
Jean Gabin Alexis Moncorgé (born Jean-Alexis Moncorgé), known as Jean Gabin (17 May 1904 – 15 November 1976), was a French actor and singer. Considered a key figure in French cinema, he starred in several classic films, including Pépé le Moko (1937), La grande illusion (1937), Le Quai des brumes (1938), La bête humaine (1938), Le jour se lève (1939), and Le plaisir (1952). During his career, he twice won the Silver Bear for Best Actor from the Berlin International Film Festival and the Volpi Cup for Best Actor from the Venice Film Festival, respectively. Gabin was made a member of the Légion d'honneur in recognition of the important role he played in French cinema. Gabin was born Jean-Alexis Moncorgé in Paris, the son of Madeleine Petit and Ferdinand Moncorgé, a cafe owner and cabaret entertainer whose stage name was Gabin, which is a first name in French. He grew up in the village of Mériel in the Seine-et-Oise (now Val-d'Oise) département, about 22 mi (35 km) north of Paris. He attended the Lycée Janson de Sailly. Gabin left school early, and worked as a laborer until the age of 19 when he entered show business with a bit part in a Folies Bergère production. He continued performing in a variety of minor roles before going into the military. After completing his military service in the Fusiliers marins, he returned to the entertainment business, working under the stage name of Jean Gabin at whatever was offered in the Parisian music halls and operettas, imitating the singing style of Maurice Chevalier, which was the rage at the time. He was part of a troupe that toured South America, and upon returning to France found work at the Moulin Rouge. His performances started getting noticed, and better stage roles came along that led to parts in two silent films in 1928. Two years later Gabin made the transition to sound films in a 1930 Pathé Frères production, Chacun sa chance. Playing secondary roles, he made more than a dozen films over the next four years, including films directed by Maurice and Jacques Tourneur. But he only gained real recognition for his performance in Maria Chapdelaine, a 1934 production directed by Julien Duvivier. He was then cast as a romantic hero in the 1936 war drama La Bandera; this second Duvivier-directed film established him as a major star. The next year he teamed up with Duvivier again in the highly successful Pépé le Moko. Its popularity brought Gabin international recognition. That same year he starred in Jean Renoir's La Grande Illusion, an antiwar film that ran at a New York City theatre for an unprecedented six months. This was followed by another of Renoir's major works, La Bête Humaine (The Human Beast), a film noir tragedy based on the novel by Émile Zola and starring Gabin and Simone Simon, as well as Le Quai Des Brumes (Port of Shadows), one of director Marcel Carné's classics of poetic realism. His rugged charisma could be compared with Humphrey Bogart and James Cagney. He divorced his second wife in 1939. ... Source: Article "Jean Gabin" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA.

Quand Jean devint Renoir

Belmondo l'incorrigible

Maria Chapdelaine

Mireille Darc, la femme libre

Cinépanorama

Lino Ventura, la part intime

大いなる幻影

Le jour se lève

シシリアン

冬の猿

快楽

Michel Audiard et le mystère du triangle des Bermudes

Le Chat

霧の波止場

La Belle Équipe

Golgotha

Le Président

La Traversée de Paris

望郷

地下室のメロディー

レ・ミゼラブル

どん底

Voici le temps des assassins...

フレンチ・カンカン

現金に手を出すな

獣人

Deux hommes dans la ville

Archimède le clochard

殺人鬼に罠をかけろ

Paris-béguin

La Horse

Chacun sa chance

親分は反抗する

Le Messager

Cœurs joyeux

Alain Delon, l'ombre au tableau

Le Siècle des icônes

Crime et châtiment

サン・フィアクル殺人事件

Le Cas du docteur Laurent

La Vérité sur Bébé Donge

L'Affaire Dominici

Les Grandes Familles

Gueule d'amour

Victor

Miroir

Remorques

Chiens perdus sans collier

Razzia sur la Chnouf

Le pacha

Port du désir

Rue des Prairies

Martin Roumagnac

L'Année sainte

鉄格子の彼方

Méphisto

刺青の男

Verdict

Gas-oil

Le Récif de corail

Marlene Dietrich: Her Own Song

En cas de malheur

La Vierge du Rhin

Le Jardinier d'Argenteuil

Les Vieux de la vieille

Moontide

イメージの本

Sous le signe du taureau

Le rouge est mis

Le Baron de l'écluse

Du rififi à Paname

Napoléon

Le Désordre et la Nuit

Le Tonnerre de Dieu

La nuit est mon royaume

Les Gaîtés de l'escadron

Pour un soir

The Impostor

Le Gentleman d'Epsom

Monsieur

L'Air de Paris

Le Sang à la tête

Maigret voit rouge

Belmondo, il était une fois le beau monde

Jean Gabin, le dernier des géants

Zouzou

Varieté

太陽のならず者

È più facile che un cammello...

La Minute de vérité

L'Âge ingrat

Des gens sans importance

La Bandera

Cœur de Lilas

Le Tunnel

Tout ça ne vaut pas l'amour

La Marie du port

Le drapeau noir flotte sur la marmite

Bufere

La Belle Marinière

Sacrée Soirée

Du haut en bas

Le tueur

Leur dernière nuit

Cérémonie des César

Jean Moncorgé, la face cachée de Jean Gabin

La foule hurle

Gloria

L'Étoile de Valencia

Adieu les beaux jours

Jean Gabin, une âme française

Spécial cinéma