Marcel Mouloudji

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Mouloudji, 1973

Marcel Mouloudji (born September 16, 1922 in Paris ; † June 14, 1994 ibid) was a French actor and chansonnier who mostly only appeared under his surname Mouloudji .

Life

Mouloudji grew up as the son of a Kabyle and a Breton woman in Paris, where he came into contact with the theater and film scene at an early age. At the age of eleven he took part in his first film. In addition to his diverse artistic training from acting to painting, he developed political commitment at a young age, shaped by his communist father. After eventful years during the Second World War, Mouloudji, just 20 years old, was already writing his memoirs with “Enrico”, for which he received the Prix ​​de la Pléiade in 1945 .

Mouloudji at the Fête du PSU , Colombes 1973

Mouloudji began his singing career as an interpreter of Boris Vian and Jacques Prévert . In 1951 he recorded his first record. In 1952 and 1953 he won the Prix ​​Charles-Cros and in 1953 the Grand Prix du Disque . At the same time, he had long since gained great popularity on the screen. In 1954, he was for we all murderers are as best foreign performer for the British Film Academy Award nominated.

Mouloudji's political commitment led to a first setback in his artistic career during the Indochina War . As a staunch pacifist, he had included Boris Vian's chanson Le déserteur in his program and sang it on the same day that France was defeated in the battle for Điện Biên Phủ . The public reacted indignantly and called for censorship. From then on, Le déserteur was boycotted by the radio stations.

Although still artistically and politically active, Mouloudji could no longer build on his early successes in the 1960s and 1970s. In 1966 he opened a hair salon and devoted more time to painting and writing. Marcel Mouloudji died on June 14, 1994. His last plans, the continuation of his memoirs published 50 years ago and a new album, remained unfinished.

Mouloudji's daughter Annabelle also made a brief career as a singer and actress under her first name.

He sang the multicultural influences in his life in his Chanson Auto-Portrait :

"Catholique par ma mère / Musulman par mon père / Un peu juif par mon fils / Bouddhiste par principle / [...] Athée, oh grâce à Dieu"

"Catholic through my mother / Muselmann through my father / A little Jew through my son / Buddhist on principle [...] / Atheist, oh thank God"

- Mouloudji : Auto-Portrait

Well-known chansons by Mouloudji

Filmography

  • 1936: Ménilmontant - Director: René Guissart
  • 1936: La Guerre des gosses - Director: Jacques Daroy
  • 1936: Jenny - Director: Marcel Carné
  • 1937: Mirages - Director: Alexandre Ryder
  • 1937: Claudine à l'école - Directed by Serge de Poligny
  • 1937: À Venise, une nuit - Director: Christian-Jaque
  • 1937: Record 37 - Directed by Jacques B. Brunius and Jean Tarride
  • 1938: The Secret of St. Agil (Les Disparus de Saint-Agil) - Director: Christian-Jaque
  • 1939: But my Hans, he can do it (Le grand élan) - directed by Christian-Jaque and Harry R. Sokal
  • 1939: Les gaités de l'exposition - Directed by Ernest Hajos
  • 1940: L'Entraîneuse - Director: Albert Valentin
  • 1941: L'Enfer des Anges - Director: Christian-Jaque
  • 1941: The First Ball (Premier bal) - Director: Christian-Jaque
  • 1942: The Eerie House (Les Inconnus dans la maison) - Director: Henri Decoin
  • 1942: The night with the devil (Les visiteurs du soir) - Director: Marcel Carné
  • 1943: Adieu Léonard - Director: Pierre Prévert
  • 1943: Les Roquevillard - Directed by Jean Dréville
  • 1944: Vautrin - Director: Pierre Billon
  • 1944: The Angel of the Night (L'Ange de la nuit) - Director: André Berthomieu
  • 1945: Boule de suif - Director: Christian-Jaque
  • 1945: Les Cadets de l'océan - Director: Jean Dréville
  • 1946: Le Bataillon du ciel - Director: Alexander Esway
  • 1947: The Game is Over (Les jeux sont faits) - Director: Jean Delannoy
  • 1948: Mother's hands (La Maternelle) - directed by Henri Diamant-Berger
  • 1948: Jealousy (Bagarres) - Director: Henri Calef
  • 1948: Tête blonde - directed by Maurice Cam
  • 1949: Les Eaux troublés - Directed by Henri Calef
  • 1950: Jury Court (Justice est faite) - Director: André Cayatte
  • 1950: La Souricière - Director: Henri Calef
  • 1951: La maison Bonnadieu - Director: Carlo Rim
  • 1951: Gibier de potence - Director: Roger Richebé
  • 1952: We are all murderers (Nous sommes tous des assassins) - directed by André Cayatte
  • 1952: From country pastor to pope (Gli uomini non guardiano il cielo) - Director: Umberto Scarpelli
  • 1952: Trois femmes - Director: André Michel
  • 1953: La Vie d'un honnête homme - Director: Sacha Guitry
  • 1953: La ballade des réverbères - short film, directed by Pierre Gout
  • 1954: Boum sur Paris - Directed by Maurice de Canonge
  • 1954: Can women be like that? (Secrets d'alcôve) - Director: Ralph Habib
  • 1955: Everything about me is music (Tout chante autour de moi) - Director: Pierre Gout
  • 1955: Les indiscrètes - Director: Raoul André
  • 1957: Hyenas among themselves (Jusqu'au dernier) - Director: Pierre Billon
  • 1958: Night over Paris (Rafles sur la ville) - Directed by Pierre Chenal
  • 1958: Under the Terror of the Murderers (Llegaron dos hombres) - directed by Eusebio Fernández Ardavín and Arne Mattsson
  • 1958: 58.2 / B - Directed by Guy Chalon
  • 1960: La belle Saison est proche - short documentary film, directed by Jacques Barral
  • 1961: La Planque - Director: Raoul André
  • 1962: Le livre muet - short film, directed by Gérard Dumont
  • 1977: Jacques Prévert - Documentary - Director: Jean Desvilles

literature

Web links

Commons : Marcel Mouloudji  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Gilles Schlesser: Mouloudji , p. 268.
personal data
SURNAME Mouloudji, Marcel
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Mouloudji
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French actor and chansonnier
DATE OF BIRTH September 16, 1922
PLACE OF BIRTH Paris
DATE OF DEATH June 14, 1994
Place of death Paris