Laurent Terzieff

Laurent Terzieff

1935-06-27 Toulouse, HauteGaronne, France 70 Credits

Biography

Laurent Terzieff (27 June 1935, in Toulouse – 2 July 2010, in Paris) was a French actor. Terzieff was the son of French ceramist Marina and her husband Jean Terzieff, a Romanian-born sculptor of Russian and Romanian descent who came to France from Bucharest during the First World War. The original surname of his family was Chemerzin. As an adolescent, he was fascinated with philosophy and poetry. He assisted with a representation of the La Sonate des spectres by Strindberg, directed by Roger Bl...

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Le Fantôme de Laurent Terzieff

Le Fantôme de Laurent Terzieff

2020

as Self (archive footage)

6.0
Acting

Laurent Terzieff was more than a good actor, after having been a real "star" in the cinema, through his professional choices, he gradually became a re...

Largo Winch II

Largo Winch II

2011

as Alexandre Jung

5.8
Acting

Propelled to the head of the W Group after the death of his adoptive father, Largo Winch decides, to everyone's surprise, to sell it, and use the proc...

La Vénitienne

La Vénitienne

2010

as Lectoure

3.7
Acting
I Always Wanted to Be a Gangster

I Always Wanted to Be a Gangster

2008

as Émile

7.3
Acting

Told in four vignettes, this existential comedy relates the exploits of four aspiring criminals who hope to improve their lot, but find that they migh...

Buñuel: Atheist Thanks to God

Buñuel: Atheist Thanks to God

2005

as Self

5.5
Acting

Documentary featuring interviews with several of legendary Spanish director Luis Buñuel’s close friends and collaborators.

By the Pricking of My Thumbs

By the Pricking of My Thumbs

2005

as Maître Anet / Monsieur Sévigné

6.2
Acting

The Beresfords investigate mysterious deaths at an old people's home.

Medea: On-Set Memories

2004

Acting

A documentary on the making of Pier Paolo Pasolini's MEDEA (1969) features rare behind-the-scenes footage and interviews with the cast and crew.

Rien, voilà l'ordre

Rien, voilà l'ordre

2004

1.0
Acting

In the psychiatric clinic Rhien, residents and caregivers maintain unique and funny relationships.

Pontormo - Un amore eretico

2004

as Inquisitor

6.0
Acting
Once Upon an Angel

Once Upon an Angel

2002

as Mr. Grenier

4.0
Acting

A grief-stricken man who just lost his mother has a one night stand with a maid. What he doesn't know is that she's a virgin. He returns to his sad wo...

Territori d'ombra

Territori d'ombra

2001

Acting
The Prince's Manuscript

The Prince's Manuscript

2000

as Marco Pace (60 anni)

8.2
Acting

A solitary, disappointed, proud and educated old man meets and becomes the teacher of an intelligent, clumsy, middle-class, young would-be writer.

Sulla spiaggia e di là dal molo

Sulla spiaggia e di là dal molo

2000

as Professore

Acting
War in the Highlands

War in the Highlands

1998

as Isaïe

4.2
Acting

La Guerre Dans le Haut Pays is a period piece set in the winter of 1797-98, during the six days leading up to the fall of Bern and the victory of Napo...

The Pianist

The Pianist

1998

as Doria mayor

7.8
Acting

Mario Gas directed this music-themed Spanish drama set in Barcelona of the mid-'80s. When famed composer Lluis Doria (Laurent Terzieff) visits a trans...

Le radeau de la Méduse

Le radeau de la Méduse

1998

as Théodore Géricault

6.3
Acting

Iranian Iradj Azimi directed this French historical drama re-creating events depicted in the famous 1819 painting The Raft of the Medusa by Jean Louis...

Fiesta

Fiesta

1995

as Père Armendariz

4.8
Acting

A Jekyll-and-Hyde colonel toughens up a 17-year-old aristocrat for the Spanish Civil War.

Germinal

Germinal

1993

as Souvarine

6.7
Acting

It's mid 19th century, north of France. The story of a coal miner's town. They are exploited by the mine's owner. One day the decide to go on strike, ...

Etoile

Etoile

1989

as Marius Balakin

5.7
Acting

An American ballerina arrives in Hungary to enroll in a ballet school and it soon becomes apparent that things are not what they seem.

Don Bosco

Don Bosco

1988

as Monsignor Gastaldi

6.0
Acting

This film depicts the life of Saint John Bosco, who dedicated his life to rescuing abandoned and exploited street children in Turin.

Love Sins

Love Sins

1987

as Michetti

3.0
Acting

A biographical feature on the Italian literary giant, Gabriele D'Annunzio. Set in late 19th century Italy and France when the artistic style, Decadent...

Gila and Rik

1987

as Andrea

Acting

The film tells the birth of a love story and its evolution between the vicissitudes, the frenzies and the complications between the two young protagon...

