The best Alain Delon’s history movies

Alain Delon

Alain Delon

08/11/1935 (88 años)
Alain Fabien Maurice Marcel Delon is a French-Swiss actor. He rose quickly to stardom, and by the age of 23 was already being compared to French actors such as Gérard Philipe and Jean Marais, as well as American actor James Dean. He was even called the male Brigitte Bardot. Over the course of his career, Delon has worked with many well-known directors, including Luchino Visconti, Jean-Luc Godard, Jean-Pierre Melville, Michelangelo Antonioni and Louis Malle. Delon acquired Swiss citizenship on September 23, 1999, and the company managing products sold under his name is based in Geneva. He is a citizen of the community of Chêne-Bougeries in the canton of Geneva.

Is Paris Burning?

Is Paris Burning?
6.8/10
  • Genre: DramaHistoryWar
  • Release: 26/10/1966
  • Character: Jacques Chaban-Delmas
Near the end of World War II, Gen. Dietrich von Choltitz receives orders to burn down Paris if it becomes clear the Allies are going to invade, or if he cannot maintain control of the city. After much contemplation Choltitz decides to ignore his orders, enraging the Germans and giving hope to various resistance factions that the city will be liberated. Choltitz, along with Swedish diplomat Raoul Nordling, helps a resistance leader organize his forces.

One Hundred and One Nights

One Hundred and One Nights
6.5/10
Monsieur Cinema, a hundred years old, lives alone in a large villa. His memories fade away, so he engages a young woman to tell him stories about all the movies ever made. Also a line of movie stars comes to visit him giving him back the pleasure of life - but amongst them there are also some young students only striving after his money for the realization of their film projects. The two stories - Monsieur Cinema's and the young people's life - are told in parallel until they come together in the end when the old man plays a role in the film made by the students.

The Assassination of Trotsky

The Assassination of Trotsky
5.7/10
A Stalinist assassin tracks exiled revolutionary Leon Trotsky to Mexico in 1940.

Christine

Christine
6.3/10
Vienna, 1906. A passionate love story develops between Franz Lobheiner and the young Christine. Lobheiner is, however, currently seeing the married Baroness von Eggersdorf. Upon learning of his wife's infidelity, the Baron von Eggersdorf provokes a duel with Lobheiner. But the former is no longer a real threat to the Baron. Lobheiner is now passionately in love with Christine. How will this love quartet end?

Charles Bronson: The Spirit of Masculinity

Charles Bronson: The Spirit of Masculinity
7/10
With his grizzled moustache and chiselled features, Charles Bronson is the embodiment of a slightly archaic, brooding and almost reactionary virility. But who is he really? Often hired to play marginalised Native American or Mexican characters before he was typecast as the image of a lone killer, Bronson was a major figure in the popular cinema of the 1960s and 70s and his stony-faced, physical acting and career are worthy of a second look.

Famous Love Affairs

Famous Love Affairs
5.2/10
  • Genre: HistoryRomance
  • Release: 03/11/1961
  • Character: le duc Albert de Bavière
Anthology of four love stories that have some historical basis.

The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender

The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender
6.3/10
A film scrapbook, images, phrases from our past, hiding their meanings behind veils. Let's lift those veils, one by one, to find how images, at one time seeming innocent, have revealed, after decades, to have homosexual overtones.

Un sorriso, uno schiaffo, un bacio in bocca

Un sorriso, uno schiaffo, un bacio in bocca
6.6/10

L'Occupation intime

L'Occupation intime
7.6/10

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