Roger Blin
Roger Blin (born March 22, 1907 in Neuilly-sur-Seine , France , † January 21, 1984 in Évecquemont , France) was a French actor and theater director .
Life
Roger Blin has starred in over 70 films since the 1930s. In 1942, Marcel Carné cast him in Les Visiteurs du soir , where he played alongside Arletty . Under the director Jean Cocteau he played in 1950 in Orphée together with Jean Marais and Juliette Gréco . Andrzej Żuławski cast him in 1975 in his film Nachtblende with Romy Schneider . Blin played Fabio Testi's father .
Blin went down in theater history when, in 1953, his directorial work helped Samuel Beckett's play Warten auf Godot to achieve its breakthrough. He himself took on the role of Pozzo in this production . His staging of plays by Jean Genet , such as “The Walls” for the first time in France in 1966, helped him to gain international fame.
Filmography (selection)
- 1936: Beethoven's great love (Un grand amour de Beethoven)
- 1936: Life is ours (La vie est à nous)
- 1937: Alibi (L'Alibi)
- 1938: love of theater (Entrée des artistes)
- 1939: The white slave (L'esclave blanche)
- 1942: The night with the devil (Les visiteurs du soir)
- 1943: Countess Chabert (Le colonel Chabert)
- 1943: The Raven (Le corbeau)
- 1944: Call of the Mountains (Premier de cordée)
- 1945: The victim of a great love (La vie de bohème)
- 1947: For a night of love (Pour une nuit d'amour)
- 1949: The port bar of Marseille (Hans le marin)
- 1949: Orpheus (Orphée)
- 1951: The New Orleans Tavern (Adventures of Captain Fabian)
- 1955: Callaghan strikes (À toi de jouer ... Callaghan !!!)
- 1956: The Hunchback of Notre-Dame (Notre-Dame de Paris)
- 1959: Stars above Montblanc (Les étoiles de midi)
- 1964: Virgin richly garnished (Aimez-vous les femmes)
- 1967: revenge is not just a word (La loi du survivant)
- 1970: Ticky - One size too small (Trop petit mon ami)
- 1975: Aloise
- 1975: Dangerous life is better (Il faut vivre dangereusement)
- 1976: Never more always (Jamais plus toujours)
Web links
- Literature by and about Roger Blin in the catalog of the German National Library
- Roger Blin in the Internet Movie Database (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Blin, Roger |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French actor and director |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 22, 1907 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Neuilly-sur-Seine , France |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 21, 1984 |
| Place of death | Évecquemont , France |