Pierre Clémenti

Pierre Clémenti (28 September 1942 – 27 December 1999) was a French actor. Born in Paris, Clémenti studied drama and began his acting career in the theatre. He secured his first minor screen roles in 1960 in Yves Allégret's Chien de pique performing alongside Eddie Constantine. Arguably, his most famous role was that of gangster lover of bourgeois prostitute Catherine Deneuve in Belle de jour, the 1967 classic by Luis Buñuel, in whose film La voie lactée he played the Devil. He appeared in several highly regarded films of the period, working with many of Europe's best known directors, including Luchino Visconti (The Leopard), Pier Paolo Pasolini (Pigsty) and Bernardo Bertolucci (The Conformist and Partner). Other directors he has worked with are Liliana Cavani, Glauber Rocha, Miklós Jancsó and Philippe Garrel. In 1972, his career was derailed after he was sentenced to prison for allegedly possessing or using drugs. Due to insufficient evidence, Clémenti was released after 17 months; later he penned a book about his time in prison. After his release he played the role of ever-optimistic sailor of the Potemkin in Dusan Makavejev's scandalous movie Sweet movie, and the role of the seductive saxophone player Pablo in Fred Haines's film adaptation of Herman Hesse's novel Steppenwolf. Throughout his career, he continued to be active on-stage. He was also involved with the French underground film movement, directing several of his own films, which often featured fellow underground filmmakers and actors. Visa de censure no X was an experimental work made up of two of films. New Old was a feature length work released in 1978 in which Viva appeared. La Revolution ce ne'est qu'un debut, continuons le combat, followed by In the shadow of the blue rascal and Sun. He died of liver cancer in 1999 Description above from the Wikipedia article Pierre Clémenti, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.​

Cast

Belle de Jour

(Marcel)

Sweet Movie

(Potemkin Sailor)

The Austrian

(Hébert)

The Conformist

(Pasqualino 'Lino' Semirama)

Little Lips

(Paul)

The Milky Way

(Angel of Death)

Partner

(Giacobbe I and II)

Hard to Be a God

(King)

Quartet

(Theo)

Zoo zéro

(Ivo, le bégue)

Pigsty

(Cannibale)

Steppenwolf

(Pablo)

The Red Poster

(Marcel Rayman)

Le Pont du Nord

(Julien)

Adorable Liar

(Pierrot (uncredited))

The Diary of an Innocent Boy

(Benjamin)

The Virgin's Bed

(Jesus)

Stridura

Necropolis

(Attila)

In the Shadow of the Blue Rascal

(General Korzacouille / Flash)

Enchanted Isles

(Pierre)

Ninì Tirabusciò: The Woman Who Invented the Move

(Il poeta futuristico)

The Year of the Cannibals

(Tiresia)

Cutting Heads

(Shepherd)

Les Jours et les Nuits

(Self)

How Not to Rob a Department Store

(Raf, boyfriend)

Wheel of Ashes

(Pierre)

Un film porno

De quoi s'agit-il?

The Idols

('Charly le Surineur')

The Brunette and Me

(Xavier de Royan)

The Pacifist

(Michele)

Forty-four, or Bedtime Stories

Pop' game

(Un acteur du cabaret (uncredited))

Listen, Let's Make Love

(Lallo)

The Inner Scar

(Horseman / Archer)

Home Movie: On the Set of Philippe Garrel's 'Le lit de la vierge'

(Self)

Hideous Kinky

(Santoni)

Russian Adventure. Peter Fleischmann is Filming "Hard to Be a God"

(Self)

Nightmare

(Victor)

Massacres

(Verdier)

Exposed

(Vic)

Brigade Anti Gangs

('Trois-Pommes')

Shock Troops

(Militiaman)

Les Bargasses

A Christmas Carol

(Ghost of Christmas Past)

Lamiel

(Fedor de Miossens)

Doctor Lerne, Subgod

(Nicolas)

Clash

(Le jeune homme)

The Hips of J.W.

(Paul, Henrique)

Quartet

(Pornographer)

His Day of Glory

Visa de censure n° X

The Fall of the House of Usher

(Allan)

La vraie histoire de Gérard Lechômeur

(Gérard Lechômeur)

Chassé-croisé

(Doctor Moreau)

The Leopard

(Francesco Paolo)

Homeo

(Self)

Chromo sud

New Old

The Sun

The Irony of Chance

(Antoine Desvrières)

La deuxième femme

(Self)

Paris s'en va

L'amour des femmes

(Philippe)

Edith's Diary

Brückenschläge

Dog Day

(Snake)

Renaissance

The Son of Amir Is Dead

(Pierre)

The Sorceror's Apprentice

(Saint-Just)

The Song of Roland

(Olivier / Le clerc)

La famille

Les Frangines

Crush Proof

Autoportrait d’un schizophrène

Jupiter

The Silent Woman

(Bel-il)

Heads and Tales

The Designated Victim

(Count Mateo Tiepolo)

Book of Saints of Eternal Rome

The Man Who Laughs

(Orsini's Partisan)

Pop Age

(Self)

Souvenirs souvenirs

(Self)

Positano

(Self)

Jack of Spades

(Paco)

Attendre le navire

Rapt ou la Séparation des races

(Firmin)

Madame Sourdis

(Ferdinand Sourdis)

Antenna

Manon Roland

(Marat)

La vie très étrange de Madame Anastasie

11 testaments

(Self)

Flore et Blancheflore

(Flore)

Pierre Clémenti, l'absolue liberté

(Self (archive footage))

The Infernal Machine

(Young Soldier)

Deuil en 24 heures

(Moustiers)

Patrik Pacard

(Prinz Ali)

Midi trente

(Self)

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

(Self)