person

Daniel Gélin

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1921-05-19

Place of Birth

Angers, Maine-et-Loire, France

Daniel Gélin

Biography

Daniel Yves Alfred Gélin (19 May 1921 – 29 November 2002) was a French actor. Gélin was born in Angers, Maine-et-Loire, the son of Yvonne (née Le Méner) and Alfred Ernest Joseph Gélin. When he was ten, his family moved to Saint-Malo where Daniel went to college until he was expelled for 'uncouthness'. His father then found him a job in a shop that sold cans of salted cod. It was seeing the shooting of Marc Allégret's film Entrée des artistes that triggered his desire to go to Paris to train to be an actor. He trained at the Cours Simon in Paris before entering the Conservatoire national d'art dramatique. There he met Louis Jouvet and embarked on a theatrical career. He made his first film appearance in 1940 in Miquette and for several years was an extra or played small roles in French films. He appeared with Jean Gabin and Marlene Dietrich in Martin Roumagnac (1946). He won his first leading role in Rendez-vous de juillet (1949). From that time, he went on to appear in more than 150 films, including Max Ophüls' films La Ronde (1950) and Le Plaisir (1952), Jacques Becker's Édouard et Caroline (1951), Sacha Guitry's films Si Versailles m'était conté (Royal Affairs in Versailles) (1954) and Napoléon (1955), Alfred Hitchcock's The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956), Jean Cocteau's Le Testament d'Orphée (1960), Le souffle au cœur (Murmur of the Heart) (1971), and La Nuit de Varennes (That Night in Varennes) (1982). He also wrote and directed one film, The Long Teeth, in 1952. Gélin was a leading man in French cinema during the 1950s, but his career declined with the coming of the New Wave. He worked in theater for several years, but later found new success on screen as a character actor. He appeared extensively in French films and television productions from the 1970s until his death, often playing cynical characters or grumpy old men. In 1946, Gélin married actress Danièle Delorme with whom he had a son, actor, director and producer Xavier Gélin. They divorced in 1954. While still married to Delorme, he had an affair with 17 year old model Marie Christine Schneider that produced a daughter, Maria Schneider. Due to his status as a married man, Gélin could not recognize Maria as his daughter. He visited the child several times but eventually severed his relationship with her mother. Maria Schneider and Daniel Gélin reconnected when she was sixteen and came to visit him. They remained in contact, although their relationship was irregular. Gélin was married to model Sylvie Hirsch from 1954 until their divorce in 1968. This marriage produced three children, Pascal (who died aged one year), Fiona , and Manuel, the latter two also becoming actors. In 1973, he remarried to Lydie Zaks with whom he had a daughter, Laura. Gélin died in Paris on 29 November 2002 of kidney failure. Source: Article "Daniel Gélin" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Also Known For

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The Man Who Knew Too Much

May 16, 1956

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Trop c'est trop

Jun 05, 1975

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Season of Peace in Paris

Jul 01, 1981

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67

Life Is a Long Quiet River

Feb 03, 1988

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The Sleeping Car Murder

Nov 17, 1965

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Is Paris Burning?

Oct 26, 1966

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Port of Desire

Aug 13, 1958

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Mister Frost

Apr 10, 1990

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We Will All Meet in Paradise

Nov 09, 1977

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The Night of Varennes

May 15, 1982

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Murmur of the Heart

Apr 27, 1971

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Testament of Orpheus

Feb 18, 1960

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Fear City: A Family-Style Comedy

Mar 09, 1994

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Napoleon

Mar 25, 1955

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Le Plaisir

Feb 29, 1952

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Itinerary of a Spoiled Child

Nov 30, 1988

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No Pockets in a Shroud

Oct 25, 1974

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Young Love

Nov 14, 1951

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Plucking the Daisy

Jul 25, 1956

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Les Dents longues

Mar 15, 1953

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The Suspended Vocation

Jul 27, 1978

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La Ronde

Sep 27, 1950

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The Professional Secrets of Dr. Apfelgluck

Apr 24, 1991

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The Moment of Truth

Apr 22, 1951

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Line of Demarcation

May 25, 1966

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Strangers in the House

May 16, 1942

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Soyez les bienvenus

Jul 08, 1942

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Her First Affair

Aug 14, 1941

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Radio Surprises

May 08, 1940

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On Trial

Jun 04, 1954

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The Little Ones of the Flower Platform

May 26, 1944

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Woman of Rome

Oct 27, 1954

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La Nuit de Sybille

Mar 05, 1947

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The Woman in Red

May 21, 1947

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Men, Women: A User's Manual

Aug 28, 1996

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The Hell of Lost Pilots

Aug 18, 1949

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The Children

Feb 01, 1985

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Venom and Eternity

Jan 25, 1952

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Hitch-Hike

Mar 16, 1962

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Martin Roumagnac

Dec 18, 1946

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Three Days to Live

Mar 12, 1958

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Rendezvous in July

Dec 06, 1949

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Obsession

Aug 28, 1997

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Warrior Spirit

Jan 07, 1994

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Lovers' Net

Jan 18, 1955

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Black Sun

Dec 10, 1966

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Uncertain Verification

Apr 30, 1965

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Mirror

May 02, 1947

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Killing Cars

Feb 13, 1986

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L'Enquête du 58

Nov 04, 1945

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The Sultans

May 06, 1966

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Dandin

Jan 20, 1988

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Roulez jeunesse !

Apr 28, 1993

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50

Coup de jeune

Apr 07, 1993

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NA

The summer of all sorrows

Mar 08, 1989

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Carthage in Flames

Jan 29, 1960

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Shadows of Adultery

Apr 13, 1961

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Edward and Caroline

Apr 06, 1951

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Arrête de ramer, t'attaques la falaise !

