In his first steps in front of the camera in La Ferme du pendu, Burville stood out thanks to his soft interpretation of the song. pencils. Then he quickly finds himself with characters who are distinguished by kindness, good nature, even naivety.
His career was marked by the meeting with Louis de Funes, his diametric opposite on the screen – authoritarian, angry, energetic – with whom he had great success in popular comedies (Le Corniaud, La Grande Vadrouille), but also in collaboration. Film director Jean-Pierre Mock, under whose direction he played the original roles (The Merry Parish, La Grande Frousse, La Grande Lessive, L’Étalon).
He went on to become one of the greatest French actors, whose fame even went beyond the borders of France, Bourville learned in 1968 that he was suffering from a form of hematological cancer: Kahler’s disease.
After giving one of his best performances as Commissar Maté in Jean-Pierre Melville’s Le Cercle rouge, the actor goes on to film The Atlantic Wall.
If director Marcel Camus cleans him up and forces him to play sitting most of the time, filming will be especially difficult for Burville, who is subject to regular injections of morphine. Despite his illness, his comic genius hits the mark in the guise of an ordinary man engaged against the odds.
Burville passed away on September 23, 1970 at the age of 53 with his family by his side. Released within weeks of his death red circle and Atlantic Wall There are real theatrical triumphs, each of which collects more than 4 million.
Atlantic Wall With Marcel Camus Burville, Peter McEnery, Sophie Desmarets…
Tonight on France 3 at 21:10.
Source: Allocine
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