Portrait of Gérard Philipe

Acting

Gérard Philipe

Career

Active from 1946 to 1959, busiest in 1950 with 4 main titles.

Leading roles
23
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score68/100
Highest rated
Poster for Beauties of the Night
Beauties of the Night
GoodWatch score82/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 20 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.4 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.7 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.8 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.2 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.9 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.1 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Gérard Philipe Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    1.9, average 5.4
  • Violence
    2.5, average 4.1
  • Scare
    1.1, average 2.6
  • Crime
    2.2, average 3.6

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • French Cinema 6
  • Historical Drama 5
  • Social Commentary 4
  • Character Study 3
  • Romantic Drama 3
  • Tragic Romance 3
  • Ensemble Cast 2
  • Character-Driven 2
  • Forbidden Love 2
  • Psychological Drama 2
  • Slow Burn 2
  • Social Climbing 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

32
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

1950s

24 titles · average score 67
Dangerous Love Affairs
Dangerous Love Affairs (1959)
GoodWatch score 77

as Valmont

Fever Mounts at El Pao
Fever Mounts at El Pao (1959)
GoodWatch score 68

as Ramón Vázquez

The Lovers of Montparnasse
The Lovers of Montparnasse (1958)
GoodWatch score 80

as Amedeo Modigliani

The Gambler
The Gambler (1958)
GoodWatch score 64

as Alexei Ivanovitch

Life Together
Life Together (1958)
GoodWatch score 60

as Désiré

The Grand Manoeuvre
The Grand Manoeuvre (1955)
GoodWatch score 68

as Lieutenant Armand de la Verne

Le Rouge et le Noir
Le Rouge et le Noir (1954)
GoodWatch score 65

as Julien Sorel

The Proud and the Beautiful
The Proud and the Beautiful (1953)
GoodWatch score 69

as Georges

Fan-Fan the Tulip
Fan-Fan the Tulip (1952)
GoodWatch score 61

as Fanfan la Tulipe

Beauties of the Night
Beauties of the Night (1952)
GoodWatch score 82

as Claude

Juliette, or Key of Dreams
Juliette, or Key of Dreams (1951)
GoodWatch score 69

as Michel Grandier

The Beauty of the Devil
The Beauty of the Devil (1950)
GoodWatch score 79

as Young Henri Faust / Young-Looking Mephistopheles

1940s

8 titles · average score 67
Such a Pretty Little Beach
Such a Pretty Little Beach (1949)
GoodWatch score 71

as Pierre

All Roads Lead to Rome
All Roads Lead to Rome (1949)

as Gabriel Pégase

The Charterhouse of Parma
The Charterhouse of Parma (1948)
GoodWatch score 67

as le marquis Fabrice Del Dong

Devil in the Flesh
Devil in the Flesh (1947)
GoodWatch score 64

as François Jaubert

Land Without Stars
Land Without Stars (1946)

as Simon Legouge / Frédéric Talacayud

The Idiot
The Idiot (1946)
GoodWatch score 66

as Prince Miouchkine

Box of Dreams
Box of Dreams (1945)

as Man (uncredited)

The Little Ones of the Flower Platform
The Little Ones of the Flower Platform (1944)

as Jérôme Hardy