Dec 19, 1979

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Dirty Hands

Aug 09, 1951

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Rue de l'estrapade

Apr 14, 1953

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A Friend Will Come Tonight

Apr 09, 1946

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Les Bidochon

Jul 07, 1996

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Signé Furax

Apr 01, 1981

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Ghost with Driver

Mar 20, 1996

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Witness Out of Hell

Jun 28, 1967

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The Police Serve the Citizens?

Sep 06, 1973

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Swedish Fly Girls

Aug 20, 1971

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There's Always a Price Tag

Sep 18, 1957

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Adorable Creatures

Jan 02, 1952

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Love in a Hot Climate

May 14, 1954

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This Desired Body

Apr 17, 1959

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35

À belles dents

Jul 05, 1966

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NA

Une femme d'action

Dec 01, 1997

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NA

An Affair of States

Feb 25, 1966

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Too Many Lovers

Dec 11, 1957

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NA

Schwüle Tage

Dec 17, 1978

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50

Guy de Maupassant

Apr 14, 1982

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50

Three Girls in Paris

Oct 12, 1963

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60

Far from Dallas

Jun 28, 1972

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20

Blitz

Mar 13, 1985

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NA

Public Opinion

Feb 26, 1954

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Slogan

Jul 27, 1969

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40

Lucrèce

Dec 15, 1943

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20

Règlements de compte

Mar 05, 1963

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The Boy and the Ball and the Hole in the Wall

Mar 17, 1965

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La jalousie

Apr 21, 1976

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NA

Pétition

Jan 01, 1987

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Voice of Silence

Apr 01, 1953

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Royal Affairs in Versailles

Feb 10, 1954

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40

Torticola versus Frankensberg

Apr 19, 1952

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35

Iran: Days of Crisis

Sep 30, 1991

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20

Mauvaise fille

Jan 23, 1991

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NA

Ariane

Dec 01, 1974

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Sadistic Hallucinations

Jul 30, 1969

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The Temptation of Barbizon

Mar 13, 1946

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The Hour of Truth

Apr 28, 1965

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Les Cadets de l'océan

Nov 14, 1945

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Follow Me Young Man

Dec 03, 1958

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God Needs Men

Oct 03, 1950

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Dialogues of the Exiles

Apr 23, 1975

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Public Security

Jun 17, 1987

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NA

The Truce

Jan 01, 1968

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Via Montenapoleone

Mar 13, 1987

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De force avec d'autres

Apr 24, 1993

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The Cheerful Squadron

Dec 05, 1954

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Mort en fraude

Apr 09, 1957

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NA

I'll Get Back to Kandara

Dec 20, 1956

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Julie la rousse

Aug 12, 1959

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The Season for Love

Jun 12, 1961

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NA

Pushing the Limits

Mar 16, 1994

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How to Make a French Dish

Jan 29, 1964

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Runaways

Aug 23, 1995

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NA

Miquette

May 01, 1940

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NA

Réveille-toi, chérie

Jul 12, 1961

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Stain on the Snow

Feb 19, 1954

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NA

Working with Max Ophuls: Daniel Gélin on "La Ronde"

Jan 01, 2008

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NA

Working with Max Ophuls: Daniel Gélin on "Le Plaisir"

Sep 16, 2008

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In the Mouth of the Wolf

Jun 20, 1961

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À l'abri des regards indiscrets

Jan 01, 2002

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NA

Max Ophüls - Den schönen guten Waren

Sep 03, 1990

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The Murdered Model

Mar 10, 1948

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James Stewart: A Wonderful Life

Mar 13, 1987

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Good Evening Paris

Dec 14, 1956

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The Slave

Sep 02, 1953

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Three Etc.'s and the Colonel

Aug 26, 1960

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Destroy, She Said

Sep 25, 1969

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La légende cruelle

Feb 28, 1951

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The Servant

Jan 21, 1970

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40

The Most Beautiful Month

Jun 26, 1968

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Max par Marcel: Lola Montès

Oct 27, 2009

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Double assassinat dans la Rue Morgue

Jun 02, 1973

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Cherchez l'idole

Feb 26, 1964

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Maid in Paris

Jan 20, 1956

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Portuguese Vacation

Oct 09, 1963

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Un enfant dans la ville

Dec 12, 1971

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Promotion canapé

Oct 10, 1990

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Poorly Extinguished Fires

Jan 12, 1994

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La Discorde

Mar 22, 1978

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Saint-Tropez, devoirs de vacances

Apr 15, 1954

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Chicago Digest

Jul 24, 1951

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Les murs

Jun 04, 1964

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Un delitto

Jan 01, 1984

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Urgent ou à quoi bon exécuter des projets puisque le projet est en lui-même une jouissance suffisante

Aug 01, 1977

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Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

Jan 12, 1975

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Arsène Lupin

Mar 18, 1971

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Midi Première

Jan 06, 1975

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The Legacy of Guldenburgs

Jan 29, 1987

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Le Tiroir secret

Dec 05, 1986

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Le Grand Échiquier

Jan 12, 1972

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Marc et Sophie

Sep 05, 1987

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Numéro un

Apr 05, 1975

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NA

Système 2

Jan 19, 1975

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Cinépanorama

Feb 04, 1956

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Les Nuls, l'émission

Oct 13, 1990

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60

Les Saintes Chéries

Oct 09, 1965

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Tarendol

Jan 01, 1980

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Der große Preis

Sep 05, 1974

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Reflets de Cannes

Mar 25, 1954

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Sacrée soirée

Sep 02, 1987