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Claude Laydu

Claude Laydu

Oyuncu · 1927 – 2011 · Etterbeek, Belgique

Claude Laydu ([klod lɛjdy]; 10 March 1927 – 29 July 2011) was a Belgian-born Swiss actor on stage and in films. He was renowned for his performance in his film debut in the role of the young priest in Robert Bresson's Diary of a Country Priest (1951), which has been described as one of the greatest in the history of film. Laydu was born and grew up in Brussels. He moved to Paris to study at the National Academy of Dramatic Arts. He became a member of Madeleine Renaud and Jean-Louis Barrault's company at the Théâtre Marigny, when he was selected by director Robert Bresson for his first role in a film, as the titular young priest in Diary of a Country Priest, based on the 1936 novel of the same name by Georges Bernanos. They met to discuss the role, and Laydu prepared by spending time in a monastery and losing weight. While Bresson sometimes suggested acting got in the way of his moviemaking, Laydu, a practicing Catholic, "brought his own spirituality, instinctive presence and intense ascetic looks to the role." Claude Laydu's performance in the title role has been described as one of the greatest in the history of film. Jean Tulard, in his Dictionary of Film, wrote of him in this work, "No other actor deserves to go to heaven as much as Laydu." Laydu's next film, Le Voyage en Amérique (Trip to America, 1951), was a light comedy, but he was seen to have an austere style. His next film was Au Coeur de la Casbah (Heart of the Casbah, 1952), where he struggled in an affair; he played a lawyer of a man condemned to death in Nous Sommes Tous des Assassins (We Are All Murderers), the director André Cayatte's protest against the death penalty; and in Le Chemin de Damas (The Road to Damascus), Laydu played Saint Etienne (Saint Stephen). He played roles as a priest in La Guerra de Dios (I Was a Parish Priest, 1953) and as the title character, the Russian Orthodox Rasputin (1954). Over the next decade, Laydu worked in film steadily until Mafia alla sbarra (1963). His only two film projects after that were Le Destin de Priscilla Davies (1979) and Nounours (1995), which he co-wrote with his wife, Christine. In 1962 he and his wife developed a puppet show for television, called Bonne nuit les petits (Good Night, Little Ones). Five minutes long, it was shown nightly and its characters Nounours, Pimprenelle and Nicolas became known by generations of French children, as it was produced for more than a decade. Laydu performed the voice of the Sandman, who spoke the title each night. Laydu and his wife revived it in 1995 as Nounours and it ran for several years. There was associated development and marketing of numerous related books, records, videos and dolls. He and co-star Linette Lemercier (who voiced Oscar) were the only ones who reprised their roles in the reboot series. The show became very popular in Canada as it airs on Ici Radio-Canada Télé right before Le Téléjournal Ce Soir.

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  • Film7.5

    Journal d'un curé de campagne

    Bir Taşra Papazının Güncesi

    1951 · 291 votes

  • Film5.4

    Attila

    1954 · 24 votes

  • Film6.7

    Nous sommes tous des assassins

    We Are All Murderers

    1952 · 25 votes

  • Film6.3

    La Roue

    The Wheel

    1957 · 4 votes

  • Film6.5

    Raspoutine

    Rasputin

    1954 · 2 votes

  • Film6.5

    Le Voyage en Amérique

    Trip to America

    1951 · 2 votes

  • Film7.4

    Le Dialogue des Carmélites

    The Dialogue of the Carmelites

    1960 · 9 votes

  • Film7.3

    Sinfonia d'amore

    Symphony of Love

    1954 · 2 votes

  • Film6.0

    Le Bon Dieu sans confession

    Good Lord Without Confession

    1953 · 9 votes

  • Film9.0

    Altair

    1956 · 1 votes

  • Film5.7

    La Route Napoléon

    Napoleon Road

    1953 · 3 votes

  • Film5.4

    Interdit de séjour

    Price of Love

    1955 · 5 votes

  • Film7.4

    La guerra de Dios

    I Was a Parish Priest

    1953 · 8 votes

  • Film10.0
  • Film8.0

    Le Chemin de Damas

    The Road to Damascus

    1952 · 1 votes

  • Film7.3

    Au cœur de la Casbah

    Heart of the Casbah

    1952 · 3 votes

  • Film10.0

    Mafia alla sbarra

    1963 · 1 votes

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