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Article: OBITUARY: Charles Denner
- Article from:
- The Independent (London, England)
- Article date:
- September 12, 1995
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The nouvelle vague threw up a dozen leading acting talents in
French cinema, but among the men only one genuine star, Jean-Paul
Belmondo. There was one Hollywood wannabe (which was what Belmondo
refused to be), Alain Delon, and a number of sensitive players
equally adept in leads or supporting parts, including Jean-Louis
Trintignant and Jean- Claude Brialy. Charles Denner was another of
these, but like all the best actors he was only like himself:
subtle, febrile, often as tense as a bowstring, but, when the role
required it, with a certain gift for self-mockery, a characteristic
of both the French and the Poles. Denner was born in Poland but his
family moved to France when he was four.
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