Pierre Dux
Pierre Dux (born October 21, 1908 in Paris , † December 1, 1990 ibid) was a French actor , theater director and theater director .
Live and act
The son of actress Emilienne Dux studied philosophy and attended the Paris Conservatory . He joined the Comédie-Française in 1929 as an actor , where his mother was also engaged, and made his debut in the same year as Figaro in The Barber of Seville . He later had success as Figaro in The Great Day or Figaro's Wedding .
He quickly made a name for himself as both an actor and a director. Since 1935 Sociétaire at the Comédie-Française, he was general manager there from summer 1944 to July 1945. From 1948 to 1952 he was co-director of the Théâtre de Paris with Marcel Karsenty. From 1970 to 1979 he was once again the administrator of the Comédie-Française, and from 1985 until his death director. Since 1971 he has also been the director of the Théâtre de l'Odéon . In 1978 Dux was elected to the Académie des Beaux-Arts .
At the Comédie he staged Malaparte's Das Kapital , Vitrac's Der Säbel meine Vater (1951) and plays by Salacrou, Racine , Roussin and Molière, among others .
Although Dux had been in front of the camera since the early 1930s, he only gained importance as a film actor at an advanced age. Especially in political thrillers , he embodied dark masterminds, including the Paris police chief in Night of Fulfillment , who collaborated with the Nazis , the military chief in Z who was involved in a murder plot and the chief prosecutor in the occupying drama Special Tribunal - Everyone fights for himself .
Dux also worked for television as well as an acting teacher.
Honors
- 1985 Prix Saint-Simon
Filmography
- 1951: The Witch of Montmartre (Gibier de potence)
- 1954: The Sunday Angler (Poisson d'avril)
- 1955: The girl from the 3rd floor (Sophie et le crime)
- 1955: The great maneuver (Les Grandes Manœuvres)
- 1961: Do you love Brahms? (Goodbye Again)
- 1961: Galant love stories (Amours célèbres)
- 1963: Night of Fulfillment (Le jour et l'heure)
- 1966: is Paris on fire? (Paris brûle-t-il?)
- 1969: Z - Anatomy of a Political Murder (Z)
- 1970: The Merciless (La Horse)
- 1975: Special tribunal - everyone fights for himself alone (Section spéciale)
- 1980: killers don't introduce themselves (3 hommes à abattre)
- 1981: But life goes on (La vie continue)
- 1982: Eva's daughters (Le chef de famille)
- 1983: Monsieur Abel
- 1988: The Reader (La lectrice)
Web links
- Pierre Dux in the Internet Movie Database (English)
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SURNAME | Dux, Pierre |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French actor, theater director and theater director |
DATE OF BIRTH | October 21, 1908 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Paris , France |
DATE OF DEATH | December 1, 1990 |
Place of death | Paris , France |