andrea ferreol dirk bogarde - Festival de Cannes

Dirk BogarDe is Hermann
Born into a highly artistic family, Dirk Bogarde (1921-1999) was one of the greatest British
actors of the 20th century. His strikingly handsome features and often melancholy aloofness
predestined him for roles as men with a mystery. He began garnering international attention
in the 1960s in fi lms by Joseph Losey, such as “The Servant” (1963). While his role in
“The Night Porter” (1974) was criticized even by many of his most ardent fans, his roles
in the Luchino Visconti fi lms “The Damned” (1971) and “Death in Venice” (1977) were
universally acclaimed and are among his fi nest fi lms. Among his other notable productions
are “Victim”, “Losey’s”, “King and Country” and “Accident”, Oscar-winning “Darling”,
George Cukor’s “Justine” and Alain Resnais’s „Providence“.
anDrea ferreol is Lydia
Born in Aix-en-Provence, Andréa Ferréol became a noted stage actress before launching
her career as a fi lm actor in France and abroad. The fi lm that catapulted her to international
fi lm was Marco Ferreri’s “La Grande Bouffe” of 1973, in which she combined eroticism
with an infectious love of life. The following year, she dazzled alongside Romy Schneider
and Michel Piccoli in “Le trio infernal” and began appearing in Italian fi lms as well, including
Francesco Rosi’s “Three Brothers” (1980). Next to Rainer Werner Fassbinder, she cultivated
excellent contacts with other German directors as well, such as Werner Schroeter (“Les
fl ocons d’or”) and Volker Schlöndorff (“The Tin Drum”). She also appeared in François
Truffaut’s “Le dernier métro” alongside Catherine Deneuve.
klaus löwitsch is Felix, the double
Klaus Löwitsch (1936-2002) owes part of his reputation as a serious actor to his work
with Fassbinder. In addition to “Despair”, his Fassbinder fi lms include “The Merchant of
Four Seasons” and “The Marriage of Maria Braun”. He starred in more than 300 fi lms and
TV productions and appeared in international features such as “The Odessa File” (with
Jon Voigt) and Sam Peckinpah’s “The Cross of Iron”.
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