporting actor in French cinema . He took one of his few leading roles in 1943 in Adieu Léonard . After the Second World War, several roles were tailor-made for Carette, including that of the devious murderer in The Red Hostel in 1951, directed by his friend Claude Autant-Lara . In the 1950s he was seen in many Franco-Italian co-productions.

Carette suffered from severe osteoarthritis and could not save herself in time when a fallen match set fire to his house in Le Vésinet while lighting a cigarette. He died as a result of his burns.

Filmography (selection)

• 1937: The great illusion ( La grande illusion )
• 1937: The fifth juror ( Gribouille )
• 1938: The Marseillaise ( La Marseillaise )
• 1938: love of theater ( Entrée des artistes )
• 1938: Beast Human ( La bête humaine )
• 1939: The rules of the game ( La règle du jeu )
• 1939: Thieves and Love ( Battement de cœur )
• 1943: Goodbye Léonard
• 1943: A lady from the office ( Service de nuit )
• 1945: Three in one day ( Messieurs Ludovic )
• 1945: Sylvia and the ghost ( Sylvie et le fantôme )
• 1946: Gates of the Night ( Les portes de la nuit )
• 1948: Such a pretty little beach ( Une si jolie petite plage )
• 1949: Port of Temptation ( La Marie du port )
• 1950: address unknown ( sans laisser d'address )
• 1951: The red hostel ( L'auberge rouge )
• 1952: On the streets of Paris ( La fête à Henriette )
• 1952: marriage brokerage ( Agence matrimoniale )
• 1953: A Woman's Love ( L'amour d'une femme )
• 1954: Casa Ricordi ( Casa Ricordi / La maison du souvenir )
• 1955: Block 3 does not answer ( Pas de coup dur pour Johnny )
• 1955: Scandal in Paris ( La môme Pigalle )
• 1956: Shadows on the Roof ( Je reviendrai à Kandara )
• 1956: The Wolves ( Pardonnez nos offenses )
• 1956: Crime and Punishment ( Crime et châtiment )
• 1956: Paris, Palace Hotel ( Paris, Palace Hotel )
• 1957: The twins and the murderer ( Les trois font la paire )
• 1957: The time of the hard eggs ( Le temps des œufs durs )
• 1958: The day and the night ( Le miroir à deux faces / Lo specchio a due facce )
• 1958: The game was his bane ( Le joueur / Il giocatore )
• 1959: There are no vacancies in the putty ( Archimède le clochard / Archimede le clochard )
• 1959: The green mare ( La jument verte / La giumenta verde )
• 1959: The House of 1000 Windows ( La millième fenêtre )
• 1960: The King's Bed ( Vive Henri IV… vive l'amour! / I celebri amori di Enrico IV )

literature

• Kay Less : The film's great personal dictionary . The actors, directors, cameramen, producers, composers, screenwriters, film architects, outfitters, costume designers, editors, sound engineers, make-up artists and special effects designers of the 20th century. Volume 1: A - C. Erik Aaes - Jack Carson. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-89602-340-3 .

Web links

• Julien Carette in the Internet Movie Database (English)

Remarks

1. ^ Place of death Le Vésinet according to Kay Less. Also Lexicon Film Actors international, Henschel Verlag. IMDb gives Saint-Germain-en-Laye as the place of death .