La ragazza dei lillà

La ragazza dei lillà

1986

as Larth

4.0
Acting

An honest and idealistic archaeologist, to find the legendary burial of an Etruscan king, collides with the interests of a group of "grave robbers". ...

Red Kiss

Red Kiss

1985

as Moishe

5.4
Acting

1952, Paris. Nadia, a Red Diaper baby, has a sister, Polish parents, and at 15 is an active Communist. When cops beat her during an anti-American demo...

Detective

Detective

1985

as William Prospero

5.3
Acting

Emile Chenal and his wife, Françoise, leaned on boxing manager Jim Fox Warner to cough up the considerable sum of money that he owes them, with both t...

Diesel

Diesel

1985

as Finch

4.7
Acting

A prostitute, released from prison, tries to change her life, but a murderous slave organization, the Consortium, is determined to bring her back to t...

L'Apprentissage de la ville

L'Apprentissage de la ville

1982

as Philosopher

Acting

Reduced to poverty, a young man is taken in by a rich lady who asks him for some dangerous services in exchange.

La Flambeuse

La Flambeuse

1981

as 'Le Chevalier'

1.0
Acting

A woman on the brink of middle age becomes bored and takes up playing cards. She becomes hooked on gambling and begins to neglect her husband and chil...

Utopia

Utopia

1979

as Julien

Acting

After getting painfully separated from the woman he loves, Julien leaves his apartment. He goes in search of his old friends but no one is to be found...

Flesh Color

Flesh Color

1978

as Michel

6.0
Acting

Anna is a coach and a stripper at night.

Journey to the Garden of the Dead

Journey to the Garden of the Dead

1978

as Georges

Acting

Love between Georges and Hypolyte has faded. George confides in Catherine that he is still obsessed with Hypolyte. He wishes that she was a virgin but...

Blood Wedding

Blood Wedding

1977

5.0
Acting

In a small village in southern Morocco, Amrouch cannot, because of his social position, marry the daughter of a wealthy farmer from the nearby village...

Versailles, peut-être

1977

Acting

Evocation of the Algerian War based on a poem by Franck Venaille recited by Laurent Terzieff.

The Desert of the Tartars

The Desert of the Tartars

1976

as Ten. Pietro Von Hamerling

6.8
Acting

Lieutenant Giovanni Drogo is assigned to the old Bastiani border fortress where he expects an imminent attack by nomadic fearsome Tartars.

Rain over Santiago

Rain over Santiago

1975

as Calvé

6.3
Acting

A semi-fictional account on the fatidic September 11, 1973, when the military commanded by General Pinochet took over the power from socialist preside...

Jeu

1975

as Le prêtre

Acting
An Angel Passes

An Angel Passes

1975

6.0
Acting

Nico is an ethereal poet haunting the gaps between scenes of Jean-Pierre Kalfon, Bulle Ogier, Laurent Terzieff, and Garrel’s father, Maurice, discussi...

Moses the Lawgiver

Moses the Lawgiver

1974

as Pharao Mernefta

5.9
Acting

The epic story of Moses, who led the Israelites out of slavery, parted the Red Sea and received the Ten Commandments on Mount Sinai. Originally a TV M...

Les Hautes solitudes

Les Hautes solitudes

1974

7.0
Acting

Garrel convinced Jean Seberg, in the midst of a long struggle with mental illness, alcohol and drug, to “star” in this silent document of her daily li...

The Purloined Letter

The Purloined Letter

1974

as Auguste Dupin

Acting

Part of a 6-film collection called “Grands Détectives” about famous fictional private detectives.

Brother Carl

Brother Carl

1971

as Carl Noren

5.7
Acting

Two women, Karen (theatre director) and Lena, visit an island, a Swedish resort, where Lena's ex-husband, Martin (choreographer), lives in comparative...

Ostia

Ostia

1970

as Bandiera

5.7
Acting

Two anarchistic brothers live by petty thievery and try to recover from their Catholic upbringing. Bandiera and Rabbino were children when they pushed...

Medea

Medea

1969

as Chirone

6.6
Acting

Based on the plot of Euripides' Medea. Medea centers on the barbarian protagonist as she finds her position in the Greek world threatened, and the rev...

The Milky Way

The Milky Way

1969

as Jean

7.0
Acting

Two men, part tramp, part pilgrim, are on their way to Santiago de Compostela in Spain. On their way they meet a whole assortment of people—some trucu...

Woman in Chains

Woman in Chains

1968

as Stanislas Hassler

7.0
Acting

Gallery director Stanislas bolsters the development of modern art with his collection of surprising works. His newest acquisition is a sculpture by Gi...

Le Révélateur

Le Révélateur

1968

as Le père

6.3
Acting

A 4-year-old child is the element from and around which the action develops, and brings sentiments and emotions to light.

Hedda Gabler

Hedda Gabler

1967

as Ejlert Lövborg

Acting

Hedda and Tesman have just returned from their honeymoon and the relationship is already in trouble. Trapped but determined, Hedda tries to control th...

