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Antonin Artaud(1896-1948)

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Antonin Artaud in The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928)
Antonin Artaud was born on 4 September 1896 in Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France. He was an actor and writer, known for The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928), Lucrezia Borgia (1935) and Napoléon Bonaparte (1935). He died on 4 March 1948 in Ivry-sur-Seine, Val-de-Marne, France.
BornSeptember 4, 1896
DiedMarch 4, 1948(51)
BornSeptember 4, 1896
DiedMarch 4, 1948(51)
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Known for

Maria Falconetti and Eugene Silvain in The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928)
The Passion of Joan of Arc
8.1
  • Jean Massieu
  • 1928
Lucrezia Borgia (1935)
Lucrezia Borgia
6.1
  • Girolamo Savonarola(as Artaud)
  • 1935
Albert Dieudonné in Napoléon Bonaparte (1935)
Napoléon Bonaparte
8.0
  • Marat(as Artaud)
  • 1935
Napoleon (1927)
Napoleon
8.2
  • Jean-Paul Marat
  • 1927

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Actor

  • Lucrezia Borgia (1935)
    Lucrezia Borgia
    6.1
    • Girolamo Savonarola (as Artaud)
    • 1935
  • Crimson Dynasty (1935)
    Crimson Dynasty
    6.1
    • Cyrus Back
    • 1935
  • Albert Dieudonné in Napoléon Bonaparte (1935)
    Napoléon Bonaparte
    8.0
    • Marat (as Artaud)
    • 1935
  • Sidonie Panache (1934)
    Sidonie Panache
    5.8
    • L'émir Abd-el-Kader
    • 1934
  • Liliom (1934)
    Liliom
    6.8
    • Le rémouleur (The Knife Grinder)
    • 1934
  • L'enfant de ma soeur (1933)
    L'enfant de ma soeur
    • Loche
    • 1933
  • Mater dolorosa (1933)
    Mater dolorosa
    5.7
    • 1933
  • Coup de feu à l'aube (1932)
    Coup de feu à l'aube
    • Le Trembleur - le chef d'un gang de voleurs de bijoux
    • 1932
  • Wooden Crosses (1932)
    Wooden Crosses
    7.7
    • Soldat Vieublé (as Artaud A.)
    • 1932
  • Verdun, souvenirs d'histoire (1931)
    Verdun, souvenirs d'histoire
    7.6
    • 1931
  • Faubourg Montmartre (1931)
    Faubourg Montmartre
    6.2
    • Follestat (as Artaud)
    • 1931
  • The Threepenny Opera (1931)
    The Threepenny Opera
    7.2
    • Nouveau mendant
    • 1931
  • Francesca Bertini in La femme d'une nuit (1930)
    La femme d'une nuit
    • Jaroslav
    • 1930
  • Édith Jéhanne in Tarakanova (1930)
    Tarakanova
    6.5
    • Le jeune tzigane
    • 1930
  • L'Argent (1928)
    L'Argent
    7.5
    • Mazaud
    • 1928

Writer

  • Zona Gilreath in Garboface (2024)
    Garboface
    Short
    • story by
    • 2024
  • La Familia Cenci (2024)
    La Familia Cenci
    TV Movie
    • play
    • 2024
  • Opera Lingua (2021)
    Opera Lingua
    • texts
    • 2021
  • Poésie (dans un monde de brutes) (2020)
    Poésie (dans un monde de brutes)
    TV Mini Series
    • Writer
    • 2020
  • Bajazet - Considering the Theatre and the Plague (2019)
    Bajazet - Considering the Theatre and the Plague
    • words
    • 2019
  • Van Gogh autoportrait (2011)
    Van Gogh autoportrait
    Video
    • texts
    • 2011
  • Artaud et les Tarahumaras (1996)
    Artaud et les Tarahumaras
    9.2
    • book
    • 1996
  • Theater in Trance (1981)
    Theater in Trance
    6.4
    • texts
    • 1981
  • Seans: hommage á Antonin Artaud (1977)
    Seans: hommage á Antonin Artaud
    TV Special
    • play
    • 1977
  • Regards sur la folie (1962)
    Regards sur la folie
    6.6
    • commentary
    • 1962
  • Charles Baudelaire in Correspondances (1953)
    Correspondances
    TV Series
    • texts
    • 1953
  • The Seashell and the Clergyman (1928)
    The Seashell and the Clergyman
    7.0
    Short
    • screenplay
    • 1928

Additional Crew

  • L'Oeil du cyclone (1991)
    L'Oeil du cyclone
    7.1
    TV Series
    • sound poetry
    • 1995

Personal details

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  • Alternative names
    • Artaud A.
  • Height
    • 5′ 7¼″ (1.71 m)
  • Born
    • September 4, 1896
    • Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France
  • Died
    • March 4, 1948
    • Ivry-sur-Seine, Val-de-Marne, France(colorectal cancer)
  • Other works
    Author of 'Theater and its double', onthology of articles about theater theory. (le Theatre et son double) (1938).
  • Publicity listings
    • 1 Biographical Movie
    • 6 Print Biographies
    • 2 Portrayals
    • 1 Article

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  • Trivia
    The Museum of Modern Art (NYC) had a showing of his drawings and paintings, composed while he was a patient in a mental institution, where he was encouraged to draw and paint as part of his therapy.
  • Quotes
    Written poetry is worth reading once, and then should be destroyed. Let the dead poets make way for others.

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