Gérard Philipe

In 1940 Gerard left school and his parents wanted him be a lawyer. But soon his mother noticed that he was only interested in acting, although his father was against the idea. After timely intervention from Marc Allégret, who decided he showed some promise, Gerard's debut was in Claude Dauphin's play "One plain girl". After this, Gerard decided to get into the conservatory. He was wonder even in music. He himself used to find necessary sounds - exact, unexpected, and unforeseen. All this helped him to portray amazing characters. Millions of people were inspired by him. One day Georges Lacombe offered Philipe a part in his movie Land Without Stars (1946). Critical reaction was very favourable and he became a star, taking on prominent roles in films such as L'idiot (1946), Devil in the Flesh (1947), La Chartreuse de Parme (1948), Such a Pretty Little Beach (1949), Juliette, or Key of Dreams (1951), Fanfan la Tulipe (1952), Beauties of the Night (1952), The Red and the Black (1954), The