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Bruno Cremer

Date of birth: 1929-10-06

Place of birth: Saint-Mandé, Val-de-Marne, France

Known for: Acting

Also known as: Bruno Jean Marie Cremer, ブリュノ・クレメール, Бруно Кремер

Bruno Cremer

Biography

Bruno Jean Marie Cremer (6 October 1929 – 7 August 2010) was a French actor best known for portraying Jules Maigret on French television, from 1991 to 2005. Bruno Cremer was born in Saint-Mandé, Val-de-Marne, in the eastern suburbs of Paris, France. His mother, Jeanne Rullaert, a musician, was of Belgian Flemish origin and his father, Georges, was a businessman from Lille who, though born French, had taken out Belgian nationality after the French armed forces refused to accept him for service in the First World War. Bruno himself opted for French nationality when he reached the age of 18. His childhood was largely spent in Paris. Bruno attended the Cours Hattemer, a private school. Having completed his secondary studies, he followed an interest in acting which had interested him since the age of 12 and trained in acting from 1952 at France's highly selective Conservatoire national supérieur d'art dramatique (English: French National Academy of Dramatic Arts). His career began with ten years spent acting in live theatre, playing roles drawn from works of Shakespeare, Oscar Wilde and Jean Anouilh. Aged already 30, he created the role of Thomas Becket in the 1959 world premiere of Anouilh's Becket, and held Anouilh in veneration all his life. Later Cremer played Max in a French production of Bent by Martin Sherman in 1981. He regarded his basic profession as that of a stage actor, though he gravitated firmly to films. It was in 1957 that Cremer had his first credited part in a film, Quand la femme s'en mêle (When a woman meddles), which starred Alain Delon. However, it was in 1965 that Cremer's career really began to prosper, with the film La 317e section, (The 317th Platoon), directed by Pierre Schoendoerffer and set in Indochina during the French colonial wars. From then onwards, Cremer became a popular actor and appeared in over 110 productions for cinema and television. While Cremer tried to avoid labels and typecasting, he tended to be offered tough-guy roles, often military men. Examples from various points in his career include Section spéciale (1975), La légion saute sur Kolwezi (1980) and Là-haut, un roi au-dessus des nuages (2004). Special Section (French original title: Section spéciale), released in 1975, is about a kangaroo court set up in collaborationist Vichy France to ensure judicial convictions of innocent people so as to mollify the Nazis. A French language film directed by the Greek-French film director Costa-Gavras, it features Cremer as Lucien Sampaix, a Communist-leaning journalist. The 1980 film La légion saute sur Kolwezi (English Operation Leopard), directed by Raoul Coutard, is a documentary-style portrayal of a real-life operation headed by the French Foreign Legion in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in 1978 to rescue foreign hostages. Cremer plays a military commander. Pierre Schoendoerffer’s 2004 film Là-haut, un roi au-dessus des nuages (Above the Clouds), based on his own novel, Là-haut. Cremer played the Colonel. ... Source: Article "Bruno Cremer" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

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A Simple Story
3

A Simple Story

1978-11-22

A middle-aged woman leaves her partner and drifts back to her ex-husband, while the lives of her mid

Objective: 500 Million
2.9

Objective: 500 Million

1966-06-29

Reichau, a former army captain, is back in France after serving three years in prison for belonging

Ménage
3.3

Ménage

1986-04-23

Bickering couple Monique and Antoine are interrupted by bisexual burglar Bob while fighting in a bar

Is Paris Burning?
3.6

Is Paris Burning?

1966-10-26

Near the end of World War II, Gen. Dietrich von Choltitz receives orders to burn down Paris if it be

The Good and the Bad
2.8

The Good and the Bad

1976-01-19

The film follows the exploits of Jacques, a car-mechanic turned pro-thief, and his Jewish co-conspir

Under the Sand
3.3

Under the Sand

2000-09-11

When her husband goes missing at the beach, a female professor begins to mentally disintegrate as he

Hunter Will Get You
3.3

Hunter Will Get You

1976-02-01

L'Alpagueur is a free-lance spy from the French secret agency. He's put on the investigation about L

Pour un sourire
3.3

Pour un sourire

1970-04-29

A deserter who has lost all hope meets with a little girl in a ruined city.

