Jean Desailly

Activities : Actor, Director, Voice-over, Narrator
Date of Birth : 24/08/1920
Date of decease : 11/06/2008

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Jean Desailly

Jean Desailly

Jean Desailly

Jean Desailly

Jean Desailly

Jean Desailly

Jean Desailly

Jean Desailly

Jean Desailly

Recent filmography (French films only)Complete filmography (56 films)

La Dilettante (1999) Director : Pascal Thomas Actors : Catherine Frot, Sébastien Cotterot, Barbara Schulz, Jacques Dacqmine, Christian Morin... Associate production company : Euripide Productions, Ah ! Victoria ! Films Genres : Fiction Synopsis : Dilettante, wavering, neither wanting in energy nor character, yet lacking in patience and obstinacy, and totally defenceless against the bouts of boredom by why she's taken unawares and which she combats by unpremeditated...

The Raft of the Medusa (1998) Director : Iradj Azimi Actors : Jean Yanne, Laurent Terzieff, Alain Mace, Michel Baumann, Claude Jade... Associate production company : Utopia Productions Genres : Fiction Synopsis : 1816. After the battle of Waterloo, Louis XVIII is restored to the French throne. De Rochefort sets sail for Senegal on the frigate "Medusa", captained by Captain Chaumareys, with the future governor of Senegal, Mr. Schmaltz, and...

Equipe de nuit (1990) Director : Claude D'Anna Actors : Michel Voita, Michel Duchaussoy, Bernard Fresson, Simone Valère, Jean Desailly... Associate production company : Tyra productions

The Professional (1981) Director : Georges Lautner Actors : Jean-Paul Belmondo, Robert Hossein, Jean Desailly, Cyrielle Clair, Marie-Christine Descouard... Associate production company : Soprofilms, Les Films Ariane, Cerito films (exp) Genres : Fiction Synopsis : Secret agent Joss Beaumont is sent to Malawi to assassinate the president Njala.  At the last moment, the French authorities make a change of policy and betray Beaumont to the Malawi government.  After two years in captivity,...

The Womanizer (1978) Director : Philippe de Broca Actors : Jean Rochefort, Catherine Alric, Annie Girardot, Nicole Garcia, Jean Desailly... Associate production company : Les Films Ariane, Mondex et Cie Genres : Fiction

Irony of Chance (1973) Director : Édouard Molinaro Actors : Pierre Clémenti, Jacques Spiesser, Claude Rich, Jean Desailly, Pierre Vaneck... Associate production company : Progefi Genres : Fiction Synopsis : This quirky French film examines a series of events during the German occupation of France and shows what might have happened if one thing had gone differently in each instance. The first story given this treatment concerns the...