There is hardly a resident of the French Republic who would not be familiar with the work and film roles of the actor Jacques Dufilot, who made an invaluable contribution to the cinematographic art of his homeland.
Biography
On February 19, 1914, in the small town of Begle, which is also a commune in the French department of the Gironde, Jacques Gabriel Dufilo was born into a simple and poor family of a pharmacist. At first, Jacques helped his parents, doing agriculture with them. In 1938 he left his hometown and went to Paris. In the capital, he begins to engage in the development of acting skills, enrolling in the famous acting school of Charles Dulen at that time. He is trained by Dulen with such French celebrities as Jean Marais and Alain Cuny. After a lapse of time, already in 1939, Jacques Dufilo made his debut as a theater actor.
Creative way
Jacques Dufilot's best works in his theatrical career are undoubtedly the roles in Miserly Moliere (1962), The Watchman by Harold Pinter (1969), The Visit of a Lady by Friedrich Durenmatt, which are rightfully considered classics of French acting.
Drafted into the army at the end of the thirties, Jacques Dufilo takes part in the hostilities of the Second World War, during which he assists the underground leaders of the country, hiding them in his apartment during the occupation of France by the Nazi invaders and helping them to leave the country across the border with Spain.
The period of Jacques Dufilo's creative take-off is characterized by numerous shootings in Italian and French films. In total, the actor starred in more than 50 films, mostly playing supporting roles. Most of the roles played by Jacques Dufilo were of the comic genre. The actor also performed roles in crime and drama films. At the same time, the films in which Jacques took part, for the most part, received recognition and withstood the conflicting opinions of film critics, since they were shot by eminent for French cinema, and for the whole world, directors: Jean-Pierre Moky, Herzog and Michel Deville, Henri -Georges Clouzot and Jean-Louis Trintignant, Jacques Delannoy and Louis Malle.
For example, Jacques Dufilo performed one of his best roles in Jean-Louis Trintignant's comedy film One Busy Day. In Jacques Dufilo's collection of awards and film awards, prizes for Outstanding Supporting Actor Cesar, received for her role as a ship mechanic in the film The Drummer Crab (directed by Pierre Schönderffer), as well as the role of a lonely gay in the film Bad son”(directed by Claude Saute).
Jacques Gabriel Dufilo passed away at the age of 92 on August 28, 2005. Farewell to the actor and the funeral service took place in the church of Sainte-Marie-de-Miranda, after which he was buried in the cemetery in Ponsampere (department of Gers), where he rests to this day.
Movie roles:
Films with the participation of Jacques Dufilo in the lead roles and supporting roles were filmed over a long period: from 1939 to 2003.
These are such films as: "What is Life?", "Children of Nature", "Fantomas", "Desire Fly", "Stirn and Stern", "Bad Son", "Soldiers of Fortune", "Crab Drummer", "Milady "," Vow of chastity "," Colonel Buttillone "," Call me Matilda "," Marie Antoinette - Queen of France "and many, many others.
1. "Notre Dame Cathedral", a Franco-Italian film, filmed in 1956 by director Jean Delannoy, where Jacques Dufilo played the role of Guillaume Rousseau. This is a classic film adaptation of the famous novel by Victor Hugo, in which the era of the reign of Louis XI was recreated with the beautiful acting, amazing costumes and scenery.
2. "Nosferatu: The Phantom of the Night", German motion picture, filmed in 1979 by filmmaker Werner Herzog. In the film, Jacques Dufilo played the role of the captain. This film is a remake of F. Murnau's classic film “Nosferatu. Symphony of Horror”(1922).
3. Zazie on the Metro is a French comedy film directed by Louis Malem in 1960. Jacques Dufilo played in the film by Ferdinand Gredo. The film is based on the novel of the same name by Raymond Keno, released in 1959.
4. "One Busy Day", a Franco-Italian film of the genre of "black comedy", filmed in 1973 by director Jean-Louis Trintignant, where Jacques Dufilo played the role of a man traveling on a motorcycle with his mother in a sidecar and killing people with an unusual way …