The Stranger
3.4

The Stranger

1967-10-14

Meursault is a man who feels utterly isolated from everyone and everything around him. This alienati

The 317th Platoon
3.7

The 317th Platoon

1965-03-31

In Laos, 1954, eight days before the french defeat in the Indochina war, the 317th platoon – four fr

The Suspects
2.7

The Suspects

1974-11-27

When an American tourist is murdered in the south of France, the police must investigate. In this mo

White Wedding
3.3

White Wedding

1989-11-08

A philosophy professor has an illicit affair with one of his students, a bright yet troubled girl wh

Spy, Stand Up
3.6

Spy, Stand Up

1982-01-27

Sebastien Grenier, a former French spy, is working as a financial analyst in Zurich. However, his pe

Josepha
2.5

Josepha

1982-03-10

An acting couple is forced to assess their life together when the wife falls for a wealthy horse-bre

Bonnot's Gang
2.5

Bonnot's Gang

1968-11-01

The story of a notorious French criminal gang of the 1910s.

Sorcerer
3.7

Sorcerer

1977-06-24

Four men from different parts of the globe, all hiding from their pasts in the same remote South Ame

Brothers in Arms
3.4

Brothers in Arms

1989-03-15

Simon, a Jewish police inspector, arrests Karim, a Muslim, in the bust of a drug smuggling cargo shi

Falsch
2.4

Falsch

1987-05-07

Just before twilight, a small plane lands on the runway of a country airport. One passenger disembar

A Brutal Game
3.1

A Brutal Game

1983-09-28

A strict father imposes impossible guidelines on his disabled daughter which reflect his secret and

Sound and Fury
3.3

Sound and Fury

1988-06-01

This drama depicts the misery of neglected children in big cities. 13 years old Bruno is of a good f

Flesh of the Orchid
2.7

Flesh of the Orchid

1975-01-29

A disturbed young woman is kept prisoner in a castle by her aunt for her money. The game-keeper, her

Above the Clouds
3

Above the Clouds

2003-10-06

Henri Lanvern is shooting a film in Thailand. One evening, at the end of the shooting, he sees a fri

When a Woman Meddles
2.6

When a Woman Meddles

1957-11-15

French film favorite Edwige Feuillere plays a high-class gangster's moll named Maine. When Maine's f

If I Were a Spy
2.9

If I Were a Spy

1967-08-30

A medical doctor gets into trouble when one of his patients turns out to be hunted by the mafia.

Fanny Straw-Top
2.6

Fanny Straw-Top

1984-07-02

In the slums of Barcelona, Fanny, a woman just released from prison, tries to carry out a revenge th

Operation Leopard
2.7

Operation Leopard

1980-01-09

In May 1978, the mining town of Kolwezi in Katanga, Zaire (now Democratic Republic of Congo, the for

Les Dents longues
2.7

Les Dents longues

1953-03-15

A young, talented and ambitious journalist, Louis heads off to try his luck in Paris. He's spotted b

The Assassination
3.4

The Assassination

1972-10-04

Darien, a left-wing police informant, is forced to lure his old friend Sadiel to Paris, allegedly to

The Protector
1.8

The Protector

1974-06-05

Recently released from prison, Samuel Malakian, a wealthy architect, investigates the disappearance

Marco the Magnificent
2.6

Marco the Magnificent

1965-08-06

Young Marco Polo travels to China to help Kublai Khan fight against rebels, headed by his own son, w

La Puce et le privé
2

La Puce et le privé

1981-03-11

Val Brosse, a private detective, receives Françoise, who confesses to him that she murdered her husb

Safety Catch
2.5

Safety Catch

1970-01-14

A doctor disbarred for euthanasia is called in by a man to help his son, who has been depressed sinc

Money
2.5

Money

1991-04-06

A young man whose father's fortune was stolen by his closest friends sets out to get revenge in this

A Vampire in Paradise
2

A Vampire in Paradise

1992-08-19

Is Nosfer Arbi a vampire? Or is he just a very emaciated, very strange and possibly quite lonely you

Tumultes
2.9

Tumultes

1990-05-28

A death in the family. Patrick dies and his three sisters gather at their parents' home in Normandy.

Without Warning
2.6

Without Warning

1973-02-15

A discredited police inspector is given a second chance, in the form of a dangerous assignment. Chos

The Time to Die
2.2

The Time to Die

1970-07-08

The movie starts with a mysterious girl riding her horse into a tree. Then she's rescued by milliona

Drummer-Crab
3.3

Drummer-Crab

1977-11-09

"Le Crabe Tambour" ("Drummer Crab") is the nickname for the mysterious central character, Willsdorff

Bye Bye Barbara
1.8

Bye Bye Barbara

1969-03-11

A chance meeting with an alluring stranger leads a sports journalist down a twisted path of deceptio

Act of Sorrow
1.9

Act of Sorrow

1990-08-30

In this painful melodrama, an aging mother (Claudia Cardinale) attempts to cope with the progressive

Last In, First Out
1.7

Last In, First Out

1978-08-30

A woman on a train becomes the center of attention when she is mistaken for a spy by opposing factio

The Smugglers
2.4

The Smugglers

1971-11-27

Effraction
1.8

Effraction

1983-04-06

During a robbery that goes wrong, Valentin Tralande kills his accomplices and bank customers.