Two Weeks in September

Two Weeks in September

1967

as Vincent

5.0
Acting

Story of a woman torn between her love for two different men.

Bitter Fruit

Bitter Fruit

1967

as Alfonso

Acting

A police drama set in an unidentified and oppressed South American country among a group of conspirators. The main characters are two sisters Soledad ...

The Horla

The Horla

1966

as Le jeune homme

6.3
Acting

A man who lives by himself becomes increasingly concerned that he is not alone. Based on the short story by Guy de Maupassant.

Father's Trip

Father's Trip

1966

as Frédéric, teacher

6.4
Acting

Determined to assert his paternal rights, Quentin leaves his small village on the Swiss border to go to Lyon to look for his daughter, now a hairdress...

The Circular Triangle

The Circular Triangle

1964

as Laurent

Acting

Business tycoon dies in plane crash. Suspected, Georg, his main partner, Alain, a young Turkish finance, and Anna Maria, the group's proxy, are all se...

Death, Where Is Your Victory?

Death, Where Is Your Victory?

1964

as Thierry

Acting

Feeling complicit in a heinous act of her husband, a woman sinks into decay, then recovers and becomes a nun

Ballad for a Hoodlum

Ballad for a Hoodlum

1963

as Vincent Vivant

5.8
Acting

Vincent Vivant agrees to Stephan the spy's proposal: he is to cross the border with a mysterious suitcase.

Les Culottes rouges

Les Culottes rouges

1962

as Antoine Rossi, le "culotte rouge"

6.5
Acting

Antoine Rossi, a recidivist prisoner of war in Germany, manages to escape with the cowardly Fendard. Fendard does everything in his power to help him ...

La Messe sur le monde

1962

as Reader (voice)

Acting

Film based on the meditations of Christian philosophers Pierre Teilhard de Chardin.

The Immoral Moment

The Immoral Moment

1962

as Narrator (voice)

4.8
Acting

Michel Jussieu, a film producer, returns one morning to the cabaret where he forgot his sweater. He discovers the corpse of an extreme right-wing jour...

Lust

Lust

1962

as Jacques

7.5
Acting

This short film by Jacques Demy was based on his memories of growing up in Nantes, France. While it was initially made for the omnibus film THE SEVEN ...

The Seven Deadly Sins

The Seven Deadly Sins

1962

as Jacques (segment "La luxure")

5.6
Acting

Seven directors each dramatize one of the seven deadly sins in a short film. In "Anger," a domestic argument over a fly in the Sunday soup escalates i...

Vanina Vanini

Vanina Vanini

1961

as Pietro Missirilli

5.8
Acting

Vanina Vanini, a bored, spoiled Roman countess, falls in love with a dedicated young patriot who is in Rome to assassinate a traitor to the brotherhoo...

Thou Shalt Not Kill

Thou Shalt Not Kill

1961

as Jean-François Cordier

7.9
Acting

At the end of World War II, a French pacifist is arrested for refusing to fight. In prison, he befriends a German priest arrested for murder of a Fren...

La Frontière

1961

as Narrator (voice)

Acting

Dedicated “to the exiled, proscribed, expelled, banned,” this montage of documentary images codirected and written by Jean Cayrol—a former deportee wh...

Kapo

Kapo

1960

as Sascha

6.9
Acting

Determined to survive at any price, Edith, a young Jewish woman deported to an extermination camp, manages to survive by accepting the role of kapo, a...

Lovers Woods

Lovers Woods

1960

as Charles Parisot

4.6
Acting

1943, Christmas Eve in occupied Brittany. Charles, a member of the Resistance, is parachuted into the house of his mother, Madame Parisot, where he me...

The Regattas of San Francisco

The Regattas of San Francisco

1960

as Enéo

Acting

A teenager who suffers from his mother's escapades imagines the life of his father in San Francisco.

The Big Night

The Big Night

1959

as Ruggeretto

6.1
Acting

The exploits of three young Roman criminals are chronicled in this socially conscious drama. The young men commit petty crimes all day begin with arms...

Araya

Araya

1959

as Narrator (French Version) (voice)

7.0
Acting

"Araya" is an old natural salt mine located in a peninsula in northeastern Venezuela which was still, by 1959, being exploited manually five hundred y...

Twelve Hours by the Clock

Twelve Hours by the Clock

1959

as Kopetsky

4.3
Acting

Three criminals escape from a French prison and hide in a coastal village where they have to wait for 12 hours until the boat that is supposed to take...

The Cheaters

The Cheaters

1958

as Alain

6.6
Acting

Bob Letellier, a good looking rich kid who studies science, makes the acquaintance of Alain, a cynical and immoral young man. The latter introduces hi...

Premier mai

Premier mai

1958

5.5
Acting

On this beautiful May 1st, Thérèse is about to give birth. Their presence at home is undesirable, so Jean, her husband, decides to take François, thei...