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Roger Blin (Neuilly-sur-Seine, France, 22 March 1907 – Évecquemont, France, 21 January 1984) was a French actor and director. He staged world premieres of Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot in 1953 and Endgame in 1957.
Blin was the son of a doctor; however, despite his father's wishes, Blin forged a career in the theatre. As a teenager he was 'fascinated' by the Surrealists and their conception of revolutionary art.
He was initially part of the left-wing theatre collectives The Company of Five and The October Group. In 1935 Blin served as Antonin Artaud's assistant director for his production of Les Cenci [The Cenci] at the Folies-Wagrams theatre in 1935. Following his work with Artaud, Bl…
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Roger Blin (Neuilly-sur-Seine, France, 22 March 1907 – Évecquemont, France, 21 January 1984) was a French actor and director. He staged world premieres of Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot in 1953 and Endgame in 1957. Blin was the son of a doctor; however, despite his father's wishes, Blin forged a career in the theatre. As a teenager he was 'fascinated' by the Surrealists and their conception of revolutionary art. He was initially part of the left-wing theatre collectives The Company of Five and The October Group. In 1935 Blin served as Antonin Artaud's assistant director for his production of Les Cenci [The Cenci] at the Folies-Wagrams theatre in 1935. Following his work with Artaud, Blin focused on 'political street-theatre.' During the war, Blin was a liaison between the Resistance and the French Army. His extensive career as both director and actor in both film and theatre has been largely defined by his work and relationship with Artaud, Samuel Beckett and Jean Genet. In addition to being a close friend and confidant of Artaud during the latter's nine years of internment, he directed the first performances of Beckett's Waiting For Godot, Happy Days and Endgame as well as directing the initial performance of Genet's The Blacks and the controversial The Screens. Genet's key correspondences to Blin have been published by Editions Gallimard. The 1986 Faber and Faber publication, "Samuel Beckett: The Complete Dramatic Works" carries only three dedications from Beckett: "Endgame" is dedicated to Blin, while "Come and Go" is for John Calder, and "Catastrophe" is for Václav Havel. Source: Article "Roger Blin" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
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Le Fantôme de Laurent Terzieff
as Self (archive footage)
The Hospital of Leningrad
as Nestor
Vendredi ou la vie sauvage
Five and the Skin
as Récitant (voice)
The King and the Mockingbird
as L’aveugle (voice)
The Adolescent
as Romain
The Old Country Where Rimbaud Died
as Jeanne's father
Nevermore, Forever
as Daniel
One Must Live Dangerously
as Murdoc
Aloïse
as Le professeur de chant
That Most Important Thing: Love
as Servais' Father
The Shadow Line
as Burns
Too Small My Friend
as Boris
Mesure pour Mesure
as Le Duc Vincentio
No Poster
L'illusion comique
as Alcandre
La Plaie et le Couteau, Charles Baudelaire
Law of Survival
as Pao
The Sunday of Life
as Jean Sans-Tête
The Devil's Tricks
as Monsieur de Beaurepaire
Qui donc a rêvé?
Little Claus and Big Claus
as Le grand Claus
Marie Soleil
as Karl / Boss
A Taste for Women
as Larsen
No Poster
Egypt, oh Egypt: Images of Heaven
as Narrator (voice)
Quatrevingt-treize
as Tellmarc’h
The Star Ship
as Curtway
Paris Blues
as Fausto the Moor (uncredited)
Les Trois Sœurs
as Verchinine
Checkerboard
as Slim, le guide
Stars at Noon
as Self
No Poster
Calligraphie Japonaise
as Narrator
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
as Mathias Hungadi
The Amazing Mr. Callaghan
as Wladimir
No Poster
The Invitation to the Waltz
as Guillaume l'égorgeur
The Knight of the Night
as le valet
The Curious Adventures of Mr. Wonderbird
as Blind Man (Voice)
Piédalu fait des miracles
No Poster
Torticola versus Frankensberg
as Doctor Frankenstein
Adventures of Captain Fabian
The Convict
as Convict
Orpheus
as The Poet
Vagabonds imaginaires
as Narrator (segment 'Les amours jaunes') (voice)
Wicked City
as Emilio
Unusual Tales
as Guillaume
Passionnelle
as Julien
The Ideal Couple
as The sleepwalker
The Last Judgment
The Bohemian Life
as Man of the puppet
First in Line
as Paul Moury
Colonel Chabert
as Cleric
Douce
as Man of the theater (uncredited)
Le Corbeau
as François
Adieu Léonard
as Bohemian leader
Captain Fracasse
as Fagotin
The Devil's Envoys
as The Monster Showman
The Trump Card
as Aspirant
L'âge d'or
Volpone
as Un vénitien
Beating Heart
as (credit only)
The World Will Shake
as Le Condamné
Louise
as (uncredited)
No Poster
Pasha's Wives
as Mair
Adrienne Lecouvreur
The Curtain Rises
as Dominique, le gardien du château de la famille de Cécilia
The Time of the Cherries
as Dupuis son
Alibi
as Kretz, Winckler's henchman
The Citadel of Silence
as Officer (uncredited)
The Life and Loves of Beethoven
as De Ries
Jenny
as le malade solitaire
Life Is Ours
as Un métallo
Under Western Eyes
as Unnamed Character
Street Without a Name
Le Colisée
as The Crowd