The Algerian War
0

The Algerian War

1972-03-22

A French historical documentary that retraces the events leading up to Algeria's war of independence

To Die of Love
1.5

To Die of Love

1961-08-30

Michel, a writer of detective novels, is married to Pat, a pretty woman he's been neglecting. One da

We Forget Everything!
0

We Forget Everything!

1979-01-03

Anne, who has just had an argument with her boyfriend Vassili, is put up for the night by Jacques an

Biribi
2.9

Biribi

1971-06-02

Infantryman Jean Froissard is sentenced to two years in Biribi Military Prison in North Africa. He s

Shock Troops
3.4

Shock Troops

1967-04-05

A French resistance group frees twelve captured soldiers from a German prison camp, but apparently t

L'Été de la Révolution
0

L'Été de la Révolution

1989-07-11

Part 1: In May 1789, in Versailles, a game tug of war takes place between conservative and more prog

The Prize of Peril
3.2

The Prize of Peril

1983-01-25

In a futuristic society, contestants pit their survival skills against each other in a fight to the

Coma dépassé
0

Coma dépassé

1990-09-30

Aimée
0

Aimée

1981-09-06

A young woman, fleeing the bloody 1934 events in Shanghai, is sheltered in France by two friends of

Anthracite
2.5

Anthracite

1980-09-08

In a Jesuit secondary school , the headmaster imposes an iron discipline on the unfortunate students

Derborence
2.5

Derborence

1985-04-27

Antoine leaves his new bride behind to go on a skiing excursion with his uncle up the mountain behin

Le Transfuge
0

Le Transfuge

1985-11-13

A French industrialist, Bernard Corain, who frequently travels on business to the German Democratic

Le Matelot 512
2.3

Le Matelot 512

1984-12-19

Max, who dreams of adventures, abandons his studies at 18 to become involved in the navy. He becomes

The Book of Mary
3.4

The Book of Mary

1985-01-23

Anne-Marie Miéville, frequent collaborator of Jean-Luc Godard, made this partner piece to Godard's o

My Father Saved My Life
3.5

My Father Saved My Life

2001-04-25

Novelist and filmmaker Jose Giovanni turned to the remarkable true story of how his father helped hi

Les Dents longues
2.7

Les Dents longues

1953-03-15

A young, talented and ambitious journalist, Louis heads off to try his luck in Paris. He's spotted b

Les Gauloises bleues
2.7

Les Gauloises bleues

1969-06-07

The harsh life of a troubled young man provides the basis of this grim French tragedy that begins wh

Même les mômes ont du vague à l'âme
2

Même les mômes ont du vague à l'âme

1980-04-16

Two couples, Eva and Edy and Martin and Charlotte are separated by a very different social condition

The Killer Likes Candy
1.9

The Killer Likes Candy

1968-04-12

Shrewd and evasive ex-Nazi and top assassin Oscar Snell is determined to rub out the King of Kafiris

Special Section
3.6

Special Section

1975-04-23

In occupied France during the WWII, a German officer is murdered. The collaborationist Vichy governm

L'Énigme blanche
2.8

L'Énigme blanche

1985-12-26

Like every year, five old friends come together in a chalet in the middle of a Canadian snow desert.

Une page d'amour
2.8

Une page d'amour

1980-10-18

In Passy, ​​Paris, 1895. The young widow Hélène calls the doctor Henri Deberle during the night, whe

A Question of Rape
1.8

A Question of Rape

1967-12-05

A mysterious violent man breaks into a rich couples apartment and holding his wife hostage. The thre

Une robe noire pour un tueur
2.5

Une robe noire pour un tueur

1981-01-14

The "black robe" in the title of this suspense film belongs to a female lawyer, Florence Nat who has

Le tout pour le tout
0

Le tout pour le tout

1962-07-06

An unlucky trumpeter and a young singer try to rebuild their lives in Brazilian nightclubs. They wil

Adieu, je t'aime
1.5

Adieu, je t'aime

1988-05-04

A wife struggles with her husband's infidelity with another man and eventually gives herself to both

Night Taxi
3.9

Night Taxi

1993-12-01

It is only a few years into the future, but the face of France has changed drastically, due to its t