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Xavier Gélin

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Xavier Gélin (21 June 1946 – 2 July 1999) was a French actor and film producer, and son of French film star Daniel Gélin and actress-producer Danièle Delorme. Through his father, he was a half-brother of Fiona Gélin and Maria Schneider, also actresses. Gélin, a French actor and a mainstay of popular French cinema for more than three decades, died of cancer at the age of 53. He played supporting roles in more than 20 films, including Gerard Oury's 1973 comic hit "The Adventures of Rabbi Jacob" with Louis de Funes. He also starred in Claude Lelouche's "Adventure, It's Adventure" and "The Devil by the Tail" by Phillippe de Broca. Other hits include Claude Pinoteau's "The Slap" and "The Party-2." Source: Article "Xavier Gélin" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

21-06-1946

Birthday

Cancer

Zodiac Sign

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Genres

20

Total Films

Also known as (male)

Paris, France

Place of Birth

Popular works

Creative career

actor

20 Works

producer

9 Works

director

13 Works

writer

2 Works

other

0 Works

The Party 2

The Party 2

A young French teenage girl after moving to a new city falls in love with a boy and is thinking of having sex with him because her girlfriends have already done it.
6.5

Year:

1982

Signé Furax

Signé Furax

The notorious and mysterious criminal Furax steals France's famous monuments, replacing them with replicas.
4.8

Year:

1981

Take It from the Top

Take It from the Top

Tired of being a housewife, Annie wants to work. Between her professional life and her responsibilities as a parent, she can no longer cope. She decides to leave and starts writing a memoir of her life...
5.4

Year:

1978

One Can Say It Without Getting Angry

One Can Say It Without Getting Angry

Pauline intends to end her days and meticulously prepares her suicide, but she meets Peppo, an Italian immigrant, who will change her mind.
6.0

Year:

1978

La Décharge

La Décharge

A fake documentary on the life forms of the Paris Suburbs, viewed through the eyes of homeless, unemployed people the sharks of politics and building societies push to hopeless life.
5.0

Year:

1976

The Slap

The Slap

A Parisian teacher loses his cool when his teenage daughter tells him she plans to drop out of school and move in with her boyfriend.
6.7

Year:

1974

S*P*Y*S

S*P*Y*S

Two CIA bunglers botch a Soviet defection, then both sides mark them for termination.
5.2

Year:

1974

Hail the Artist

Hail the Artist

Marcello Mastrioanni stars as aging actor Nicolas whose career has dwindled to TV commercials. Seeking an anchor in his life, Nicolas attempts a reconciliation with his ex-wife. But in this, as in his professional life, Nicolas is doomed to disillusionment and failure.
5.5

Year:

1973

The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob

The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob

In this riot of frantic disguises and mistaken identities, Victor Pivert, a blustering, bigoted French factory owner, finds himself taken hostage by Slimane, an Arab rebel leader. The two dress up as rabbis as they try to elude not only assasins from Slimane's country, but also the police, who think Pivert is a murderer. Pivert ends up posing as Rabbi Jacob, a beloved figure who's returned to France for his first visit after 30 years in the United States. Adding to the confusion are Pivert's dentist-wife, who thinks her husband is leaving her for another woman, their daughter, who's about to get married, and a Parisian neighborhood filled with people eager to celebrate the return of Rabbi Jacob.
7.4

Year:

1973

The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe

The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe

A hapless orchestra player becomes an unwitting pawn of rival factions within the French secret service after he is chosen as a decoy by being identified as a super secret agent.
7.0

Year:

1972

Repeated Absences

Repeated Absences

François Naulet turns his bedroom into an island of drugs, loneliness and despair.
4.5

Year:

1972

Money Money Money

Money Money Money

When they realize the times are changing, five crooks decide to switch from bank robberies to personality abductions.
6.7

Year:

1972

Un enfant dans la ville

Un enfant dans la ville

"Un enfant dans la ville" was originally a Michel Fugain album, a record that already told a story. Now it's a musical comedy filmed for television, giving life to its characters and taking up the story of the record, that of today's generation, not quite at ease in their sneakers and trying to untie the laces of truth.
0.0

Year:

1971

Judge Roy Bean

Judge Roy Bean

In a small western town the ineffable judge Roy Bean metes out justice in his own special way. A cargo of gold is ambushed by the outlaw Black Bird who fails in the attempt and then rides into town.
6.0

Year:

1971

Macédoine

Macédoine

The tale of a young pretty girl's rise to a top model and her finding of emptiness in her life after success.
0.0

Year:

1971

The Bear and the Doll

The Bear and the Doll

A quiet cellist living in the countryside has his life disrupted when he accidentally bumps into a wealthy, temperamental woman in a Rolls-Royce. Angered by his indifference to her charm, she attempts to seduce him, but he resists her attempts to invade his peaceful life.
6.1

Year:

1970

La Maison de campagne

La Maison de campagne

What to do, and what not to do, when one is building or renovating a house.
5.2

Year:

1969

The Devil by the Tail

The Devil by the Tail

In this comedy, a run-down hotel drums up customers by sabotaging passing cars. The stuck motorists are then obliged to stay. Unfortunately, one of the sabotaged cars belongs to a bank robber. The hotel staff wants the robber out, but they also want to keep his ill-gotten money.
6.0

Year:

1969

Pillaged

Pillaged

Over the course of one night, a gang of twelve criminals carry out a commando-like raid on a small town.
6.8

Year:

1967