- Gaston Modot
Infobox actor
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birthdate =December 31 1887
location =Paris ,France
deathdate = death date and age |1970|2|20|1887|12|31
deathplace =Paris
yearsactive = 1909- 1962Gaston Modot (
31 December 1887 -20 February 1970 ) was a Frenchactor . For more than 50 years he performed for the cinema working with a number of French directors.Modot lived in
Montmartre at the beginning ot the 20th century where he met Picasso and Modigliani . In 1909 he started his career withGaumont and for the following 20 years he covered allsilent film genres. In 1917 he was the main actor inAbel Gance s "Mater dolorosa". He played in ofGermaine Dulac undLouis Delluc avantgarde films "La fête espagnole" (1919) und "Fièvre" (1921). At the side ofMax Linder he played again in 1924 with Abel Gance as director in "Au secours!". Towards the end of the 1920s he performed in German-French Co-Productions.He is still famous for his role of „Manns“ in
Luis Buñuel s "L'Âge d'or " (1930).He had his first role in a
sound film with "Sous les toits de Paris". He andJean Gabin are main characters inJulien Duvivier s "Pépé le Moko" (1937). He acted inJean Renoir classic films "La grande illusion " and "La règle du jeu" as well as the three hoer poetic film "Les enfants du paradis " (1945) vonMarcel Carné .In 1962 Gaston Modot ended his acting career. Er acted in more than 100 films.
Films
*1917 - "Mater Dolorosa"
*1917 - "La zone de la mort"
*1919 - "La fête espagnole"
*1921 - "Fièvre"
*1924 - "Au secours! "
*1926 - Carmen
*1929 - Le navire des hommes perdus
*1930 -L'Âge d'or
*1930 -Under the Roofs of Paris
*1937 -Pépé le Moko
*1937 – Grand Illusion
*1939 –The Rules of the Game
*1945 -Children of Paradise
*1947 - "Antoine et Antoinette"
*1949 - "La beauté du diable"
*1952 -Casque d'or
*1958 - The Lovers
*1959 - "Le testament du Docteur Cordelier"External links
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